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Ariel Sharon, the daring Israeli general who as a field commander and prime minister became one of the most influential and controversial leaders in the Middle East, died Saturday. He was 85. - Israel is not the evil 'oppressor' — just ask the Arabs who live there
- Pamela Becker, a graphics design production manager and artist, died of cancer Dec. 17 at her Owings Mills home. She was 64.
- Senators pushing for new sanctions on Iran are doing the bidding of Israel and not looking out for U.S. interests
- Alice E. Krupsaw, a retired federal worker who found joy in numerous creative and artistic endeavors, died Monday of old age at the Milford Manor Nursing Home in Pikesville. She was 106.
- The University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, joined a group of other U.S. universities in opposing a boycott of Israeli academic institutions announced by the American Studies Association this week.
- A record 38 teams, including nine first-time entrants, are expected to play in the 2014 Federation of International Lacrosse Men¿s World Championship, which will be held in Commerce City, Colo., from July 10-19, 2014.
- I agree with Sherman Howell, "Nelson Mandela showed powerfully how one person can improve the world" [Dec. 12], but I think that it could serve a useful purpose to point out that, as far as the current adulation of Mandela by the U.S. is concerned, it was not ever thus.
- Israel doesn't want peace, neither do the Palestinians
- We can't trust Iran, but war is not inevitable
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- Secretary of State John Kerry recalled disarmament agreements between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in characterizing the Iran nuclear deal. A better analogy would be the 1938 Munich Pact, which gave Hitler part of Czechoslovakia in the vain hope that war could be avoided.
- Diplomatic accord restricting Iran's nuclear program while release some of its assets is an historic first step — but not a guarantee of success
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- For the 22nd consecutive year, on Oct. 29, 2013, the U.S. government was again put to shame at the U.N. General Assembly where 188 countries voted to condemn the U.S. embargo of Cuba. The only two countries that supported the U.S. embargo are the U.S. and Israel – with the interesting fact that Israel has full economic and diplomatic relations with Cuba!
- Local event offers an opportunity to explore the Arab-Israeli conflict
- The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons already won the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to strip Syria of its stockpile of chemical weapons. But carrying out the process is a complex feat of chemistry – one that could require the help of a team of scientists at Aberdeen Proving Ground.
- Emily Velelli, who survived the Holocaust and later immigrated to Baltimore, where she worked as a seamstress, died Tuesday of breast cancer at her Pikesville home. She was 100.
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- There is a chance to settle the Middle East's intractable conflicts — if Muslims, Christians and Jews work together.
- Scrabble at the Bain Center perfect way for seniors to scrabble their brains.
- Scrabble at the Bain Center perfect way for seniors to scrabble their brains.
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- Striking Syria will push the Middle East over the brink
- Lawyers representing the owner of two Bel Air South properties that have figured prominently in a year-plus debate over future development in the area have asked a judge to review Harford County's recent approval of a site plan for a medical arts campus in the same neighborhood.
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- As Rosh Hashana begins, local rabbis consider how – or whether – to address tensions in the Middle East in their annual high holiday services
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- A white van marked in burgundy with the name of a Glen Burnie Baptist church has been making the rounds of local neighborhoods this summer, seeking Jewish souls to save from the fires of eternal damnation. Many local Jews do not appreciate the effort.
- The compromises required for a final peace settlement between the Israelis and Palestinians will be too difficult unless the U.S. steps in to make them less so.
