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...case, so far, has been the Jewish neighborhood of Gilo, on the southern edge of Jerusalem, and the nearby Palestinian town of Beit Jalla. For three weeks Palestinian gunmen in Beit Jalla have fired in the night toward Gilo. Last week Israel increased its response from rifle fire to tank shells and then helicopter missiles. One missile shattered the wall of Jamil Muslet's living room. It left a 5-ft. hole in the 200-year-old stone walls and shards of blue window glass on the floor. Looking across the steep, rocky valley to Gilo, less than a mile...
...study by the Third Millennium, a bipartisan think tank, confirms the lack of attention paid to young people by politicians. The study showed that of the almost 37,000 campaign ads aired between July 1 and Oct. 15, about 64 percent were seen by people over 50. Only about 14 percent were seen by 18- to 34-year-olds...
Hagelin's Harvard degree led him to a Congressional think tank on science and public policy, which led to a frustration with the inability of non-profit organizations to compete with for-profit organizations for government attention, which led to candidacy for the Natural Law Party...
...Near the airport the setting changes. Clouds. Lightning. Thunder. I am wearing a short pink tank top. The editor of the local newspaper of Kibbutz Bar Am, where I was born, calls up and asks to interview me about the situation. Oh, boy, the situation. How I like to talk about the situation. There is a terrible hailstorm, and I am screaming on the telephone. I can't hear myself. I can't see anything. About three months ago, when Barak was at Camp David, we thought we were winning. That our struggle for peace was on the verge...
Syrians got their equipment and tactics from the Soviet Union. The U.S. Army worked closely with Israel. Together, we saw the need for more powerful tank guns; longer-range, all-weather optics; thicker armor; and better coordination among units. Defensive tactics were refined, complementing Israel's already formidable offensive capabilities. For Israel, it had been the fourth war in 25 years. The Israelis were unchallengeable on the ground and in the air--at least in conventional terms...