December 14, 2020
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The kids in Israel and Palestine are not alright. Almost half of Israeli high school students told pollsters in 2016 that they don’t think Arab citizens should be allowed to vote or sit in the Knesset. Meanwhile, 73% of Palestinian youth told pollsters in 2015 that they supported the knife intifada. Also in 2016, 82% of Israeli 11th and 12th graders said there was “no chance” of reaching a deal of some sort with the Palestinians.
These young people should not be blamed for their attitudes; they’re the product of a dysfunctional environment that their leaders, and we in the international community, have bestowed upon them. The emerging generation of Israelis and Palestinians have less experience of each other than probably any cohort since 1967.
Ashamed of my state
For the first time ever, I am ashamed of my state. How dare we join 17 states to disenfranchise the voters in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan! How dare we presume to direct how other states conduct their elections! And how dare we support a naked power grab by the Republican Party because they didnât like the election results! How is this any different than a coup? How can Nebraska support these unconstitutional means to dismantle free elections? My heart is so sad.
Cathy Lindmier,
Attack on democracy
By joining the brief in support of the meritless Texas election lawsuit in the U.S. Supreme Court, Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson has dirtied our stateâs good name. This politically motivated lawsuit, which attempts to disenfranchise tens of millions of votes in the states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia simply because they voted for Joe Biden, is not only an embarrassment to Nebraska, but it is wholly undemocrat