Tag: Truths

Israel

Netanyahu Bolstered Hamas – CounterPunch.org

 

It doesn’t escape anybody that, to a large extent, this has to do with Netanyahu’s desire to escape accountability for his actions. What is becoming increasingly evident is that absolute power has transformed him, making him even more ruthless and more impervious to criticism or to the calls for human kindness.

“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,” he declared years later. Consequent with this strategy, between 2012 and 2018 Netanyahu gave approval to Qatar to transfer a total of approximately a billion dollars to Gaza, half of which went to Hamas, including its military wing.

Source: Netanyahu Bolstered Hamas – CounterPunch.org

Informed Comment

Judgment Day: It’s the economy, and the environment, and a better deal for the low-paid – Michael West Media

The 2022 election campaign is on. (Image: Grant Stuart)

Wages have stagnated. Frydenberg says they will recover. Such breezy promises have been proved wrong time and time again. It doesn’t engender much faith in the assurance that wages will outstrip inflation. As MWM pointed out, the Low and Middle Income Tax Offset (LAMITO) ends on June 30, which means that millions of Australians will be paying more tax, not less as claimed.

Source: Judgment Day: It’s the economy, and the environment, and a better deal for the low-paid – Michael West Media

Trump

Disruptive outlier: the election outcome that could shake markets
A Biden presidency could result in the Democrats implementing the most progressive policy agenda since Franklin D Roosevelt.

If Trump and the Republicans hold on and retain control of the Senate the future is less clear – there is no published Republican platform for a second term – but it seems reasonable to assume more of the same.

Disruptive outlier: the election outcome that could shake markets
Trumpland, Trumpland Revealed

The Eight Things Trump Reveals About America | Washington Monthly

Michelle Obama has observed that being president does not change who you are. It reveals who you are. The same could be said of the nation: that its president does not change who we are but reveals who we are. And what Donald Trump has revealed about America has taught us sobering lessons about ourselves.

The Eight Things Trump Reveals About America | Washington Monthly
TTIP & TTP

We’ve been misled over the value of FTAs | FIVEaa

Government claims about the economic value of free trade agreements are inaccurate, reports Leon Byner.

Source: We’ve been misled over the value of FTAs | FIVEaa