Israel and Palestine conflict: 70-year-old map at heart of crisis
14 May, 2021 11:38 PM
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Israel and Hamas tensions flare as rocket attacks are launched on the Gaza Strip. Video / AP
Israel and Hamas tensions flare as rocket attacks are launched on the Gaza Strip. Video / AP
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By: Benedict Brook
The violence and death currently playing out across Palestine and Israel was ignited by a dispute in Jerusalem where Jewish settlers have laid claim to land inhabited by Arabs.
But the spark was lit more than 70 years ago, and in reality even further back than that.
And after all this time, the issue remains essentially the same: Who has the right to live where in the relatively small but densely populated Holy Land where faiths have intersected for millennia?
Reunification in Ireland would cause a financial shock in the Republic, requiring either a major hike in taxes or a significant reduction in public spending, according to economist John FitzGerald. Either way, there would be a drop in living standards. Eoin Burke-Kennedy was listening in as he appeared before the Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement.
Separately, Eoin reports that the Government was warned by its own housing agency that its new
shared-equity loan scheme could end up inflating house prices. The advice, disclosed under Freedom of Information, was given ahead of the last budget when the measure was first announced.
Can Northern Ireland ensure a more prosperous future?
Northern Ireland is struggling with the hardships of reversing decades of economic insecurity, political uncertainty, and the impact of Brexit. citizen unrest create new challenges for the region in the centenary.
The leaders of the three largest political parties in Northern Ireland said that the region created by the partition of Ireland on 3 May 1921 could foster prosperity, such as controlling the corporate tax rate, educating children from all communities together and making it long-term. infrastructure investments.
By almost every measure, Northern Ireland starts from a low base. A study published in 2019 by economists at Dublin’s Trinity College described decades of inadequate spending on education and infrastructure as a failure to attract domestic investment and a one-way flow of regional talent.
Michael Kiwanuka Moves UK Tour To May 2022 Wednesday, 03 March 2021
Michael Kiwanuka has moved his UK tour for a second time.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the soul singer-songwriter will now call in Glasgow, Leeds, Leicester, Cambridge, Blackpool, Hull, Manchester, Newcastle, Brighton, Plymouth and London during May 2022. A handwritten note from Kiwanuka accompanying the revised dates reads: I want you all to know that it truly is an understatement when I say how much I’ve missed seeing you out on the road at shows. I was so excited to give you Kiwanuka live. Myself and the band had been working hard to put together a live show that reflects how much your love and support means to me.
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