POLITICO: Eve Fairbanks on Trump’s tweet about South Africa
Some lies are so fantastical they can't be countered without vaguely soiling the arguer.
Foreign Policy: Neri Zilber on Palestinians’ precarious state
Both Palestinians and Israelis are worried about the devastating effects the Trump administration looks set to have on their lives.
The Washington Institute: Neri Zilber on protests against Israel’s nation-state law
While Arabs and Jews unite, fake news divides.
The New Yorker: Nicholas Schmidle on Virgin Galactic’s lead pilot
The ace pilot risking his life to fulfill Richard Branson's quest to make commercial space travel a reality.
WPR: Robbie Corey-Boulet on Mali’s turbulent presidential election campaign
And other stories making headlines in Africa.
NYT: Shannon Sims on Zanzibar’s revolutionary female soccer team
Told they couldn't play soccer, the women responded by forming a team.
The Daily Beast: Neri Zilber on Iran pushing conflict on the Israeli-Syrian border
Concern growing in Israel as the Syrian civil war reaches its denouement,
The Daily Beast: Neri Zilber on Israel and Hamas’s calculated attacks
That no deaths have resulted from several weeks' of rocket fire is "nothing short of remarkable."
Joel Millman boxes to support Global Migration Film Festival
Joel (left) takes one for the team From an IOM press release: IOM Boxer Punches Up Interest in 2018 Global Migration Film Festival Geneva — With preparations beginning for the UN Migration Agency’s third annual Global Migration Film Festival (GMFF) to take place in December this year, IOM senior spokesperson Joel Millman decided to take