In his letter of May 17, Benjamin Keener suggests that the Palestinian protests in Gaza may have been in response to the relocation of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, Israel’s capital. More likely is the fact that Hamas is using Israel’s right to self defense as a method of trying to turn the aggressor into […]
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Send aid to the oppressed
In recent days, there have been more than 60 Palestinian protesters killed and nearly 3,000 injured on the Israel-Gaza Border. The protests were, arguably, a response to the movement of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem but, more intrinsically, the “unlivable” condition that is Gaza, according to the U.N. and NPR. When the right of people […]
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Donald Trump urges Netanyahu to 'hold off' on Jewish settlements
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked Israel’s prime minister to “hold off” on building Jewish settlements in land the Palestinians claim for their future state, yet held back from explicitly endorsing support for a future independent Palestine. After weeks of dancing around the issue of expanded Israeli settlements, Trump made the request to […]
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Seeds of Peace campers keep tabs on Mid East conflict
Seeds of Peace, a lakeside camp in rural Otisfield has brought together teenagers from countries at war for more than 20 years. Its counselors, also from Middle Eastern countries, say they all are united by fear of the violence raging overseas and a hope that their generation will be the one to end it. At […]
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Israeli PM faces objections to Palestinian deal
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged his skeptical coalition partners Sunday to agree to free Palestinian prisoners as part of U.S efforts to resume peace talks, calling the deal a “tough decision” that he took for the good of the country. He spoke at a meeting of the Cabinet called to vote […]