Dr. James M. Dorsey is a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, co-director of the University of Würzburg’s Institute for Fan Culture, and co-host of the New Books in Middle Eastern Studies podcast. James is the author of The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer blog, a book with the same title as well as Comparative Political Transitions between Southeast Asia and the Middle East and North Africa, co-authored with Dr. Teresita Cruz-Del Rosario and Shifting Sand ...
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Words matter.In the Israeli-Palestinian battle of narratives, they, more often than not, either are designed to thwart solutions or, by design or default, reinforce entrenched mutually exclusive positions.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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The Middle East Totters On The Edge Of A Cliff
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Multiple overt and covert wars have pushed the Middle East to the edge of a cliff.Increased tension between Iran and Israel complicates efforts to pull the Middle East back from the abyss.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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Israel And Hamas See Gaza Ceasefire Negotiations As An Existential Battle
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The Gaza ceasefire negotiations have all but broken down, with Israel and Hamas pursuing mutually exclusive goals.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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Despite its devastating human and physical cost, Israel’s effort to destroy Hamas has a whack-a-mole aspect.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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Biden And Hamas Tie Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Up In Knots
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Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is tying himself up in knots as he grudgingly, and only to a limited degree, bows to US President Joe Biden’s demands.In doing so, Mr. Netanyahu is puncturing Swiss-cheese size holes into Israel’s Gaza narrative, making it easier for Mr. Biden to take him publicly to task.…
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The Greater Middle East Is A Ticking Time Bomb
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The Greater Middle East is a ticking time bomb.Generations in war-wracked Palestine, Syria, and Yemen have little, if anything, to look forward to. Moreover, discontent is mounting and could explode anytime in countries like Jordan, Egypt, and Iran.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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Palestinian Security Forces Are Caught Between A Rock And A Hard Place
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Three recent attacks on Israelis shine a spotlight on the 35,000-member Palestinian security forces that the United States, Gulf countries, and much of the international community want to see in charge of on-the-ground security in post-war Gaza.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Clutches At Straws
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Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu clutches at straws as he seeks to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza while attempting to create building blocks for a compliant post-war Palestinian administration of the Strip.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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Aid Is At The Core Of An Israeli - Palestinian Struggle To Control Post - War Gaza.
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Gaza’s population of 2.3 million are pawns in a cynical battle for control of post-war Gaza.Israel’s refusal to lift restrictions on the unfettered entry into Gaza of food, medical supplies, and other desperately needed humanitarian goods, has less to do with a stand-alone starvation policy and more with who controls distribution in the Strip.Both …
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Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s walls are caving in.Mr. Netanyahu’s multiple battles fall into two categories: keeping his increasingly fragile government in place and fighting a war he has already lost in the court of public opinion and possibly on the ground in Gaza if measured by the prime minister’s war goals.…
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Rafah - Netanyahu’s Marketing Tool And Lightning Rod
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The besieged Gazan city of Rafah is Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s yo-yo.A brilliant but ruthless politician, Mr. Netanyahu is in campaign mode.“The man is in the midst of an election campaign, Rafah is a marketing tool and (the Americans) are the whipping boy,” said Israeli columnist Yossi Verter.…
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Resolving The Israeli - Palestinian Conflict Palestinians May Be More Accommodating Than Israelis
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A just-published Palestinian public opinion survey offers pointers for what a successful transition from the devastating Gaza war to a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will have to entail.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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The Middle East The World’s Playground For The Privatization Of War
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One just has to switch on the news to realize that mercenaries and private military companies live a life of their own and shape headlines.Chaos and mayhem dominate the streets of Haiti after Colombian mercenaries killed the president. Russia's Wagner Group played a key role in the invasion of Ukraine and at one point appeared to revolt against Pre…
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Iran May Be On The Cusp Of Change. A Conversation With Arash Azizi.
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A historian and political scientist at South Carolina's Clemson University, Arash Azizi argues that Iran may be on the cusp of change. It's just that the change may come from within the regime rather than from the street.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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Biden May Not Have Enough Rope To Push His Vision Of The Middle East
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This year’s US presidential elections are not the only potential hurdle confronting President Joe Biden’s multi-pronged vision for a Middle East peace once the Gaza war ends. So is Israeli intransigence, the prospect of a long-term insurgency in post-war Gaza, and increasing Saudi Chinese technological cooperation.…
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Innocent Gazans Pay A Heavy Price For Hamas And Israel’s Disregard For Human Life
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Failed efforts to achieve a Gaza ceasefire on the eve of Ramadan leave innocent Gazans in the lurch, highlight the gap between Israel and Hamas’ demands in negotiations, and raise the stakes for the United States.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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Gaza War Turns Palestine Into A Potential Middle Eastern Lightning Rod
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The Gaza war has turned Palestine into a lightning rod for mounting frustration and discontent in Arab autocracies such as Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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Weaponizing Food: Palestinians Lose Lives, Israelis Lose Humanity
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A long-standing Israeli-Palestinian battlefield, food has moved centre stage.For Gazans, who are on the verge of starvation, the food fight is existential.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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The Battle For The Soul Of Islam A Game Of Seduction
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Two recent high-profile Arab events honouring Indonesia’s Nahdlatul Ulama, the world’s largest and most moderate Muslim civil society movement, highlight a subtle tug-of-war over who will define ‘moderate Islam’ in the 21st century.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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Ceasefire Talks Are About More Than A Gaza Truce And Prisoner Exchange
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A proposed temporary Gaza ceasefire and prisoner exchange appears designed to buy war-battered Gazans relief while enabling Israel and Hamas to claim a success.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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Netanyahu’s ‘Day After’ Gaza Plan Is A Non - Starter
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Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s plan for Gaza’s future once the guns fall silent is likely to be a non-starter. Rather than provide a pathway to a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the plan aims to squash Palestinian national aspirations and ensure continued Israeli control.…
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Soccer Incidents Call Into Question Fundaments Of Saudi - Iranian Detente
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Two recent soccer incidents suggest that beyond optics little has changed in the Saudi-Iranian rivalry since China mediated the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two countries a year ago.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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Israel Puts Qatar In The Crosshairs As Hamas Reasserts Itself In Gaza
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With the Gaza ceasefire and prisoner exchange talks stalled, Israel and its hardline US supporters have stepped up long-standing efforts to discredit Qatar, the main mediator between Hamas and the Israeli government.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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Crunch Time May Be Around The Corner As Gaza Ceasefire Talks Stall
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Increasingly, the Biden administration links a Gaza ceasefire and a prisoner exchange to broader regional objectives, including Saudi recognition of Israel and the semblance of a pathway to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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First Qatar, Now Saudi Arabia Time For Activists To Rethink
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The realisation that Saudi Arabia is not Qatar may seem obvious, but it has significant meaning for the lessons rights activists and others draw from the Qatar World Cup as they prepare for a Saudi-hosted tournament in 2034.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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Flying Under The Radar China Tightens Grip On Uighurs
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China’s northwestern province of Xinjiang has taken advantage of the international community’s focus on Gaza and US support for Israel, to tighten control of the region’s Turkic Muslim Uighur population, reshape Islam, and engage in social engineering.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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Blinken Finds A Substantially Altered Politics Landscape As He Tours The Middle East
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US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has found a hardened political landscape as he tours the Middle East for the fifth time since the Gaza war erupted.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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Qatar’s Gaza War Mediation May Be A Double - Edged Sword
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Qatari mediation in the Gaza war threatens to become a double-edged sword.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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Iran Facilitates Biden’s Support For Israel
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The irony of Middle Eastern geopolitics is that Israel makes it increasingly difficult for US President Joe Biden to support it, while Iran strengthens domestic US anti-Iranian and pro-Israeli hardliners.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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UNRWA Pronounced Guilty Until Proven Innocent. Palestinians Pay The Price.
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The timing of US and Israeli allegations that United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) staff participated in Hamas’ October 7 attack on the Jewish state was hardly coincidental.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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International Court Ruling Likely To Shape Israel - Hamas Prisoner Exchange Talks
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Israel and Hamas are likely to be buoyed in efforts to secure a ceasefire and a new round of prisoner exchanges by an International Court of Justice ruling that Israel’s conduct in Gaza risks acts of genocide, even though the court’s decision failed to satisfy either party.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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Looking For Fig Leaves - Israel And Hamas Negotiate Terms Of A Ceasefire
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If one listens to Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Hamas leaders, there is only one conclusion: an end to the Gaza carnage is nowhere in sight. However, there may be more to the maneuvering on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian divide, notwithstanding both sides’ seemingly uncompromising positions.…
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Hardliners Ride High In The Middle East
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A recent Lebanese public opinion poll suggests there may be limits to Iran-backed Shiite militia Hezbollah’s restraint in confronting Israel. It also suggests why Iran feels emboldened by escalating tensions in the Middle East.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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Turkish disciplinary action against two Israeli soccer players spotlights one more major casualty of the Gaza war beyond the 24,000 Gazan death toll, the Hamas-held hostages; and the mass Israeli arrests of West Bank Palestinians: freedom of expression.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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Escalating Red Sea Tensions And Citizen Boycotts Trap US In Catch - 22
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Increasingly, the United States is caught in a Catch-22 with tension mounting in the Red Sea, Israel maintaining unabated its assault on the Gaza Strip, and the International Court of Justice (ICJ) possibly ruling that Israel may be committing genocide.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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Israeli Shift In Military Tactics Threatens To Be A Double - Edged Sword
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US pressure on Israel to switch gears and focus on targetted precision strikes and killings, rather than indiscriminate bombing of the Gaza Strip, potentially heightens the risk of the war escalating into a regional bust-up and expanding beyond the Middle East.The heightened risk suggests US efforts to allow Israel to continue attempting to destroy…
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The Gaza War Is Set To Spill Onto The Streets Of Western Cities
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The question is not if but when Gaza-related violence will spill onto the streets of European and American cities.This week’s killing in Beirut of Hamas executive Saleh al-Arouri significantly enhanced the threat posed by Hamas, Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah, and jihadists.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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History Repeats Itself With The Assassination Of A Hamas Official
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History repeats itself.This week’s presumably Israeli killing in Beirut of senior Hamas official Salah al-Arouri raises the spectre of renewed tit-for-tat Palestinian and Israeli killings in third countries.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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Gaza War Calls Middle East De - Escalation Into Question
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The jury is out on the degree to which the Gaza war threatens pre-war efforts by Middle Eastern states to freeze their differences and focus on economic and security cooperation.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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Netanyahu Appears Increasingly Caught Between A Rock And A Hard Place
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Controversy over the release of Palestinian tax receipts tests the United States’ ability to pressure Israel and suggests that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s ultra-religious, ultra-conservative government may not survive an end to the Gaza war.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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Israel And Hamas Grapple With Egyptian Gaza Roadmap
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Ziyad al-Nakhalah, the leader of Palestine Islamic Jihad, the second most significant militant Gazan group, arrived in Cairo this week for carefully timed talks with Egyptian intelligence chief General Abbas Kamel.A Palestinian source said Mr. Al-Nakhalah was discussing an end to the Gaza war that would involve an exchange of prisoners, the withdra…
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Israel Hamas Prisoner Talks Are Mired By Politics
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One would think that heart wrenching images streaming out of the Gaza Strip suggest that Israel has Hamas over a barrel in stalled efforts to revive prisoner exchanges.Think again. Talks in the past week in Europe between senior Qatari, Israeli, and US officials, and in Cairo between Hamas, Palestine Islamic Jihad, the second most prominent Gazan g…
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Catching Flack Qatar’s Gaza Mediation Is A Balancing Act
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A high-flyer at the center of efforts to negotiate temporary pauses and Israeli-Palestinian prisoner swaps, Qatar is catching flack for its relationship with Hamas that has enabled its mediation endeavour.Even so, the flack, for now, has been drowned out by the Gulf state’s indispensability, established with the tacit endorsement of the United Stat…
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Hamas Maneuvering Complicates Efforts To Secure New Prisoner Swaps
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Israel wasn’t slamming the door on renewed indirect prisoner swap negotiations with Hamas when it this week barred David Barnea, the head of Mossad, the country’s foreign intelligence agency, from travelling to Qatar to explore possibilities for renewed exchanges.Instead, it was maneuvering for greater leverage in potential talks and expressing dou…
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The Gaza War Calls Into Question The Moral Rectitude Of Western Democracies
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The question is no longer if but when the United States will support a ceasefire in the Gaza war.While the need for a ceasefire to halt Gaza’s human carnage is self-evident, some drivers of the Biden administration’s debate about the timing of a ceasefire raise questions about the moral underpinnings of Western democracies.…
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The UAE Walks An Ever - Tightening Geopolitical Tightrope
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The United Arab Emirates walks a geopolitical tightrope, juggling big power rivalries and mounting regional instability fuelled by the Gaza war.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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The Gaza War’s Fog Complicates Separating The Wheat From The Chaff
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Separating the wheat from the chaff in the Israeli-Palestinian fog of war is key to preparing for the day after the guns fall silent and resolving a conflict that constitutes a perennial regional ticking time bomb.Bởi James M. Dorsey
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Counterintuitive Palestinian Politics, Is Hamas Treading A Path Paved By The PLO
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Spanish philosopher George Santayana didn’t have Palestine in mind when he coined the phrase, ‘history repeats itself.’Yet, Mr. Santayana’s maxim may apply to Hamas when comparing the group’s political evolution to the 16-year-torturous road traversed by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from classification by Israel and its Western allie…
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Religious Leaders Strive To Become Peacemakers Rather Than Warmongers
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A recent clash between pro-Palestinian Muslims and pro-Israeli Christians in the North Sulawesi coastal town of Bitung raised the spectre of Indonesia’s worst nightmare, inter-communal violence.In a country that prides itself on a culture of inter-communal harmony, the death of a protester set off alarm bells.“This is very worrying” said Yahya Chol…
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Gaza Divides The Wheat From The Chaff Among Religious Leaders
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Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel has not just divided Muslim political leaders. It’s also solicited diverse responses from religious figures and institutions, reflecting deeper divisions about what Islam stands for in the 21st century.At the core of the differences is the ability and willingness to empathise with innocent victims on both sides of …
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