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@peterbeinart.bsky.social's new book is "Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza." He says it is "addressed to my fellow Jews and trying to say that something has gone catastrophically wrong in our community."
www.democracynow.org/2025/2/6/pet...
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February 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
@peterbeinart.bsky.social's new book is "Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza." He says it is "addressed to my fellow Jews and trying to say that something has gone catastrophically wrong in our community."
www.democracynow.org/2025/2/6/pet...
www.democracynow.org/2025/2/6/pet...
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Trump to impose sanctions on ICC over Israel arrest warrants - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-impose-sanctions-international-criminal-court-says-white-house-official
Trump to impose sanctions on ICC over Israel arrest warrants
The US president is due to order financial and visa sanctions on individuals and their family members who assist in ICC investigations of US citizens or US allies
www.middleeasteye.net
February 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Trump to impose sanctions on ICC over Israel arrest warrants - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-impose-sanctions-international-criminal-court-says-white-house-official
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The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children
I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
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Netanyahu-Trump visit does two things:
1) normalizes international travel for an accused war criminal = US middle finger to ICC and rule of (international) law
2) idea of US invasion of Gaza normalizes expulsions & forceful territorial conquest = US middle finger to rule of (int'l) law and norms
1) normalizes international travel for an accused war criminal = US middle finger to ICC and rule of (international) law
2) idea of US invasion of Gaza normalizes expulsions & forceful territorial conquest = US middle finger to rule of (int'l) law and norms
February 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Netanyahu-Trump visit does two things:
1) normalizes international travel for an accused war criminal = US middle finger to ICC and rule of (international) law
2) idea of US invasion of Gaza normalizes expulsions & forceful territorial conquest = US middle finger to rule of (int'l) law and norms
1) normalizes international travel for an accused war criminal = US middle finger to ICC and rule of (international) law
2) idea of US invasion of Gaza normalizes expulsions & forceful territorial conquest = US middle finger to rule of (int'l) law and norms
76 people lost their lives in ski resort fire in Bolu, Turkey. Unfathomable loss. May all rest in peace.
Kartalkaya'da can kaybı 76'ya yükseldi
www.gazeteduvar.com.tr/kartalkayada...
Kartalkaya'da can kaybı 76'ya yükseldi
www.gazeteduvar.com.tr/kartalkayada...
Kartalkaya'da can kaybı 76'ya yükseldi
İçişleri Bakanı Yerlikaya Kartalkaya'daki otel yangınında can kaybının 76'ya yükseldiğini açıkladı: 9 kişi gözaltında. 56 naaşın kimlikleri tespit edildi, 45'i ailelerine teslim edildi.
www.gazeteduvar.com.tr
January 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
76 people lost their lives in ski resort fire in Bolu, Turkey. Unfathomable loss. May all rest in peace.
Kartalkaya'da can kaybı 76'ya yükseldi
www.gazeteduvar.com.tr/kartalkayada...
Kartalkaya'da can kaybı 76'ya yükseldi
www.gazeteduvar.com.tr/kartalkayada...
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CONFIRMED
Syria's Interim Justice Minister Shadi Al-Waisi, is seen sentencing/overseeing death penalty of women for adultery/prostitution, as a part of Al Nusra Front's application of Sharia law back in January 2015 in areas the front controlled in Idlib.
1/5
Syria's Interim Justice Minister Shadi Al-Waisi, is seen sentencing/overseeing death penalty of women for adultery/prostitution, as a part of Al Nusra Front's application of Sharia law back in January 2015 in areas the front controlled in Idlib.
1/5
January 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
CONFIRMED
Syria's Interim Justice Minister Shadi Al-Waisi, is seen sentencing/overseeing death penalty of women for adultery/prostitution, as a part of Al Nusra Front's application of Sharia law back in January 2015 in areas the front controlled in Idlib.
1/5
Syria's Interim Justice Minister Shadi Al-Waisi, is seen sentencing/overseeing death penalty of women for adultery/prostitution, as a part of Al Nusra Front's application of Sharia law back in January 2015 in areas the front controlled in Idlib.
1/5
Ann Telnaes quit the washington post saying “ I will not stop holding truth to power through my cartooning, because as they say, “Democracy dies in darkness”. open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
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January 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Ann Telnaes quit the washington post saying “ I will not stop holding truth to power through my cartooning, because as they say, “Democracy dies in darkness”. open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
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"The path we are being led down is one of conquest, annexation and ethnic cleansing,” warns the former Israeli general, Moshe Ya’alon
www.spiegel.de/internationa...
www.spiegel.de/internationa...
Israeli Settlement Plans: "Within a Year, We Will Be Living in Gaza"
The Israeli army is systematically destroying towns in northern Gaza and expelling the population, DER SPIEGEL reporting has found. It is laying the groundwork for a military occupation - and for the ...
www.spiegel.de
January 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"The path we are being led down is one of conquest, annexation and ethnic cleansing,” warns the former Israeli general, Moshe Ya’alon
www.spiegel.de/internationa...
www.spiegel.de/internationa...
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Over the next four years there'll be a fair amount of (justified) moralizing about the rule of law.
Worth recognizing that the Biden admin's disregard for US & int'l law in providing military support to Israel has itself been corrosive to the rule of law & norms of executive branch lawyering.
Worth recognizing that the Biden admin's disregard for US & int'l law in providing military support to Israel has itself been corrosive to the rule of law & norms of executive branch lawyering.
In its final days, the Biden administration is pushing an $8 billion arms deal to Israel, right as:
–Human Rights Watch & Amnesty say Israel is committing genocide
–IDF kills several journalists; babies freeze to death
–IDF attacks last hospitals in northern Gaza, detains hospital director
–Human Rights Watch & Amnesty say Israel is committing genocide
–IDF kills several journalists; babies freeze to death
–IDF attacks last hospitals in northern Gaza, detains hospital director
January 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Over the next four years there'll be a fair amount of (justified) moralizing about the rule of law.
Worth recognizing that the Biden admin's disregard for US & int'l law in providing military support to Israel has itself been corrosive to the rule of law & norms of executive branch lawyering.
Worth recognizing that the Biden admin's disregard for US & int'l law in providing military support to Israel has itself been corrosive to the rule of law & norms of executive branch lawyering.
RIP Ferdi Tayfur open.spotify.com/track/0LQzDa...
Emmioğlu
Ferdi Tayfur · Prangalar · Song · 1992
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January 3, 2025 at 10:24 AM
RIP Ferdi Tayfur open.spotify.com/track/0LQzDa...
Let’s be hopeful for 2025.
December 31, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Let’s be hopeful for 2025.
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Almost one in five children live in conflict zones, says Unicef
Almost one in five children live in conflict zones, says Unicef
UN humanitarian body warns that dramatic increase in harm to children should not become the ‘new normal’
Nearly one in five of the world’s children live in areas affected by conflicts, with more than 473 million children suffering from the worst levels…
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2024 at 12:17 AM
Almost one in five children live in conflict zones, says Unicef
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DAMASCUS
Families gathered in Damascus’ Al-Hijaz today, holding photos of forcibly disappeared loved ones and demanding continued searches, rejecting claims they are all dead. The demonstration called for uncovering the truth and achieving justice for Syria's missing.
#Syria
Families gathered in Damascus’ Al-Hijaz today, holding photos of forcibly disappeared loved ones and demanding continued searches, rejecting claims they are all dead. The demonstration called for uncovering the truth and achieving justice for Syria's missing.
#Syria
December 27, 2024 at 7:40 PM
DAMASCUS
Families gathered in Damascus’ Al-Hijaz today, holding photos of forcibly disappeared loved ones and demanding continued searches, rejecting claims they are all dead. The demonstration called for uncovering the truth and achieving justice for Syria's missing.
#Syria
Families gathered in Damascus’ Al-Hijaz today, holding photos of forcibly disappeared loved ones and demanding continued searches, rejecting claims they are all dead. The demonstration called for uncovering the truth and achieving justice for Syria's missing.
#Syria
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This Haaretz piece of IDF soldiers’ confessions of human rights violations absolutely wrecked me
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024...
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024...
December 24, 2024 at 2:28 AM
This Haaretz piece of IDF soldiers’ confessions of human rights violations absolutely wrecked me
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024...
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024...
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Five Thoughts on Syria’s Suddenly Unfrozen Conflict - new post by me.
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Five Thoughts on Syria's Unfrozen Conflict
Plus say farewell, or good riddance, to 2024 with our final MENA Academy roundup
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December 23, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Five Thoughts on Syria’s Suddenly Unfrozen Conflict - new post by me.
abuaardvark.substack.com/p/five-thoug...
abuaardvark.substack.com/p/five-thoug...
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This is a big deal. It means a modicum of accountability for NSO Group, the world's most notorious monger of malicious spyware. And it's a warning to the many other outfits that are making money by helping terrible regimes persecute journalists, human rights activists, and political dissidents.
US judge finds Israel's NSO Group liable for hacking in WhatsApp lawsuit
A U.S. judge ruled on Friday in favor of Meta Platform Inc's WhatsApp in a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the WhatsApp messaging app to install spy software allowing the surveillance of 1,400 people, including journalists, human rights activists and dissidents.
www.reuters.com
December 21, 2024 at 1:58 AM
This is a big deal. It means a modicum of accountability for NSO Group, the world's most notorious monger of malicious spyware. And it's a warning to the many other outfits that are making money by helping terrible regimes persecute journalists, human rights activists, and political dissidents.
Take a listen to my dear friend Nergis talk about her new book
Great podcast with Nergis Ertürk about her book on Soviet-Turkish literary encounters between the 1920s and the 1960s.
newbooksnetwork.com/writing-in-red
newbooksnetwork.com/writing-in-red
Nergis Ertürk, "Writing in Red: Literature and Revolution Across Turkey and the Soviet Union" (Columbia UP, 2024) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
December 20, 2024 at 10:07 AM
Take a listen to my dear friend Nergis talk about her new book
Personal data weaponized for political gain and denial of rights
aje.io/qos4nr
aje.io/qos4nr
An Indian state used citizens’ data on political beliefs to deny benefits
Andhra Pradesh’s governing party weaponised data to wrongfully deny welfare benefits to opposition-inclined voters.
aje.io
December 20, 2024 at 9:49 AM
Personal data weaponized for political gain and denial of rights
aje.io/qos4nr
aje.io/qos4nr
The future of the ICC is on the line. aje.io/3ipxge
Can the International Criminal Court survive the next four years?
The arrest warrants it issued for Israeli leaders left the court facing an existential threat.
aje.io
December 19, 2024 at 4:11 AM
The future of the ICC is on the line. aje.io/3ipxge
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Must watch Channel 4 report on the mass graves in Syria, with over 100,000 dead estimated to be buried in just one site. The challenge to forensically document these sites will be huge.
www.channel4.com/news/true-sc...
www.channel4.com/news/true-sc...
True scale of Assad’s slaughter revealed at Syrian mass grave
His prisons held hundreds of thousands of people: relentlessly tortured and abused, many of them did not survive.
www.channel4.com
December 17, 2024 at 9:32 AM
Must watch Channel 4 report on the mass graves in Syria, with over 100,000 dead estimated to be buried in just one site. The challenge to forensically document these sites will be huge.
www.channel4.com/news/true-sc...
www.channel4.com/news/true-sc...
Hüsnü Öndül, the doyen of Turkey’s human rights movement has lost his life. May he rest in peace.
İHD kurucularından Hüsnü Öndül hayatını kaybetti
www.birgun.net/haber/ihd-ku...
www.birgun.net/haber/ihd-ku...
İHD kurucularından Hüsnü Öndül hayatını kaybetti
İnsan hakları savunucusu ve yazar Hüsnü Öndül, geçirdiği kalp krizi nedeniyle yaşamını yitirdi.
www.birgun.net
December 18, 2024 at 3:33 AM
Hüsnü Öndül, the doyen of Turkey’s human rights movement has lost his life. May he rest in peace.
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🧵 It is incredulous that within just days of the Assad regime's fall, a number of European countries, including Germany, Austria, Denmark, and others have announced pauses in the processing of asylum applications. (1)
December 11, 2024 at 1:35 AM
🧵 It is incredulous that within just days of the Assad regime's fall, a number of European countries, including Germany, Austria, Denmark, and others have announced pauses in the processing of asylum applications. (1)
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Syrians, in a triumph of hope, turn the page on the horrors of Assad. The latest piece by @wendy-pearlman.bsky.social theconversation.com/syrians-in-a...
Syrians, in a triumph of hope, turn the page on the horrors of Assad
The Syrian revolution is profoundly significant to those who suffered suffocating repression, surveillance and everyday indignities under a brutal dictator.
theconversation.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:45 AM
Syrians, in a triumph of hope, turn the page on the horrors of Assad. The latest piece by @wendy-pearlman.bsky.social theconversation.com/syrians-in-a...