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[ad_1] As someone whose views once fit the description of the Oslo-and-beyond era Israeli security establishment view, I found this analysis, from Nahum Kaplan, compelling: For much of the period after the 1993 Oslo Accords, a powerful current within Israel’s political and security establishment rested upon several interconnected propositions. The lists includes: that Palestinian institutions could gradually become responsible governing partners, economic prosperity would reduce enthusiasm for violence, technological superiority and superior intelligence could contain threats that could not be eliminated, limited military operations could reduce enemy capabilities while avoiding the political cost of decisive confrontation, and international diplomacy, though…

[ad_1] Photograph Source: The White House – Public Domain The term “gerontocracy” (rule by the elderly) isn’t new — it’s been in use since the 1830s — but according to Google Trends it’s come into more frequent usage since 2018. And no wonder. The two most recent US presidents have been the oldest ever, senior citizens who frequently lapse into dementia-driven rants in public. A number of US Senators and Representatives likewise have to be led around by the hand, shushed when their babbling gets too weird, and told by staff how to vote on bills. To be clear: Not…

[ad_1] Republican lawmakers never seem to have a problem finding money for war, only for everything else. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] From Jones v. Jenkins Indep. School Dist., decided Thursday by Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove (E.D. Ky.): A public school in Eastern Kentucky issued a series of no trespass bans to Elizabeth Jones, a parent, in response to some of her posts on Facebook. As explained below, these posts were mean and demeaning. Naturally, several parents complained to the school district. The school district responded by banning Jones from all district property…. The First Amendment prohibits government officials from subjecting an individual to retaliatory actions for engaging in protected speech, and this speech is protected. For these reasons, the Court…

[ad_1] By Petala Ironcloud This article was originally published by Truthout A group of Indigenous scholars are countering erasures in US history in Rebecca Nagle’s new “First America” podcast. The United States turned 250 this year, and the document officiating its birth, the Declaration of Independence, is famous for its opening lines proclaiming the nation’s freedom from England and the rights of men. But Rebecca Nagle, a journalist and citizen of the Cherokee Nation, frames the document differently, describing it as a list of grievances growing in ascending order, where Native people, smeared as “merciless Indian savages,” are the…

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[ad_1] Republican lawmakers never seem to have a problem finding money for war, only for everything else. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Becoming the Stranger – by Mr. Fish The road to fascism, as Ece Temelkuran writes in “Nation of Strangers,” was constructed over the last six decades of neoliberal assault. We have arrived at the terminus. Chris Hedges ScheerPost We are becoming strangers. Strangers in our own countries. Strangers in the world. The values we cherish, the liberties we once took for granted, and the possibility of a democratic future are vanishing. The communities where we found meaning and purpose are being demolished. The iron grip of fascism is being consolidated. The decades long assault on democratic institutions in…

[ad_1] Photograph Source: REUTERS/Serhii Nuzhnenko – CC BY 2.0 The history of warfare shows that conflicts end either with a clear victory by one side or through negotiations when both face the exhaustion of resources and the will to continue sacrificing lives. There is also a third way: a silent ending of hostilities, the establishment of a ‘cold peace,’ and the freezing of the conflict without an explicit acknowledgment of defeat. It is important to emphasize that wars do not begin out of the blue: they are merely the escalation of deep-seated contradictions that were not resolved through peaceful means.…

[ad_1] New U.K. Prime Minister Vows Fresh Start With Failed Policies [ad_2] Source link