‘Never before’ versus ‘never again’
Each year on April 24, Armenians living in Israel gather to commemorate the 1915 mass killings of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians. But can the slogan “Never Again” be fully realized without recognizing the first genocide of the 20th century?
Questions and convictions
“The more you know, the less you know,” said one of my classmates at the end of our 10-day trip to Israel and the West Bank. For some reason, I had expected that I would have cracked the Israeli-Palestinian puzzle at the end of my trip. Instead, I left with more questions than answers. Along with a myriad of questions, I also left with a sense of conviction in myself.
A visit to Jerusalem’s jewel: March 13, 2011
A sunny, clear sky greeted the city of Jerusalem on this early Sunday morning. Long queues of pilgrims and tourists awaited access to the sacred sites of the Abrahamic faiths.
A milestone as we head miles away
The recent assaults on two high-profile journalists reporting from Egypt—Anderson Cooper and Lara Logan—were just the latest attacks on reporters in the field. Over the last 20 years, 850 journalists have been killed and thousands of others have been abducted, assaulted and shot at.
