As a Lebanese, this is one of the happiest days in Lebanon’s history. As a Middle Easterner, this is one of the most transformative days for the Middle East. As a human being who holds peace before my eyes, this is the most important day for our region. Nasrallah and Hezbollah

People who think the region is "on the brink of all-out war" do not understand the previous balance of power or the current one. Hezbollah was, until two weeks ago, the most feared and mighty force of "resistance" in the region. But they no longer are. Their massive power didn't

Having listened to the arguments of both sides over the last year, I'm no longer on the fence about Israel's war. Here is why:

for you @nicolaskatte Tobias Huch

Crazy years are coming. It's already happening. More and more value is being created, but at the same time, more and more people will be out of work. This will be humanity’s first true identity crisis: unemployment will rise, but paradoxically, the GDP will keep growing thanks

How wonderful it is to fight evil

In a different time and a different world… Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and Lebanese President Camille Chamoun having a good time in Beirut, the “Paris of the Middle East”

“Clean Your Room!” 😂 Dad jokes with his son to clean his room after their buidling was destroyed by an Iranian missile. The Israeli spirit is unbreakable.

Why aren't there any Muslims on Star Trek? The Iranian Ambassador to the UN had just finished giving a speech and walked out into the lobby of the convention center where he was introduced to a U.S. Marine General. As they talked the Iranian said, "I have just one question

Potentially the most accurate auto-subtitles ever. (LBC interview with Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt)

I don't want to have to defend jews or israel, it's not my country, not my people, not somethiing that interests me or that I have any expertise in, beyond being smart and well read - for a foreign citizen with no special or subject matter expertise. But that ridiculously low

The UN should indeed intervene, bringing a huge force into Gaza, rescuing the hostages, disarming Hamas, destroying their war infrastructure, cooperating with Israel to deliver aid, and facilitating an alternative civil government and non-brainwashed education. (ROFL the UN…)

The global “cease fire in Gaza now” suddenly turned into “never surrender.” We knew, all along, that by ceasefire they meant “drop dead Israel.”

A few thoughts the morning after the fast. I awake like many Jews all over the world with a strangely sorry feeling. Why is this Day of Atonement not like others? Then I remember. This, Yom Kippur, is not one that the Jews of Britain will ever forget. As we were fasting

Amazing how the Ceasefire Now crowd are so disappointed that there’s a ceasefire now

For all the talk about politicians’ achievements, let us not forget the achievements of a new golden generation of young Israelis who dropped everything and went to defend their country in one of the most gruelling urban combat arenas of modern history. And of course, the usual

Small-but-happy win: If you tell ChatGPT not to use em-dashes in your custom instructions, it finally does what it's supposed to do!

100% how I feel: "That window won't stay open long. Once everyone figures it out, the advantage disappears."

Claude watching me write code manually after I hit the daily limit