Our understanding of history is always changing, and the last 10 years have seen some remarkable revisions to imperial history. Bernard Porter’s essay on the British Empire is a great example of hos we are constantly refining our understanding of what empires are.
There were dueling speeches at the UN General Assembly: Mahmoud Abbas spoke on behalf of the Palestinian Authority and Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Assembly as Prime Minister of Israel. What was most interesting is how the speeches really didn’t address the same issues. Abbas argued for observer status for the Palestinian Authority in the UN and Netanyahu emphasized the nuclear threat from Iran.
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