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What a load of tosh. Thai- Israel government contracts for Thai labour have existed for years. For a long time, decades, it's been a legal way for working class Thais to earn enough money to build a house, etc back home. Many stay for years, sending money home every month. Comments like som nam na betray posters' ignorance and worse.

'Love Your Life' - indeed, indeed .

Loved Man, Ray. Wonderful album and song titles too. Many are called but few get up, lol

Terry Williams on drums before he hit the big time with Dire Straits.

The headline got me: ' Helps himself to the water dispenser '. I thought it meant he had liberated the whole machine!

Yes!

"Israeli PM 'missed chance' to cut off Hamas cash, says ex-spy chief - BBC News" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68318856

Netanayu supporting Hamas . In 2019, Mr Netanyahu told colleagues in his ruling Likud party: "Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hamas and transferring money to Hamas… This is part of our strategy - to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank." Keeping Hamas strong enough to be an effective rival to Fatah - its West Bank rival - would prevent the possibility of a "unified Palestinian leadership with whom you would have to negotiate some kind of final settlement", says Khaled Elgindy, senior fellow on Palestine.

Thinking about it, she surely is part of the package deal enabling Tony to return. I mean, Tony couldn't be that cruel to leave her out in the Dubai desert counting the stars at night. He couldn't be that mean? Surely? 555

Yes, undoubtedly she still appeals to rural folk of a certain age. Perhaps her charges could be dropped if she agreed to hit the campaign trail but she might not want to play that game anymore having been once bitten, twice shy.