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Around the same time, Israel empowered Palestinian Islamist groups including Hamas, hoping they would serve as a counterweight to the PLO and leftist, secular Palestinian factions that were prominent at the time.

CCM, while lucrative for musicians, is mostly the domain of artists who don’t have enough juice to cross over into the more desirable secular market.

Assassinations and violent deaths, in particular, tend to be interpreted in sacred terms: The person becomes a secular martyr who made a heroic sacrifice.

She grew up in a secular household and rarely talks about her Jewish identity.

We would likely prefer the more secular appeal of Zohran Mamdani, another youthful candidate who is running to be mayor of New York City.