A new, permanent Israeli occupation of South Lebanon, "conducted with greater firepower and deeper destruction, will not produce a different result," in Israel's war with Hezbollah, writes Jad El Dilati.
"Beyond political headlines, the increasing absence of normal legal and economic structures, even the repressive structures operated by Hamas, has shaped a harsh new reality for civilians,” Ghada al-Rozzi writes from Gaza.
Read more: dawnmena.org/chaos-and-la...
“By consistently violating ceasefires, starting illegal wars, and flouting international law, Israel has shown it is the main obstacle to peace. The ceasefire will last if the U.S. finally decides to stop its ally from wreaking havoc on the region.”
— Assal Rad, speaking to DAWN
“Iran’s strategy to pressure Trump was to cause a global economic crisis and raise the price of gas to $6-$7 in America. So what Trump is doing right now" by blockading the Strait of Hormuz "is doubling down on the Iranian strategy to defeat Donald Trump,” @harrisonmann.bsky.social told @cnn.com.
“Iran’s strategy to pressure Trump was to cause a global economic crisis and raise the price of gas to $6-$7 in America. So what Trump is doing right now" by blockading the Strait of Hormuz "is doubling down on the Iranian strategy to defeat Donald Trump,” @harrisonmann.bsky.social told @cnn.com.
“By consistently violating ceasefires, starting illegal wars, and flouting international law, Israel has shown it is the main obstacle to peace. The ceasefire will last if the U.S. finally decides to stop its ally from wreaking havoc on the region.”
— Assal Rad, speaking to DAWN
“Congress should not allow a private equity network tied to the murder of Khashoggi to run hundreds of billions in Pentagon investment policy without any oversight," Raed Jarrar, advocacy director at DAWN, which Jamal Khashoggi founded, told Responsible Statecraft.
"The conflict is exposing a fundamental tension: governments continue to align with U.S. policies as their publics reflect increasing disillusionment with them." Yara Bataineh examines repression by Arab monarchies amidst the U.S./Israeli war with Iran.
Don't miss today! Starting online in 30 minutes, 10 AM ET. @aalodah.bsky.social, @miraalhussein.bsky.social, @hamidrezaaz.bsky.social, Annelle Sheline, Omar Shakir will discuss how the war on Iran is affecting U.S.-Gulf Cooperation Council relations.
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Medical evacuations are increasingly the only hope for thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, reports Paul Hefel-James, like 9-year-old Hala who suffers from congenital heart condition.
Yet Israel has slowed those evacuations to a trickle, with far too many Palestinians remaining stuck in Gaza today.
Join us online tomorrow, Thurs., April 16, 10 AM ET: US-Gulf Cooperation Council Relations - How the War with Iran Could Be a Catalyst for Change
With: @aalodah.bsky.social, @miraalhussein.bsky.social, @hamidrezaaz.bsky.social, Annelle Sheline, Omar Shakir
Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
"Detaining a journalist for 6 weeks without charge and with limited access to legal counsel for reporting should alarm everyone who cares about freedom of the press," said DAWN's @omidmemarian.bsky.social. "Kuwait's actions undermine basic due process and send a chilling signal to journalists."
"Just as the Trump administration zealously campaigned for the release of unlawfully detained Americans across the globe, they should designate Ahmed Shihab-Eldin as wrongfully detained under U.S. law and use all their leverage to press Kuwait to release Ahmed Shihab-Eldin," said DAWN's Raed Jarrar.
Six weeks in prison for sharing publicly available footage of a war is censorship, not national security," said Omar Shakir, DAWN's executive director. "Kuwait should immediately and unconditionally release Ahmed Shihab-Eldin."
In response to the six-week detention of Kuwait-American journalist of Palestinian descent Ahmed Shihab-Eldin in Kuwait without charges, DAWN issues the following statement:
For those in NYC, don't miss this timely @nyukevo.bsky.social panel tomorrow, April 15, 1 PM, on "Law, Authoritarianism and Dissent: Illegal War, Ethnic Cleansing & Genocide"
Speaker: Omar Shakir, executive director, DAWN
Open to the public with RSVP here: buff.ly/YvDFcA2
"As someone who who left the military because I did not want to be implicated in war crimes, I think it's important to note that both the U.S. and Israeli militaries have already been carrying out war crimes since the start of this conflict," DAWN fellow @harrisonmann.bsky.social told @cnn.com.
Join a timely discussion on Israel-Palestine today at 6:30 PM, in-person in NYC, or online, with Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man and @sarahleah1.bsky.social, authors of "From Apartheid to Democracy," and Robert Malley, author of "Tomorrow Is Yesterday."
Registration: brooklynpeace.org/event/mon-ap...
"The strategy that both Israel and the US have had of decapitation, of bombing systematically the IRGC military sites has not collapsed the regime…going after civilian infrastructure is also alienating the Iranians," @valinasr.bsky.social said.
See our full interview: dawnmena.org/a-war-launch...
“Two simultaneous reactions of denial, when the man whom I love is telling me that he was subjected to torture that I know is rampant.”
@saribashi.bsky.social discusses the deep-seated need to deny wrongdoing and her memoir on her marriage to a Palestinian professor: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc1F...
The “US's stature as a singular outside superpower that can impose security for the region, particularly provide a security shield to its allies, has been shattered," @valinasr.bsky.social tells DAWN's @omidmemarian.bsky.social.
The full interview on the war with Iran: dawnmena.org/a-war-launch...
Join us online, April 16, 10 AM ET: The Evolution of US-Gulf Cooperation Council Relations - How the War with Iran Could Be a Catalyst for Change
With: aalodah.bsky.social, @miraalhussein.bsky.social, hamidrezaaz.bsky.social, Annelle Sheline, Omar Shakir
Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Joining 40 organizations worldwide, TIMEP calls on Egyptian authorities to immediately release activist, poet, and political writer Ahmed Douma, drop all charges against him, and stop exercising their arrest and prosecution powers to silence him for his exercise of free expression.
DAWN joined dozens of international and regional human rights organizations in calling on Egyptian authorities to immediately release prominent activist and writer Ahmed Douma and end the ongoing judicial harassment against him.
"This is an illegal war. It was a war that did not meet the basic standards of international law ... It's illegal under U.S. law and we've continued to see mounting evidence of war crimes ... The U.S. has no clear objectives. Their objectives are not the Israeli objectives," said DAWN's Omar Shakir.
"State repression, censorship, polarization. This is all coming back with the US/Israeli war on Iran...I worry that everything that we're going through right now is going to be normalized. It's going to be entrenched."
DAWN Fellow @miraalhussein.bsky.social on impacts of the war on Gulf societies.
"The connection between Israel's policy of starvation in Gaza and its death penalty law is one of shared essence: the denial of Palestinians’ right to life through the rejection of their humanity," writes Sawsan Zaher.
“Trump's threat to bomb Iranian civilian power plants and bridges demonstrates the US government's disregard for international law, giving other nations the green light to destroy civilian infrastructure without restraint.”
— @saharazizlaw.bsky.social, commenting as Trump escalated his threats today
