Sidsel Wold (@sidselwold) 's Twitter Profile
Sidsel Wold

@sidselwold

Foreign Affairs Journalist for NRK, Norwegian Broadcasting.
MidEast Correspondent, J'lem 2007-11. Based in Istanbul 2016-2022.
RT = interesting.

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Jacob N. Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Full-page ad in the NYTimes signed by Tony Kushner, Ilana Glazer, Ben & Jerry’s, Peter Beinart and 350 liberal and progressive rabbis against Trump’s Gaza plan., “Jewish people say NO to ethnic cleansing!”

Full-page ad in the NYTimes signed by Tony Kushner, Ilana Glazer, Ben & Jerry’s, Peter Beinart and 350 liberal and progressive rabbis against Trump’s Gaza plan.,

“Jewish people say NO to ethnic cleansing!”
David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I love my country with all my heart and I've never been more embarrassed for America than the spectacle I just witnessed in the Oval Office. Zelensky is fighting for the survival of his country, his people and their democracy. Trump and Vance appear to be completely aligned with

John Bolton (@ambjohnbolton) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Trump and Vance have declared themselves to be on Russia's side in the Russo-Ukraine war.  This is a catastrophic mistake for America's national security.  And let's be clear:  Trump and Vance now personally own that policy.  It is not the view of a majority of Americans of

Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Reporter: “Why don’t you wear a suit? Do you even own a suit? Zelensky: “I will wear a suit after the war ends. Maybe something like your suit, or maybe something better, I don’t know”

Tristan Snell (@tristansnell) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II. Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.

This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II.

Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
Sidsel Wold (@sidselwold) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“Friday, February 28, 2025, will go into the history books as one of the grimmest days in American diplomacy,” writes Tom Nichols. Now “Putin, along with other dictators around the world, can finally look at Trump with confidence and think: one of us”: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Jonas Gahr Støre (@jonasgahrstore) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We will not be silent in front of the man-made humanitarian catastrophe in #Gaza. We call on Israel to immediately reverse policies, and ensure distribution of aid. All parties must engage for a ceasefire and release of hostages. Only peace can bring security for the region.

We will not be silent in front of the man-made humanitarian catastrophe in #Gaza.

We call on Israel to immediately reverse policies, and ensure distribution of aid. All parties must engage for a ceasefire and release of hostages.

Only peace can bring security for the region.
Noga Tarnopolsky נגה טרנופולסקי نوغا ترنوبولسكي (@ntarnopolsky) 's Twitter Profile Photo

💥After endless embarrassment Netanyahu brought Israel by dissing the late Pope Fransisco, he decided he'd like to attend the coronation of Pope Leo XIV– only to pull back when the Vatican couldn't guarantee his immunity from arrest due to the ICC warrants, scoops Itamar Eichner

💥After endless embarrassment Netanyahu brought Israel by dissing the late Pope Fransisco, he decided he'd like to attend the coronation of Pope Leo XIV– only to pull back when the Vatican couldn't guarantee his immunity from arrest due to the <a href="/ICC/">ICC</a> warrants, scoops <a href="/itamareichner/">Itamar Eichner</a>
Timothy Snyder (@timothydsnyder) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Five things to remember about war: 1. Many things reported with confidence in the first hours and days will turn out not to be true 2. Whatever they say, the people who start wars are often thinking chiefly about domestic politics 3. The rationale given for a war will change

Peter Beinart (@peterbeinart) 's Twitter Profile Photo

After watching Mamdani v Cuomo, any smart Democrat thinking about running for president in 2028 should recognize that taking the Biden line on Israel is a political disaster.

Gershon Baskin🟣 غرشون باسكين גרשון בסקין (@gershonbaskin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Yesterday I received a message from the head of Hamas’s negotiation team. The following two sentences are his most important message to the Israeli public: **"Israel has repeatedly rejected our proposal to release all Israeli hostages at once in exchange for ending the war. They