Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Alon Pinkas

@alonpinkas.bsky.social

1.6K followers 170 following 2.4K posts

Chief of Staff/Foreign Policy Advisor to 1 PM & 4 of Israel's best Foreign Ministers since 70CE. Fmr. Ambassador, Consul General in NY. Played for The Arsenal, 1979 FA Cup Final. Writes in www.The-Independent.com Does TV way too much. Tel Aviv, Israel

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Reposted by Alon Pinkas

Bryan Andrews @bryanandrewsmusic.bsky.social · 19d

Don’t let the door hitchya on the way out ✌️#releasethelist

34 85 350

Alon Pinkas @alonpinkas.bsky.social · 12h

Home of the mighty Third Lanark FC

1 1

Reposted by Alon Pinkas

Julie Zebrak @juliezebrak.bsky.social · 14h

Happening Thursday! www.mobilize.us/jewishdems/e...

JDCA's Meet the Candidate: Rep. Mikie Sherrill for NJ Governor · Jewish Democratic Council of America

Please join the **Jewish Democratic Council of America (JDCA)** on Thursday, October 16, at 1:45 p.m. ET / 10:45 a.m. PT for a _meet the candidate_ conversation with Democratic nominee for New Jersey ...

www.mobilize.us

9 27

Reposted by Alon Pinkas

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 18h

BREAKING: President Obama comes out in favor of Prop 50 in California.

California, help protect democracy and return your ballots today!

260 4.6K 15K

Reposted by Alon Pinkas

AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 16h

VIDEO: 🇻🇪 Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize winner says Maduro can still leave power peacefully

Opposition figurehead Maria Corina Machado hopes to leverage her Nobel Prize win, along with mounting pressure from the US, to oust a government that has been in power for more than a quarter of a century

2 2 10

Alon Pinkas @alonpinkas.bsky.social · 18h

Forgetfulness

Alon Pinkas @alonpinkas.bsky.social · 19h

He’s plagiarizing Biden. Sad

1 1

Alon Pinkas @alonpinkas.bsky.social · 19h

Or any other public interest

Reposted by Alon Pinkas

Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 1d

Good to see.

New York Times, CNN, the Atlantic, the Guardian, Washington Post, Reuters, the Associated Press, NPR, HuffPost.

All not signing the Pentagon rules to report only official information.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US news outlets refuse to sign new Pentagon rules to report only official information

Defense department policy requires outlets to vow not to obtain unauthorized files and restricts access to some areas

www.theguardian.com

5 20 110

Reposted by Alon Pinkas

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 4d

Netanyahu outmaneuvered himself into having Trump as his only ally. Yet, the “Trump Plan” only has viability under a different Israeli government.

It's doubtful Trump will maintain personal commitment—he loves the attention, but there will be little of that left in the next phases. trib.al/4AO8S4d

6 21 80

Reposted by Alon Pinkas

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

On a simple human level, this is a day to be celebrated. But, as Israeli analyst and former diplomat Alon Pinkas wrote at TNR last week (trib.al/KuC5ntb), there’s a strong chance Netanyahu will bide his time and find an occasion to blow this peace deal up. trib.al/ceiWSTS

16 27 96

Reposted by Alon Pinkas

RadioStatic @radiostatik.bsky.social · 1d

As a Renaissance painting

1 1 41

Alon Pinkas @alonpinkas.bsky.social · 1d

All true

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

Trump took office with a Israel-Hamas ceasefire in place, then announced a vision for Gaza as a US-owned resort, with most Palestinians living there gone. Israel restarted military ops in March and imposed famine. Thousands of dead Palestinians later, the Trump admin helped broker another ceasefire.