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The Israeli government is at it again, actively discussing the construction of thousands of illegal settlement units as part of a massive settlement expansion scheme known as E1.

 Though Israeli construction in the East Jerusalem area has supposedly been halted under international pressure, the Israeli government has found ways to keep the plan alive.

Well, what a treat!
LA Opera closed its 2022/23 season on June 10 by presenting a one-night only performance by
one of America’s favorite songbirds in any style or medium. During An Evening with Renée
Fleming the much-honored, five-time Grammy Award winner was accompanied on the bare
stage of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion by pianist extraordinaire Simone Dinnerstein and the
Emerson String Quartet (and yes, for all you transcendentalists out there like Revered Art Scott,
they are named after Ralph Waldo Emerson). In addition to enjoying Ms. Fleming’s dulcet tones
backed by exquisite, expertly rendered music, the sold-out audience was also lucky enough to
hear the West Coast premiere of an adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey.
Created circa the 8 th century B.C., from Telemachus to television and beyond, Homer’s epic
poem about the Trojan War and far-flung voyages remains one of the greatest sagas ever told,
still arguably unsurpassed in the art of storytelling. As one can image, there have been many
iterations of Homer’s masterpiece over the centuries, from the Cream’s 1967 rock song Tales of

Europe keeps reminding us that geopolitical interests trump ideology.

European politics is the prime example of how states and political parties are willing to ditch their very ideological foundations to hold onto power, even if briefly.

The unmistakable political shift of attitude in Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her Fratelli d’Italia party is the latest evidence that European politicians use ideology merely as a vehicle. Once in power, they are governed by the same neoliberal policies that control the rest of Europe.

This assertion applies equally to the Right and the Left.