New Catallaxy

Self-defence is available to individuals to communities and to nations. It is ethically and legally sound to engage in self-defence. The principle of proportionality should be applied when engaging in self-defence. This means that you should do no more advertently, than is necessary to remove the threat. For example, if somebody begins punching you on…

The events of October 7 were terrible with a brutality and viciousness rarely witnessed.  The subsequent rallies in support of Palestine were littered with antisemitic chanting and the MSM have encouraged Israeli ‘restraint’ whilst showing pictures of Gaza residents, especially children, in hospital.  Incredibly, some of the footage is accompanied by a Hamas spokesperson commenting…

Writing in the Australian newspaper on October 24, Greg Sheridan examines anti-Semitism and, as a convicted Christian, says this: “the biggest source of anti-Semitism throughout history is Christianity.” I’m insufficiently versed in the history of anti-Semitism to know whether this assertion is strictly true or not. At the same time, it is surely true that…

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Ok, the question posed today involves the actors likeliest (chance stronger than 50%) to join a regional conflict given events in Gaza. You can give an explanation for any complicated choices (i.e. some event condition) in the comments. I’m going to leave off the possibility of actors outside of the Middle East (West Asia) entering…