The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer

  Screenshot of The Economist’s 23 March 2024 cover By James M. Dorsey Thank you for joining me today. I am grateful to those who have  become paid subscribers. I need some more to enable me to continue cutting through the fog of kinetic and information wars and offer fact-based analysis. No doubt, you will have noticed that The Turbulent World has no sponsors and no advertisers. This guarantees the column and podcast’s independence. Instead, The Turbulent World depends on the support of its readers and listeners to cover the cost of producing the column and podcast. You can contribute by clicking on Substack on the subscription button at  http://jamesmdorsey.substack.com and choosing one of  the subscription options.    To watch a video version of this story    or  listen to a n audio podcast click  here .    Thank you for your support and loyalty.    Israel hasn’t just lost the battle for hearts and minds in much of the world, including significant constituencies in West

  The six killed hostages from top left: Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Ori Danino, Eden Yerushalmi; from bottom left, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, and Carmel Gat. Credit: The Hostages Families Forum By James M  Dorsey Thank you for joining me today. I am grateful to those who have  become paid subscribers. I need some more to enable me to continue cutting through the fog of kinetic and information wars and offer fact-based analysis. No doubt, you will have noticed that The Turbulent World has no sponsors and no advertisers. This guarantees the column and podcast’s independence. Instead, The Turbulent World depends on the support of its readers and listeners to cover the cost of producing the column and podcast. You can contribute by clicking on Substack on the subscription button at  http://jamesmdorsey.substack.com and choosing one of  the subscription options.    To watch a video version of this story    or  listen to a n audio podcast click   here    .    Thank you for your sup

  Nasser al-Kidwa (left), Ehud Olmert (right(). Credit: Prospect By James M. Dorsey Thank you for joining me today. I am grateful to those who have  become paid subscribers. I need some more to enable me to continue cutting through the fog of kinetic and information wars and offer fact-based analysis. No doubt, you will have noticed that The Turbulent World has no sponsors and no advertisers. This guarantees the column and podcast’s independence. Instead, The Turbulent World depends on the support of its readers and listeners to cover the cost of producing the column and podcast. You can contribute by clicking on Substack on the subscription button at  http://jamesmdorsey.substack.com and choosing one of  the subscription options.    To watch a video version of this story    or  listen to a n audio podcast click  here .    Thank you for your support and loyalty.    Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and onetime Palestinian foreign minister Nasser Al-Kidwa have put f

  By James M. Dorsey Thank you for joining me today. I am grateful to those who have  become paid subscribers. I need some more to enable me to continue cutting through the fog of kinetic and information wars and offer fact-based analysis. No doubt, you will have noticed that The Turbulent World has no sponsors and no advertisers. This guarantees the column and podcast’s independence. Instead, The Turbulent World depends on the support of its readers and listeners to cover the cost of producing the column and podcast. You can contribute by clicking on Substack on the subscription button at  http://jamesmdorsey.substack.com and choosing one of  the subscription options.    To watch a video version of this story    or  listen to a n audio podcast    click    here    .  Thank you for your support and loyalty.    This week’s US sanctioning of an Israeli-government-backed vigilante settler group constitutes a weak shot across Israel’s bow as the United States and Europe mull also

  No Palestine, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s map of the Middle East. Credit: Quora By James M. Dorsey Thank you for joining me today. I am grateful to those who have  become paid subscribers. I need some more to enable me to continue cutting through the fog of kinetic and information wars and offer fact-based analysis. No doubt, you will have noticed that The Turbulent World has no sponsors and no advertisers. This guarantees the column and podcast’s independence. Instead, The Turbulent World depends on the support of its readers and listeners to cover the cost of producing the column and podcast. You can contribute by clicking on Substack on the subscription button at  http://jamesmdorsey.substack.com and choosing one of  the subscription options.    To watch a video version of this story    or  listen to a n audio podcast click    here    .    Thank you for your support and loyalty.    Common wisdom suggests that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu believes