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The International Criminal Court announced yesterday that it is opening a war crimes investigation into the activities of both Israel and the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, beginning with the 2014 Gaza War.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahucalled the decision “undiluted antisemitism and the height of hypocrisy.” The Palestinian Authority’s Foreign Ministry said the “long-awaited step serves Palestine’s vigorous effort to achieve justice and accountability.”
Secretary of State Tony Blinken said the U.S. “firmly opposes and is deeply disappointed by this decision,” adding that: “The ICC has no jurisdiction over this matter.”
Deputy Secretary of State-designate Wendy Sherman appeared beforethe Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday for a confirmation hearing. Sherman, a key negotiator in the 2015 Iran deal, told senators that the U.S. would seek a new agreement with Iran that extends and strengthens the original deal
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In Salem, Hamilton Hall s lecture series celebrates 75 years
Blake Maddux
As is probably more widely known than ever before, Alexander Hamilton was killed in a duel with Vice President Aaron Burr in 1804. The following year, architect Samuel McIntire completed work on the stately Federal-style structure on Chestnut Street that bears the first secretary of the treasury’s name.
Hamilton Hall is amid its 75th year of hosting the Lecture Series on World Affairs. This year’s eight-person roster again includes a mix of returning and first-time speakers from some of the East Coast’s most illustrious centers of intellectual activity.
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Summary: Dizzyingly enormous and varied in topography and culture, the Indian Ocean is critical to global trade, security, and geopolitics. As countries jostle for influence in its crowded waterways, how will the new power dynamics play out?
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What makes the Indian Ocean so strategically important?
The Indian Ocean is a vast theater, stretching from the Strait of Malacca and western coast of Australia in the East to the Mozambique Channel in the West. It encompasses the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea in the North, all the way down to the southern Indian Ocean.