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Israel, the Palestinians and Anti-Americanism in the Muslim World
Despite last week’s promise by President Mahmoud Abbas at the UN, there appears to be no “unity government” yet in the Palestinian territories. We update the internal disputes there and in Israel after the bombing of Lebanon. Can the US still be an “honest broker?” Would progress reduce anti-Americanism around the world? Plus, the Pope appeals to Muslims to work with Christians and Jews toward peace, and the New Orleans Superdome is back in business.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenDespite last week’s promise by President Mahmoud Abbas at the UN, there appears to be no “unity government” yet in the Palestinian territories. We update the internal disputes there and in Israel after the bombing of Lebanon. Can the US still be an “honest broker?”Would progress reduce anti-Americanism around the world? Plus, the Pope appeals to Muslims to work with Christians and Jews toward peace, and the New Orleans Superdome is back in business.
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Pope Benedict XVI told Muslim diplomats today that Christians and Muslims must work together against intolerance and violence. He made clear he was responding to Muslim outrage over a speech he made earlier this month at the University of Regensburg in Germany.
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Last week UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said the Israeli-Palestinian issue "carries a powerful symbolic and emotional charge... like no other conflict in the world." There was a sense of optimism, when President Mahmoud Abbas said the Palestinians would form a "unity government" to negotiate the end of the economic and political blockade…
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Thirteen months ago the Superdome was the central focus of the horrors brought by Hurricane Katrina, and it became symbolic of spectacular failure at all levels of government. Katrina ripped part of the roof off the Superdome, which was then filled with refugees.
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