Akbar Shahid Ahmed
@AkbarSAhmed
Senior Diplomatic Correspondent @HuffPost. Say hi: [email protected] // Email or DM me for Signal/WhatsApp // he/him
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https://www.huffpost.com/author/akbar-shahid-ahmed 28-07-2011 10:03:24
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'The long campaign against UNRWA...tracks the evolution of far-right disinformation & propaganda which explicitly target Democrats. And yet, when it comes to UNRWA, Biden & many congressional [Dems] have sided with Republicans to curtail the agency’s work'
newrepublic.com/article/180259…
2 years after an Israeli bullet killed Shireen Abu Akleh & amid a US-backed Isr campaign that's killed ~100 reporters, a group of journalists will be discussing what it means to cover Palestine on May 9. I'm honored to be included & I hope you'll join us: arabcenterdc.org/event/covering…
SCOOP: Biden is replacing his current humanitarian aid envoy for Gaza, David Satterfield, w/ U.S. Institute of Peace chief Lise Grande. The appointment of the former UN official comes as the devastating US-backed Israeli campaign there continues + Palestinians suffer famine
huffpost.com/entry/exclusiv…
Significant chatter already about what this shift means for Biden’s approach to Gaza—notable optimism but also skepticism among some observers of Grande’s career. If you want to talk, I’m at [email protected]— we can move to secure messaging & I’ve never burned a source 🧿
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