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When ‘Never Again’ Becomes a War Cry

Natasha Roth-Rowland +972 Magazine
In an Israeli war that has been retrofitted onto a Holocaust template, it is obscene that a plea to stop further killing is now read as moral failure.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Sits Down With the Nation

D.D. Guttenplan and Katrina Vanden Heuvel The Nation
For the first time in history, the president of Cuba sits down with a US outlet to share his thoughts on the future of Cuban socialism, the US blockade, and the economic difficulties facing the island nation.

Closing Guantánamo? Yes, a Snail’s Pace… but a Pace

Karen J. Greenberg TomDispatch
There are still 30 detainees at Guantánamo. Sixteen of them have been deemed no longer threats to the United States and cleared for release, but arrangements have yet to be made to transfer them... Now there are tiny steps toward closure.

What Eric Adams Is Getting Wrong About the Migrant Crisis

Errol Louis New York Magazine
No sensible New Yorker should believe for a moment that a stream of migrants — despite the daunting financial and logistical issues involved in giving them food and shelter, as required by law — can literally destroy our city.

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Israel’s One-State Reality – It’s Time To Give Up on the Two-State Solution

Michael Barnett, Nathan Brown, Marc Lynch, and Shibley Telhami Foreign Affairs
Benjamin Netanyahu’s return to power with a narrow, extreme right-wing coalition has shattered even the illusion of a two-state solution. His government has not been shy: a Greater Israel in which law enshrines Jewish supremacy over all Palestinians
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