#At the heart of the Israel-Palestinian conflict, anthropology matters as much as history

#At the heart of the Israel-Palestinian conflict, anthropology matters as much as history

Who is indigenous to Israel and Palestine: Jews or Arabs? The answer depends on how we interpret history. Radically diverse starting points invoked by both parties have led to the terrible conflict we are witnessing. Starting with the past century, we can count backwards to see what history tells us. As both the Christian-European and Muslim-Ottoman colonial empires…

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#Beijing sees coldest December on record in more than 70 years

#Beijing sees coldest December on record in more than 70 years

Beijing recorded more than 300 hours of sub-freezing temperatures in the last two weeks, setting a record for the coldest two-week period in China’s capital city since officials began tracking. The official newspaper, the Beijing Daily, said the two-week period starting on Dec. 11 had the most hours of sub-freezing temperatures since 1951, The Associated…

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#Trump asks appeals court to toss election subversion case

#Trump asks appeals court to toss election subversion case

Former President Trump’s lawyers asked a federal appeals court to toss his 2020 election subversion case in Washington, D.C., just one day after the Supreme Court declined special counsel Jack Smith’s request to take up Trump’s argument that his actions are protected from criminal prosecution under presidential immunity. In a filing to the D.C. Circuit…

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#Phillips in new interview straddles the line on Israel-Hamas war

#Phillips in new interview straddles the line on Israel-Hamas war

Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dean Phillips (Minn.) straddled the line on the war between Israel and Hamas in a recent interview with NewsNation’s Dan Abrams. Phillips, who is Jewish, said he is friends with Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), the first Palestinian-American member of Congress who was censured over her statements criticizing Israel, and said the…

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#Biden proposes climate stipulations for hydrogen tax credit

#Biden proposes climate stipulations for hydrogen tax credit

In order to access a lucrative tax credit, hydrogen energy producers will have to follow significant climate rules under a new proposal.  ©   (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky The Treasury Department on Tuesday proposed guidance that officials said would ensure the nascent hydrogen industry develops sustainably — rather than becoming a significant contributor to global warming.  …

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#Trump asks appeals court to toss election subversion case

#Anti-Trump GOP group compares former president to Mussolini, Orban in new ad campaign

An anti-Trump Republican group, The Republican Accountability PAC, released a six-figure campaign advertisement Friday set to air on cable that compares former President Trump to dictators and authoritarian leaders throughout history. The ad, titled “Dictator Donald,” shows a Dec. 2022 post from Trump where the former president said previous elections, particularly the 2020 presidential election,…

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