Global standing; Stampede; Roller coaster; Siege of Gaze, The idea of Israel Fundamental truth, bewerkte citaten uit de New York Times
Civis Mundi Digitaal #144
door Jan Chris Jansen
Global standing
I am seeing the increasingly rapid erosion of
Israel’s standing among
Friendly nations – a level of acceptance and
Legitimacy that was
Painstakingly built over decades. And if Biden
Is not careful, America’s
Global standing will plummit right along with
The standing of Israel.
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Thomas L. Friedman The New York Times
February 29, 2024
Stampede
The circumstances of what happened remained
Unclear. Gaza officials said that
Israeli tanks had opened fire with machine guns
At a crowd of thousands who
Were waiting for food. An Israeli official agreed
That troops had opened fire but
Said most of the people had been killed in a stampede
Several hundreds of yards away.
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Mark Landler, London bureau chief The Times,
The New York Times Sat-Sun, March 2-3, 2024
Roller coaster
Palestinians in Gaza, whose lives may depend
On a cease-fire, have followed
News of indirect talks between Israel and Hamas
With rapt attention. But a stream
Of conflicting reports has sent them on an exhausting
Emotional roller coaster as they
Huddle in crowded apartments, tent cities and shelters.
The tension is especially acute
In Rafah which is densely packed with more than
One million displaced people.
Israel has repeatedly threatened to invade the city
As it tries to root out Hamas.
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Adam Rasgon and Abu Bakr Bashir
The New York Times Friday, March 8, 2024
Siege of Gaza
Aid groups have warned that deaths from malnutrition-
Related causes have only just begun for
Gaza’s more that two million people. Five months into
Israel’s campaign against Hamas and its
Siege of Gaza, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians
Are close to starvation, UN officials say.
Almost no aid has reached northern Gaza for weeks,
After major UN agencies suspended
Their operations, citing mass looting of their cargoes
By desperate Gazans, Israeli restrictions
On convoys and the poor condition of damaged roads.
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Bilal Shbair, Vivian Yee, Aaron Boxerman
The New York Times Mon, March 11, 2024
Idea of Israel
I am a secular Jew with no particular attachment to
Israel, spiritual or otherwise, though
I also recognize that my ability to hold myself aloof
From the country is enabled by the
Great privilege of an American passport. I think that
The idea of Israel as a colonial entity
That will eventually be dismantled is a malign fantasy
– Most Jewish Israeli’s don’t have
Anywhere else to go – but I also recognize that
The country’s creation cannot be
Disentangled from the dispossession of the Palestinians.
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Michelle Goldberg The New York Times
Friday, March 15, 2024
Fundamental truth
Israeli’s and Palestinians are interdependent. Lost there
Felt here. The only question is whether
They can one day forge a healthy interdependency or will be
Doomed to an unhealthy interdependency.
But interdependent they will be. Each community needs
A leader whose actions are motivated by
That fundamental truth. Right now, neither has one.
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Thomas L. Friedman The New York Times
Sat-Sun, March 16-17, 2024