For them, it is a painful paradox.

Since 1967, he said, "Israel has been unable to resolve the painful paradox of increasing military power and steadily decreasing national security.

This is a place of stark contrasts and painful paradoxes, of quiet ironies and violent surprises.

And who exactly is to blame for these painful paradoxes?

The pharmacy debate continues to reverberate among staff members because it has brought them face to face with a painful paradox.

Mr. Henning sees a painful paradox in the situation.

God, it felt like I had been wrestling with this painful paradox for centuries.

"The painful paradox is that fighting for one's country can render one unfit to be its citizen."

The increase in the price of visas is thus a painful paradox.

It is therefore a painful paradox for this country, even if it is ruled undemocratically.