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'If India killed a Canadian Sikh, Trudeau and other Liberal PMs are at fault'
Andrew Mitrovica for Al Jazeera
"Canada is the world's doormat," writes Andrew Mitrovica for Al Jazeera. Desperate to be seen as a "global player", instead it is "largely considered an inconsequential afterthought". The "indictment of India" for the killing of Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar "oozes opportunism", he claims, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wanted to play up his "tough guy" credentials in the face of unrelenting criticism that he has been soft on "foreign interference".
'Shattering the Israel Taboo: Why American Jews Are Protesting Netanyahu at the UN'
Abe Silberstein for Haaretz
"For decades, most American Jews rallied to the cause of Israel whenever it faced censure at the UN" but "in a necessary and overdue correction, the UN is now a centre of American Jewish opposition to an Israeli government" writes Abe Silberstein for Haaretz. The symbolism is "uniquely powerful" and shows that there is a "mainstream precedent for setting aside the security rhetoric of Israeli political leaders and recognizing that anti-democratic currents in the country must be confronted without hesitation", says Silberstein.
'Debate the law and the age of consent all you want, but there's no doubt about what's creepy'
Emma Brockes for The Guardian
Calls for new laws around the age of consent in the UK may never come to pass, but they are "helpful in denormalising a widely held assumption that old and middle-aged men chasing schoolgirls for sex is OK", writes Emma Brockes in The Guardian. "Not just OK, in fact, but in line with the natural order of things and still able to trigger vague boasting rights." Despite what we now understand about grooming, "what remains depressing about the adult man/teenage girl dynamic is how resistant it is to the view that it's creepy at all", says Brockes.
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How to financially prepare for divorceThe Explainer Facing ‘irreconcilable differences’ does not have to be financially devastating
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Why it’s important to shop around for a mortgage and what to look forThe Explainer You can save big by comparing different mortgage offers
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4 ways to save on rising health care costsThe Explainer Health care expenses are part of an overall increase in the cost of living for Americans
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What have Trump’s Mar-a-Lago summits achieved?Today’s big question Zelenskyy and Netanyahu meet the president in his Palm Beach ‘Winter White House’
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What is the global intifada?The Explainer Police have arrested two people over controversial ‘globalise the intifada’ chants
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The issue dividing Israel: ultra-Orthodox draft dodgersIn the Spotlight A new bill has solidified the community’s ‘draft evasion’ stance, with this issue becoming the country’s ‘greatest internal security threat’
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Will Netanyahu get a pardon?Today's Big Question Opponents say yes, if he steps down
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‘It is their greed and the pollution from their products that hurt consumers’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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Canada joins EU’s $170B SAFE defense fundspeed read This makes it the first non-European Union country in the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) initiative
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American antisemitismFeature The world’s oldest hatred is on the rise in U.S. Why?
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‘Security is no longer a function only of missiles and fighter jets’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
