The Israeli parliament passed the legalisation law on Monday night – a piece of legislation every bit as suspect as its title suggests. The law widens the powers of Israeli officials to seize the final fragments of Palestinian land in the West Bank that were supposed to be off-limits. Palestinian leaders warned that the law…
In the first of many mistakes of the Vietnam War, President Dwight Eisenhower said in 1954, “You have a row of dominoes set up, you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is the certainty that it will go over quickly.” By January 1961, Eisenhower had warned his successor…
Beware the werewolves, witches and lunatics as the weekend approaches and with it, a penumbral lunar eclipse, a “snow” moon and new year comet, in a triple astrological delight. A prenumbral lunar eclipse occurs when the moon moves through the outer part of the Earth’s shadow, known as the penumbra, according to Earthsky.org. https://twitter.com/manuelleleblanc/status/829337777414225920 However, it’s set to be a…
