Mark Gilbert
@ambmarkgilbert.bsky.social
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The Jewish holiday of Passover begins tomorrow. The Passover Seder *compels* us to put ourselves in the story, as if we too were liberated from slavery: Once, we were oppressed. Then, brave leaders confronted the Pharaoh. Now, we are free.
What story will you tell this year?
What story will you tell this year?
April 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The Jewish holiday of Passover begins tomorrow. The Passover Seder *compels* us to put ourselves in the story, as if we too were liberated from slavery: Once, we were oppressed. Then, brave leaders confronted the Pharaoh. Now, we are free.
What story will you tell this year?
What story will you tell this year?
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I am begging American Jewish organizations and community leaders to do something. How can you let them destroy U.S. higher education in our name?
I feel so abandoned by my Jewish community. I can’t believe they could want this.
April 9, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I am begging American Jewish organizations and community leaders to do something. How can you let them destroy U.S. higher education in our name?
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Icymi: in December, I wrote on @goodauth.bsky.social about what to expect from hostage recovery policy in Trump’s second term:
goodauthority.org/news/us-host...
goodauthority.org/news/us-host...
Freeing U.S. hostages is more complicated than it seems.
Trump often pressured allies and flattered adversaries to gain the release of U.S. hostages held abroad. Will he change this approach?
goodauthority.org
March 6, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Icymi: in December, I wrote on @goodauth.bsky.social about what to expect from hostage recovery policy in Trump’s second term:
goodauthority.org/news/us-host...
goodauthority.org/news/us-host...
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Trump announced that he plans to appoint Adam Boehler as the next Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, or “SPEHA.”
Soon, I’ll have more to say on what to expect from hostage recovery policy in a second Trump admin. But for now…1/3
www.politico.com/news/2024/12...
Soon, I’ll have more to say on what to expect from hostage recovery policy in a second Trump admin. But for now…1/3
www.politico.com/news/2024/12...
Trump says he’ll replace top US diplomat tasked with hostage release
Trump appointed Roger Carstens to the role in 2020 and Biden retained him.
www.politico.com
December 5, 2024 at 11:38 PM
Trump announced that he plans to appoint Adam Boehler as the next Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, or “SPEHA.”
Soon, I’ll have more to say on what to expect from hostage recovery policy in a second Trump admin. But for now…1/3
www.politico.com/news/2024/12...
Soon, I’ll have more to say on what to expect from hostage recovery policy in a second Trump admin. But for now…1/3
www.politico.com/news/2024/12...
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What explains cooperation between armed groups? My latest article, “Partners in Crime: Comparative Advantage and Kidnapping Cooperation,” was just published online first at @cpsjournal.bsky.social!
Brief 🧵 below for a quick synopsis & many thanks👇👇
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/2I3YT...
Brief 🧵 below for a quick synopsis & many thanks👇👇
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/2I3YT...
December 4, 2024 at 8:12 PM
What explains cooperation between armed groups? My latest article, “Partners in Crime: Comparative Advantage and Kidnapping Cooperation,” was just published online first at @cpsjournal.bsky.social!
Brief 🧵 below for a quick synopsis & many thanks👇👇
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/2I3YT...
Brief 🧵 below for a quick synopsis & many thanks👇👇
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/2I3YT...
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This may be too complex a topic for limited characters, but I’ll try: conventional wisdom in the hostage recovery community is the more “professional” the kidnapper, the better outcome for the hostage: less rash, more patient, better care, centralized decision-making authority about release 1/n
I don't know. My intuition is that this introduces more, not less complexity since neither Israel nor the mediators would necessarily have direct access to these groups. I wonder what @danigilbert.bsky.social thinks.
November 11, 2023 at 1:16 PM
This may be too complex a topic for limited characters, but I’ll try: conventional wisdom in the hostage recovery community is the more “professional” the kidnapper, the better outcome for the hostage: less rash, more patient, better care, centralized decision-making authority about release 1/n