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That wall is beyond critique, Petrovsky-Shtern, the Northwestern history professor, said. Whatever is done there needs to be modest, a noninvasive way of connecting all these sorrows.

The difference between Khrzhanovskys showy approach and more conventional ways of memorializing the Holocaust goes beyond issues of dignity and taste. The primary purpose of most Holocaust memorials is to document the names and the fates of the victims, the customs and the traditions of the lost world, and to convey the scale of the tragedy. For Khrzhanovsky, this is only a part of the project. Early in his time in Kyiv, he shared a slide presentation with his staff and investors which leaked to Ukrainian media. It included references to building a labyrinth of narrow dark corridors with an interactive exhibit; it would be enhanced by facial-recognition technology that would chart a separate path for every visitor. The ideas were not wholly unrelated to existing Holocaust memorials: the main exhibit space of Yad Vashem is built to feel claustrophobic; the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, in Berlin, features rows of hundreds of concrete slabs that lean in, creating a narrowing and darkening path; and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, in Washington, D.C., encourages its youngest visitors to identify with a composite character named Daniel. But Khrzhanovskys leaked presentation gave rise to fears that he was going to create some kind of Holocaust theme park. (He later explained that the presentation contained results of a brainstorming session, and not anything near the final blueprint.)

Khrzhanovsky collaborated with Patrick Desbois, a French Catholic priest whose title at Georgetown University is professor of the practice of the forensic study of the Holocaust. Desbois, who wrote the book The Holocaust by Bullets, led the scientific committee for the Babyn Yar project, which he called a historical and anthropological revolutionthe first museum to mark the site of a genocidal massacre. Normally, we build countries on mass graves, he told me over Zoom from Georgetown. Where is the museum of the mass graves in Darfur? Who is going to visit the museum of the destruction of Native Americans in Costa Rica?

Desbois shared Khrzhanovskys commitment to re-creating the context and the circumstances of the Babyn Yar massacre in every possible detail, including the inhabitants of what Primo Levi called the gray zonethe unwilling or unthinking assistants to the perpetrators. (Desbois found testimony from a man who had delivered sandwiches to the executioners.) Most of all, Desbois wanted to identify all the perpetrators: The victims were not killed by a storm or a tsunami. Every one of them was shot by someone. The hangings of some of the executioners, in Kyiv in 1946, were followed by a few other trials and punishments. In 1951, Paul Blobel, who had directed the mass executions in Ukraine, was hanged in Germany. Eleven more executioners were tried in Germany in 1967; they had long since returned to civilian lifeone worked as a salesman and another as a bank director. A fourth trial, of three men, occurred in 1971. But most of the Babyn Yar executioners never faced justice.

I want to restablish the responsibility of humans for mass crimes, Desbois said. Unlike the annihilation of millions in death camps, mass murder by bullets still happens all the time, and usually goes unpunished.

When I told acquaintances in Kyiv that I was writing about the project at Babyn Yar, they sighed, rolled their eyes, or laughed uncomfortably. No one, it seemed, trusted the projectpartly because it was privately funded, partly because it was directed by Khrzhanovsky, but most of all because of Russia. The projects most outspoken opponent was Josef Zissels, a seventy-five-year-old former dissident and a leader of Ukraines Jewish community. I met with him in January at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, one of Ukraines largest and oldest universities, where he runs the Jewish-studies center. His primary objection to the project, he said, came from the sense that Putin and his imperial agenda were the forces behind it. Although all four of the rich men who were bankrolling the memorial were Jews who were born in Ukraine, they had benefitted from their connections to Russia, and three of them had carried Russian passports at some point. Its hybrid warfare, Zissels said. They are trying to foist memory thats not our memory.

He talked about what Ukrainians and some Russians call pobedobesiye (literally, victory mania), which forms the foundational historical myth and the central public ritual of Putins Russia. Every year, the Soviet victory in the Second World War is celebrated with greater fanfare and bigger fireworks, military parades, and renactments. For months leading up to May9th, when the country celebrates Victory Day, Russians wear orange-and-black commemorative ribbons on their clothes and bags. The especially zealous decorate their vehicles with slogans such as Onward to Berlin or 1941-1945. We could do it again. One popular decal features two stick figures in the act of anal intercourse; the top has a hammer and sickle for a head, the bottom a swastika.

The Russian memory project is explicitly anti-Western. What the world calls the Second World War, Russia calls the Great Patriotic War. What for most of the world began on September 1, 1939, for Russia started on June22, 1941, when the non-aggression pact between Hitler and Stalin ended and the war between the two countries began. The U.K., the U.S., France, and many other Allied countries look back on the war with a sense of both tragedy and victory, but the triumphalism in Russia is more pronounced. Now Russian leaders brand real or imagined challengers to their power as Nazis.

Some critics suspected that Khrzhanovskys project, in keeping with Russian propaganda that increasingly labelled Ukrainians as Nazis, would focus on local collaborators in war crimes. In 2021, Sergei Loznitsa, one of the best-known Ukrainian directors, made a documentary, Babi Yar. Context, under the auspices of the memorial center; other members of the Ukrainian film community charged that the movie was filled with the narrative accusing... the people of Ukraine of collaboration in the mass killings of the Jewish population. In fact, Babi Yar. Context, which employs footage shot by German and Soviet propagandists, does not address the question of collaborators.

I spent many days talking with members of the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center team and combing through the materials they had produced. I encountered occasional pockets of ignorance, primarily on matters of Soviet Jewish history, but didnt see any indication that the project or its funders were promoting a Russia-centric, much less a Putin-style, narrative. Few on the team had been educated in Russia or had lived there for a significant amount of time. Khrzhanovsky had spent the majority of the past two decades in Kharkiv and London.

Fridman told me, I expected that wed encounter resistance, but I never thought wed be called agents of the Kremlin. He was born in Lviv. Both of his grandmothers were from Kyiv and had been lucky to leave Ukraine in 1941 with their children. Fridmans great-grandparents perished in the Holocaust; Fuks, Khan, and Pinchuk had lost relatives, too. At least seven of Khans family members were killed at Babyn Yar. (Khrzhanovskys maternal grandmother, too, fled Ukraine in 1941.) Sure, the funders of the memorial had made their money in Russiait was a good place to do businessbut they had complicated relationships with the country. Several years ago, Fuks renounced his Russian citizenship.

I asked Zissels what aspects of Khrzhanovskys project reflected the Kremlins historical narrative. I cant prove it, he said. But I can feel it. The apprehension, it seems, was a fear of contagion. The problem with Putins revisionist history is not just the centrality of the Soviet Union and Soviet military glory; its that, like all Russian propaganda, it intentionally sows chaos. The effect is to produce a preferred historical narrative and a sense of nihilisma consensus that good and evil are indistinguishable, that nothing is true and everything is possible. This was what made it hard for so many Ukrainians to trust a project funded by people who still did business in Russia. Khrzhanovskys avowed obsession with the nature of evil, his willingness to examine it at close range, only fed the distrust.

Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24th. A few days later, Khrzhanovsky was on the phone with Anna Furman, who had been in charge of compiling the list of victims at Babyn Yar. Khrzhanovsky was begging: Anechka, you know how this goes. Please take your mother and leave. Furman and her mother ended up going to western Ukraine, as did a few other staff members; still others left for Poland. Shovenko, the artistic director, and Didenko, Khrzhanovskys assistant, surprised everyone by announcing that they were getting married. After a small ceremony (Khrzhanovsky attended via Zoom), Didenko went to Lviv, and Shovenko reported for duty with the Ukrainian Army.

Khrzhanovsky used to say, Babyn Yar is not in the pastit is now. But he didnt realize that now meant now. He is no longer surprised that so many Ukrainians were suspicious of his work on the memorial. When I came to Kyiv, I knew that Putin was a scumbag, that the Donbas was at war, that his troops were helping fight it, but I didnt realize the extent of it, and the Ukrainians did, he told me from London in March. The memorial center has reoriented itself toward helping Ukrainians flee to safety, starting with Holocaust survivors, other elderly people, and the disabled. Its clear that there wont be a Babyn Yar memorial the way we envisioned it, Pinchuk told me in late March, from his home in London.

Fridman was one of the super-rich Russians to be sanctioned in response to the war, initially by the European Union and then by the United Kingdom. He complained to the media that the sanctions were unfair, but he resigned from the memorial center. Days later, the E.U. sanctioned Khan, and he, too, resigned. That left Pinchuk. On my computer screen, a month into the war, he still looked and sounded shocked. This is just beyond, beyond, he said. It was impossible to imagine. Its genocide. He told me that he was focussing his time and money trying to get military equipment and humanitarian aid to Ukraine.

Desboiss Ukrainian team of six researchers of mass murder were now interviewing victims and witnesses of new Russian war crimes. By the first week of April, they had completed thirty-seven investigations in Bucha, Mariupol, Irpin, Kherson, and Kharkiv. The day before Desbois and I spoke, the team had interviewed a young Ukrainian man who had been tortured by Russian troops for three days. The Russians had demanded that he confess to being a Nazi.

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KINGSTON, R.I. April 13, 2022 On Thursday, April 28, the University of Rhode Islands Hillel Center will hold a Holocaust Memorial Vigil and luncheon featuring Holocaust survivor Elizabeth Sandy. April 28 is Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. The vigil will take place at 12:30 p.m. outside the Multicultural Student Services Center at 74 Lower College Road on the Kingston Campus.

Set against a moving backdrop of thousands of colored flags displayed as a remembrance of the millions killed in the Holocaust, the outdoor student-led vigil will include poetry, readings and songs with brief remarks from Mrs. Sandy and Director of the Multicultural Student Services Center Jean Nsabumuremyi, a native of Rwanda.

Immediately following the vigil at 1 p.m., a luncheon will be held in the Multicultural Student Services Centers Hardge Forum, where Mrs. Sandy will share her story in greater detail, followed by a Q&A. Access will also be available virtually. There is no charge for the luncheon, but reservations are required. Visit events.uri.edu and search April 28 events or registerhere.A link will be provided upon registration for those who choose to watch virtually.

Elizabeth Garbovits Sandy was born in Hungary in 1923. Her father, mother and brother were killed by the Nazis. She escaped from forced labor in Budapest by hiding in the annex of the Swiss Consulate. There she survived the Russian siege and capture of Budapest. After the war, she married and left Hungary for the displaced persons camp at the former Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany. She emigrated to the United States arriving on July 4, 1949.

URI sophomore engineering student Daniel Groysman, an organizer of Hillels Holocaust Remembrance events, emphasizes that the vigil and presentation provide an important opportunity for the university community to remember and learn about the Holocaust while remaining vigilant in the face of present-day hatred, discrimination, and antisemitism.

These events are co-sponsored by the URI Chaplains Association; the Office of Community Equity and Diversity; Student Affairs; the Multicultural Student Services Center; the Gender and Sexuality Center; the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies; the URI History Department; and URI Dining Services. Elizabeth Sandys visit is arranged through the Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center in Providence.

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While working as an art director on the series The Doctors and the Nurses in the early 1960s, Mr. Chomsky was asked by the shows executive producer, Herbert Brodkin, if he wanted to become a producer. Mr. Chomsky declined, saying hed rather be a director. He went on to direct three episodes of the show, followed by a long run of work on series like The Wild Wild West, Star Trek, Gunsmoke, Mission: Impossible, Hawaii Five-O and Mannix.

After Roots and Holocaust, Mr. Chomsky won Emmys for directing Attica (1980), a TV movie about the bloody prison riot in upstate New York, and Inside the Third Reich (1982), a two-part film based on the autobiography of Albert Speer, Hitlers minister of armaments and war production.

He won his fourth Emmy as a producer of Peter the Great (1986), a mini-series about the Russian czar Peter I, starring Maximilian Schell, which Mr. Chomsky also co-directed with Lawrence Schiller.

His last credits include Strauss Dynasty (1991), a mini-series about the Austrian musical family, and Catherine the Great (1995), a TV movie starring Catherine Zeta-Jones.

In addition to his son Eric, Mr. Chomsky is survived by his other sons, Peter and David, and a granddaughter. He was separated from his second wife, Christa Baum-Chomsky. His marriage to Tobye Kaplan ended in divorce.

Eric Chomsky said his father had wanted the facts in his work to stand up to scrutiny:

I worked with him on The Deliberate Stranger a 1986 mini-series about the serial killer Ted Bundy and my whole job was to read the trial transcripts to make sure the script was accurate.

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On Friday night, my family will sit down to our Passover Seder. This meal is highly choreographed (seder means order) and is one of the most observed traditions of the Jewish community internationally. During this holiday dinner, we retell the story of how our ancestors were enslaved and oppressed in Egypt by the tyrannical Pharaoh. Even with our youngest children, we tell of the grave atrocities committed against us.

Toward the middle of the storytelling, the narrative shifts: no longer are the Israelites the oppressed, but God redeems them from Egyptian bondage with a mighty hand and outstretched arm. The mood of the meal shifts as we sing and rejoice in our ability to dine and worship freelyand it is for this reason many refer to the Seder meal as a Feast of Freedom.

This year, as the mounting tragedy in Ukraine unfolds, we cannot help but look to Eastern Europe for another extreme example of loss of life and oppression. Though no one instance of oppression is more important than the next, todays conflict in Ukraine is far more poignant for the Jewish community than many others. Indeed, great Jewish movements like Chasidism and Zionism were born in Ukraine. And yet, some of the greatest tragedies to the Jewish community took place in Ukraine.

Jews have lived in Ukraine since the late ninth century. In recent decades, on the eve of World War II, there were 2.4 million Jews living there. More than one million Jews were shot and killed by the Einsatzgruppen and by their many local Ukrainian supporters in the western part of Ukraine. Yet in recent years, Ukraine had the third largest Jewish community in the world, with over 400,000 Jews.

My own great-grandparents were forced out of Ukraine during pogroms more than 100 years ago. And centuries earlier, during the Khmelnytsky Uprising, an army of Cossacks and Crimean Tatars massacred and took into captivity scores of Jews, Uniate Christians, and Roman Catholics.

Today, we see a Jewish president, pleading to the international community for support as his country is ransacked by yet another Pharaoh in the name of ersatz de-Nazification. A Jewish president whose capital city (Kyiv) has in one of its main plazas (Sophia Square) one of the countrys most important monuments honoring the same villain, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, responsible for those centuries-old massacres. Statues of Robert E. Lee may have been torn down in the South here in the United States, but since 2001 in Ukraine, Khmelnytsky on horseback is included in the State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine as the monument of national importance.

We Jews have a mixed history with Ukraine, and our freedom throughout history has never been absolute. When you grow up Jewish even here in the United States you are taught from a young age that you should always have a passport. A Jew never knows when their government will turn on the Jewish people, causing them to flee in the middle of the night just as our ancestors did in Egypt.

Still, as a perpetually persecuted people, we do not only think of ourselves. Each year at my familys seder, we recognize that one is never truly free if others are enslaved, if others are persecuted.

So what do we do, eating our matzah as the war rages on in Ukraine?

On one hand, we recognize that pursuing freedom for others is a daily struggle and daily work. But on the other hand, our moral imperative is not only about freeing others; it is about ridding the world of tyranny and oppression. Indeed, that starts here in the United States.

We cannot rely on God to bring plagues to Putin, but it also does not mean that we should be the catalyst for the next world war, God forbid. As Secretary Blinken said, Help Ukraine defend itself. Support the Ukrainian people. Hold Russia accountable. Our urgency is to let all who are hungry come eat, as the liturgy of the Seder prayerbook (the hagaddah) reads and to open our doors wide to the refugees. But we also must work with our elected officials to ensure that Ukraine (and Georgia, and all other states in Europe) have the right to join the Euro-Atlantic community and NATO. Months ago, before the conflict began, 2.9 million Ukrainians were in desperate need of assistance and protection in a humanitarian catastrophe to which few were paying attention until now.

The chief obligation during the Passover seder is to tell our children our story and the hope is that as they recognize that they were once enslaved and liberated, so too should they feel compelled to liberate others. This year we should all feel compelled by the story of the Exodus. If we Jews can seek support for a country that once walked us to the shipyards, the firing range, and the gas chambers, then we all irrespective of our faith background can figure out how to welcome the stranger this year, and, God-willing, bring peace to the region.

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Temple Israel in Bath Township will host conversations with the Akron Jewish community on antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiments in our modern times. The events will take place April 29, May 6 and May 25 at Temple Israel at 91 Springside Drive.

The April 29 event, Community Shabbat, will begin at 7 p.m. and will highlight speaker Belle Yoeli, chief advocacy officer with the American Jewish Committee. Moderator Brian Rolnick Fox will lead a conversation with Yoeli on how to define antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiments in America today.

The May 6 event, Being Jewish and Zionist on Campus, will begin at 6:15 p.m. and will welcome Jenn Chestnut, vice president of Hillel International, and Adam Hirsh, executive director of Kent State Hillel, to discuss Jewish life on campus today. Topics will include Where is antisemitism happening now?, How do we help our children understand the difference between anti-Israel and antisemitism?, and What can we do to prepare our children for being Jewish on campus today?

The May 25 event, The Progressive Zionist Jew: A Contradiction in Terms? will be a virtual lunch and learn, beginning at noon on Zoom. Rabbi Ammi Hirsch, senior rabbi of Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City, will lead the discussion. Topics that will be addressed are The intersection Progressive Judaism and Zionism today, How do we reconcile our progressive Jewish values with the complex nature of Jewish nationhood in the State of Israel? and As Israel is increasingly attacked and criticized, what is the appropriate response for progressive Zionists?

We need to be more attuned to the varieties of antisemitism that are out there, Rabbi Josh Brown of Temple Israel in Akron told the Akron Jewish News.

Brown said modern-day antisemitism extends far beyond how it has been traditionally perceived in ways such as Nazism. He noted antisemitism can be seen today in friends and allies, and can appear in far less obvious forms.

We cant just look at antisemitism as a single entity, Brown said. We know antisemitism is on the rise. What we want is to focus on the complexities of antisemitism today.

Registration is not required for the events, which are open to the community.

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Middle East

On 12 April, Al-Haq published the video Introduction to International Humanitarian Law in the Palestinian Context. The film includes an introduction and discussion of the foundations and principles of IHL as well as an exploration of the concept of occupation, citing relevant international legislation including the Geneva Conventions and Hague Regulations.

On 11 April, Al Mezan published an article informing that it delivered, with partners, ten oral statements under various Agenda Items during the 49th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council, which took place from 28 February to 1 April 2022. The session was marked by the release of the latest report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Professor Michael Lynk, which concluded that Israels rule over the Occupied Palestinian Territory amounts to apartheid. Among other interventions, Al Mezan also addressed the Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, whose latest report acknowledged Israels policy of spatial segregation in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.

On 11 April, Al-Haq published an article asking the international community to intervene to stop escalating violence against Palestinians by Israeli forces and settlers. Al-Haq informed that eight Palestinians were killed, including two women and one child, since the beginning of Ramadan. The escalation comes as a response to a number of attacks in Israel, with Israel reportedly increasing troops deployed in the West Bank and launching several operations in Jenin refugee camp.

On 10 April, 7amleh released its Quarterly Report of the Palestinian digital rights violations that took place in the period between January and April 2022. The reporting period has been calm regarding major political and social events in the Palestinian society, but the daily practices of Israel forces, and the daily treatment of companies that affect many digital rights, continued, showing a clear bias against the digital rights of Palestinians.

On 7 April, Al Mezan issued a press release to mark World Health Day, recalling that access to health in the Gaza Strip is marked by persistent obstacles, risks and threats to health, which prevent universal health coverage and the realization of integrated approaches and health programs aimed at localizing health services. These circumstances drive Palestinian patients, notably oncology and cardiology patients, whose treatment is unavailable in Gaza to seek medical treatment outside the Strip. However, Israeli authorities impose restrictions on patients freedom of movement through a discriminatory permit system that arbitrarily limits exit permits and prevents many Palestinian patients from accessing hospitals and medical care outside of Gaza.

Europe

On 11 April, Amnesty International published an article informing that hundreds of Palestinian administrative detainees, without prior trial or charge, completed a 100-day boycott of Israels military courts. Amnesty International stressed that this action underscores the need to end this unjust practice which helps maintain Israels system of apartheid against Palestinians. The article further informed that nearly all the 490 Palestinian administrative detainees currently being held by Israel began a collective boycott on 1 January 2022, by refusing to participate in military court procedures that lack due process and are used merely to rubber stamp arbitrary detention.

On 7 April, Association Belgo-Palestinienne informed that the Palestinian university of Birzeit, located in the West Bank, raised concerns over a new procedure allowing the Israeli Ministry of Defence to determine which foreign professors, researchers and students will be allowed to join Palestinian universities from May 2022. According to the article, this measure will severely limit the number of teachers and students allowed to enrol in Palestinian Universities, which could impede the capacity of these universities to operate.

United Nations

On 27 April, the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will convey the virtual event Al-Khalil/Hebron A case study for the impact of Israeli settlements on Palestinian rights under occupation. This event will highlight the critical situation caused by Israels ongoing illegal settlement campaign in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and its impact on the rights of the Palestinian people. The event will be held in virtual format, from 10.00 am to 12.00 pm (NY time); it will be livestreamed on UN Web TV.

On 10 April, OCHA published its Protection of Civilians Report covering the period 22 March 4 April 2022. OCHA highlighted an increase in the number of fatalities and injuries of Israeli and Palestinian civilians during several attacks and Israeli Security forces operations. Since the beginning of Ramadan, Israeli forces have also intensified their presence in and around the Old City of Jerusalem, including outside the Damascus Gate. Furthermore, the Israeli authorities demolished or confiscated 21 Palestinian-owned structures in Area C of the West Bank, citing the lack of Israeli-issued building permits.

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Israeli-Palestinian War: The Effectiveness of the Israeli Defense Forces

By Chijindu Okpalaoka

Introduction

Israel's battle with Palestine extends back to the late eighteenth century. The United Nations issued Resolution 181, called the Separation Plan, in 1947, to partition the British Mandate of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states. The State of Israel was established on May 14, 1948, precipitating the first Arab-Israeli War. Israel won the battle in 1949, but 750,000 Palestinians were displaced, and the land was divided into three parts: Israel, the West Bank (along the Jordan River), and the Gaza Strip.

Tensions in the region grew in the following years, particularly between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. Following the 1956 Suez Crisis and Israel's invasion of the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, Jordan, and Syria signed mutual defense treaties in anticipation of an Israeli army deployment [1]. Israel launched the Six-Day War in June 1967, following a series of maneuvers by Egyptian President Abdel Gamal Nasser. Israel acquired control of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula and Gaza Strip, Jordan's West Bank and East Jerusalem, and Syria's Golan Heights following the war. Six years later, in what became known as the Yom Kippur War, Egypt and Syria launched a two-front attack on Israel to reclaim lost territory.

The conflict did not result in significant gains for Egypt, Israel, or Syria. Still, Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat declared the war a victory for Egypt because it enabled Egypt and Syria to negotiate over previously ceded territory. Finally, in 1979, following a series of cease-fires and peace discussions, Egyptian and Israeli delegates signed the Camp David Accords. This peace accord brought an end to Egypt's thirty-year battle with Israel [2].

While the Camp David Accords improved Israel's relations with its neighbors, the issue of Palestinian self-determination and self-government remained unsolved. In what is known as the first intifada, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians residing in the West Bank and Gaza Strip rose against the Israeli government in 1987. The OsloAccords of 1993 mediated the conflict by establishing a framework for Palestinian self-governance in the West Bank and Gaza and mutual recognition between the newly constituted Palestinian Authority and Israel's government. The Oslo II Accords of 1995 enlarged on the first accord, mandating Israel's complete withdrawal from six cities and 450 communities in the West Bank [3].

Palestinians initiated the second intifada in September 2000, motivated in part by Palestinian complaints about Israel's rule of the West Bank, a stagnant peace process, and former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's visit to the al-Aqsa mosquethird Islam's holiest sitein September 2000. Despite resistance from the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court, the Israeli government approved building a barrier wall across the West Bank in 2002 [4].

In 2013, the US attempted to resurrect the peace process between Israel's government and the West Bank's Palestinian Authority. However, peace negotiations were stymied in 2014 when Fatahthe Palestinian Authority's main partyformed a unity government with Hamas, its opposition movement. Hamas, a breakaway group from Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, created in 1987 after the first intifada, is one of two major Palestinian political parties. It was classified as a foreign terrorist organization by the US in 1997 [5].

In 2014, conflicts in the Palestinian territories triggered a military confrontation between Israel and Hamas. Hamas fired almost 3,000 rockets at Israel, and Israel responded with a major offensive in Gaza. The skirmish ended in late August 2014 with an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire agreement, but not before 73 Israelis and 2,251 Palestinians were dead. Following a spate of violence between Israelis and Palestinians in 2015, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared that Palestinians would be free of the Oslo Accords' territorial boundaries. Between March and May 2018, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip staged weekly demonstrations along the Gaza Strip's border with Israel [6]. The final demonstration took place on the seventieth anniversary of the Nakba, the Palestinian exodus after Israel's independence. While most protestors remained peaceful, a few rushed the perimeter fence, hurling rocks, and other objects. The United Nations reports that 183 demonstrators were killed and over 6,000 injured by live ammunition.

Additionally, in May 2018, clashes erupted between Hamas and the Israeli military, resulting in the deadliest period of violence since 2014. During the twenty-four-hour flare-up, terrorists in Gaza fired over one hundred rockets into Israel; Israel replied with attacks on more than fifty sites in Gaza [7].

The administration of Donald J. Trump has made concluding an Israeli-Palestinian peace treaty a top foreign policy objective. In 2018, the Trump administration cut funds to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, assisting Palestinian refugees. It moved the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, reversing a long-standing US policy. Israeli authorities applauded the decision to relocate the US embassy, but Palestinian leaders and others in the Middle East and Europe opposed it. Israel regards Jerusalem as its capital in its entirety, while Palestinians claim East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state. The Trump administration presented its long-awaited "Peace to Prosperity" plan in January 2020, which was rejected by Palestinians owing to its support for potential Israeli annexation of West Bank settlements and rule over an "undivided" Jerusalem.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and then Bahrain decided in August and September 2020 to restore relations with Israel, making them only the third and fourth countries in the region to do so, following Egypt in 1979 and Jordan in 1994. The agreements, dubbed the Abraham Accords, occurred more than eighteen months after the US hosted Israel and seven Arab states in Warsaw, Poland, for ministerial negotiations on the Middle East's future peace. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas both rejected the arrangements.

Concept of Military Effectiveness

Numerous researchers in the subject appear to concur that military effectiveness is inherently difficult due to the multiple factors, aspects, and variables involved [8]. While there is a correlation between military effectiveness and war outcome, it is critical to recognize that the two must be distinguished [9]. To illustrate this, the performance of the German Wehrmacht throughout the Second World War is an excellent illustration. The Wehrmacht's performance and efficacy were widely acknowledged as flawless, particularly during the invasion of and swift victory over France. However, although being less effective than on the Western Front, the Wehrmacht was still more effective than the Soviet forces on the Eastern Front but still lost the campaign [10]. Simply put, the Wehrmacht was insufficiently successful in bringing the battle to an end before it devolved into an attrition war.

While military capabilities, or the number of troops, equipment, and supplies, are critical components of military effectiveness, they are not the most vital because they become relevant as a campaign progresses. As Biddle puts it in his book, "assessments that rely exclusively on equipment will significantly overestimate well-equipped but badly managed armiesand vastly underestimate poorly equipped but well-managed troops [11]. It is also seenas the capacity to achieve desirable combat results in and of themselves, including those of little conflicts at the technical level of war and those of wars or even long-term politico-military confrontations at the strategic or grand strategic levels of war. A more limited interpretation links "effectiveness" with competence, the capacity to maximize one's supplies, or with characteristics such as "absorption" and "adaptiveness." irrespective ofthe terminology, military effectiveness,is a crucial problem in foreign politics and is at the center of critical policy disputes. lately, itelicited little prolonged academic interest. Nonetheless, future innovativescholars have begun to pay more attention to the subject, with novel methodology and developmentalalgorithms. The theoretical literature on effectiveness classifies candidate factors into three categories: statistical predominance, innovation, and military deployment. Despite theincreased attention on effectiveness as a whole and on non-material elements to effectiveness, especiallyforced participation, a number of topics warrant more investigation in future works.

To summarize, military effectiveness is the military's capacity to effectively employ the capabilities at its disposal by inflicting more casualties on the adversary's army while conserving its own, overcoming technological gaps, and adapting to changing conditions or environments.

Concept of War

War, according to international law, can take place only between sovereign political entities, namely States. Thus, war serves as a mechanism of resolving conflicts amongst units of the highest political structure. The bulk of people who have studied war as a sociopolitical phenomenon have also assumed as a core premise that there is a fundamental distinction between internal conflicts, which typically have means for a peaceful resolution, and foreign conflicts, which occur under anarchy. Wars have been observed to directly involve State organizations such as the foreign ministry and military forces. Due to the worldwide nature of conflict, the stakes may include the life and death of States[12]. Regardless of their professional background as political scientists, historians, sociologists, psychologists, or military analysts, many students shared this broad perspective on war as an international or inter-State phenomenon. According to the school of political realism, nation-states can only advance their national interests by displaying their willingness to fight and employing wars of various magnitudes as a tool of national policy to accomplish legitimate goals [13]. [14] described war as a "political act by which States, unable to resolve a conflict over their commitments, rights, or interests, resort to armed action to determine which state is the stronger and so can impose its will; on the other." [15] appears to favor a political definition of war when he writes: "If war is defined as an armed conflict between two or more sovereign institutions deploying organized military forces to accomplish certain goals, the critical term in the definition is 'organized.'" He continues by stating that this structure of the opposing armed forces extends beyond the battle lines and tends to encompass all civilian operations, including industrial, productive, and commercial enterprises, as well as social interests and individual attitudes, in modern warfare. [16] critiques [17] definition of war as "an act of violence intended to coerce the adversary into doing what we want" as being overly broad and imprecise. He asserts that "this concept may also apply to a great deal of what is referred to as peace, notably in sport, business, and money." It could apply to any act of violence, regardless of when it occurs. It is applicable to pre-Napoleonic and pre-industrial eras and purposes when war was a castle enterprise and a gentleman's game". Also, Wright in1942;attemptedto synthesize the juridical, political, military, and mental perspectives on conflict (war). The subsequent definition states that war is a state of law and a type of conflict characterized by a high levelof legal equality, hostility, and violence in the relationships of organized human groups. In simpler terms, war is the legitimate situation that allowsmore than twoviolent factions to engage in armed conflict on an equal footing. Identical concepts are used at various points in this terminology. In one, he claimed that war can be defined "from the perspective of each belligerent" as an extreme intensification of military activity, psychological tension, legal power, and social integration; and "from the standpoint of all belligerents" as an extreme intensification of concurrent conflicts involving armed forces, popular sentiments, legal dogmas, and national cultures; he also reiterates his definition of war as a legal condition in this section. In another, he says that war is a unique legal condition, a phenomenon of intergroup social psychology, a species of conflict, and a species of violence all at the same time. Each of these perspectives is represented in these definitions, but the judicial perspective is given precedence. Furthermore, several psychologists, like Durban and J.Bowlby, have contended that humans are essentially violent. This aggression is driven by displacement and projection, in which individualsconverts theircomplaints into prejudice and hatred toward other cultures, faiths, nationalities, or beliefs. According to this idea, a countrymaintains order within its localitywhile providing a channel for aggression via conflict.

Franco Fornari, an Italian psychotherapist, and Melanie Klein disciple believed that war was the psychotic or projective elongationof grieving. He furtherbelieved that conflict and violence arise from our "sensual desires" andour desire to safeguard and protect the precious itemsto which we are bound. Some war researchers,regard societies as sacred artifacts that produces conflict. Finally, Fornari emphasized commitment as the heart of war,individuals' astounding readiness to fight for their country, andto sacrifice themselvesfor their country.

Materials and Methods

Ethnonational conflict theory is used in this research as a framework of analysis. Ethnonational or ethnopolitical conflict can be characterized as one in which one or more contestants define themselves communally and assert claims on behalf of the group's collective interests against the state or other communal actors. Ethnic conflict is typically characterized by irredentist, separatist, or anti-colonial activities. Three factors are used to classify ethnonational conflicts:

1. that they take place within a state's internal borders, 2. that one of the combatants is the ruling government, and 3. that the opposition can prolong resistance.

Conflicts between ethnic groups that do not match these conditions are referred to as communal violence or internal regional battles. We divide the intrastate conflict into ethnic, religious, and ideological subgroups in this study. These organizations are approximately equivalent to what we refer to as ethnonationalism. Ethnic strife has been a pervasive occurrence. Since the end of the Second World War, there have been several examples of such intrastate conflicts: Korea, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Cyprus, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Cuba, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Sudan, Angola, Zaire, Rwanda, Ethiopia, and Chad, to name a few. The focus on ethnic conflict is justified because the majority of these conflicts have occurred in impoverished countries. As a result, they compound these countries' already dire poverty levels by eroding their shaky economic foundations and torturing generations of people with unending pain.

Additionally, there is a risk that some ethnopolitical disputes would become international, jeopardizing global peace and security, making techniques for avoiding or resolving them peacefully and imperative. The parameters of conflict theory are examined in this study. The advent of the Enemy System, Human Needs, and Conflict Resolution theories to explain conflict is particularly significant. The analysis of conflict theory is critical for comprehending the nature of the political conflict. This theoretical domain must be thoroughly researched to find solutions to many of the world's seemingly intractable challenges. Hopefully, advancements in this sector will aid researchers in gaining a better understanding and assisting in the quest for solutions. There is a three-step method. The first step is to identify an appropriate explanation for the nature of conflict; the second step is to apply this model to explain the war in a particular setting; the third step is to seek solutions.

Disputes between Israel and Palestine

The following positions define the two parties' stated viewpoints; nevertheless, it is critical to note that neither side has a single position. Both the Israeli and Palestinian sides contain moderate and extremist bodies, as well as dovish and hawkish.

One of the biggest impediments to settling the IsraeliPalestinian conflict is the conflict's participants' deep-seated and rising distrust. Unilateral policies and extreme political sides' rhetoric, combined with violence and incitement of citizens against civilians, have bred mutual hatred and a lack of faith in the peace process. Hamas enjoys widespread support among Palestinians, and because its members continuously call for Israel's destruction and violence remains a threat, security becomes a primary concern for many Israelis. Israel's settlement construction in the West Bank has led the majority of Palestinians to believe that Israel is not devoted to achieving a deal but rather to maintaining permanent rule over their land [18].

Jerusalem

Jerusalem's control is a complicated matter, with each side asserting its claim to the city. Jerusalem is central to the religious and historical histories of the three greatest Abrahamic religionsJudaism, Christianity, and Islam. Jerusalem is Judaism's holiest city, having been the site of the Jewish temples on the Temple Mount and the ancient Israelite kingdom's capital. Jerusalem is the third most sacred site for Muslims, as it is the location of the Isra and Mi'raj events and the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Christians revere Jerusalem as the location of Jesus' crucifixion and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.

Israel's government, including the Knesset and Supreme Court, has been headquartered in West Jerusalem's "new city" since Israel's establishment in 1948. Israel took the full administrative authority of East Jerusalem following Israel's takeover of Jordanian-controlled East Jerusalem during the Six-Day War. Israel enacted the Jerusalem Law in 1980, saying, "Jerusalem, entire and united, is Israel's capital [19].

Figure 1: Map of Jerusalem. Source: CIA remote sensing

Except for the United States [20] and Russia, numerous countries do not recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Most UN member nations and international organizations do not recognize Israel's post-1967 Six-Day War claim to East Jerusalem, nor its 1980 Jerusalem Law proclamation [21]. In its 2004 advisory opinion on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the International Court of Justice defined East Jerusalem as "Palestinian territory occupied [22]. As of 2005, Jerusalem was home to around 719,000 people: 465,000 Jews (mainly in West Jerusalem) and 232,000 Muslims (primarily in East Jerusalem) [23]. The United States offered a plan at the 20002001 Camp David and Taba Summits. The Arab sections of Jerusalem would be handed to the projected Palestinian state, while the Jewish parts of Jerusalem would be ceded to Israel. The Israeli and Palestinian governments would jointly regulate all archaeological activities beneath the Temple Mount. In principle, both sides agreed to the concept, but the summits ultimately failed [24].

Israel expresses fear about the security of Israeli inhabitants if Palestinian-controlled districts in Jerusalem are established. Since 1967, Jerusalem has been a primary target of extremist organizations' attacks on civilian targets. Arabs have targeted numerous Jewish neighborhoods. If Arab communities were to be included inside the borders of a Palestinian state, their proximity would jeopardize the safety of Jewish citizens [25].

Holy Sites

Israel is concerned about the welfare of Jewish sacred sites that could fall under Palestinian administration. When Jordan controlled Jerusalem, Jews were not permitted to visit the Western Wall or other Jewish holy places, and the Mount of Olives Jewish cemetery was desecrated [26]. Israel has prohibited Muslims from praying at Joseph's Tomb, a site revered by both Jews and Muslims, since 1975. Settlers erected a yeshiva, placed a Torah scroll on the mihrab, and covered it. The site was robbed and set on fire during the Second Intifada [27]. Israeli security agencies regularly monitor and apprehend Jewish radicals who plot attacks, while several significant instances continue to occur [28]. Israel has granted the Muslim trust (Waqf) near-complete control over the Temple Mount [29].

Palestinians have expressed anxiety over the safety of Christian and Muslim holy sites under Israeli authority [30]. Some Palestinian advocates have claimed that the Western Wall Tunnel was reopened to collapse the mosque [31]. In a 1996 speech to the United Nations, Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs refuted this assertion, describing the statement as an "escalation of rhetoric" [32].

Casualties

According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs database, 5,587 Palestinians and 249 Israelis have died since January 1, 2008 [33].Numerous research present conflicting numbers on IsraeliPalestinian casualties. Between 1948 and 1997, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute estimates that 13,000 Israelis and Palestinians were murdered in violence. Other estimates place the death toll at 14,500 between 1948 and 2009[34].2,000 PLO combatants were killed in armed fighting with Israel during the 1982 Lebanon War [35].

Table 1: Civilian fatalities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Years

Deaths

Palestinians

Israelis

2011

118 (13)

11 (5)

2010

81 (9)

8 (0)

2009

1,034 (314)

9 (1)

2008

887 (128)

35 (4)

2007

385 (52)

13 (0)

2006

665 (140)

23 (1)

2005

190 (49)

51 (6)

2004

832 (181)

108 (8)

2003

588 (119)

185 (21)

2002

1,032 (160)

419 (47)

2001

469 (80)

192 (36)

2000

282 (86)

41 (0)

1999

9 (0)

4 (0)

1998

28 (3)

12 (0)

1997

21 (5)

29 (3)

1996

74 (11)

75 (8)

1995

45 (5)

46 (0)

1994

152 (24)

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Palestine head coach John Absalom and `Ricoh Avila highlighted the District 16-4A superlatives. Absalom earned Coach of the Year, while Avila was named Defensive Player of the Year.

It was another memory filled season for the Wildcats as they advanced to their eighth consecutive Regional Quarterfinals game, their eighth straight undefeated District championship and extended their district win streak to 83 games.

All that equated to Absalom being crowned Coach the Year. Avila played a large role in Palestines defense. He helped the Wildcats secure nine shutouts this season in conjunction with Goalkeeper Mauricio Garcia.

The Wildcats had their fair share of representatives on the All-District first team. Diego Farias put up 25 goals this season, along with 28 assists. Farias had a pair of three-goal performances against Mabank and Trinity, while also having four games where he scored at least two goals.

Tony Garcia also received first team praise with 37 total goals on the season. His best performance came in a 13-0 win over Sabine during the playoffs where he put home five goals. He had a pair of four-goal performances against Westwood and a hat trick against Madisonville.

Arturo Nieto was a key part of Palestines offensive nucleus as he recorded 28 goals and 44 assists this season. He had his top game against Trinity in a five-goal showing resulting in a 15-0 win over Trinity.

For Westwood, Rick Buccini was their lone representative on the first team. Jonathan Trejo received second-team honors for the Panthers.

David Arredondo, Andy Garcia, Johan Hagberg and Juan Lopez all represented the Wildcats on the second team. Mauricio Garcia, Diego Oliva and Chris Vigil were honorable mentions.

Samson Oparinde, Antonio Hernandez, Travis Jones, Kameron Carwell and Isaiah Zavala was honorable mentions for the Panthers.

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Baku, April 15, AZERTAC

Azerbaijan`s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has hosted an event and exhibition on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the State of Palestine.

The event was attended by the leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Ambassador of the State of Palestine to the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as the embassy staff, public figures, including heads of a number of universities in Azerbaijan.

The event started with the national anthems of both countries.

Speaking at the event, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Fariz Rzayev noted that the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries on April 15, 1992 was a significant event in our history. He said that the fact that Palestine was one of the first countries to establish diplomatic relations with Azerbaijan after the restoration of its independence is an example of friendship and solidarity. Noting that Azerbaijan attaches importance to relations with Palestine, Rzayev also stressed the successful cooperation between the two countries within international organizations. The Deputy Minister expressed confidence that the Azerbaijani-Palestinian relations, based on strong solidarity, will continue to develop successfully at both bilateral and multilateral levels.

Afterwards, Ambassador of the State of Palestine Nasser Abdul Karim Abdul Rahim congratulated the event participants on the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and Palestine, the countries that are interlinked via cultural and religious values. The ambassador said that over the years, relations between the two countries have been successfully developing within the principles of solidarity, friendship and mutual respect. The support of the State of Palestine to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Azerbaijan was reiterated. Nasser Abdul Karim Abdul Rahim noted with satisfaction that Azerbaijan and Palestine cooperate not only in the bilateral format, but also in the framework of a number of international organizations, including the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Non-Aligned Movement. The ambassador wished peace, tranquility and prosperity to both countries and peoples, and expressed his best wishes on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan.

At the end of the event, the participants viewed a photo exhibition dedicated to the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and Palestine.

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Fairy Garden Trail

7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. April 2 through May 31

There is so much more to explore in Davey Dogwood Park this spring! The 5.5 miles of driving trails make for some amazing views, but park the car and step onto the trails and see how many of our hidden fairy gardens you can find!

Fun for all ages. Open daily from dawn to dusk.

Community Prayer Service

Everyone invited to come pray for the world from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 16 at Massey Lake Community Center, 2802 FM 2054. Refreshments will be provided.

Easter at Over Yonder

10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 15

619 W. Oak Street in Palestine

Join us to celebrate Easter at Over Yonder. We will have:

Easter Bunny pictures with on-site printing from Red Dirt Kids & Family Photography

Personalized cookies with Natalie from Palestine Painted Cookie

Easter crafts with Over Yonder Crafts.

Please contact us with any questions at 903-731-4121 or info@overyondercrafts.com.

Healthy Kids Day

9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 16

YMCA Soccer Complex, 2515 N US Hwy 19 in Palestine

GENERAL SCHEDULE:

9:00am - 2:00pm (Overall Timeline; Different vendors are hosting activities throughout the day until 2:00pm)

COLOR-ME-FUN-RUN: 11:00am

EASTER EGG HUNTS:

10:00am (Field #4: Egg Hunt) - 9 Months to 2 Years Old

10:15am (Field #2: Egg Hunt) - 3 to 6 Years Old

10:30am (Field #1: Egg Hunt) - 7 to 10 Years Old

2:00pm (Field #1: Egg Hunt) - All Ages (Sponsored by Chamber of Commerce Junior Ambassadors)

This event is hosted by Palestine Regional Medical Center, Walmart Supercenter, the Chamber of Commerce Junior Ambassadors and the YMCA.

Easter Egg Express

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 16

There has been a big bunny sighting in Texas, and this aint just any bunny, its some bunny really special! Theres no better way to celebrate the season than with the adorable rabbit himself. The Easter Egg Express a 45-minute train ride running April 16, 2022, offers the whole family a fun time. At the Palestine Train Depot there is an Easter Egg Park filled with games and activities for children. An Easter egg hunt, with a backdrop of great music, makes this eggstra-ordinary venue a delightful springtime afternoon in the Piney Woods. THIS CHILDRENS EVENT TRAIN RIDE DEPARTS AT10:00am,12:00pm, 2:00pm, and 4:00pm.

Easter Egg-stravaganza

10 a.m. to Noon Saturday, April 16

Join Palestine Grace Church, 2130 Country Club Road, for an Easter Celebration! Egg hunts for the kids at 10:15 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Glow hunt for the teens at 11 a.m. Food, games, photo area with cute baby chicks and lots of fun!

Easter Extravaganza

10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 16

The Palestine Area Chamber Of Commerce's Junior Ambassadors is excited to present their Easter Extravaganza. Join us at Reagan Park, 709 Crockett Road, for a fun-filled, memory making, family day. Activities include:

Pictures with the Easter Bunny

Cake Walk game

Face Painting

Bake Sale

Food Trucks

and an Easter Egg Hunt

Tickets can be purchased at the event for $1/ea or 5 tickets for $4.

Casey Chestnutt in Concert

9 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, April 16

Casey Chestnutt, son of Mark Chestnutt, will be in concert at 213 E Crawford St. in Palestine.

1836 Chuckwagon Races

Friday, April 22 through Sunday, April 24

Diamond B Ranch

The 1836 takes place during the celebration of Texass Independence every year at the Diamond B Ranch in Neches, Texas. There are multiple divisions of wagon races as well as trail rides, dutch oven cookn classes, herd dog demonstrations, hoof care clinics, horse auction, barn dances and karaoke, live music, cowboy church and much more! The gates are open to camping the Monday prior to the races and is on a first come first serve basis. Whether coming to participate are to watch for the week or for the day, you will enjoy a truly unique Western event that you wont want to miss!

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Healthy Livestock Naturally

8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, April 22 and Saturday, April 23

This is a two day workshop with Steve Campbell from Taylor Made Cattle, Dr. Will Winters and Christine Martin of The Regen Ranch on how to have healthy cattle naturally. Topics covered in the workshop include how to have your herd of cows eat 20 to 40% less than they do now, how to "see" tenderness on the hoof, how to treat your livestock without chemicals and how to decide what practices to implement in your operation. For more information and to register,https://bit.ly/3tHdoPc

Aces & 8s at Nunas Cajun

7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, April 23

Seafood, crawfish and live music. Aces and 8s is a three-piece band out of Longview. BYOB. Nunas Cajun is located at 204 US Park Road 70 in Palestine.

Live music at Hambones

7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 23

Enjoy Brian Grace and JC Pringle in concert at Hambone's, 213 E Crawford St in Palestine.

The Classics Go To Broadway

2 p.m. Sunday, April 24

Presented at the First Presbyterian Church of Palestine, The Classics Go to Broadway has a starring performance by internationally acclaimed tenor Nick Palance. Nick will take you on a journey through West Side Story, Phantom of the Opera and an aria or two as well as a tribute to Ukraine. Featured on the program with Nick will be virtuoso pianists Haoyue Liang and Jingshu Zhao with a two piano performance of the "Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture", and in the Young Talent segment, Estella Ortiz and Horbin Hughes will sing "Somewhere".

Tickets can be purchased at the door for $15. Plan to enjoy a thrilling afternoon of some of the world's great music live.

410 Ave. A in Palestine

903-729-5730

Farmers Market

9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays

Local growers still have plant starters to share as well as meat, eggs, crafts, jams and pickles. There will be another acoustic jam session, so grab your instrument and head to the Palestine Farmers Market, 815 W Spring Street.

Trivia Night at the Pint

Monday nights

7 p.m.

Test your knowledge at the Pint and Barrel on trivia night. Teams of up to five people. Cost is $10 per team. Pint and Barrel Drafthouse, 302 E. Crawford St. in Palestine.

Music Circle Monday

Monday nights

6 p.m.-9 p.m.

The 10 Spot Education and Event Center

201 E. Commerce, #205

Jacksonville, TX

903-541-0013

thecenter@circleof10.org

Bring your instrument and come jam along with our music friends.

Rotating schedule of hosts including Sonny Powers, Jodi Westendorf, Wayne Yeargain and Eddy Chastain. Coffee, drinks and some snacks available.

$2 admission

Singles Group

Looking for a fun group of singles to spend time with? Look no further. Come to Lone Pine Baptist Church, 299 N. US 287 in Palestine. Our singles meet 6 to 7 p.m. every Tuesday for Bible Study with Billy Webb. We will be hosting a lot of fun activities throughout the year and will keep you posted. For more information call Anneita Piediscalzi at 409-313-0409

Railroad Heritage Center

A 37' x 17' HO scale train display and exhibit that illustrates the many facets of railroading. Open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

Anderson County Young Republican Club

Get involved! A new Anderson County Young Republican Club has been formed to get a younger generation more involved in whats going on in our country and country. For more information email andersoncountyyrs@gmail.com.

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