After 21 months of devastating conflict with Israel, Gaza’s most vulnerable civilians — the young, the old and the sick — are facing what aid groups say is impending famine. Throughout the war, U.N. agencies and independent aid groups have accused Israel of allowing far too little food into Gaza, warning of impending famine for its more than two million people. For much of that time, Israel has said that enough food was reaching Gaza, blaming diversions by Hamas and mismanagement by aid groups for problems. The debate over whether the war in Gaza constitutes genocide has also played out at the International Court of Justice, where South Africa has brought a genocide case against Israel. The court has yet to rule on the matter. +

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Since we will be celebrating in just a few days the first step that they made, let’s look at them more closely. It took two wars and 36 years before we truly were free.

They were the elite of their day. They were classically educated and were familiar with the histories of Greece, Carthage, and Rome. This knowledge of governing powers formed the context in which they made their decisions. They also believed that the 13 states held the most power. Some disagreed and were called “the federalists.” Some were lawyers and some were gentlemen farmers. Benjamin Franklin was the only one who did not serve in some position in government.

First, let’s learn what documents they produced:

PBS Kids has a new fan. I taught him how to watch TV. That works for about 10 minutes before he goes to sleep. The big excitement was Cat TV. This is a YouTube video with lots of singing birds and animals. I was warned it would provoke a reaction, but I didn’t expect the storm. He jumped on the credenza, put his paws on the screen, and then ran around to the back when he couldn’t find the birds.

We only have one command, and that’s MEOW. It only has one meaning. It says come sit with me while I eat. I won’t explain the conditioning that produced that response. Meals are spread over several short courses, so I need to come back again and again.