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  • Harvard students make time for Arafat, but not for Harvard terror victims

    Stephen M. Flatow, JNS.org|Apr 18, 2014
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    The controversy over the Harvard University students who recently posed, smiling, at Yasser Arafat’s grave sent a shot of pain through every one of us who has lost a loved one in the terrorist attacks that Arafat and his allies have waged over the years. But it must have been particularly awful for Dr. Alan Bauer, a Harvard-educated scientist, to see students from his own school smiling and enjoying their visit to the tombstone of the man responsible for the vicious attack that left Bauer and his 7-year-old son permanently maimed. Bauer and h... Full story

  • Should Israel release more Palestinian terrorists?

    Stephen M. Flatow, JNS.org|Apr 4, 2014

    Every time there’s a public discussion about whether Israel should release more imprisoned Palestinian terrorists, my heart skips a beat. My daughter Alisa was murdered by Palestinian terrorists in 1995. Two of the killers have been in an Israeli prison since 1995, serving life sentences. I always worry that they will be among the ones released. So yes, it’s personal. But it’s also much more than that. It’s not just about my daughter’s killers; it’s about dozens of other Israeli and American families whose loved ones also were victimized... Full story