Word: christians
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Agreed. But to have a group of pro-Palestinian organizations and anti-Israel speakers debate Israeli policy unlikely to accomplish that. It's akin to having a board of Christian fundamentalists discuss the legality of abortion, or having Zairean leader Sese Seko Mobutu speak about peace in Africa, for that matter. Although all views should be heard, treating such a forum as an academic pursuit would make a mockery of the term. To lend Harvard's credibility to a conference so imbalanced in its approach, so determined to push a particular point of view rather than to give...
...think it is entirely Moscow's fault that the conflict is not resolved yet," he said, speaking of the struggle between Azerbaijan and Christian Armenia. Kasparov said he doubted a quick solution can be found to religious and ethnic strife there that has killed hundreds, displaced approximately 100,000 and threatened to burst into civil...
This cynical observation doubles as a declaration of desire for Marianne Tourvel, the child's mother and the bastion of Christian fidelity in Dangerous Liaisons 1960, showing this weekend at the Brattle Theater...
...Lebanese parliament elected in 1972 as they sat down to ponder a solution for their country's devastating 14-year civil war. In fact, failure in Lebanese peace efforts has become almost customary. But after two weeks of consultations in the Saudi Arabian resort of Taif, the parliamentarians -- 33 Christians and 30 Muslims -- were close to agreement on a plan to establish a "government of national reconciliation." It calls for Muslim-Christian power sharing and phased withdrawal of the 40,000 Syrian troops who have been in Lebanon under an Arab League mandate since...
...plan's success is far from certain, of course. General Michel Aoun, commander of the Christian forces fighting Syria and its Lebanese Muslim allies, warned in East Beirut that "the war of liberation will continue" until the Syrians are driven out. Muslim warlords also dismissed the Taif meeting and called for Aoun's ouster...