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ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT – On the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, practical steps are more important than grand visions (Tamara Cofman Wittes, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/12/18/on-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict-practical-steps-are-more-important-than-grand-visions/

USA/EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT – Millions of young adults are out of school or work. We need an Education and Employment Promise (Martha Ross and...

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2020/12/18/making-a-promise-to-americas-young-people/

HONG KONG/COVID19 – COVID-19 shock takes its toll on Hong Kong’s economy (Vera Yuen, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/19/covid-19-shock-takes-its-toll-on-hong-kongs-economy/

CHINA – Xi Jinping’s Chinese Communist Party (Jude Blanchette, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/18/xi-jinpings-chinese-communist-party/

ROHINGYA – Sesame Street unveils Rohingya Muppets to help refugee children (Al Jazeera)

Children’s TV show Sesame Street has created its first Rohingya Muppets to help thousands of refugee children overcome trauma and tackle the pandemic’s effect...

INTERNET FROM SPACE/UK/INDIA – OneWeb sat launch signals UK-India space partnership, says Mittal (Thomas Seal, Al Jazeera)

Britain’s post-Brexit space ambitions took flight on Friday with the launch of 36 satellites for the partly state-owned OneWeb network that’s competing with Elon...

ROHINGYA – Rohingya refugees are being displaced, again (Al Jazeera)

Bangladesh has relocated more than 1,700 Rohingya refugees from crowded camps in the country’s southeast to Bhasan Char, an island prone to flooding, and...

PAKISTAN/INDIA – Pakistan alleges India preparing for ‘surgical strike’ (Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera)

Pakistan’s government has alleged that India is preparing to launch a “surgical strike” on Pakistani soil and has called for the international community...

MOZAMBIQUE – UN appeals for $254m to help Mozambique conflict victims (Al Jazeera)

The United Nations has launched an appeal for $254m to help hundreds of thousands caught in violence in northern Mozambique linked to the ISIL...

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