By Saeb Erekat Much hay has been made lately of the phrase “post-truth,” to the point that Oxford Dictionaries named it the 2016 word of the year. As far as that goes, fine, but we Palestinians can’t really jump on ...
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By Esau Look at me, Jacob. I’m famished. You’ve got a whole pot of lentil stew there that you don’t really need. I’ve got my pride, though, so I’m not going to accept unrequited kindness from you. That’s not how ...
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By Zehava Gal-On, Chairwoman, Meretz One of the most irresponsible things to do in response to the wave of wildfires raging throughout the country right now is to reflexively point fingers and blame Arabs for starting the fires. I’m going ...
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By Abraham My beloved Sarah has passed on after a hundred -twenty-seven years, and now I turn to the task of acquiring a burial place for her – that is, for us. It is appropriate, then, to integrate the reunion ...
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Perhaps thou wishest to undergo a trial run with thy wife’s Egyptian maidservant? Thou canst always disown the tyke if he displeaseth thee. I am the LORD who hath taken thee out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give unto ...
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By Isaac Herzog, Labor Party Chairman Last year and this year brought more than their share of electoral surprises. In each case, the left-leaning media lulled us leftists into complacency by predicting a weakening of the Right, if not our ...
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By Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian President I don’t get it. You Americans can’t seem to leave well enough alone. You had an election back in 2004, and again in 2008. You even had one in 2012, as if the two previous ones ...
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By Hussein Jibril, stabbing attack planner Many of our apologists are educated people, which makes it a little strange to have them disregard what we actually say about violence against Jews and attribute it to something else. That must be what ...
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By Bassem Tamimi, Palestinian activist Perhaps the most persistent argument in defense of the wall that keeps us Palestinians imprisoned is that it prevents attacks on Israelis. But that contention could not be more ridiculous, because if the Zionists would ...
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We Palestinians have always been challenged with choosing the winning side in any strategic disagreement. That is why I strongly recommend to our brethren who hold American citizenship to be extra cautious during this presidential election, and wait to see ...
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