If you're not a colonizer are you actually Jewish? The government doesn't think so.
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Do universities even need a board to operate normally?
Personal Opinion:
- looks like it has a filter on which flattens the image
- a lot of people will be drawn to the saturation. It's my second favorite but I think the foreground colors are all fighting for your attention and it's rather busy.
- same "filter" effect as 1
- same "filter" effect as 1
- I like the contast of light and shadow on this one, which gives an effect like burning embers. The bright parts of the tail especially stand out more and look as though they're producing their own light. The man being more in shadow also creates some depth where he appears to actually be under the phoenix and it's easier to focus on him.
If you have the time/energy, it might help to mix elements of 2 and 5. Some strategically placed shadows/desaturation would help the saturated parts glow even more and create depth.
Milei is a US-shaped cancer on South America. I hope they can excise it before it's too late.
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Exclusive: Israel planning ring of checkpoints to prevent men from fleeing Rafah
Israel is setting up 'complex network' of checkpoints to prevent 'military age' men from fleeing Rafah assault, senior western official tells MEE.
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Israel is setting up a complex system of checkpoints that will prevent men of “military age” from fleeing Rafah in preparation for its offensive on the southern Gaza border city, a senior western official familiar with Israel’s plans has told Middle East Eye on condition of anonymity.
The checkpoints are designed to allow some women and children to leave Rafah ahead of an expected Israeli offensive, but unarmed, civilian Palestinian men will likely be separated from their families and remain trapped in Rafah during an expected Israeli assault.
The previously unreported disclosure of Israel’s construction of a ring of checkpoints around Rafah underscores how Israel is pushing ahead with plans to attack the city where over one million displaced Palestinians are sheltering in tents and makeshift camps.
The creation of gender-based checkpoints around Rafah would put a spotlight back on Israel’s practice of stripping and forcibly detaining male Palestinian men and children, as it faces rising scrutiny in the West of its conduct in the war.
The rounding up of Palestinian males in Gaza and photographing them stripped to their underwear drew condemnation in December, with the US calling the images “deeply disturbing”.
Relatives of many of the men photographed recognised them and said they had nothing to do with Hamas. Israel's military was later accused of staging footage of men surrounding weapons.
“Israel considers every male a Hamas fighter until proven otherwise,” Abbas Dahouk, a former senior military advisor at the State Department and military attache in the Middle East told Middle East Eye.
“It’s not a sound move. Cordoning Rafah is a daunting task and good luck separating fathers and sons from their families.” Truce talks down to the wire
Israel’s preparations for an assault are occurring at the same time it continues down-to-the-wire truce talks with Hamas. A delegation from Hamas is set to visit Egypt on Monday for further negotiations.
The US, UN, European states and Arab powers are pushing to avert a Rafah offensive, which aid workers and diplomats say could spark a humanitarian disaster and potential refugee crisis.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday urged Hamas to accept the latest Israeli truce offer which he described as “extraordinarily, extraordinarily generous”.
“In this moment, the only thing standing between the people of Gaza and a ceasefire is Hamas," Blinken said in Riyadh at the World Economic Forum.
"They have to decide - and they have to decide quickly,” Blinken said, in an apparent reference to Israel’s threat to invade Rafah.
In Riyadh, Blinken met with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani.
Both Qatar and Turkey maintain ties with Hamas, with the former hosting the group’s political leadership at the request of Washington. Egypt, which borders Rafah and whose security establishment talks directly with Hamas’s armed wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, is also mediating.
MEE reached out to the White House and the Israeli embassy in Washington for comment on this story, but neither responded by the time of publication. Reconnaissance by fire
Israel has offered a 40-day truce to Hamas and the return of thousands of Palestinians held in Israeli jails in exchange for hostages. It has also downsized its demand that at least 40 hostages held in Gaza be released, with the new figure being placed at 33 hostages.
But Hamas has called for a permanent ceasefire, the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza and the return of forcibly displaced Palestinians to their homes. A key sticking point in the talks has been Hamas’s demand that Palestinian families are not to be separated going back to their homes.
As truce talks drag on, Israel has ramped up its threat to invade Rafah, where it says four Hamas battalions are stationed. As the threat of an Israeli attack mounts, Hamas has also released more hostage videos.
Israel’s potential assault on Rafah is in many ways unique to warfare.
The border town turned sprawling refugee camp is hemmed in on the left by the Mediterranean Sea and on the right by Israel proper, both of which Israel controls. Egyptian troops are massed along Rafah’s southern border where Cairo has vowed to prevent an influx of refugees. Hamas fighters have shed their uniforms and disappeared into a vast tunnel network, military experts say.
Israeli analysts have told MEE previously that Israel's war cabinet believes it can't declare victory in Gaza without attacking Rafah, but other analysts say the bloody assault is unlikely to extract Israel from the Gaza quagmire.
“The conduct of Israel’s operations from north to south has been revenge-driven, not intelligence-driven," Dahouk told MEE. "They don’t know where the enemy is. It’s reconnaissance by fire.”
RIP the grad students who probably lost an entire test group.
All religions are cults. The Ancient Roman word cultus just meant to nuture, cultivate, or worship. And it referred to the veneration of any of the Greco-Roman gods and caring for their places of worship. When catholicism overtook Europe they even adapted the word to apply to saints. Per saint Augustine of Hippo, "religion is nothing other than the cultus of God."
Modern "cults" and niche evangelical movements (and by "modern" I mean like...since the first Industrial Revolution) tend to be grifts in some form. They take on the same character as a MLM or Ponzi sales scheme where the founder has an incentive to exploit others through money or clout. This isn't unique to religions and occurs in parasocial celebrity or e-celebrity (including patsoc youtuber) contexts as well. Capitalism reproduces itself in new religion and fame.
Current usage of the word "cult" I think obfuscates the break in social responsibility between the org and its "laypeople" by associating abuse with religion. A leftist org can abuse people just as easily when members allow ego to take hold and believe they know better than the masses.
A truly proletarian org regardless if it's involving cult or labor contexts will consider the needs of the masses first and have strict safeguards against manipulation or abuse of the masses, including its own members. By not chasing power or monetary gain, you receive the good faith of the masses instead, and don't immolate in scandal.
In Tight Presidential Race, Voters Are Broadly Critical of Both Biden and Trump
About half of voters say that, if given the chance, they would replace both candidates on the ballot
Looking at these charts, it's actually incredibly easy to see how manipulation of information keeps a minority of voices in control of the voter base. Very few of them seem to wholeheartedly believe in the system. But hating the other side still captures those critical of their own party.
Worst Trolley Problem Solution Ever