The current war involving Israel as of 7 October is NOT the Gaza war only. Israel is fighting on four fronts: against Hamas in Gaza, the Houthis of Yemen, pro-Iranian militias, and, in fact, full-fledged armies in Lebanon and Syria.
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The current war involving Israel as of 7 October is NOT the Gaza war only. Israel is fighting on four fronts: against Hamas in Gaza, the Houthis of Yemen, pro-Iranian militias, and, in fact, full-fledged armies in Lebanon and Syria.
The Oscar nominations are out, and the big winner is the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the scientist/mathematician who, in concert with a number of other scientist/mathematicians, worked on a killing device named ‘the atomic bomb’ that caused the death of 200,000 people, almost entirely civilians, at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Unlike other stories that have captivated Hollywood about 20th century mathematician/scientists – A Beautiful Mind about John Nash, The Theory of Everything about Stephen Hawking, The Man Who Knew Infinity about Srinivasa Ramanujan, or The Imitation Game about Alan Turing –
The Biden administration is putting pressure on the Israeli government to move in the direction of accepting the creation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza under the control of a revitalized Palestinian Authority (PA).
What is officially known in Israel as the ”swords of iron” war is not yet close [written on 31 December] to its end. In fact, we may be close to the end of the beginning only, but it is not too early to come up with an interim assessment of what has unfolded since 7 October.
Despite recent talks, Venezuela has not been reprimanded for its brazen attempts to violate international law. Last week, the Royal Navy’s HMS Trent appeared off the coast of the South American nation of Guyana. While the vessel arrived for routine training with the Guyanese military, its presence served to ward off threats to Guyanese sovereignty, particularly Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro’s stated desire to absorb the Essequibo region in the country’s western reaches.
Venezuela’s dictator, Nicolas Maduro, seems to be moving in the direction of annexing the Essequibo area of Guyana and making it into another state of Venezuela.
On December 3, Maduro conducted a referendum on December 3 with little participation that approved such annexation. Likewise, he appointed a governor for the future seized territory.
US Announces New Sanctions Against Venezuela!
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