... parties that border on being fascist; they are often against the European Union and are forcefully hostile to immigrants and refugees.
Leaders like Angela Merkel of Germany, trying to show kindness and compassion to refugees, may be ousted sooner by politics rather than later for her troubles, and other governments balk at attempts to coordinate regional refugee and economic policies. In France, a rising far-right party funded by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government may possibly come ...
... revolutions and wars are way off the mark. Locals were just as surprised as Americans at the Arab Spring, as well.
As far as Israel/Palestine, Obama inherited a Bibi Netanyahu who had little-to-no desire to take the steps necessary for peace and an emasculated ... ... in December 2011, I had come to agree that, having spent blood and treasure to give Iraqi politicians breathing room to make politics work—the explicit stated objective of the “Surge”—while having seen no serious effort at politics ...
... years.
As for the Gaza Strip, If Netanyahu and his allies have their way and prevail in today's elections, its current setup and relationship with Israel could be a glimpse into the future of the West Bank, the territory with majorities of Palestine's land and people. Israel occupied Gaza in 1967 during the Six-Day War, and a level of hubris emerged within Israel that enabled it to believe it could occupy the West Bank and Gaza with its many Palestinian Arabs, and not just occupy,...
... Israelis, this might seem incomprehensible. What could African-Americans and Palestinians have in common with each other?
Well, despite all the differences, quite a lot actually. America in particular can very much look at the situation in Israel/Palestine as a cautionary tale.
And the sad reality of all of this is that this whole incident of young Michael Brown being killed by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, and its aftermath is but one single brick in a Berlin Wall of America’s ...
