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Sunday, December 9, 2012

A Defiant Palestine, LCD Contacts and Cyborgs

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This column is designed to offer a platform to discuss national stories on a local level. Share your opinion in the comment section! ---------- The political leader of Hamas, Khaled Meshal, now says that an Islamic Palestinian state will replace the land of Israel, including the West Bank and Gaza Strip, according to the New York Times.  He spoke in Gaza on the 25th anniversary of the founding of Hamas, claiming that Israel will be "wiped away." “We will never recognize the legitimacy of the Israeli occupation, and therefore there is no legitimacy for Israel, no matter how long it will take,” he said. “We will free Jerusalem inch by inch, stone by stone. Israel has no right to be in Jerusalem.” These are not new threats. But they are "…

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Middle East Showdown, Goodbye Twinkies and IKEA's Forced Labor

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This column is designed to offer a platform to discuss national stories on a local level. Share your opinion in the comment section! ---------- As Israel and Gaza traded rockets, the world watched as it unfolded over Twitter. With tweets like "We recommend that no Hamas operatives, whether low level or senior leaders, show their faces above ground in the days ahead" and "The #Hamas' Fajr-5 missile can reach 3.5 million Israelis. Imagine the entire population of #LA under threat" from the Israeli Defense Force, it seemed likely that the fight would escalate. It did. On Friday, Hamas fired a rocket near Jerusalem, the first time they have ever aimed for the city. It's possible that this could become full on war, as Israel readies 75,000 …

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