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Gabriel Mitchell

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Eastern Mediterranean Energy & Geopolitics | Maker of Soup | PhD, VTSPIA | Husband, Father, Jerusalemite, Veteran (not exclusively in that order) | Substack: gabimitchell.substack.com

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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
My latest on the Mecca Agreement, its implications for Israel, and some recommended readings by Aziz Alghashian, İsmail Numan Telci, Gonul Tol & Asad Ullah gabimitchell.substack.com/p/106-misrea...
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106: Misreading Mecca
Israel shouldn't make the new Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani defense arrangement about it
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
📢 Announcing the launch of Within Your Gates, a forum for applied interdisciplinary research and outreach — rooted in the realities of Jerusalem — convening scholars, faith and civic leaders across traditions to serve the common good of the Holy City. withinyourgates.org
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Within Your Gates | The Forum for the Universal Vocation of Jerusalem
A forum for applied interdisciplinary research and outreach — rooted in the realities of Jerusalem — convening scholars, faith and civic leaders across traditions to serve the common good of the Holy ...
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Delighted to share my review of Mohammad Soliman's fantastic book West Asia: A New American Grand Strategy in the Middle East and the important questions it raises about Israel's regional belonging in @haaretzcom.bsky.social www.haaretz.com/life/books/2...
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Book Review • Dreaming of a pragmatic West Asia from an ideological Middle East
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Sharing my reflections on Christopher Nolan’s version of The Odyssey, and the challenges facing soldiers coming home from war gabimitchell.substack.com/p/105-unreco...
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105: Unrecognizable
Reflections on Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, and coming home
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A chance run-in with a familiar face brings back memories of the war open.substack.com/pub/gabimitc...
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104: The Valley of Tears
A chance run-in with a familiar face brings back memories from the war
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Israel's attention has been fixed on the war and elections, but key commercial decisions in the Eastern Mediterranean carry real costs for 🇮🇱's long-term energy security. My latest: www.jpost.com/opinion/arti...
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Israel’s energy blind spot: Why gas export strategy risks long-term security | The Jerusalem Post
Israel expanded its natural gas export agreement with Egypt – the largest in its history – while ENI and TotalEnergies committed Cyprus’s Kronos field to Egyptian liquefaction terminals
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
This week I wrote about fair weather friends t.co/qIMCf25Teb
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
🇮🇱🇹🇷🧵 The Israeli government voted today to formally recognize the Armenian Genocide, following a resolution proposed by FM Gideon Sa'ar last week. The proposal now goes to the Knesset plenum for a vote. www.jpost.com/israel-news/...
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Israeli gov't votes to recognize Armenian Genocide | The Jerusalem Post
Turkey denies that the massacres, imprisonment, and forced deportation of Armenians amounted to genocide, and Israel long avoided recognizing it as such due to diplomatic sensitivities.
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
My latest substack on the US-Iran MOU and Israel's need to shift its approach in the region gabimitchell.substack.com/p/issue-102-...
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Issue 102: Deal With It
Israel may not like the US-Iran MOU, but it still needs to make the most of it
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
In my latest for @gmfus.bsky.social I explain how commercial decisions are outpacing regional diplomacy in the Eastern Mediterranean and risk locking in vulnerabilities that will be hard to reverse www.gmfus.org/news/eastern...
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The Eastern Mediterranean’s Dependency Trap
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I just went 82–0 — think you can go 82-0? www.82-0.com/share?id=Dfu...
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
🎉 I’m excited and grateful to share that I successfully defended my dissertation and completed my PhD in Planning, Governance, and Globalization at @virginiatech.bsky.social
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The war with Iran has birthed a glut of ambitious infrastructure projects - and with them, maps - which I explore in some detail here 👇 gabimitchell.substack.com/p/issue-99-t...
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Issue 99: The Map Is Not the Corridor
New maps imagine the future of trade after the Hormuz shock. For now, oil is moving by truck.
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
My latest on the Hormuz crisis: competing corridor proposals, political constraints, and why most of them will remain in digital form only. gabimitchell.substack.com/p/issue-99-t...
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Issue 99: The Map Is Not the Corridor
New maps imagine the future of trade after the Hormuz shock. For now, oil is moving by truck.
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
My latest on the Hormuz crisis: competing corridor proposals, political constraints, and why most of them will remain in digital form only. gabimitchell.substack.com/p/issue-99-t...
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Issue 99: The Map Is Not the Corridor
New maps imagine the future of trade after the Hormuz shock. For now, oil is moving by truck.
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I tried to organize some thoughts on the odd return to routine in Jerusalem gabimitchell.substack.com/p/issue-97-w...
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Issue 97: What Was This All For?
A fragile ceasefire, Lebanon still burning, and questions that won't go away.
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
This is an amazing podcast episode about Gaza's Christian community with Georg Rowenkamp open.spotify.com/episode/3Kt2...
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Spotify – Web Player
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
🇮🇱 Was grateful to discuss Israel's wartime energy security measures here 👇 www.al-monitor.com/originals/20... via @almonitor.bsky.social
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Israel weathers energy shock from Iran war even as world battles crisis
Iran's chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz has thrown the global economic system into turmoil, yet Israel, which launched attacks on Tehran alongside the United States, has emerged as a rare exception.S...
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
My latest: When diplomacy is abandoned, escalation becomes easier and war becomes harder to contain. open.substack.com/pub/gabimitc...
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Issue 96: A War Without an Off-Ramp
Without diplomacy, escalation becomes easier and violence becomes harder to contain.
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
“𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐭𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐝𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬.” 🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 Sharing a few reflections from Jerusalem after the first week of the US/Israel–Iran war gabimitchell.substack.com/p/issue-95-i...
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Issue 95: Israel, Iran and the Laws of Motion
Escalation and Reaction in the Middle East’s New Regional War
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
“𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐭𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐝𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬.” 🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 Sharing a few reflections from Jerusalem after the first week of the US/Israel–Iran war gabimitchell.substack.com/p/issue-95-i...
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Issue 95: Israel, Iran and the Laws of Motion
Escalation and Reaction in the Middle East’s New Regional War
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
My reflections on Israel, Iran and the Laws of Motion open.substack.com/pub/gabimitc...
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Issue 95: Israel, Iran and the Laws of Motion
Escalation and Reaction in the Middle East’s New Regional War
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I wish I spent a bit more time Bsky. Some of my favorite people are here. But there is a clear renewables/fossil fuels divide between Bsky and X and it is challenging enough to pay attention to one, let alone two distinct platforms.
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Some quick thoughts and recommended readings on the Iran protests gabimitchell.substack.com/p/issue-93-w...
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Issue 93: What I am reading about the Iran protests
Welcome to 2026.
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
🇮🇱🇪🇬 Happy to have offered my two shekels this excellent report by @timesofisrael.com on the consequences of Israel's gas arrangement with Egypt www.timesofisrael.com/as-major-egy...
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As major Egypt gas deal burns through reserves, public will end up paying the price
'Historic' $35 billion sale means era of energy independence and cheaper electricity will end about a decade earlier than hoped, experts say, with more large offshore finds unlikely
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
We come to drive away the darkness. In our hands are light and fire. Each individual light is small, But together – the light is strong. Praying for the Jewish community of Australia and wishing a speedy recovery to the victims. 🕎
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Group Chat was 🔥, peak 🏀 talk entertainment
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
My latest Substack post reflects on the recent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the emotional range currently being experienced by many Israelis, and what I believe should come next for Israeli society🎗️ gabimitchell.substack.com/p/issue-92-w...
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
I can't stop crying. This is a miracle on live television.
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Incredible news to wake up to. Here is hoping the deal is executed swiftly and without issue. Everyone deserves a fresh start.
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
We have reached the "cautious optimism" phase of the negotiations.
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Grateful to @warontherocks.bsky.social for sharing my reflections on October 7th and its implications for Israeli foreign policy
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Honored to have contributed to @gmfus.bsky.social's compendium on #October7 and its global impact www.gmfus.org/news/long-gl...
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The Long Global Shadow of October 7
Hamas’ attack on Israel two years ago and the events unfolding in its wake have reverberated beyond the Middle East. The war in Gaza; the spillover into Houthi attacks in the Red Sea; escalation of te...
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Hard to believe that two years have passed. Praying for better days for us all. 🎗️
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Offered my two shekels on Trump's plan 👇 Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan ‘Full of Holes’ but Can It Work? en.politis.com.cy/globe/globe-...
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Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan ‘Full of Holes’ but Can It Work?
All key players in the international community have backed the plan, hoping it will end the carnage, while Hamas has given a tentative nod of approval, but foreign analysts speaking to Politis warn of...
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Much to pray for over the coming hours. May we all be sealed in the Book of Life. גמר חתימה טובה
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
🇪🇬🇨🇾🇬🇷 Egypt, Greece agree to conduct feasible studies on potential GREGY interconnector project english.ahram.org.eg/News/554020....
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Egypt, Greece agree to study Europe power link project - Energy - Business
Egypt and Greece have signed an agreement to complete “technical and economic studies” for a major electricity interconnection project, bringing a step closer to exporting up to 3,000 megawatts of Egy...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Business is booming in the Middle East for Trump. Deal after deal after deal.
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Netanyahu also agreed to pay compensation to the Qatari security officer. Which is peanuts when you consider all the Qatari money Netanyahu happily delivered to Hamas over the years.
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Netanyahu has always had a soft spot for Qatar.
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Netanyahu apologized to Qatar before apologizing to the Israeli public.
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
So Netanyahu has apologized to Turkey and Qatar in his political career. Jordan too, if memory serves correctly.
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Friendship Sea
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
🇨🇾 “sizeable quantities” estimated between 225-250 BCM at Pegasus & Glaucus fields, Cyprus confirms cyprus-mail.com/2025/09/26/8...
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Cyprus confirms major gas find
Cyprus has found “sizeable quantities” of natural gas in blocks Pegasus and Glaucus, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou told the Cyprus Mail on Friday, following an earlier announcement by the presi...
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
🇬🇷🇮🇱 Overlooked by many, Greece's Mitsotakis delivered a clear statement at UNGA this week: "I tell my Israeli friends they risk alienating all their remaining allies if they persist on a path that is shattering the potential of a two-state solution." www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Greek PM warns Israel risks losing friends
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, a key partner of Israel within the European Union, warned Friday that Israel risked losing remaining friends with its destructive war in Gaza."I tell my Israe...
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Netanyahu's UNGA speech in happening in front an near empty plenary. The only applause? From the remaining flunkies and donors flown into NYC. This is Netanyahu's legacy.
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
I am grateful for the opportunity to share my father-in-law's Rosh Hashanah sermon on the Binding of Isaac in my substack newsletter gabimitchell.substack.com/p/issue-91-t...
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Issue 91: The Binding of Isaac
My father-in-law's insights on faith and sacrifice
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
My latest substack in advance of the Jewish New Year on forgiveness and forgiving gabimitchell.substack.com/p/issue-90-f...
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Issue 90: Forgiveness & Forgiving
In 2011, the late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks delivered a brief, powerful message in advance of the Jewish New Year on the importance of asking for forgiveness:
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
“Forget Oslo — Israel controls everything.” www.ft.com/content/9b90... via @financialtimes.com
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How Israel is dismantling the dream of a Palestinian state
While attention has been focused on Gaza, Israel has undermined the delicate architecture of governance in the West Bank built up over three decades
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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Read @guvsak.bsky.social on 🇹🇷 gen divide: "Today’s young Turks are not just seeking political reform. They desire hope, joy, and the chance for meaningful lives. They reject the prospect of a future overshadowed by men who have never had an email address in their lives." tepav.org.tr/en/blog/s/7652
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Young Turks are looking for hope
TEPAV - Türkiye Ekonomi Politikaları Araştırma Vakfı
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