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New Lines Magazine
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An award-winning magazine for the best writing from around the world. Longform essays run daily online and quarterly in print. http://lnk.bio/newlinesmag
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 1d
1. 🧵Eminent historian Rashid Khalidi joins @faisalalyafai.bsky.social on the @newlinesmag.bsky.social podcast to discuss the two years since Oct. 7, and a century of war on Palestine.

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NEW: The Lebanese singer Fadel Chaker went from “King of Emotion” to fugitive. Now, despite his arrest this weekend, he’s topping charts again. Why do Arabs forgive their male stars, no matter their crimes? Sami Abdelbaki writes for @newlinesmag.bsky.social

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The Ballad of Fadel Chaker
Why do Arabs idolize and forgive their male stars, even when their crimes are impossible to ignore?
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 14h
Once a showcase for Assad-era power and corruption, Syria’s equestrian world was left in ruins. Now a few breeders and riders are trying to revive Syria’s horse racing heritage, report Inès Gil and Hugo Lautissier for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
The Return of Syrian Horse Racing
From Damascus to Aleppo, equestrian clubs scarred by war are stirring back to life, as breeders, jockeys and dreamers try to rebuild a sport that was once a symbol of national pride
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 16h
Join @newlinesmag and Nighthawk this Sunday for a conversation with reporters, organizers and political theorists about the Trump administration’s militarized descent on Chicago.
ICE & the Battle of Chicago
A forum on the Trump administration’s militarized descent on Chicago, the targeting of immigrants and the counter-mobilization in response
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 18h
“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.
The Settlers Bursting Tel Aviv’s Bubble
The religious-nationalist right has targeted Israel’s most secular, liberal city
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 20h
12.🧵Last summer, @lisang.bsky.social visited a New York City exhibition about the Nova Festival massacre committed by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023. For @newlinesmag.bsky.social she wrote about the heartbreaking and disturbing experience.

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When the Music Stopped and the Grief Began
An exhibition in New York City of objects and testimonies collected from the Nova Festival massacre on Oct. 7 is heartbreaking, for reasons both intended and unintended
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 20h
11.🧵While the world’s attention is focused on Gaza, extremist Israeli settlers are, with their government’s complicity, violently annexing the West Bank. Nicolas Cortes tells the story of four villages in the South Hebron Hills for @newlinesmag.bsky.social

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While the World Watches Gaza, the West Bank Burns
Since Oct. 7, Jewish settlers have been waging a bloody, unchecked war of displacement, beatings and killings against defenseless Palestinian villagers
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 20h
10.🧵After the Oct. 7 attacks, many Israelis seem increasingly receptive to the views of far-right politicians like Itamar Ben-Gvir. This shift could have serious implications for the future of Israel and Palestine, reports Anchal Vohra for @newlinesmag.bsky.social.

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In the Eyes of Many Israelis, Hamas’ Attack Vindicated the Far Right
Once marginal, extremist parties have recently moved into mainstream politics, and the events of Oct. 7 may have further boosted their popularity
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 20h
9.🧵“There is no way for those in the diaspora to separate themselves from the Palestinians in Gaza, any more than it would be possible to separate the parts of a single living body,” writes Maysa Mustafa for @newlinesmag.bsky.social

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The Torture and Hope of the Palestinian Diaspora in the US
After recently returning from the West Bank, the author finds it impossible to leave behind the occupation
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 20h
8.🧵Thousands of American Jews are mobilizing through groups like IfNotNow & Jewish Voice for Peace to demand an end to Israel’s military assault on Gaza. In the process, they are fashioning a new Jewish identity, reports @shaneburley.bsky.social.

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Jewish Activists Mobilizing Against War Are Finding a New Community
As groups gain support, many on the left are looking to reconcile their concept of justice with their heritage
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 20h
7.🧵Since Oct. 7, 2023, hundreds of Israeli citizens — Jews as well as Palestinians — have been fired, threatened or harassed in an official campaign to throttle antiwar dissent, writes @lisang.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social.

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Israel’s Freedom of Expression Falls Victim to the War in Gaza
Since Oct. 7, hundreds of citizens — most Palestinian but many Jewish as well — have been fired, threatened or harassed in an official campaign to throttle antiwar dissent
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 20h
6.🧵What is the political endgame of Israel’s current Gaza war? Soon after the Oct. 7 attacks, Middle East scholar Gilbert Achcar examined two scenarios, mapping out what they might entail for Israel, for Palestinians and for the region.

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Two Gaza Scenarios: Greater Israel vs. Oslo
A ground invasion appears imminent, but what is the political endgame?
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 20h
5.🧵The Palestinian scholar Dana El Kurd learned about the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks while visiting the Jewish Museum of Berlin. For @newlinesmag.bsky.social, she describes the whiplash of absorbing atrocities across multiple decades and reflects on worlds overturned.

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Memory Voids and Role Reversals
A Palestinian scholar describes the whiplash of learning about the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks while visiting the Jewish Museum of Berlin, and reflects on moral juxtapositions and worlds overturned
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 20h
4.🧵Organizational science provides vital insights into how Israel failed to foresee, stop or contain Hamas’ assault on Oct. 7, 2023, writes @provisionalidea.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social.

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How Changes in the Israeli Military Led to the Failure of October 7
Overreliance on technology, dehumanization of Palestinians and incompetence left a once-effective force unable to prevent Hamas’ assault
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 20h
3.🧵When @lisang.bsky.social visited Israel-Palestine last March, she spoke with many deeply traumatized people who unhesitatingly said they had no compassion for the people in Gaza. For @newlinesmag.bsky.social, she asks: Is there hope for a better future?

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Searching for Hope in the Wake of October 7
Six months after Oct. 7, Israelis were still living the events of that day. Most were open about their own grief and trauma precluding any compassion for the people of Gaza. Attitudes have only harden...
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 20h
2.🧵"By the time former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant vowed, in 2023, to deprive Gaza’s 'human animals' of electricity, food and fuel, the move had become customary." Samer Badawi reflects on two years of Israel's war, in @newlinesmag.bsky.social

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The Burden of Metaphor in Gaza
Beyond a lasting ceasefire, what Gaza needs most is to be understood on its own terms — and for its people to be heard
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 20h
1.🧵 On Oct. 7, 2023, fighters from Gaza burst into Israel and killed over 1,000 people. Since then, Israel has killed at least 65,000 Palestinians and destroyed most of Gaza, leading to accusations of genocide. These @newlinesmag.bsky.social pieces have tried to make sense of the moment:
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 1d
NEW: In a country long accustomed to stage-managed politics, Syria’s first elections after the fall of Bashar al-Assad offered both the trappings of democracy and a revealing look at a process of improvisation, reports Pauline Vacher for @newlinesmag.bsky.social

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Inside Syria’s First Post-Assad Elections
The vote brought chaos, compromises and quiet optimism to a country long accustomed to stage-managed politics
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 1d
NEW: 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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The Settlers Bursting Tel Aviv’s Bubble
The religious-nationalist right has targeted Israel’s most secular, liberal city
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 1d
Last month’s military parade in Beijing brought together the leaders of Russia, China and North Korea. But the history of its precursors reminds us of the hidden dynamics beneath the diplomatic veneer, writes @JohnDelury.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
Beijing’s Military Parade May Not Be the Show of Unity That It Seems
Similarly high-profile diplomatic events involving Russia, China and North Korea in the 1950s failed to stop Cold War solidarity collapsing into acrimony
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 1d
The pigeon fanciers of Damascus survived Syria’s civil war, sometimes alongside their prized birds. Now they wonder if their centuries-old hobby might be on its last flight, writes Alex Martin Astley for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
The Undimmed Passion of Damascus’ Pigeon Fanciers
The centuries-old tradition survived wartime’s rooftop snipers, but is struggling to inspire the young
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 1d
"Beyond a lasting ceasefire, what Gaza needs most is to be understood on its own terms — and for its people to be heard." Samer Badawi reflects on two years of Israel's war, in @newlinesmag.bsky.social
The Burden of Metaphor in Gaza
Beyond a lasting ceasefire, what Gaza needs most is to be understood on its own terms — and for its people to be heard
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 1d
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News Commentary Podcast · Every two months · This is The Lede, the New Lines Magazine podcast. Each week, we delve into the biggest ideas, events and personalities from around the world. For more stor...
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 1d
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 1d
1. 🧵Eminent historian Rashid Khalidi joins @faisalalyafai.bsky.social on the @newlinesmag.bsky.social podcast to discuss the two years since Oct. 7, and a century of war on Palestine.

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