Refusing
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Stubbornly
refusing
to talk face to face while settlement activities are not completely frozen has focused attention on what many believe is the crux of Israel’s colonial occupation regime.
In that case, the Americans would have a hard time
refusing
to recognize a Palestinian state that fits what the international community has said is the only acceptable solution to this intractable conflict.
It would be deeply unjust and outright foolish if the EU Commission’s report holds Turkey responsible for its refusal to make further concessions to Greek Cyprus (now an EU member), while
refusing
to blame the government in Nicosia, which is the real cause of the blockage.
For example, by
refusing
to sign the fiscal compact, which imposes stricter controls on national spending in the eurozone, the UK has forced the arrangement to operate outside EU mechanisms.
Even with inter-bank liquidity strained, the PBOC is
refusing
to lower the deposit reserve rate to release liquidity – in defiance of market expectations.
Indeed, many argue that by
refusing
to take into account distinctions linked to ethnic and religious origin, these distinctions are legitimized.
The targets should be ISPs that willfully serve criminal customers,
refusing
to deal with complaints to the point that ignorance is no longer a legitimate excuse.
In contrast, Francis is not only clearly progressive,
refusing
even to speak ill of homosexuals; he has repeatedly called for a peaceful solution in Syria.
Almost 4,000 people died on the way, and many European countries turned their backs on those who survived,
refusing
them safe haven.
But, with Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian majority demanding its own state, and with Russia
refusing
to recognize UN mediator Martti Ahtisaari’s plan for conditional independence, the US is preparing to go it alone.
And, indeed, Park has consistently spurned Abe by
refusing
to hold a bilateral summit with him, in protest over Japan’s alleged historical revisionism, particularly with regard to the Korean “comfort women” who served as sex slaves for the Imperial Japanese Army during WWII.
But the lies were effective because they built on a kernel of truth, and because
refusing
to recognize that truth only intensified the populist reaction.
Rosa Parks’ revolutionary bravery in
refusing
to move to the back of a Montgomery, Alabama municipal bus in 1955 helped spark the American civil rights movement.
Savers are bitterly complaining that they are being penalized for their prudence;
refusing
to debate this and other implications of current monetary policies is not an acceptable response.
Hungary’s successful example of
refusing
to cooperate in solving the refugee crisis could provoke other countries to follow suit.
For the average post-Soviet Russian, who regained Crimea from their couch, remote control in hand, falling into line with the majority is far more appealing than rocking the boat – so much so that Russians are outright
refusing
to think critically about what is happening.
Mexico can use a number of tools on immigration, such as loosening controls on its southern border with Guatemala or
refusing
admission to deportees from the US unless American authorities can corroborate their Mexican nationality.
Refusing
international help in such instances would mean electoral suicide for any government that faces a major bank collapse.
This agreement includes including collaborating or not with the Taliban, cooperating with the Coalition forces, accepting or
refusing
poppy eradication in a village.
Israel and the US led a virtual blockade on Palestine, with Israel
refusing
to return collected taxes and the US pressing world banks not to recognize the signature of the Palestinian finance minister.
But today’s populists have made a point of
refusing
to think collectively, or engage internationally.
In
refusing
to take a strong position on Syria, Rouhani – like so many other world leaders – is placing his own interests above those of the 2.3 million registered Syrian refugees, the millions more who have been internally displaced, the estimated 130,000 people killed, and the rest of Syria’s long-suffering population.
America’s hypocrisy – advocating free trade but
refusing
to abandon subsidies on cotton and other agricultural commodities – had posed an insurmountable obstacle to the Doha negotiations.
By
refusing
to leave the streets and squares of Kyiv, Ukraine’s mass volunteer army of democrats forced our country’s gray old men of the past to retreat into the past.
At the Paris air show, Chinese officials made much of
refusing
to sign a contract with Airbus in retaliation for Europe’s plans for a carbon tax on air travel.
China continues its military build-up, and North Korea remorselessly pursues nuclear weapons while
refusing
to resolve or even explain its abduction of dozens of Japanese citizens over the years.
Since then, it has continued to insist that its arguments for invading Iraq are beyond criticism, while making a mess of the postwar administration by
refusing
to share authority.
Underground unions – which mount demonstrations and strikes to protect workers’ rights, while
refusing
to cooperate with the regime’s official unions – have also criticized the election.
And, after derailing a G7 summit last month, Trump added further tensions this week by
refusing
to utter even the mildest criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin at their Helsinki meeting.
What is different today is the response to it, with societies and institutions
refusing
to remain complicit in corruption, or resigning themselves to its inevitability.
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