Rashid Khalidi on how the United States sustains the failure of the Israel–Palestine peace process
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Rashid Khalidi on how the United States sustains the failure of the Israel-Palestine peace process
Rashid Khalidi on how the United States sustains the failure of the Israel–Palestine peace process
Readings — From the March 2013 issue

Years of consideration preceding the inclusion of the word “phat” in Random House’s 1996 Compact Unabridged Dictionary:

Scientists created crash helmets that stink when cracked and fruit flies to whom blue light smells delicious.

In Belize, a construction company bulldozed a 2,300-year-old Mayan temple to make road fill.
“This is the heart of the magic factory, the place where medicine is infused with the miracles of science, and I’ve come to see how it’s done.”