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Yossi Mekelberg
Academic
Yossi Mekelberg is a Middle East analyst at Chatham House.
Notable Quotes
"The war didn’t go the way they wanted it to go."View Story →
"Whatever he does, he tries to turn everything to his advantage … This is a guy who never takes responsibility but only credit … Everything is opportunistic and everything is transactional."View Story →
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