The Great Wall of China warded off marauding nomadic tribes for centuries‚ but it wasn’t enough to stop these time-conscious builders. A small part of the Great Wall has been severely damaged by construction workers who were looking to make a shortcut through the monument.Two people have been arrested for using machinery to create a gap through a portion of the Great Wall near Youyu in central Shanxi province‚ according to state-owned newspaper China Daily. Local police charged the pair with destroying a cultural relic after receiving a report of the damage on August 24. They managed to locate the suspects by following a trail from the damaged wall leading to neighboring Horinger County. The Great Wall of China is a series of ancient walls and fortifications that span more than 20‚000 kilometers (12‚427 miles) across northern China. It was continuously built over the course of centuries‚ from the third century BCE to the 17th century CE‚ as part of a military project to defend Imperial China against invasions from northern nomadic tribes.Given its huge historical and architectural significance‚ it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. When you picture the Great Wall of China‚ you’re probably imagining the tall brick walls and picturesque fortifications that were built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 CE)‚ known as the Ming Great Wall. However‚ this is just one of the aspects of the monument. Other parts of the wall are less grand and many parts of the older wall have crumbled over the centuries. Even the Ming-era wall has seen better days.It’s been reported that 30 percent of the Ming Great Wall has disappeared or fallen into ruin. While natural erosion is a factor‚ it’s also fallen victim to reckless human activity – just like this latest duo of troublesome builders. 

New York Times columnist and PBS NewsHour Friday weekly news recapper David Brooks claimed he isn't sure progressives know what they are talking about when they chant “from the river to the sea.” Whether Brooks actually has no idea or is playing dumb doesn’t really matter‚ PBS viewers deserve a better conservative perspective. Host Amna Nawaz asked Brooks about shifting public opinion polls‚ “David‚ the further away we move from the horrors of that day on October 7 — and I‚ like many others‚ have seen the videos that the Israeli officials shared. It is horrific‚ and it does not leave you. We know U.S. lawmakers are now seeing some of those videos of the Hamas terror attack. But the further away we get from that day‚ concern here does grow. So what do you make of that increase here among Americans watching the war unfold?”     Earlier‚ Nawaz cited a PBS NewsHour poll showing 38 percent of Americans think Israel’s response to October 7 has been appropriate and 38 percent saying it has gone too far. Like her MSNBC appearance earlier in the day‚ she did not say out loud that 17 percent say Israel hasn’t been strong enough‚ but at least this time she managed to put up a graphic showing those results. As for Brooks’s response‚ he thought‚ “the big story here is that there's been a rupture between liberals and progressives.” On one side there is “Joe Biden‚ Hakeem Jeffries‚ Chuck Schumer‚ Barack Obama‚ Hillary Clinton‚ people you would call liberals‚ they argue that‚ listen‚ we had cease-fires. We’ve had multiple cease-fires with Hamas‚ and every time they use the cease-fire as an excuse to rearm and reload‚ and then they break the cease-fire and you get more and more bloodshed. And so the argument they make is‚ we can't go through this cease-fire rhythm over and over and over again. We just have to solve the problem. The old strategy was just failing‚ and so that's their case.” When it comes to progressives‚ “they have shifted and adopted a policy which has not been the traditional Democratic policy of‚ more or less‚ one state. ‘From the river to the sea’ is what gets chanted. And so it's not clear to me what they think that one state looks like‚ but it's clearly not the traditional policy we associate with the Democratic Party‚ which has been very supportive of Israel.” A recent poll of Palestinians asked what their preferred solution to the conflict is. Only 7.7 percent chose the “one state for two peoples” while 77.7 percent chose "A Palestinian state from the river to the sea." The rest chose the tradition two-state solution.   Granted‚ young progressives aren’t Palestinians living in Gaza or the West Bank‚ but they claim to be on their side and chant their slogans and Palestinians clearly have an idea of what “from the river to the sea” means and it isn’t the recent spin from Rep. Rashida Tlaib. Here is a transcript for the November 17 show: PBS NewsHour 11/17/2023 7:40 PM ET AMNA NAWAZ: David‚ the further away we move from the horrors of that day on October 7 — and I‚ like many others‚ have seen the videos that the Israeli officials shared. It is horrific‚ and it does not leave you. We know U.S. lawmakers are now seeing some of those videos of the Hamas terror attack. But the further away we get from that day‚ concern here does grow. So what do you make of that increase here among Americans watching the war unfold? DAVID BROOKS: Yeah‚ I think the big story here is that there's been a rupture between liberals and progressives. And so‚ if you look at Joe Biden‚ Hakeem Jeffries‚ Chuck Schumer‚ Barack Obama‚ Hillary Clinton‚ people you would call liberals‚ they argue that‚ listen‚ we had cease-fires. We’ve had multiple cease-fires with Hamas‚ and every time they use the cease-fire as an excuse to rearm and reload‚ and then they break the cease-fire and you get more and more bloodshed. And so the argument they make is‚ we can't go through this cease-fire rhythm over and over and over again. We just have to solve the problem. The old strategy was just failing‚ and so that's their case. And then‚ more on the progressive side‚ they have shifted and adopted a policy which has not been the traditional Democratic policy of‚ more or less‚ one state. "From the river to the sea" is what gets chanted. And so it's not clear to me what they think that one state looks like‚ but it's clearly not the traditional policy we associate with the Democratic Party‚ which has been very supportive of Israel. And I think it's not only on the Middle East‚ on a bunch of other issues‚ you're seeing this beginning — this rupture between progressives‚ who tend to be younger‚ and liberals‚ who tend to be older. And we're seeing it in spades in the case of Israel-Gaza policy.

The patients and staff at Gaza's largest hospital were forced to evacuate on Saturday‚ with just a few workers left behind to care for those too ill to move out of the facility. Israeli force have reportedly taken full control over the building. The Associated Press reported that the Israeli takeover of the Shifa Hospital in Gaza City happened to occur on the same day that phone and internet services were restored to the Gaza Strip. In the time that the blackout was in place‚ the United Nations was unsuccessful in transporting humanitarian aid to those in need.The hospital quickly became a point of interest for the IDF after Hamas launched its brutal attack against the Jewish state on October 7. After Israeli forces successfully penetrated the hospital‚ they reportedly discovered diapers‚ baby bottles‚ rope‚ and a chair‚ suggesting that Hamas had kept children hostages in the hospital's basement.Despite Israel's consistent attempts to warn civilians to get out of the way of war zones‚ an Israeli airstrike hit a United Nations shelter in northern Gaza. The AP noted that the strike had caused major destruction in the area. Women and children were reportedly seen lying motionless after the attack. The Israeli military had warned citizens to get out of the area‚ insisting that they are attempting to rid the area of Hamas terrorists while trying to minimize harm to civilians. The Jewish state did not make any specific comment on the attack.Though Israel has urged Gazans to flee to the south‚ they carried out an airstrike in southern Gaza‚ which may cause civilians to move yet again. Reuters reported that 32 people had been killed in the airstrike‚ and that it had caused a major humanitarian crisis in the area.Gazan authorities have estimated that there have been about 12‚000 deaths in Gaza since Israel launched its war against Hamas. Five thousand of those are believed to be children — a statistic that the United Nations believes to be correct. However‚ the numbers are not adjusted frequently‚ as collecting information has become difficult.The conflict in the Middle East has divided many camps within the U.S.‚ including those in conservative circles. Ben Shapiro and Candace Owens‚ of the Daily Wire‚ recently took shots at one another over social media in recent days concerning the issue. Dave Rubin has speculated that the rift between the two conservative personalities could be because Owens is attempting to get fired from the Daily Wire. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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