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...Williamson more extensively, understanding the great weight of his decision to reinstate him and taking into account the offense to the Jewish community that such a choice would cause. Another troubling aspect of the Pope’s recent course of action is how it reflects a greater rightward movement of the church since Pope Benedict XVI’s election four years ago. While the Pope has made it a priority of his office to heal the schisms within the church, in doing so he has also brought an increased focus on fundamentalist beliefs and hostility toward other religions...
...four minutes. “It’s just demoralizing when they hit those threes, especially when the crowd gets into it,” Housman said.The Big Red took a 24-point lead with 5:40 to play and never looked back, continuing to exhibit excellent ball movement and repeatedly finding wide-open looks.Such was the trend of the first half as well. Harvard was grossly overmatched on the interior, giving up 22 field goals and 24 easy baskets in the paint during the opening 20 minutes. Cornell’s swarming defense proved vulnerable to guard penetration...
...becomes necessary, we can protest. As Student Labor Action Movement representative Alyssa Aguilera ’09 pointed out, “As students, we can yell outside Holyoke Center, and we’re not going to get kicked out of Harvard.” But regardless of whether we shout at the Holyoke Center or show silent support with our rainbow ribbons, we must defend the rights of the whole community, a community that includes more than just students...
...negotiations with Israel have left Abbas empty-handed, while the latest Gaza conflict has put Hamas in a stronger position than ever in the court of Palestinian public opinion. Despite the violence by Hamas gunmen against Fatah activists in Gaza since the Israeli offensive, many in Fatah view their movement's only hope of re-establishing a leading role in Palestinian politics as being to join a unity government with Hamas - and begin to directly challenge the Israeli occupation in the West Bank. The fact that such a sentiment coincides with Israel's electing a more hawkish government suggests that...
...course, the Israelis, whether led by the Likud Party's Benjamin Netanyahu or Kadima's Tzipi Livni, will flatly refuse to talk to a Palestinian government that includes Hamas. But that may not deter Fatah, since the movement has gained little by talking to Israeli governments that are plainly unwilling to meet the Palestinians' bottom line. Abbas, even in the eyes of many in his movement, gambled everything on the willingness of the U.S. to press the Israelis to deliver a credible two-state peace solution and lost. Now many of those in Fatah are inclined...