Nina Potarska is a Ukrainian sociologist and researcher in feminist political economy. She heads the Ukrainian Center for Social and Labor Research and is involved in the Global Women’s Alliance for Leadership in Security (WASL). Nina spent her childhood in Murmansk Oblast, from where Russian Air Force fighter jets now take off to carry out airstrikes on Kyiv. But Potarska does not agree with the widespread comparison between Ukraine after February 24 and Israel after October 7: she is in solidarity with Palestinians and criticizes Israel’s actions in Gaza. This spring, Nina joined the humanitarian flotilla «Sumud» — an international maritime initiative launched last year with the aim of breaking Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip. She gave the first part of the interview at the beginning of the flotilla’s voyage, and the second part after she, along with other pro-Palestinian activists, was detained by Israeli security forces.

#bigtalk #war #warinGaza #WarinUkraine #Israel #interview #conflict #Palestine #GazaStrip #securityforces #Sumudflotilla

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In April 2026, in Vilnius, on the right bank of the Neris, next to the National Art Gallery, the cherry blossoms bloomed once again. Two hundred Japanese cherry trees, planted here a quarter of a century ago in the Chiune Sugihara Park, turned the riverbank into a cloud of white and pink. The name of the Japanese diplomat inscribed on a stone at the park entrance connects the history of this small Baltic country with the history of a Jewish community that was almost entirely destroyed. And it is also the story of a man who saved thousands of desperate people, defying bureaucratic orders.

#Vilnius #WorldWarII #diplomacy #Jews #Israel #History #Lithuania #reportage #sakura #resistance #theUSSR #holocaust #ChiuneSugihara

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The author of «The Bridge» spent the day under sirens and shelling. A personal account

#security #Israel #Iran #IranIsraelwar #personalexperience #society #Haifa #Emigration

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A tanker is burning in the Strait of Hormuz, iconic skyscrapers are ablaze in the UAE, and a port is on fire in Oman… Iran has announced strikes on American bases in neighboring countries, but is targeting the most sensitive sites for its neighbors. If the hostilities drag on, the consequences could be felt worldwide.

#2026 #AmericanIsraeliIranian #Analytics #war #Israel #Iran #theproperty #oil #UnitedArabEmirates #SaudiArabia #USA #transport #tourism #consequences

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Another round of conflict in the Middle East drags on: Israel is losing allies and facing new accusations. Can a new initiative from Donald Trump bring the country an honorable peace in this context? How justified are the criticisms leveled against the Jewish state—genocide, occupation, and colonization of Palestinian lands? And does the State of Palestine even exist, as Western countries have been recognizing it one after another recently? On the second anniversary of the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel and the start of the war in the Gaza Strip, we try to understand this with Marianna Belenkaya, a journalist and Middle East expert, author of the Telegram channel «Falafelnaya.»

#October72023 #Analytics #antiSemitism #MiddleEast #war #DonaldTrump #Israel #interview #Palestine #rightandleft #GazaStrip #TonyBlair #Hamas

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It cannot be said that before World War II, Palestinian Arabs unequivocally supported the expulsion of Jews back to Europe. Thousands of Muslims worked successfully at Jewish enterprises, rented land from Jews, traded with them, or simply coexisted peacefully with people of different faiths. The conditional point of no return can be marked as the summer of 1937.

#worldhistoryresonance #Israel #History #Agreementculture #mythology #Nakba #Palestine #parsing #holocaust

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It is clear that the main strategic direction of the EU (in alliance with the United Kingdom) today must primarily focus on achieving autonomy in the field of security. This means arms production, training capable armies, and creating new command centers, either within NATO or alongside it – while simultaneously maintaining political and economic stability in Europe. Altogether, this represents a complex challenge, as European citizens wish to continue living peacefully, enjoying numerous social guarantees without giving up their accustomed way of life.

#Analytics #VladimirPutin #war #DonaldTrump #EuropeanUnion #west #Israel #Iran #MarkRutte #Russia #USA #tradewar #Ukraine #FriedrichMerz #EmmanuelMacron

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The question of the US entering Israel’s war with Iran remains the main topic on the agenda today. On June 12, the White House officially stated that the United States «is taking a defensive stance» and does not plan to intervene in the fighting for now. Meanwhile, American President Donald Trump repeatedly demanded that both sides «make a deal,» and recently insisted on Israel’s unconditional surrender. ‍

#AliKhamenei #America #Americanmedia #Analytics #MiddleEast #dictatorship #DmitryMedvedev #DonaldTrump #Israel #Iraq #Iran #Kremlin #Moscow #oil #PeteHegseth #Russia #USA #Ukraine #IDF

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