The recent recognitions of a Palestinian state by Western leaders are not acts of diplomatic wisdom but symptoms of political decay. Driven by the rising tide of Islamist voting blocs in their own countries, figures like Emmanuel Macron and…
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The Blogs: Is Turkey Pulling a Seabed Heist with Libya? Malta Sounds the Alarm | Amine Ayoub
Malta’s recent public rebuke of Tripoli’s unilateral maritime moves is more than a small-state complaint: it is an inflection point that exposes fault lines in eastern Mediterranean geopolitics, energy markets, and international law. What…
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The Blogs: A quiet diplomatic earthquake | Ryan Aviv Fagan
In what may prove to be a surprising breakthrough, Indonesia’s president delivered a speech today at the United Nations that could signal a subtle but meaningful shift in Southeast Asia’s posture toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict….
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The Blogs: Prabowo at the UN: Between the Promise of Two States and the Weight of Reality | Jannus TH Siahaan
Prabowo Subianto’s speech before the United Nations General Assembly this past week placed the question of Palestine once again at the center of international attention. In his address, the Indonesian president reaffirmed his country’s…
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The Blogs: Why Real Peace Will Never Come | Sabine Sterk
Why Real Peace Will Never Come
The endless conflict between Israel and the Arabs who label themselves “Palestinians” is not about borders, checkpoints, or settlements. It is not about who is right or wrong in a legal sense. At its heart,…
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A Prayer
When I wrote these words, it was day 700. 700 days have passed. It all feels so unearthed and unsteady. How so much of our – my – days are spent behind screens. How horrors happen all around – how long a war has been…
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The ‘battered nation’ syndrome
From victimhood to justification: can Israel claim PTSD?
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The Blogs: Recognition of Palestine Is Overdue—and Trump’s UN Speech Misses the Point | Ryan Aviv Fagan
Today, at the United Nations General Assembly, President Donald Trump doubled down on opposition to recognition of a Palestinian state, saying that doing so now would be “too great a reward for Hamas terrorists, for their atrocities.”
He…
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The Blogs: Italian Autonomous Police Union fires at inaction directives imposed on agents | Giovanni Giacalone
“Enough with the target practice against law enforcement!” This is the appeal launched by the Autonomous Police Union (SAP) Secretary General Stefano Paoloni, following the September 22 turmoil caused by far-left and pro-Palestinian…
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The Blogs: The Growing Consensus On Palestinian Statehood | Sheldon Kirshner
President Emmanuel Macron of France has initiated a diplomatic process that brings Palestinian statehood one step closer to fruition yet still very far from realization.
Yesterday, at a followup United Nations conference on a two-state…
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