The election has opened a path away from Netanyahu’s disastrous rule. Israel’s opposition must now choose: build a Jewish-Arab governing partnership or risk surrendering the country’s future to the forces tearing it apart Israel stands at a historic crossroads. The government that emerges from this election will determine whether the country begins to repair its…
Israel’s next election will decide far more than who governs. It will help determine whether the country can reclaim its democratic foundations, restore its international standing, and fulfill its founding promise—or continue down a path that endangers the very future its leaders claim to defend Hardly any election in Israel’s history has carried such profound…
When a president confuses personal loyalty with public duty and self-glorification with leadership, democracy pays the price. Trump’s conduct reveals a disgusting and disturbing pattern: he put the presidency in service of his ego rather than the nation The damage Trump has inflicted on this country and the world is incalculable. The irony is staggering:…
A people are being erased not in a single cataclysm, but through daily terror: bulldozers, armed settlers, night raids, demolished homes, and stolen water. The West Bank’s suffering is not a security policy—it is a warning of Israel’s own moral collapse There are crimes that arrive with explosions, and crimes that advance quietly—through a bulldozer…
Today’s podcast guest is Kelsey P. Norman, a fellow for the Middle East at Rice University’s Baker Institute and director of the Women’s Rights, Human Rights, and Refugees Program. Her book with Dr. Nicholas Micinski, titled Aiding Autocrats: Migration Management, Governance, and Repression in Africa, offers the first global account of how wealthy countries use money and influence to control the movement of people across the world.
In this episode, we discuss the broader implications of migration management aid, what it does and what kind of impact it actually has, how this type of aid often does not actually reduce migration and can in fact undermine democracy, and whether or not these systems can be improved upon to have the type of impact they are intended to have.
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Today’s guest is Ambassador Lukman Faily, Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations. Ambassador Faily has served in various roles in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs including as Ambassador of Iraq to Japan, the United States, and most recently, Germany.
In this episode, we discuss diplomacy at the United Nations, especially at a time of great global conflict and advancing technologies like AI, how dialogue and discussion are utilized in managing world affairs in relation to security, development, and human rights, and what impact the redefinition of the US’ national security and role in the world will have globally.
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UNRWA remains the backbone of humanitarian assistance in Gaza, providing food, medical care, education, clean water, and psychosocial support to more than a million Palestinians caught in an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. Efforts to dismantle or delegitimize the agency threaten to deepen civilian suffering and undermine the delivery of lifesaving aid.
Today’s podcast guest is Dr. Dania Arayssi, a Senior Research Fellow at the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy and a scholar of Middle East political economy and participation. She also serves as an adjunct assistant professor at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, and teaches at George Washington University. Her research focuses on Middle East politics, with particular expertise in Syria, Lebanon, Iran, and Hezbollah.
In this episode, we discuss the fragmentation of the order and power that used to exist in the Middle East, the efforts of Iran to spread their influence and power in an attempt to hold on to the old order, the possibility of a NATO-like alliance in the Middle East, and the potential for security arrangements like the Mecca Agreement eventually encompassing Israel alongside its neighbors.
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Serbia’s gravest scandal is not only the Novi Sad station collapse that killed 16 people, but the authorities’ response to citizens demanding accountability. Human Rights Watch documented excessive force, arbitrary arrests, and attacks on journalists during the ensuing protests. Students refused to be silenced, helping drive the electoral defeat of Aleksandar Vučić’s ruling party. But political change is not justice. The victims deserve independent investigations, transparent proceedings, and accountability wherever the evidence leads. Serbia’s democratic renewal must mean more than replacing those in power: it must dismantle the culture in which officials evade scrutiny while citizens pay the price.
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What began as opposition to a Jared Kushner-backed luxury development in Albania's protected natural landscape has grown into a nationwide protest movement against corruption, government unaccountability, and the erosion of democratic freedoms. Rather than addressing the public's grievances, Prime Minister Edi Rama's government has introduced sweeping penalties of more than $6,000 for people present at protests that turn violent, even if they commit no violence themselves. This raises serious questions about the right to peaceful assembly and the government's willingness to tolerate dissent. Albania needs investment, but not at the expense of its natural heritage, public accountability, or fundamental freedoms. A government that claims to serve its people must listen to their voices, not make them afraid to speak.
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Thousands of people criticized my recent post on Facebook regarding the murder of 49-year-old Arlinda Zekaj, claiming that such killings take place in so many other nations, so why single out Kosovo. First, the fact that in many other countries people are being murdered does not justify, explain, or excuse the murder of a young activist woman. This is simply a twisted logic. What could be more indefensible than women seeking protection from violence—and being killed anyway, my men? She had repeatedly complained of abuse and sought protection. What is the point of having laws against gender-based violence when they lack enforcement by the responsible agencies? This is nothing short of a betrayal. Kosovo’s leaders must make women’s safety a national priority—and hold officials accountable when their failures leave women exposed to lethal violence.
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Exactly, Arlinda has begged to the state for her live, but however the state has send her to her killer. That's is terribly.
The opposition parties led by Eisenkot, together with the Arab parties, must heed this warning: no ideological, economic, or political disagreement between them can justify sabotaging a government that replaces Netanyahu the wizard. They must not let him manipulate the electoral system, engineer another election, or maneuver his way back into power. Another four years of Netanyahu and his fascist coalition would destroy Israel as we know it. The opposition must put the country’s survival above partisan demands and personal ambition. Israel has never faced such a fateful crossroads. If these parties allow their differences to torpedo a governing coalition, they will bear responsibility for the consequences of destroying the country with their bare hands.
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“Netanyahu the wizard.” The Grand Wizard of the Synagogue of Satan!!!!
No way
Fuck Israel
