What Actually Mattered This Week: Israel Kills Hamas Leader Sinwar
WHAT ACTUALLY MATTERED THIS WEEK
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed Hamas leader and October 7th attack mastermind Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israeli forces—not in a planned operation but a chance encounter—achieving a key objective for the Israelis.
His death deals a serious blow to Hamas but doesn’t signal the end of the war just yet.
“Great challenges still lie ahead of us,” said Prime Minister Netanyahu.
Canada (and India in response) expelled diplomats in the latest spat over what Trudeau’s government calls “homicides, extortion, and violent acts” on Canadian soil.
India called these allegations “preposterous.”
The United States is…not buying that.
This week, Beijing sent a record 153 aircraft around Taiwan as punishment for President Lai Ching-Te’s National Day address, when he said China has “no right to represent Taiwan.”
This type of escalation only further hardens the views of the Taiwanese public against Beijing.
One of the most significant pushes from the Biden administration against Netanyahu to date…and only a few weeks before the election.
Threatening to withhold military supplies to Israel shows that the USA can influence Netanyahu’s government (a little) if it tries hard enough.
TRUTHS, DAMNED TRUTHS, AND STATISTICS
United States per capita carbon emissions are now down to World War I levels:
THE GZERO WORLD WE’RE JUST LIVING IN
THE GRAPHIC TRUTH
YOUR GZERO WORLD
On “GZERO World with Ian Bremmer,” we're mere weeks away from Election Day in one of the closest and most tumultuous national elections in American history. Both candidates are making their pitches to voters, and show guest, author and historian Timothy Snyder, argues that what they're really pitching are two different versions of freedom. Snyder discusses the election by drawing from his latest book, “On Freedom,” an exploration into how freedom is used—and often misused—in society and politics.
Snyder argues that America would do well to think about freedom in a more positive light, particularly in terms of freedom "to" rather than freedom "from." Freedom "to" vote, to control your own body, to love whom you want." Rather than freedom "from" oppression, for instance. “Freedom is about a future which is better than the present. Freedom is about all the good things that we might know about and all the good things we have yet to discover. It's not about anger, it's not about barriers.”
In taking a bird’s eye view of the many ways freedom can be interpreted, Snyder zeros in on Ukraine. He reflects on how Ukrainians often use the word “de-occupation” instead of liberation, because he believes that freedom is means towards a better future, rather than the end goal. “The word de-occupation reminds you that that is still just the beginning. You have to clear the rubble, and rebuild the playgrounds, and the buses and the trains have to start running again.”
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For a longer, wider-ranging version of my interview check out the GZERO World podcast.
WORLD IN 60
What is the role of the United Nations in the Israel-Gaza war?
What’s next with Canada and India as relations sour?
How important is Elon Musk in the US election?
Find out in this week’s World in 60 Seconds!
DIG DEEPER: GZERO DAILY BY IAN BREMMER
Barring an unlikely landslide in the United States election this year, a portion of the country will likely see the result as illegitimate.
In my latest column I warn that as more Americans distrust the electoral system, political violence only becomes more likely.
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WHAT TO READ THIS WEEK
No country in the Middle East has a modern history as complex as Iran’s. Abbas Amanat is an historian of distinction and a formidable storyteller. In recounting five centuries in the life of its peoples, his rich and vivid book, “Iran: A Modern History” is a must read.
DEEP THOUGHTS
"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else." —Booker T. Washington
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