israel draws thier education/defence pipeline at least from MIT, they likely have thier hooks in many universities all over the globe with similar arragenments.
yesterday, I red a short story, "In the future, we can go back home" by Sara Solara. it's about in the near future, a Palestinian retuning to his homeland after Palestine is free, I shed a couple tears reading it. it takes place in 2028.
It seems that story might not be fictional after all. Despite all the horrors, in hopeful about the future.
What a fantastic title
Thyme is used a lot in Palestinian cuisine. So Israel forbade foraging wild thyme for "environmental protection 😉".
I'm not aware about thyme, but are you sure that isn't about zaatar, the cornerstone of Palestinian cuisine, which Israel banned, but Israelis can farm to their hearts content?
thought I'll check if they did the same with thyme
Zaatar is both the name of a herb (Hyssopus officinalis) and a spice mix, containing the herb along with sumac, salt, etc. Mostly references to zaatar are about the mix as that's what normal people actually use.
The herb is quite strong, is like a slightly bitter mint, and is also used in Chartreuse and absinthe.
which is so fucking annoying. because cheap zaatar is made with oregano, so you can buy zaatar that has no zaatar.
Yes zaatar, i translated it as thyme
It's Hyssop in English
Why draw line at Lebanon? Genocide is fine, bombing all around is fine, but Lebanon? We can't have that? Or is it the bombing that was near Italian troops?
Probably some of the reasons other commenters mentioned, but also it's a lot easier to not extend an agreement than to cancel it.
Because it's political suicide for her to support Israel now. If it wasn't, she would still support them.
That's how politics work. Just take the win.
Israel is just getting less and less popular without being stopped. It's not that Lebanon is worse than the genocide or settlers. It's just the straw that breaks the camel's back.
It's probably simpler than that: anti-Zionism is very common in Italy and this is a cheap way for Meloni to get popular support.
this is a cheap way for Meloni to get popular support
I think it is this. Didn't her government just recently lose a relatively simple referendum vote? Like @Damage said in their comment, anti-semetism is also popular among her base, it'll help shore them up.
edit: Here we are. 60% voter turnout (with 54% voting against her supported position) is actually kind of crazy.
And anti-Semitism is popular among the fascists, so it's a wonder it took so long
Probably because of UNIFIL yeah
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