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Top 10 Moments of Inspiration and Hope in 2021 Sections

19 Jan 2022

Vazquez II | CC BY 2.0 STRENGTHENING OF RELATIONS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND ARAB COUNTRIES THROUGH THE SIGNING OF THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS PORTENDS NEW ERA OF REGIONAL COOPERATION This year marked the strengthening of relations between Israel and several Arab countries - both on the governmental and people-to-people levels, in the wake of 2020 historic Abraham Accords. [...] DEBORAH LIPSTADT NOMINATED AS THE NEXT ANTISEMITISM ENVOY AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT At a time of rising antisemitism both at home and abroad, it was more than encouraging that the Biden Administration sought out one of the world’s foremost 6 / 15 experts on the subject for the position of United States Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism at the U. [...] Beginning in 2020 with his choice of Kamala Harris as Vice President, the first woman and woman of color to hold that office, the president continued to shatter the glass ceiling with his choice of Pete Buttigieg as the first openly gay cabinet member, and Deb Haaland as the first Native American cabinet member. [...] trade representative (Katherine Tai), the first Black Secretary of Defense (Lloyd Austin) and the first Latino and immigrant to serve as secretary of Homeland Security (Alejandro Mayorkas), the first Black Secretary of Defense (Lloyd Austin) and the first Latino and immigrant to serve as secretary of Homeland Security (Alejandro Mayorkas). [...] Getty Images 10 / 15 MEANINGFUL LEGAL VICTORIES IN RACIALLY MOTIVATED KILLINGS OF FLOYD AND ARBERY While the nation has yet to heal from the racially motivated killings that took the lives of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery, juries in both cases reached decisions that finally brought a measure of justice and a sense of closure to the families of the victims.
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