THERE ARE NO GREAT LIMITS TO GROWTH BECAUSE THERE TODAY 1944 1945 1946 1949 QUOTE ARE NO LIMITS OF HUMAN DAY IN OF THE INTELLIGENCE, IMAGINATION, Merrill’s Marauders: The Egyptian Premier Ahmad Mahir Colonel Juan Perón, founder of the The Armistice Agreements DAY HISTORY Marauders begin their 1,000- Pasha is killed in Parliament political movement that became are signed, to formally end the AND WONDER. mile journey through Japanese after reading a decree. known as Peronism, is elected to his hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2020 RONALD REAGAN occupied Burma. first term as President of Argentina. War.

For the Palestinians and Israel, the Trump peace plan is a lose-lose At 52, going stronger TOP and stronger History shows that radical overreach on the part of the ‘strong’ has grim implications for the ‘weak’, and for itself TWEETS4

HUSSEIN IBISH tiated between Israel and the Many friends of Israel 2009, settlement construction placement leaving a small rem- 01 US, rather than with the Pales- are seriously questioning did not, in fact, slow, let alone nant of Palestinians, at most, in he 21st century is starting tinians. how anything resembling stop. There were enough ex- the areas that Israel intends to to look a lot like the 19th So, the US and Israel have how anything resembling ceptions, grandfathering clauses permanently control would pro- a “democratic” or even Tcentury. President Donald formed a joint “mapping com- and other provisions to prevent vide the elusive solution. This YENUS S Trump and Prime Minister Ben- mittee” to determine, based on meaningfully “Jewish” that. Had it been extended any could be done in the name of jamin Netanyahu have formed Israel’s territorial ambitions and state can be sustained if longer, it would have started to self-defence or military necessi- a joint American-Israeli com- Mr Trump’s political interests, the Trump plan is realised. slow the entrenchment of the ty, particularly if, or rather when, ast week, the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) cele- mittee to carve up the occupied exactly which areas Israel will Palestinians clearly stand occupation, but Israel refused to another major Palestinian upris- ooks like Crazy brated its 52th anniversary with a renewed com- West Bank with zero Palestinian annex and what will be left for to lose everything in the consider that despite extremely ing against occupation erupts. LBernie is doing well Lmitment to defend Bahrain from outside threats. input. It recalls the starkest days a phony Palestinian state that generous US inducements. Can anyone still believe that in the Great State of Ne- Over the last five decades, the BDF has served as a bulwark of predatory colonialism such as would strongly resemble an short run. Yet Israel was prevented from the US, let alone the world, vada. Biden & the rest force, a well-organised establishment and armed with the Berlin Conference of 1884- apartheid-era South African formally annexing settlements would do anything serious about look weak, & no way Mini modern technology and staffed with qualified personnel 85, which regulated European Bantustan. or the Jordan Valley because it? Mike can restart his cam- in all its sections –land, air and naval forces. colonisation and trade in Africa. The brazenness and brutal- the US was a signatory to the Yet it is worth considering paign after the worst de- The Gulf region is a politically and military sensitive It also echoes ancient tragedies. ity of the plan was eloquently 1993 Declaration of Principles, how Thucydides implicitly bate performance in the area, and where the influence of outside forces is remark- Mr Trump’s proposal, round- expressed by Mr Netanyahu and remained committed to a interpreted the Athenian cru- history of Presidential ably manifested in geopolitical competition for hegemonic ly rejected by the Palestinians during a February 16 speech in two-state solution. With Mr elty he depicted towards the Debates. Congratulations or economic interests. These motivations and compe- and the Arab League, encour- Jerusalem to the Conference of gotiating table. They would do Trump, all of that has changed. Melians, who were completely Bernie, & don’t let them titions create atmospheres of instability in the regional ages Israel to annex vast tracts Presidents of Major American this not because it was wise, Now Israel is dealing with an massacred or enslaved. In his take it away from you! countries and perhaps that is the reason why the region of occupied Palestinian land in Jewish Organisations. reasonable, legal, just or logi- administration in Washington immortal account of the Pelo- @realDonaldTrump continues to face instability and pop-up unexpected con- stark contradiction to the Unit- He flatly stated that such an- cal, but because enough Jew- that does not feel constrained by ponnesian Wars, this exercise frontations at different times. ed Nations charter and numer- nexations are “not conditional in ish Israelis desperately want to international law, signed treaty of strength in the form of brutal Amid such a disturbing environment, building a strong ous other international prohi- any way on Palestinian accept- keep hold of these territories for obligations or human rights. cruelty certainly seems to have national defence force has become a matter of life and death bitions against the acquisition ance of the Trump plan. Wheth- religious, historical, economic Mr Trump’s administration sown the seeds for a hubristic -to maintain territorial integrity and sovereignty of nations. of territory by war, including all er they accept it or not, it’s going and/or strategic reasons – and enthusiastically embraces the Athens’ eventual defeat at the 02 Bahrain has succeeded in building a strong defence relevant UN Security Council to happen”. Palestinians completely lack the logic of power that would ena- hands of Sparta. force, the BDF, a force to be reckoned with, stood over the resolutions. “The weak don’t survive,” he leverage to compel them not to. ble Israel to conduct large-scale The great Athenian historian years against forces that intend to invade or attack Bahrain It shreds the 1993 Declaration declared. “Only the strong sur- So, most of the era following annexations precisely because illustrated not only the logic of directly or indirectly through proxy forces. BDF of Principles which Israel and vive.” the signing of the Oslo Accords it can. unbridled power but also the has confronted them with firm commitment the US signed along with the Pal- Students of history will imme- – which came to a formal and But even if Israel seizes the grim implications that holds of bravery and patriotism. estine Liberation Organisation diately recognise in this speech, ignominious end with the pub- settlements and the Jordan Val- for the “strong” as well as the One way of These days, BDF has not only become a strong and Russia. Article V specifies and the broader plan, the atti- lication of the Trump plan in ley, it will not have resolved the “weak”. am tearing up just supplying the national force we are proud of but also an “final status” issues to be decid- tude that the 5th century BCE January – was characterised by Palestinian issue. The logic of Many friends of Israel are se- Ithinking about what BDF with a international force, deployed in conflict areas ed only through direct negoti- historian Thucydides attributed steady Israeli settlement-build- “the strong do what they can” riously questioning how any- it would mean to Amer- continuous flow ranging from Syria to Yemen and contributed ations, including borders and to the Athenians in the Melian ing and deepening the matrix therefore sets up an even more thing resembling a “democratic” icans everywhere--and its part in achieving peace and stability in the settlements. Dialogue: “The strong do what of control on the ground. It was chilling future scenario. The or even meaningfully “Jewish” to the world--to have @ of fresh recruits respective countries. So much for that. they can and the weak suffer also defined by adroit Israeli Israelis will be more commit- state can be sustained if the BernieSanders as Presi- every year is for During the peak of the conflict in Syria, Like an imperial power, Mr what they must.” resistance to all international ted than ever to keeping hold Trump plan is realised. dent, fighting for US. I am the government Bahrain has participated in the US-led coali- Trump is claiming the right to Mr Trump and his adviser and pressure to meaningful territo- of these territories but will be Palestinians clearly stand to so ready for that. to approve a tion forces against the so-called Islamic State authorise Israel to disregard son-in-law Jared Kushner de- allow a meaningful Palestinian be able to profit from you,” the When the US-Israeli-Pales- to impose by force the kind of rial compromises. completely unable to politically lose everything in the short run. @PramilaJayapal terrorist (IS or Daesh) and contributed in de- international law and its own fend their annexation initiative state because it does not have to. Athenians warned the Melians. tinian summit at Camp David partial, highly circumscribed Even when then US president incorporate the Palestinians. But by embracing brute force national service stroying the cult death group. BDF is actively treaty commitments. Further, by claiming it “recognises reali- “You, by giving in, would save That is also the clear message of failed in 2000, it was clear that “statehood”, combined with Barack Obama secured a partial For “the strong”, there is an and radical overreach simply programme, participating in the Saudi-led coalition forces in he believes that the areas Israel ty”, meaning that Israel is simply yourselves from disaster; we, Mr Kushner’s document and Mr the most likely outcome was annexation, formula that the settlement construction freeze obvious solution that could well because they can, Israelis may where youths Yemen, whose mission is to bring the legitimate may annex remain to be nego- unwilling to compromise and by not destroying you, would Netanyahu’s comments. that Israel would eventually try Palestinians rejected at the ne- from Israel for 10 months in become irresistible. Mass dis- too in the long run. of a certain government back to power, and abort Iranian 03 influence and dream of hegemony. age allowed to BDF is also aggressively engaging in the Com- serving in the bined Maritime Forces (CMF), a multinational military for naval force, based in Bahrain. CMF aims to a period of a promote stability, security and prosperity in the Arabian Gulf, the Northern Indian Ocean We must put an end to bullying in schools, workplaces year or so and and the Red Sea, which are the main shipping ndia is spending Rs. then backing lanes where most of the world oil is exported. I100 crore but President to civilian Apart from its mission, the CMF has successful- The case of a child in Australia and a TV presenter in the UK have started conversations to tackle all forms of bullying Trump has said that no life. During ly curbed trafficking and smuggling of illegal trade deal. So it’s a pay- weapons and drugs. back for Howdy Modi? emergency, they Thus, the BDF has transformed from a de- Essentially Trump’s elec- can be called fender of a nation to a peace-force deployed in JUSTIN THOMAS and the power of social media helped heavily criticised in this case, over its The incidents were already and again 2019 reported an increase tion rally in India? to serve in the other nations and regions and is contributing bring about potentially useful out- relentless negative and, at times, cruel high back in 2008, with 75 per of 19 per cent in the rate at which @RuchiraC military. in regional stability and maintain international mother’s love for her child is comes. But more often than not, coverage of Ms Flack’s personal life. employees were affected as either order. This transformation is something few one of the most potent forces bullying goes unreported and unre- In many ways, this is similar to the cent of employees affected. the target or witness of workplace countries in the region have ever achieved. in nature. Last week, Yarraka solved. hounding that the late Princess Diana However, by 2019, ninety-four bullying. The achievement of the BDF would have been BaylesA posted a video of her nine- How many children like Quaden experienced, and the more recent per cent of the 2,081 employees The incidents were already high 04 incomplete without the royal assistance. His Majesty King year-old son, Quaden, distraught after cry themselves to sleep harbouring harassment of the Duchess of Sussex, surveyed reported having back in 2008, with 75 per cent of em- Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa’s undivided attention to the busi- yet another “freaking” day of being ideas of self-injurious behaviour? Meghan Markle. been bullied in the workplace. ployees affected. However, by 2019, ness of upgrading the weapons, familiarizing and training bullied at school. The footage shows A study by Unicef, including more Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, The most frequent source of ninety-four per cent of the 2081 em- of staff with the updated military hardware has made the the bullied schoolboy crying his heart than 100,000 participants across 18 described his wife’s treatment by bullying in 2008 and 2019 were ployees surveyed reported having BDF one of the strong forces in the region. out while voicing ideas about harm- nations, reported that two-thirds of sections of the British media as been bullied in the workplace. Thus, when the BDF is celebrating its 52th anniversary ing himself. Posting this video was a schoolchildren had been victims of “bullying”. He went on to say: “We managers, with bullying most The most frequent source of bully- its entire national, regional and international achieve- mother’s sincere and desperate cry some form of bullying. won’t and can’t believe in a world commonly taking the form ing in 2008 and 2019 were managers, ments need to be highlighted. Recently, Bahrain has for help. We are in the midst of a global men- where there is no accountability of aggressive emails, being with bullying most commonly taking n the feast of the agreed to buy advanced military wares from the United The clip has been viewed more tal health crisis, and being bullied for this.” shouted at, and harmful gossip. the form of aggressive emails, being O#ChairOfSaintPeter, States, which will contribute to its strength, and advance- than 16 million times and offers of during childhood is a key contributor After Flack’s death, the British shouted at, and harmful gossip. The we give thanks to God for ment that can match to one of the strongest national forces support for Quaden have flooded in to this sorry state. Childhood victimi- Government have called for social UK’s Advisory, Conciliation and Arbi- the mission entrusted to of the region. from around the world. sation experiences such as bullying media to help prevent bullying. tration Service, a body that regularly the apostle Peter and his Finally yet importantly, the BDF needs a reserve force, A similar case was recently report- have a direct relationship with the Members of the business commu- Beyond sporting stars and celeb- receives calls about bullying and har- successors: to gather His a sort of a support group composed of retired military ed in the UAE too. A video of a young development of severe mental health nity have asked businesses to rethink rities, though, the regular world of assment in the workplace, reports people from among the personnel and civilians who volunteer to work with the girl being bullied at her school in problems. advertising in certain British tabloids. work also has its share of bullying. similar data. nations and guide them BDF in case of unexpected developments and threats the Dubai was posted on the internet. A study published in Schizophrenia Flack’s suicide has also prompted Workplace bullying is a rising issue We need more kindness in schools, in charity and truth along region may face. Last month’s Parliament recommenda- After viewing the clip, a concerned Bulletin, suggests that the strength of several hair salons across the UK to and it undermines the significant ef- media, sports fields and workplaces. the path of salvation. tion on this issue deserved attention. schoolgirl, Jawaher Wejdan, bravely this association is in the same ball- launch a systematic boycott of “toxic” forts made towards promoting work- Beyond zero tolerance for bullying, @Pontifex From the author’s experience, one way of supplying sent the footage on to the Knowledge park as the link between smoking and celebrity-gossip magazines. place well-being. we also need to promote compassion the BDF with a continuous flow of fresh recruits every and Human Development Authority, lung cancer. In the world of sport too, cases are We can have an office space to rival and concern for the well-being of year is for the government to approve a national service declaring that she always wants to Unfortunately, bullying doesn’t on the rise of players being bullied, Google’s, with a gym, games room and others. If we can’t be kind, we might programme, where youths of a certain age allowed to “speak up for the voiceless”. The bul- stop in the schoolyard. Earlier this racially taunted and abused by sup- beanbags galore, but if we are bullied at least be curious as to why not? And Disclaimer: (Views expressed serving in the military for a period of a year or so and then lies were later identified and removed month, Caroline Flack, presenter on porters. at work, all those perks are worthless. if we can’t be positive towards others, by columnists are personal and backing to civilian life. During emergency, they can be from the school. the popular TV show, Love Island, Last week, the Porto striker, Mous- ria de Guimaraes) fans began chant- mates, it was just too much for the words, hurt and humiliated. Players Research in the US suggests that we might do well to follow the Ara- need not necessarily reflect our called to serve in the military. The United Arab Emirates These, however, are just two in- took her own life. sa Marega, left the pitch after a large ing racist abuse. French-born Malian striker who across Europe routinely experience workplace bullying is on the rise. A bic adage: “Say something good, or editorial stances) has such a programme worth appreciating. Hope, we will stances where concerned citizens The British tabloid press has been section of the opposing team’s (Vito- Despite the support of his team- eventually left the pitch, in his own similar harassment. survey by Monster.com run in 2008, remain silent”. implement it one of the days.

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