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For those of you who follow these matters, for the first time in its 60 year history the UN has put Israeli ambassadors on major UN committees and voted unanimously for an Israeli sponsored General Assembly resolution (for an annual UN sponsored Holocaust day.)  Israel, in its entire existence has never been on a committee nor had any resolution on the floor, much less approved by the General Assembly.

One person accounts for this change.....

Sharansky

I finished the Natan Sharansky book on why we need to spread democracy to reduce terror , tyranny and warfare.  There are several emotional parts in this political book where you may get tears in your eyes.

I recommend the book unequivocally.  It is a major contribution to one of the main debates of our time: democracy.  We don’t know what democracy is, why democracies don’t war on each other nor how to create democracy.

Frankfurt

If you ever have a six hour layover in Frankfurt you can make it into downtown on the train and have plenty of time to walk around.  The train from the airport takes 12 minutes each way and costs $6.00.

I took a long walk on the river bank, enjoyed a coffee shop on one of the many town squares and ate a sacher tort.