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Associated Press Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 19, 1998, President Bill Clinton was impeached by the Republican-controlled House for perjury and obstruction of justice (he was subsequently acquitted by the Senate). On this date: In 1777, during the American Revolutionary War, Gen. George Washington led his army of about 11,000 men to Valley Forge, Pa., to camp for the winter. In 1843, “A Christmas Carol,” by Charles Dickens, was first published in England. In 1915, legendary French chanteuse Edith Piaf was born in Paris. German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer, who discovered the pathological condition of dementia, died in Breslau (now Wroclaw), Poland, at age 51. In 1946, war broke out in Indochina as troops under Ho Chi Minh launched widespread attacks against the French. ....
COMMENTARY Editor’s Note: Ten years ago, Palestinian terrorists murdered Kristine Luken and nearly killed her friend Kay Wilson. In the article, Jonathan Feldstein interviews Kathleen Luken, Kristine’s identical twin sister about how she grapples with forgiveness in the face of terror. Feldstein is the founder of the Genesis 123 Foundation, a Jewish non-profit organization whose “mission is to build bridges between Jews and Christians with Israel in ways that are new, unique, and meaningful.” Ten years ago, two Palestinian Arabs lay in wait along a pristine hiking trail on the slopes of the Judean mountains outside Jerusalem. Unlike terrorists who blow up buses or cafes or attack civilians on the street, these men waited for their victims to come to them, knowing that on the beautiful sunny Shabbat (Sabbath) day, people would flock to this well-known area. ....