Jinn of Current Events

In accordance with Islamic theology, Hamas (Harakat Muqawama Islamiyya — the Islamic Resistance Movement) claims the territory of Israel as part of the "House of Islam" and thus it must necessarily be ruled by a Muslim majority. Further, of its Islamic mission, the Hamas charter says: Its spatial dimension extends wherever on earth there are Muslims, who adopt Islam as their way of life; thus, it penetrates to the deepest reaches of the land and to the highest spheres of Heavens... By virtue of the distribution of Muslims, who pursue the cause of the Hamas, all over the globe, and strive for its victory, for the reinforcement of its positions and for the encouragement of its Jihad, the Movement is a universal one. The current "truce" is called "hudna" by Moslems — a temporary pause in battle disguised as a peace treaty, in order to gain strength and attack their enemy again, as practiced by Mahomet himself.

Ceterum censeo, delenda est Mecca. 

Kevin Hassett and Robert Shapiro: The average person in sub-Saharan Africa earns less than $1 a day. The average cow in Europe -- thanks to government subsidies -- earns about $2 a day. And therein lies a tale of the power of European farm interests, and the weakness of African economies. A burgeoning volume of economics literature argues that the largest factors stunting African economic development include not only disease, drought, warfare and mismanagement, but also the European Union's "Common Agricultural Policy," or CAP. Why? Because the EU's policy has spawned subsidies and tariffs that have richly rewarded European farms and swollen European food output, while depressing world food prices and undercutting African exports. European agricultural policies, driven by France and Germany, are a major cause preventing economic development in Africa. While the USA unfortunately also maintains irrational farm subsidies, the deleterious effect on African welfare is much less than the European Union's systematic interventionism. Not only are Africans suffering because of their persistent lack of freedom to trade against European state subventions and import tariffs, but Europeans themselves pay too much for their food and hence lack access to higher-quality food ingredients.