Lisa Goldman
@lisang.bsky.social
Europe Editor, New Lines Magazine (newlinesmag.com). Also quite a bit about the Middle East.
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For International Holocaust Remembrance Day, @omerman.bsky.social wrote this moving personal essay derived from his trip to Germany in the spring, to accompany his mother, who is a child survivor of Bergen Belsen, to a ceremony marking 80 years since liberation.
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Remembering ‘Never Again for Everyone’ at Bergen-Belsen
At the height of the war in Gaza, a Jewish activist for Palestine accompanied his mother, a Holocaust survivor, to Germany for a ceremony to mark 80 years since liberation
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January 27, 2026 at 5:05 PM
For International Holocaust Remembrance Day, @omerman.bsky.social wrote this moving personal essay derived from his trip to Germany in the spring, to accompany his mother, who is a child survivor of Bergen Belsen, to a ceremony marking 80 years since liberation.
newlinesmag.com/first-person...
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Fascinating insight from @lisang.bsky.social into the intersecting socio-economic, security, & political conditions shaping labour & ownership among diverse Palestinian communities living under various forms of Israeli control
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While Israel’s Construction Industry Falters, Apartments Are Springing up Around Ramallah
Revoking the permits of 160,000 Palestinian workers has meant chaos for building projects and has all but destroyed the economy of the West Bank — though for some, it is a desirable place to own prope...
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January 25, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Fascinating insight from @lisang.bsky.social into the intersecting socio-economic, security, & political conditions shaping labour & ownership among diverse Palestinian communities living under various forms of Israeli control
newlinesmag.com/reportage/wh...
newlinesmag.com/reportage/wh...
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Holding up pictures of “murderers” and “rapists” doesn’t justify what ICE is doing in Minnesota.
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If ICE is making us safer, PROVE IT
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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January 21, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Holding up pictures of “murderers” and “rapists” doesn’t justify what ICE is doing in Minnesota.
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I cannot get over this excellent reportage by Lisa Goldman.
West Bank Palestinians face limited employment opportunities, relying heavily on Israel. The Israeli government’s actions, potentially inciting unrest, are impacting both Palestinians and Israelis.
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West Bank Palestinians face limited employment opportunities, relying heavily on Israel. The Israeli government’s actions, potentially inciting unrest, are impacting both Palestinians and Israelis.
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January 11, 2026 at 7:16 PM
I cannot get over this excellent reportage by Lisa Goldman.
West Bank Palestinians face limited employment opportunities, relying heavily on Israel. The Israeli government’s actions, potentially inciting unrest, are impacting both Palestinians and Israelis.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/wh...
West Bank Palestinians face limited employment opportunities, relying heavily on Israel. The Israeli government’s actions, potentially inciting unrest, are impacting both Palestinians and Israelis.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/wh...
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"This was not the first time I’d interviewed a displaced, dispossessed person who was tacitly asking me to recognize their humanity. It never got easier." | @lisang.bsky.social
While Israel’s Construction Industry Falters, Apartments Are Springing up Around Ramallah
Revoking the permits of 160,000 Palestinian workers has meant chaos for building projects and has all but destroyed the economy of the West Bank — though for some, it is a desirable place to own property
newlinesmag.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:02 AM
"This was not the first time I’d interviewed a displaced, dispossessed person who was tacitly asking me to recognize their humanity. It never got easier." | @lisang.bsky.social
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"This was not the first time I’d interviewed a displaced, dispossessed person who was tacitly asking me to recognize their humanity. It never got easier." from @lisang.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/reportage/wh...
While Israel’s Construction Industry Falters, Apartments Are Springing up Around Ramallah
Revoking the permits of 160,000 Palestinian workers has meant chaos for building projects and has all but destroyed the economy of the West Bank — though for some, it is a desirable place to own prope...
newlinesmag.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:53 PM
"This was not the first time I’d interviewed a displaced, dispossessed person who was tacitly asking me to recognize their humanity. It never got easier." from @lisang.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/reportage/wh...
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exemplary reporting here by @lisang.bsky.social, deeply informed and informative — a really fascinating read, looking at the injustices of Palestinian life and Israeli economics from very different angles than we usually see them
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newlinesmag.com/reportage/wh...
While Israel’s Construction Industry Falters, Apartments Are Springing up Around Ramallah
Revoking the permits of 160,000 Palestinian workers has meant chaos for building projects and has all but destroyed the economy of the West Bank — though for some, it is a desirable place to own prope...
newlinesmag.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
exemplary reporting here by @lisang.bsky.social, deeply informed and informative — a really fascinating read, looking at the injustices of Palestinian life and Israeli economics from very different angles than we usually see them
newlinesmag.com/reportage/wh...
newlinesmag.com/reportage/wh...
Israelis and Palestinians are totally intertwined. This, perhaps counterintuitively, is what has emerged from the past two years of horror as an irrefutable fact. I wrote about this after a reporting trip. newlinesmag.com/reportage/wh...
January 8, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Israelis and Palestinians are totally intertwined. This, perhaps counterintuitively, is what has emerged from the past two years of horror as an irrefutable fact. I wrote about this after a reporting trip. newlinesmag.com/reportage/wh...
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Nearly 200,000 Palestinians were employed in Israeli construction, allowing them to support their families. Now, they're unemployed, and Israel's construction has tanked
I read everything @lisang.bsky.social writes about Israel-Palestine because it's so thoughtful
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I read everything @lisang.bsky.social writes about Israel-Palestine because it's so thoughtful
newlinesmag.com/reportage/wh...
While Israel’s Construction Industry Falters, Apartments Are Springing up Around Ramallah
Revoking the permits of 160,000 Palestinian workers has meant chaos for building projects and has all but destroyed the economy of the West Bank — though for some, it is a desirable place to own prope...
newlinesmag.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Nearly 200,000 Palestinians were employed in Israeli construction, allowing them to support their families. Now, they're unemployed, and Israel's construction has tanked
I read everything @lisang.bsky.social writes about Israel-Palestine because it's so thoughtful
newlinesmag.com/reportage/wh...
I read everything @lisang.bsky.social writes about Israel-Palestine because it's so thoughtful
newlinesmag.com/reportage/wh...
I've been waiting for this podcast! You won't find a smarter analyst than Sarah Posner.
If you want to know what my new podcast Reign of Error (coming later this month) will be like, take a listen to our pilot episode, recorded last year, and, of course subscribe:
Today on @straightwhitejc.bsky.social a teaser episode of our new series Reign of Error. Created and hosted by @sarahposner.bsky.social.
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January 5, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I've been waiting for this podcast! You won't find a smarter analyst than Sarah Posner.
Sweden was a paradise of social equality and liberal values for a long time, but the contemporary reality is quite different. Now, far right politics & oligarchs dominate the discourse and the "centrist" gov't wants to pay migrants to leave. newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
January 5, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Sweden was a paradise of social equality and liberal values for a long time, but the contemporary reality is quite different. Now, far right politics & oligarchs dominate the discourse and the "centrist" gov't wants to pay migrants to leave. newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
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good piece with an incidental insanely brutal takedown of klein
December 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
good piece with an incidental insanely brutal takedown of klein
With the West Bank economy on its knees and the middle class wiped out by Israel's closure since Oct. 7, why is Ramallah seeing a construction boom in residential housing? The answer is complex and often sad. My article: newlinesmag.com/reportage/wh...
While Israel’s Construction Industry Falters, Apartments Are Springing up Around Ramallah
Revoking the permits of 160,000 Palestinian workers has meant chaos for building projects and has all but destroyed the economy of the West Bank — though for some, it is a desirable place to own prope...
newlinesmag.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
With the West Bank economy on its knees and the middle class wiped out by Israel's closure since Oct. 7, why is Ramallah seeing a construction boom in residential housing? The answer is complex and often sad. My article: newlinesmag.com/reportage/wh...
This is such a damning report. No wonder the White House wants it buried and fuck Bari Weiss for complying. When she is hauled up in front of the international tribunal at the Hague for acting as an accessory to the crimes committed at this prison, I will cheer.
I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"
YouTube video by Phil Lewis
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December 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This is such a damning report. No wonder the White House wants it buried and fuck Bari Weiss for complying. When she is hauled up in front of the international tribunal at the Hague for acting as an accessory to the crimes committed at this prison, I will cheer.
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I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"
YouTube video by Phil Lewis
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
For the anniversary of Syria's liberation from the Assad regime, Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Syria expert who spent 2.5 years as the captive of an Iran-backed Iraqi militia that subjected her to brutal torture, wrote this extraordinary essay combining memoir & analysis. newlinesmag.com/first-person...
Celebrating Syria’s Liberation From a Prison Cell in Iraq
The author recalls the fall of Bashar al-Assad as the happiest day of her life, though she was being held captive by an Iran-aligned militia
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December 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
For the anniversary of Syria's liberation from the Assad regime, Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Syria expert who spent 2.5 years as the captive of an Iran-backed Iraqi militia that subjected her to brutal torture, wrote this extraordinary essay combining memoir & analysis. newlinesmag.com/first-person...
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What does the future hold for Palestinian citizens of Israel after the Gaza genocide? @aburass.bsky.social, who grew up in Jaffa but left to study in Canada, wrote this searching, compelling first-person article after his first visit back since Oct. 7 newlinesmag.com/first-person...
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
What does the future hold for Palestinian citizens of Israel after the Gaza genocide? @aburass.bsky.social, who grew up in Jaffa but left to study in Canada, wrote this searching, compelling first-person article after his first visit back since Oct. 7 newlinesmag.com/first-person...
What does the future hold for Palestinian citizens of Israel after the Gaza genocide? @aburass.bsky.social, who grew up in Jaffa but left to study in Canada, wrote this searching, compelling first-person article after his first visit back since Oct. 7 newlinesmag.com/first-person...
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
What does the future hold for Palestinian citizens of Israel after the Gaza genocide? @aburass.bsky.social, who grew up in Jaffa but left to study in Canada, wrote this searching, compelling first-person article after his first visit back since Oct. 7 newlinesmag.com/first-person...
Borough Park and Williamsburg went for Cuomo, the Mamdani-Satmar Sukkah Sulha notwithstanding. Wonder if the rebbes will decide to play nice with Mayor Mamdani.
November 5, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Borough Park and Williamsburg went for Cuomo, the Mamdani-Satmar Sukkah Sulha notwithstanding. Wonder if the rebbes will decide to play nice with Mayor Mamdani.
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“Nearly everyone I asked said that they had noticed the increased presence of settlers in Tel Aviv but seemed not to understand when they moved to the city, or why.”
@lisang.bsky.social reports on the West Bank settlers arriving in Tel Aviv.
@lisang.bsky.social reports on the West Bank settlers arriving in Tel Aviv.
The Settlers Bursting Tel Aviv’s Bubble
The religious-nationalist right has targeted Israel’s most secular, liberal city
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October 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
“Nearly everyone I asked said that they had noticed the increased presence of settlers in Tel Aviv but seemed not to understand when they moved to the city, or why.”
@lisang.bsky.social reports on the West Bank settlers arriving in Tel Aviv.
@lisang.bsky.social reports on the West Bank settlers arriving in Tel Aviv.
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When Ras Tafari Makonnen, later Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, adopted 40 Armenian orphans, he could never know the lasting mark they would leave on the country’s music. Irina Costache traces the fascinating story for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
Haile Selassie’s Band of Armenian Orphans
A bond forged through a common Orthodox faith left a lasting imprint on Ethiopia’s music
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October 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
When Ras Tafari Makonnen, later Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, adopted 40 Armenian orphans, he could never know the lasting mark they would leave on the country’s music. Irina Costache traces the fascinating story for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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Famously a secular, liberal city, Tel Aviv has in recent years been invaded by religious-nationalist settlers from the West Bank. Their goal, which they do not hide, is to remake it in their own image, reports @lisang.bsky.social in @newlinesmag.bsky.social
The Settlers Bursting Tel Aviv’s Bubble
The religious-nationalist right has targeted Israel’s most secular, liberal city
newlinesmag.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Famously a secular, liberal city, Tel Aviv has in recent years been invaded by religious-nationalist settlers from the West Bank. Their goal, which they do not hide, is to remake it in their own image, reports @lisang.bsky.social in @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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NEW: Israeli liberals have already forgotten every aspect of the war except the hostages, interpreting their release as proof that mass protests succeeded — and their country is still a paragon of Jewish solidarity, writes @origoldberg.bsky.social.
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For Israelis, the Ceasefire Is Only About the Hostages
Champagne corks popped in Tel Aviv, but a reckoning with the cost of the war is elusive at best
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October 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
NEW: Israeli liberals have already forgotten every aspect of the war except the hostages, interpreting their release as proof that mass protests succeeded — and their country is still a paragon of Jewish solidarity, writes @origoldberg.bsky.social.
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