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Netanyahu’s Spat With Biden Echoes Dispute With Israel’s Security Chiefs Senior leaders from Israel’s military and intelligence agencies have also privately grown frustrated with the prime minister for introducing new conditions to the fraught negotiations, according to two Israeli officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter. For weeks, the security officials have privately complained that Mr. Netanyahu is holding up talks by, among other things, reintroducing a demand that Israel continues to operate checkpoints along a strategic highway in northern Gaza during any cease-fire. In May, Israel had softened its position on that point, raising hopes of a deal. https://archive.ph/3Hpqi

Another mindreader. From the landing page of the World News Forum. "Any alleged factual claims must be supported by a valid link to an approved credible source." https://aseannow.com/forum/158-world-news/ To put it another way, put up or....

It should also be noted that Biden's improvements to Obamacare included a $2000 yearly ceiling on out-of-pocket spending for medication by Medicare members.

More ahistorical nonsense. For most of their history in the mideast and spain, jewish communities survived and even thrived in the mideast. As one example, it was Muslim Turkey that took in 300,000 jews who were expelled from Spain during the Christian reconquest. (Another 350,000 were estimated to have been killed by Christians) Anyone with a smidgeon of knowledge about Israel's conduct in Gaza before Israel withdrew, and its current conduct in the West Bank, doesn't need to invoke anti-semitism to explain why Palestians hate Israel "This is not to deny demonizeing anti-semitism exists in the mideast, but that's a phenomenon that began in the late 19th century from Europe, particularly France, and gained steam as the Zionist movement grew in what was then Palestine.

Security chiefs said to plead with PM to take deal; he tells them they’re lousy negotiators; PMO denies report Israel’s security chiefs reportedly urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to utilize the momentum provided by strikes on terror chiefs to seize the opportunity for a hostage-ceasefire deal with Hamas at a top-level security meeting on Wednesday night. Channel 12 claims Mossad chief David Barnea, who has been leading Israel’s negotiations on a deal, said at the meeting that there is a deal ready, and that Israel must take it. But Netanyahu shouted down his security chiefs, banged on the table, and told them they were lousy negotiators, Channel 12 news reports. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/security-chiefs-said-to-plead-with-pm-to-take-deal-he-tells-them-theyre-lousy-negotiators-pmo-denies-report/

The role money played in politics changed radically when the conservatives on the supreme court under Roberts ruled that money is speech. This allowed for unlimited amounts to be spent by private individuals. In fact, under Biden the ACA was made very affordable to middle class people. And it was completely paid for by taxes imposed on the wealthy. Also, under Biden, Medicare was finally allowed to negotiate with big Pharma on drug costs: 20 medications per year for the next several years. Trump campaigned in 2016 for negotiating prices with big Pharma but reneged even before he took office.

What's even more significant is that even in December of 2023 Trump was still lamenting that John McCain saved Obamacare. Trump University Founder Promises to Replace Obamacare With Something ”Cheaper” and “Better” Trump said he’s not terminating Obamacare but then lamented John McCain didn’t terminate it https://meidasnews.com/news/trump-university-founder-promises-to-replace-obamacare-with-something-cheaper-and-better Now he's blatantly lying and claiming he never wanted to eliminate Obamacare. Fact check: Does Trump want to repeal the ACA, as Biden says? Trump campaigned on a promise to repeal Obamacare in 2016; a promise we rated Broken. He kept that anti-ACA position throughout his term, even after Republican senators, notably the late-Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., voted against repealing the health care law in 2017. In July 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed a case from Republican-led states and the former Trump administration that had asked justices to block the law. In late 2023, Trump renewed his vow to replace Obamacare multiple times. https://www.wral.com/story/fact-check-does-trump-want-to-repeal-the-aca-as-biden-says/21474989/

From the landing page of the World News Forum: Any alleged factual claims must be supported by a valid link to an approved credible source. https://aseannow.com/forum/158-world-news/ You've got nothing.

Here's a link to a fascinating article about Yahya Sinwar. And, no, it's in no way a defense for what he's done. https://archive.ph/UyuHg https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/08/12/yahya-sinwar-profile-hamas-gaza-war-israel

In a way, you have to admire Netanyahu's assassination of Haniyeh in Iran given Biden's allegiance to Israel. It seems obvious that he's trying to draw the US into a war against Iran. And he may succeed. The Middle East Is Inching Toward Another War There is little doubt that Israel was behind the audacious assassination of Hamas’ hostage-deal negotiator and political head Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Wednesday. By deliberately maximizing Tehran’s embarrassment—Haniyeh was killed only hours after the inauguration of Iran’s new reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian—the Israeli government also maximized the likelihood of Iranian retaliation. That is—at least in the view of a former Deputy Head of the Israeli National Security Council—because Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to spark a larger war and drag the U.S. into it. https://time.com/7006500/israel-iran-us-netanyahu-haniyeh/ It also helps the election chances of Israel's favorite ex-President.

Killing of Hamas Leader Fuels More Tension Between Biden and Netanyahu Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is pushing back against President Biden over American concerns about the assassination of the political leader of Hamas and Israel’s approach to cease-fire talks in the latest rift between the two allies since the war in Gaza began 10 months ago. In what a U.S. official described as a heated conversation on Thursday, Mr. Netanyahu denied that Israel was an obstacle to a cease-fire agreement and rejected Mr. Biden’s contention that the killing of the Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Iranian soil could sabotage efforts to reach a deal halting hostilities and freeing hostages. A senior Israeli government official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive relations between the two countries, said in an interview that Mr. Netanyahu insisted he was not trying to block a cease-fire. https://archive.ph/4JF5t https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/03/us/politics/us-israel-hamas-assassination.html

l-average-temperature-in-the-us/ I got news for you: the United States is not the world. Get back to us when you can cite similar data for for the globe.

In other words, your comment was irrelevant to this thread which is about the deaths of native American children.

I've done just that.

And it's wrong to criticize those views? Or to point out the context in which they occur? Namely, the vilification of the unrwa by Israel??

Renewable energy is already much cheaper than coal, and is now becoming cheaper than natural gas as well.

I think you're confusing "sooner" with "quicker". It's not that the climate is warming sooner than expected, but rather it's warming at a much higher rate. In fact, for the last 2,000 years or so preceding the industrial revolution, global temperatures had been quite stable. But in the 1970's, the rate greatly accelerated

The unrwa has about 13,000 employees. Blaming the entire organization on the acts of a few is clearly illegitimate. It's made worse by the fact that Israel has made very expansive accusations against the unrwa but has not actually provided evidence to back those accusations up.

Aren't you ignoring a little something? Calling to de-escalate, Biden says Haniyeh’s death has ‘not helped’ negotiations US President Joe Biden said Thursday night he was “very concerned” that violence in the Middle East could escalate, adding that this week’s assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran has “not helped” efforts to negotiate a hostage-ceasefire deal in Gaza, where Israel is at war with the terror group. Israel has not commented on Haniyeh’s killing, but has been blamed for it by Iran and Hamas, who have vowed revenge. Biden said he’d had a “very direct” conversation with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier in the day, repeating the phrase “very direct.” https://www.timesofisrael.com/calling-to-de-escalate-biden-says-haniyehs-death-has-not-helped-negotiations/ Biden: Haniyeh assassination didn’t help ceasefire deal Asked about the effect of the elimination of Hamas arch-terrorist Ismail Haniyeh on talks, Biden remarked that it has "not helped." The assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh didn’t help efforts to secure the release of 115 hostages in Gaza, US President Joe Biden told reporters at Joint Base Andrews base late Thursday night, as he appeared to blame Netanyahu for the absence of a deal. “We have the basis for a ceasefire, he [Netanyahu] should move on it, and he should move on it now,” Biden said, as he referenced the three-phase proposal for a hostage and ceasefire deal in Gaza that he had unveiled on May 31. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-813014 Netanyahu, Defiant, Appears to Have Gone Rogue, Risking a Regional War Ignoring the efforts of President Biden and the condemnation of many allies, the Israeli prime minister is forcing the pace of the war and feeding the revolt of the far right. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, came to Washington last week to give a defiant speech. Despite international condemnation, he vowed to continue the war against Hamas in Gaza and the West Bank, where Israel is killing and imprisoning scores of Palestinians each week, without any clear idea of its endgame. The assassinations of senior Hezbollah and Hamas figures abroad have now sharply raised the risks of a larger regional war as Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah prepare retaliation, analysts say. https://archive.ph/hX8US#selection-945.0-949.186 A good case can be made that Netanyahu is trying to drag the US directly into war.

Someone else who apparently doesn't understand the significance of rate of change.

The potency of CO2 as a greenhouse gas was uncovered first in the 19th century. Thanks to the work of Eunice Foot and the great 19th century physicist John Tynall. It's pretty basic and simple science to evaluate the potency of CO2, methane and other gases under laboratory conditions. Maybe you think that asking how such small percentages can have such a powerful effect is a scientific way of thinking. In actuality, it's nothing but empty rhetoric.

At this date virtually all climatologists have no doubt about human caused cliimate change. This from the latest IPCC report: It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land. Widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere have occurred. Expand Figures SPM.1, SPM.2Links to chapters A.1.1 Observed increases in well-mixed greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations since around 1750 are unequivocally caused by human activities. Since 2011 (measurements reported in AR5), concentrations have continued to increase in the atmosphere, reaching annual averages of 410 parts per million (ppm) for carbon dioxide (CO2), 1866 parts per billion (ppb) for methane (CH4), and 332 ppb for nitrous oxide (N2O) in 2019. 6Land and ocean have taken up a near-constant proportion (globally about 56% per year) of CO2 emissions from human activities over the past six decades, with regional differences (high confidence). 7 https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/chapter/summary-for-policymakers/

Are you under the impression that this is an article written in a scientific journal and not a journalistic report on scientific research?

Can you share with the rest of us where they publish their research?

Got any facts to back up that claim of yours about scientists being on the take? "Any alleged factual claims must be supported by a valid link to an approved credible source." https://aseannow.com/forum/158-world-news/ In other words, put up or....