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STAND DOWN
Lay of the Land joins the call for Israel’s governing coalition members to HALT attacks on country’s security forces
By David E. Kaplan, Rolene Marks and Yair Chelouche
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LESSONS FROM JAMIE FOXX
The Orwellian Universe that is X –and the lesson I learnt from Jamie Foxx
By Rolene Marks
After receiving a backlash for a seemingly antisemitic post, actor Jamie Foxx took to social media again to apologise and clarify his comments. Was his original posting that caused such a furor really antisemitic? Multiple watchdogs of antisemitism thought it was. The writer breaks it down.
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WHILE THE WEST’S AWAY, RUSSIA AND IRAN WILL PLAY
Did the West just lose Africa to Russia and Iran?
By Stepan Stepanenko and Catherine Perez-Shakdam
With reports following Niger’s military coup of the new regime’s call for assistance from the Russian state-funded private military Wagner Group and to include Iran in “negotiations”, should sound warning bells of Russia and Iran exploiting Niger chaos to seek inroads into Africa and beyond.
WHILE THE WEST’S AWAY, RUSSIA AND IRAN WILL PLAY
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LOTL Cofounders David E. Kaplan (Editor), Rolene Marks and Yair Chelouche
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