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Jurist—Catalan Parliament and Spanish Judiciary Council’s former member—Writes in @businessinsider—@ctxt_es—@myfairobserver—@Jerusalem_Post—@htTweets—@trtworld

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Israel’s war cabinet, which has 5 members in all, makes all the key decisions to do with the war, yet Netanyahu is largely isolated within it, at the mercy of his hardline coalition partners, and has little say about the big decisions, economist.com/middle-east-an…

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An extremely rare alligator has been born at a wildlife park in Orlando, Florida, one of only 7 leucistic alligators in the world, which are the rarest genetic variation in the American alligator and differ from albino alligators with pink eyes, no pigment bbc.com/news/av/world-…

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The right regularly assumes that those who don’t share its politics must have been brainwashed. It's a function of the increasingly closed information universe in which the political right sits, in which assumptions are often unquestioned and unchallenged washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…

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The effects of Western sanctions, gaining force over time —coupled with the astronomical and growing human and monetary costs of the war—are finally beginning to cause pain for the Russian general public
By ⁦Leon Aron⁩ theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

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‘We only need some metal things' — To abandon Ukraine now would allow Russia and its authoritarian friends China, Iran, and North Korea to believe that the 21st century is moving their way into a future of brutal armies, cowed populations, and endless lies theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

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Israelis may very well conclude that it needs to be resolved through a security-based policy of more extensive military control over Palestinians that has nothing to do with recognizing its dangers, even less recognizing their right of self-determination newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/w…

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Certainly agree with Alfons’s accurate précis of part of Stephens’ oped but, again, we have an oped that does no justice to what 3 v smart people were contending with (Kornbluth, the only lawyer, came closest to explaining, almost despite herself).
The broader point is that the +

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Universities that for years have been notably censorious when it comes to free speech seem to have suddenly discovered its virtues only now, when the speech in question tends to be especially hurtful to Jews: having it both ways, at the expense of Jews nytimes.com/2023/12/08/opi…

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The head of the OPEC oil cartel told members to block any deal at the COP28 climate summit that would target fossil fuels: 'reject any text or formula that targets energy i.e. fossil fuels rather than emissions' nytimes.com/2023/12/08/cli…

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Latin America has avoided a major international war for a century. Even its cold-war military dictators abstained from attacking each other. Instead, they collaborated in the mass murder of dissidents. But now Venezuela may invade and annex most of Guyana economist.com/the-americas/2…

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Israel-Hamas war raises free speech concerns at Texas universities—The pressure for them to respond comes as Republican lawmakers have sought to further regulate the operation of public universities. The result has been knee-jerk or lukewarm responses texastribune.org/2023/12/08/isr…

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University leaders came across as hypocritical: chilling the speech of anybody who offends against campus orthodoxy, giving broad latitude to students who tout popular progressive causes to intimidate their enemies with impunity
By ⁦Yascha Mounk⁩ theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

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Washington has a bad case of panic — When Trump says, openly and clearly, what extreme, radical, and unconstitutional things he plans to do, listen. In the Trump era, panic is not a negotiating tactic; it’s a warning ignored at one’s peril
By ⁦Susan Glasser⁩ newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…

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Republicans' return to isolationism endangers Ukraine’s survival, in a bait-and-switch that gives them an excuse to do what their base wants —abandon Ukraine— while trying to blame Democrats for “jeopardizing security around the world'
By ⁦Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸⁩ washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

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Locked aboard Britain’s asylum barge, where the government is housing asylum seekers, saying it cuts the cost of housing asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute while their claims are processed, and will deter people from trying to enter UK politico.eu/article/uk-con…

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Universities that for years have been notably censorious when it comes to free speech seem to have suddenly discovered its virtues only now, when the speech in question tends to be especially hurtful to Jews: having it both ways, at the expense of Jews nytimes.com/2023/12/08/opi…

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The head of the OPEC oil cartel told members to block any deal at the COP28 climate summit that would target fossil fuels: 'reject any text or formula that targets energy i.e. fossil fuels rather than emissions' nytimes.com/2023/12/08/cli…

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Latin America has avoided a major international war for a century. Even its cold-war military dictators abstained from attacking each other. Instead, they collaborated in the mass murder of dissidents. But now Venezuela may invade and annex most of Guyana economist.com/the-americas/2…

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