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Gabriel Mitchell

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Eastern Mediterranean Energy & Geopolitics | Maker of Soup | PhD Candidate | Husband, Father, Jerusalemite, Veteran (not exclusively in that order) | Substack: https://gabimitchell.substack.com/

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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · Jul 27

My words on Israel's strategic and moral failure in Gaza

Issue 88: Enough open.substack.com/pub/gabimitc...

Issue 88: Enough

This is not time for excuses. It is time to declare a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.

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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 2d

yes the US component is v important here. again, i'd differentiate between impact vs presence

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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 2d

100% i think syria partially sits in both categories but absolutely agree with you

Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 2d

imho, it is four factors: having a receptive audience in DC, the Syria conundrum, and the strikes on Iran & Qatar. Each of these in their own way incentivized greater TR engagement, and created space for a greater TR role in the process.

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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 2d

Incredible news to wake up to. Here is hoping the deal is executed swiftly and without issue. Everyone deserves a fresh start.

Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 3d

We have reached the "cautious optimism" phase of the negotiations.

Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 3d

and powered by oil

Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 3d

Grateful to @warontherocks.bsky.social for sharing my reflections on October 7th and its implications for Israeli foreign policy

Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 4d

Honored to have contributed to @gmfus.bsky.social's compendium on #October7 and its global impact
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The Long Global Shadow of October 7

Hamas’ attack on Israel two years ago and the events unfolding in its wake have reverberated beyond the Middle East. The war in Gaza; the spillover into Houthi attacks in the Red Sea; escalation of te...

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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 4d

Hard to believe that two years have passed. Praying for better days for us all. 🎗️

Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 6d

Offered my two shekels on Trump's plan 👇

Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan ‘Full of Holes’ but Can It Work? en.politis.com.cy/globe/globe-...

Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan ‘Full of Holes’ but Can It Work?

All key players in the international community have backed the plan, hoping it will end the carnage, while Hamas has given a tentative nod of approval, but foreign analysts speaking to Politis warn of...

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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 10d

Much to pray for over the coming hours. May we all be sealed in the Book of Life. גמר חתימה טובה

Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 11d

🇪🇬🇨🇾🇬🇷 Egypt, Greece agree to conduct feasible studies on potential GREGY interconnector project english.ahram.org.eg/News/554020....

Egypt, Greece agree to study Europe power link project - Energy - Business

Egypt and Greece have signed an agreement to complete “technical and economic studies” for a major electricity interconnection project, bringing a step closer to exporting up to 3,000 megawatts of Egy...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12d

Business is booming in the Middle East for Trump. Deal after deal after deal.

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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 12d

Netanyahu also agreed to pay compensation to the Qatari security officer.

Which is peanuts when you consider all the Qatari money Netanyahu happily delivered to Hamas over the years.

Michael Horowitz @michaelhorowitz.bsky.social · 12d

PM Benjamin Netanyahu apologized to his Qatari counterpart for #Israel’s attack on #Qatar’s capital Doha during a telephone call from the White House, a source close to Netanyahu told Reuters

Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 12d

Netanyahu has always had a soft spot for Qatar.

Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 12d

Netanyahu apologized to Qatar before apologizing to the Israeli public.

Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 12d

So Netanyahu has apologized to Turkey and Qatar in his political career. Jordan too, if memory serves correctly.

Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 12d

PS: here is another way to communicate the message.

Barak Ravid, X:

BREAKING: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone with the prime minister of Qatar Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani and apologized for violating Qatari sovereignty in the strike on Doha and expressed regret for the killing of a Qatari security guard, per source familiar. The call took place during the meeting between Netanyahu and Trump

Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 13d

Friendship Sea

Seth J. Frantzman @sfrantzman.bsky.social · 13d

Greek City Times: "A Turkish UAV with the callsign VATOZ21 has been flying continuously over the flotilla, monitoring activity only a few kilometers off the Cretan coast. A second Turkish drone was also launched in the same area on Thursday, reinforcing Ankara’s aerial presence."

Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 14d

🇨🇾 “sizeable quantities” estimated between 225-250 BCM at Pegasus & Glaucus fields, Cyprus confirms
cyprus-mail.com/2025/09/26/8...

Cyprus confirms major gas find

Cyprus has found “sizeable quantities” of natural gas in blocks Pegasus and Glaucus, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou told the Cyprus Mail on Friday, following an earlier announcement by the presi...

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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 14d

🇬🇷🇮🇱 Overlooked by many, Greece's Mitsotakis delivered a clear statement at UNGA this week:
"I tell my Israeli friends they risk alienating all their remaining allies if they persist on a path that is shattering the potential of a two-state solution."
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Greek PM warns Israel risks losing friends

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, a key partner of Israel within the European Union, warned Friday that Israel risked losing remaining friends with its destructive war in Gaza."I tell my Israe...

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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 15d

Netanyahu's UNGA speech in happening in front an near empty plenary. The only applause? From the remaining flunkies and donors flown into NYC.

This is Netanyahu's legacy.

Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 15d

I am grateful for the opportunity to share my father-in-law's Rosh Hashanah sermon on the Binding of Isaac in my substack newsletter
gabimitchell.substack.com/p/issue-91-t...

Issue 91: The Binding of Isaac

My father-in-law's insights on faith and sacrifice

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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 19d

only Al Sharaa gets the bro treatment

Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 19d

My latest substack in advance of the Jewish New Year on forgiveness and forgiving gabimitchell.substack.com/p/issue-90-f...

Issue 90: Forgiveness & Forgiving

In 2011, the late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks delivered a brief, powerful message in advance of the Jewish New Year on the importance of asking for forgiveness:

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Gabriel Mitchell @gabiamitchell.bsky.social · 22d

“Forget Oslo — Israel controls everything.” www.ft.com/content/9b90... via @financialtimes.com

How Israel is dismantling the dream of a Palestinian state

While attention has been focused on Gaza, Israel has undermined the delicate architecture of governance in the West Bank built up over three decades