A slightly different take on normalisation with Arab states -Israel's Finance Minister

There are at least 22 billion compelling reasons why people in the Middle East hold America responsible for the ongoing destruction of their societies.

🧵 So I guess the cat is out of the bag. I was fired from Microsoft on Thursday, hours after a vigil we organized to honor and remember the lives of Palestinians killed by American-funded and Microsoft-empowered Israeli genocide.

Debates over the details of the ‘Generals’ Plan’ distract from the true brutality of Israel’s latest operation — one that drops the veneer of humanitarian considerations and lays the groundwork for settlements. 972mag.com/exterminate-ex…

They announced the ethnic cleansing

Looks like the UN has once again caved in to Israel. According to reports it has removed the drawings by Palestinian children from the exhibition of children’s art to appease the genocidal apartheid regime. An utter disgrace by contemptible cowards, and precisely the kind of

BEING AUTHENTIC AND ACTUALLY HAVING VALUES WORKS!!!

Did Liz Cheney win?

Let me tell you about my life

Because anything and everything Israel and Israelis do is by definition legitimate and an act of self-defense, Western media and politicians have now collectively determined that racist, genocidal football hooliganism is in fact rather cute and admirable. Because Israelis are

Months ago, an admin official told me that suspending military aid could provoke Hezbollah into escalating. Now that Israel escalated against Hezbollah, they insist that it could hurt ceasefire efforts. They’re just making stuff up because they don’t want to follow the law.

Certainly an interesting development. And breaking new ground.

I wonder if when Prime Minister of Israel approved this vile slander campaign against UNRWA, he meant for the "UNRWA terrorist" to be standing in front of the flag of Saudi Arabia. And what does Saudi Arabia and MBS think about that.

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Map of the current situation in Syria

حملات متواصلة على الإعلام المستقلّ، تجمع خصوماً لديهم تاريخ من العداوة المفترضة، مثل جريدة "الأخبار" ومحطّة MTV. تحليل البيانات يكشف الترابط بين هذه الهجمات على وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي، حيث يتمّ تضخيم السرديات المغلوطة عبر شبكات منظّمة من الحسابات، بعضها وهمي. من تهم متناقضة حول

Belgian newspaper on Germany:

Very proud to see my friend, the fantastic Magnum photographer Moises Saman, win a Pulitzer for his work for The New Yorker. The magazine got two more Pulitzers, including for the work of the Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha on Gaza. https://www.newyork... diary.arabist.net/2025/05/06/ver…

Les Européens sont un peu apparus comme les petits télégraphistes des États Unis et d’Israël sans même en tirer un bénéfice puisque ni les uns ni l’autre ne leur accordent la moindre importance. S’en tenir aux principes aurait été paradoxalement plus réaliste.