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And here is it again in the infamous Instagram post by the show’s excreter creator:

On the surface level it seems alright, it is an iconic “Discworld” quote and all. But the problem is, it has nothing to do with the Watch, it’s referring to the Disc itself.

If only there was a brief, snappy and also iconic quote that came from one of the Watch books and was related to the Watch itself. If only...

This is because Vimes is described, quite often, by other characters in ways like this:

“It seemed that every description of Vimes would start with the word ‘badly’. As in

-dressed,

-spoken,

- in need of a drink.”

And as far as I can tell, in that respect they’ve cast Vimes perfectly.

The status of Jerusalem is one of the most sensitive and complex issues of the entire Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Its status is dependent on a final agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians.

Between 1949 and 1967, the city was divided into Israeli-controlled West Jerusalem and Jordanian-controlled East Jerusalem. But Israel currently claims sovereignty over the entire city, and claims it as its capital, after capturing East Jerusalem from Jordan in the 1967 War. That claim is not recognised internationally and East Jerusalem is considered to be occupied territory. Palestinians want East Jerusalem as the capital of a future state of Palestine.

The BBC does not call Jerusalem the ‘capital’ of Israel, though of course BBC journalists can report that Israel claims it as such. If you need a phrase you can call it Israel’s ‘seat of government’, and you can also report that all foreign embassies are in Tel Aviv. This position was endorsed by the findings of a BBC Trust complaints hearing published in February 2013.”