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  By James M. Dorsey Thank you for joining me today. Thousands worldwide are avid readers and listeners of The Turbulent World. They make this column and podcast possible. Join them in helping to maintain and expand the column and podcast by subscribing to The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey . Thank you for your support and loyalty. US President Donald Trump is turning the screws on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu as policy towards Israel and the Middle East emerges as a main faultline in the president’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) support base. In recent days, Mr. Trump has pressured Mr. Netanyahu to abide by the Gaza ceasefire, facilitate the surrender of trapped Hamas fighters, refrain from provocative attacks in Syria, and engage in negotiations with Lebanon. Throwing Mr. Netanyahu a bone, Mr. Trump has sought to mollify him by pushing Israeli President Isaac Herzog to pardon the prime minister , who is on trial in three cases in which he is charged with corruption ...

  James discusses the Gaza ceasefire and the international stabilisation force on TRT World. To watch the video, go to https://jamesmdorsey.substack.com/p/gaza-health-ministry-declares-wars Transcript [ Anchor ] Let's bring in James M. Dorsey, who's a Middle East analyst and senior fellow at Singapore's S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies. James, welcome. So can a ceasefire really be called a ceasefire when civilians, including children, continue to be killed by military means? [ James M. Dorsey ] Well, I think what we're seeing basically is that both Israel and Hamas see the ceasefire as a way to further improve their situations and achieve their goals. That is not to say that there are not serious violations of the ceasefire, particularly by Israel. You see far more Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians, alleged Hamas operatives, and far less Hamas attacks on Israeli troops. Now, obviously, Hamas's military capabilities have been severely ...

  James discusses on TRT World US President Donald Trump’s crackdown on migration in the wake of the shooting by an Afghan national of two Virginia National Guards in Washington. To watch the video or listen to the podcast, go to https://jamesmdorsey.substack.com/p/trump-announces-permanent-pause-on Thank you for joining me today. Thousands worldwide are avid readers and listeners of The Turbulent World. They make this column and podcast possible. Join them in helping to maintain and expand the column and podcast by subscribing to The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey . Thank you for your support and loyalty. Transcript [ Efnan Bayraktar ] Joining me now from Singapore is James Dorsey. He's an adjunct senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies. Thank you so much for being with us on the programme, James. How do you read into Trump's recent remarks and what does this ultimately mean for the people that aren't just trying to migrate ...

  By James M. Dorsey Thank you for joining me today. Thousands worldwide are avid readers and listeners of The Turbulent World. They make this column and podcast possible. Join them in helping to maintain and expand the column and podcast by subscribing to The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey . Thank you for your support and loyalty. Divide and conquer has become Israel’s main operating principle in a world in which it stands condemned for its war conduct, impunity, and intransigence, and is increasingly isolated. Israel applies the principle whether it is in Gaza, Syria, its uphill battle to gain the high ground in its information wars, or its efforts to encourage Jewish immigration. In Israel’s latest application of the principle, it sees an opportunity to capitalise on Christian assertions that their African brethren are the primary victims of Muslim aggression in what amounts to a religion-driven conflict. A recent spate of kidnappings for ransom by criminal gangs and jih...

  By James M. Dorsey Thank you for joining me today. Thousands worldwide are avid readers and listeners of The Turbulent World. They make this column and podcast possible. Join them in helping to maintain and expand the column and podcast by subscribing to The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey . Thank you for your support and loyalty. When Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visited Washington this week, he shifted multiple paradigms. In an increasingly multilateral world, Mr. Bin Salman, backed by US President Donald Trump, suggested that the kingdom is claiming its place at the table as a geopolitical and geoeconomic powerhouse. US support gives (Mr. Bin Salman) more room to negotiate with big powers—US, China, and even Israel—on his own terms,” said analyst Hesham Alghannam. Seen through a geopolitical lens, Mr. Bin Salman’s commercial dealings are about more than diversifying the kingdom’s oil-dependent economy and turning it into a 21 st -century, cutting-edge knowledge ...