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Animal Rights Activists Want To Ban Dog Meat Eating In China

Animal Rights Activists Want To Ban Dog Meat Eating In China

China's annual "Dog Meat Feast" in the southern city of Yulin has sparked disputes between dog eaters and dog lovers, some cases even turning physical.

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Israel's Parallel Crises, And The Whiff Of Civil War

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's return to power with the most right-wing government in the country's history has revealed a deep schism in Israeli society between settlers and secularists.

Israel's Parallel Crises, And The Whiff Of Civil War

Israeli President Isaac Herzog urged the government to abandon its judicial system overhaul, as mass protests continue throughout the country.

Pierre Haski

-Analysis-

Israeli society is facing an intense and unprecedented moment in its history. There have been other protest movements in the past, such as the hundreds of thousands of people gathered against the war in Lebanon in 1982 or the economic demonstration of tents on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv in 2011.

But in the current wave of protests, there is an existential dimension. It's different than during wars, where it's been literally the physical survival of the Israeli state; this is rather existential in its identity, political system, and the weight of religion.

This is sometimes difficult to understand from the outside, where we often view this part of the world through the lens of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which is also escalating. An attack in Tel Aviv on Thursday reminded us that the two crises are evolving in parallel.

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