Brilliant! And special mention to Trump’s 💅🏻and the baby with the red tie!

Israel bombed the entrance of Al-Fakhoura School, a designated “safe zone” for children to get the polio vaccine. My friend’s baby nephew, who was scheduled for vaccination today, is now internally bleeding from shrapnel in his spine/lungs. “It’s the same lie & mockery by Israel”

Just discovered this interesting text from 2015 on the decision by Jamal Pasha to exile 15 Lebanese personalities during World War I. My grandfather Naoum Bakhos was one of them. Ironically, exile may have saved them. Later Jamal would resort to hangings: lorientlejour.com/article/904466…

Great story, we need the Soviet side too.

The sheer Orwellian state of France right now. Sylvie Retailleau is France's Minister of Education. Here she's publicly calling for "sanctions" against a university professor for telling his students that a genocide was happening in Gaza and that an article in The Lancet had

"One of the enduring stories from the Lebanese civil war years is how the Soviet Union was able to secure the release of 3 of its diplomats kidnapped in Beirut, in contrast to the U.S., which saw its hostages held for many years." Michael Young writes. carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/di…

The Israeli military’s campaign to significantly expand a “buffer zone” along the eastern perimeter of #Gaza should be investigated as the war crimes of wanton destruction and collective punishment. Read @Amnesty’s new investigation here: amn.st/6019m4i6l

إحدى الحكايات التي تُروى عن تحرير موسكو ثلاثةَ دبلوماسيين في العام 1985 تخبرنا في الواقع أكثر عن رواتها. Michael Young يناقش. carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/di…

This administration has become a joke and of a very poor taste

Blinken is an embarrassment … He makes Mike Pompeo look like Metternich.

How can we send a gift to his kids to thank them?

Dozens of reports of Israeli snipers killing civilians didn't provoke as much as a peep from the U.S., but now the administration brings out the "deeply disturbed" chestnut. Yet another American citizen killed for no reason by Israel: (Corrie, Abu Akleh): washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/…

"That the case of the four Soviet hostages continues to elicit admiration among misinformed people for the tough methods allegedly employed by Moscow tells us much more about the admirers than about what actually took place in 1985" Michael Young writes. carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/di…

"من القصص التي لا تزال تُروى من سنوات الحرب الأهلية اللبنانية قصةُ تمكُّن الاتحاد السوفياتي من تحقيق الإفراج السريع عن دبلوماسييه الثلاثة الذين اختُطِفوا في بيروت، على عكس الولايات المتحدة التي بقي رهائنُها مُحتجَزين لسنوات كثيرة." Michael Young يناقش. carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/di…

Over 1 MILLION people gathered in London to protest Israel’s genøcide ✊🏻 This represents 1/8 of the population of London! And is one of the largest protests in the history of Great Britain 🇬🇧🇵🇸

Important:

Hiding behind procedure (“we’re still gathering the facts”) is a classic way to weasel out of an unpleasant situation. No timeframe for when the U.S. will “gather the facts” and reach a conclusion, let alone for what sanctions might be taken. Just recall Shireen Abu Aqleh’s case.

In an article for Foreign Affairs, Lynn Kuok explains how anger with the United States in Southeast Asia over the Gaza war is tilting attitudes in many countries in favor of aligning with China if such an either-or choice is imposed: foreignaffairs.com/united-states/… #Gaza