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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 29m

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

Cheri Quinlan @cheriquinlan.bsky.social · 43m

Oh I thought dear leader brought lasting peace to the Middle East.

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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 46m

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 · 4h

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

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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 15h

The joy part is important

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samuel @quilombo.bsky.social · 15h

Joy now, disappointment later.

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Jannis J Grimm @jannisgrimm.bsky.social · 15h

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 · 15h

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 · 15h

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

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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 16h

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 · 16h

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 · 16h

"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 · 16h

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 · 16h

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 · 16h

"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 · 17h

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 · 21h

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 · 16h

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 · 1d

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

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 3d

“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 · 2d

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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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 2d

21bn is in military aid
with another 9-12 bn being in US military operations in Iran and Yemen

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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 2d

"Israel must choose between perpetual war or living in peace. This can only happen if the country recognises Palestinian self-determination... At the culmination of this war, Israel might end up destroying Gaza, but it will also destroy itself."

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This war of revenge has lasted two nightmare years. There’s only one hope for peace: Israel recognising Palestine | Raja Shehadeh

Donald Trump’s proposals are in play, but here in the West Bank we live in fear that the devastation of Gaza is coming our way, says writer and lawyer Raja Shehadeh

www.theguardian.com

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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 2d

A pair of reports released today by the Cost of War project show that Israel could not have continued war in Gaza and elsewhere across the region without US military & diplomatic support.

US has provided Israel w/ over $31 billion since Oct 2023

www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

Reports: Israel couldn’t wage wars on Gaza, Lebanon Iran without US support

Twin reports from the Costs of War Project find the US has backed Israel with more than $21bn since October 2023.

www.aljazeera.com

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 3d

Since Israel signed a ceasefire deal with Lebanon, Israel has:

- killed 280 people
- wounded 625 people
- violated the agreement around 4,500 times

That’s in under a year

www.instagram.com/reel/DPdvEgY...

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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 3d

wish Chotiner would have done this interview

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 4d

Every New York Times piece about internal Israeli divisions is like "we talked to five Israelis who agree that Palestinians don't deserve freedom but disagree on Netanyahu" and then at the end "we also talked to two Palestinians who are sad for indiscernible reasons".

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Jannis J Grimm @jannisgrimm.bsky.social · 5d

Criticism of biased media coverage of Gaza is often discarded as baseless..

so we set out to study the coverage of Palestinian and Israeli victims by German press systematically!

The resulting study 'Hierarchies in Death' was just published #OA by Peacebuilding www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

www.tandfonline.com

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Howard Eissenstat @heissenstat.bsky.social · 8d

Just ended a policy-oriented meeting of Washington types and I'm kinda stunned that more of them don't seem to understand that Israel has become a real problem for the United States. Not just morally. Not just in terms of public opinion. But in terms of basic strategic priorities.

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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 8d

"Today, that sorrow is eclipsed by the ruin of Gaza. Yet the Israeli rhetoric of security endures, destroying cities and taking lives, leaving only barren ground and desolation – for Israelis as well as Palestinians."

www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...

Leila Sansour | Recognition: A First Step

Recognition of Palestinian statehood is an act not of concession, but of discipline and clarity. It formalises the...

www.lrb.co.uk

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