Thank you for this really very excellent article.

"the Palestinians’ asym­metrical fight for survival on a few scraps of land". Someone doesn't know history. The Arab Palestinians were offered 50% of the land, but they rejected the offer. The Arab Palestinians had the military support of 5 Arab armies.

Fascinating overview of today's Syria.

I think I prefer books written about men with a lead male character and this book has these.

You're a Marxist.

Immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than natives, but the effect of such a mass demographic shift would depend heavily on the characteristics of the immigrants, their age and gender. And, removing a large portion of the male working-age population will create terrible instability in society.

The breeze whispers the silent melodies of the trees.

A gorgeous line. Love the contradiction.

Who wrote this? It's so nice.

It's the best Israeli newspaper. But there's a paywall.

Do you recommend? What's it like?

The Treeline, by Ben Rawlence. I'm really enjoying it.