Elliott Gotkine

Best. Delivery. Ever. #TheEmmys #NewsEmmys @cnn.com

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to undergo surgery on Sunday, to remove his prostate. In July last year, when he had a pacemaker fitted, his stand-in was Justice Minister, Yariv Levin. Unclear for now if same will apply this time around.

Accusations of genocide. Charges of corruption. But improbably, Netanyahu had a good year | CNN The past year brought thousands of deaths, regional conflict, indictments and accusations of ethnic cleansing and genocide. But Benjamin Netanyahu ends it having transformed his standing in Israel.

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‘My God there is light’: CNN witnesses moment Syrian prisoner is freed from Assad’s forced detention | CNN While searching a secretive prison in the belly of the Assad regime’s legacy of torture for American journalist Austin Tice, CNN’s Clarissa Ward made a startling discovery when a rebel fighter uncover...

Wow!
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Syrian rebel leader says goal is to ‘overthrow’ Assad regime | CNN The goal of Syria’s rebel coalition, as it wrests another major city from government control this week, is ultimately to overthrow authoritarian President Bashar al-Assad, according to Abu Mohammad al...

Phenomenal work by my friend and colleague Jomana Karadsheh

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What we need, you see, is a strategic reserve of crypto 😵‍💫

Seemed like a good idea at the time 🤷‍♂️

Opening paragraph of the day goes to @wsjpitchbot.bsky.social Did Scientists Revive an Extinct Animal or Just Breed a Less Stripey Zebra?

One doesn't like to blow one's own trumpet, but I'm chuffed to bits to be part the @cnn.com team that won the Emmy for Outstanding Breaking News Coverage, for its reporting of the Israel-Hamas war. theemmys.tv/wp-content/u...

Last night I attended the UK premier of the ⁦BBC doc on the Hamas-led terrorist attacks of Oct 7. It focuses on the Nova music festival, scene of the most murderous attack. I’d seen the most gruesome bits as part of my reporting. It was the individual stories that hit hardest. Worth watching.

This has aged well:

"Anyone with a chunk of change can buy the newest technology. Only a big shot can say ‘page me."

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Unwilling to Be Human Shields, Some Gazans Turn Gunmen Away From Shelters Residents, already forced to flee their homes by intense bombardment, want to avoid becoming a target for Israeli forces hunting Hamas.

Interesting story:
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Is September 10 too early to put the central heating on? Asking for a friend 🥶

For some reason I ended up speaking more slowly; sluggishly, even. 🤷‍♂️

IDF says the killing this morning of three Israelis by the Allenby Bridge border crossing was carried out by a truck driver who approached from Jordan, "exited the truck, and opened fire at the Israeli security forces operating at the bridge". The perpetrator was killed.

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I cycled into CNN this morning, and only narrowly missed imbibing a slug of snail 🐌

Let's see if this is the start of something beautiful.