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Thomas Friedman

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Three giant challenges that will define Trump’s second term

The president-elect faces some huge shifting tectonic plates that have profound implications for the US administration and the world, writes Thomas...

27.11.2024 7

Financial Review

Thomas Friedman

Iran is playing a dangerous game

There are plenty of reasons to be suspicious of Benjamin Netanyahu’s motives. But Tehran has an even uglier strategy to disrupt the Middle East.

02.08.2024 6

Financial Review

Thomas Friedman

Both men running for US president are unfit for the job

One is a good man in obvious cognitive and physical decline, and the other is a bad man who lies as he breathes – and who is in his own cognitive...

10.07.2024 10

Financial Review

Thomas Friedman

Israel needs to get the hell out of Gaza

The extremists in Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government have led a reckless act of economic, military and moral overstretch.

23.06.2024 20

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Thomas Friedman

Why the campus protests are so troubling

Hamas is against the existence of a Jewish state and believes there should be an Islamic state between the river and the sea. When protests on college...

12.05.2024 70

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Things have gone terribly wrong in Gaza. They could get worse soon

There is only one thing worse for Israel, not to mention Palestinians, than a Gaza controlled by Hamas: That’s a Gaza where nobody is in charge.

17.03.2024 9

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Thomas Friedman

A titanic geopolitical struggle is underway

While the two battlefronts – Russia v Ukraine and Israel v Hamas – may look very different, they actually have a lot in common.

27.01.2024 70

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Why Netanyahu is turning against Biden

Israel has been at war with Hamas for over 100 days and still has over 100 hostages to recover, but Netanyahu’s No. 1 focus is Netanyahu.

21.01.2024 20

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Thomas Friedman

What worries me about the Gaza war after my trip to Arab states

No Gulf Arab state will come into Gaza with bags of money to rebuild it unless Israel has a legitimate Palestinian partner and commits to a two-state...

19.12.2023 6

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Thomas Friedman

Why Israel should call for a permanent ceasefire

Wiping out Hamas is an unattainable goal, and getting stuck in Gaza would be a disaster.

03.12.2023 6

Financial Review

Thomas Friedman

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