Andrew Schapiro

@NetanelCrispe Key context: Yale Hillel (Slifka Center) is proudly Zionist & pro-Israel & simply has a (reasonable) rule against filming in the bldg. 15-20 Slifka members were protesting, but 100+ were respectfully listening to a talk by former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett upstairs. All is ok.

BREAKING! Yale’s Hillel, the Slifka Center, kicked out Pro Israel Jewish students last night for filming a Hillel sanctioned protest for Palestine inside the building! The protest was attended by members of Yalies4Palestine who were responsible for last year’s encampments at Yale!

Disqualifying. nytimes.com/2023/03/13/us/…

@BeschlossDC And now he's back ...

New York Times seventy years ago today:

Baseball is often called "The Great American Pastime" - but it sure would be great to see these guys do well in the tournament, wouldn't it? nytimes.com/2023/03/06/spo…

Congrats to 'strategic genius' Putin, 1 year in: -Myth of Russian military prowess shattered -Sweden & Finland joining NATO -Russian economy a mess -Europe cutting dependence on Russian gas -Elites fleeing the country -Ukraine’s westward orientation now irreversible 👏

@kamilblazek1 Bohužel ne ...

@AndySchapiro Andy, still improving your Czech I hope!

Rhymes with Havel.

When serving as NATO Military Committee Chairman, @general_pavel always conveyed wisdom, integrity and intellect. His election as President of CZ bodes well for the Czech Republic, Europe, and the transatlantic relationship.

Gratulujeme to @bijan Sabet, confirmed this week by the Senate this week to be the new US Amb to CZ. No better place to be posted, and no better person for the post. In case you need an extra flag pin, hit me up – I’ve got a bunch!

If you can’t be in CZ, no better place to mark the anniversary of the Velvet Revolution than at NYC’s Bohemian National Hall for a concert paying homage to Vaclav Havel and the music of the Velvet Underground and Plastic People of the Universe.

Justice Blackmun, author of Roe v Wade, for whom I had the privilege of clerking early in my career, watching anti-abortion protestors outside the Court on the decision's 20th anniversary, Jan 22, 1993.

Lest we forget: the non-aggression pact between Nazi Germany and the USSR (1939-1941). Happy Victory Day.

Doufám.

Including, perhaps, a certain member of the Visegrad 4 that just had an election?

Fine. But please also send some to my city (Chicago) where we have many jobs to fill and a great need for ambitious, hardworking people eager to make better lives for themselves and their families. khou.com/article/news/l…

Leading by example: "These weapons supplies were funded by the Czech government, and private Czech donors who have chipped in to a government-backed crowdsourced fundraising campaign to arm Ukraine." wsj.com/articles/ukrai…

@TVietor08 STOP

unsubscribing from text-based fundraising asks is my passion

@GerardAraud It's not "the" Crimea.

I fear that an indefinite prolongation of the war in Ukraine is the most likely scenario. The major obstacle to a peace agreement is the Crimea and the Donbass where Putin can’t make any concession without losing face and where I don’t expect Ukraine to cave in.

Argh politicalwire.com/2022/03/25/mic…

Ketanji Brown Jackson's representation of Guantanamo detainees, whether as a federal defender or pro bono at a firm, is laudable, noble work, in the best tradition of the legal profession--going back to John Adams' representation of British soldiers charged in the Boston Massacre