##  In the News

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### [Missing Middle. LA City Planning’s New Approach to “Attainable” Housing](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33250:missing-middle-la-city-plannings-new-approach-to-attainable-housing&catid=429)

August 24 2026

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### [Zuckerberg May Finally Pay a Price for Preying on Our Children](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33261:zuckerberg-may-finally-pay-a-price-for-preying-on-our-children&catid=375)

August 27 2026

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### [California Can’t Insure Its Homes. Now Sacramento Wants to Insure the Trees](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33266:california-cant-insure-its-homes-now-sacramento-wants-to-insure-the-trees&catid=385)

August 27 2026

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### [Will the Mega-Merger of Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities Hurt Tenants?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33262:will-the-mega-merger-of-equity-residential-and-avalonbay-communities-hurt-tenants&catid=429)

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#  WORLD WATCH

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### A Rare Alignment: The World Stands Ready, Are The Palestinians?

Written by Dr. Alon Ben-Meir on October 02 2025.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31601:a-rare-alignment-the-world-stands-ready-are-the-palestinians&catid=332)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/84/075g-845e1ea1.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31530:the-second-amendment-was-created-to-put-down-slave-revolts&catid=332)Written by Thom Hartmann on September 18 2025. Posted in [WORLD WATCH](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=332).

## [The Second Amendment Was Created to Put Down Slave Revolts](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31530:the-second-amendment-was-created-to-put-down-slave-revolts&catid=332)

GUEST WORDS - One mass shooting after another, one accidental child death after another tears through this country on an almost daily basis. Once aga…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/51/075k-517d8d48.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31522:suspending-us-kosovo-dialogue-a-rude-awakening-for-kurti&catid=332)### [Suspending US-Kosovo Dialogue—A Rude Awakening For Kurti](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31522:suspending-us-kosovo-dialogue-a-rude-awakening-for-kurti&catid=332)

Written by Dr. Alon Ben-Meir on September 18 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6c/074m-6cec6f21.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31498:recognition-without-action-is-meaningless&catid=332)### [Recognition Without Action Is Meaningless](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31498:recognition-without-action-is-meaningless&catid=332)

Written by Dr. Alon Ben-Meir on September 15 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e7/073v-e785bbbe.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31495:no-safe-place-left-as-israel-moves-to-ethnically-cleanse-nearly-1-million-gazans&catid=332)### [‘No Safe Place Left’ as Israel Moves to Ethnically Cleanse Nearly 1 Million Gazans](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31495:no-safe-place-left-as-israel-moves-to-ethnically-cleanse-nearly-1-million-gazans&catid=332)

Written by Brett Wilkins on September 11 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/83/071m-8351ba5b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31454:from-rome-to-mesopotamia-exploring-the-worlds-first-empires&catid=332)### [From Rome to Mesopotamia: Exploring the World’s First Empires](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31454:from-rome-to-mesopotamia-exploring-the-worlds-first-empires&catid=332)

Written by CityWatch on September 06 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bc/069u-bc5803fc.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31422:how-asian-culture-continues-to-have-an-influence-on-casinos&catid=332)### [How Asian Culture Continues to Have an Influence on Casinos](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31422:how-asian-culture-continues-to-have-an-influence-on-casinos&catid=332)

Written by CityWatch on August 29 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/21/064j-21ef4fe6.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31315:armenia-azerbaijan-peace-agreement-a-cease-fire-disguised-as-surrender&catid=332)### [Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Agreement: A Cease-Fire Disguised as Surrender](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31315:armenia-azerbaijan-peace-agreement-a-cease-fire-disguised-as-surrender&catid=332)

Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on August 11 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7f/063n-7f873726.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31299:seizing-the-global-momentum-for-a-two-state-solution&catid=332)### [Seizing The Global Momentum For A Two-State Solution](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31299:seizing-the-global-momentum-for-a-two-state-solution&catid=332)

Written by Dr. Alon Ben-Meir on August 07 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c9/063i-c9e154a8.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31297:reclaiming-the-catholic-churchs-african-roots-and-imagining-its-future&catid=332)### [Reclaiming the Catholic Church’s African Roots and Imagining Its Future](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31297:reclaiming-the-catholic-churchs-african-roots-and-imagining-its-future&catid=332)

Written by George Cassidy Payne on August 07 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bd/060f-bd1028fd.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31243:western-powers-are-complicit-in-crimes-against-humanity-in-gaza&catid=332)### [Western Powers Are Complicit In Crimes Against Humanity In Gaza](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31243:western-powers-are-complicit-in-crimes-against-humanity-in-gaza&catid=332)

Written by Alon Ben-Meir on July 28 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/88/058n-889a426b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31204:new-levels-of-desperation-in-gaza-as-israeli-blockade-starves-19-people-to-death-in-one-day&catid=332)### ['New Levels of Desperation' in Gaza as Israeli Blockade Starves 19 People to Death in One Day](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31204:new-levels-of-desperation-in-gaza-as-israeli-blockade-starves-19-people-to-death-in-one-day&catid=332)

Written by Julia Conley on July 21 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4d/048c-4d630303.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31033:israels-attack-on-iran-and-its-potential-fallout&catid=332)### [Israel’s Attack On Iran And Its Potential Fallout](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31033:israels-attack-on-iran-and-its-potential-fallout&catid=332)

Written by Alon Ben-Meir on June 16 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b5/043m-b59062e9.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30946:if-this-isnt-genocide-what-is&catid=332)### [If This Isn’t Genocide, What Is?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30946:if-this-isnt-genocide-what-is&catid=332)

Written by Alon Ben-Meir on May 29 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1d/030c-1d0ad671.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30713:a-faith-under-siege-ukraines-fight-for-freedom-faith-and-the-future&catid=332)### [A Faith Under Siege: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom, Faith, and the Future](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30713:a-faith-under-siege-ukraines-fight-for-freedom-faith-and-the-future&catid=332)

Written by George Payne on April 14 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/64/024e-64b35479.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30608:the-promise-of-gaza-part-3-will-israel-choose-control-or-coexistence&catid=332)### [The Promise Of Gaza, Part 3: Will Israel Choose Control or Coexistence?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30608:the-promise-of-gaza-part-3-will-israel-choose-control-or-coexistence&catid=332)

Written by J. George Mansour on March 24 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/02/023n-02a16f12.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30569:the-promise-of-gaza-part-2-learning-from-post-war-europes-recovery&catid=332)### [The Promise of Gaza, Part 2: Learning from Post-War Europe's Recovery](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30569:the-promise-of-gaza-part-2-learning-from-post-war-europes-recovery&catid=332)

Written by J. George Mansour on March 20 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8d/023d-8dcd077b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30566:crypto-on-ramp-off-ramp-what-is-it-and-how-does-it-work&catid=332)### [Crypto On-Ramp Off-Ramp — What Is It and How Does It Work?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30566:crypto-on-ramp-off-ramp-what-is-it-and-how-does-it-work&catid=332)

Written by CityWatch on March 20 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8b/022o-8b46380d.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30561:yemens-health-ministry-says-majority-of-53-killed-in-us-strikes-were-women-and-children&catid=332)### [Yemen's Health Ministry Says Majority of 53 Killed in US Strikes 'Were Women and Children'](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30561:yemens-health-ministry-says-majority-of-53-killed-in-us-strikes-were-women-and-children&catid=332)

Written by Brett Wilkins on March 17 2025.

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Written by J. George Mansour on March 22 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/db/022a-dba5a00e.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30549:israel-created-a-biblical-catastrophe-for-palestinians&catid=332)### [Israel Created A Biblical Catastrophe For Palestinians](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30549:israel-created-a-biblical-catastrophe-for-palestinians&catid=332)

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