Shatila peopleMeet key figures in a 60-year-old Palestinian refugee camp May 17, 2008
I went on a kind of pilgrimage to our holy places, so I went to pray at the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem and the next time I went to the Ibrahimi mosque in Hebron and prayed there. I am certain we shall return to Palestine, if not us then our children or our grandchildren will return. (BBC News -- Africa)
Exhibition axed after police visit May 14, 2008
A local community group, Friends of Hebron, had developed the display of photos, poems and articles over eight months. "We set up the exhibition at the library on Thursday night and the librarian approved the exhibition, and said that it could be seen by children and other people who into the library," said Carole Lawson, a Friends of Hebron member ... A police spokesman said the officers were from the operations' community contact unit and had come only to "say hi" to Friends of Hebron members.... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Survival despite the odds May 12, 2008
Arab propagandists who allege that Deir Yassin, in 1948, was a massacre of Arabs by Jews, conveniently ignore endless massacres of Jews by Arabs, including Hebron, Kfar Etzion, Hadassah Hospital and Safed, to name but a few. Nor do they tell us of the likely fate of 650,000 Jews if the Arabs had won. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Bear Creek Township woman visits Middle East May 12, 2008
During the trip, Williams had the chance to visit Hebron, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Nazareth, Bethlehem and Ramallah, but she said the best part was meeting people who want a peaceful end to the conflict and learning of their willingness to pressure the government to reach a solution. Listening to these people talk was humbling for Williams. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Chroniclers of pain May 10, 2008
In the exquisite translation of Preliminaries by Nicholas de Lange published this year - the first English translation - a passage describing the Arab riots of 1929, during which 67 Jews were killed in Hebron and around Jerusalem, has been chosen for the flyleaf. It is a central episode in the novel, but by no means its dominant refrain. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Treatment of Palestinians May 9, 2008
There was a Jewish majority in East Jerusalem (now called the Old City/Arab East Jerusalem) since the 1880 s and a substantial Jewish community in Hebron until the 1920 s. After Arab attacks that left over 130 Jews dead in the late 1920 s, Jews had to flee East Jerusalem, and all the Jews were ethnically cleansed from Hebron. This was long before Israel was founded. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Who will save Imad Sa'ad? May 7, 2008
Sa'ad, 25, is a Palestinian policeman who was sentenced to death by a Palestinian Authority court in Hebron last week. His crime: alerting Israeli authorities to the whereabouts of four Palestinian terrorists, who were subsequently killed by Israeli forces. (Boston Globe)
Palestinian enterprises look to China for business Apr 3, 2008
Demand for Chinese visas among business owners in the occupied West Bank is so high that the Chinese consul regularly visits the city of Hebron to stamp their passports and circumvent an Israeli ban that prevents them from travelling to the embassy in Tel Aviv. "Everybody is doing business in China," Khaled Oseily, the mayor of Hebron, said ... "The Chinese consul comes to Hebron and on one day issued some 600 to 700 visas to Hebronite businessmen.". (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Facebook gets entangled in Middle East conflict Mar 19, 2008
"We also offer Hebron in both Israel and Palestine," Barker said, referring to the major West Bank city which is home to about 150,000 Palestinians and some 400 Jewish settlers. Barker said about 18 West Bank settlements were currently listed on Facebook and that many more would be added in the future, giving users the option of choosing Israel or Palestine. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Facebook: West Bank Is Israel and 'Palestine' Mar 18, 2008
"We also offer Hebron in both Israel and Palestine," Barker told Reuters, referring to the major West Bank city that is home to about 150,000 Palestinians and 400 Jewish settlers. Palestinian users reportedly have set up their own Facebook group whose members threatened to cancel their accounts if "Palestine" was removed from the site. (Fox News)
Hamas snarls peace plans Mar 3, 2008
An Israeli soldier shoots tear gas at stone-throwing Palestinian protesters in the West Bank town of Hebron. AP Photo by Nasser Shiyoukhi. (News & Observer)
Olmert vows to press on with Gaza offensive Mar 2, 2008
"And it was concluded there that (the struggle) won't halt the (peace) process, he said. Olmert and the moderate Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, hope to reach an accord by the end of this year. In recent weeks, negotiators have met almost daily. Abbas has ruled from the West Bank since his Hamas rivals violently seized control of Gaza last June. But the deaths of Palestinians in Gaza has threatened to unleash a backlash against him in the West Bank. In Ramallah, home to Abbas' government,... (USA Today -- News)
Opinion: Arabism's greatest loss Feb 27, 2008
Palestinians burn the Israeli flag during the funeral of two Hamas fighters in Hebron [EPA. It is not just a matter of political disagreement, or a temporary feeling associated with the progression of one political solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict to another. (Aljazeera.Net)
Suicide bombing revives Israeli push to finish its wall Feb 6, 2008
But Hamas has since claimed responsibility for the bombers and said Tuesday that they were actually from the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Still, the likelihood that the bombers actually came from Hebron and not from Gaza only seemed to further Israeli arguments to resume construction of the West Bank barrier. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
Hamas says it was responsible for suicide bombings in Israel Feb 6, 2008
Hamas said that its bombers came from the West Bank city of Hebron ... But Hamas identified the bombers as Muhammad al-Hirbawi and Shadi al-Zaghair, both from Hebron ... Although Israel had not revealed the results of its own investigation by Tuesday evening, officials hinted during the day that the bombers had indeed come from Hebron. (International Herald Tribune)
Livingston out; Magnolia, Magnolia West in Feb 2, 2008
Brenham Banner-Press Online Edition. Online From Brenham TX. (Brenham Banner, TX)
Letters to the editor Jan 30, 2008
" As a matter of fact, approximately 600,000 Jews were forced to leave Muslim lands and became refugees at the same time as many, but by no means all, Palestinians left Israel---some voluntarily, some forced during the war forced on Israel. (By the way, Palestinians who did not leave Israel are today Israeli citizens with the right to vote and hold public office. Many of them in East Jerusalem do not wish to come under the PA's authority, according to recent polls.) Technology invented in Israel... (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
For West Bank head-scarf maker, it may be a wrap Jan 28, 2008
HEBRON, WEST BANK All of Yasser Hirbawi's 76 years show on his grizzled face as he surveys the four creaking looms still churning out the black-and-white head scarves that are synonymous with his people. Nearly 50 years ago, as Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat emerged from obscurity and adopted his trademark headgear, Mr. Hirbawi was an ambitious young textile merchant, who saw in burgeoning Palestinian pride a business opportunity. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Palestinian group sounds like Al Qaeda but forgoes violence Jan 22, 2008
HEBRON, WEST BANK - A new fundamentalist player is emerging in Palestinian politics ... "We accept only Islam in politics and in vision. And we have a powerful secret: to keep out Western ideas and keep to a pure Islamic system," Professor Jabari, who teaches chemical engineering at a college here, explains in an interview in his sprawling, freshly furnished home here in Hebron, a conservative city where Hizb ut-Tahrir's support appears to be among the strongest in the West Bank. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
PA rejects Israeli demands for a demilitarized Palestine Jan 4, 2008
Palestinian security force officers shout during a rally in support of Abbas in Hebron. Photo: AP. (Jerusalem Post)
Time 'to build new memories' Jan 2, 2008
On the other hand, between 1921 and 1936 and later, many Jews were killed by Arabs, including 67 murders of the Hebron Jewish population on Aug. 23, 1929. As to a theme of "Empty lands for landless people," that was never stated or implied by the father of modern Zionism, Theodore Herzl, in The Zionist Manifesto. (Florida Times-Union)
Palestinian official claimed group would willingly disband Dec 31, 2007
He spoke one day after the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades took responsibility for killing two Israelis who were hiking on Friday near the West Bank city of Hebron ... " "We promise to keep walking on the road of our teacher, Abu Amar (Yasser Arafat)," said the statement. This weekend, four armed Palestinians driving a jeep killed off-duty Israeli soldiers Ahikam Amihai and David Rubin as they were hiking with a woman just outside Hebron. Amihai and Rubin, both in their early 20s, managed to return... (WorldNetDaily)
Abbas's govt dismantling militant groups - minister Dec 29, 2007
The pledge by Interior Minister Abdel-Razak al-Yahya came one day after Palestinian militants killed two off-duty Israeli soldiers who were hiking near the West Bank city of Hebron ... A splinter group of al-Aqsa in Gaza -- along with the Islamic Jihad militant group -- claimed responsibility for Friday's shooting attack near Hebron. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Exclusive interview: Tony Blair Dec 15, 2007
I think what I have learned by travelling and seeing around Jericho in the Jordan valley and Hebron, actually travelling in the Palestinian territory, I do understand the deep sense of injustice the Palestinian people have, and I don't agree with terrorism in any context instantly. I understand why the Palestinian people feel angry. (Aljazeera.Net)
Almeghari: PFLP & Hamas Dec 12, 2007
The leftist leader criticized underway Palestinian Authority's arrests among local Palestinians throughout the West Bank, as " satan equation', demanding the Salam Fayyad-led cabinet not to hold people accountable, based on their political affiliations. At the Gaza level, Majdalawi denounced what he called ' Hamas' apparatuses crimes' during a commemoration rally of late Palestinian president Yasser Arafat in November, in which at least eight people were killed and dozens other wounded, when... (Zmag.org)
Israel releases 429 Palestinian prisoners Dec 4, 2007
Forty-two were detained overnight between Sunday and Monday, mostly from the Ramallah, Hebron and Bethlehem districts, an army spokeswoman said. The Israeli government approved this latest prisoner release on Nov. 19, and Israeli officials had originally expected it to take place before the Annapolis conference on Nov. 27. (International Herald Tribune)
Lendman: Annapolis Hypocrisy Dec 4, 2007
Other communities affected include Nablus, Tulkarm, Bethlehem, Jenin, Hebron and Ramallah ... -- Israeli settlers attacked a Hebron school causing damage; they broke windows, uprooted trees, demolished walls and tried to burn down the building; Settlers also attacked a private home; they set fires, broke windows and damaged a car and barnyard; in both instances, IDF forces were nearby but didn't intervene as they almost never do in situations like this so settlers can freely terrorize... (Zmag.org)
Bold, But Cautious Steps On Road To Peace Nov 28, 2007
Police in the West Bank town of Hebron clashed Wednesday with demonstrators at a funeral for a man killed during a protest against the Annapolis summit, firing weapons into the air and beating people with sticks to disperse the gathering ... Palestinian police in the West Bank town of Hebron clashed Wednesday with protesters at a funeral for a man killed during a protest against the Annapolis summit, firing weapons into the air and beating people with sticks to disperse the gathering. (CBS News -- Iraq)
Gaza rally against Mid-East talks Nov 28, 2007
Meanwhile, an anti-Annapolis protester was shot dead in Hebron, in the West Bank, by Palestinian security forces loyal to Mr Abbas, who is in Annapolis. Others were wounded as Fatah-led forces intervened in Hebron and also in other West Bank cities like Ramallah and Nablus. (BBC News -- Africa)
Relative's help is alleged Nov 28, 2007
Man reportedly said he may have carried bin with wife's body. 11:32 PM CST, November 27, 2007. (Chicago Tribune)
New hope, old wariness at Mideast talks Nov 28, 2007
One Palestinian protester was shot and killed in the West Bank town of Hebron as Palestinian riot police tried to break up demonstrations. Olmert and Abbas, who spoke to the international gathering after Bush and will meet the president again today at the White House, each pledged to sacrifice in the interests of peace. (Los Angeles Times)
Hamas decries conference in Gaza rally Nov 28, 2007
In the West Bank city of Hebron, a demonstrator was shot and killed Tuesday as Palestinian security forces dispersed a small crowd. It was unclear who shot him. (Los Angeles Times)
Texas roundup: Plano advances Nov 25, 2007
DIVISION IIREGION IAbilene (11-1) vs. Southlake Carroll (11-1)1:00 Saturday Texas StadiumMansfield Timberview (9-3) vs. Hebron (10-2)4:00 Saturday at Texas Stadium ... Saturday Scoreboard5ALongview 28, S Garland 14Stratford 43, Cy Falls 34Skyline 49, Rowlett 7Westfield 31, Stony Point 22SA Reagan 35, O'Connor 28Cy Ridge 35, Eisenghower 28Pflugerville 18, Klein Forest 7FB Clements 36 West Brook 33Hebron 50, DeSoto 44 (4 OT)Katy 42, Madison 8Plano 28, Mesquite 7Carter 28, Naaman Forest 20Abilene... (Prep Sports Sports -- Rivals.com)
High School Football Results 11-25-2007 Nov 25, 2007
Lewisville Hebron 50, DeSoto 44, 4OT ... Mansfield Timberview (9-3) vs. Lewisville Hebron (10-2), TBD. (Plainview Daily Herald, TX)
High School Football Playoffs 11-19-2007 Nov 21, 2007
Lewisville Hebron 38, Grapevine 28 ... Lewisville Hebron (9-2) vs. DeSoto (9-2), 2 p.m. Saturday, Birdville. (Plainview Daily Herald, TX)
Israel and Palestine fail to agree before conference Nov 20, 2007
The projects cover a sewage treatment plant in northern Gaza, an agro-industrial park near Jericho, an industrial zone near Hebron and improved access to Bethlehem for tourists. More proposals will follow. (Guardian Unlimited)
UIL Playoff Locations and Times (Class 5A-2A) Nov 12, 2007
Grapevine (6-4) vs. Lewisville Hebron (8-2) Friday 9:00pm, Texas Stadium, Irving. DeSoto (8-2) vs. Dallas Jesuit (6-4) Friday 7:;30pm, Haggar Stadium, Dallas. (The Insiders -- Texas Prep)
Blair's honeymoon is ending on 'mission impossible' Oct 13, 2007
Ian Black in HebronSaturday October 13, 2007 ... "Welcome to Hebron, Mr Blair," declared the mayor, Khaled Osaily, before they disappeared into the sand-coloured building, screened by security men as headscarved schoolgirls giggled their way past Ramadan fairy lights ... Large parts of the West Bank's "city of the patriarchs" were ceded to Palestinian control a decade ago when Yasser Arafat was enjoying the mixed blessings of the Oslo self-rule agreement - which left 400 hardline, armed Jewish... (Guardian Unlimited)
Nasser: Palestinian Propaganda Prize for Israel Sep 21, 2007
Fayyads government found itself obliged recently to apologize to Reuters for violations during a suppressed Hamas-led protest by university students in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Hanniyehs government had to admit and apologize publicly for similar violations in the Gaza Strip. (Zmag.org)
Eleven injured in largest Gaza protest Sep 1, 2007
Eleven injured in largest Gaza protest - Times Online. 10 things you thought you knew about ancient Romans. (Times Online)
Corvallis peacemaker will tell about his work Aug 31, 2007
Hough volunteered last winter in the village of At-Tuwani in South Hebron Hills in the Israeli-occupied West Bank of Palestine. As a member of Peacemaker Teams, he helped protect Palestinian school children, shepherds and farmers from Israeli settler violence. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Henry Siegman Aug 28, 2007
According to Alon, the IDF is carrying out an apartheid policy that is emptying Hebron of Arabs and Judaising (his term) the Jordan Valley, while it co-operates openly with the settlers in an attempt to make a two-state solution impossible. A new UN map of the West Bank, produced by the Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs, gives a comprehensive picture of the situation. (Harper's Magazine)
Israeli soldiers express pain of war Aug 15, 2007
The exhibition, "Bringing Hebron to Tel Aviv", was only intended as a light introduction to the scenes the soldiers had witnessed ... " Much of Breaking the Silence's work involves seminars and tours, generally to Hebron, where between 1,000 and 2,000 soldiers provide security for the 400 Jewish settlers. The remaining 150,000 Palestinian residents of the city are forbidden to enter the streets that the settlers have occupied. Hebron is considered the birthplace of Judaism, and as such, the Jews... (Asia Times Online)
Debray: Palestine & Deliberate Blindness Aug 8, 2007
- Zone A comprising, since 1994, Gaza and the towns of Jericho, Jenin, Qalqilya, Ramallah, Tulkarem, Nablus, Bethlehem (Hebron was the subject of a separate agreement in January 1997), in which the Palestinian Authority has civil jurisdiction and police powers; - Zone B comprising the remaining areas of the West Bank, in which the Palestinian Authority has civil jurisdiction but shares responsibility for internal security with the Israeli army. . (Zmag.org)
Abbas's gamble Jul 27, 2007
Khaled Amayreh writes from Hebron. Palestinian prisoners celebrating their release as they arrive to the Betunia checkpoint on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Ramallah (photo: AFP). (Al-Ahram Weekly)
The Holy Land Foundation's Terrorist Connections Jul 24, 2007
HLF was a major funder of the Hebron Football Club which matriculated many suicide bombers. At an October 1993 meeting of Hamas leaders in Philadelphia, Munir Kamel Mohammed Shabib, an admitted Hamas member, offered a presentation on the situation in Palestine and the status of Islamic works tied to Hamas. (Human Events Online)
Crooke: Middle East Mistakes Jul 7, 2007
The largest Hebrew newspaper, Yediot Aharnot, noted on 14 June that in Nablus, Jenin, Hebron and Ramallah, the people of the Fatah al-Aqsa Brigades are in control, much thanks to the Israeli General Security Services who have jailed anyone vaguely smelling of Hamas. European policy-makers to judge by their public statements are largely oblivious to the rising tension in the region. (Zmag.org)
Fatah may not last in West Bank Jul 6, 2007
"I was shocked. I felt that Fatah was gone everywhere, in the West Bank and Gaza," said Rashad Abu Hamid, 27, a Fatah activist in the West Bank town of Hebron. "We realized there was a big gap between the base and the leadership.". (Los Angeles Times)
Karkar: Palestine Jul 3, 2007
There are Palestinians in Beit Hanina, Beit Surik, Biddu, Dahya, Ram, Saffa, Beilin, Hebron, Budrus - and the list goes on - who protest non-violently and creatively in organised groups against the Wall, against Israels land theft and destruction, against the uprooting of trees, and against home demolitions. These grassroots movements should be emulated at every level of society until those who run the government have no choice but to listen and change. (Zmag.org)
Cook: Israeli Divide and Rule Jun 27, 2007
As he headed off to the Sharm el-Sheikh summit with Egypt, Jordan and Abbas this week, Olmert said he wanted to "jointly work to create the platform that may lead to a new beginning between us and the Palestinians. Did he mean partnership? A source in the Prime Ministers Office explained to the Jerusalem Post why the three nations and Abbas were meeting. These are the four parties directly impacted by what is happening right now, and what is needed is a different level of cooperation... (Zmag.org)
O little town of Marrickville what a fuss you've caused Jun 20, 2007
After meeting Mr Alhadeff yesterday, Leichhardt's Mayor, Alice Murphy, said her council would pursue its relationship with the West Bank city of Hebron by raising funds for non-government organisations in the area. send photos, videos ffs to 0424 SMS SMH (+61 424 767 764), or us. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Book Review: 1967 Jun 20, 2007
Meanwhile there was talk that in its independence war of 1948 Israel should have taken the historic, biblical parts of the land of Israel: Old Jerusalem, Hebron, Jericho, Gaza. In addition, Egypt and Syria vowed to return the land to the dispossessed Palestinians. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
US plans end to Palestinian embargo Jun 17, 2007
Palestinian militants from the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a group linked to the Fatah Movement, stand with their weapons outside the Council of Ministers building in the West Bank city of Hebron on Saturday, June 16, 2007. Nasser Shiyoukhi -- AP Photo. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Karkar: Killing Palestinians Jun 10, 2007
The result has been the breaking up of lush and productive farming communities and a centuries-old Palestinian society that prospered in ancient cities like Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nablus, Hebron, Jenin and Ramallah. Long used to visiting and trading between these towns, the Palestinians have been forcibly stopped from moving freely by a grid of Israeli military checkpoints that make it difficult and sometimes impossible to get to work, school, shops, hospitals, or just visiting... (Zmag.org)
Hearts outside the heartland Jun 6, 2007
He was living near Hebron, in the Aroub refugee camp, which housed Palestinians from 56 villages lost to Israel in 1948. He told Al Jazeera: "I was asleep when the war started and I remember my family made me get up. They said we had to hurry and we went into the hills to hide. "When we got there the children took up sticks and we said we were going to fight the Jews," he says. The next day, Israel captured Hebron and took the Aroub refugee camp. Background "They made us all crouch on the... (Aljazeera.Net)
Lost hope in the West Bank Jun 5, 2007
In West Bank towns like Hebron you can see Israeli settlers armed to the teeth and full of swagger ... In many Hebron shops, a picture of a smiling Saddam Hussein beams down from walls. (Boston Globe)
First A victor -- then 40 years of stalemate Jun 4, 2007
Caravan homes sprang up on commanding hilltops near the sites of Abraham's tomb in Hebron and Jacob's dream in Bethel. In 1972 there were 1,500 Israeli settlers in the West Bank and Gaza. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Moveable frontiersIsrael's borders are unresolved 60 years after its creation May 26, 2007
The first settlers were religious Jews who remained in Hebron after celebrating Passover there in 1968. The settlement movement has become closely affiliated to Jewish religious nationalism, which claims boundaries of modern Israel based on Genesis 15:18: "God made a covenant with Abram and said, 'To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates'.". (BBC News -- Africa)
Lendman: 40 Years of Occupation May 26, 2007
" The number continues growing with deputy Jerusalem mayor Yehoshua Pollack announcing in May 20,000 new homes will be built in Arab East Jerusalem on more land annexed from its legal residents Israel is systematically ethnically cleasning toward making the entire city 100% Jewish. In addition, 500 more houses will be built in Abu Dis village, southeast of Jerusalem with new home construction aimed at creating territorial continuity between Jerusalem and "Gush Etzion" settlement bloc,... (Zmag.org)
Herod's tomb reportedly found inside his desert palace May 8, 2007
He built lavish palaces, seaports, aqueducts, and temples, including the magnificent Temple Mount in Jerusalem, the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron, and the vast Mediterranean seaport complex and hippodrome at Caesarea. The massive stones of the outer wall of the Temple Mount still stand today in the Old City of Jerusalem, where they are known as the Western Wall. (Boston Globe)
- Why the six-day war is at the root of the Middle East conflict May 6, 2007
They also visited not only West Bank cities with biblical echoes such as Hebron, but sites such as Gush Etzion, where Jewish residents were twice violently forced out, first in 1929 and then a week before the establishment of Israel in 1948. A year after the war, the first of the Jewish settlements on the West Bank had been approved: at Gush Etzion and near Hebron. (Guardian Unlimited)
Three women, three faiths, one vision May 1, 2007
Abu Arqoub works with Hebron schools to document the unique situation students and teachers face as they endure Israeli military and settler violence. She sees overcoming these daily injustices as a key component to peace-building. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Israelis, Palestinians take part in peace marathon Apr 26, 2007
The ten kilometer course began at Manger Square in Bethlehem at10:00 am, proceed north through the Rachel's Tomb crossing and continued north on Hebron Road to Mt. Zion. The race concluded near the Jerusalem Archaeological Park in the old city. (Xinhuanet, China)
Middle East Visit Marks the Beginning of Holy Week and Passover Apr 2, 2007
"It is also important to raise greater awareness in the church about the circumstances of fellow Christians living under occupation." From March 25 to April 3, the six-person delegation will meet with senior Christian, Muslim, and Jewish leaders and visit the peace-building programs supported by The United Church of Canada in the region, including in Jerusalem, Gaza, Ramallah, Bethlehem, Nazareth, and Hebron. "Together with the people of this region, we too are desperately longing for peace with... (Canada Newswire)
How We Fund Hamas University Mar 29, 2007
Palestinian Hamas supporters pray before the student council election results are announced at Palestine Polytechnic University in the West Bank city of Hebron March 19, 2007. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte (WEST BANK). (Townhall.com)
