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Successive Israeli governments rejected Shin Bet recommendations to target Hamas leaders, lest the country be drawn into conflict.

The fact that some dismiss or ridicule charitable works, as if they were an obsession on the part of a few and not the burning heart of the church’s mission, convinces me of the need to go back and reread the Gospel, lest we risk replacing it with the wisdom of this world.

Lest we forget our past, America is the great democratic experiment precisely because it’s a land of immigrants.

Lest you believe it’s about falling in love, she adds later on: “If you think I’m talkin’ ’bout romance / You’re not listening.”

Lest the president’s remarks be insufficient to demonstrate the point that other Americans, with their competing vision of a country made great through its incredible diversity, we can once again rely on his supporters.