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...While it’s a dangerous game to generalize any sect’s religious beliefs, at least a portion of the Toldot Aharon community—just like the Arab contingent that insists on the continued presence of “al-naqba” in school textbooks—considers the State of Israel an abomination, a presumptuous violation of God’s promise to recreate the Jewish kingdom with the coming of the messiah...
...such, Nesson plans to argue that Tenenbaum's actions constituted "fair use" of the copyrighted songs he allegedly downloaded. Fair use is determined by four factors—the purpose of one's use, the type of work under copyright protection, the amount and importance of the portion used, and the effect of the use on the market...
Joel had a tough act to follow in his solo portion of the set, and he rose to the occasion. While his pianist and showman skills can’t rival John’s, you'd be hard-pressed to find a better opening number than "Angry Young Man," in which Joel exploded through the pitch black in a burst of light and fury, maniacally pounding the keys as he announced his arrival. But flashiness isn’t Joel’s game. Unlike the aristocratic Elton, whose immense individual skill outshines everything else in the stadium, Billy?...
...restart the moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process by getting Israel to freeze all construction outside its pre-1967 borders. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has drawn a line in the sand over Jerusalem, vehemently rejecting Washington's demand that he halt a construction project in the Arab eastern portion of the city that was occupied by Israel in 1967. Israel claims sovereignty over all of Jerusalem, and Netanyahu told his Cabinet on Sunday that this claim was nonnegotiable...
...Israel seized control of the eastern portion of the Holy City during the war of 1967, but its claim to sovereignty over the occupied portion of Jerusalem has never been internationally recognized. Under the Oslo peace process launched in 1993, Jerusalem was defined as one of the "final status" issues to be negotiated in a peace agreement, but finding a solution for sharing the city has been one of the thorniest matters...