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    <title>The Conflict That Conscripts Its Spectators</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Paolo Calvi</dc:creator>
    <description>Why Israel and Palestine turn distant observers into participants in a war over legitimacy</description>
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    <content:encoded><![CDATA[New commentary on The Geopolitical Economist

THE CONFLICT THAT CONSCRIPTS ITS SPECTATORS

Why Israel and Palestine turn distant observers into participants: legitimacy is a strategic resource, and every word a loyalty test.

From the opening:
“There is a fairly reliable way to gauge how incandescent a public question has become: watch what happens to anyone who merely tries to describe it. One can write that the Chinese Communist Party exercises pervasive control over society without readers presuming to know one’s position on Taiwan.”

By Paolo Calvi, Essayist and editor, Cuneo, Italy

Read the full commentary: https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/the-conflict-that-conscripts-its-spectators

#Geopolitics #MiddleEast #Israel #Palestine #GlobalEconomy]]></content:encoded>
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