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Middle East correspondent, . Author, 'How Long Will Israel Survive? The Threat From Within.'

Joined April 2008

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  1. Worth remembering: "Were Netanyahu not the Likud chairman, nearly any other potential Likud leader would be able to form a broad right-wing government immediately." How long the next coalition lasts will depend partly on whether Bibi stays on the scene.

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  2. With the outcome all but preordained, a third of eligible Iranians say they have no intention of voting in this month's presidential election, according to one poll. Just 34% say they will definitely take part.

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  3. The headline here sounds thoroughly dystopian, but the UN report on the incident is very light on technical details. Various weapons systems already have some degree of autonomy which nonetheless falls far short of, like, Skynet.

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  4. Jun 2

    "In a separate, unpublished, real-world study of Sinopharm in Serbia, 29% of 150 participants were found to have zero antibodies against the virus three months after they received the first of two shots of the vaccine."

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  5. Jun 2

    Most people who received covid-19 vaccines in Bahrain got Sinopharm. But with a spike in cases and deaths over the past few weeks, the government is calling in high-risk residents for a booster shot—of Pfizer.

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  6. Jun 2

    Netanyahu helped create the government that's poised to replace him. He's now the biggest threat to it being sworn in—but if it crosses the finish line, the prospect of him looming in the opposition may also help keep it together.

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    And this is it folks: Lapid told the President he has succeeded in forming a new government - for the first time in 12 years WITHOUT NETANYAHU. Though there's still more than a week to iron all details (or mess up)

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    Jun 2

    Eight bodies were dug out of Azzam’s building, 14 from the one next door. The dead included 89-year-old family patriarch Amin, his son Fawaz, 62, his grandson Sameh, 28, and his great-grandson, 6-month-old Qusai. My story with ⁦

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  9. Jun 1

    "Israel will ask the US for $1bn in additional emergency military aid this week... to replenish the Iron Dome aerial defense system and to purchase munitions for the Israeli air force—mainly precision-guided bombs."

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  10. May 31

    The says Lebanon's man-made collapse is "likely to rank in the top ten, possibly top three" financial crises on earth since the mid-19th century, with "no clear turning point on the horizon, given the disastrous deliberate policy inaction."

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  11. May 31

    The end of Netanyahu's term won't mean the end of the Netanyahu era. He'll still be around as leader of the opposition, plotting a possible return, and the imprint he left on Israeli politics and society will linger for many years to come.

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  12. May 31

    Iran's production of nuclear fuel slowed sharply in the past quarter, following the sabotage at Natanz. It grew its enriched-uranium stockpile by 273kg, compared to 525kg in the previous three months, according to the IAEA.

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  13. May 31

    And there are no "Hamas minders." That's not a thing. Are they authoritarians? Absolutely. But I've been coming to Gaza on reporting trips for a decade now and have never once had a "Hamas minder."

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  14. May 31

    Among many things wrong with this piece is the implication that "local stringers" are some untrustworthy second-tier caste. Gaza is full of good journalists who work hard under impossible circumstances, and the rest of us couldn't do our jobs without them.

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  15. May 31

    "The drastic reduction in power supplies to Gaza is due primarily to an Israeli government decision to halt the delivery of fuel destined for the Palestinian power station in Gaza, in an effort to pressure Hamas."

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  16. May 31

    "Listen, Lindsey, I'm running out of time to overturn an election that didn't work out as planned, you better have some pointers to share"

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  17. May 31

    Abbas Kamel's whole motorcade route in Gaza lined with pro-Sisi billboards (unthinkable here a few years ago) and Egyptian flags. Older guy waiting for his arrival outside his hotel quipped "you'd think it was Abdel Nasser coming to liberate Palestine"

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  18. May 30

    "In a televised tantrum, Mr Netanyahu accused Mr Bennett of carrying out 'the fraud of the century'. He compared the new coalition to Bashar Assad's regime in Syria and to the rulers of Iran."

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  19. May 30

    On the issues people outside Israel care about, namely the Palestinians, a shift to Bennett would be an instructive lesson in how much Israeli policy is attributable to Netanyahu and how much it's just structural policy that isn't even really up for debate or politically salient

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  20. May 30

    Naftali Bennett hasn't even formed a government yet and we've already found the worst possible take on Israeli politics

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