"It's not very difficult to figure out who is behind this and who has the most to gain from this which is Russia."

Associate Fellow @samdebendern.bsky.social joined @francoisf24.bsky.social (@f24debate.france24.com) to discuss the recent drone strikes on ships in the Black Sea, via @france24.com.

Pleased to join @francoisf24.bsky.social & @f24debate.france24.com this week. To discuss the elephant in room— that every person on earth sees as Israel’s most pressing concern— but is not being addressed in these Israeli elections. And the necessity of Israeli-Palestinian civil society engagement

How vulnerable is Saudi Arabia?
Monday #F24Debate weighs OPEC leader's options amid escalation with Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis

🇮🇱 🇵🇸 “The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is being used as a political football here and nobody cares about the human beings in the region.”
@johnlyndon.bsky.social on how the European far-right and far-left spin it #F24Debate

Full show ➡️ f24.my/CCqT

🇮🇱 Still Netanyahu’s Israel?
On the third anniversary of #October7 attacks, Wednesday’s show reflects on the direction the nation takes going forward

🇫🇷 ✏️ While politicians focus on the violence, the next generation of French voters rage at the lack of dialogue over their demands.
“In my school, there’s been no discussion at all,” 11th grader Celeste Evagora tells #F24Debate

Full show ➡️ f24.my/CCfq

🇫🇷 Why the violence?
Tuesday #F24Debate asks about the clashes surrounding French high school protests now in their third week. What room for compromise when demands for better school conditions meet pre-election posturing and empty state coffers?

🇧🇷 🗳️ “These are the most consequential elections in Brazil’s recent history.”
Jamil Chade on Lula’s bid to convince enough of the 2 million of the voters who abstained in the first round to show up for the October 25th runoff #F24Debate

Full show ➡️ f24.my/CCVo

🇧🇷🗳️ Why the far-right comeback in #Brazil?
Monday #F24Debate asks about Lula's uphill struggle to beat Bolsonaro in October 25th run-off. Would the election of the son of a former president jailed over an attempted coup would mark a turning point for Brazilian democracy?

🇮🇱🇪🇬 "A visit like this is extremely rare."
@theatlantic.com's Vivian Salama tells the origin story of #Egypt's Abbas Kamel traveling to Israel Sep 26th, 2023 to warn of trouble in Gaza... while most top intel chiefs were at a Yom Kippur War memorial

More in #Spotlight #F24 ➡️ f24.my/CC7Z

Will AI write our books?
Thursday #F24Debate wades into France’s almighty row over a disputed best-seller. Are we all outsourcing our reading and writing? If so, how will humans cope in a post-literate world?
www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...

🇪🇹 How far could it spiral?
Wednesday #F24Debate asks about #Ethopia's potential return to civil war and the fear of contagion to the entire Horn of Africa

« We’ve passed peak Trump when it comes to disruption on the global stage. »
@gzeromedia.com’s @ianbremmer.com tells #SpotlightF24 of the growing limits of the US president’s smash and grab approach to executive power.

Full interview ➡️ f24.my/CBpd