24 May, 2023
Late 2022, Netanyahu became - once again - the PM of Israel, despite the legal trials against him (eg, "bribery, fraud, and breach of trust"). Trump wants to be re-elected as US president in 2024, despite the many lawsuits against him. Hence, my question: Netanyahu 2022 = Trump 2024 ? It appears that lawsuits against both are strengthening their voter base, while...
23 Mar, 2023
Many articles claim that China brokered a peace agreement between Iran (ie, Shia Islam) and Saudi Arabia (ie, Sunni Islam). The main benefactor should be Yemen by ending the relentless proxy war between Shia and Sunni Islam. How about the (Muslim) Uyghur genocide in China? Much to my surprise, there is already a Wiki page on anti-China terrorism in Pakistan. "It is...
9 Apr, 2022
Introduction LO: Yesterday, 8 April 2022, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, offered Ukraine a fast track to EU membership (eg, Deutsche Welle, Reuters). She may not have read the Haaretz interview below. The current main illiberal EU member states are Hungary (pro Russia) and Poland (anti Russia). Zelenskyy Says Post-war Ukraine Will...
3 Apr, 2022
GeoPolitical futures title: The Emerging Order By: George Friedman Date: 29 March 2022 "I am writing this from Dubai, on a trip I will describe on my return to the United States. A summit was held in Israel over the weekend between Bahrain, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Israel and the United States. The meeting was designed to back the U.S. into a...
30 Oct, 2021
National Review title: Is Europe Wrong? Or Are We?NR subtitle: European countries aren’t vaccinating their five-year-olds, and they’re taking off the masks.By: Michael Brendan DoughertyDate: 22 October 2021 "The United States is weeks away from rolling out a COVID-19 vaccine to children as young as five. And yet, even after it is rolled...
21 Oct, 2020
Israeli top doctors view the coronavirus as a viral disease rather than a pandemic, which makes sense with 2,209 deaths (0,024%) on a population of 9,197,590 (source). Haaretz, 17 October: “My impression is that - if 1 is only a flu and 10 is a colossal disaster - we’re between 2 and 3, at most. Ultimately, this is a viral disease, so there is a movement...
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