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Eugene Finkel

@efinkel.bsky.social

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Professor, Johns Hopkins SAIS. Study horrible things that happen to good people, write books. Lviv-Haifa-Jerusalem-Madison-New Haven-Washington-Bologna.

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Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · Nov 8

It is here!

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Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 1d

I have no idea who you might be talking about but my guess is that this person is still in office

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Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 1d

All rational choice decision making models I can think of suggest that it is rather hard to make people resign when their staying out of jail depends on not resigning

Yair Rosenberg @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Yet another poll finding the same thing polls have found for months: 66% of Israelis want to end the war, 69% think Netanyahu should resign either now or after the war. www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

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Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 8d

I wish I knew

Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 8d

The plan that Netanyahu just agreed to is Exhibit 19765 for how squeezable Bibi is when push really comes to shove. Which is something folks with knowledge of Israeli politics all know but it somehow took almost two years for the US to discover that they just need to demand, not beg

Donald Trump's Gaza plan revealed: Read the Full Text

Trump's proposal calls for Gaza demilitarization, aid, hostage release, and transitional governance toward eventual Palestinian control.

www.newsweek.com

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Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 8d

It's not who I am

Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 8d

Of course he does, with so many people around him being on the Qatari payroll and such

Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 8d

My bombing was taken out of context, and I apologize for any inconvenience it might have caused

Michael Horowitz @michaelhorowitz.bsky.social · 8d

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

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Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 9d

No Vis Stalin but Via Stalingrado is here alright

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Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 10d

Close enough, but not RE. Bologna

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Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 10d

I have gotten used to living in a city that has a Viale Uljanov Lenin, Via Carlo Marx, Via Massimo Gorki etc. but I just drove on Via Ho Chi Minh and I have questions

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Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 12d

They have [expletive] lost their [expletive] minds

IDF ordered to broadcast Netanyahu’s UN speech to residents of Gaza Strip

PMO asserts loudspeakers will only be along border, but IDF confirms they were placed inside Strip; hostage families note captives may hear PM: 'Don't shatter their hope'

www.timesofisrael.com

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Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 13d

It's always a struggle

Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 13d

Well, obviously How to Write a Thesis is a must read. OK, jokes aside, How to Travel with a Salmon (if you like essays) and I personally like Foucault’s Pendulum a lot

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Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 14d

That might come next. Though I am several blocks away from where Eco used to teach so for now I can drop the travel, I am exactly where I need to be

Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 14d

Beh...

Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 14d

Well, here we have a mix, from historians to economists with everything else in the middle, so archival documents is only a small part of the mix

Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 14d

I have finally reached that stage of my career where I can assign and teach Umberto Eco's book in my class. Unfortunately, the class is research methods and the book is How To Write a Thesis

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Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 15d

Thanks!

Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 16d

And they won't

Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 16d

And if Netanyahu annexes the West Bank, they might even consider opening an embassy at some point

Britain, Canada and Australia formally recognize a Palestinian state, deepening Israel’s isolation | CNN

Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom announced formal recognition of the state of Palestine on Sunday, in an attempt to pile pressure on Israel as it presses on with its campaign in Gaza despite i...

edition.cnn.com

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Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 16d

Them as well

Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 16d

זה בטח. אם לפני שנתיים מישהו היה אומר לי שיהיו עדיין חטופים בעזה ושהחיילים ימשיכו למות על כלום הייתי אומר שהאדם נפל על הראש.

Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 16d

מסתכל מבחוץ, אבל לא נראה לי שהתחילו פתאום לאהוב את המוות. פשוט הפך להיות חלק מהשגרה, כמו החום והפקקים. נכון, רע ומעצבן ואבל מה כבר אפשר לעשות. מזכיר לי את האינתיפאדה השנייה, נכון שמתפוצצים, לא נחמד, אבל מה, לא לנסוע באוטובוסים יותר?

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Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 17d

Crushing it

Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 17d

Pulling up the drawbridge, sure. And disengaging from the world and its affairs. But while the administration can make itself uninterested in the world they can't order the world to stop being interested int the US

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