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Apr. 26, 2021 1:07 PM
No one really thought Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas would set a date for general elections, after 15 years of indefinite procrastination.
But his formal decree last January surprised and puzzled Palestinians and observers alike, not least when the big three threats to the status quo - Trump’s unconstrained assault on the Palestinian cause, Israel’s annexation and an Arab stampede on the Palestinians - have subsided, for now.
And now it appears likely that Abbas is suffering from buyer s regret so severely he is likely to call off the elections, propelled by considerations of power and ego, and backed by Israel and the Biden administration. But for Palestinians, denying their right to a democratic vote, silencing their ability to choose their representatives, this would be a patronizing, unjust and even dangerous decision.
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Mar. 14, 2021
After a decade-long revamp, Beth Hatfutsot Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, a mainstay of the Tel Aviv University campus, has reopened as ANU – Museum of the Jewish People. (Anu means “us” in Hebrew.) The only thing missing was a dedication, another casualty of the coronavirus crisis.
The museum contains an extensive exhibition on Jewish history and communities – from Iceland to the Philippines – not to mention the luminaries. It also displays works by Jewish artists, as well as contemporary and antique Judaica.
Open gallery view
A visitor at the renovated ANU Museum, inside Tel Aviv s University s campus, last week.Credit: Hadas Parush
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