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Instead, he launched an armed intifada, in which competing Palestinian militias unleashed terrorism and suicide attacks against Israeli civilian targets - not only in the occupied territories, but also in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Hadera, Afula, and Netanya.
Palestinian territories descended into a lawless chaos reminiscent of Lebanon in the 1970-80's.
Like Kosovo and Bosnia, Palestinian territories should be put under an international protectorate, but notone administered by the UN or EU.
NATO’s focus is on external security risks, while the SCO’s members target security issues within their own territories.
As other states and territories do the same, they should keep an eye on key factors such as child-poverty rates, the quality of education and training opportunities, and infrastructure and transportation conditions that affect local economic development.
States and territories will also need to bring their tax systems into line with federal law, especially if they are currently taxing capital gains as ordinary income, as California does.
French President Emmanuel Macron has introduced a bill to phase out all oil and gas exploration and production in France and its overseas territories by 2040; the Scottish government has banned fracking altogether; and Costa Rica now produces the vast majority of its electricity without oil.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (which provide health insurance to pensioners and the poor) has just announced its second round of grants – $665 million to 28 states, three territories, and the District of Columbia – to encourage innovations in health-care delivery.
Within Hamas, which is also strongly influenced by Syria and Iran, a fundamental debate had arisen as to whether, in the aftermath of electoral success and the ensuing mandate to govern the Palestinian territories, the organization should recognize Israel?
Expanding Europe's common economic space to all territories of the former Soviet bloc will contribute to security and prosperity across the region.
But these funds have been unable to fuel the economy of rebel-controlled territories.
I hope that spirit will spread far beyond San José, and that other regions will join us in recognizing that while our borders may define our territories, having the courage to reach across them defines our character – and, ultimately, our future success or failure.
This “dealers’ peace” can be explained by the Mexican government’s policy of tolerance, which sought a degree of equilibrium between the drug cartels and the state in terms of trafficking routes and the territories that the cartels infiltrated.
In many cases, these missiles could eventually threaten Europe’s populations and territories.
Under the banner of a “Eurasian Union,” and relying on the renationalized oil and gas sectors as both a carrot and a stick, the Kremlin wants to tie as many of the former Soviet territories as possible to the Motherland.
The same is true with respect to the President’s assertion that Israel’s permanent presence in Palestinian territories and the non-return of Palestinian refugees to their homes in Israel must be accepted as realities on the ground.
Anti-gay laws were imposed on massive, culturally disparate territories worldwide, in which homosexuality had never been criminalized – or even treated as a discrete moral crime (indeed, in colonial India, British officials were stumped by castes of men who dressed as women).
Most Serbs and Croats in Bosnia believe that the best solution to the problems of that sad country would be to join the territories that they inhabit with their “mother” countries.
With Trump’s withdrawal implying that the US and its allies have lost the war, Assad already feels emboldened to forge ahead – with Russian and Iranian support – with his plan to recapture the remaining rebel-held territories at all costs.
With proposals for the release of gene-drive organisms in indigenous territories in New Zealand, Australia, and Hawaii on the agenda in the coming years, there is a need to establish a clear threshold for what informed consent means and how to secure it.
When tasked with managing territories and governing populations, these movements begin to face the same bothersome logistical and organizational constraints as their rivals.
According to the investigative group Global Witness, an average of more than three environmental activists were killed per week in 2015 while defending their lands, territories, and resources against externally funded projects.
Against this backdrop, Israel and the Palestinian territories are relatively stable places.
On the grounds that the environment in developing countries provides unique ecological services to the whole of mankind, some argue that their populations should not exploit the natural resources on their territories.
Of the 136 territories and countries included in the rankings, three countries in sub-Saharan Africa – Namibia, South Africa, and Lesotho – are rated most unequal in the world.
Although the movement of peoples has been a constant feature of human history, it has been relatively bloodless only when it was into scantily settled or developing territories.
The convention will soon apply to all of the cross-border rivers of its signatories’ territories, not just the biggest basins.
All of China’s peoples, including non-Chinese in annexed territories such as Tibet, Inner Mongolia, and Xinjiang, are firm and loyal supporters of the current system.
But if the US retaliated against a Russian nuclear strike, it would risk facing a Russian counterstrike on its own territories or forces.
MADRID – A half-century ago, Israel won the Six-Day War against its Arab neighbors, occupying territories from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank – and establishing its rule over millions of Palestinians.
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