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Alexandra Halaby 🇵🇸

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I am @iskandrah on X; also here sharing + archiving reliable and vetted news + comms about Palestine + the Middle East💧 #BlackLivesMatter #JusticeForShireen ➡️ Please support Hanin's Survival Campaign in Gaza: dub.sh/hanin

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Alexandra Halaby 🇵🇸 @iskandrah.bsky.social · Jun 6

This weekend, please remember Hanin and the Al-Hassanat family in Gaza. They have all endured the crime of crimes and are surviving with God's help and our support. Please join Hanin's English teacher, Henry Warren, in supporting her campaign: dub.sh/hanin

Donate to Help Hanin save her family in Gaza, organized by Henry Warren

My name is Henry Warren. I have been asked by my friend, Hanin Al Hassanat; who lives … Henry Warren needs your support for Help Hanin save her family in Gaza

dub.sh

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Alexandra Halaby 🇵🇸 @iskandrah.bsky.social · 3d

The Lancet criticizes the global medical community for largely remaining silent on Gaza, as that apolitical neutrality in the face of such attacks equates to complicity. #healthocide

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OpheliaPG @opheliapg.bsky.social · 4d

#Gaza After 2 years of #genocide, over 2,700 families have been totally wiped out

#R2P #StopIsraelimpunity #StopTheGenocide #BreakTheSiege #EndTheOccupation #BDS #FreePalestine imemc.org/article/afte...

After 2 years of genocide, over 2,700 families have been totally wiped out

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff Israeli forces killed at least 24 Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday, including 2 aid seekers. In total, Israel has kill ...

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 5d

This is effectively an invasion of Illinois.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 5d

UPDATE: Hegseth today called up 400 members of the Texas National Guard, with Gov. Abbott's apparent permission, to be deployed "where needed, including in the cities of Portland and Chicago." www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Alexandra Halaby 🇵🇸 @iskandrah.bsky.social · 5d

If we can’t stop a livestreamed genocide, what does freedom even mean?

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 17d

I like Jimmy Kimmel. I really do. I have no issues with him.

I'm talking about something very different.

Kimmel was only suspended. But he's back now. Karen Attiah and all the other Black journalists are still fired.

Y'all do know how to fight, when you want to.

But you don't really want to. 🤷🏿‍♂️

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Alexandra Halaby 🇵🇸 @iskandrah.bsky.social · 18d

What is left of humanity if Israel can commit genocide in Gaza for years and the world not only watches, but aids the killing? 🇵🇸

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Alexandra Halaby 🇵🇸 @iskandrah.bsky.social · 23d

You made no argument. You stated your unfortunate opinion.

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Alexandra Halaby 🇵🇸 @iskandrah.bsky.social · 23d

Gotta hand it to you: you do have nerve.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 24d

I know I’m naive but it is pretty wild that the president of the United States just publicly declares he and the military killed some guys on a boat, multiple times, and the entirety of Congress doesn’t immediately hit a giant red IMPEACH button

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Alexandra Halaby 🇵🇸 @iskandrah.bsky.social · 24d

Save Gaza!

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Alexandra Halaby 🇵🇸 @iskandrah.bsky.social · 24d

Israel is committing genocide in Gaza — UN

“The Commission concludes that Israeli authorities and security forces have had and continue to have the genocidal intent to destroy, in whole or in part, the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.”
- UN Human Rights Council.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 24d

Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.

As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.

End the genocide. Ceasefire now.

257. The Commission recommends that all Member States:
(a) Employ all means reasonably available to them to prevent the commission of genocide in the Gaza Strip;
(b) Cease the transfer of arms and other equipment or items, including jet fuel, to the State of Israel or third States where there is reason to suspect their use in military operations that have involved or could involve the commission of genocide;
(c) Ensure individuals and corporations in their territories and within their jurisdiction are not involved in the commission of genocide, aiding and assisting the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide and investigate and prosecute those who may be implicated in these crimes under international law;
(d) Facilitate the investigations and domestic proceedings and take action (including imposing sanctions) against the State of Israel and against individuals or corporations that are involved in or facilitating the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide;
(e) Cooperate with the investigation of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
258. The Commission recommends that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court:
(a) Examine, within its continuing investigation in the Situation in the State of Palestine, the crime of genocide for amendment to existing arrest warrants and addition to future application for arrest warrants;
(b) Examine the involvement of officials mentioned in this report for inclusion as those most responsible for international crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory.

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Alexandra Halaby 🇵🇸 @iskandrah.bsky.social · 24d

David Klion writes in @thenation.com that in light of today's UN report, liberals must atone for their two years of complicity in Israel's genocide www.thenation.com/article/worl...

To Those Who Have Just Awakened to the Horrors in Gaza

Yes, we should welcome the latecomers to the fight against genocide, but there also needs to be accountability.

www.thenation.com

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Alexandra Halaby 🇵🇸 @iskandrah.bsky.social · 24d

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese on the news of UN confirming that Israel is committing genocide in Palestine: " I wish I had been wrong. I wish there had been no genocide still ongoing, 18 months after my report, with neither end nor accountability in sight."

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Alexandra Halaby 🇵🇸 @iskandrah.bsky.social · 24d

No more time for excuses. Which side are you on?

ISRAEL or HUMANITY?

Alexandra Halaby 🇵🇸 @iskandrah.bsky.social · 24d

Wake up!

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 29d

Numerous journalists and writers purged today for posting factually about a slain regime ally, a bomb threat at the DNC HQ, 6 HBCUs closed due to bomb threats, shots fired at the Naval Academy, and that's just today.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Sep 10

Jair Bolsonaro faces decades in prison for allegedly attempting a coup after he lost an election. President Trump, like millions of Brazilians, is watching closely.

Brazil Braces for a Verdict on Its Ex-President—and on Its Democracy

Jair Bolsonaro faces decades in prison for allegedly attempting a coup after he lost an election. President Trump, like millions of Brazilians, is watching closely.

www.newyorker.com

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Alexandra Halaby 🇵🇸 @iskandrah.bsky.social · Sep 10

We could simply tax the billionaire class out of existence

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Maryam Jamshidi @msjamshidi.bsky.social · Sep 10

Fresh off bombing Qatar, Israel goes back to bombing another sovereign country, Yemen, after assassinating multiple civilian political leaders there only a week ago bsky.app/profile/aali...

Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · Sep 10

At least nine Yemenis were reportedly killed, and 118 others were injured in Israeli attacks on Yemen today, according to Yemen’s Ministry of Health.

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