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Why are there so many pro-Palestinian protestors in the United States?

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Why does the US still maintain so many military facilities in Western Europe?

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Why won't Israel allow more aid into Gaza?

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Why doesn't the UK government end "bona vacantia"?

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Was it legal according to Ukrainian law to kill Illya Kyva?

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How does Israel define the "destruction of Hamas"?

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Why does the IDF spread out weapon discoveries on blankets? [closed]

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Does The Bahamas have any formal defense treaties?

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What is known thus far about the IDF strategy in southern Gaza?

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Is there a reason why the EU doesn't pursue a FTA with each individual ASEAN country instead of a region-region agreement?

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South Korea's birth rate is the lowest in the world - why aren't they doing anything about it? [closed]

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What were these two convicted Russian officers in charge of, more exactly? Any similar cases ongoing?

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What could have been the intended purpose of Section 10(2) of the criminal law act 1977?

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Why are there so few reactions to the Houthis' attacks on ships?

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Do a majority of Israeli Jews still think that the IDF is holding back too much in Gaza?

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What could have been the intended purpose of Section 23 of the Theft Act 1968?

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Who made public "Jericho Wall" -- the blueprint that Hamas followed on Oct 7?

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Are there more reliable sources for the death toll in the Israel–Hamas war than the Gaza Health Ministry?

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Have Netanyahu's policies fueled a rise in anti-Israeli sentiment?

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How common is it for US state political parties to ban association with Nazis?

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How high is the support for non-two-state-solution outcomes in the Arab-Israeli conflict?

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Have Palestinian representatives ever offered any peace solutions in its negotiations with Israel?

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Is there a country that doesn't use imputation, especially for rent, when calculating GDP?

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Why does the IDF call the surgery department of Al-Shifa the "Qatari Building"?

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In Ranked-choice voting, are exhausted ballots removed from the total vote count for subsequent rounds?

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Which Arab Middle Eastern country condemned Hamas or actions of Hamas the most?

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Who is judging Bosnian Serb leader Dodik?

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Does and did the US give specific reasons for its military presence in the Persian Gulf?

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Does a security envelope imply a permanent military occupation of Gaza? [closed]

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Are there longitudinal studies on Americans views on the Israel-Palestinian conflict?

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China has taken the initiative to mediate in many hot-spot events since 2021. What role does it play in the world? What is its purpose behind this? [closed]

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What was the background and impetus of the insertion of subsection 10(A1) to the Criminal Law Act 1977? [closed]

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Is the Qatari emir's position on Israel the official position of its government?

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Does the IDF claim that the Hamas tunnel(s?) under al-Shifa were not in use for a month or so before the IDF entered them?

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Did Russia benefit from the Belt and Road Initiative?

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Origin of John Adams quote [closed]

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Is there a poll in Germany on perceptions whether the antisemitism label is correctly used in the German political discourse?

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Has any Western country in the (say) last 25 years threaten to retaliate militarily when a vessel not navigating under its flag was attacked?

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Why there seem to be no strict rules related to non-profit organization "overhead" in the US?

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Was there an effort to modify the US-Korea FTA to prevent North Korean goods from entering America duty-free?

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Best ranking method for 1-X voters and N candidates [closed]

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Was there an effort to get rid or diminish the scope of the Wolf amendment?

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When was the last time a country gave interest-free loans to another country after 1992? [closed]

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Is there a way to know or eventually know how much weapons Israel got from the U.S. in the future or present?

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Trump and the Presidential Term Limit [duplicate]


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