Bitte Hammargren
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Middle East & Turkey Analyst. Writer & journo. Senior Associate at the Swedish Institute of Int’l Affairs, UI.se. Ex FOI.se Analyst and ex SvD.se Correspondent. Likes and RTs not always endorsements. Mostly in Swedish or English here. bittehammargren.com
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Stor dag i Mellanöstern. Trump överraskade genom att köra över Trump och ha byggt upp en baksideskanal till Hamas. Men kommer planen för vapenvila att hålla? Det vet vi först när vi ser det. Diskuterade Trumpfaktorn och fallgropar i SVT Aktuellt tillsammans med Alexander Atarodi.
Experterna: ”I hög grad Trumps förtjänst” – Senaste nytt om kriget i Gaza
Kriget i Gaza, som inleddes efter Hamas attack mot Israel den 7 oktober 2023, har lett till tiotusentals civila dödsoffer och svårt humanitärt lidande. Följ det senaste om utvecklingen i SVT:s liverap...
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”I lögnens tid” är en uppgörelse med samtidens språkförbistring, och hat.

Mellanösternkännaren och författaren Bitte Hammargren, @bitteham.bsky.social, har träffat Göran Rosenberg.

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Göran Rosenberg: Jag vet allt om skadliga utopier
Göran Rosenberg: ”Det är bättre att vara beredd på att det värsta kan hända”
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Video: Israeli tanks withdraw from Gaza City
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Hamas och Israel hade inte kommit fram till denna uppgörelse utan yttre tryck. Mina kommentarer för Svenska YLE (en minoritetsspråkskanal som jag gillar).
Analytiker: Israel och Hamas behövde yttre tryck för att nå resultat i Gaza
Pressen är fortfarande stor på alla inblandade, säger Mellanösternexperten Bitte Hammargren.
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bitteham.bsky.social
Stor dag i Mellanöstern. Trump överraskade genom att köra över Trump och ha byggt upp en baksideskanal till Hamas. Men kommer planen för vapenvila att hålla? Det vet vi först när vi ser det. Diskuterade Trumpfaktorn och fallgropar i SVT Aktuellt tillsammans med Alexander Atarodi.
Experterna: ”I hög grad Trumps förtjänst” – Senaste nytt om kriget i Gaza
Kriget i Gaza, som inleddes efter Hamas attack mot Israel den 7 oktober 2023, har lett till tiotusentals civila dödsoffer och svårt humanitärt lidande. Följ det senaste om utvecklingen i SVT:s liverap...
www.svt.se
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mathiasced.bsky.social
Ju färre som använder X desto mer höger blir plattformen. Här är årets 20 i topp på X. Samtidigt är det nu bara 8% av svenskarna som använder X varje vecka. Antalet yngre vuxna användare har halverats på två år.
bitteham.bsky.social
Ett primärt mål för Netanyahu är att kontrollera berättelsen om kriget i Gaza. ”Vapen förändras över tid ... de viktigaste finns på sociala medier”, som han uttryckt det.

www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/a/gw5...
Både Israel och Hamas slåss mot pressfriheten
BITTE HAMMARGREN: Närvaron av internationella journalister i Gaza är avgörande
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bitteham.bsky.social
När Timbro och Oikos gick ut med en gemensam önskelista satte nog många kaffet i vrångstrupen. Se så lätt det kan vara för liberaler och sverigedemokrater att samarbeta. Krävs ju bara att man säljer ut sin själ och hela sin historia, skriver två före detta Timbromedarbetare www.dn.se/debatt/tanke...
DN Debatt. ”Tankesmedjan Timbro har glömt varför den finns”
DN Debatt. Tidigare medarbetare om Timbros nya samarbete med Oikos och dess påverkan på den marknadsliberala profilen.
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Hostage Square in Tel Aviv. An estimated 200,000 people. All demanding that Netanyahu sign the deal and bring all 48 hostages home at once and end the war. Keeping direct pressure on POTUS, warning the of Netanyahu's repeated attempts of sabotage in their heartfelt speeches.

📸 Amir Goldstein
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Sorry, the year of the Mavi Marmara flotilla was indeed 2010.
bitteham.bsky.social
Sorry, the year of the Mavi Marmara flotilla was indeed 2010.
bitteham.bsky.social
No my correction was wrong! The correct year was indeed 2010.
bitteham.bsky.social
Tack för påpekandet, men jag har redan rättat det både över och under texten. Tyvärr kan man ju inte gå in tweets och korrigera,
bitteham.bsky.social
The Mavi Marmara Flotilla was in 2012, not 2010, which I wrote below.
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In 2010 members of the Mavi Marmara flotilla were boarded by Israeli commandos in high seas and taken to Israel. Most of them, including all Swedes, were first flown to Istanbul by Turkish Airlines. And there to greet them was foreign minister Carl Bildt. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell infested with bedbugs
Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
www.theguardian.com
bitteham.bsky.social
Error: The Mavi Marmara Freedom Flotilla was in 2012, not 2010, which I wrote above.
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I remember it vividly, since I was on the tarmac, as a correspondent for @svenskadagbladet1.bsky.social. Carl Bildt gladly lined up with Henry Ascher, Amer Sarsour and others, letting me take pictures of them. Hard to imagine the current Swedish government greeting Greta Thunberg the same way.
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In 2010 members of the Mavi Marmara flotilla were boarded by Israeli commandos in high seas and taken to Israel. Most of them, including all Swedes, were first flown to Istanbul by Turkish Airlines. And there to greet them was foreign minister Carl Bildt. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell infested with bedbugs
Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
www.theguardian.com
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🚨We are ready to enter immediately into negotiations to discuss the details
🚨We agree to hand over administration of the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian body of independent/unaffiliated figures
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Swedish 🇸🇪 PM Ulf Kristersson continues to have no opinion about whether Swedish citizens should be kidnapped in international waters: www.dn.se/varlden/sven... I don’t think we’ve ever had such a spineless government.
Svenska aktivister förda till ökenfängelse vid Gaza
Tio svenska medborgare som rest med i konvojen till Gaza har frihetsberövats och förts till Ketziotfängelset i Negevöknen.
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