What to know about the Israel, Hamas escalation as Biden faces pressure on Palestinian rights Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAY
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WASHINGTON – At the heart of the deadly clashes between Hamas militants and Israeli security forces is a legal fight over property. But not just any property, or just any landowners.
It revolves around a group of Palestinian families who face eviction from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah, an Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem, amid property claims by Jewish settlers. The court battle has reignited decades-old tensions and sparked a dangerous military confrontation.
The violence is reverberating in Washington, where the Biden administration is under pressure from some Democrats and human rights advocates to condemn Israel s treatment of the Palestinians, particularly its settlement polices that have squeezed Palestinians shrinking territory.
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As students, families and staff prepare for the summer and look ahead to fall, the city still has not indicated whether it will offer a fully remote option in the fall.
Here in New Hampshire, the real governing is done at the town level by Boards of Selectmen, a council of elected officials who ride herd over the rawest, purest form of democracy practiced in the country. Majority vote rules, proposals are raised at “town meeting” and subsequently voted on by whoever raises their hand. Sometimes the room is packed, other times most seats go empty, but decisions are always made by the ones who show up.
Last night, for a brief moment, President Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress looked like one of those New Hampshire town meetings. Here stands Biden, asking the Board for funds to purchase a new city plow so the streets can get cleared faster after a storm. Better for business and safer for families, is his argument, and it is sound. Oscar Wilde would recognize the scene in an eyeblink.
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