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Sami al-Arian is no hero. Evidence introduced at his 2005 federal terrorism trial contradicted his claims that he was just a peace-loving academic targeted by U.S. prosecutors solely for his outspoken advocacy of Palestinian rights. In reality, according to wiretaps and letters, al-Arian had praised suicide bombings conducted by the terrorist group known as Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ); he'd solicited money for the bombers' families, offered to manage PIJ's finances (but was turned down) and exhorted its supporters to "damn" the U.S. and Israel "until death...
...offensive in Gaza. The usually dovish Noa, meanwhile, came under fire for calling upon Gazans to rid their coastal territory of Hamas control. "I understood the feeling behind these critics, but there was no way I would step down," says Awad. "Eurovision is a chance for me as a Palestinian citizen of Israel to be a part of the destiny of this country, and I was not about to fold up into some corner...
...possibly strike again. As one minister said, "When the names of these terrorists are released, the earth will shake." A prisoner swap would also be a boon for Hamas because it would be seen as a political victory and strengthen its position in power-sharing talks with its rival, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who is backed by the United States and is acceptable to Israel...
...Israelis how long it has been since Corporal Gilad Shalit was captured by Palestinian militants in Gaza, and they'll know exactly. On Monday, it was 995 days ago. On Tuesday, it will be 996 days ... The count is everywhere: on the front page of newspapers, on the TV nightly news, in school classrooms and in bright red numbers hanging from a tent that Shalit's parents have pitched outside the residence of the Prime Minister in Jerusalem...
...making peace is another matter. As the bombs fell on Gaza, the project's Palestinian producer, Yousef Atwa, wrote on the site's blog: "It is hardly possible to take it anymore," and let viewers know that one of the main Gaza characters, an ambulance driver called Abu Khalil, "has a broken heart" after losing a colleague in the war. On the other side, the Israeli line producer Avi Abramov wrote on the blog after the production ended that he had been called up for military duty. "This situation is absurd," he wrote. "I've just spent three months working...