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Israel's Netanyahu calls early elections for September
World NowPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed Sunday he is moving to dismantle what has been considered one of the more stable coalition governments in Israel’s history and calling for early elections in September.... -
Book review: 'Jerusalem' by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Special to Tribune NewspapersSimon Sebag Montefiore's epic survey of Jerusalem's sanguinary history does not inspire confidence in the civilizing qualities of religion. The pile of corpses accumulated over millenniums from the persecutions both perpetrated and endured by all three of...Tags: Religious Conflicts, Biography (genre), Theodor Herzl, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Religion and Belief
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Al Schwimmer dies at 94; founder of Israel's aerospace industry
Al Schwimmer, a former aircraft engineer who smuggled American planes to Israel for its 1948 war of independence, founded its aerospace industry and later became a figure in the Iran-Contra affair, died in Tel Aviv on Friday, his 94th birthday.
The cause...Tags: Crimes, Companies and Corporations, Religious Conflicts, Science and Technology, Aerospace Manufacturing
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David L. Ulin on Mahmoud Darwish
Jacket CopyDavid L. Ulin on the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish and his recently retranslated book Journal of an Ordinary Grief.... -
Donald S. Kellermann dies at 83; led Times Mirror research group
Donald S. Kellermann, who brought a new depth to opinion polling on politics, public policy and the media as founding director of the Times Mirror Center for the People & the Press, died Tuesday of liver cancer at his home in Washington, D.C. He was 83....Tags: Politics, Companies and Corporations, Robert Frost, Research, Diseases and Illnesses
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Tel Aviv: A modern city in an ancient land
I expected to be transformed by my first visit to Israel, and especially Jerusalem, the cradle of three faiths, a traveler's Holy Grail. But when I returned to Rome for Christmas, I was surprised to realize that what I remember most is not ancient,...Tags: Crimes, Immigration, Ceremonies, Theodor Herzl, Organized Crime
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Pedro 'Cuban Pete' Aguilar, mambo legend, dies at 81
Associated PressPedro "Cuban Pete" Aguilar, one of the leading mambo dancers of the 1950s who performed for presidents and other world leaders and was featured in Life magazine, has died. He was 81. The mambo legend died Jan. 13 of heart failure at the Sinai Plaza...Tags: Miami City Ballet, Death, Dancing, Desi Arnaz, Lyndon B. Johnson
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Israel's crisis of leadership
Israel is in the throes of a grave crisis of leadership. General elections are scheduled for Feb. 10, and there is no widely respected or overwhelmingly popular leader in sight. Even with the existential threat of a nuclear Iran looming over the country,...Tags: Golda Meir, Tzipi Livni, Parties and Movements, Religious Conflicts, Amos Oz
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Negotiating the Mideast
American presidents have never had an easy time in the Middle East. For 60 years, they have been trying to make peace, or just prevent recurrent wars, and the record of success is thin while the death toll from the violence is disturbingly high.
The...Tags: Golda Meir, Richard Nixon, Peace Negotiations, Religious Conflicts, Palestinian Liberation Organization
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Adolf Eichmann and the hunt for monsters
On May 23, 1960, then- Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion stood at the podium in the Knesset and solemnly said: "A short time ago one of the most notorious Nazi war criminals, Adolf Eichmann, was discovered by the Israeli security services. Adolf...Tags: Crimes, Religious Conflicts, Nazi Party, Knesset, War Crimes
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Is peace out of reach?
AARON DAVID MILLER, who served at the State Department as an advisor to six secretaries of State, is a scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center. His forthcoming book, "The Much Too Promised Land," will beYASSER ARAFAT was the first to arrive. He came by presidential helicopter, his black and white kaffiyeh flapping in the cool evening breeze. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and President Clinton arrived the next day. And then there were three, a trio of...Tags: Peace Negotiations, Religious Conflicts, Mahmoud Abbas, Ehud Olmert, Treaties
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Israel, starting from scratch
Today's question: Could Arabs and Israelis have done anything differently before 1948 that would have laid a better foundation for the Middle East? Later in the week, Pearl and Bisharat will discuss relations with Hamas, their personal connections to...Tags: Immigration, University of California, Los Angeles, Entertainment, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Gaming
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