'Young Thais continue to reject the royal family's exalted position'
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'Thailand's royal spell has been broken'
Pavin Chachavalpongpun at The New York Times
Thailand is seeing the "beginning of the end for the Thai royalty's once-commanding hold over its subjects," says Pavin Chachavalpongpun. There has been a "last-gasp attempt by the old guard to cling to an outdated status quo despite demands for change by millions of politically literate young Thais." The "rejection of norms that loomed so large in daily life for generations is startling evidence of a diminishing reverence for the monarchy."
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'Israel should finish off Hamas and resist the Biden-Harris demands for concessions to terrorists'
New York Post editorial board
Secretary of State Antony Blinken's Middle East trip "will mean more pressure on Israel to make concessions to Hamas, yet Jerusalem's best course is to push on and finish off the terrorists," says the New York Post editorial board. The IDF has "made significant progress, and Israel musn't agree to anything that could jeopardize victory." Israel's "destruction of Hamas may be slower than the world would like, but it's been constant, steady and, indeed, laudable."
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Daniel Judt at The Nation
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