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      <title>Hold Jordan accountable: Extradite Sbarro terrorist Ahlam Tamimi</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The involvement of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, continued high-level meetings and public pressure signal a shift to hold Amman accountable for its obligations.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA["Facts are meaningless if people don’t believe them," says clinical psychologist Irwin J. Mansdorf.]]></description>
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      <title>The State Department is playing to an empty house</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The conclusion of a series of interviews with Harold Rhode.]]></description>
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      <title>Understanding the Middle East requires 'knowing the difference between Shalom and Salam'</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dr. Harold Rhode explains that shalom comes from the root for completeness. Salam means something like the special sense of joy that someone has by submitting to Allah’s will through Islam.]]></description>
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