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

But Patel s conduct during the violence that accompanied Partition stands in stark contrast to Modi s behavior in office.

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 streets of many French cities vibrated with Southern Mediterranean emotions, which stood in stark contrast to the apathy that surrounded the French national team s game that night.

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.

In stark contrast to the way that former Soviet bloc countries have been drawn into the European economy, Arab countries have received little help from the EU, despite the huge challenges they face.

Such an approach lies in stark contrast to the approaches of social cognitive theory to addiction and indeed, to behavior in general which holds human beings regulate and control their own environmental and cognitive environments, and are not merely driven by internal, driving impulses.

He lied brazenly.

The most recent report by the Independent Monitoring Board of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, released in November 2012, acknowledged Pakistan s recent progress in stark contrast to the bleak outlook of its previous report.

Indeed, their serene patience stands in stark contrast to the anxious reticence of Russian leaders, who have yet to surmount the humiliation that Russia suffered as a result of the Soviet Union s disintegration at the end of the Cold War.

This is a contradiction with global implications.

At the same time, a radical reform program within Ukraine is gaining momentum, and slowly becoming visible to both the Ukrainian public and the European authorities. There is a stark contrast between the deteriorating external situation and the continuing progress in internal reforms.

Erdoğan s ruling AKP traces its roots to political Islam, and many of its leaders social networks are in Islamic countries in stark contrast to the secular style of Turkey s previous leaders, who proudly displayed their Western identity.

The statistics are stark.

The contrast with matters of peace and security is stark.

Therein lies a profound contradiction.

A striking example of that is climate change.

They are a poignant example of dedication to others.

Yet Putin is caught in a fundamental contradiction.

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?

If Israel refused to leave the occupied territories in the past, how can it be expected to do so now, when the Islamic State is creeping toward the border? Doing so would raise massive new risks, in stark contrast to the brief spasms of violence that now punctuate Israel s otherwise stable security situation.

It is especially ironic that, in stark contrast to his own rhetoric, Bush s call for a Middle East peace conference is a call to wage war against the party, Hamas, that won a democratic election, and to make peace with the loser, Fatah.

Yahweh said, What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.

The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make ready the way of the Lord! Make his paths straight!'

And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.

The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

These lax procedures contrast jarringly with the president's powers.

The erection of a separation wall in the very centre of the Palestinian territories was a flagrant violation of international law.

Have you ever thought about what a contradiction we are?

The voice of one who calls out, Prepare the way of Yahweh in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God.

The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

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

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

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

In the US, the first profitable textile mills blatantly violated British patents.

That positive energy contrasts starkly with the decadent beauty of Paris, a city that is on a path of museification.

He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet said.

He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

Ethiopia rejected the delimitation decision of the Boundary Commission, in gross violation of the two Algiers Agreements.

Clearly, an entire people is being massacred in a flagrant, massive and systematic manner.

The crisis has starkly revealed the insufficiencies of existing banking supervision.

The differences between the new and old cycle are starkly revealed in attitudes toward the trade deficit.

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

How do we resolve the contradiction between our extreme morality and our blatantly immoral circumstances? asks the writer Uri Avnery.