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Rida Abu Rass @aburass.bsky.social · 19h

October marks the start of the olive harvest in Palestine, a culturally significant and, usually, joyous occasion.

Israeli settlers - backed by soldiers - have stolen crops, cut down trees, attacked, and in some cases severely injured, Palestinian olive-pickers - *every day* this week.

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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 21h

Love after Love. Derek Walcott.

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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 1d

yes, we have to keep the pressure up as journalists, diplomats, activists, academics, etc. because the underlying structural issues are not any better today

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Benjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 1d

Trump deserves no credit for this ceasefire - even in a backhanded way. He could have stopped the war this entire past year. If you have to thank someone - and there is little to be thankful for given the ruins of Gaza - please thank the global protest movement.

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samuel @quilombo.bsky.social · 1d

Release Dr Hussam Abu Safiya. www.amnesty.ie/free-dr-huss...

Urgent Action: Free Dr Hussam Abu Safiya - Amnesty International Ireland

Paediatrician and doctor, Hussam Abu Safiya and other medical staff and patients have been arbitrarily detained by Israeli military forces.

www.amnesty.ie

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 1d

Ian Carroll, whom Democratic representative Ro Khanna is featuring in this video, claims Israel invented Holocaust denial to discredit its critics, that the US is controlled by a "Zionist mafia," and that Jews did 9/11.

Really bad that Democrats are platforming overt antisemites like this!

Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 1d

I don't take a dime from any PAC or lobbyist, including AIPAC.

I am proud to be one of the handful of Democrats standing up against Big Money.

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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 1d

Yes they do and they have a pattern of intensifying operations before ceasefires go into effect

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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 1d

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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 1d

Please, please don’t do this. don’t use Palestinian deaths to get smug digs in on your domestic enemies.

Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 1d

Thankfully the op deleted this post. It goes against my code to respond to people with smaller followings than me through QRT but many Americans on this website seem to think everything is a competition between their last two presidents & I’m not here for it.

Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 1d

Please, please don’t do this. don’t use Palestinian deaths to get smug digs in on your domestic enemies.

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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 1d

Please, please don’t do this. don’t use Palestinian deaths to get smug digs in on your domestic enemies.

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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 1d

Israeli attacked a residential building in Gaza City and, according to Al Jazeera, killed and injured more than 70 civilians with most of them still under the rubble.

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QuoProQuid @quoproquid.bsky.social · 1d

what do you even say. what do you even say.

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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 2d

The joy part is important

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samuel @quilombo.bsky.social · 2d

Joy now, disappointment later.

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Jannis J Grimm @jannisgrimm.bsky.social · 2d

Another thing we can take from Lebanon is that while this deal may halt mass killing, smaller scale killings are likely to continue regardless.

Jannis J Grimm @jannisgrimm.bsky.social · 2d

One thing I learned from the Lebanon ceasefire agreement is that I'll only believe it when I see it.

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Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 2d

Israeli sources have insisted Barghouthi, Saadat, and elSeid will not be released

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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 2d

Al Jazeera: Israeli forces have continued their attacks on Gaza despite the announcement, carrying out strikes in both the north and south of the enclave.

Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 2d

I have little faith either the US or Israel will be faithful to this deal (just look at Lebanon’s ceasefire). But the ‘I’m powerless’ play was nonsense when US spent 31$ bn supporting/assisting Israel’s war across the region across 2 admins. Some care more about Biden’s rep than our lives

Nick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 2d

"It won't last" maybe yeah but it's undoubtedly better than "eh, this is just kind of the new normal"

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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 2d

This doesn’t shock me fwiw. But I try to compartmentalize and keep it moving because arguing with people who cant see value in life outside the US is not a hobby i want to adopt

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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 2d

I have little faith either the US or Israel will be faithful to this deal (just look at Lebanon’s ceasefire). But the ‘I’m powerless’ play was nonsense when US spent 31$ bn supporting/assisting Israel’s war across the region across 2 admins. Some care more about Biden’s rep than our lives

Nick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 2d

"It won't last" maybe yeah but it's undoubtedly better than "eh, this is just kind of the new normal"

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Kragdar @kragdar.bsky.social · 2d

It’s literally unfathomable that people from the Middle East can exist, know things, and speak about them right here with you on Bluesky dot com

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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 2d

It's clear that when the US wants a ceasefire deal, one miraculously occurs. Makes the "working tirelessly for a ceasefire" stuff from last year even more disgusting.

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Maryam Aldossari @maryamaldossari.bsky.social · 2d

What an absolute disgrace. 284 people excluded this year, countless imprisoned for tweets, others trapped under travel bans. Women are still being sent to ‘care homes’ for disobedience — and this clown dares lecture us about progress in Saudi Arabia? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it | Omid Djalili

The headlines focus on money, but the gigs were great and I think there are different ways to achieve progress. Art, especially comedy, can be part of that, says stand-up comedian, Omid Djalili.

www.theguardian.com

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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 2d

Met one of my closest friends and now his son is my godson

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 4d

The only ideology they have is infinite consumption, and he has affected that, so now they are upset. What they wanted, by the same token, was not free speech but infinite speech - to say what they liked without backlash. And that deserved backlash is upsetting them too. That's basically it.

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 4d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 4d

Al Jazeera: At least 104 people have been killed in Gaza by Israeli forces since Friday, the day Trump called on Israel to halt its bombing campaign.

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