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Séamus Malekafzali

@Seamus_Malek

Journalist and writer.

Writing on the Middle East at https://t.co/e1nK3Ny481.

Bylines in @thebafflermag.

E-Mail: [email protected].

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B.M.(@ireallyhateyou) 's Twitter Profile Photo

While students around the world are mobilizing to stop Israel's bloodied genocide, the National Union of Israeli Students issued a statement calling the Minister of Education to promote a McCarthyist law to restrict (further) the freedom of speech on Israeli campuses. According

While students around the world are mobilizing to stop Israel's bloodied genocide, the National Union of Israeli Students issued a statement calling the Minister of Education to promote a McCarthyist law to restrict (further) the freedom of speech on Israeli campuses. According
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Séamus Malekafzali(@Seamus_Malek) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I am heartened by the fact that Refaat's memory has outlived the attempts of Israel to sink him and his work into silence, but I still feel enraged that he had to become a martyr at all.

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Ihcen 🔻(@ihcentoo) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Here is martyr Dr. Refaart Alareer explaning 'israel's 'oops, we made a mistake; we killed these 50 people by mistake.'

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Alonso Gurmendi(@Alonso_GD) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Oman has called for a “deterrent international intervention” in Gaza. It is unclear what they mean by this, but it is by far the most forceful reaction so far

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Nathan 'FOIA' Tankus(@NathanTankus) 's Twitter Profile Photo

'One suddenly has the impression that the Berlin Jewish population consists only of little babies whose childish helplessness might move us, or else fragile old ladies. The Jews send out the pitiable. They may confuse some harmless souls for a while, but not us.'- Joseph Goebbels

'One suddenly has the impression that the Berlin Jewish population consists only of little babies whose childish helplessness might move us, or else fragile old ladies. The Jews send out the pitiable. They may confuse some harmless souls for a while, but not us.'- Joseph Goebbels
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Mohammad Ali Shabani(@mashabani) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This kind of discourse is highly problematic as it pins the conduct of a state—incl other senior government officials and army generals—on a single individual.

In other words, ground being paved for 'business as usual' with post-Netanyahu Israel.

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Séamus Malekafzali(@Seamus_Malek) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Excuse me? The IDF was trumpeting this as a huge success against a Hamas compound and now that the images are too horrible for anyone to stomach, turns out you actually didn't mean it?

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Amichai Stein(@AmichaiStein1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

: Gag lifted: Egyptian soldier killed following an exchange of fire between the Israeli and Egyptian soldiers near the Rafah border crossing

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Saul Staniforth(@SaulStaniforth) 's Twitter Profile Photo

: 'We know there was this explosion last night in this area north west of Rafah....'

The linguistic contortions are shameful.

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Nathan J Robinson(@NathanJRobinson) 's Twitter Profile Photo

At this very moment, NYT headline writers are scrambling to figure out how they can write about this without implying Israel did something wrong.

'How about... 'In Rafah, Scenes of Chaos and Carnage After A Fiery Strike'?'

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