Baklava Balaclava
@baklavabalaclava.bsky.social
Due to unfortunate circumstances, I am once again awake
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NEW: 16 months ago, a young Palestinian locksmith went to help unlock a car.
He's been in detention ever since.
The FBI interrogated him. After refusing to become an informant, he was put in high-security as "retribution."
He's not convicted of a crime—but ICE will neither free nor deport him.
He's been in detention ever since.
The FBI interrogated him. After refusing to become an informant, he was put in high-security as "retribution."
He's not convicted of a crime—but ICE will neither free nor deport him.
A 22-Year-Old Palestinian Has Been Locked Up in 'High-Security' ICE Detention for 16 Months
Taher Mohammed Taher Hasan has faced harassment from detainees and guards and is held in a cockroach-infested cell, his legal team says.
zeteo.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
NEW: 16 months ago, a young Palestinian locksmith went to help unlock a car.
He's been in detention ever since.
The FBI interrogated him. After refusing to become an informant, he was put in high-security as "retribution."
He's not convicted of a crime—but ICE will neither free nor deport him.
He's been in detention ever since.
The FBI interrogated him. After refusing to become an informant, he was put in high-security as "retribution."
He's not convicted of a crime—but ICE will neither free nor deport him.
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Alex de Waal has worked on humanitarian causes across the globe for over 40 years.
“There is no case, over those four decades, of such minutely engineered, closely monitored, precisely designed mass starvation of a population as is happening in Gaza today.”
“There is no case, over those four decades, of such minutely engineered, closely monitored, precisely designed mass starvation of a population as is happening in Gaza today.”
July 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Alex de Waal has worked on humanitarian causes across the globe for over 40 years.
“There is no case, over those four decades, of such minutely engineered, closely monitored, precisely designed mass starvation of a population as is happening in Gaza today.”
“There is no case, over those four decades, of such minutely engineered, closely monitored, precisely designed mass starvation of a population as is happening in Gaza today.”
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"Where I was stationed, between one and five people were killed every day. They're treated like a hostile force – no crowd-control measures, no tear gas – just live fire with everything imaginable: heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, mortars. ... Our form of communication is gunfire."
IDF soldiers ordered to shoot deliberately at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid
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www.haaretz.com
June 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"Where I was stationed, between one and five people were killed every day. They're treated like a hostile force – no crowd-control measures, no tear gas – just live fire with everything imaginable: heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, mortars. ... Our form of communication is gunfire."
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Men in plainclothes, one in a balaclava, raided the Charlottesville courthouse today. They abducted a local painter whose case (allegedly fighting with his roommate) was being dismissed, and another who was there paying fines. They took them away in unmarked vans.
dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
ICE detains 2 men in Charlottesville courthouse raid
Three men who identified themselves as Homeland Security officers raided a courthouse in downtown Charlottesville Tuesday, detaining two men without explanation.
dailyprogress.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Men in plainclothes, one in a balaclava, raided the Charlottesville courthouse today. They abducted a local painter whose case (allegedly fighting with his roommate) was being dismissed, and another who was there paying fines. They took them away in unmarked vans.
dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
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"The two-page memo, which was obtained by The Associated Press, does not allege any criminal conduct by Khalil"
"Rather, Rubio wrote Khalil could be expelled for his beliefs."
Free this man immediately.
apnews.com/article/mahm...
"Rather, Rubio wrote Khalil could be expelled for his beliefs."
Free this man immediately.
apnews.com/article/mahm...
Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs
The U.S. government has submitted a two-page memo from Secretary of State Marco Rubio as its main evidence in its deportation case against Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil.
apnews.com
April 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"The two-page memo, which was obtained by The Associated Press, does not allege any criminal conduct by Khalil"
"Rather, Rubio wrote Khalil could be expelled for his beliefs."
Free this man immediately.
apnews.com/article/mahm...
"Rather, Rubio wrote Khalil could be expelled for his beliefs."
Free this man immediately.
apnews.com/article/mahm...
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Wow. This is the full document submitted by Rubio against Mr. Khalil invoking INA 237(a)(4)(C).
The standard in immigration court is extremely deferential; a judge must accept this so long as it is “facially reasonable and bona fide.” But this is so threadbare that it might not even satisfy that.
The standard in immigration court is extremely deferential; a judge must accept this so long as it is “facially reasonable and bona fide.” But this is so threadbare that it might not even satisfy that.
April 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Wow. This is the full document submitted by Rubio against Mr. Khalil invoking INA 237(a)(4)(C).
The standard in immigration court is extremely deferential; a judge must accept this so long as it is “facially reasonable and bona fide.” But this is so threadbare that it might not even satisfy that.
The standard in immigration court is extremely deferential; a judge must accept this so long as it is “facially reasonable and bona fide.” But this is so threadbare that it might not even satisfy that.
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The Trump administration is apparently secretly targeting Middle Eastern students across the country. ICE is virtually deeming students ‘illegal’ with a push of a button. @premthakker.bsky.social reports.
Read the full article here: zeteo.com/p/ice-manual...
Read the full article here: zeteo.com/p/ice-manual...
March 31, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The Trump administration is apparently secretly targeting Middle Eastern students across the country. ICE is virtually deeming students ‘illegal’ with a push of a button. @premthakker.bsky.social reports.
Read the full article here: zeteo.com/p/ice-manual...
Read the full article here: zeteo.com/p/ice-manual...
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Palestinian Women 'Raped by Israeli Soldiers.' And the western media? Nothing. A deafening silence. As always. zeteo.com/p/palestinia...
Palestinian Women 'Raped by Israeli Soldiers.' Silence From Western Media
Powerful new testimony reveals Western hypocrisy is alive and well – rape is only a crime and an outrage when it serves Western political interests.
zeteo.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Palestinian Women 'Raped by Israeli Soldiers.' And the western media? Nothing. A deafening silence. As always. zeteo.com/p/palestinia...
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UPDATE: Palestinian Red Crescent teams have recovered the body of Anwar Al-Attar, head of the Civil Defense mission in Tel al-Sultan, Rafah, after coordinating with the UN’s humanitarian agency (OCHA) to enter the area, following five days of blocked access.
March 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
UPDATE: Palestinian Red Crescent teams have recovered the body of Anwar Al-Attar, head of the Civil Defense mission in Tel al-Sultan, Rafah, after coordinating with the UN’s humanitarian agency (OCHA) to enter the area, following five days of blocked access.
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A letter with half the House Democrats didn't work.
Now what?
Now what?
The Trump admin has passed deadline to answer Q's from 100+ members of Congress on Mahmoud Khalil—
“[We] asked four very simple questions of Secretaries Rubio and Noem. They have failed to respond…or provide any documents or information that would provide reasonable grounds for Khalil’s detention."
“[We] asked four very simple questions of Secretaries Rubio and Noem. They have failed to respond…or provide any documents or information that would provide reasonable grounds for Khalil’s detention."
March 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A letter with half the House Democrats didn't work.
Now what?
Now what?
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NEW: U.S. doctors who traveled to Gaza to offer medical services in the bombed out, overcrowded hospitals & clinics have observed a horrifying pattern: scores of children appear to have been targeted—often fatally—by gunshot. Read the story/watch the film below:
www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-child...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-child...
“The Target is Unmistakable”: The Shooting of Gaza’s Children
American doctors who volunteered in Gaza report witnessing a disturbing pattern of children being shot by Israeli snipers.
www.dropsitenews.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
NEW: U.S. doctors who traveled to Gaza to offer medical services in the bombed out, overcrowded hospitals & clinics have observed a horrifying pattern: scores of children appear to have been targeted—often fatally—by gunshot. Read the story/watch the film below:
www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-child...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-child...
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JUST IN | Israeli attacks have killed at least 24 Palestinians, including 7 children, since midnight in Gaza. On Monday Israeli forces killed at least 60 Palestinians across the besieged territory.
March 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
JUST IN | Israeli attacks have killed at least 24 Palestinians, including 7 children, since midnight in Gaza. On Monday Israeli forces killed at least 60 Palestinians across the besieged territory.
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New — The American Association of University Professors and the Middle East Studies Association are suing the Trump administration to block it "from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations" of students and faculty who engage in pro-Palestine or other First Amendment activity.
March 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
New — The American Association of University Professors and the Middle East Studies Association are suing the Trump administration to block it "from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations" of students and faculty who engage in pro-Palestine or other First Amendment activity.
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BREAKING: Yuval Abraham, co-director of Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," says Israeli settlers beat his co-director Hamdan Ballal, injuring his head and stomach — and then Israeli soldiers invaded the ambulance he was in and seized him.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
March 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
BREAKING: Yuval Abraham, co-director of Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," says Israeli settlers beat his co-director Hamdan Ballal, injuring his head and stomach — and then Israeli soldiers invaded the ambulance he was in and seized him.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
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Israel readies plans for occupation of Gaza
https://www.ft.com/content/40127b12-62e4-4f3f-8723-d1821332b0d6
https://www.ft.com/content/40127b12-62e4-4f3f-8723-d1821332b0d6
Israel readies plans for occupation of Gaza
New military leadership, with far-right’s support, draws up drastically harsher proposal to destroy Hamas
www.ft.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Israel readies plans for occupation of Gaza
https://www.ft.com/content/40127b12-62e4-4f3f-8723-d1821332b0d6
https://www.ft.com/content/40127b12-62e4-4f3f-8723-d1821332b0d6
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27 pages. Of babies. Whose entire understanding of what Earth sounded like was bombs dropping & people screaming at the sky
March 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
27 pages. Of babies. Whose entire understanding of what Earth sounded like was bombs dropping & people screaming at the sky
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BREAKING — The DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties is being eliminated entirely via Reduction in Force (RIF), an agency source tells me. Staff have not been given reassignment options. Functions of the office will supposedly be assigned to other offices.
March 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
BREAKING — The DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties is being eliminated entirely via Reduction in Force (RIF), an agency source tells me. Staff have not been given reassignment options. Functions of the office will supposedly be assigned to other offices.
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The plan to dismantle the department of education and redistribute the tasks that remain to HHS and SBA is taken specifically and directly from Project 2025.
March 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The plan to dismantle the department of education and redistribute the tasks that remain to HHS and SBA is taken specifically and directly from Project 2025.
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WHOA. On March 15, a Cornell PhD student with UK and Gambian citizenship, here on a student visa, filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn Trump's EO aimed at foreign students accused of "antisemitism.
Last night, the DOJ emailed asking him to come to ICE to be detained and put into removal proceedings.
Last night, the DOJ emailed asking him to come to ICE to be detained and put into removal proceedings.
March 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
WHOA. On March 15, a Cornell PhD student with UK and Gambian citizenship, here on a student visa, filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn Trump's EO aimed at foreign students accused of "antisemitism.
Last night, the DOJ emailed asking him to come to ICE to be detained and put into removal proceedings.
Last night, the DOJ emailed asking him to come to ICE to be detained and put into removal proceedings.
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The Rafah crossing, where sick and wounded Gazans congregated to be evacuated, was bombed relentlessly. The intention to kill the already wounded is clear. The criminality is palpable. The complicity of the US-European rulers is mindnumbing.
March 18, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The Rafah crossing, where sick and wounded Gazans congregated to be evacuated, was bombed relentlessly. The intention to kill the already wounded is clear. The criminality is palpable. The complicity of the US-European rulers is mindnumbing.
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Everyone--EVERYONE--in higher education has to understand that this is Trump's plan for you, too: federal control over scholarship, curricula, discipline, admissions--everything. They want you to submit. Your only other option is to stand up, together.
I’m told this is a real letter. It basically says, “We’ll destroy Columbia unless you destroy it first.”
March 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Everyone--EVERYONE--in higher education has to understand that this is Trump's plan for you, too: federal control over scholarship, curricula, discipline, admissions--everything. They want you to submit. Your only other option is to stand up, together.
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…this is insane????
March 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
…this is insane????
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I’m getting word that the International and Foreign Language Education Office at the Dept. of Ed is very likely being liquidated. In my career I’ve been a part of three successful Title VI NRC/FLAS grants, and wrote/directed a Fulbright-Hays program in 2011. A building block of my career crumbling.
March 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I’m getting word that the International and Foreign Language Education Office at the Dept. of Ed is very likely being liquidated. In my career I’ve been a part of three successful Title VI NRC/FLAS grants, and wrote/directed a Fulbright-Hays program in 2011. A building block of my career crumbling.
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BREAKING: Hundreds of Jews and allies have taken over Trump Tower chanting “We want justice, you say how. Bring Mahmoud home now!” and “Fight Nazis, not students.”
The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.
The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.
March 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
BREAKING: Hundreds of Jews and allies have taken over Trump Tower chanting “We want justice, you say how. Bring Mahmoud home now!” and “Fight Nazis, not students.”
The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.
The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.