The Israeli massacre in Gaza is a catastrophe, and not just for the city’s tortured inmates, languishing for decades under a merciless occupation. The United States in particular, but also Germany, will forever be closely associated with this unrelenting slaughter of thousands of innocent men, women and children, a slaughter that both countries continue to underwrite materially and diplomatically. Two-and-a-half months into the mass killing, the US vetoed a Security Council resolution that would have restored some hope of survival to those Gazans still remaining after the hell of continual bombing and shelling. By that time, following the Hamas breakout and the murderous attack on kibbutzim close to the Gaza wall, more than 20,000 Gazans had been killed, 8,700 of them children and 4,400 women, and 50,000 wounded, compared to 121 dead Israeli soldiers, one fifth of them victims of friendly fire or traffic accidents. Since the beginning of the war, the Israeli air force claims to have bombed 22,000 ‘terrorist’ targets: more than 300 a day, every day, in an area the size of Munich.
EU politics
The National: Spanish consul ‘sacked’ after letter about indy Scotland in the EU
The EU is becoming a parody of itself. Read here Nicola Sturgeon with Miguel Angel Vecino Quintana, who was dismissed from his post after the letter appeared in The National Photo: The National
Economics
Medium: The economics of land and what that means for Generation Rent
A recent study of 14 advanced economies found that 81% of the rise in house prices is attributable to land, not the dwellings that rest on it. Read here
Finance
Reuters: Swiss watchdog to propose looser anti-money laundering rules for fintechs
Having lost much business due to new banking rules with regard to illicit money, Switzerland is looking for ways to regain lost business by dreating new legal loopholes. Read here
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