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UN Watch’s Hillel Neuer on Israel and the United Nations, from 1947 to today. Interview with Laura Cellier of i24 News on the early history of this relationship and thoughts on why Israel is singled out like no other country in the world. May 2022.
Sweden officially recognises Palestinian state
Sweden on Thursday officially recognised the state of Palestine, becoming the first major European country to do so, in a move hailed as “historic” by Palestinians but denounced by Israel.
“Today the government takes the decision to recognise the state of Palestine,” Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstroem wrote in the mass-circulation Dagens Nyheter daily, less than a month after the country’s new prime minister announced the government’s plans to make the controversial move.
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A geography and history refresher, in the wake of Irma and Maria
I am really appalled by comments that I’ve seen about us coming to the aid of Puerto Rico, which has been brutally ravaged back-to-back by hurricanes Irma and Maria - comments about how they don’t deserve our “foreign” aid, they send too many “illegals” and “refugees” here…
So, I thought it would be worthwhile to share the following:
⭕ Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory! Therefore, they are not a “foreign” land.
⭕ Puerto Rico is not a U.S. territory by our virtue and goodwill - we took control of Puerto Rico in a war with Spain.
⭕ All Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens. Not a single person born on Puerto Rican soil, is “illegal.”
⭕ Puerto Ricans were made U.S. citizens by the U.S. Congress - despite Puerto Rican protests - in the 1910s, which meant that Puerto Rican men were subsequently drafted into World War I.
⭕ Puerto Rico has **ZERO** voting representation in Congress - therefore, they cannot vote on things like the budget (which includes hurricane relief), whether or not to go to war, etc.
⭕ Puerto Ricans are not Mexican.
⭕ Puerto Rico is an island - and therefore, they don’t share ANY border with the contiguous United States. This makes “Build That Wall” chants sound even more stupid and vile.
Let’s not spite our fellow countrymen and women, just because their native tongue isn’t English.
January 2, 1788 - Georgia enters Union
“Georgia votes to ratify the U.S. Constitution, becoming the fourth state in the modern United States. Named after King George II, Georgia was first settled by Europeans in 1733, when a group of British debtors led by English philanthropist James E. Oglethorpe traveled up the Savannah River and established Georgia’s first permanent settlement–the town of Savannah. In 1742, as part of a larger conflict between Spain and Great Britain, Oglethorpe defeated the Spanish on St. Simons Island in Georgia, effectively ending Spanish claims to the territory of Georgia.
Georgia, rich in export potential, was one of the most prosperous British colonies in America and was thus slower than the other colonies to resent the oppressive acts of the Parliament and King George III. However, by the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, Georgian Patriots had organized, and delegates were sent to the Second Continental Congress. During the war, Georgia was heavily divided between Loyalists and Patriots, and the British soon held most of the state. Savannah served as a key British base for their southern war operations, and the grim four-year British occupation won many Georgians over to the Patriot cause. In 1788, Georgia became the first southern state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.”
This week in History:
December 30, 1862 - USS Monitor sinks
December 31, 1879 - Edison demonstrates incandescent light
January 1, 1876 - First modern Mummer’s Parade
January 2, 1974 - Nixon signs national speed limit into law
January 3, 1959 - Alaska admitted into Union
January 4, 1965 - LBJ envisions Great Society in State of Union Address
January 5, 1933 - Golden Gate Bridge is born
Thismap of Georgia from 1827 can be found in the online collection of the Columbus Museum.
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“The Wedding of Oklahoma and Miss Indian Territory” by Muriel H. Wright, Chronicles of Oklahoma vol 35, page 255, 1957.
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/Chronicles/v035/v035p255.pdf
img: Statue in front of the Oklahoma Territorial Museum, Guthrie, OK http://bit.ly/2bvnknr
#Oklahoma #oklahomahistory #okhistory #statehood #guthrieOK
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