![]() ![]() The European Commission has released new export regulations, which require all products made in Israeli settlements in the West Bank and the Golan Heights to be labeled accordingly (instead of saying "Made in Israel") when they're sold in Europe. "Made in the West Bank (Israeli settlement)" Īnd Rand Paul sort of remembered why he was on the stage, getting in a relatively meaty debate with Rubio about the costs of military expansion. In the real Republican campaign - not the one in political consultants' minds - Ben Carson is still a close second to Donald Trump, and managed to generate way more Facebook interest than any other candidate last night despite speaking a total of 5 times. In addition to interjecting last night to make a point about "amnesty," he attacked sugar subsidies - one kind of crony capitalism which Rubio, as the senator from Florida, has aggressively supported. Ĭruz is dogwhistling pretty loudly, though. Pundits are expecting Cruz to start going hard on Rubio on immigration. In fact, there's already anticipation of a Cruz/Rubio fight. Nothing earth-shaking happened at last night's Republican debate, which pundits are interpreting as a win for Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio - the two candidates who, in the eyes of the political insiders who care about questions like "who won the debate," are already the favorites to last through the campaign. Pundits are waiting for a Cruz-Rubio cagematch ![]() ![]() The UN is warning that it doesn't have the capacity to stop Burundi from spinning out of control, if Nkurunziza provokes widespread violence against the opposition. (One important difference between Burundi and Rwanda: this appears to be purely based on political factions, rather than ethnic divisions.) Burundi and Rwanda have a closely shared history, which is to say, the Burundian opposition got the reference. The president of the senate, meanwhile, made a reference to telling the police to "go to work." That's the code phrase used by Hutu genocidaires in Rwanda. Last week, Nkurunziza gave opposition members until the weekend to get rid of any weapons anyone with a weapon found in his home, he said, would be dealt with as an "enemy of the state." This fall, Nkurunziza and his government have been ratcheting up their rhetoric against the opposition. Tens of thousands of people have fled the country. Īt least 240 people have been killed since April, in a combination of mysterious deaths at home, police killings, and executions by the military's youth wing. The announcement sparked protests in the capital - and hardened opposition fighting in the north. īurundi's been in disarray since its president, Pierre Nkurunziza, announced in April he was running for a third term. But that's the comparison international groups, including the International Crisis Group, are making. We don't make comparisons to the Rwandan genocide lightly. International human rights observers are very, very worried about what's going on in Burundi right now. Vox Sentences is written by Dylan Matthews and Dara Lind. Atrocity watch in Burundi another Republican presidential debate and new EU regulations will make it easier to boycott Israeli settlements. ![]()
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