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...Summers. It was 2002, and Harvard’s new figurehead was widely criticized for equating divestment from Israel to one of many “actions that are anti-Semitic in their effect if not their intent.” And, as we are familiar with the reaction to Summers’ controversial comments—and the uproar they can stir—a debate was borne, inciting some serious discussion about a controversial and complicated issue. Though we disagreed with Summers’ conflation of divestment with anti-Semitism, the silver-lining was that it ultimately encouraged...
Upon first reading the play, Kohanski says she recognized herself, and predicts that her precise reaction typifies and reveals the depth of the show’s appeal to undergraduates. “I read it,” she recalled. “And I was like, ‘oh dude, that...
...expecting it,” Kamras said. He described his reaction as “overwhelmed and humbled...
...prepares to evacuate the Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip [April 18]. One of the unanswered questions about disengagement is, What will become of the physical infrastructure? Klein quoted an Israeli security expert who noted that an important element determining the outcome of Gaza disengagement will be the Palestinian reaction to it. The expert said that if people "see Palestinians looting and destroying the settlements, and dancing on the rooftops--as they did when [Israel] left southern Lebanon--then it will be near impossible to resume negotiations on a final peace settlement." The logical solution is for the departing Israelis...
...namo Bay, Cuba. He recounts his experiences in a new book, Inside the Wire, co-written by TIME correspondent Viveca Novak. In the following excerpt, Saar, now retired from the Army, deals with the issue of suicide attempts among the detainees and the military's use of the Initial Reaction Force (IRF). An IRF team, Saar explains, is a five-person unit responsible for subduing an obstreperous detainee. Four soldiers each take a limb; the fifth takes the head. The soldiers are supposed to apply pressure to sensitive points on the body if necessary to restrain the inmate, but, Saar...