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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...

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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.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d

“The photo is probably the worst in history. They ‘removed’ my hair and added something floating above my head — like a tiny crown. Very strange! I’ve never liked photos taken from below, but this one is just terrible and should be withdrawn,” Trump wrote

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Johan Faerber @johanfaerber.bsky.social · 1d

Collateral, une rentrée politique : aujourd'hui, Luis Teixeira analyse pour nous l'un des essais majeurs de cette rentrée : "Antisémitisme : métamorphoses et controverses" à La Découverte. L'histoire du mot "antisémitisme", et de ses usages. Essentiel.

www.collateral.media/post/mark-ma...

Mark Mazower : Antisémitisme, un mot dans l'histoire

Dans les jours, dans les mois, qui ont suivi les événements du 7 octobre 2023, tandis que l'armée israélienne se lançait dans une offensive sans précédent sur la bande de Gaza, certains campus univers...

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine if Palestinians handed over the hostages freshly beat up

Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 1d

Samer Abu Diak, released to occupied West Bank, who was beaten by Israeli occupation troops before his release.

He was held as captive for two decades and his brother Sami, imprisoned since he was a teenager, died in Israeli occupation captivity after 17 years imprisonment in 2019.

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Wester van Gaal @westervangaal.bsky.social · 1d

“Hoekstra is a liability. He always looks and sounds as if he’s just walked off the 18th green and wants a glass of wine with his Caesar salad. I don’t know anyone who thinks he has the requisite gravitas.”

Quotes like this is why Politico exists.

www.politico.eu/article/wopk...

Hoekstra’s mano a mano with China wobbles climate summit

EU’s top climate envoy’s war of words sparks fears of diplomatic discord ahead of COP30.

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RFI @rfi.fr · 1d

Guerre commerciale: entrée en vigueur des taxes américaines sur les navires chinois

Une bataille navale et fiscale se profile entre la Chine et les États-Unis. À partir de mardi 14 octobre, les navires chinois vont devoir payer une lourde taxe pour accoster dans les ports américains. Annoncée depuis avril, cette mesure est censée relancer les chantiers navals des États-Unis, selon Washington. Pékin a également annoncé la riposte avec des mesures similaires.

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Jules 🍉💔🖤🤍💚🇮🇪 @katsikajules.bsky.social · 1d

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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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

Concerned about what the peace means for Palestinians? Concerned whether there will be peace at all? Concerned about accountability for the Israeli genocide? Shabana Mahmood has this to say to you.

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Alon Mizrahi @alonmizrahi.bsky.social · 3d

If the Gaza Holocaust didn't radicalize you, go to hell

A Revolution, not a Recalibration (That's What we Want)

The pack of wolves that devoured Gaza are trying to lull us to sleep, but we must be adamant: institutions and norms that have betrayed humanity must not be allowed to survive the Gaza Holocaust

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Jules 🍉💔🖤🤍💚🇮🇪 @katsikajules.bsky.social · 1d

After the Knesset display of adoration, we then moved onto #SharmelSheikh World leaders lined up behind Trump, clapping like seals, praise being doshed out like sweets.

Meanwhile in Gaza people search for the families remains amongst the rubble. Never have I felt so ashamed.

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Monstera Deliciiosa @deliciiosa.bsky.social · 1d

Bien, maintenant qu’on a toute votre attention sur les conditions de détention de Sarko, on peut parler de celles des 81600 autres ?

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 4d

Palestinian orphans in Gaza marching with photos of their dead parents

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 6d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Trump "We have an Insurrection Act for a reason. If I had to enact it, I'd to that ... if courts were holding us up or governors or mayors were holding us up, sure, I'd do that."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

COLLINS: Pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell -- is that something you're open to doing?

TRUMP: Who are we talking about?

C: Ghislaine Maxwell

T: I haven't heard the name is so long. I can say this -- I'd have to take a look at it ... I will speak to the DOJ

C: She's convicted of child sex trafficking

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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 9d

One thing to understand about what's happening now is that on Oct 1, the deportation machine's budget increased dramatically: $170 billion in NEW funding, averaging to $42.5 billion per year. That's just below the Israeli military's annual budget. It's the equivalent of 13th biggest army on earth.

The 13th Largest Army in World Is Unleashing Violence in Chicago

As federal agents kill and use extreme force in Chicago, their budget surges.

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Eye on The Horn @eyeonthehorn.bsky.social · 9d

ICC: Sudan janjaweed leader Ali Kushayb guilty on 27 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity #RadioDabanga #Sudan

ICC: Sudan janjaweed leader Ali Kushayb guilty on 27 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity

The Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, today convicted Ali... The post ICC: Sudan janjaweed leader Ali Kushayb guilty on 27 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity appeared first on Dabanga Radio TV Online.

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Maria Josephson @mariajosephson.bsky.social · Jul 22

Fler civila har mördats i samband med Israels ”nödhjälp” i Gaza än under terrordådet den 7 oktober.

Staffan Landin @staffanlandin.bsky.social · Jul 22

Snart är det två månader sedan Israel inledde vad de kallar sin nödhjälp i Gaza. Den som, med Sveriges goda minne, skulle ersätta UNRWA i Gaza.

Nästan VARJE DAG har israel skjutit ihjäl människor som sökt hjälp. Fler civila har mördats där (på 2 månader) än under Hamas terrordåd den 7 okt.

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Pierre Plottu @pierreplottu.bsky.social · 9d

A Calais et Dunkerque, des violences de plus en plus fréquentes sur les exilés par des groupuscules d'extrême droite qui "jouent les milices en toute impunité", dénonce @Utopia_56
[coprod @mmace.bsky.social ]
www.liberation.fr/societe/a-ca...

A Calais et Dunkerque, des violences de plus en plus fréquentes sur les exilés : «Ces groupuscules jouent les milices en toute impunité»

Une enquête pour «violences aggravées» a été ouverte après les agressions de migrants commises début septembre à Grand-Fort-Philippe. Pour Charlotte Kwantes, de l’ONG Utopia 56, ces attaques ont gagné...

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Erik Angner @erikangner.com · 12d

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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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 9d

Jake Tapper did a whole interview with Trump by text message? Which means he can't actually confirm it was him. And now everyone's asking even more than before very reasonable questions about the wannabe dictator's health.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

The CNN anchor did not explain how he verified that it was the president — not any of his aides — who authored the written responses to his questions.

He also did not explain whether he’d made any effort to speak with the president by phone, something that has become commonplace for reporters covering the second Trump administration because Trump has maintained use of his personal mobile phone since returning to the presidency and frequently uses it to contact reporters directly.

The president’s purported text message exchange with Tapper was also unusual because Trump is not known to be a frequent user of his phone’s text message capacity.

He also famously eschews email and other written forms of communication and during his first term he openly complained when attorneys working for his administration took notes during meetings.

Trump’s unconventional use of text-based communications to purportedly respond to Tapper comes as questions continue to swirl about the state of his health

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Hend Amry @libyaliberty.bsky.social · 9d

Look I have but two kids and I sometimes feel there are “kids everywhere” so it’s important to know that’s where I’m coming from.

Lexa @criminallyvu1gar.bsky.social · 9d

We had 10 cats once. It was mostly okay, there were just cats everywhere.

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 9d

I went to @greenparty.org.uk conference - and unlike Labour, didn't get the boot.

But will the Greens succeed in convincing Labour voters - and what about the threat of Farage?

New video up now! 👇

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds3R...

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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 9d

dateline 2045: ICC finds Benjamin Netanyahu guilty of genocide

NPR @npr.org · 9d

The International Criminal Court in the Hague handed down its first-ever Darfur war crimes conviction, finding Janjaweed leader Ali Kushayb, guilty of atrocities committed more than two decades ago.

ICC finds former Sudan militia leader guilty of war crimes in Darfur

The International Criminal Court in the Hague handed down its first-ever Darfur war crimes conviction, finding Janjaweed leader Ali Kushayb, guilty of atrocities committed more than two decades ago.

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