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Jules 🍉💔🖤🤍💚🇮🇪 @katsikajules.bsky.social · 2d

Photo journalist Shade Abu Sido was kidnapped on March 18 2024 during the Israeli occupation's raid on Al-Shifa Medical Complex.

“I entered Gaza and found it like a scene from Judgment Day. This is not Gaza. Where is the world?”

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 19d

A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.

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Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 20d

“The actual state of Palestine” — brilliant front page from UK Observer

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Peter Beinart @peterbeinart.bsky.social · Aug 19

Of course Mamdani has visited Jewish communities. What angers Greenblatt is that Mamdani isn't courting HIM. By winning the young Jewish vote while condemning Israel, Mamdani is exposing how out of touch Greenblatt is with many of those he claims to represent. That's what makes Mamdani a threat.

Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · Aug 18

Jonathan Greenblatt of the ADL said on TV today that Zohran Mamdani did not visit a single synagogue in NYC during the campaign. That is, to put it bluntly, a lie. forward.com/news/763210/...

ADL chief attacks Zohran Mamdani, but gets his facts wrong

ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt criticized Zohran Mamdani for not visiting synagogues, which he was, and not reaching out to Hasidic voters.

forward.com

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Issandr Amrani @arabist.net · Aug 17

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Adam Shatz · Berlin Diary

Throughout my stay in Berlin, I kept hearing from Germans quietly critical of Israel that ‘cracks’ had begun to...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Issandr Amrani @arabist.net · Aug 12

Not surprising, they were also supportive of what Israel war crimes in Gaza, they like Biden are reprehensible and deeply immoral people.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · Jun 25

brad lander primary chuck schumer

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Issandr Amrani @arabist.net · Jun 25

Hmmm turns out the same Democratic Party elite and the oligarchs that back them who backed Joe Biden even as they knew of his mental deficit was wrong about Cuomo. Go figure.

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Issandr Amrani @arabist.net · Jun 23

Also the defense systems did not work impeccably and the Israeli war effort is extremely expensive and probably not sustainable in a war of attrition against an opponent that may simply be able to endure more pain for longer.

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@ghoshworld @ghoshworld.bsky.social · Jun 22

Every US base in the Middle East will have planned for this moment, and will be on high alert. But every American civilian in the region is now potentially in harm’s way. I wonder if Trump will explain what he’s doing to safeguard them.
Not holding my breath, though.

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Issandr Amrani @arabist.net · Jun 22

Would have been more useful last week.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · Jun 22

Good to see: Chuck Schumer just called for a vote on requiring Trump to seek congressional authorization for war w/Iran.

Reupping this Q: We've seen a left-right coalition demand this in the past. Why not now? Where are "anti-interventionist" MAGA Rs this time?

newrepublic.com/article/1969...

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Ben Rhodes @rhodesben.bsky.social · Jun 22

If your take is "I oppose Trump's fascism but support him lawlessly bombing this other country" maybe pause and give that a think.

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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · May 21

Exclusive: Syrian leadership approved return of dead spy Eli Cohen archive to Israel, sources say. Israel had earlier reported retrieval of archive to have taken place "in a complex covert operation by the Mossad, in cooperation with a strategic partner"
www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Exclusive: Syrian leadership approved return of dead spy archive to Israel, sources say

Syria's leadership approved the handover of the belongings of long-dead spy Eli Cohen to Israel in a bid to ease Israeli hostility and show goodwill to U.S. President Donald Trump, three sources told Reuters.

www.reuters.com

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Issandr Amrani @arabist.net · May 19

CIA to name veteran Middle East case officer as head of covert operations - FT

"CIA director John Ratcliffe has chosen an intelligence operative who heads a critical station in a Middle East country to be deputy director for operations, according to several people familiar with the decision."

CIA to name veteran Middle East case officer as head of covert operations

Deputy director of operations to become more powerful as agency increases focus on espionage

www.ft.com

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Issandr Amrani @arabist.net · May 15

How Joe Biden Handed the Presidency to Donald Trump | The New Yorker

Absolutely scathing reporting. Such a disastrous presidency in so many ways, and such a disastrous party leadership.

How Joe Biden Handed the Presidency to Donald Trump

At a fateful event last summer, Barack Obama, George Clooney, and others were stunned by Biden’s weakness and confusion. Why did he and his advisers decide to conceal his condition from the public and campaign for reëlection?

www.newyorker.com

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Aron Lund @aronlund.bsky.social · May 13

This is how I’ll do Middle East analysis from now on, and I’m hoping it will improve the accuracy of my predictions considerably

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · May 13

I think they also did this for JFK and Jackie in Paris in 1961.

Oh, sorry, I forgot: They had dinner in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles.
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(Snapshots of US imagery on the world stage, two different eras. )

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · May 13

As part of the red-carpet treatment, Saudi officials arranged for a fully operational mobile McDonald’s unit to accompany President Trump during his stay.

According to local reports, the unit was set up near the Saudi Royal Court.

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Issandr Amrani @arabist.net · May 13

Trump dropping sanctions a worth more than any aid package to the country. It gives it a chance to rebuild itself.

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Michael Hanna @mwhanna.crisisgroup.org · May 13

Astonishing news on Trump’s lifting of Syria sanctions. Much still depends on follow through and implementation and there is a Congressional piece as well, but I would never have predicted this; I’m sure some members of his administration feel the same.

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Issandr Amrani @arabist.net · May 12

La stratégie séparatiste des Emirats arabes unis

Writing in Le Monde, Jean-Pierre Filiu outlines the separatist strategy of the UAE in Libya, Yemen and Sudan where it has backed violent factions with local agendas that ... https://diary.arabist.net/2025/05/12/la-stratgie-sparatiste-des-emirats.html

La stratégie séparatiste des Emirats arabes unis

CHRONIQUE. Cela fait plus d’une décennie qu’Abou Dhabi appuie les forces sécessionnistes en Libye, puis au Yémen, et désormais au Soudan, accentuant ainsi la fragmentation du monde arabe, analyse dans sa chronique Jean-Pierre Filiu, professeur des universités à Sciences Po.

www.lemonde.fr

Issandr Amrani @arabist.net · May 12

What Does Trump Want in the Middle East? | Foreign Affairs

Marc Lynch on Trump’s Gulf visit.

What Does Trump Want in the Middle East?

America’s allies in the region wish they knew.

www.foreignaffairs.com

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Issandr Amrani @arabist.net · May 12

[Trump Is Poised to Accept a Luxury 747 From Qatar for Use as Air Force One - The New York Times] (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/us/politics/trump-qatar-jet-gift-air-force-one.html)

If the Qataris also intend to cover the c... https://diary.arabist.net/2025/05/12/trump-is-poised-to-accept.html

Trump Is Poised to Accept a Luxury 747 From Qatar for Use as Air Force One

The plan raises substantial ethical issues, given the immense value of the lavishly appointed plane and that Mr. Trump intends to take ownership of it after he leaves office.

www.nytimes.com

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Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social · May 7

Doug Feith's Office of Special Plans, but stupider. "The classified message asked agencies, whose tools include surveillance satellites...intercepts and spies...to identify people in Greenland and Denmark who support U.S. objectives for the island." www.wsj.com/world/greenl...

Exclusive | U.S. Orders Intelligence Agencies to Step Up Spying on Greenland

The push underscores the seriousness of President Trump’s intent to acquire the island from Denmark.

www.wsj.com

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Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social · May 7

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Qusay Noor @qusaynoor.net · May 7

President of the #Syrian #Arab Republic, Mr. Ahmad Al-Shara, arrived at #Charles de Gaulle Airport in #Paris, marking his first official visit to #Europe.

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