| Not the time to apologize for the Balfour blunder, Burundi’s departure from the ICC might have a ripple effect, It is time to cut off aid to Burundi, The Mueller investigation sends a ‘sour signal’ to the world, Why I’ll no longer watch ‘House of Cards’ Posted: 11 Nov 2017 03:00 AM PST ![Not the time to apologize for the Balfour blunder, Burundi's departure from the ICC might have a ripple effect, It is time to cut off aid to Burundi, The Mueller investigation sends a 'sour signal' to the world, Why I'll no longer watch 'House of Cards']( "Not the time to apologize for the Balfour blunder, Burundi's departure from the ICC might have a ripple effect, It is time to cut off aid to Burundi, The Mueller investigation sends a 'sour signal' to the world, Why I'll no longer watch 'House of Cards'") "[The] Balfour Declaration ... reached its first centennial anniversary this week," writes Hasan Abu Nimah. "The Israelis, along with many of their Western supporters, are celebrating the British foreign minister's 'promise' of a Jewish national home in Palestine as a document that amounts to the birth certificate of the state of Israel.... The Palestinians remember it as an illegal ominous 'promise' by a colonial power to the Jewish people to establish for themselves a national home in a land that belonged neither to them nor to those who offered them the land.... There are voices calling for a British apology. "Burundi's decision to quit the International Criminal Court is likely to resonate in other African states whose leaders have long complained that they are targeted for investigation by the UN institution...," states an editorial.
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| Readers write: Rewilding of Europe, guide to Puerto Rico’s challenges, encouragement for students, hope for the future Posted: 11 Nov 2017 03:00 AM PST ![Readers write: Rewilding of Europe, guide to Puerto Rico's challenges, encouragement for students, hope for the future]( "Readers write: Rewilding of Europe, guide to Puerto Rico's challenges, encouragement for students, hope for the future") Recommended: Could you pass a US citizenship test? Regarding the Oct. 9 OneWeek article "Puerto Rico: Out of the shadows?": Having previously lived in Puerto Rico for more than 12 years, I thought this was an excellent article that would give someone with little knowledge of Puerto Rico a very balanced perspective of what challenges people are facing there.
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