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for the past several weeks we've been hearing two rival narratives on #yemen: from watchers abroad, that the fighting has stalemated. from contacts on the ground, that a large-scale escalation is imminent. it s now clear that escalation it is.. some thoughts. #thread

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help jamaal ro #endendlesswars call 1-833-stop-war call 1-833-stop-war call 1-833-stop-war to be transferred to your rep dem leaders! ask them to support both amendments to ndaa (pentagon bill) that end the illegal wars in yemen and syria!

we have less than 24 hours. the house is about to vote on a bill that would send another another $1 billion to the israeli military. that's on top of the $3.8 billion we're already sending. pick up the phone now and tell your representative to say no.

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rosy assessment obfuscates much egypt is attractive for foreign debt buyers because it pays one of highest real interest rates on earth, a reflection of risk not success while there are great egyptian start ups, the legal environment forces them to relocate, like swvl to dubai

a year after abraham accords, it's clear that the uae has been able to leverage its ties with israel to overcome its image as a close trump ally among democrats, endearing itself to the biden administration -- as i expected when the accords were reached: