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Six reasons to return the occupied Golan Heights
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Camille Otrakji

Reading the comments section of online Israeli newspapers over the past few years one concludes that Israelis are divided in their opinions and reactions to Syria’s calls for a resumption of peace negotiations that will lead, among other things, to the return of the occupied Golan Heights to Syria. Many Israelis wisely realized that their powerful army, the IDF, will not be able to ensure their security and stability for too long. Those Israelis are strong supporters of peace negotiations with Syria, and most of them support the full return of the Golan Heights to Syria. Yet, others are not convinced. Among them one finds that the reasons why they refuse to support giving back the Golan are usually a combination of the following:


Dude, Where’s my Hiroshima?
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Jamal Mansour

 

I Act I—Hiroshima t was 08:15 on the morning of August 6, 1945, when the Enola Gay (the most notorious plane in the history of modern warfare—innocently named after the mother of Col. Paul Tibbets’, her commanding officer) dropped her lethal gift to the Japanese people—and to humanity—over Hiroshima.