Syria cannot be rebuilt by partnering with the architects of past violence in the name of peace. Doing so dishonours victims and weakens the foundations of a just and stable state. Justice isn’t a threat to peace, it’s the path to it. My latest 👇
en.majalla.com/node/326023/...
The lead doctor of one study that HHS cited in its decision to stop recommending Covid shots during pregnancy told us their results were "misinterpreted."
I doubt it, particularly with such a toothless, divided response
🎙️In a podcast for The National @hlovatt.bsky.social comments on whether Europe's shift on Israel's war on Gaza will change anything www.thenationalnews.com/podcasts/bey...
Superb new paper by my colleague Saskia Brechenmacher on
The New Global Struggle Over Gender, Rights, and Family Values
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
Latest DPI global survey: "Among the select countries rated by respondents from across all countries, Israel stands out as having the most negative global perception, followed closely by Russia and the United States. China, by contrast, receives a slightly positive net score."
"Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” has $185bn for ICE, which is more than the annual military budgets of the UK and France combined. Wherever ICE raids trigger protests, Trump can send in the troops." My column.
www.ft.com/content/3d6c...
📰 There is evidence that Abu Shabab’s presence is expanding with Israeli support into Khan Younis, says @muhammadshehada.bsky.social in @cnn.com: "Most people in Gaza would never think of joining him for fear of being branded collaborators" edition.cnn.com/2025/06/08/m...
On June 8, gunmen attacked an Israeli position in Daraa, prompting a response. No injuries were reported. The incident reinforces what I’ve argued for months: only full Israeli withdrawal & a handover to the transitional authorities can stabilize southern Syria. www.enabbaladi.net/758445/%d8%a...
For anyone needing more evidence: Israeli envoy to US says "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" was established 'with our friends in Trump administration'. Aim was to justify stopping aid through UN and other legitimate NGOs and advance Israeli military and intelligence objectives.
Boston Consulting Group defecting from the GHF aid control scheme seems like another indication that people have finally figured out that those involved with it may end up on trial in Europe or elsewhere. Private consultants active in Europe will, of course, present an especially easy target.
All alone in the world: The US vetoes a UN Security Council resolution demanding permanent ceasefire in Gaza, which was supported by all 14 other Security Council members. news.un.org/en/story/202...
Trump is out golfing, but the silence of Huckabee's immediate boss, Marco Rubio, is deafening.
When we talk about antisemitism, most of the discussion is about motivations. Let's talk about effects.
The most productive way to think about it is imo in terms of an attack on Jews' civil rights: exclusion, discrimination, violence on the rights to equal access to civic life and public space.
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“82 percent of respondents supported the expulsion of Gaza's residents, while 56 percent favored expelling Palestinian citizens of Israel. These figures mark a sharp rise from a 2003 survey, in which support for such expulsions stood at 45 percent and 31 percent.”
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
"Binyamin Netanyahu is fuelling three parallel emergencies; a humanitarian one in Gaza, a torching of support among European allies and a constitutional crisis over who controls the security services, army and courts" www.economist.com/middle-east-...
They are purging all the transcripts.
Trump's Gulf tour made waves: defense deals, AI ambitions, and a surprise Syria pivot. warontherocks.com/20...
On the one hand, yes, this is Israel's "diplomatic nadir". But even at the nadir it's still getting kid-glove treatment: its Western allies are searching for symbolic measures to show their displeasure, not ways to impose real consequences. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/w...
Natan Odenheimer, Ronen Bergman, and Patrick Kingsley report on how the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation plan, while fronted by U.S. contractors, originated in and around Israeli military and government circles as a way to capture and weaponize humanitarian aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/w...
Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar's response to the double murder in DC versus Republican congressman Randy Fine's.
Watch: Israeli opposition MP, Ayman Odeh forcefully removed from Knesset podium after blasting Israel's actions in Gaza
youtu.be/UzDxV7jnAos?... via @YouTube
Palestinian village Mughyier ad-Dir in the West Bank was ethnically cleansed today by violent settlers who, with the support of the IDF, built an outpost within the village and terrorised residents until they left.
‘Ramaphosa keeps cool during Trump's choreographed onslaught’ - an inconceivably bizarre spectacle, but seemingly an excellent example of how to handle Trump and his nonsense www.bbc.com/news/article...
Israeli security expert argues Sri Lanka's annihilation of Tamil Tigers demonstrates total defeat of "terrorist organizations" through military means is, in fact, possible: www.jpost.com/internationa...
No kidding: tcf.org/content/comm...
When you’re too corrupt for Tucker Carlson…
