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Scholar Claims Dead Sea Scrolls ‘Authors’ Never Existed
An Israeli scholar, Rachel Elior, has claimed that the Essenes (sometimes claimed to be the spiritual forebears of Jesus of Nazareth) were actually an invention of the first century historian Josephus.
Oil Will Not be Used as a Weapon to Strategically Assist the Paletinians
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The call to use oil as a weapon against Israel’s friends once would have echoed in capitals across the Middle East. But even as fighting widens in Gaza, threats of an oil embargo by some in Iran and Bahrain are falling flat. Key Persian Gulf producers like Saudi Arabia and even top officials in the countries behind the boycott calls are keeping quiet, reflecting a focus on their struggle to deal with the steep plunge in world oil prices.
“An oil embargo is just bad for business,” said Serene Gardiner, oil products analyst at Standard Chartered Bank in Dubai. On Sunday, Iran’s official IRNA news agency quoted an Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander as urging Muslim countries to use oil as a weapon to pressure an end to Israel’s offensive in Gaza.
Iran’s foreign ministry didn’t distance itself from Brig. Gen. Mirfaysal Bagherzadeh’s comments when asked about them…
