This Israeli conviction on what it considers an existential issue stands in stark contrast with the fatalism that otherwise dominates Israelis thinking about themselves and their relations with the Palestinians.

The USSR collapsed not for economic reasons, but because the slight lifting of the Iron Curtain revealed a reality that stood in stark contrast to the idea that people were subordinate to the state.

You are in my way.

Yet Putin is caught in a fundamental contradiction.

This is a contradiction with global implications.

Don't stand near me.

Don't stand in front of me!

Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem

Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.

Therein lies a profound contradiction.

Have you ever thought about what a contradiction we are?

Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

Humankind is at a new and historic, turning point, and the United Nations is at a crucial crossroads.

Conversely, Obama did not lose the mid term elections because of his foreign policy s inconsistencies.

The success of the conference was in marked contrast to the failure of the Non Intervention Committee.

You just have to stand up for your rights in life.

The woman stands before the library.

Don't exalt yourself in the presence of the king, or claim a place among great men

Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men

Island Nations Are Left Holding the Line

Whether rich or poor, weak or strong, all States must stand together to bring that struggle to conclusion.

Likewise, according to Fujiwara, democracy overemphasizes reason, another Western construct.

Why do you stand far off, Yahweh? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

Lebanon is at a historic crossroad.

But the costs don t stop there.

You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.

Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment the waters stood above the mountains.

China stands resolutely against terrorism in all its forms.

But to oppose extremism and support the FSA is a blatant contradiction.

You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you do lend shall bring forth the pledge outside to you.

Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.

No State can stand wholly alone in today's world.

Côte d'Ivoire is at a crossroads and is facing grave dangers.

There is an apparent contradiction between the euro s financial requirements and the EU s political objectives.

PARIS France is at a crossroads.

On the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she stands.

She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.

You actually have to convey about 10 different characteristics while you're standing up there.

Moreover, Al Jazeera has not been dumb to complaints about it.

Members of a Christian Community stage a protest against twin blasts at a Church in Provincial Capital Peshawar.

At the same time, several major challenges stand in the way of sustainable peace and security.

No State can stand wholly alone in today's world.

That is the precipice on which Greece stands today.