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by James M. Wall History may well record what happened on November 29, 2012, as Mahmoud Abbas’ “finest hour”. This was the day the Palestinian Authority president (right) announced to the world that he would no longer bow to blackmail from the West. A familiar political threat by Israel to withhold tax funds due the […]
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The editorial comment below is reprinted from the Christian Century magazine of November 23, 1977. At the time the editorial appeared, I was the editor of the Century. This was the week’s lead editorial. In 1977, I had been editor for five years, a position I held until 1999. President Jimmy Carter was inaugurated in January, 1977. […]
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by James M. Wall In 1963, temporarily banned from American television for his “radical” views, Pete Seeger toured Australia. On a stage in Melbourne, he introduced a new song by a then 23-year old Tom Paxton. The lyrics began: What did you learn in school today, dear little boy of mine? I learned that Washington […]
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by James M. Wall To mounting excitement and wild applause, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), voted 107-14 with 52 abstentions, to approve full Palestinian membership in the international body. The vote came on Monday. Fully aware that the negotiations track pushed by the US and Israel does nothing but enhance Israel’s […]
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