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11·5 days agoIsrael and Lebanon actually signed a diplomatic agreement in 1982.
https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/18/world/israel-and-lebanon-sign-agreement-at-2-ceremonies.html
As part of the agreement, Israel would withdraw its troops from the country. Lebanon would prevent attacks from southern Lebanon.
The agreement was cancelled after violent riots encouraged by Hafez El Assad.
The people themselves took up arms and liberated themselves
With all due respect, what you are spewing here is complete non-sense.
1. Hezbollah is not ‘‘the people’’. They have killed countless Lebanese journalists and critics. The judge who is investigating the Beirut Port explosion received death threats from Hezbollah.
2. The Syrian occupation of Lebanon lasted longer than the Israeli occupation. Hezbollah publically praised the Syrian military.
The Lebanese Civil War ended in 1990 with the Taief Agreement. 70% of Lebanon was occupied by the Syrian Army. The Syrian Military occupied Beirut, Sidon, Tripoli and all major lebanese cities. The Israelis occupied 7 kilometers in the south, mainly shia villages.
Hezbollah fought the Israelis to free some tiny shia villages. However, they actively collaborated with the Syrian military. The Israelis fully withdrew in 2000. The Syrians announced they will not withdraw. Hezbollah was fine with that. Why ? Because Syria was allied with Iran.
In 2006, Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, who publically called for Syrian troops to withdraw was assassinated. Rafik Hariri was widely respected and he played a key role in the reconstruction of Lebanon. There is overwhelming evidence that Syria and Hezbollah were behind it.
The United Nations voted to create a Special Tribunal to investigate Hariri’s assassination .
When the prosecutors issue arrest warrants for Hezbollah commanders linked to the murder of Rafik Hariri, the boss of Hezbollah announced that he will ‘cut the hands’ of anyone trying to arrest them:
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/mena/hizbollah-brings-down-lebanon-s-government-1.381497
After decades of brutal wars, Egypt, Jordan and Israel signed peace agreements.
Peace has lasted for 50 years and 30 years. That’s actually a win.
Some idealistic people expect a single deal that will magically fix the following issues:
- Hamas/Israel
- West Bank occupation
- Syria/Israel relations
- Iran/Israel relations
- City of Jerusalem statute
- Lebanon/Israel relations
I hate to say it but the Middle East isn’t a place for idealism.
There is never going to be one agreement that fixes everything.
But removing an issue from that list and having peace would be huge win for Lebanon.
9·3 days agoBy stopping the corruption in the mining sector, where politicians give the miners all of our resources tax free, and then get fat jobs with the miners, we could have everything we need and more
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd tried to tax big miners
It didn’t end well for him.
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Former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd says three of the world’s biggest mining multinationals have run sophisticated operations to kill off climate action in Australia and continue to wield day-to-day influence over government through a vast lobbying network and an “umbilical” relationship with the Murdoch media.
“Glencore, Rio [Tinto] and BHP ran sophisticated political operations against my government, both on climate change and the mining tax” he told the Guardian.
“They worked hard … to get rid of the resource super profit tax, against the interests of other mining companies and the national economy as a whole. They worked hard … in 2013 against the carbon price. They succeeded in both enterprises.”
Rudd attributes the day-to-day influence of the sector to two mechanisms. The first is what he describes as the vast lobbying network it uses to pressure political parties. The second is its close relationship with the Murdoch media, which owns most of the country’s print media. Rudd describes the relationship as “umbilical”.
“When did you last see the Murdoch media critical of any of these corporations?” Rudd said. “Rarely. If ever.”
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By the way, nobody is forcing people to read Murdoch media (The Australian / Herald Sun / Daily Telegraph / Courrier Mail / Sky News).
Rupert Murdoch is a criminal but millions of citizens are voluntarily consuming his crap.
161·6 days agoNow tell us how much Biden also loved Palestinians.
His policy toward Israel was a disaster. I will not defend that.
According to their favorite newspaper (Financial Times), British CEOs are currently very angry.
They believe they are significantly underpaid compared to their american cousins:
https://www.ft.com/content/8faeda2e-9a6a-49c1-8708-4ce13af344cd
https://www.ft.com/content/ef5c0907-6a01-41bc-ba04-1547fc093037
They want to be paid exactly like the americans:
As a non-brit, I see the United Kingdom as the most american-influenced democracy in Europe.
1. The voting system (First-Past-The-Post) is designed to create two very powerful political parties.
2. Many British MPs currently work as lawyers or consultants for big corporations like Thames Water. This practice is banned in many countries. In Britain, it’s considered perfectly legal. WTF.
3. Compared to most European countries, the UK has almost no regulations on money in politics. Being better than the US is the same as having no standards at all. Compared to Germany, France, Netherlands, or Spain, the British campaign finance laws are a sad joke. They have no ban on corporate donations. Millionaire foreigners are allowed to wire money to UK political parties. Prime Minister Boris Johnson used to sell access to 10 Downing street.
A flawed voting system and corrupt campaign finance system will produce bad results.
I hope the British people wake up and take back their democracy 🇬🇧.
Nationalize your water. Create a multiparty political system. Get rid of money in politics
I don’t agree with what Joe Biden did there.
But you have to keep in mind the country he is running. Americans are very hostile to unions. A massive strike railroad strike shutting down the US economy would have ENRAGED your average american.
But overall, he was an extremely pro-union President:
Biden’s labor report card: Historian gives ‘Union Joe’ a higher grade than any president since FDR
Biden Is the Most Pro-Labor President Since F.D.R. Will It Matter in November?
His administration bailed out union pension plans:
Joe Biden called Congress to vote the PRO-Act, a bill punishing corporations targeting labor unions :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protecting_the_Right_to_Organize_Act
(Republicans and a few conservatives democrats refused to vote the Pro-Act)
The Biden FTC banned employee non-compete clauses:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/business/noncompete-clause-ban.html
This was a huge win for american workers.
Guess what happened next. The non-compete ban was overturned by Ada Brown. She is a Republican Judge that was appointed by Trump:
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/21/g-s1-18376/federal-judge-tosses-ftc-noncompetes-ban
141·6 days agoThis is the fourth time you post this. Are you going to follow me across the website?
What’s wrong with my comments?
81·6 days agoWhat’s wrong with my comments ? This is the second time you make such a post:
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Migrating millionaires make up less than 1% of millionaire populations A non-existent millionaire exodus is being widely reported in the news again today, despite the authors of the claim backtracking on it following recent criticism by tax justice campaigners. The media coverage is primarily based on a report published by Henley & Partners
Jesus Christ
I’m currently reading the book A Death in Malta
The author investigates the assassination of his mother, who was killed in a car explosion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_Caruana_Galizia
The firm Henley & Partners is named in the book. They signed a secret deal with the Maltese Government to create shell companies and sell Maltese citizenship to Oligarchs.
It’s astonishing that UK papers are quoting a report from Henley & Partners.
These people are vile scum.
102·7 days agoThis is a great decision for housing affordability and transit. It’s also good for the environment. Reducing urban sprawl means protecting valuable land.
It’s incredibly sad that it took so long for this to happen.
This should have happened decades ago.
The title is “Poilievre says pushing Liberals to repeal EV mandate will be Conservative priority this fall”
This is world news. Some people don’t know what Poilievre is.
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31·9 days agoAs a non-american, I think the blue states get a lot of things right. Education, consumer rights, labor rights… But they get housing catastrophically wrong. Texas is essentially run by a bunch of religious monkeys that want everyone to shoot each other. But these monkeys are actually building housing.
One month ago, I actually wrote about this bill on the California instance.
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https://lemmy.world/post/33270682
If you live in California, you should really be calling your state legislators.
Remember that one idiot that gives a phone call has actually more political powerful than 10 scientists that stay silent