...voice to her dreams. As turbaned fighters swept through her town in northwestern Pakistan in 2009, the tiny schoolgirl spoke out about her passion for education — she wanted to become a doctor, she said — and became a symbol of defiance against Taliban subjugation. / On Tuesday, masked Taliban gunmen answered Ms. Yousafzai’s courage with bullets, singling out the 14-year-old on a bus filled with terrified schoolchildren, then shooting her in the head and neck. Two other girls were also wounded in the attack. All three survived, but late on Tuesday doctors said that Ms. Yousafzai was in critical condition at a hospital in Peshawar, with a bullet possibly lodged close to her brain. Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu calls for early elections JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday night that he is disbanding his right-wing government and calling for early elections, blaming a coalition deadlock over how to slash nearly $4 billion from next year's budget. / Speculation has been rife for months that Netanyahu's inability to pass a 2013 budget would force him to dismantle what has been one of Israel's...
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...toward that goal. Powerful global forces including the United Nations are helping as well. Although, analysts are warning that such a shift would be nightmarish for liberty and privacy. Now there are some pros to this “cashless society” which include; possible reductions in armed robbery, tax evasion, black-market commerce, the cost of printing and securing physical cash, and more. Although critics are warning of the dangerous schemes that could be unleashed in a world where out-of-control governments can monitor literally every purchase, transaction and bit of economic activity. There has yet to be a completely “cashless society” but Israel is probably the closest and will be the first. A committee chaired by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief of staff has come up with a three phase plan to “all but do away with cash transactions in Israel”. Individuals and small businesses would still be allowed to conduct transactions in cash, initially at least, but the goal is to force Israeli citizens to conduct as much business as possible using electronic forms of payment. Israeli officials believe that cash is bad because it fuels the underground economy and allows people to avoid paying taxes. All in all, it looks to be like we are on our way to a “cashless society”. The end goal, as they openly admit, is an ultimate end to all cash transactions, supposedly ushering in a wonderful world of safety and flourishing digital...
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...Iran appears to be on the verge of obtaining a bomb. Washington is pushing for more time to allow diplomacy and economic sanctions to run their course. "We think that it would take over a year or so for Iran to actually develop a nuclear weapon but obviously we don't want to cut it too close," Mr Obama said. "My message (to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu) will be the same as before: if we can resolve it diplomatically, that's a more lasting solution. But if not, I continue to keep all options on the table." Asked if an attack on Iran's nuclear sites was a realistic option he said: "When I say that all options are on the table, all options are on the table and the United States obviously has significant capabilities. "But our goal here is to make sure that Iran does not possess a nuclear weapon that could threaten Israel or could trigger an arms race in the region. That would be extraordinarily dangerous at a time when obviously there are already a lot of things going on." On 20 March Mr Obama is due to begin his first trip to Israel, the Palestinian territories and Jordan since being elected president in 2008. He and Mr Netanyahu are also expected to discuss the war in neighbouring Syria and efforts to revive peace talks with the Palestinians. The UN...
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...A DISTRUBING NEWS EVENT: English 105, Page 1 A Disturbing News Event Daniel H. Jack Allied American University Author Note This paper was prepared for English 105, Module 8, Final Exam Part 1: Paragraph, Taught by instructor Bradley Waltman A disturbing news event, English 105, Final Exam, Part 1: Page 2, Daniel H. Jack PART 1: PARAGRAPH For this final exam, you will turn in a 1 page document that consists of three paragraphs: a paragraph plan, a draft narration paragraph, and a revised narration plan. Use a word processor, such as Microsoft Word, to complete and turn in the assignment. Remember to use proper APA format, (Times New Roman, 12 point font, double spacing). Step 1: You will choose from any of the following topics to write your narration paragraph. Choosing a topic that is of interest or choosing a topic that may be difficult for you to write about is a good way to challenge your writing skills: Step 2 : Create your paragraph plan, write your first draft, and then write your revised draft. First, write your paragraph plan. Next, in the same document, write a first draft of your paragraph, and then write your revised draft ( you should show two different versions of the paragraph). Remember that a good paragraph takes time to write. You may want to start with some idea development activities, such as free writing or brain storming, to help you generate your paragraph. Pay attention to your purpose, audience, and mechanics...
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...Amir experienced the rape of his best friend Hassan as a young child. Amir didn’t tell anyone and he didn’t stand up to the boys who attacked his friend. He wants Hassan to speak up, or to be punished for not helping stand up to Assef and his friends. Unfortunately for Amir, his friend will always be loyal to him and will make no mention of what happened that day in the alley way. This tears Amir apart, he can’t stand that his friend won’t speak about what was done to him or tell his father Ali or Baba. To get rid of Hassan and Ali, Amir plants a watch in Hassan’s belongings and accuses him of stealing it. Hassan admits to taking it and even though Baba forgives him, Ali takes his son and leaves. This is where Amir’s guilt begins to attack his life. He has the guilt from seeing what happened in the alley way and not fighting back or speaking up, the guilt still remains even though Ali and Hassan have left. Amir carries this guilt with him through his entire life, hoping to someday get rid of it, but not knowing how to. After spending many years in America Amir receives a life changing call. His father’s friend Rahim Khan is informing Amir that redemption is still possible, for a price. Amir learns he must rescue Hassan’s son, Sohrab. Once the boy is safe and in America, Amir has finally succeeded in earning his redemption. The last paragraph of the novel beautifully demonstrates the change both Amir and Sohrab had experienced since they met. The last paragraph begins, “I looked...
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...Two days before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to speak to a joint session of Congress, Secretary of State John Kerry said the prime minister is welcome to speak in the U.S. but worries it injects far too much politics into the relationship. “The prime minister of Israel is welcome to speak in the United States, obviously,” Kerry said today in an exclusive interview on ABC’s "This Week." “I talk to the prime minister regularly, including yesterday." But, Kerry added, "we don't want to see this turned into some great political football.” Israel's Netanyahu Heads to Washington for Congress Speech Obama, Netanyahu on Collision Course 6 Years in the Making Iran Official Criticizes Israeli Leader's 'Scaremongering' Kerry echoed frustrations expressed by the White House that House Speaker John Boehner’s invitation to Netanyahu was inappropriate. “It was odd, if not unique, that we learned of it from the speaker of the House and that an administration was not included in this process," he said. "But the administration is not seeking to politicize this.” But Kerry’s remarks were far more measured than those of National Security Advisor Susan Rice, who said last week that the speech would be “destructive to the fabric of the relationship.” The White House has expressed anger with both the Republican-led House of Representatives and with Netanyahu’s office, not only for excluding them from the invitation process...
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...Let’s all pity Netanyahu and the GOP: Israel, Iran, irrational thinking — and Thomas Friedman’s usual muddled nonsense A reactionary leader addressing a reactionary legislature will expose the creeping irrelevance of them both PATRICK L. SMITH Share 100 168 109 TOPICS: BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, NEW YORK TIMES, THOMAS FRIEDMAN, JOHN KERRY, ISRAEL, IRAN, EDITOR'S PICKS, NEWS, POLITICS NEWS Let's all pity Netanyahu and the GOP: Israel, Iran, irrational thinking -- and Thomas Friedman's usual muddled nonsense Thomas Friedman, Benjamin Netanyahu, John Kerry (Credit: Reuters/Lucas Jackson/AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Michel Euler/Photo montage by Salon) Many readers will have seen Benjamin Netanyahu’s sentimentally charged but otherwise empty speech to Congress on Tuesday. If you missed it, you can watch it here or read the transcript here. There is a lot to consider in this presentation, even if—or partly because—it was a celebration of the nothing-new. To me, the key to the occasion lies in one especially revealing trick the Israeli leader tried. This was the staged presence of Elie Wiesel in the gallery. The novelist, Nobel-winner and concentration camp survivor was strategically placed in the speaker’s box next to Netanyahu’s wife, Sara. After a reference to “a nuclear-armed Iran whose unbridled aggression will inevitably lead to war,” Netanyahu played his card. “My friend, standing up to Iran is not easy,” he began this passage. “Standing up to dark and murderous...
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...officers, and most essentially the nation as at large. He knew all along that the statements about Saddam Hussein and chemical weapons were a fluke, but went along with it and cost American families over four thousand lives. Additionally, his role as meditator in the meeting between former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was also an ethical concern. Professionally, this role was more diplomat than chief spymaster, which made many insiders “distinctly uncomfortable” (Posner 1998; Tenet 2007, 74). Others in the administration were pleased with the idea considering it as unethical despite the fact that Tenet tried to explain that nobody else could act better in that position. This threatened his leadership due to the fact that individuals were beginning to lack trust in his leadership. Analyze four (4) ways in which Tenet addressed the prioritization of ethical concerns. George Tenet utilized diverse approach to address the prioritization of his ethical concerns amongst which notably was the implementation of CIA policies. As the role of mediator for Yasser Arafat and Benjamin Netanyahu, the presidents of Palestine and Israel respectively, he stated that “We are the one...
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...Analysing the Israel-Palestine Conflict in International Relations Perspective Introduction to International Relations Analysing the Israel-Palestine Conflict in International Relations Perspective Background Since the early 20th Century, Israelis and Palestinians have been fighting over the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. With the assumption that Palestine is a state to facilitate discussion, this report sketches out the most significant elements of the conflict on the three levels defined by Kenneth Waltz, and applies the Realist theory of international relations (IR) to the “Two-State” solution. Levels of analysis 1. First Level The first level focuses on individuals involved in the international relations. On Israel’s side, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has an important role to play because he has the final word in all political decisions. On the side of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas enjoys an even stronger position. Not only is he the chairman of Fatah and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), he is also the President of the Palestinian National Authority (PA), which is the ruling body for the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. He does not to have to face elections as he runs an authoritarian regime. On the regional level, the most influential figure is Mohamed Morsi, President of Egypt, who is vital to negotiating efforts for the conflict. Egypt is the first Arab country to accept Israel as a state...
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...additional funding for better technology within the CIA. When George W. Bush came into office, Tenet had built supporters on both sides of the political parties. Tenet had also built support inside the intelligence community, crucially and particularly in the Directorate of Operations [DO] at the CIA. He had won support from everyone including the new President Bush. (Coll, 2006) Although Tenet had the intentions of being a great leader and rebuilding the trust of the American people there were many ethical dilemmas experienced that led to his demise. One of these dilemmas was the violation of national and international human rights. Tenet was also the “go-between” or the “mediator” with Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, which brought about concern within his administration. Tenent was also dishonest not only with his officials but the people of the nation. Tenet knew that information given regarding chemical weapons and Saddam Hussein were false but instead of acknowledging the truth went along with it. Lastly, Tenet’s overall loyalty brought about ethical dilemmas....
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...through their respective actions. However, if called upon the United States will prove to be a powerful and not easily subdued ally for the Israeli people. Though the future remains widely uncertain concerning this diplomatic dilemma in the Middle East, one thing is certain, growing tensions between the two must be settled very quickly if a peaceable solution is to be adopted. The potential war ideology is fueled by the recent public requests of Israel for increased allied support from the United States; coupled with an extensive shopping list consisting of planes that are able to reach Iran. According to “US Security Aid to Israel May Increase to $5 Billion a Year”, an article, written by Bryant Jordan, “President Barack Obama met with Netanyahu at the White House, where the two...
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...the concepts proposed in the assigned quote, this paper will first break down the quote into its individual statements. This independent analysis will then be utilized to find a core message in the quote as a whole, and ultimately to assist in understanding Thomas Aquinas’ view of natural law as a governing precept of human thought and action and in comparison to Plato’s theory of ideas. “…The rational soul is the proper form of man…” The first statement in the quote establishes what Aquinas sees to be as the essence of humanity. He understood the rational soul to be that aspect of the soul that creates reason. He understood reason to be the defining characteristic that separates man from other animals. Therefore, the rational soul being the mover that differentiates man, it is man’s proper form. He is making a judgment that since reason is what makes man unique it is also what man is, properly. The idea of form is important as well. Aquinas understood man to consist of matter, or the body, and form, expressed here as the rational soul. The form is the more general understanding of a being, what it shares with all others of its type. For example, the form of the pigeon outside my window is a bird, with all that entails. The matter is everything that makes that pigeon distinct from all other birds. Similarly, the form of Benjamin Netanyahu is a man, defined...
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...affiliated bodies and have a voice in world affairs. The votes were as follows: 138 nations voted in favour of Palestine while 9 voted against the country. 41 nations chose to abstain from the voting procedure. The Palestinian reaction to the UN decision was ecstatic and celebratory parades were seen on the streets of Ramallah in Israel. However, some countries are against the decision. Israel said that this decision by the UN will put the peace process between Israel and Palestine “backwards”. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced his plans to expand settlement buildings in Palestinian territory despite the UN decision. The U.S. has said that the UN bid was "unfortunate". Opponents of the bid say a Palestinian state should emerge only out of bilateral negotiations. The countries of the world reacted majorly in support of Palestine. Countries like Britain, France, Spain, Sweden and Denmark made appeals to ambassadors in Israel to ask Prime Minister Netanyahu to reconsider his plan to erect close to 3,000 homes in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. They also appealed for a reversal of course on the part of Israel and said that they completely disapproved of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory. 01 Facebook and Zynga go separate ways > Internet Dec Corporatefamiliar with the game Farmville on Facebook. The creators of this addictive game, Zynga, and the We are all platform...
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...News Media and Terrorism: Changing Relationship, Changing Definitions Zohar Kampf Department of Communication Hebrew University In this article I discuss two aspects that are important for understanding the relationship between Western news media and terrorism: the changing representation of terrorists and terrorist attacks in the media, and with it, the changing definition of terrorism. By calling attention to evolving news media practices in times of terrorism, I argue that advanced communication technologies and the emergence of global media ecology since the 1990s has made terrorism more visible in both national and international media landscapes. One consequence is that the more the news media expose terrorism to global audiences via the "front-door", the more controversial the use of the terms terrorism and terrorist become in social, political, and scholarly discourse. The paper addresses the new journalistic practices and their consequences as documented in previous studies on media reporting of terrorism in several national contexts, mostly the UK, the US and Israel. Terrorism, media, and the nation (or, reading about terrorists in the next day's newspaper) Classic definitions of terrorism evolved in a world in which a modernist view reigned supreme. Despite constant debates about how to define the term (Schmid 1983; Schlesinger 1981; Gibbs 1989; Nacos 2007), one conventional definition, at least under U.S. law, characterizing a nationalistic perception...
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.... ìGETTING TO NOî AN ANALYSIS OF FAILED MEDIATION IN THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT (1993-2000) Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy Thesis Submitted by Ahsiya Posner 9 February 2003 Under the advisement of Professor Eileen Babbitt and Professor Diana Chigas ABSTRACT This paper will attempt this difficult but important task with the humble understanding that ìthe full storyî is impossible to know and telló even for the very participants of the process. Nevertheless, in this investigation, the author will explore four main questions. The first three questions are: 1) did the OPP set the Israelis and Palestinians on a trajectory that ìdoomedî CD2 from the start?; 2) were there problems inherent to the process and structure of CD2 that led to its failure?; and, 3) how should future mediation attempts of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict be structured in order to meet with more success? The fourth question, however, requires further introduction. The forthcoming study of CD2 will be guided by a ìProvisional Framework (PF)î of seven criteria that I believe are necessary ingredients to successful peacemaking processes. I devised this framework after consulting existing literature and scholars in the field of mediation and negotiation in general, as well as after reviewing scholarly pieces focusing on the Israel-Palestinian peace process in particular. Thus, after using this framework to analyze CD2, conclusions will thus be drawn with regard to a fourth and final question:...
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