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BITNUN, SHIMSHON
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MAYER BASSAN
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Kemp, I
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Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer (1874-1965)
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Demographics
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Evidence
2018
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2015
Correction: In \"Pressured premier\" (November 16), the phrase \"among Israeli Arabs\" was inadvertently omitted from one of the findings of the Panels poll quoted in the article. The relevant sentence should have read: \"Interestingly, among Israeli Arabs, 48 percent said they supported a two-state solution with the Palestinians, while only 11 percent backed the status quo and 14 percent a single binational state.\" The Europeans are generally being very generous with their open borders approach, but they would be wise to peruse their history books, both past and present, and adopt a very cautious approach to this massive onslaughtSoffer has wisely pointed out the steadily mounting water shortage throughout Africa. The United Nations, instead of wasting everyone's time by falsely accusing Israel of endless \"crimes,\" should immediately implement massive desalination projects to save the Nile and the impoverished countries of central and north Africa.
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Smith, David
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Greenfield, Murray S
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BITNUN, SHIMSHON
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Diplomatic & consular services
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Education
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Families & family life
2019
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Letters
2016
Yossi Melman, in \"No going back to the 'good old days'\" (July 25), says of Gaza that it is \"probably the most densely populated area per square kilometer on Earth.\" Gaza is certainly heavily populated, but its population density is not quite so extreme. Gaza has a population density of approximately 4,700/sq km. Interestingly, this is less than Tel Aviv (7,524/sq km), Singapore (6,252/sq km), Hong Kong (6,352/sq km), London (5,100/ sq km), and Moscow (4,900 / sq km). One might contend, however, that it doesn't make much sense to compare the Gaza Strip, which is partly rural and partly urban, to a city like Tel Aviv. That's a reasonable point, but it raises the question how does Gaza City itself compare to other cities? According to Wikipedia, it has a population density of 9,983/sq km, which is comparable to that of New York City (10,725/sq km). This is not even in the top 40. The most densely populated cities are places like Manila (42,857/sq km), Chennai (25,854/sq km), Delhi (25,553/sq km), Dhaka (24,743/sq km), Kolkata (24,252/sq km), and Hanoi (23,342/sq km).
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Letters
2016
Ilan Baruch, in \"Transforming consciousness\" (January 25), asserts that the soldiers' testimonies reported by Breaking the Silence are \"well-documented, cross-checked and authenticated.\" Yet, a later article \"A troubling mirror\" (March 21) tells us that the testimonies are \"almost always made anonymously\" and that the spokesman for Breaking the Silence, Achiya Schatz, admits that the group \"chooses to avoid official channels for registering complaints.\"
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Letters
2010
Sir, - David Forman may be correct when he writes that a \"most reliable Peace Now\" report figured out that if the funds used to sustain settler communities were applied to domestic needs (settlers' needs are not domestic needs?) such as free college tuition, the standard of Israeli life would rise (\"Justice - an overworked concept,\" January 1). The point he misses is that without the support of the settlements, there would be no Israeli colleges to go to nor other myriad services which exist only by virtue of the settlers' presence. Sir,- I read with dismay [Daniel Gordis]'s disparagement of the classic film Exodus. While it is true that the film is somewhat dated, so are classics such as Casablanca and It's a Wonderful Life to name just two. It remains among my all-time favorites and one of the few DVDs I own. Some of the scenes such as the Acre prison break remain excellent and moving. Of course I might be prejudiced as I was living in Haifa as a student in 1959/60 and witnessed some of the scenes being shot. What most people don't know or remember is that the crowd scene during the declaration of the state was populated by the holding of a special Mifal Hapayis lottery that awarded the winners a train ticket to Jerusalem and a position as an \"extra\" in the crowd. Those were simpler times and the film should not be judged by today's SMS values. Sir, - I read with interest the piece by Daniel Gordis about the declining sense of peoplehood among American Jews (\"A requiem for peoplehood,\" November 27). I am not an American Jew but I think I understand where it's coming from and I must take issue with his interpretation. He sees the problem in \"liberal\" Judaism, and adoption of the model of American Protestantism.
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2011
Based on \"One Person's Field Trip, Another's Fanaticism\" (April 11), the reader would think the controversy over Hebron began after the Six Day War. In \"Misreading History\" (April 11) Anne Roiphe casts praise on the Israel Defense Forces, but the point she really wants to make is in the statement that immediately follows: \"I am worried that the need for a fighting stance, the need to outshout, to out-muscle and ultimately humiliate the other is not helpful in the situation Israel now faces.\" She adds, \"I fear there is a voice within the community that is so afraid of becoming weak that it becomes self-defeating, belligerent and uncompromising.\" It is truly amazing that Roiphe can sit in her New York apartment and be able to grasp the many and growing horrendous threats and problems Israel faces today and for the foreseeable future. Maybe Israel should allow the weapon ship, the \"Victoria,\" it just captured, to re-load all those missiles and sail on to Gaza for delivery to Hamas.
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