Amid Israel's genocide in Gaza, Trump's upending of the rules-based order & w repressive regimes emboldened, DAWN MENA's work to push the envelope in fight for human rights & to transform US policy in MENA is as vital as ever. I'm thrilled to join them!

Very excited for this next chapter!

Wow, yet another set of lines have crossed.

These visits are a welcome show of solidarity, but they underline the massive gap between EU diplomats on the ground, who really get it, and the political echelons in Brussels and capitals, who avoid taking the necessary steps to hold Israeli policy makers accountable for this.

PODCAST: Where is the Palestinian Authority as Israel annexes the West Bank? Dalia Hatuqa🪬🤌 unpacks the bureaucratic transformation of Israel’s control over the occupied territory, and the PA’s inability to confront it. Listen now. 972mag.com/podcast-dalia-…

Stunning shift among Democrats - that's strikingly unreflected in the stances of their elected officials

Confirmed via a spokesperson. OpenAI has the same red lines as Anthropic - autonomous weapons and mass surveillance

By party, more of Americans’ sympathy is with: Republicans • Palestinians: 13% • Israelis: 70% Democrats • Palestinians: 65% • Israelis: 17% Independents • Palestinians: 41% • Israelis: 30% 👉🏻 news.gallup.com/poll/702440/is…

The State Department claims "protecting US citizens is their highest priority. However, their failure to act on the killings of US citizens in the West Bank by settlers and Israeli security forces belies that claim,” says DAWN senior advisor Charles Blaha. aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/25…

As you watch these vids, recall that if Palestinians try to defend themselves from violent settlers, the IDF arrests them, not the settlers (if they haven't already shot them). Palestinians have no right to self-defense, & when Israelis try to defend them this happens 👇

The site of the massacre of 15 Palestinian aid workers was transformed by earthworks to bury the evidence. Within weeks the earthwork rose to form one of 4 GHF food traps where starved palestinians were massacred. Now the Yellow Line passes right over it and the killing continues

IMMEDIATELY (WITHIN SIX MONTHS)

Defense Minister Israel Katz says he declared an "immediate state of emergency throughout the entire country." "The State of Israel has launched a preemptive strike against Iran to remove threats to the State of Israel," he says. Meanwhile, sirens sound across Israel as the IDF

Israeli media says US forces were involved in the attack already

The US participated in this morning’s strikes in Iran together with Israel, a US official tells The Times of Israel

בחסות התקיפות באיראן המתנחלים פתחו במתקפה על תושבי כוסרא שוב כמו אתמול. באותו! המקום! עם! אותם! רכבי! שטח! שקיבלו! במתנה! מסמוטריץ! האם אחד מ25,000+ חיילים שמוצבים בגדה המערבית יקבל פקודה לעצור את הטרור היהודי? או שצה״ל מחפה גם על הפיגוע הזה?

Frankly, I expected better from a FIFA Peace prize winner.

Under cover of the Israeli-American offensive on Iran, which could cost countless lives and plunge the entire Middle East into a spiral of violence and destruction, armed settler militias continue to launch organized violent attacks against Palestinian communities in an effort to