These games will be worth a watch if you can. These playoffs should be set to maximum thrills.

No problem. Plenty of posts to come this year.

Awesome. I look forward to your participation.

It is one thing after another. When things start becoming obviously bad, maybe the younger generations will start to wake up.

People are being pushed to their limits as well as against each other. We need enough people to step back and see the bigger picture. It is possible to get through the tough times if we work together.

I read your post. You have a lot of detail in there. As you mention, the IISS publication is not publicly available. We can't scrutinise how they came up with their numbers or if their sources are recent.

Thanks for pointing this out. I didn't know about any of this. I will definitely look into it.

It's a chain reaction. One thing leads to the next. Knock down domino A to eventually reach domino Z. I haven't paid too much attention to Netanyahu's background or history. I typically consider politicians

The EU is getting really bad. It is something every week. The public are fed up with governments rolling out the red carpet to fraudulent asylum seekers and potential terrorists. Just hope nothing awful

It is a horrible thing.

The potential for a prolonged war is likely. I don't know what can be done to avoid it. I still think a world war is unlikely. Iran could become involved directly and this could lead to the US joining

Definitely worth another watch. I see it quite differently now than when I first watched it.

You should definitely watch it. It's currently available on Netflix. I'm not sure where else it can be watched.

We should all want peace. Unfortunately, it is not always simple. Hamas is a terrorist organisation that does not value human life. They are happy to let their own people die to achieve their goals. More

Thanks for your informative comment. In regards to 1948. The partition plan proposed by the United Nations but never implemented would have been unworkable. Israel would have been divided into 3 slivers

It has been a challenging topic to research and then understand. I appreciate your comment. The Jews have the strongest religious and historical connection to the land of Israel. This is supported by verses

I believe it is in Israel's interests to win this war as soon as possible. This could be tricky as Hamas have embedded themselves into Gaza. They can easily mix into the civilian populations. There is

The usual outcome is more control and authoritarianism. They will use the violence on the streets to justify placing stricter laws and destroying more freedoms. This time, they might be taking things further

These figures are alarming for almost all these countries. Israel is definitely an exception when compared to other developed countries. PRB have some statistics on the natural rate of increase. Populations

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