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  • This house believes that that Western countries should revoke the citizenship of individuals that traveled to the Middle East to join Jihadi groups, even if they were minors at the time of their departure / ECCQ los países occidentales deberían revocar la ciudadanía a los individuos que se trasladaron a Medio Oriente para integrarse a grupos Jihadistas , incluso si eran menores de edad al momento de su translado

    Pan American Debating Championships 2019 · 2 · 2019-04-01

  • Assuming feasibility this house would relocate Palestine.

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    The Chinese Social Credit System is a ranking system that aims to monitor the behaviour of its enormous population and rank them all based on their “social credit.” The program is expected to be fully operational nationwide by 2020 but is being piloted for millions of people across the country already. The scheme will be mandatory. Like private credit scores a person’s social score can move up and down depending on their behavior.

    28th ICU Tournament 2019 · Open Semis · 2019-03-22

  • This house believes that the BDS movement reduces the likelihood of a two state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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    Boycott, divestment and sanction (BDS) is a global campaign promoting various forms of boycott against Israel until it agees to withdraw from the occupied territories, remove the separation barrier in the West Bank, grant full equality for Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel, and expand the right of return to Palestinians.

    UDP Open 2019 · 3 · 2019-02-02

  • This house, as Turkey, would heavily align its foreign policy agenda towards Russia

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    Turkey is currently a NATO member and ruled by its president/quasi-dictator Recep Erdoğan. Recent events within Turkey’s history include (1) A failed coup by its military and a large scale purge by Erdoğan of the army and his political enemies (2016) -Worsening Western relations, notably US movement of nuclear materials out of the country in 2016 and EU’s 2018 statement that Turkey is moving away from the EU and “accession negotiations have therefore effectively come to a standstill” (2) Turkish-Russian tensions, notably a Russian plane shot down in 2015. Many of these issues have been smoothed over, but there is still unease. Turkey has active interest within Syria, due to ethnicity concerns (Kurdistan boundaries overlap the country) as well as commercial and religious (Sunni) interests. Motion: TH,

    York IV 2019 · 4 · 2019-01-18

  • That as Qatar we would abandon all attempts to reconcile with the Saudi coalition.

    the 2019 Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championship · 7 · 2019-01-01

  • Resolved: The United States Federal Government should increase its diplomatic efforts to peacefully resolve internal armed conflicts in West Asia.

    January/February · N/A · 2019-01-01

  • This house supports the full separation of religious and political activities in Muslim-majority States

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    Increasingly, religious parties in Middle Eastern and North African states have adopted secularism, and instead established non-political religious organisations that perform religious activities formerly conducted by the party. Examples include the growing secularisation of the Enhadda Party in Tunisia and the Saigon Coalition in Iraq. The vast majority of these states have formally established Islam as a state religion. Motion: TH

    Birmingham IV 2018 · Open Semis · 2018-12-14

  • This house believes that the US and the EU should stop all military political and financial support to both Israel and the Palestinians until they reach a peace agreement

    9th Hong Kong Debate Open 2018 · School Semis · 2018-11-17

  • This house believes that the US and the EU should stop all military political and financial support to both Israel and the Palestinians until they reach a peace agreement

    9th Hong Kong Debate Open 2018 · Open Quarters · 2018-11-17

  • This house believes that Canada should take the lead in seeking the diplomatic isolation Saudi Arabia

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    Western countries, like United States and Canada, have close diplomatic and economic ties (like arms deals) with Saudi Arabia. These ties have come under strain, for example after the Canadian foreign minister tweeted negative comments about their human rights record, and after the recent death Jamal Khashoggi. Motion: this house believes that

    Huber Debates 2018 · Open Quarters · 2018-11-03