Natalie Wool

On hiatus l Curious cat l Mokum l Fall down 7 stand up 8 l Connecting the dots...

[Ghassan Abu Sitta, Chair of Conflict Medicine AUB @GhassanAbuSitt1]

Netanyahu's entire career for decades was based on finding an American president who would fight Iran on his behalf.

And he did.

And they both lost.

[Natalie Wool @Natalie_Wool]

Hey fellow Dutchies— ff s iets van leren??

[Wu Tang is for the Children @WUTangKids]

Great job @Jaboowins

[Foreign Policy @ForeignPolicy]

The cycle of empires has always ended in catastrophe when the incumbent power refused to accept that the cycle existed. https://t.co/H9e4Bc7NRn

[Jeet Heer @HeerJeet]

2. If you look at what Trump did to cover up Epstein, that's a thousand times more serious than the supposed leaking problem https://t.co/d3wumGVgwQ

[Jeet Heer @HeerJeet]

1. Axios doesn't quite get it but there are two scandals here: (1) reporters (seemingly) having access to tapes from Situation Room and (2) Situation Room repeatedly used as place to plot out covering up Epstein case. Scandal (1) would be serious enough in normal times but Scandal (2) is the real real outrage

[Wu Tang is for the Children @WUTangKids]

Wild 🇳����

[Lulu NYT @LuluGNavarro]

This is so so good and scary. “I can’t stand this place anymore,” he said. “These major tech giants will burn everything to the ground as long as they’re making a profit. They’re not interested in anything that’s going to slow them down.”

The World’s Leading Deepfake Expert No Longer Trusts His Own Eyes https://t.co/L8dil5znDy

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Obama: "It's a reminder that on a lot of different foreign policy problems, the notion we can just bully our way or bomb our way to solution may sometimes seem appealing ... You'd think we would've learned that lesson by now, but it seems like every so often we have to learn that lesson again."

[نير حسون Nir Hasson ניר חסון @nirhasson]

סיפור משבוע שעבר, בעזה נותרו 10% מרבע מיליון עצי הדקל שהיו בה לפני המלחמה ו-500 מתוך 30,000 הכוורות שהיו בה. עכשיו גם העצים האחרונים והכוורות האחרונות גוועים בגלל מזיקים. חידקונית הדקל הורגת את העצים ואקרית הורואה מחסלת את הדבורים. החקלאים שנותרו מנסים להציל את מה שאפשר אבל ישראל מסרבת להכניס חומרי הדברה.
https://t.co/zswlW5Zd7p

[Crisis Group @CrisisGroup]

Much of Palestinian territory has, in effect, already been annexed. Outside powers should use their leverage, including trade and arms sales, to press Israel to stop the entrenchment and spread of annexation and to begin rolling it back. https://t.co/I2LwMfLNsP

[Nick Robinson @bbcnickrobinson]

One of the privileges of my career was to interview Judge Ted Meron - 96 year old Holocaust survivor, international human rights lawyer, president of the former Yugoslavia & Rwanda war tribunals & adviser to the International Criminal Court. A former Israeli government lawyer & diplomat who now believes that West Bank settlers are carrying out pogroms. His story is powerful & moving. His views are controversial & uncompromising. Do listen to Political Thinking on @BBCSounds

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of an ancient female-led society in the ruins of a city in present-day Turkiye.

Researchers studied 300 skeletons in the 9,000-year-old city of Catalhoyuk and found a civilization where families were headed by women and girls.

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Applebaum: What binds Russia, China, Iran and North Korea is not religion or ideology.

China is communist, Russia nationalist, Iran theocratic. What binds them is fear of liberal language: rights, rule of law, separation of powers and independent courts. 1/

[UNRWA @UNRWA]

On June 11, the Commissioner-General ad interim of UNRWA, Christian Saunders, took the decision to terminate the employment of 70 UNRWA staff members in Gaza with immediate effect. The decision was taken further to an assessment of the safety and security of UNRWA operations in Gaza.

Read the full statement: https://t.co/7VdlTviHG0

[Martin Konečný @MartinKonecny]

Politico this morning: EU Council legal service confirms that the EU can curb trade with Israel's illegal settlements as a trade measure, with qualified majority.

This adds further pressure on EU Commission to act, removing its excuse.

Aligns with what experts have said⏭️

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

BREAKING: This Could Become Trump’s Biggest Political Problem Yet.

According to reporting, the Epstein fallout became such a crisis inside the White House that top officials reportedly treated it like a national security emergency.

Then came reports that the Vice President, Chief of Staff, Pam Bondi, Todd Blanche, Kash Patel, and other senior officials were strategizing inside the Situation Room.

Why was the White House treating the Epstein files like a top-level crisis?

[John Brown @brown_johnbrown]

בשבוע הבא למאסק יהיה יותר כסף מל40 אחוז מהאנושות ביחד

[Oversight Dems @OversightDems]

.@JDVance is now involved. The White House is fully involved. Todd Banche moved Ghislaine to protect Trump. This is the biggest cover-up in American history.

[Variety @Variety]

Six former #60Minutes staffers spoke to Variety about the turmoil that has unfolded under CBS News chief Bari Weiss.

“I have a feeling that Bari will not be overseeing ‘60 Minutes’ for very much longer,” Steve Kroft tells Variety. “I think once the deal gets done with Warner Bros., people will demand that she be let go or move into another position. Everything she’s touched has turned to shit. Everything she’s touched has gone colossally wrong. And I don’t think she’s shown any talent for this position. She’s only fulfilling other people’s agendas.”

Read more: https://t.co/VWtxlYJPJy