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Between the Two Oblivions

[Lara Seligman @laraseligman]

SCOOP: The surprise visit by the director of the Central Intelligence Agency to Moscow this week was to deliver a warning to Russia not to attack NATO countries, according to people briefed on the visit. https://t.co/WPv7URc4As

[לביא @matzottov]

People like Shapiro enthusiastically make themselves economically subservient to their country's enemies

[Gillian McGoldrick @gill_mcgoldrick]

BREAKING: Gov. Josh Shapiro is expected to sign a sweeping executive order restricting data center development in Pennsylvania. https://t.co/ZRvhS11wAM

[לביא @matzottov]

@thedutchessil Alternatively, it would have to buy the FIFA to change the rules

[לביא @matzottov]

@thedutchessil FIFA doesn't allow players to change countries when they've played more than a couple games for their countries. Basically would require Saudi Arabia to pay a ton of players who may end up being a world class player to never play for their own country

[לביא @matzottov]

@Mr_Andrew_Fox European countries west of Germany don't actually want to spend enough to replace the US. Rhetorically they want, financially they never will

[לביא @matzottov]

The UK literally cannot stop supply of F-35 parts. It's not their choice

[Save the Children UK @savechildrenuk]

This is your legacy on the occupied Palestinian territory, Prime Minister @Keir_Starmer. History will remember your complicity.

Despite a partial arms suspension in 2024, Keir Starmer's government has continued to enable Israel's atrocities against Palestinians, their families and children through the supply of F-35 fighter jet parts.

Nothing can change the horrors Palestinians have faced. But the next Prime Minister has an opportunity to put an end to the UK Government's role as an ally to atrocities.

The UK Government must:
🔴 Suspend all arms sales to Israel
🔴 Suspend the UK-Israel trade and partnership agreement
🔴 Ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements

To the next Prime Minister: what will your plaque say?

[לביא @matzottov]

@TajimK70157 @websterkaroon Iran really only has two: Hormuz and targeting energy facilities. However, the value of Hormuz is declining as GCC builds pipelines., and targeting energy facilities is only feasible if they are happy to see their own blown up as well

[לביא @matzottov]

@TheAngry53586 @zriboua @RinascitaVe The indications are they are simply hugging the Oman coast with their transponders off.

[לביא @matzottov]

Ultimately, Iran seems to just be overplaying their hand. Actually controlling the Strait will lead to 1) long term conflict with the Gulf and 2) the Gulf seeking pipelines as alternative routes. Sanction relief is the long-term play, which they are making very difficult

[Z Riboua @zriboua]

Many critics seized on the MOU as proof of U.S. weakness. Iran’s conduct since then suggests the opposite. Tehran needed fast access to funds, and Washington was cornering it further while steadying energy markets.

[לביא @matzottov]

Hope he feels a lot of shame. Incredibly stupid and completely unnecessary dive that was rightly punished with a yellow card.

Refs in general should use yellow cards against dives much more

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

Embolo after the red card. 😢🇨🇭

[לביא @matzottov]

@tk92izi @zriboua That is only relevant if Iran wants to continue the war. Iran would be very vulnerable to a blockade of the Strait

[Ben Judah @b_judah]

Between Emanuel’s speech yesterday and Burnham’s intervention today it is clear Western progressives are moving towards a position of sanctions on Israeli settlements and settler organisations.

That’s a clear policy for where you want to be in 1-2 years of putting costs on the occupation. There’s also a clear policy of where you want to be eventually with a two or a “twenty-three” state solution.

What’s lacking is any thinking on credible, viable, interim steps a post-Netanyahu Israeli government or a post-Abbas Palestinian Authority could conceivably carry in a 3-5 year horizon that could radically improve people’s lives.

There is a real intellectual vacuum here, it’s quite striking with Democrats really, which Europeans should be thinking ahead about and to try and fill with serious proposals developed with Egypt and the Gulf. This is where we need peace thinking.

[לביא @matzottov]

@TheHofstatter @ProfDBernstein I do not and have never said it.

[לביא @matzottov]

@TheHofstatter @ProfDBernstein Neither of them have significant strategic or economic ties with Israel. Neither of them could also do anything meaningful against Israel. For example, France in the EU cannot impose significant sanctions because it is veto'd by other countries

[לביא @matzottov]

@kanzler1florian @TheCarthago @MairavZ "let's destroy the national identity, culture, and language of Israel. Nothing will change, it'll continue to exist"

[לביא @matzottov]

@kanzler1florian @TheCarthago @MairavZ So you would effectively strip away the entire national identity and functioning of Israel as a state, thus destroying the state. While at the same time destroying the one way Jewish people have of being more independent of systematically unreliable European countries

[לביא @matzottov]

@TheHofstatter @ProfDBernstein Ultimately, France and the UK have not been meaningful allies to Israel basically since the late 60s and their role in the world has been greatly diminished. They continue to be at best a managed decline further down

[לביא @matzottov]

@kanzler1florian @TheCarthago @MairavZ Israel could indeed not exist as a Jewish state of it was majority Arab who oppose it being a Jewish state.

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@arabdemocrat @TheCarthago @MairavZ International law is also mostly irrelevant. Doesn't matter whether it's clear

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KTA of Platner's bid: the democratic party is perfectly fine with electing somebody with Nazi tattoos