From Wiki: Christianity, Judaism and Zoroastrianism are officially recognized and protected, and have reserved seats in the Iranian parliament. Iran is home to the second largest Jewish community in … (View Post)

I once had an interesting chat with an elderly German lady - a distant relative of my late wife - who was born in around 1920 in what was then Palestine. She remembered her childhood as an idyllic ti… (View Post)

Israelis have been killing Palestinians, including women and girls, on a regular basis with barely a peep from the West. Here's a recent example: https://www.dci-palestine.org/palestinian_girl_dies_t… (View Post)

It's sea level that is our biggest problem. London could probably withstand a rise of up to 5m or so, but would then be lost. In a worst-case scenario, this level could be reached by around the year … (View Post)

From Wikipedia: "A poll carried out in 2011 by the Hebrew University indicated that a growing number of Palestinians and Israelis supported a settlement to the conflict based on the Parameters. … (View Post)