VerbalNotes Newsletter 23 is dedicated to #Foresight verbalnotes.substack.com/p/newsletter-23   Foresight is not Forecast: Forecast is about prediction, Foresight about planning; forecast may tell you when it will rain ⛈️, foresight will advise you to have an umbrella ☔️at the ready. Our

#Gaza: "The closure of both the Rafah and Karem Shalom crossings is especially damaging to an already dire humanitarian situation. They must be re-opened immediately...just to give an example, we risk running out of fuel this evening" - UN chief António Guterres

Happy #EuropeDay!!🇪🇺🌍🇪🇺🌍🇪🇺🌍

This evening, Israeli residents set fire twice to the perimeter of the UNRWA Headquarters in occupied East Jerusalem. This took place while UNRWA and other UN Agencies’ staff were on the compound. While there were no casualties among our staff, the fire caused extensive damage

Any observer of EU foreign policy will point to divisions between members as the main malady. Given the EU’s battered credibility in the world, the decision by 🇪🇸 🇮🇪 (and honorary member 🇳🇴 😉) to recognise 🇵🇸 is the exception that confirms the rule. Three cheers to division 🥂

#Superabundancia HOY a las 19h 👇

READ HERE: the full text of the #ICJ Order on the request of South Africa of 10 May 2024 for the modification of the Order of 28 March 2024 in the case #SouthAfrica v. #Israel tinyurl.com/x9tx8v9m

Wars have rules that everyone must respect. Protecting civilians is not negotiable. They are #NotATarget.

Horrified by news coming out of #Rafah on Israeli strikes killing dozens of displaced persons, including small children. I condemn this in the strongest terms. There is no safe place in Gaza. These attacks must stop immediately. ICJ orders & IHL must be respected by all parties.

I condemn Israel’s actions which killed scores of innocent civilians who were only seeking shelter from this deadly conflict. There is no safe place in Gaza. This horror must stop.

More than 50 world leading experts call for urgent action against rising popular distrust. Governments should counter the loss of confidence in democracies. How? Read more here: newforum.org/en/the-berlin-… Gabriel Zucman Jens Südekum Isabella M Weber Olivier Blanchard Mark Blyth Catherine Fieschi

The Elders warn that failures of political leadership risk collapse of international order: "Now is the time for leaders to be honest with their people... instability that comes when the rule of law is not guaranteed threatens the security of all countries." Full statement:

Our investment performance since 2016 has been truly awful.

Dicen que para entender el mundo hay tres fenómenos históricos que hay que conocer en profundidad: el estallido de la Primera guerra Mundial; la aparición del nazismo; y la novedad que suponen las armas nucleares. Escuchando (en perfecto español!) a Christopher Munro Clark Christopher

They say that to understand the world there are three historical events that must be understood in depth: the outbreak of the First World War; the emergence of Nazism; and the novelty of nuclear weapons. Listening to Christopher Munro Clark Christopher Clark, in Fundación Rafael del Pino , author of

I salute the brave humanitarians in Gaza working in nightmare conditions to stem the suffering. Attacks on humanitarians, United Nations personnel & premises are unacceptable. And civilians & civilian infrastructure must never be militarized or targeted. #NotATarget

The potential return of Trump to the The White House is a matter of months away. Here are 6 scary policy scenarios to give Europeans sleepless nights & prepare them for what could come. ECFR US New policy brief by Célia Belin, Jeremy Shapiro & Majda Ruge buff.ly/3z0F4Dl

Today I had the great pleasure of welcoming to Tripoli the new Ambassador of #Spain to #Libya Javier Soria Quintana. Spain is a crucial protagonist of #TeamEurope in Libya. I look forward to continuing our excellent collaboration in support of the #EU-Libya partnership.

“Allow us to see the other as a human being and relate to their suffering. That is not betraying our country or our cause. That is refusing to abandon our humanity”