A poll among Gaza residents last July by the Washington Institute showed 62% thought that Hamas should ABIDE by its ceasefire with Israel.
A man cries because his home was bombed during Israeli raids in the southern Gaza Strip on October 16, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Gazans are evacuating to the south following warnings to do so from the Israeli government, ahead of an expected Israeli ground offensive. Israel has sealed off Gaza and launched sustained retaliatory air strikes, which have killed at least 2,500 people with more than 400,000 displaced, after a large-scale attack by Hamas. They didn’t want last week’s attack.
What worries me is that this absurdity of majorities being outnumbered is not just a problem in the Middle East. It’s a feature of our own Presidential election process. And it’s paralyzing our House of Representatives: where party loyalties are preventing a bi-partisan majority of moderates from compromising on a Speaker so they can all get back to work.
Every democratic republic at some point has to be able to cull out the crazies so that the majority can move on. That’s what elections are supposed to do. Otherwise, the agenda is set by the most ruthless among us. Even though we outnumber them.In much of the rest of the United States, gas is still halfway affordable at around $3.60 per gallon, according to AAA.
There will be a vote on whether to start the public outreach process, which includes research on the impacts of raising the prices.As we heard last week, the State Transportation Department is considering liberating the Express Toll Lanes on 405. The demand is so high they want to test the market and let the maximum float up to $18.John and Shari discuss the realities of human trafficking with an undercover agent. Listen to The John Curley & Shari Elliker Show, weekdays from 3 p.m. – 7 p.m.
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