Tag: ideology

‘We have a chance to change Poland’: how young voters shaped the election result

Turnout in this election was 74.3%, a record that exceeded even the turnout of 1989, a vote that triggered the collapse of the Soviet-backed communist system. Key to that was the mobilisation of youth The last time anyone other than the Law and Justice party (PiS) ruled Poland, Aleksandra, a sociology student in Warsaw, was 10.… Read More ‘We have a chance to change Poland’: how young voters shaped the election result

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The danger of leaving things be: how the world ‘failed miserably’ in the Middle East

The sensitive national security ministry was given to ultra-nationalist Itamar Ben-Gvir, a man with a criminal record so long one judge told the New Yorker: “They had to change the ink on the printer.” .. Daniel Kurtzer, former US ambassador to Israel, took to the pages of the Washington Post to urge Biden to recognise… Read More The danger of leaving things be: how the world ‘failed miserably’ in the Middle East

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Standing up for Palestine is also standing up to save the west from the worst of itself

How many times have we been lectured about so-called western values? I am a person born and raised in the west. I am a westerner, and yet those so-called values are sounding very much like Gazans, Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims are utterly disposable. We hear Israel present the situation as if it has no choice… Read More Standing up for Palestine is also standing up to save the west from the worst of itself

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I remember the times when Palestinians dared to hope for peace. How did it come to this?

The Oslo Accords, signed in 1993, stipulated that the Gaza Strip and the West Bank should constitute “a single territorial unit”. And yet almost immediately after signing the agreement, Israel pursued a policy of severing ties between the West Bank and Gaza, and each from Israel, by making travel to and from the Gaza Strip increasingly difficult for… Read More I remember the times when Palestinians dared to hope for peace. How did it come to this?

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On Justice and Sovereignty: The Limits of International Justice Architecture in a World Marred by Conflict and Conquest

By Deepanshu Mohan There is a solar flare of deep inter-state conflict, conquest, and siege erupting all over the globe.   Russia and Ukraine have been embroiled in a long drawn, painful war for over a year and a half. After a 10-month blockade, Azerbaijan launched an attack on Sept. 19, claiming the enclave in a day and causing nearly the entire… Read More On Justice and Sovereignty: The Limits of International Justice Architecture in a World Marred by Conflict and Conquest

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The double standard with Israel and Palestine leaves us in moral darkness

To be considered a political being you must at the very least be considered a human being. Who gets to count as human? “I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed. We are fighting human animals and we are acting accordingly,”… Read More The double standard with Israel and Palestine leaves us in moral darkness

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Why Hamas attacked now – and how it weakens both Israel and hopes for peace

Bernard Haykel There are two immediate reasons why these attacks took place. First, Hamas has been vying with the Palestinian Authority (PA) for the leadership of the Palestinian cause and the success of these attacks is one way to achieve this. The PA is the official government of the Palestinians that signed the Oslo Peace… Read More Why Hamas attacked now – and how it weakens both Israel and hopes for peace

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