Tag: Palestine
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Palestine. The Newest Country in the World?
One of the most debated questions one could ask at pub trivia: How many countries are there in the world? To start, the question cannot be answered completely. What is a country? What is a state? What is a nation? Define recognition. Whose definition? When I worked at Euromonitor International I had to edit a…
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Israel’s Palestine Trilemma
In what feels like forever ago, I wrote about the trilemma facing the British government as it related to Brexit. Brexit presented Westminster with three choices, of which they could only make two as all three were, together, impossible. Once made, those two choices determined the outcome of Brexit. For better or worse, Prime Minister…
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Casualties in Palestine and Israel
Yesterday I mentioned the cost of the conflict in and around Gaza and we looked at a map of damage. Today, we look at a daily-updated graphic from the Washington Post that counts the human cost—the number of dead. Credit for the piece goes to Lazaro Gamio and Richard Johnson.
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Devastation in Gaza
I have done quite a fair bit of coverage on Ukraine. It is a terrible story, but I have also been personally interested in Eastern Europe for awhile. But Ukraine is not the only story in the world, we have seen Gaza erupt in flames. But with the recent, temporary ceasefire, we have been able…
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Death Toll in Gaza and Israel
Today’s piece, the first not on Québec, is a small but poignant reminder of the disparity between the number of deaths in Gaza and in Israel during this most recent conflict. According to the article, as of 16 July there has been one death in Israel for 194 in Gaza. This small piece from the…