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McCain, Palin demand L.A. Times release Obama video
John McCain and Sarah Palin sharply criticized the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday for refusing to make public a video of a 2003 event at which Barack Obama paid tribute to a Palestinian scholar. The Republican presidential and vice presidential...Tags: Education, Values, Elections, Illinois, Bernardine Dohrn
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Israel's options in Gaza
![In launching airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, Israel has exercised its right to self-defense. Since the collapse Dec. 19 of a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian movement that controls the territory, residents of southern Israel have been terrorized by cross-border rocket attacks. When the <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/12/20081229-1.html">Bush administration</a> sympathized with Israel's response to that provocation, it wasn't simply catering to pro-Israel sentiments in this country; it was placing blame where it belongs.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-12/44272227-29225929.jpg "In launching airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, Israel has exercised its right to self-defense. Since the collapse Dec. 19 of a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian movement that controls the territory, residents of southern Israel have been terrorized by cross-border rocket attacks. When the <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/12/20081229-1.html\">Bush administration</a> sympathized with Israel's response to that provocation, it wasn't simply catering to pro-Israel sentiments in this country; it was placing blame where it belongs.")
In launching airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, Israel has exercised its right to self-defense. Since the collapse Dec. 19 of a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian movement that controls the territory, residents of southern Israel have been...Tags: Palestinian Liberation Organization, Terrorism, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Condoleezza Rice, Civil Unrest
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Change cast in concrete
Times Staff WriterJerusalem — ISSA Natsheh watched warily from his West Bank suburb when Israel began building a concrete barrier along the fringes of Jerusalem four years ago. As the partition slowly took shape, Natsheh grew increasingly worried that he would be...Tags: Health, Medical Services, Condos and Houses, Migration, Heart Surgery
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Times keeps hope alive; all others give up
Yesterday, as the Annapolis summit on the Middle East came to a close, The Times' editorial board conceded that the meeting managed to defy "rock-bottom expectations" but concluded that, "where there is even the faintest hope, we must protect and...Tags: Elections, Oslo (Norway), Washington (U.S. state), Shimon Peres, Philosophy
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Bush to visit an ambivalent Israel
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFor seven years, President Bush has been a distant defender of Israel, working from Washington to tilt America's policies in the Middle East more firmly behind its longtime ally. When he arrives here Wednesday on his first presidential visit, however,...Tags: Tehran (Iran), Guerrilla Activity, Saddam Hussein, Texas, Washington (U.S. state)
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Why, the Beloved Country?
++++++++++++++++++++ || || ++++++++++++++++++++ In early may, just a month before the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip, South African Minister of Intelligence Ronnie Kasrils paid a visit to Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader and erstwhile Palestinian...Tags: Communist Party of China, Justice and Rights, Elections, Heroism, Russia
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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: Saddam Hussein, The Washington Post, Oslo (Norway), Government, Heads of State
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A Journalist's Look at a Country in Transition
For me, our Christmas visit to Iraq was one of mixed emotions. On one hand, I had warm, uplifting feelings about joining New York servicemen and women and bringing them gifts and greetings from loved ones. We went, not to report on the war or the politics...Tags: Health, Transportation Accidents, Saddam Hussein, Disasters and Accidents, Injuries and Wounds
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Killers rendered in shades of gray
![WHEN the towers came down on Sept. 11, Stephen Gaghan, the Oscar-winning writer of "Traffic," realized in a flash that "Hollywood has done a terrible job creating villains." It all used to be so simple, so black and white. There were the good guys and the bad guys — not people willing to blow themselves up in order to blow up their enemies.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2006-10/20267911.jpg "WHEN the towers came down on Sept. 11, Stephen Gaghan, the Oscar-winning writer of "Traffic,\" realized in a flash that \"Hollywood has done a terrible job creating villains.\" It all used to be so simple, so black and white. There were the good guys and the bad guys — not people willing to blow themselves up in order to blow up their enemies.")
Times Staff WriterWHEN the towers came down on Sept. 11, Stephen Gaghan, the Oscar-winning writer of "Traffic," realized in a flash that "Hollywood has done a terrible job creating villains." It all used to be so simple, so black and white. There were the good guys and the...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Guerrilla Activity, Saddam Hussein, Academy Awards, Heroism
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The Valley's Not So Civil War
Times Staff WriterEver since the twin towers came crashing down and the cloud of jihad fogged the land, the crop dusters swooping low over the San Joaquin Valley had taken on a new menace. Even here, tucked away in the farm fields of middle California, fear had settled...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Guerrilla Activity, Saddam Hussein, Elections, Christianity
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Sharon's toughest decision
Sun Foreign StaffKFAR DAROM, Gaza Strip - Soon after Yamima Cohen Ayoubi moved to this Jewish settlement in the midst of Palestinian cities and sand dunes, Ariel Sharon paid a visit. It was 1989 and Sharon - the former general, master builder of Israel's settlements...Tags: Arts, Reviews, Elections, Defense, Government Ministers
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Rabbi Wants Gibson's Apology, Not Speech
Zap2It.comThe Jewish community isn't quite ready to embrace Mel Gibson's apology for uttering anti-Semitic remarks while drunk, even though they've reached out to him. Rabbi David Baron, who sent a letter Tuesday (Aug. 1) inviting the actor to a Los Angeles Yom...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Los Angeles, Celebrities, Drunk Driving, Holidays
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