Not all’s fair: Israel and accountability
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The Economist
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🗓️ 8 August 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
We take an expansive look at how much the Israeli justice system is holding its war machine to account. The results are so far unpromising. The idea, popular on social media, of “job-hopping” to ratchet up pay is looking ever less wise. And a look back on the life of Father Patrick Ryan, unrepentant improver of the IRA’s bombs.
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| 1:08.6 | Young go-getters on TikTok, there's more of them than you think, |
| 1:10.8 | are telling people they should job hop, change |
| 1:11.6 | employers frequently just to ratchet up their pay. |
| 1:14.6 | What? In this economy, we show why for many workers it's smarter to stay put. |
| 1:20.6 | And Father Patrick Ryan ended up with many nicknames. |
| 1:26.6 | The Terror Priest, the Devil in a dog collar, the devil's disciple. |
| 1:31.3 | We look back on a life ostensibly spent serving God, |
| 1:34.8 | but also spent unrepentantly improving the bombs of the IRA. |
| 1:42.4 | First up, though, There's even less hope today for an end to the war in Gaza. |
| 1:55.0 | This morning in Jerusalem, reportedly against the recommendation of Israel's military, |
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