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An excellent history of Gaza: essential reading Why Gaza Matters foreignaffairs.com/israel/why-gaz… via Foreign Affairs

London: a mile plus long line of Russians protesting the Russian presidential election.

via ⁦New York Times Opinion⁩ nytimes.com/2024/04/03/opi…

Worth reading: Timothy ("Bloodlands") Snyder on U.S. politics after the Republican convention on.ft.com/3zJmzDC via @financialtimes

A very sound analysis of US Ukraine policy IISS - Ukraine: the West’s clumsy missile diplomacy iiss.org/online-analysi…

An astute look at Aleppo's new rulers. The Patient Efforts Behind Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s Success in Aleppo War on the Rocks warontherocks.com/2024/12/the-pa…

Highly recommended viewing: Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan holds joint press briefing with Syria's new leader Ahmed al Sharaa. it's worth catching the entire 20 plus minutes briefing x.com/trtworld/statu…

worth reading the interview with Syria's new minister of internal trade: rudaw.net/english/middle…

Аleks Timothy Snyder Ukraine handed over a 7th of the total value of the whole nation? You don’t think you should stupid claiming that?

Putin, Trump and Kim: Love Is in the Air theglobalist.com/donald-trump-v…

U.S. Demands on Ukraine: War Support for Profit? theglobalist.com/united-states-…

Trump’s Plan for the Effective Colonization of Ukraine theglobalist.com/ukraine-united…

WSJ's Gerar Baker's blunt message for Trump: wsj.com/opinion/capito…

WSJ's Gerard Baker has a blunt message for Trump and Senate Republicans wsj.com/opinion/capito…

Trump is halfway to making America a police state ft.com/content/4c4b0f… via @ft

Vance’s trolling audition to be Trump’s heir ft.com/content/637b75… via @ft

Trump’s shameful Crimea ultimatum to Ukraine ft.com/content/53c4dc… via @ft

A onetime migrant — now a bishop — asks Catholics: Do we have a heart? wapo.st/3YfYnCr

Ukraine is caught up in Trump’s Ostpolitik ft.com/content/7d6f1c… via @ft

The Crimean referendum, which I reported on in 2014, was bogus, but Trump negotiator Steve Witkoff is under the illusion that it was legitimate. Here's your chance to read up, Steve. Trump envoy praises fraudulent Russian referendums as real wapo.st/44VHlNO