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by John Chuckman
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Carlos Kleiber's performance (a word at once too small and too big for Kleiber) is an expression of not only his joy, but also an ineffable bliss flowing through him, giving literal meaning to the phrase “music of the spheres.”
The nuclear option is now available to governments that should never have had them. The Persian bomb is probably imminent, and it is incumbent on the murderous fantasists in Israel and the United States to chew over that fact.
A key part of getting the health system “back on track” will be restoring confidence and trust within it. That may not have been the role both Reti and Levy thought they were signing on for, but it is the outcome they are now both expected to deliver.
I wrote about Soma as a central character in my book 'My Father Was a Freedom Fighter', because she was indeed central to our lives, and to our very survival in a Gaza refugee camp.
The path of decline of the British Conservative Party is interesting for NZ. And we obediently parrot the US message of Israel’s right to “defend” itself.
On its establishment, the UN became a hostage to the political intrigues and power blocs that have continued to plague it for its duration. One such nation state in the mischief making class is Israel. Its relationship with the UN has often been tetchy.