Word: solomonic
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Bomb blasts in Tel Aviv and Gaza on Thursday reportedly killed two and injured 16 more - as if anyone needed reminding that talk of peace means talk of compromise. And so it appears that even a U.S. president's best Solomon impression - the set of proposals that Bill Clinton left hanging in the air over the weekend - leaves those factions outside the Arafat umbrella in a very vengeful mood...
...Unless he could track down that Solomon...
...Palestinians would be forbidden to conduct archaeological digs there and would acknowledge the "Jewish connection" to the site. But the "connection" is that Temple Mount is believed by Jews to be the site of Solomon's temple, the center of the original Jewish universe. And conservatives in the Israeli parliament are loath to give it up, even if Barak is game...
...Solomon - or Nero...
...machine guns can soon be heard. "This is our music," says Leora, 25, a teacher, with a shrug. Noam, 28, murmurs psalms when he hears the firing. "This is a God-given land. God wills that we fight for this land," he says, pointing to a map of Solomon's biblical kingdom, which shows the border of Israel extending south of the Gaza Strip into Sinai. "If you believe that the land is truly yours, it's natural to give up your lives to protect...