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Nov 8, 2019, 4:19 PM

‘Never look for a good reason to do the right thing’

Max 'Nico' Leons, who saved hundreds of Jews during the Holocaust, including my father. (courtesy, Leons's family)

Max 'Nico' Leons can't be counted as a Righteous Among the Gentiles, so my father found another way to honor the man who saved him and hundreds more

Jan 28, 2019, 2:45 PM

Justice for Israel’s paralympic team, and a message to Malaysia

The absence of diplomatic ties can never be allowed as an excuse to boycott participants

Jun 1, 2017, 3:08 PM

For the UN, fighting terror must begin at home

Palestinians receive their monthly food aid at a United Nations distribution center in the Rafah refugee camp, in southern Gaza Strip, February 8, 2015 (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Until the world body repudiates terrorist sympathizers in its midst, the Arab world can't be expected to do so

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David Roet is Deputy Director General and head of North America Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.