Dr Gina van Raphael
@aliagvr.bsky.social
Political Anthropologist｜IR: Diplomacy, Authoritarian Rule｜Arab/Saudi Studies — Historiography, Ethnography, Tribe)｜US Policy Intersection | Non Exec Dir UKG | NRS
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Dr Gina van Raphael
@aliagvr.bsky.social
· Sep 30
Western pundits wasting time and words on Trump/Netanyahu's Gaza Plan might do well to understand:
Arabs states haven't deviated from the same message—2 states, Israeli withdrawal, Gaza contiguous w/W Bank, and ceasefire.
IOW, they don't support; they're reviewing. This is diplomatic politeness.
Arabs states haven't deviated from the same message—2 states, Israeli withdrawal, Gaza contiguous w/W Bank, and ceasefire.
IOW, they don't support; they're reviewing. This is diplomatic politeness.
Figured.
Elon Musk's alter ego — sorry, not-Musk-just-sounds-exactly-like-him — is from N America.
Elon Musk's alter ego — sorry, not-Musk-just-sounds-exactly-like-him — is from N America.
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Figured.
Elon Musk's alter ego — sorry, not-Musk-just-sounds-exactly-like-him — is from N America.
Elon Musk's alter ego — sorry, not-Musk-just-sounds-exactly-like-him — is from N America.
1. Apparently no one commenting read the article.
2. Where was the same outcry when Palestinians/Arabs/Muslims/pro-Palestinians were being harassed and doxxed, expelled or suspended, merely for a protest?
2. Where was the same outcry when Palestinians/Arabs/Muslims/pro-Palestinians were being harassed and doxxed, expelled or suspended, merely for a protest?
Trump Administration bizarrely demands the University of Pennsylvania hand over "names, phone numbers and physical addresses" for anyone who "belongs to Jewish clubs or groups on campus, and anyone who works in the university’s Jewish studies program"...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Federal Suit Seeking Names of Some Jewish Employees at Penn Sparks Backlash
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
1. Apparently no one commenting read the article.
2. Where was the same outcry when Palestinians/Arabs/Muslims/pro-Palestinians were being harassed and doxxed, expelled or suspended, merely for a protest?
2. Where was the same outcry when Palestinians/Arabs/Muslims/pro-Palestinians were being harassed and doxxed, expelled or suspended, merely for a protest?
This is a stunning film. One of grace, quietude, incredible beauty, and a film that needs no effects, CGI, action, or intellectually-insulting simplicity.
It just *is*.
(And Joel Edgerton is, as ever, exceptional.)
It just *is*.
(And Joel Edgerton is, as ever, exceptional.)
November 24, 2025 at 1:20 AM
This is a stunning film. One of grace, quietude, incredible beauty, and a film that needs no effects, CGI, action, or intellectually-insulting simplicity.
It just *is*.
(And Joel Edgerton is, as ever, exceptional.)
It just *is*.
(And Joel Edgerton is, as ever, exceptional.)
As someone in political education, I have seen so many minds change from 'inside the walls' once they learn and understand the facts, history, and human failures (never underestimate the latter).
For that reason, if someone changes their minds, facts are working. Don't insult them for learning.
For that reason, if someone changes their minds, facts are working. Don't insult them for learning.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I was called a traitor by a man that I fought for 6 years for. I gave him my loyalty for free. I've never owed him anything. Let me tell you what a traitor is -- a traitor is an American that serves foreign countries."
November 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
As someone in political education, I have seen so many minds change from 'inside the walls' once they learn and understand the facts, history, and human failures (never underestimate the latter).
For that reason, if someone changes their minds, facts are working. Don't insult them for learning.
For that reason, if someone changes their minds, facts are working. Don't insult them for learning.
Imagine Putin spraying strange stuff on someone at random. Hint: Sergei Skripol.
President Ahmed al-Sharaa needs to be seen by a physician ASAP.
President Ahmed al-Sharaa needs to be seen by a physician ASAP.
Some bizarre stuff going down in the Oval these days. After spraying the Syrian president with his Trump Fragrance he then asks him how many wives he has.
November 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Imagine Putin spraying strange stuff on someone at random. Hint: Sergei Skripol.
President Ahmed al-Sharaa needs to be seen by a physician ASAP.
President Ahmed al-Sharaa needs to be seen by a physician ASAP.
Why are Americans such overshares? Sorry but this awful mother is sharing her toddler's report card (absurd on its face) on social media ... which is forever.
If he escapes decades of therapy I'll be amazed.
If he escapes decades of therapy I'll be amazed.
Tech brains broken part 1000000000 (this lady is a partner at Andreessen apparently)
November 12, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Why are Americans such overshares? Sorry but this awful mother is sharing her toddler's report card (absurd on its face) on social media ... which is forever.
If he escapes decades of therapy I'll be amazed.
If he escapes decades of therapy I'll be amazed.
FDR — well known Marxist/Socialist/Communist president of the USA.
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
FDR — well known Marxist/Socialist/Communist president of the USA.
Right. @mrjamesob.bsky.social + @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social + whoever is here from BBC Question Time (Fiona?), note the below. 'Tis quite important. 👇
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Right. @mrjamesob.bsky.social + @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social + whoever is here from BBC Question Time (Fiona?), note the below. 'Tis quite important. 👇
Reposted by Dr Gina van Raphael
Trump's White House & fawning hacks here don't really care about the 0.001% that the BBC gets wrong. They care about all the stuff it gets right.
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Trump's White House & fawning hacks here don't really care about the 0.001% that the BBC gets wrong. They care about all the stuff it gets right.
Well @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com. Your entire hour post-Mamdani win and you didn't utter his name One Single Time.
If you think the audience can't see how you tried to conceal your disdain for him last night, it's plain today. Similar to your contempt for Pete Buttigieg. Wonder why? @msnbc.com
If you think the audience can't see how you tried to conceal your disdain for him last night, it's plain today. Similar to your contempt for Pete Buttigieg. Wonder why? @msnbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Well @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com. Your entire hour post-Mamdani win and you didn't utter his name One Single Time.
If you think the audience can't see how you tried to conceal your disdain for him last night, it's plain today. Similar to your contempt for Pete Buttigieg. Wonder why? @msnbc.com
If you think the audience can't see how you tried to conceal your disdain for him last night, it's plain today. Similar to your contempt for Pete Buttigieg. Wonder why? @msnbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Musk is a cancer to society.
"MP wants Elon Musk's chatbot shut down over claim he enabled grooming gangs"
(To those outside the UK, the SNP = the UK's Scottish Nationalist Party.)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"MP wants Elon Musk's chatbot shut down over claim he enabled grooming gangs"
(To those outside the UK, the SNP = the UK's Scottish Nationalist Party.)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
MP wants Musk's Grok chatbot shut down over claim he enabled grooming gangs
SNP MP Pete Wishart says he is seeking legal advice over the
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Musk is a cancer to society.
"MP wants Elon Musk's chatbot shut down over claim he enabled grooming gangs"
(To those outside the UK, the SNP = the UK's Scottish Nationalist Party.)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"MP wants Elon Musk's chatbot shut down over claim he enabled grooming gangs"
(To those outside the UK, the SNP = the UK's Scottish Nationalist Party.)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And this 👇 is why Zohran Mamdani is going to win in NYC tonight. These non-tax paying bloodsuckers have destroyed the US.
Mamdani is the canary in the coal mine.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Mamdani is the canary in the coal mine.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tesla says Musk should be paid $1tn - will shareholders agree?
The car-maker is lobbying fiercely for the pay package, which is being voted on ahead of its AGM on Thursday.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
And this 👇 is why Zohran Mamdani is going to win in NYC tonight. These non-tax paying bloodsuckers have destroyed the US.
Mamdani is the canary in the coal mine.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Mamdani is the canary in the coal mine.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If anyone believes Rachel Reeves 'didn't know' about the licence required to rent her house out AND now a sudden email from the estate agents claims it's *their* oversight ...
I have an awfully big bridge I can sell you.
I have an awfully big bridge I can sell you.
The government is having a second think about whether the Rachel Reeves rental license scandal is case closed, after making clear the initial investigation was not all that thorough.
London Playbook has more 👇
London Playbook has more 👇
London Playbook PM: Rental Reeves
Presented by Intuit By EMILIO CASALICCHIO with NOAH KEATE PRESENTED BY Send tips here | Subscribe for free | Listen to Playbook and view in your browser Good afternoon. This is Emilio Casalicchio. …
www.politico.eu
October 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
If anyone believes Rachel Reeves 'didn't know' about the licence required to rent her house out AND now a sudden email from the estate agents claims it's *their* oversight ...
I have an awfully big bridge I can sell you.
I have an awfully big bridge I can sell you.
Trump lost. Oops.
'Talks lasted just 1hr 40mins before the US president returned to Air Force One and boarded the plane without speaking to the waiting press.'
🎁 link: www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/7ce5786...
'Talks lasted just 1hr 40mins before the US president returned to Air Force One and boarded the plane without speaking to the waiting press.'
🎁 link: www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/7ce5786...
Trump and Xi meeting in South Korea ends after one hour and 40 minutes
Crucial summit on trade war finishes with US president returning to Air Force One without speaking to the press
www.telegraph.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Trump lost. Oops.
'Talks lasted just 1hr 40mins before the US president returned to Air Force One and boarded the plane without speaking to the waiting press.'
🎁 link: www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/7ce5786...
'Talks lasted just 1hr 40mins before the US president returned to Air Force One and boarded the plane without speaking to the waiting press.'
🎁 link: www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/7ce5786...
Reposted by Dr Gina van Raphael
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
Reposted by Dr Gina van Raphael
“The Trump administration on Thursday announced a plan to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, one of the largest remaining tracts of pristine wilderness in the United States.” … 1/
Trump Opens Pristine Alaska Wilderness to Drilling in Long-Running Feud
www.nytimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
“The Trump administration on Thursday announced a plan to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, one of the largest remaining tracts of pristine wilderness in the United States.” … 1/
Reposted by Dr Gina van Raphael
ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
October 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The "guards laughed in front of her while holding water bottles, before threatening to “gas” her.
“When people fainted, we banged on the cages and asked for a doctor. Then the guards came and said: ‘We’re going to gas you’."
🎁link: www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/198af85...
“When people fainted, we banged on the cages and asked for a doctor. Then the guards came and said: ‘We’re going to gas you’."
🎁link: www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/198af85...
Greta Thunberg: I was tortured, beaten and starved by Israel
Swedish activist accuses Israeli guards of having ‘no empathy or humanity’ during her time in prison
www.telegraph.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 2:47 AM
The "guards laughed in front of her while holding water bottles, before threatening to “gas” her.
“When people fainted, we banged on the cages and asked for a doctor. Then the guards came and said: ‘We’re going to gas you’."
🎁link: www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/198af85...
“When people fainted, we banged on the cages and asked for a doctor. Then the guards came and said: ‘We’re going to gas you’."
🎁link: www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/198af85...
Help me not explode.
(As a ½ Finn, this is all the more appalling.)
(As a ½ Finn, this is all the more appalling.)
Trump to the Finnish president: "How many years have you been indirectly fighting Russia?"
October 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Help me not explode.
(As a ½ Finn, this is all the more appalling.)
(As a ½ Finn, this is all the more appalling.)
October 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon sounds warning on US stock market fall
Dimon said he was
www.bbc.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I've spent a lot of time explaining to friends and colleagues the very well-funded TechBro dangerous ideas of Network States, TESCREAL, and bizarre eventual government takeover.
@gilduran.com does a superb job here that, as he encourages, must be a warning to all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2W3...
@gilduran.com does a superb job here that, as he encourages, must be a warning to all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2W3...
Gil Duran on Trump, Tech, and “The Nerd Reich”
YouTube video by Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California
www.youtube.com
October 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I've spent a lot of time explaining to friends and colleagues the very well-funded TechBro dangerous ideas of Network States, TESCREAL, and bizarre eventual government takeover.
@gilduran.com does a superb job here that, as he encourages, must be a warning to all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2W3...
@gilduran.com does a superb job here that, as he encourages, must be a warning to all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2W3...
Since Oct 1st, after this so-called 20-point peace plan [sic] was announced — minus input from Gazans of course — between 20 and 40 Gazans have been killed *every day*.
Sound like 'on the brink' to you?
Sound like 'on the brink' to you?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that Israel was on the brink of making a hostage deal with Hamas, signaling that Israel was preparing to implement the first steps of President Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza. But several sticking points remain. Here’s what to know.
Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan: What to Know
Israel and Hamas said they would work with President Trump’s plan to end the war, but a number of sticking points could derail efforts to reach a diplomatic breakthrough.
nyti.ms
October 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Since Oct 1st, after this so-called 20-point peace plan [sic] was announced — minus input from Gazans of course — between 20 and 40 Gazans have been killed *every day*.
Sound like 'on the brink' to you?
Sound like 'on the brink' to you?