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“The Gift of the Mishnah.”
July 25, 2017
In a roundabout way, they practically invented them.
Following its decision this month to install metal detectors at entrances to the Temple Mount, a decision forced by the murder of two Israeli policemen there, Israel has been rocked by Palestinian riots across East Jerusalem and the West Bank. As Walter Russell Mead and his staff at Via Meadia observe, there is a “deep historical irony” to this fact: Palestinians practically invented metal detectors. That is, Palestinian terrorism is responsible for the widespread appearance of metal detectors in Western society today:
“The Gift of the Mishnah.”
In a roundabout way, they practically invented them.
“Cafeteria Catholics” are adding Shabbat to their dinner plates.
It goes hard after the bad apples, and treats the majority of the population with respect.
Israeli products made in the West Bank are Israeli products.
Following its decision this month to install metal detectors at entrances to the Temple Mount, a decision forced by the murder of two Israeli policemen there, Israel has been rocked by Palestinian riots across East Jerusalem and the West Bank. As Walter Russell Mead and his staff at Via Meadia observe, there is a “deep historical irony” to this fact: Palestinians practically invented metal detectors. That is, Palestinian terrorism is responsible for the widespread appearance of metal detectors in Western society today:
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