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Beirut’s ‘Digital District’ in the shadow of the dazzling Al-Omari mosque has some way to go before it rivals the likes of Silicon Alley or London’s Shoreditch, but the tech scene in Beirut is creating optimism for the future. There is also a British connection. The UK Tech Hub lies at the heart of the Digital District and is planned to an integral part of the tech ecosystem. The hub will send more than ten Lebanese start-ups to the UK where they will be mentored and their business "accelerated".

In a week when another Arabic Mediterranean city was bombed, for once it was the people of Tunis who had to bear the tragedy and not the weathered people of Beirut who have had to endure crisis after crisis over the past four decades.

A dramatic battle is raging at the heart of Israel

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March 21, 2015

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DANIEL ESTRIN, Associated Press

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- Israeli liberals woke up after national elections with a demoralizing feeling: Most of the country, in a deep and possibly irreversible way, does not think like they do.

There had been a sense of urgency among moderate Israelis, and even an ounce of hope, that widespread frustration with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's six straight years in office would lead voters to pull Israel away from what they perceive as its rightward march toward international isolation, economic inequality and a dead end for peace with the Palestinians.

But as the results trickled in on Wednesday, they showed Likud with a shocking lead that has all but guaranteed Netanyahu a third consecutive term. Netanyahu called it a victory "against all odds." The liberals' optimism has been replaced with despair - and an infuriating belief that the masses may never understand that logic shows the current path is suicidal.