Đây là bài hát của ban nhạc rock người Anh Rolling Stones, phát hành vào tháng 8-1978.
“Beast of burden” – con thú gánh nặng -> nghĩa là động vật được thuần hóa và lao động vì lợi ích của con người (ví dụ dùng để chở/kéo hàng hóa nặng) như lừa, bò, ngựa… Nghĩa bóng là “thân trâu bò”. Continue reading Thân trâu bò→
Did you ever owe someone some kind of debt, monetary debt or emotional debt, that you couldn’t repay and now you have no chance to repay (because, say, the person is dead)?
A Palestinian is seen from behind as they look outside through a large broken window. Some shards of fractured glass remain in the frame, but the rest of the opening reveals dark smoke billowing from a dense street of buildings in Gaza City. The sky is otherwise light but hazy.
The war between Israel and Hamas—now in its ninth week after a brief cease-fire—has made talk of peace processes and hopes for final-status agreements seem more remote than ever. But the brief pause in fighting and the successful hostage exchange brokered with the assistance of Qatar—along with Egypt and the United States—suggested that there is space for diplomacy even amid a brutal war.
Rather than seeking blueprints for a permanent peace deal, which seems far-fetched given the current Israeli and Palestinian political leadership, Foreign Policy asked a range of experts two narrower questions:
What will Gaza look like one year from now?
What single policy could any actor in this conflict pursue that would make it less likely that this war will end like so many others, with the same security threats remaining and key political grievances unresolved?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embraces U.S. President Joe Biden on a sunny day as photographers snap photos in the background. Biden’s mouth is open and he squints against the sun as he speaks to Netanyahu, holding a pair of sunglasses in the hand he’s using to hug the other man.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) greets U.S. President Joe Biden on his arrival in Tel Aviv on Oct. 18.BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES