Malta at Crossroads: How Israel’s Warning on Palestinian Statehood Hits Home
Valletta’s balmy spring evenings usually echo with chatter about Eurovision odds or the price of pastizzi, but this week the courtyard talk at Café Cordina has taken a sharper turn. Over tiny glasses of Kinnie and shared plates of ġbejniet, Maltese citizens, diplomats and students are dissecting Israel’s blunt warning that any European recognition of…