AFTER HAMAS was elected, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) attempted to cooperate with it. This led Israel to claim there was no one to talk to. After Hamas took over Gaza, however, Abbas officially dismissed its government and set…
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The Mugrabi Gate: Dig We Must?
IN FEBRUARY 2004, the ramp leading up to the Mugrabi Gate in the al-Aqsa compound partly collapsed, and a temporary wooden structure was erected. In February 2007, Israel began building a permanent bridge to the gate. A Jerusalem law ordains…