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Two more generations before Jews and Arabs can live in peace, says Vatican’s top man in Jerusalem

Reposted by Eric Robert Reguly

Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 1d

@ereguly.bsky.social, one the Globe's best writers, has an excellent article on the Catholic Church's involvement in the response to the war in Gaza: www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa says ‘the wounds are too deep’ and the healing process needs time

Two more generations before Jews and Arabs can live in peace, says Vatican’s top man in Jerusalem

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Eric Robert Reguly @ereguly.bsky.social · 1d

My profile of the #Vatican man in the MidEast trying to keep the peace between Israeli and Palestinian Catholics: #cardinalpizzaballa

www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa says ‘the wounds are too deep’ and the healing process needs time

Opinion: Artificial intelligence: the good, the bad and the ugly environmental costs

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Eric Robert Reguly @ereguly.bsky.social · 2d

My bit on #AI
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

AI data centres’ insatiable need for energy is driving quickie solutions that aren’t good for the planet

No family, no stability, no social fabric: the anguish of Gaza’s wounded orphans

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Eric Robert Reguly @ereguly.bsky.social · 2d

Terribly sad story

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

As the number of WCNSFs – wounded child no surviving family – grows, charities struggle to find adults to look after them

Hamas wants Marwan Barghouti freed in prisoner exchange, but Israel so far refuses

Eric Robert Reguly @ereguly.bsky.social · 3d

My piece on #marwanbarghouti -- the "Nelson Mandela" of #Palestine Palestinians want him released. #Israel is refusing.

www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

The prominent prisoner, who Palestinians see as a potential leader, is serving a life sentence in Israel

Egypt is pivoting away from the U.S. and toward China

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Eric Robert Reguly @ereguly.bsky.social · 4d

My bit on #Egypt trying to pivot away from Trumpland, as #Canada is trying to do, on defence, trade and other areas

www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

China has been courting Egypt and other North African countries, building relationships and selling arms

How Trump’s peace plan for Gaza could end the war

Eric Robert Reguly @ereguly.bsky.social · 6d

My interview for the @theglobeandmail.com 's Decibel podcast on the end, maybe, of the war in #Gaza on the second anniversary of the carnage.

www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the...

The emerging Israel-Hamas deal, explained

Fearing permanent exile, displaced Palestinians struggle to rebuild their lives in Egypt

Eric Robert Reguly @ereguly.bsky.social · 8d

Huge pro-Palestine protest - said to be 1 million strong -- right in front of my house in #Rome earlier today. The marching went on for hours.

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Eric Robert Reguly @ereguly.bsky.social · 8d

A people without a home: My piece on the thousands of Palestinians from #Gaza trying to build a new life in #Egypt
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Separated from their homeland and unsure whether they will ever be able to return, tens of thousands of Palestinian refugees rely on each other

Egypt builds its military presence in the Sinai as Israel threatens to empty Gaza of Palestinians

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Eric Robert Reguly @ereguly.bsky.social · 13d

My bit fro #Egypt as the war in #Gaza gets too close for comfort for Egyptians

www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Analysts fear the peninsula next door to Gaza will be a new flashpoint

‘Guess what?’ Macron phones Trump after US president’s motorcade blocks his car

Eric Robert Reguly @ereguly.bsky.social · 19d

At least #emmanuelmacron was good natured about being stranded in Manhattan

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Bemused French president forced to take unscheduled 30-minute trek through the streets of New York

How the merger of Teck’s and Anglo’s Chilean copper mines will work – or not work

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Eric Robert Reguly @ereguly.bsky.social · 26d

My Q+A on mining merger mania in the Andes:

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

On paper, operating the two mines as one looks easy. In practice, doing so could turn into a technological and haggling ordeal

Opinion: Glencore could make or break the dream of a Teck-Anglo American merger

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Eric Robert Reguly @ereguly.bsky.social · 28d

My bit on what could derail the Anglo-Teck merger

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

The Swiss company’s share of the Collahuasi copper mine gives it tremendous leverage

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

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Eric Robert Reguly @ereguly.bsky.social · 29d

Workers are getting fired, placed on leave over Charlie Kirk posts

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Eric Robert Reguly @ereguly.bsky.social · Sep 12

Venezuela says 11 killed in US boat strike were not gang members amid reports vessel was returning to shore

Interior minister says ‘murder has been committed’ while US Congress demands justification for attack