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Shlomi Eldar

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Palestinian poet and journalist Mahmoud Darwish gestures during the Carthage Theatre Days in Tunis theatre, 06 December 2007. AFP PHOTO/ FETHI BELAID (Photo credit should read FETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty Images) — Palestinian poet and journalist Mahmoud Darwish gestures during Carthage Theater Days in a Tunis theater, Dec. 6, 2007. — FETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty Images

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