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The Widening Breach, in Israel and in Israel-US Relations
The Widening Breach, in Israel and in Israel-US Relations by Mel Gurtov 853 words The Growing Divide Israel’s Knesset, or parliament, has passed the first law to scale back judicial independence, in line with the ambitions of Benjamin Netanyahu’s largely far-right, ultra-religious cabinet. The law will sharply limit the power of courts to rule on
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Mobilize and Live
Mobilize and Live by Winslow Myers 820 words “We’ll go down in history as the first society that wouldn’t save itself because it wasn’t cost-effective.” —Kurt Vonnegut One summer when I was in college I boarded a so-called “student ship” for Europe. This slightly down-at-the-heels craft was called the “Groot Beer” (big bear), run by the
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Failed Fukushima System Should Cancel Wastewater Ocean Dumping
Failed Fukushima System Should Cancel Wastewater Ocean Dumping by John LaForge 708 words From the Fukushima-Daiichi triple-reactor meltdown wreckage, Japan’s government and “Tepco,” the owner, are rushing plans to pump 1.37 million tons (about 3 billion pounds) of radioactive wastewater into the Pacific. Their record is poor. Their lies are documented. This is not safe,