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[The razing of Khan al-Ahmar] would put the final piece in place for Israel to build a substantial bloc of new settler homes to sever the West Bank in two. Those same settlements would also seal off West Bank Palestinians from East Jerusalem, the expected capital of a future Palestinian state, making a mockery of any peace agreement.
"It will not be a criminal offence for an adult person to use or be in possession of cannabis in private for his or her personal consumption." - Raymond Zondo, Deputy Chief JusticeAlthough South African marijuana activists such as Jeremy Acton, the head of the Dagga party, believe that the ruling should have extended into the public carrying of cannabis, activists were heard chanting "weed are free now" as the South African Constitutional Court gave its ruling.
Comment: By choosing to align with Russia, India can be assured of more 'win-win' projects. Russia negotiates equitably, the US simply threatens.