And the centenary of the 1924 summit attempt is fast approaching in June

“ #Gulf foreign policies are stretched very thin after the April 15 attack because of the increasing tension between their indispensable strategic partnership with the US & a delicate détente with #Iran ,” Yasmine Farouk ياسمين فاروق writes for ISPI.

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Don’t forget the cat

2/9 The looming question of succession is critical as H.H. Sheikh Mishal Ahmed Jaber Alsabah, the last surviving son of Kuwait’s 10th ruler, deliberates on his heir. This scenario is rife with speculation and potential shifts in the power structure.

A Thread:
Kuwait's Political Landscape: A Detailed Look at Succession and Governance Dynamics... 🧵

As usual, Dov pries open doors to mutual understanding that many would prefer stay shut.

“Universities are caught btw illiberal forces on left & right… It’s important to have empathy for the experiences of students, inc those w/ political beliefs one may strongly disagree w/.”

You can't really see it in that video but there were a number of pro-Shah of Iran flags among the pro-Israel supporters. I guess it makes sense that pro-Shah people support Israel, but it still feels like a strange group of fellow travellers.

An article in which Mark Clattenburg criticises the appointment of an official who's a Luton fan, presumably on the grounds of the potential for unconscious bias, without acknowledging anywhere in the piece that he's a paid consultant for Nottingham Forest.

Gutted that Coventry didn't get the result they deserved

Very happy that Mairav Zonszein מרב זונשיין is making this point because it's important. The US is NOT sanctioning #Israeli military units, it is simply applying the Leahy Law as written. This needs to be a permanent practice if, indeed, the rule of law is of any value at all.

I've avoided commenting on this individual, but if you're calling for a 'government takeover' of a private university (that isn't nationalization for the public good), maybe reconsider being in academia.

Such a good episode (and such a good podcast)

Makdisi Street Makdisi Street has become my favorite thought-provoking podcast in no time. Seriously, if you'ren ot yet following it, make sure to do so!
open.spotify.com/episode/53HxpA…

Truly lovely scenes as IFK Gothenburg fans serenade Sven-Goran Eriksson with a tifo & song. 💙

It's 42 years since Eriksson led IKF to a shock UEFA Cup victory. Now 76, Eriksson is on a farewell tour having disclosed that he has terminal cancer.

Palestinian emergency crews say they’re uncovering several mass graves - this, inside the Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza’s Khan Younis on top of several at Al Shifa hospital

Israel's MFA is promoting a message by a professor at Columbia University calling his own students terrorists for shouting the word 'freedom'. If this a reflection of intellectual capacity and reason at Columbia then they should be embarrassed

Either Pepe Escobar has acquired the same sources as Seymour Hersh, or he needs a mental health intervention.

Mark Robins kept Sir Alex Ferguson in the Man United job. VAR might have kept Erik Ten Hag in the Man Utd job. What a sickener

Billions in Dirty Money Flies Under the Radar at World’s Busiest Airports

The Heathrow-to-Dubai flights have two big money-laundering features: One airport doesn’t scan outbound luggage for cash and the other welcomes sacks of it
wsj.com/business/airli…

Absolutely and utterly heartbreaking.