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These Israelis and Palestinians Are Still Working for Peace. Just Quietly.
[ad_1] On a sunny January day, dozens of Israelis and Palestinians crowded into a small house in a town outside Bethlehem, as their compatriots fought in the Gaza Strip, to talk about a subject that has become nearly taboo in their cities and towns: How to build a lasting peace. “This thing is not appropriate in the community we live…
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UNRWA in Gaza Fought Hamas Infiltration; Not Hard Enough, Israel Says
[ad_1] When the United Nations launched an investigation a decade ago into whether a handful of its employees in Gaza were members of Hamas, it was not long before a senior U.N. legal officer in the territory started receiving death threats. First there were emails, sent from anonymous accounts, according to three senior U.N. officials based in Gaza at that…
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Shocking Opposition Victory Throws Pakistan Into Chaos
[ad_1] The party of the imprisoned former prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Kahn, won the most seats in parliamentary elections this week, delivering a strong rebuke to the country’s powerful generals and throwing the political system into chaos. While military leaders had hoped the election would put an end to the political turmoil that has consumed the country since Mr.…
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Egypt Warily Eyes Gaza as War Builds Pressure on Its Border
[ad_1] The pressure on Egypt is building. More than half of Gaza’s population is squeezed into miserable tent cities in Rafah, a small city along Egypt’s border, left with nowhere else to go by Israel’s military campaign. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has threatened to overrun the area, and on Friday, he directed his forces to plan the evacuation…
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Hind Rajab, Missing 6-Year-Old, Found Dead in Gaza, Aid Group Says
[ad_1] A 6-year-old Palestinian girl and the two rescuers who went looking for her nearly two weeks ago were found dead on Saturday, the Palestine Red Crescent said, ending a desperate effort to discover their fates. Two rescuers with the Red Crescent were dispatched in an ambulance on the evening of Jan. 29 to find Hind Rajab, who was believed…
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Bones Found on Prince Edward Island Beach Are Likely From a Shipwreck, but Which One?
[ad_1] Human bones were found protruding from the side of an eroding cliff on Prince Edward Island in Canada late last month. But it wasn’t a crime scene. The remains, discovered by a resident who was out for a walk along the province’s western coast, were most likely from a shipwreck that occurred roughly 150 years ago. It is also…
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Love Letters – The New York Times
[ad_1] It was customary when I was in grade school to bestow a valentine upon every person in one’s class. These valentines were not of the handmade or heartfelt variety, but rather bought in bulk from CVS, from the red-cellophane aisle, on the shelf next to the seasonal Whitman’s Samplers and conversation hearts. Each box of cards had a theme…
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Israel-Hamas War: Latest Updates – The New York Times
[ad_1] As the war has raged, Ahlam Shimali has watched as people have fled fighting and destruction elsewhere in Gaza and packed into Rafah, the territory’s southernmost district, where she lives. Rents have skyrocketed, and multiple families share small apartments. Tent camps have taken over most open areas. Food and fuel have become so scarce that she burns old clothes…
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China Keeps Building Stadiums in Africa. But at What Cost?
[ad_1] The Alassane Ouattara stadium rises like a piece of sculpture from the dusty brown earth north of Ivory Coast’s largest city, its undulating roof and white columns towering over the empty landscape like a spaceship that has dropped onto a uninhabited planet. On Sunday, the three-and-a-half-year-old stadium will host its signature moment, when the national soccer teams of Ivory…
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Demolition of Muslim Properties Sets Off Deadly Violence in India
[ad_1] The demolition of a mosque and a Muslim seminary has led to deadly clashes and an internet shutdown in northern India. The flare-up, in the hill state of Uttarakhand, is the latest bout of sectarian tensions as Muslim sites have become a broader target of the Hindu right wing after the opening of a major temple last month. The…
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