Dale Matthew
@dcmatt1.bsky.social
Philosopher (philosophy of race, political philosophy) | Basketball fan | Trying to fix my microbiome.
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You don't take this exceptionally cruel step unless you're in the maniacal grip of anti-Palestinian hatred.
Israel needs deradicalization much more than Gaza does.
Israel needs deradicalization much more than Gaza does.
⭕️ NEW: Israel plans to deport about 90 Palestinian patients, including infants, the elderly, and those currently undergoing treatment, from East Jerusalem hospitals back to Gaza next week, despite Gaza’s collapsed health system, CNN reports.
Sixteen-year-old Yamen Al-Najjar, who suffers from a...
Sixteen-year-old Yamen Al-Najjar, who suffers from a...
November 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
You don't take this exceptionally cruel step unless you're in the maniacal grip of anti-Palestinian hatred.
Israel needs deradicalization much more than Gaza does.
Israel needs deradicalization much more than Gaza does.
"The campaign, however, requires syringes and solar-powered refrigeration units. Vaccines need to be kept cold or they lose their potency. UNICEF is complaining that Israeli authorities are blocking importation of these essential items, since they consider them 'dual use,' with military purposes."
Israelis Block Syringes, Refrigerators for UNICEF Vaccination of Toddlers in Gaza
Israelis Block Syringes, Refrigerators for UNICEF Vaccination of Toddlers in Gaza
UNICEF said "1 in 5 infants have missed out on one or more vaccines. This is a big jump ahead of us in the coming days."
dlvr.it
November 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
"The campaign, however, requires syringes and solar-powered refrigeration units. Vaccines need to be kept cold or they lose their potency. UNICEF is complaining that Israeli authorities are blocking importation of these essential items, since they consider them 'dual use,' with military purposes."
Israel should be made to pay for the rebuilding of Gaza, certainly for everything it has destroyed since the ceasefire began.
UNREAL: "Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in areas of Gaza that have remained under its control since the ceasefire with Hamas started on 10 October." This is all part of the ethnic cleansing operation to remove Christians and Muslims www.bbc.com/news/article...
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, satellite images show.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Israel should be made to pay for the rebuilding of Gaza, certainly for everything it has destroyed since the ceasefire began.
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President Trump threatens a military attack on Nigeria because of jihadi attacks on Christians — which are indeed a real problem. But Trump’s aid cuts are killing far, far more Nigerian Christians than jihadis are. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
Opinion | Trump Aid Cuts Kill More Christians Than Jihadists Do
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
President Trump threatens a military attack on Nigeria because of jihadi attacks on Christians — which are indeed a real problem. But Trump’s aid cuts are killing far, far more Nigerian Christians than jihadis are. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
Trump has created, in his mind, the first failure-proof presidency, for when his policies fail he will invariably lie about them, creating an elaborate make-believe world where his policy decisions unfailingly lead to successful outcomes.
"Trump keeps trying to convince Americans that gas costs $2 a gallon. That's a tall task when it costs $3," writes David Goldman.
https://cnn.it/49crL2C
https://cnn.it/49crL2C
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Trump has created, in his mind, the first failure-proof presidency, for when his policies fail he will invariably lie about them, creating an elaborate make-believe world where his policy decisions unfailingly lead to successful outcomes.
"He describes an incident at one distribution site where two young men were running in the general rush to get aid. 'You could just see two soldiers run after them. They drop on to their knees and they just take two shots, and you could just see … two heads snap backwards and just drop,' Sam says."
Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, “If you want to shoot without restraint, you can.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
"He describes an incident at one distribution site where two young men were running in the general rush to get aid. 'You could just see two soldiers run after them. They drop on to their knees and they just take two shots, and you could just see … two heads snap backwards and just drop,' Sam says."
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NEW: Inside the Biden administration debates in late 2024 that could have changed the course of the Gaza war
-top intel official sought to cut support for Israel but Brett McGurk pushed back
-talk of "very likely" US liability
-Blinken spoke of "ethnic cleansing"
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
-top intel official sought to cut support for Israel but Brett McGurk pushed back
-talk of "very likely" US liability
-Blinken spoke of "ethnic cleansing"
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
Biden Discussed Potential Israeli War Crimes In Gaza. He Kicked The Can To Trump.
New intelligence shocked officials in late 2024, spurring heightened fear of U.S. liability, HuffPost has learned. The period saw Secretary of State Antony Blinken ask if Israel’s actions constituted ...
www.huffpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM
NEW: Inside the Biden administration debates in late 2024 that could have changed the course of the Gaza war
-top intel official sought to cut support for Israel but Brett McGurk pushed back
-talk of "very likely" US liability
-Blinken spoke of "ethnic cleansing"
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
-top intel official sought to cut support for Israel but Brett McGurk pushed back
-talk of "very likely" US liability
-Blinken spoke of "ethnic cleansing"
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
This is what awaits Gaza, as well as Lebanon.
November 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This is what awaits Gaza, as well as Lebanon.
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I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.
November 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.
"In a matter of weeks, [it] moved tens of thousands of Ukrainians to safety in Canada, with chartered flights and open work permits. By contrast, Amnesty reported that, as of late July, only a few dozen families have arrived in Canada from Gaza under the TRV program."
Canada showing its true colors
Canada showing its true colors
⚡️NEW: Canada's Plan to Take in Palestinians from Gaza Is a "PR Show," Families Say
The Temporary Residence Visa Program for Palestinians in Gaza with family ties in Canada was “seemingly designed to fail.”
By Mersiha Gadzo (X: @MersihaGadzo)
www.dropsitenews.com/p/canadas-pl...
The Temporary Residence Visa Program for Palestinians in Gaza with family ties in Canada was “seemingly designed to fail.”
By Mersiha Gadzo (X: @MersihaGadzo)
www.dropsitenews.com/p/canadas-pl...
Canada's Plan to Take in Palestinians from Gaza Is a "PR Show," Families Say
The Temporary Residence Visa Program for Palestinians in Gaza with family ties in Canada was “seemingly designed to fail.”
www.dropsitenews.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:47 AM
"In a matter of weeks, [it] moved tens of thousands of Ukrainians to safety in Canada, with chartered flights and open work permits. By contrast, Amnesty reported that, as of late July, only a few dozen families have arrived in Canada from Gaza under the TRV program."
Canada showing its true colors
Canada showing its true colors
Outrageous.
The Palestinian groups’ YouTube channels hosted hours of footage documenting and highlighting alleged Israeli government violations of international law in both Gaza and the West Bank. interc.pt/4oUJNer
November 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Outrageous.
"As the number of antisemitism investigations rose, they eclipsed other discrimination cases: in [2024], officials opened nearly twice as many inquiries over antisemitism allegations than over all other types of racial discrimination. Under Trump, the latter type appear to have ended altogether."
A new report published today by the AAUP & @mesa1966.bsky.social finds that the weaponization of civil rights law has been central to attacks on campus speech over the past two years.
Only one of 102 antisemitism complaints reviewed raise antisemitism claims unrelated to criticism of Israel.
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Only one of 102 antisemitism complaints reviewed raise antisemitism claims unrelated to criticism of Israel.
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Surge in antisemitism investigations at US universities after October 7 attacks, data shows
A report shared exclusively with the Guardian documents how a civil rights law has become a tool to impose ideological priorities on US schools
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"As the number of antisemitism investigations rose, they eclipsed other discrimination cases: in [2024], officials opened nearly twice as many inquiries over antisemitism allegations than over all other types of racial discrimination. Under Trump, the latter type appear to have ended altogether."
As far as we know, 200,000 people remain in El Fasher, and we have to assume that they are at risk of meeting the same fate as befell at least 7,000 of their fellows -- point-blank executions. 60,000 more have fled and remain unaccounted for. These too are at risk. The situation is urgent.
Important report from Yousra Elbagir #Sudan @skynewsrss.bsky.social: “A Sky News joint investigation with Sudan War Monitor and Lighthouse Reports reveals the harrowing fate of civilians and soldiers who fled Al Fashir in the hours after senior commanders and officers left the infantry division.”
Thousands targeted in 'killing fields' around Sudanese city in paramilitary group's hands
A Sky News joint investigation with Sudan War Monitor and Lighthouse Reports reveals the harrowing fate of civilians and soldiers who fled Al Fashir in the hours after senior commanders and officers l...
news.sky.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
As far as we know, 200,000 people remain in El Fasher, and we have to assume that they are at risk of meeting the same fate as befell at least 7,000 of their fellows -- point-blank executions. 60,000 more have fled and remain unaccounted for. These too are at risk. The situation is urgent.
If Nigerian Christians are so threatened, then why is US refugee policy closing the door to them, along with the overwhelming majority of the non-white world?
I have an idea.
I have an idea.
November 1, 2025 at 11:24 AM
If Nigerian Christians are so threatened, then why is US refugee policy closing the door to them, along with the overwhelming majority of the non-white world?
I have an idea.
I have an idea.
“Caricom is proving to be an unreliable partner in some regards because they chose Venezuela over Trinidad. They chose Venezuela over Trinidad, and that is something we need to remember.”
No, you chose Trump and his war crimes on the sea over CARICOM.
www.guardian.co.tt/news/kamla-a...
No, you chose Trump and his war crimes on the sea over CARICOM.
www.guardian.co.tt/news/kamla-a...
Kamla accuses Caricom of siding with Venezuela
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has criticised Caricom, describing it as an “unreliable partner” that has chosen to side with Venezuela over Trinidad and Tobago.
www.guardian.co.tt
October 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
“Caricom is proving to be an unreliable partner in some regards because they chose Venezuela over Trinidad. They chose Venezuela over Trinidad, and that is something we need to remember.”
No, you chose Trump and his war crimes on the sea over CARICOM.
www.guardian.co.tt/news/kamla-a...
No, you chose Trump and his war crimes on the sea over CARICOM.
www.guardian.co.tt/news/kamla-a...
If the death of a single Israeli soldier means that Israel is allowed to kill over a 100 Gazans and injure 100s more, how many Israelis can be killed given that Israel continues to
▪️restrict the flow of aid and medicines
▪️block the entry of heavy equipment, tents and fuel
▪️kill Gazans everyday?
▪️restrict the flow of aid and medicines
▪️block the entry of heavy equipment, tents and fuel
▪️kill Gazans everyday?
Breaking News: At least 100 people were killed during Israeli strikes in Gaza, Palestinian officials said, after Israel accused Hamas of violating the truce.
Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill at Least 100, Local Health Officials Say
Israel said the cease-fire had resumed after what appeared to be the deadliest day since the truce deal was agreed this month.
nyti.ms
October 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If the death of a single Israeli soldier means that Israel is allowed to kill over a 100 Gazans and injure 100s more, how many Israelis can be killed given that Israel continues to
▪️restrict the flow of aid and medicines
▪️block the entry of heavy equipment, tents and fuel
▪️kill Gazans everyday?
▪️restrict the flow of aid and medicines
▪️block the entry of heavy equipment, tents and fuel
▪️kill Gazans everyday?
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Yet people still write as if the Democrats lost the white working class because Republicans are better for that class as a class. At some point we need to acknowledge that something else is happening.
Breaking: Trump just banned states from being able to wipe medical debt from Americans’ credit reports.
The Biden-Harris administration had moved to wipe medical debt from credit reports. Now this new rule will keep $220 billion in medical bills on Americans’ records.
The Biden-Harris administration had moved to wipe medical debt from credit reports. Now this new rule will keep $220 billion in medical bills on Americans’ records.
October 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Yet people still write as if the Democrats lost the white working class because Republicans are better for that class as a class. At some point we need to acknowledge that something else is happening.
Now that the Sudanese army has retreated from the main base in El Fasher, RSF forces are rounding up thousands of blacks and shooting them in the head. I have seen some of the videos. It should never have come to this, and the international community needs to act before more lives are lost.
A flurry of videos shows Rapid Support Forces in Sudan carrying out extrajudicial killings and attacking apparent civilians fleeing North Darfur’s capital El Fasher following the takeover of the city by the RSF.
Urgent international action is needed.
Urgent international action is needed.
October 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Now that the Sudanese army has retreated from the main base in El Fasher, RSF forces are rounding up thousands of blacks and shooting them in the head. I have seen some of the videos. It should never have come to this, and the international community needs to act before more lives are lost.
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UAE backed RSF terrorist units have taken over the city of El Fasher and its airport in Darfur, Sudan. At least 260,000 people at risk of being harmed, starved, massacred and raped. The terrorists have been executing aid workers, doctors, refugees and other civilians.
October 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
UAE backed RSF terrorist units have taken over the city of El Fasher and its airport in Darfur, Sudan. At least 260,000 people at risk of being harmed, starved, massacred and raped. The terrorists have been executing aid workers, doctors, refugees and other civilians.
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We have reached the point where the *American Bar Association* cannot find attorneys willing to represent them in litigation against the Trump administration.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
October 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
We have reached the point where the *American Bar Association* cannot find attorneys willing to represent them in litigation against the Trump administration.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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What Happened in Gaza Might Be Even Worse Than We Think www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...
Thank you @polgreen.bsky.social
Thank you @polgreen.bsky.social
Opinion | What Happened in Gaza Might Be Even Worse Than We Think
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:31 AM
What Happened in Gaza Might Be Even Worse Than We Think www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...
Thank you @polgreen.bsky.social
Thank you @polgreen.bsky.social
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Gaza officials say Israel has allowed in only 14 percent of the aid required by the ceasefire agreement, averaging 89 trucks a day instead of the 600 that were promised to help alleviate the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
Gaza Officials: Israel Has Only Let in 14 Percent of Aid Required by Ceasefire
Only 89 trucks a day are entering on average, Gaza officials said, compared to the 600 agreed to in the ceasefire deal.
buff.ly
October 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Gaza officials say Israel has allowed in only 14 percent of the aid required by the ceasefire agreement, averaging 89 trucks a day instead of the 600 that were promised to help alleviate the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
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If you are confident that a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, you stop it and board it. That way, you have evidence.
If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.
If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.
October 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
If you are confident that a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, you stop it and board it. That way, you have evidence.
If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.
If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.