Sinwar believes that he has already won the war, whether or not he survives it, by opening the world’s eyes to the suffering of Palestinians and bringing the conflict to the forefront of global affairs.

“A civilisation can die,” Mr Macron warns, and the end can be “brutal...Things can happen much more quickly than we think.”

Iran and Niger’s Uranium. Terrifying

🚨 #Niger : les autorités Iraniennes négocient avec la junte au Niger, l'acquisition de 300 tonnes d'uranium. Selon le cours actuel, sa valeur avoisine les 56 millions de dollars. Le dossier ultrasensible est scruté au plus près par l'administration de Joe Biden. Le Premier…

Notably, talk of new National Shiite Movement surfaced shortly after Sadr met with G A Sistani—the supreme Shiite religious authority in Iraq.

Meeting attracted attention partly because Sistani has been avoiding sessions with politicians—including CF. amwaj.media/media-monitor/…

Jerusalem the Pope the King of Jordan and the Hashemite Custodianship

His Majesty King Abdullah II, during a meeting with His Holiness Pope Francis, reaffirms that #Jordan will continue undertaking its religious and historical role in safeguarding holy sites in #Jerusalem , under the Hashemite Custodianship
#Vatican

Congratulations to I.S. Berry | THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW, winner of BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR for The Peacock and the Sparrow (@AtriaBooks) #Edgars2024

This made my morning. Huge and well deserved congrats to I.S. Berry | THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW for taking home the Edgar. PEACOCK is indeed sublime.

If Hamas rejects hostage deal, there is a need for a different approach. Unilateral Israeli 4-6 week pause would put onus/pressure on Hama not Israel; make it possible to meet human needs in Gaza and do the Saudi-Israel deal—the real counter Iran strategy. foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/wh…

Comic acknowledges that threatening to kill a Jewish woman was a ‘massive error of judgement’. But doesn’t apologise to her.

No bagels.

But there is a danger of Z-infiltration by Chicken Soup. Beware!

Fabulous cover for the first UK edition of THE FORCE, the incredible story of the Churchill-inspired US/Canadian special ops unit, out in paperback on 15 August 2024. It's a busy year!

Some personal news 🚨 The updated paperback of 'Everyday Hate - How antisemitism is built into our world and how you can change it' will be published by Biteback Publishing on 16 May. With 2 new chapters about October 7 & the aftermath, you can pre-order your copy at…

Hezbollah's war has destroyed South Lebanon, BBC report reveals
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Miranda Malins Hatchards Arabella Pike Jessie Childs Paul Lay Roger Moorhouse 🇺🇦 Giles Milton Oliver Webb Carter Richard Foreman Antonia Senior clare mulley Keith Lowe Bettany Hughes💙 Dr Daisy Dunn Tom Petch So lovely to see so many authors! Also S Sebag Montefiore and Duncan Muggoch, the producer of 3 Body Problem (over from Malaga), who'll have a sore head this morning. I know I do! Did we really need that last espresso martini??

NEW: 21 months after pledging “final retirement” from #Iraqi politics—and amid rifts among his rivals in the #Iran -backed Shiite Coordination Framework—Muqtada Al-Sadr is rebranding. Is he gearing up for comeback in early parliamentary polls? amwaj.media/media-monitor/…

Oxford DCL by diploma to the Empress of Japan, an unusual procedure reserved for heads of state and royalty.

Last December, the Jewish Quarterly asked if I would like to spend a month writing a 20,000 word essay about October 7 and what Jews then learned about people who we thought were our friends. Because I have much to atone for, I said yes. The essay, Blindness, is published today

Terrestrial Jerusalem's podcast on the acute and not-so-acute developments in Jerusalem. Axis Mundi is appearing in a new format.

The podcast will be a discussion led by my friend and colleague, Jumana Jaouni, and moderated by Evan Gottesman.

t-j.org.il/2024/04/27/pod…