Treat others as you want to be treated

  • Seeing her face on the TV screen, one is struck by her beauty. It is the face of an angel, pure and innocent.Then she opens her mouth, and what pours out is vile and ugly, the racist message of the extreme right. Like seeing a cherub parting its lips and revealing the teeth of a vampire.Ayelet...
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Mandela: The movie

  • I have just seen the new movie “Mandela,” and I am so full of impressions that I cannot abstain from writing them down.It is a very good film, with very good actors. But that’s not the main point. It is a very accurate film, depicting what actually happened in South Africa, and one cannot help...
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Trouble amid plenty in Africa

  • Africa is changing dramatically, and so are outsiders’ attitudes toward it, with the US finally seeming determined to catch up with China, Europe, and India in their interest in the continent. US President Barack Obama’s recent summit with 40 African heads of state and more than 200 US and...
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Time for a reality check

  • The Gulf countries have responded with unprecedented speed and daring to the possible impact of oil crisis on their economies. Led by a new generation of leaders — especially in Saudi Arabia — they have crafted a sweeping new vision for the country as it seeks to wean itself off its addiction to...
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Time to end the ‘hasbara’

  • Merely being in the company of hundreds of Palestinian journalists and other media professionals from all over the world has been an uplifting experience. For many years, Palestinian media has been on the defensive, unable to articulate a coherent message, torn between factions and desperately...
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It is not about money, but PR power

  • A donation of $25,000 to the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which helps Palestinian refugees abandoned and abused by Israel, may not sound like much, but it is. The donation came from Kal Penn, an actor starring in the hit TV series “Designated Survivor” as a White House spokesman.Penn, who...
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Is Britain negotiating itself into a corner over Brexit?

  • Even during the bitterest of negotiations, it is usually expected that the opposing parties should incrementally move closer together. Yet in the Brexit talks, Britain and the EU seem to be edging further apart. ...
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Greek renaissance could benefit the Arab world

  • Shortly before Greece’s recent election, the gifted orator and then-Prime Minister Alexei Tsipras delivered a rousing speech to a cheering throng of supporters, at one point declaring that his main opponent could not achieve what he was experiencing at that moment: An adoring crowd. “They can’t...
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The politics of Afghan refugees

  • From all witness accounts inside Afghanistan, there is no amassing of Afghan refugees on the borders. There is however, a genuine humanitarian crisis. This crisis has been around for at least a year. It involves food drought, no salaries and no income with most government officials not having ...
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Djokovic falls while Federer pulls great escape

  • TORONTO: Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga handed world No. 1 Novak Djokovic a 6-2, 6-2 third round defeat on Thursday as the Rogers Cup was rocked by upsets.A day of high-drama began under a bright morning sun with South African Kevin Anderson startling third seeded Australian Open champion Stan...
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