Palestine

Scars of childhood

The arrest and detention of Palestinian children by the Israeli army inflicts long-term trauma on Palestinian society. Andrea D'Cruz travelled to Abu Dis to find out more Montasser Dandan is on the face of it an incredibly...

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After troubling talk, Muslim leader told Ft. Hood suspect, 'There's something wrong with you'

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — An Army psychiatrist who authorities say went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood was so conflicted over what to tell fellow soldiers about fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan that a local Islamic leader was...

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Shock and sadness grip Fort Hood community as it struggles to make sense of shooting rampage

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — A chaplain exhorted hundreds of mourners gathered at a candlelight vigil to not give up hope as Fort Hood and its surrounding community looked to each other for comfort after an Army psychiatrist...

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U.S. Army gunman's act "impossible" - grandfather

AL-BIREH, West Bank, (Reuters) - The grandfather of a U.S. Army psychiatrist accused of shooting dead 13 people and wounding 30 others at a base in Texas said on Saturday he found it impossible to believe

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Shortage Of Military Therapists Creates Strain

As They Grapple With Strains Of War, Military Therapists Feel The Pain, Too (AP) WASHINGTON (AP) - An Army psychiatrist is suspected in the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, and the rampage is raising questions about whether...

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Fort Hood suspect became more devout after mother's death, cousin says

A cousin of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan said that he began a stricter practice of Islam after his mother died nine years ago, observing the five daily prayers and taking other aspects of the faith more seriously after a loss that...

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Israel president urges Mahmoud Abbas to stay on

Israeli President Shimon Peres on Saturday used a speech honoring slain premier Yitzhak Rabin to urge Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas to stay in power despite frustrations over the peace process. "We both signed the Oslo...

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China Confidential: Jerusalem Arabs Praise Fort Hood Shooter

News Type: Event — Seeded on Sat Nov 7, 2009 2:56 PM EST China Confidential sources in East Jerusalem say many residents of the predominantly Arab section are expressing strong support for the Muslim U.S. Army major who mowed...

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Complex picture emerging of Hasan

FORT HOOD — As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another to thank him for his friendship — common courtesies and routines of the...

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Shalit campaign: We're ready to resume activity

After long weeks of quiet which followed release of video tape of captive soldier, Shalit campaign head Shimshon Libman says activists 'ready to return, make our voices heard' Hagai Einav Head of the campaign for the release of...

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