Golda Meir was a public school teacher in Milwaukee, WI before deciding to move to Palestine and join a kibbutz built on the remains of an expropriated Palestinian village, a people whose very existence she denied for the rest of her life. Heartbreaking indeed.
When 12 people were killed in Charlie Hebdo attacks, World Leaders thronged to Paris for a Solidarity March
But no world leader has organised a march to protest killing 2000 civilians, ~200 children, ~300 women, 7 journalists, 178 health workers, and 3 UN peacekeepers in Lebanon
This sounds plausible and suggests that Vance's surprising focus on the nuclear file as the reason for the deadlock is a pretext to cover up the real problem in the talks - Israel's continued bombardment of Lebanon.
Our neighbouring country’s “poor” Prime Minister is so broke that he couldn’t even put up a single photo of himself on any hoarding or banner across Islamabad.
Even their “poor” General Asim Munir couldn’t manage it!
If you want to learn how it’s done, take lessons from our boss — his pictures are everywhere: toilets, urinals, petrol pumps, you name it!
this made me emotional. we have come a long way from the time when nehru, infuriated by the constant sound of the siren, would intentionally ram his thar roxx into the passing ambulance.
Every time Israel bombs a civilian area in Gaza or Lebanon, they find stacks of Mein Kampf in the rubble. I feel like I’m the only Arab who hasn’t read it. Going to finally buy a copy to stay culturally literate. Updates soon.
Right now you’re largely experiencing the economy from a time when the Strait of Hormuz was open, because it takes many weeks for oil tankers to traverse the seas. You still experience the Strait as open, even though it’s been closed for weeks. But once that reality hits…