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[DerVVulfman]

But what nobody here has mentioned is that the agreement takes away their independence.
' "prosperous apartheid", ie life under occupation with more money but no dignity and basic rights. '
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinio...59063.html

The question here is, what is more important? Independence? Peace? But shouldn't that be their choice? In fact, shouldn't they be allowed to have BOTH like every other nation?

Well, as I said before, I watched the actual event announcing and describing the plan on TV, and I cited from the actual peace accord. Why I never mentioned about taking away their independence is because this notion this opinion peace which Al Jazeera suggests doesn't truly exist. By design, the proposal is for a two-state system, creating two independent nation states and not one to be subservient to the other.

I need not even revisit the peace accord, merely directing readers to points #7 which discusses the "independence of the State of Palestine," and #9 which "Facilitates the integration of the State of Palestine into the regional and global economy."

The Peace Plan outlines the Nation of Palestine to be finalized after four years, with a section of East Jerusalem as its capital. And land seized by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War would revert to Palestine. This never happened before. Of course, the proposal has its critics. And Palestine had treated all previous proposals as dead on the water since the 90s.

But the article was quite incorrect on part of President Mahmoud Abbas whom they said would not consider any future of the plan. In fact, talks may continue. Heck, from the same article you posted, it stated "a number of Arab states have come in support of the plan - something that was unthinkable in the past when Arab regimes feared the reaction of the Arab public to even the mention of normalisation of relations with Israel." And Jared Kushner stated they are awaiting any suggestions from Palestine, leaving the door open.

Of course Hamas is against it. But that's to be expected.

[kyonides]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china...SKBN1ZX00T
There are 361 deceases and 17,205 people infected so far. This Novel Coronavirus doesn't seem to be playing childish games, is it?

https://www.businessinsider.com/bird-flu...hly-2020-2
Wait a second! There's another virus invading China, it's the H5N1! It'd become deadlier than the novel coronavirus if it managed to infect people for 60% of infected people would pass away...

https://time.com/3445003/mandatory-palestine/
https://www.jpost.com/Features/In-Thespo...-Palestine
http://theconversation.com/palestine-and...ast-106408
Keep into account that there was NO PALESTINE STATE before the allies defeated the Axis and the League of Nations allowed Britain to take control of the newborn states. They weren't independent at all! They'd been territories under Ottoman control and that's it. Britain had the intention to create a Jewish state that would occupy the modern Israel-Palestine-Jordan territories. Negotiations with the Arabs, that didn't really own all of the disputed area reduced it to over 72% of the land for Jordan (or Transjordan or Jordan Palestine) and the other 28% to Israel or Jewish Palestine. But Arabs asked for more and here's where the real issue emerged. From the very beginning they simply refused to accept the Jewish Palestine state now Israel as an existing entity. The Israeli declaration of Independence and the recognition of that newborn state by the incumbent US President made it a legally binding foundation of a new state. They didn't include Jordan as part of their territory. Still, there had been negotiations between the British and the Arabs, again recall the Arabs weren't an independent nation or group of nations at all, where they tried to redraw the borders several times. Still, what's now Israel was pretty much included in the lands that Israel claimed as their own in 1948.

In theory there was no need for a Palestine State for it should have been included in modern Jordan from the very beginning. Even so Israel has gone through negotiations, wars, and ended up giving away more and more territories... and got pretty much nothing in return. Arabs will ALWAYS claim more and more lands, no matter how much land Israel would agree to disown permanently.

Recall that as winners, the allies were in a position where THEY could define how the borders would be drawn, without British aid, Arabs would not be able to even claim that the Kingdom of Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Syria or Lebanon even exist as independent nations. They'd still be known as Arab tribes under Ottoman rule otherwise.

[kyonides]

https://www.linuxexperten.com/news/micro...-went-down
Yeah, it's weird to see that a chat like app that companies might wanna use for internal communications suddenly stops working because of an expired certificate... =_= No, no, it's not like I were smelling any conspiracy around it.

https://www.linuxexperten.com/news/creat...affic-jams
Did you ever feel the need to fake a traffic jam?
Really? You do!?
Well, now you can with your cyber buddy Google Maps! This article tells you how to do it!

https://www.linuxexperten.com/news/steph...s-facebook
The horror novels' writer suddenly hates Facebook? Or does he just hate its founder Mark?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-51361298
Kenya and a stampede... Sounds like a wild savannah story you might tell your kids but it's the other way around. Kids caused a wild stampede and killed 14 fellow students. O_O

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2012-7
There China tries to sell you their strange theory that poor wild animals had spread the virus. If it were true, why did a group of Chinese scientists conclude there were 13 initial cases where they couldn't tell how they didn't originate at the market and had to be found in a different place? Besides how could any other country or specialist confirm that if they already destroyed the evidence when they closed the market?

Take a look at all the countries and regions currently afflicted by the novel coronavirus!

[kyonides]

China denies lab link to coronavirus as questions over origin mount
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/202...uestions-/
Right... and China always tells us the truth about anything they're doing...

However, a Chinese government-funded study published Jan. 24 in the medical journal The Lancet by 29 Chinese scientists found that 13 of 41 victims surveyed had no connection to the wild animal market. Significantly, the first patient identified with the coronavirus was a man who reported pneumonia-like symptoms on Dec. 1 but had no connection to the market.

Chinese might have admitted they hid the monstrous fact of the novel coronavirus existence, but they haven't explained how the initial reports disagree with the bat theory. Sorry Batman, you'd still be incarcerated in you ever take a (bat)plane to China.

Senate acquits President Trump of both impeachment charges
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/202...ent-trial/
Yeap, Trump survived his impeachment, no matter how the childish Pelosi might end up hating him even more than ever. O_O

https://www.linuxexperten.com/news/fbi-d...bucks-wifi
O_O If the CIA can be hacked that easily, what about the average Windows user? O_o? Everyone seems to badly need some extra security measures even if you think you're safe right now.

https://www.linuxexperten.com/news/whats...ote-access
What did I just tell you? =_=¡ We can't continue neglecting our cybersecurity any longer!

[DerVVulfman]

AGAIN???
https://wqad.com/2020/02/05/voters-say-t...aking-out/
The DNC rigged the primary against Bernie in 2016. So now the DNC changed rules and rigged THIS Primary?. Can anyone really believe that a 4th place guy is now suddenly in 1st place over everyone else?

[kyonides]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-i...SKBN1ZZ2SY
I hope UN and others are right this time but...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israe...SKBN1ZZ17R
...this news article doesn't make it sound feasible at all.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexic...SKBN1ZZ2TE
Good luck with begging a socialist president, who refuses to send the police after cartels and doesn't believe in punishing (grand)parents for letting kids shoot their teachers and classmates just because but welcomes a foreign president that rigged elections, for an appropriate response.

[KDC]

AGAIN???
https://wqad.com/2020/02/05/voters-say-t...aking-out/
The DNC rigged the primary against Bernie in 2016. So now the DNC changed rules and rigged THIS Primary?. Can anyone really believe that a 4th place guy is now suddenly in 1st place over everyone else?

That is kind of odd.

[kyonides]

Coronavirus: Chinese media confusion over doctor's death
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51403795
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china...0003J?il=0
So did he pass away or not? O_o? Is the Chinese government trying to cover its tracks because they don't wanna assume its responsibility?

Just in case you don't know why it matters, you gotta know he's the coronavirus whistleblower that Hubei's authorities tried to silence since December 2019...

By the way, it also tells us how a Chinese town stole another town's shipment, leaving them without masks to protect themselves.

To counter Huawei, U.S. could take 'controlling stake' in Ericsson, Nokia: attorney general
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-c...SKBN2001DL
Are you American or European? O_o? Did you ever plan to own a corporation? Well, depending on the outcome of future negotiations with some technology companies you might end up owning one... indirectly, of course. O_O

Transgenic Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes Transfer Genes into a Natural Population
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-49660-6

Thus, Jacobina Ae. aegypti are now a mix of three populations. It is unclear how this may affect disease transmission or affect other efforts to control these dangerous vectors. These results highlight the importance of having in place a genetic monitoring program during such releases to detect un-anticipated outcomes.

Are they real geniuses? O_O Or are they really stupid? O_o? Time will tell...

[DerVVulfman]

This is totally messed up. And the House proposed this during the hub-bub of the Impeachment so it got no real coverage.

https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/06/tucke...portation/
https://www.immigrationreform.com/2019/1...eform-com/

Regardless of the source, the "New Way Forward" act actually rips apart America's border security in such an unprecedented way. In fact, it totally shreds the Immigration and Naturalization law, and nullifies the ability to deport someone if they committed a felony of any sort. Worse, it actually includes reparations to those deported, even for felonies.

Every nation wants to protect its borders. So why do these people feel that our borders need to be Swiss Cheese while demanding that we protect the borders of other nations?

[kyonides]

I would support those reform for they'd mean we Costa Ricans won't be dealing with the Mara Salvatruchas anymore.
For all those Americans enduring them... my sympathies!

Down here in Costa Rica we have the Crucitas affair, a real issue that has been getting awkward since some stupid Oscar Arias signed some decrees that first declared mining activities in Crucitas, San Carlos as of public interest and later forbid it (or the next president did it for him). Did he provide a solution for the very same problem he caused? Did Laura Chinchilla fix it? Or did Luis Guillermo Solís do anything to ease tensions? Not even current president Carlos Alvarado has done anything to stop this madness.

https://www.crhoy.com/nacionales/conflic...-policial/

It's been about a bit less than 2 years since the conflict began and the so called miners steal our gold and rob stores in San Carlos. Some of them have even hurt Costa Rican citizens. Most of the illegal miners are Nicaraguan.

https://www.teletica.com/100427_ante-ola...-en-alerta
Yeah, robberies have been on the rise in San Carlos since 2015 at least.

https://www.crhoy.com/nacionales/una-tur...-crucitas/
https://www.crhoy.com/nacionales/conflic...-policial/
https://www.crhoy.com/nacionales/nicarag...a-balazos/
When one or two of them were shot down by the police, after the illegal miners had burned a small police station, Nicaraguan president Ortega complained about such "abuse of power". A similar reaction reached the newspapers when traffickers disobeyed the Costa Rican police and opened fire on them. =_= I guess he never learned about irony or he's just an idiot.

So I wonder if that's the kind of mess you need to promote in the US with such a weird immigration reform.

Argentino es el primer caso confirmado de un latinoamericano con coronavirus
https://www.nacion.com/ciencia/argentino...347/video/
So an Argentinian has contracted the fearful virus... and cannot disembark because the Japanese authorities doesn't want him to infect locals.