The fragile peace efforts launched last week at the Middle East summit in Aqaba, Jordan, appeared to be unraveling at a dizzying pace as Israel and the Palestinians were drawn back into a familiar and bloody pattern of violence and retaliation.
Gaza City — Hours before narrowly escaping an assassination attempt by the Israeli military, Hamas leader Abdel Azziz Rantisi dismissed the U.S.-sponsored Middle East peace plan and claimed that most Palestinians opposed it as well. “It’s a big mistake. You won’t find any Palestinian who will tell you otherwise,” said the Hamas hardliner in an […]
The Tony awards passed him by on Sunday, but director Lonny Price is having an exceptional year on Broadway. He directed what critics panned as one of the season’s stinkers, the musical version of the 1980 honky-tonk film “Urban Cowboy.” When the show closed in May after 60 performances, Price seemed nonplussed. “It just wasn’t […]
