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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 55m

This imo is just Ronen, no fear, no favor, and his colleagues doing what they do best. He’s unflinching and one of the best reporters out there. We have to know what happened in full that horrid day and leading up to it. That Hamas are barbaric murderous extremists isn’t a new discovery.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 59m

No, new information emerged, Ronen is hardly a supporter of the current government, but has been one of the most dogged reporters concerning the ongoing investigations of what happened that day and the failures of the Netanyahu govt and security services.

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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 22h

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.

newlinesmag.com/argument/for...

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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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 1h

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 1h

To that, and to the
assumption she had no agency in the decision, a woman who’s been featured in Vogue and other high fashion publications…. I give you Malala’s own words:

Please stop telling us how to dress.

medium.com/@MalalaYousa...

Please stop telling us how to dress.

Malala writes about defending every woman’s right to determine what she wears

medium.com

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 1h

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 1h

May his memory be a blessing. May his soul be restored to peace and be at one with those he loved so dearly. 💔🕯️

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 1h

Gutting news.

Roei Shalev takes own life two years after massacre

The 28-year-old survivor lost his partner (slaughtered by Hamas) and mother (to suicide) after the October 7 massacre — his death highlights the enduring trauma faced by many Nova survivors.

www.jpost.com/israel-news/...

Nova Festival survivor Roei Shalev commits suicide | The Jerusalem Post

The 28-year-old survivor lost his partner and mother after the October 7 massacre — his death highlights the enduring trauma faced by many Nova survivors.

www.jpost.com

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 2h

““Burn, burn,” he said, according to the intercepts. “I want the whole kibbutz to be in flames.”

“Set fire to anything,” a commander in the northern Gaza city of Jabaliya referred to as Abu al-Abed said around the same time.”

Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 2h

A directive, which Israeli officials believe was written by Yahya Sinwar, the powerful leader of Hamas in Gaza, and recordings called for fighters to target soldiers and civilian communities — and to broadcast the violent acts.

Ronen Bergman and Adam Rasgon

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/w...

A Memo in a Bunker, Intercepted Communications and Hamas’s Oct. 7 Plans

www.nytimes.com

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 2h

A directive, which Israeli officials believe was written by Yahya Sinwar, the powerful leader of Hamas in Gaza, and recordings called for fighters to target soldiers and civilian communities — and to broadcast the violent acts.

Ronen Bergman and Adam Rasgon

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/w...

A Memo in a Bunker, Intercepted Communications and Hamas’s Oct. 7 Plans

www.nytimes.com

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 2h

This 🧵 by Dr Ezzideen.

“We were not steadfast. We were held hostage in our own land.
We could not leave. We could not change those who claimed to rule us.
We were trapped between a merciless occupier and rulers who feed on our suffering.”

It takes you to video of the home

x.com/ezzingaza/st...

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 2h

This 🧵 by Dr Ezzideen.

“We were not steadfast. We were held hostage in our own land.
We could not leave. We could not change those who claimed to rule us.
We were trapped between a merciless occupier and rulers who feed on our suffering.”

It takes you to video of the home

x.com/ezzingaza/st...

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 2h

“This war is absolutely about displacement & ethnic cleansing, the right-wing fever dreams encouraged & fomented by the PM.

Likud, Netanyahu's party, has organized a conference called "Preparing for Settlement in Gaza," headlined by 9 Knesset members, for Oct 21, 2025.”
@ntarnopolsky.bsky.social

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 2h

This is only Khan Younis, all of Gaza is, quite, literally gone. Obliterated. Wiped off the face of the map. People are returning and finding nothing but ruin. I’ll post a link to the words, earlier, of a young Dr. It’s unbearable to read.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 3h

Khan Younis Almost Destroyed

According to the mayor, 85% of buildings in this large city in the southern Gaza Strip have been destroyed.

He estimates that approximately 400,000 tons of rubble will need to be removed

Le Parisien @leparisien.fr · 4h

Khan Younès quasiment détruite

Selon le maire, dans cette grande ville du sud de la bande de Gaza, la part des destructions s'élève à 85% des bâtiments.

Selon lui, environ 400 000 tonnes de gravats devront être enlevés ➡️ https://l.leparisien.fr/LT89

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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 5h

"Asked what freedom felt like, [Alaa] said: “It is overwhelming. It is also comfortable and natural, and I am immediately fitting in with them, including witnessing three family fights in two days. The usual stuff."

Don't miss this Guardian interview: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘I deserve to heal’: freed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah on his prison ordeal and next steps

The campaigner, who spent more than a decade in an Egyptian ‘vortex of incarceration’, wants to join his son in the UK while he reflects on the fight for freedom

www.theguardian.com

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Michael Grunwald @mikegrunwald.bsky.social · 3h

The natural-food ideologues who righteously denounce GMOs probably don't spend much time thinking about how @pcronald.bsky.social has genetically modified rice crops to help smallholder farmers survive floods in Southeast Asia.

Pam Ronald @pcronald.bsky.social · 11h

Nice video Michael!!

Michael Grunwald @mikegrunwald.bsky.social · 23h

Twinkies aren’t unhealthy because they have GMOs in them. They’re unhealthy because they’re Twinkies! GMO crops are safe, and gene-edited crops can help make more food with less land. There’s no need to freak out about them.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 11h

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

A rare admission from the administration that policy choices have knock-off effects.

In this case: immigration crackdowns raise your grocery bill.

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 3h

NPR @npr.org · 5h

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 4h

On the actual 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live (today), here’s an article I wrote about it last year, with remembrances from Chevy Chase, Garrett Morris, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman and many more. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/a...

When ‘Saturday Night Live’ Debuted, They Were There. Here’s What They Remember. (Published 2024)

www.nytimes.com

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 3h

Great stuff here from @gregsargent.bsky.social

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 4h

This week, MAGA figures claimed Kristi Noem "stared down" violent antifa protesters in Portland. Turns out they were talking mostly about a guy in a chicken suit.

This episode opens a window into how MAGA propaganda works and MSM failure to handle it. 1/

(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

newrepublic.com

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 3h

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, a pediatrician detained last year, and Dr. Marwan al-Hams, the Hamas-appointed director of field hospitals in Gaza, detained in July, will not be released from Israeli custody.

www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

Israel won’t release two Gazan medical officials as part of deal, Hamas source tells CNN

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www.timesofisrael.com

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 4h

This aerial image from the 1960s shows that the 'yellow line' of Israel's redeployment in Gaza is roughly matching with the border of the area's coastal sand dune, leaving Gaza without the absolute majority of its agricultural areas on the fertile soils in the east.

@forensicarchi.bsky.social

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 4h

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Nicola Miller @nicmiller.bsky.social · 1d

Very sad to hear the news that Sri Owen has died. What a legacy she's left us though.

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