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Detroit wants to be the first big American city to tax land value
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The fallout from Mozambique’s debt scandal reaches a London court
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Israel’s apologists are showing they couldn’t care less about Palestinian lives
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Norway's foreign minister ousted after weapons-maker shares scandal – husband had been making financial deals that could have affected her ministerial duties
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How China’s Belt and Road Initiative is changing after a decade of big projects and big debts
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I’m going to war for Israel. Palestinians are not my enemy.
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The EU’s great power delusions
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An invasion of Gaza would be a disaster for Israel
54 votes -
Martti Ahtisaari, ex-Finland president and Nobel peace laureate, dies aged 86
7 votes -
Australians reject indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum
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New Zealand in political limbo as National considers shape of coalition
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Thoughts on Palestinian statecraft
I don't see a way that Palestine could ever function as two discontinuous parts, and the complete unworkability of the concept makes it infeasible for anything other than a one-state solution to...
I don't see a way that Palestine could ever function as two discontinuous parts, and the complete unworkability of the concept makes it infeasible for anything other than a one-state solution to gain momentum in Palestine. In an alternate universe, Egypt might have annexed Gaza years ago, a clearer sense of direction would have emerged in the West Bank, and something of a functioning state would exist for the Palestinians. But of course, Egypt was and is quite opposed to any such solution. So, my basic proposal would be to turn Gaza and the West Bank into two separate, independent states with the latter carrying the namesake of Palestine. If Gaza turns out to be a problematic, belligerent state, then treat it like any other nation in that camp: sanction them, hold Gaza the state itself accountable (as opposed to a vague assortment of belligerents), use diplomacy to achieve piecemeal progress. Surely, any front against Israel would be significantly weaker as the priorities of the two nations inevitably diverge.
This to me seems like the only workable long-term solution, aside from Israel causing a bloodbath in hopes of establishing total militaristic dominance over Gaza and eventually annexing it.
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New Zealand elects its most conservative government in decades
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Steve Scalise drops out of US Speaker of the House race
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UN says Israel wants 1.1 million Gazans moved south in the next twenty-four hours
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of October 9
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
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Gazans bombarded by Israel have no hope and no escape
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Hamas called for Friday day of rage - Israeli diplomat stabbed in China possibly related act of terror
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Why people believe their own lies - The George Santos syndrome
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Podcast: a History of Modern Palestine
American Prestige did a series on the History of Modern Palestine. The first episode is always public, but they have unlocked the remaining episodes for this week in light of current events. I...
American Prestige did a series on the History of Modern Palestine. The first episode is always public, but they have unlocked the remaining episodes for this week in light of current events.
I listened to this back when it was posted and learned a lot about the role of colonial powers in the formation of Israel and Palestine and the way Palestinians are being treated today. The viewpoint is is not anti-Semitic but it is also not pro-Israel. For example, they discuss Israel's (then) current treatment of the Palestinians as apartheid.
I can't imagine what it would be like to live in those conditions. I don't mean to condone terrorist violence, but set against the background of the oppression in Palestine, it's hard to imagine what people might be driven to.
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Leonard Leo: The man behind the Republican US Supreme Court majority
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Israel-Gaza Conflict Discussion Thread
There wasn’t a single dedicated thread, and this is a major ongoing conflict, so it seemed prudent to make one. Let’s try to be as civil as possible, the last two threads related to this got locked.
101 votes -
California public school students will learn about labor rights under first-of-its-kind law
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas expected in Moscow, Russian media reports
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Stockholm has announced plans to ban petrol and diesel cars from its centre, in an effort to slash pollution and reduce noise
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The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation
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Paddington in Peru films in Colombia – sparking row over legislation in Peru
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Scotland's leader fears for wife's parents 'trapped' in Gaza
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‘The Guest’: The Palestinian mastermind behind deadly Israel incursion
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Broken zipper? France will pay to get it fixed
16 votes -
The attraction of the center
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Naomi Klein's Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
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The war in Ukraine is heightening tensions between Russians and Norwegians living on Svalbard | Focus on Europe
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Why I don't criticize Israel - Sam Harris - transcript from a 2014 podcast
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We can’t wait thirty more years for another breakthrough in the Middle East
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of October 2
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
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Alliance Defending Freedom has won fifteen Supreme Court cases. Now it wants religious exemptions to anti-discrimination laws—and is going after trans rights.
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California lawmakers move to ban irrigation of some decorative lawns
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Four doctors gunned down on a Rio beach, including brother of leftist legislator Sâmia Bomfim, political motives very likely
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Analysts have expressed concerns that relations between Serbia and Kosovo could tip into an armed conflict
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Former US President Donald Trump allegedly discussed US nuclear subs with Australian billionaire businessman Anthony Pratt after leaving White House: Sources
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US Senator calls for Department of Justice action against Philips for keeping CPAP machine complaints secret
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How General Mark Milley protected the US Constitution from Donald Trump
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New survey shows that many in the US lack knowledge of basic facts about government
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UK PM Rishi Sunak applauded for being openly transphobic in speech
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Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ neighbors have no voting rights to stop it
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Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s job is at risk after US House of Representatives votes to move ahead with hard-right effort to oust him
60 votes -
Can NYC ease housing costs with ‘City of Yes’ proposal?
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Dianne Feinstein’s US Senate seat to be filled by Laphonza Butler
29 votes