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Germany is recalling that sixty years ago the communist half of the divided country started to build the Berlin Wall, which would stand as a symbol of oppression and division, until the reunification of the country in late 1989.

However, with the Israelis having declared it against the law for anyone from their government to meet with the PLO, initial meetings need to be held in secret and using other members of “the small country’s intelligentsia”. Yair Hirschfeld (Dov Glickman) is a professor of economics who sees many benefits in a negotiated peace and, after an initial London-based chat with the PLO’s Ahmed Queri (Slim Daw) goes well, Juul and Rød-Larsen decide to up the ante, by inviting them both and ot...

China is a threat, but has some unmistakable weaknesses By (0) A Chinese delegate leaves the fourth session of the 13th National Peoples Congress held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday. Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI | License Photo Delegates exit the Great Hall of the People following the session in suits and traditional regional garb. Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI | License Photo Delegates pose for photos after the closing session outside the Great Hall. Photo by Stephen Shave...

Help Save Peoples World The economic crisis has hit Peoples World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing. Germany’s pyrrhic victory over the Berlin Wall November 12, 2019 2:54 PM CDT By Victor Grossman The flag of the former GDR hangs outside of a GDR Trabant (Trabi) car during a symbolic wall opening, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in Moedlareuth,...