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Turbulent Times: Preparing the Lifeboats

On March 5, 2024, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) celebrated its bi-centenary. This much-loved British institution is staffed by volunteers and receives no state aid. Literally hundreds of lives have been saved by the heroes and heroines who go out to sea in all weathers to rescue those in distress. Its inception was the […]

April 6, 2024 by

THE ROAD AHEAD: CRISIS IN ISRAEL AND GAZA OCTOBER 2023

BROKERING PEACE This weekend’s solar eclipse (21 Libra) is similar – but not identical – to a solar eclipse on the same date in 2004. That year, the Israeli Defense Forces launched Operation “Days of Penitence”, otherwise known as Operation “Days of Repentance” in the northern Gaza Strip. The operation lasted between 29 September and […]

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