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I was flying to Jerusalem. It was my maiden flight. I was going to Israel for a 3-month field trip; what a luxury! These days, financial constraints considerably reduce the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)-sponsored field visits to a week or 10 days. The support in those pre-economic reform eras came with US$25 per diem, along with international tickets. While the university committee approved my field trip in May 1987, procedural issues, RBI clearance, and budgetary process delayed it by a year. Finally, the trip was set for the mid-1988, a few months after the outbreak of the first Palestinian intifada.
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193278
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64–0! It should be an impressive vote in any country, especially in Israel, where a simple parliamentary majority has been elusive since the State was founded. This was not to be. The vote on July 24 marks the vertical social, political and, above all, ethical divide within Israel. Over 30 weeks of continuous protests proved ineffective. At least for now.
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