Op-Ed: Gen Z’s pragmatic politics could be a key to ending polarization of American politics The era of partisanship and ideological rancor has lasted for decades and has hurt the American people as much as any other single generation. That’s why the current wave of young voters may be one of the most interesting developments in U.S. politics for a generation. A new poll from Pew Research Center finds that young voters’ views on the role of the government in solving problems are more pragmatic. And this generational shift is happening in a time of turmoil in politics.
(JTA) — There remains one more time when the American Jewish experience in life will be described as “unique and special.”
It will be in the 20-year anniversary of the United States’ emergence from World War II as an officially recognized nuclear power.
And it will be the 70th anniversary of Israel’s formation, when its leaders will mark the day their nation became a sovereign state.
It all came about during the final years of the war, amid the Cold War and the nuclear arms race.
The first such landmark came on the morning of May 14, when the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission formally recognized the state of Israel. President Harry Truman, who was instrumental in getting the atom bomb, ordered an atomic bomb “test explosion” in the desert outside Alamogordo, N.M.
It occurred over the course of several weeks. It started at the height of the war, when it was known as the Manhattan Project, with an aim to produce the first nuclear weapon for use in combat.
But in the run-up to the test, many believed the Israelis deserved more credit than the U.S.
The Americans had nuclear weapons in their possession, while the Israelis had no nuclear weapon of their own and had to rely on their U.S. allies for their arms shipments.
And, by the time the bomb was detonated, the Americans were using them in combat. The Israelis had no weapons — much like the French in Algeria just a year before, when they used nuclear weapons to kill colonial garrisons during World War I.
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