A UN body’s report on pre-conflict Palestinian economy makes for grim reading on low real incomes, high indebtedness, poor employment prospects, and an inordinate dependence on Israel.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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