The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer

  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

  Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Credit WorldwideInfo 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.  Sunday’s escalation of hostilities along the Israeli-Lebanese border raises m

  Credit: MintPress 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. Gaza’s desperately needed but increasingly elusive ceasefire, if achieved, is likely to be fragile, threatened by multiple ticking time bombs that could explode at any given mom