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Daniel Shapiro

Gay rights are human rights

By JONATHAN DANILOWITZ05/19/2013 21:06

I knew from many friends that many families struggle and suffer terribly when a child/sibling finally comes out of the closet.

Beduin protest.

Israel must protect its Beduin citizens

By TAMARA COHEN05/19/2013 20:45

Cultural attractions are exotic and fun, but generally fail to provide visitors with a complex representation of Beduin life.

Modern dentist chair

Health minister attacks dental health protection

By TED TULCHINSKY, JONATHAN MANN, HAROLD SGAN-COHE05/19/2013 20:39

Fluoridation of community water supplies is under attack by the new health minister, despite its success in Israel in reducing dental caries in children

Yet another firefight in Syria.

Syrian civil war: A military-strategic assessment

By CAN KASAPOGLU AND DORUK ERGUN05/18/2013 23:12

From the early stages of the conflict Assad has relied on his praetorian units.

FORMER RA’ANANA mayor and MK Ze’ev Bielski

At Ra’anana school, a different kind of Tikun Shavuot

By PAMELA BRAVERMAN SPECIAL TO THE JERUSALEM POST05/18/2013 22:42

iI was no surprise that Meitarim Ra’anana’s traditional annual Tikkun Shavuot epitomized its pluralistic educational philosophy.

Independence Day barbecues.

Food as metaphor

By URIEL HALBREICH05/16/2013 22:25

Is there some connection between culinary attitude and enterpreneurialship and a way of life in general?

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah

The war over preemption

By AVIGDOR HASELKORN05/15/2013 22:50

Why would Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah organization, need more missiles to menace Israeli cities?

Beduin boy stands on rubble of demolished house in Arakib in 2010.

Beduin legislation, beyond the veil

By ROBERT W. NICHOLSON05/15/2013 22:46

The Israeli government announced last Monday it will go ahead with a plan to settle longstanding land disputes with the country’s Beduin population.

Syrian rebels take up positions during clashes with forces loyal to President Assad near Aleppo.

Sunni Muslim states must send troops to Syria

By GHANEM M. NUSEIBEH AND ELI EPSTEIN05/15/2013 22:28

As President Barack Obama struggles to define America’s position in Syria, events threaten to overtake his deliberations.

Former US president George W. Bush

Thank you, George W. Bush!

By DANIEL TAUBER05/15/2013 22:24

Having once had the highest approval rating going back to Truman, George W. Bush left office with an appalling 34 percent approval rating.

IBRAHIM YOUSSEF SHALEH, the leader of Iraq’s Jewish community

The Farhud – the riots against the Jews of Iraq

By ZVI GABAY05/15/2013 22:13

What happened in the Arab countries was in effect ethnic cleansing. While the Nakba is marked every year with demonstrations and wide media coverage, the Jewish disaster does not merit any public or media notice.

Women of the Wall protest

By RICHARD S. MOLINE05/15/2013 22:08

Will the new space be used regularly? Will I be able to find a minyan, even if only at prescribed times? Will it be possible to hold holiday services, including for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur?

Shtetl in Poland

By GLENN DYNNER05/15/2013 22:03

Not surprisingly, most petitions convey distress. Yet they often defy our image of the shtetl as a site of dwindling opportunity and mass pauperization.

Torah scribe

Shavuot: The politics of revelation

By ELI KAVON05/13/2013 23:11

We must always keep our eyes on the reality around us, a reality quite different than that espoused for centuries by Jewish tradition.

Torah reading

Sex and the Moabite girl

By STEPHEN GABRIEL ROSENBERG05/13/2013 22:51

It is fair to say that the Book of Ruth contains the most explicit love scene in the Hebrew Bible.

Jews praying at the Western Wall

The other Women of the Wall

By DEENA NATAF05/13/2013 22:27

Tolerance works both ways, and so does respect. Doesn’t matter whether you understand why some Jews are devastated when they see you praying.

Fruits [Illustrative]

Shavuot – Torah, gratitude, humility

By SHMUEL RABINOWITZ05/13/2013 22:14

Also called the Day of Bikkurim, first fruits, because when the Temple was in J'lem, nation would bring fruits to J'lem from Shavuot on.

Celebrating Abbas

Senior UN official: ‘Settlers are whacked out’

By MAGNUS FRANK AND EMILY SCHRADER05/13/2013 22:07

The UN has a long history of officials with biased opinions in “impartial” positions, such as Richard Falk.

US President Barack Obama.

Obama: The fall

By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER05/12/2013 21:56

Barack Obama, already naturally inclined to believe his own loftiness, graciously accepted the kingly crown and proceeded to ride his reelection success to a crushing victory over the GOP at the fiscal cliff.

Stephen Hawking

Hawking, Goldstone and political warfare

By GERALD M. STEINBERG05/12/2013 21:52

When renowned physicist Steven Hawking canceled his participation in President Shimon Peres’s annual conference in Jerusalem, he gave the worldwide campaign to delegitimize Israel a major battlefield success.

Begin with Sadat

Menachem Begin: A model for leadership

By PAUL GROSS05/12/2013 21:42

Of those who fought for the Jewish state, and then went on to lead it, the two outstanding figures are David Ben-Gurion and Menachem Begin.

New shekel notes featuring Shaul Tchernichovsky (50 shekels note), Natan Alterman (200 shekel note).

By CORINNE SAUER AND ROB SAUER05/12/2013 21:27

But I’m afraid your newborn is now NIS 85,000 in debt.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu gives a speech during a gala dinner in Shanghai , May 6

Going to China for peace?

By MICHAEL WIDLANSKI05/11/2013 22:41

Chinese officials have suggested that since Israeli and Palestinian leaders were in China last week, it’s a great time for walking that extra mile.

Natan Sharansky

The Sharansky plan

By REUVEN HAMMER05/11/2013 22:37

Natan Sharansky is to be applauded for his effort to make the Western Wall area known as Robinson’s Arch available for mixed minyanim, on a 24-hour basis.

Former deputy foreign minister Danny Ayalon.

Ayalon is a scoundrel

By MENAHEM GESHAYED05/09/2013 22:58

"Former deputy foreign minister Ayalon knows how to knock an ambassador down, but does not know where his own place is".

PA Prime Minister Fayyad submits his government

Their loss is our loss

By LIOR AKERMAN05/09/2013 22:53

Lack of Palestinian leadership, directions loss for the entire Palestinian people; Israel's fate entwined.

Shas MKs Eli Yishai and Arye Deri at the Knesset, April 22, 2013.

Beware of Baba Arye

By DAVID M. WEINBERG05/09/2013 22:44

"Deri is one of the father figures of the haredi world of dependency, of living off the dole".

ALIZA LAVIE

Why do Jewish women still need to demand equality?

By SHARON SHENHAV05/08/2013 21:32

We are well into the 21st century and Jewish women are not only the majority of the Jewish people, they are highly educated, articulate and well organized.

Designing a modern apartment on a budget.

What happened to affordable housing in Israel?

By RON DILLER05/08/2013 21:11

Homes prices in Israel are unquestionably among of the highest worldwide when looking at price per square meter.

Rockefeller Museum

Jerusalem the beautiful

By STEPHEN GABRIEL ROSENBERG05/08/2013 20:52

It was not just faced in stone, it was actually built of stone, unlike much of the other work at the time, which was concrete and only faced in stone.

Solar Energy Development Center at Rotem Industria

Israel’s energy market

By EFRAIM CHALAMISH05/08/2013 20:46

While politics do matter, foreign investments in energy projects are not merely influenced by the anti-Israel Arab countries’ boycott and their global energy partners.

THE LIGHTS surrounding the Old City are turned off

‘Green’ thoughts on Jerusalem Day

By NAOMI TSUR05/07/2013 22:17

The time has indeed come for us Jerusalemites to take pride in the relative peace and harmony that prevail throughout the ancient-modern city we share.

A protest after Friday prayers in Jerusalem

Jerusalem’s gaps cannot be hidden

By MEIR MARGALIT05/07/2013 21:43

Palestinians comprise 38 percent of the population, their share in the municipal budget is only 11%- 13%, one realizes the place of east Jerusalem’s residents in the city system.

There are approximately 500 households in the Jewish Quarter.

Happy Jerusalem Day!

By GIDI MARK05/07/2013 21:38

May every young Jew from across the world may have the opportunity to visit the capital and build a special, personal bond with it.

Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount

Jerusalem Syndrome

By CHAIM RICHMAN05/07/2013 14:32

Day marking anniversary of liberation, unification of J'lem in Six Day War isn't a national holiday; reminds gov't of liability.

Arab League chief Nabil Nabil Elaraby, Qatari PM

Modified Arab League stance offers peace chance

By BRIAN REEVES05/06/2013 22:54

Israel now has to take the Arab countries seriously due to their endorsement of essentially a mirror image of America’s framework for negotiations.

Rabbi Metzger

Privatize the Chief Rabbinate

By DAVID J. MARTIN05/06/2013 22:28

The activities of the Chief Rabbinate are on their face quite important, but it is clear they could be accomplished far better by private initiative.

Notice in a Jerusalem neighborhood calls for haredim to ‘save the Kotel’ from the Women of the Wall

Who does the Western Wall belong to?

By LEAH AHARONI05/06/2013 21:40

The time has come to state the truth, simple and unadorned: The Western Wall doesn’t belong to the Women of the Wall.

East Jerusalem Classroom

Children under 12 cannot be arrested

By JESSICA MONTELL05/06/2013 21:33

All who call for the violation of the rights of Palestinian child suspects must first consider whether they would consent to a similar violation of an Israeli child’s rights.

US Secretary of State Kerry with Arab League delegation in Washington, April 29

Arab Peace Initiative demands Israeli response

By YONI DAYAN05/06/2013 21:23

It behooves Israel to, at the very least, respond to an offer that has been gathering dust on the table for more than a decade.

US President Barack Obama in a video message to the Syrian people, January 29, 2013.

Why the US must now lead in Syria

By GHANEM M. NUSEIBEH AND ELI EPSTEIN05/05/2013 21:22

The Middle East, and most particularly the Assad regime and its Iranian sponsors, awaits the reaction to this development and will likely determine their future policies based on the US reaction.

Herzl

Celebrating Herzl

By DAPHNE NETANYAHU05/05/2013 21:18

Herzl took about finding a solution to the Jewish Problem, acutely analyzing both its positive and negative aspects.

Great Wall of China

The ‘start-up nation’ and the Chinese dream

By H.E. GAO YANPING05/04/2013 23:20

As a “start-up nation,” Israel has much to share and cooperate with China. If we work hand-in-hand, and combine our respective advantages, we will enjoy common development and win-win results.

Beduin in Israel

He came, he saw, he posted now he’s branded racist

By ARI BRIGGS05/04/2013 23:12

Avri Gilad, in his post, called on the government “to stop the Begin plan immediately,” and said, “We have to re-conquer the Negev.”

Roger Waters playing at a concert in Quebec

Cracks in the wall

By ADAM SHAY05/04/2013 22:55

ROGER WATERS is known as a vocal supporter of BDS. His support has provided this movement with legitimization and the iconic status he enjoys in the world of the arts.

Independence Day parade 1967, Jerusalem, King George Street

Jerusalem Day 2113

By STUART GELLER05/04/2013 22:46

Today Jerusalem has become a pluralistic place. Many cultures live here and flourish, many streams of Judaism also flourish side by side, as envisioned in the Bible.

Reading the bible.

Responsibility for yourself, your brother, the other

By URIEL HALBREICH05/02/2013 22:42

The Hebrew Bible relays examples of disobedience, struggle that result in feats of resilience.

Jews who boo efforts to make peace

By ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ05/02/2013 22:16

The right wing Jewish extremists who boo everyone who wants to make compromises for peace, are every bit as dangerous as Jewish extremists on the hard left who also demand a one state solution.

Tahrir Square

Time for new strategic thinking

By DAVID M. WEINBERG05/02/2013 21:39

The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies has been consistently ahead of the curve; center's experts remain optimistic.

Cotton Field

Behar-Behukotai: The commandment of shmita

By SHMUEL RABINOWITZ05/02/2013 21:19

"Six years you shall sow your field... But in the seventh year shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land".

Alan Dershowitz at the Jerusalem Post conference in New York, April 2013.

Debating the Zionist dream

By YAAKOV KATZ05/02/2013 21:04

Response among 'Post' conference crowd toward selective speakers reminiscent of anti-Israel reactions on various campuses.

Joint Israel-diaspora project

The weakening of the Israel-Diaspora connection

By YEHIEL WASSERMAN05/01/2013 22:31

Demographic, social and religious changes among the Jewish people over the past century have influenced cultural and religious ideologies in Israel and in the Diaspora.

Bushido Twitter icon "Free Palestine."

Pro-Israel academics now challenged as never before

By EDWARD S. BECK05/01/2013 22:06

The Asian American Studies Association became the first academic association to pass a boycott resolution against Israeli academics and academic institutions.

Rev. Martin Luther King

A lesson from Martin Luther King

By MICHEL STEVENS05/01/2013 21:46

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said “peace for Israel means security, and we must stand with all our might to protect its right to exist, its territorial integrity.

Anti-Israel protesters

Europe’s criminal view of Israel

By MANFRED GERSTENFELD05/01/2013 21:42

According to a study published in 2011 by the University of Bielefeld, some 150 million Europeans view Israel as satanic.

Sigmund Freud

Unmasking anti-Semitism

By NATHAN LOPES CARDOZO05/01/2013 21:37

As Europe and other countries around the world become aggressively more anti-Semitic, there is a need for careful assessment of the nature of anti-Semitism.

Norwegian flag.

Scandinavia: No one bid anti-Semitism farewell

By NATALIE VERSTANDIG04/30/2013 23:37

Denmark, Norway, Sweden have differing attitudes toward Jews during Second World War; official responsible for tackling anti-Semitism.

THE UNVEILING of a memorial on the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising.

The last rabbi in the Warsaw Ghetto – Zionist?

By ELI KAVON04/30/2013 23:27

Commemorating Menachem Ziemba, a leader in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, during 70th anniversary of the resistance.

A WOMAN wounded by the Boston bombing sits in a wheelchair on the sidewalk in Boston.

Hospitals must treat terrorists, too

By AVRAHAM RIVKIND, MARCIE NATAN04/30/2013 22:58

Specialists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center kept Boston bombing suspect alive "because it was the right thing to do."

Nazi imagery used in graffiti [file]

Whitewashing anti-Semitism

By EFRAIM ZUROFF04/29/2013 21:10

Next month, the fourth International Conference of the Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism will convene in Jerusalem under the auspices of the Israeli Foreign Ministry.

A fighter from the Free Syrian Army wears a gas mask in January 2013.

President Obama’s perpetually fading red line

By BROOKLYN MIDDLETON04/29/2013 20:32

Obama has treated the bloody Syrian conflict like a geopolitical Pandora’s box that he dare not touch.

Pro-Palestinian protesters hold a banner

What happened to Berkeley?

By ZALMAN SHOVAL04/29/2013 20:26

To the best of my knowledge the Associated Students of the University of California hasn’t come out against the butchery in Syria.

Sde Dov airport

Where Israel’s next int'l airport should be

By YAIR WISEMAN04/29/2013 20:18

Minister Shalom’s initiative to allow civilian aviation to operate alongside the military in Nevatim airport is both obvious and logical.

EL AL planes lie at rest at Ben-Gurion Airport earlier this week due to a strike

Open Skies is good news!

By CORINNE SAUER04/29/2013 20:06

It is true that Israeli companies will have to compete, and may even have to learn more about customer service and smiling.

Serbian PM, Catherine Ashton, and Kosovan PM, April 19, 2013.

A different Balkan story

By CATHERINE ASHTON04/29/2013 09:06

As much as anywhere in Europe, the recent history of the western Balkans has been written in blood.

French soldiers heading to Mali, January 2013.

Pontificating hypocrites

By HAYAT ALVI04/29/2013 08:52

Where is condemnation when al-Qaida-affiliated thugs in Mali chop off people’s hands and beat women and force them to wear burkas?

Iran

Diplomacy: Double negative is not always a positive

By EPHRAIM ASCULAI04/28/2013 21:34

Economic sanctions have a rather poor record of success, and in case of Iran no one is considering a trend of stronger sanctions.

Cyprus port of Limmasol

Cyprus, don’t put your king on the chopping block

By SUSAN POLGAR AND DOUGLAS GOLDSTEIN04/27/2013 21:42

Cyprus must immediately undo its plans for confiscation of assets and shelve any further ideas of taking money from bank deposits.

BBC

Saved by the BBC

By HELEN SCHARY MOTRO04/27/2013 21:16

‘Why do you need radio when there’s Internet?’ asked the bemused young woman at the British Council.

Barbecue at Kishon Park in Haifa

One united people

By LIOR AKERMAN04/25/2013 20:47

Once a year, we can let ourselves believe that it might actually be possible for us to remain here forever as one united people.

Rabbi David Stav

The Rabbinate race wreckage

By DAVID M. WEINBERG04/25/2013 20:40

Bayit Yehudi is making a mess of the Chief Rabbinate race by failing to back David Stav.

CHILDREN GATHER around a Lag Ba’omer bonfire last year

Focusing the light of Lag Ba’omer on Tehran

By HAIM BIBAS04/25/2013 20:33

This year, as the clock ticks toward Iran achieving its dark ambitions, the beacon of freedom must unite us more than ever.

Finance Minister Yair Lapid speaking at the Knesset, April 22, 2013.

It’s not going to be boring

By BEN CASPIT04/25/2013 20:29

Lapid is the master presenter. His secret is his perfect ability to put into words exactly what we’re all thinking.

Chief Rabbi Amar at kotel

Parshat Emor: Not part of the food chain

By SHMUEL RABINOWITZ04/25/2013 20:12

Preserving our morality, even when we are seemingly taking part in the food chain, will lead us to preserving our moral values in other areas in life.

Michael Bar-Zohar

Revealing secrets

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN04/25/2013 19:43

Author and former MK Michael Bar-Zohar talks about the recent release in English of his book ‘Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service.’

Jordan King Abdullah

King Abdullah II: A true partner for peace

By LU’AYY AL-RIMAWI04/24/2013 22:51

The political argument in Israel vis-à-vis its relationship with Jordan has been malleable to the dictates of its rightist and leftist elites.

EL AL planes lie at rest at Ben-Gurion Airport earlier this week due to a strike

Economic policy isn’t baseball, it’s war

By ZEV GOLAN04/24/2013 22:45

This is how Israel functions; an example of a “total state,” an albeit somewhat benign totalitarianism, with the government’s hand in everything.

Painting of Pope John XXII

A comforting sense of deja-vu

By BARUCH TENEMBAUM04/24/2013 22:03

Next June 3, the world will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the passing of a remarkable man: Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, better known as Pope John XXIII.

A FORMER Palestinian prisoner waves after being released by Israel in 2011

A brief history of Palestinian prisoners releases

By CHARLES BYBLEZER04/24/2013 21:58

Last Wednesday, Palestinians worldwide held protests to mark “Prisoner Day,” an annual event meant to highlight the alleged plight of, and to celebrate, Palestinian criminals and terrorists imprisoned in Israel.

Palestinian marathon

Marathon as political warfare

By DAN DIKER04/23/2013 22:43

Palestinian Olympic spokesman Samia Wazir “the Israelis should look at this as purely a sporting event, it has nothing to do with politics.”

Fatah supporters at rally in Gaza City

The opening of a Spanish consulate in Gaza

By ALAN BAKER04/22/2013 23:48

Many issues that will presumably accompany the upcoming visit to Israel by the foreign minister of Spain, Jose Manuel Garcia-Margolo.

Car after hit-and-run accident [illustrative]

Who murdered Asher and Yonatan?

By MICHAEL PALMER04/22/2013 23:12

Did other agencies of the US government know if Arja worked for US-funded PA intelligence organizations?

Remembrance Day for the Fallen of Israel’s Wars

My first Remembrance Day

By LAURA KELLY04/22/2013 21:58

This country has welcomed me with open arms and given me so much. It gave me a connection to a people and heritage I never knew.

Social media can help the Egyptian economy recover

By OZGUR ERKAN04/21/2013 22:46

"Two years ago, social media achieved the impossible and brought an end to the 30-year-old Mubarak regime."

TRIBAL ELDERS and refugees fleeing fighting in Waziristan in Pakistan.

Israel’s security lies in Waziristan

By DYLAN KAPLAN04/21/2013 22:33

"Israel’s security can be increased by turning for advice to one of the most turbulent, unstable parts of Pakistan".

A FREE Syrian Army fighter listening to fighting in a northern Syrian Kurdish town.

Have Syria’s Kurds had a change of heart?

By DANIEL NISMAN04/21/2013 21:57

In recent weeks, once dormant player awakens from slumber; may provide Syria’s rebels with boost to break deadlock with the Assad regime.

Site of Nazi concentration camp Bergen Belsen

Ominous clouds hover once again over Europe

By MENACHEM Z. ROSENSAFT04/20/2013 23:15

This speech was delivered on April 21, 2013, at Bergen-Belsen, Germany, marking the 68th anniversary of that concentration camp’s liberation.

Magen David set on fire in protest [illustrative].

Blaming the victim for anti-Semitism

By ASAF ROMIROWSKY AND RICHARD CRAVATTS04/20/2013 22:56

Whether or not the union feels it is being anti-Semitic is not relevant; anti-Semites rarely admit to their behavior.

Greece

A Greek lesson: The distance between Good and Evil

By URIEL HALBREICH04/18/2013 21:58

On the weekend leading to the Greek Lent, I enjoyed several lunches (which lasted the entire afternoon and evening) with Greek friends of my dearest friend, Antonis.

Sit back and relax

Who will give me a Sunday?

By DAVID M. WEINBERG04/18/2013 21:49

A proposal for once-a-month long weekends in Israel.

Declaration of Independence

We Hereby Declare

By RACHEL AZARIA04/18/2013 21:44

On Independence Day eve, I had the privilege of participating in “We Hereby Declare,” an event created by the Bina Center.

Peres meets ministers, for January 2013 coalition

A winning team (or not)

By BEN CASPIT04/18/2013 21:42

The current government was supposed to bring about wide-ranging socioeconomic change. At least it should, based on the outcome of the election.

Torah reading

Parshat Aharei Mot Kedoshim: Social holiness

By SHMUEL RABINOWITZ04/18/2013 21:05

The list of instructions for creating a proper, humane society which appears in this week’s Torah portion is written under an interesting title which needs to be clarified: “You shall be holy.”

Peace Now demonstrate outside Prime Minister

Wanted: A true partner

By YOTAM DORI04/18/2013 20:43

Remembrance Day and Independence Day elicit for me conflicting feelings of pain and pride, of grief and joy, since they fall only one week apart.

Baby with headphones.

Music for babies? What’s all the fuss?

By SARA STEVENS-ZUR04/17/2013 21:23

Babies begin hearing as early 22 days after gestation.

US President Obama in video address to Iranians

The Obama budget and the appearance of reform

By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER04/17/2013 21:16

Washington has rediscovered the beauty of the boring.

A display showing tattoos at the Holocaust Museum in Wasington, DC

Tattooing the Holocaust

By JOSEPH BENDAH04/17/2013 21:12

The post that caught my eye was a New York Times piece entitled, “A Tattoo to Remember.”

Aliya

Aliya – the revolution has just begun

By SOFA LANDVER04/17/2013 20:56

It is certainly no coincidence that among the first laws promulgated by the newly reestablished Jewish state was the “Law of Return” mandating that every Jew has a right to return to their ancestral homeland.

Boston Police coordinate the scene after two blasts at the Boston Marathon, April 15, 2013.

Who is responsible for the Boston terrorist attack?

By BOAZ GANOR04/17/2013 20:46

In organized terrorism, a terrorist organization is involved in one, some, or all of the stages of a terrorist attack.

Jimmy Carter with grand sheikh of Al Azhar

Carter and Tutu won’t bring peace to Holy Land

By ABRAHAM COOPER AND HAROLD BRACKMAN04/16/2013 22:26

Nelson Mandela appointed former US president Jimmy Carter and South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu to help defuse world trouble spots.

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