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Naadir @randomvariable.co.uk · 13h

bystander? actively cheering it on mostly.

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 16h

Perception of EU as bystander in Gaza war has badly damaged its reputation

Internal divisions stopped EU from putting any real pressure on Israel

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Mira Al Hussein @miraalhussein.bsky.social · 13h

“No one in the Middle East and likely beyond will ever forget the Israeli slaughter, nor the U.S. weaponry that facilitated it, nor the U.S. mercenaries of the "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" who murdered starving people seeking aid.”

FOREVER WARS @foreverwars.bsky.social · 13h

“If Israel wants to actually prevent the next October 7, in whatever form it will take, it must free Palestine,” writes @attackerman.bsky.social. “The rest is commentary. Or avoidance.”

‘The Barbarism of The Enemy’

Notes on the third ceasefire, and prayers that there won't have to be a fourth. Free Marwan Barghouti. Free Palestine

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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 20h

In advance of tomorrow's match between Italy and Israel, here again is my and @antoineduval.bsky.social piece in @josimarfootball.bsky.social on the serious governance failures that mean Israel is still allowed to compete. And no, the peace-plan changes nothing josimarfootball.com/2025/10/06/m...

More political theatre while Gaza burns - josimarfootball.com

Uefa and Fifa’s failure to sanction the Israel Football Association is a moral and political failure.

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Leila @leilashami.bsky.social · 21h

"Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future"
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While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik

Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

www.theguardian.com

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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 15d

Haven't read my book yet & want to know more? Check out my #NewTextsOutNow interview with @jadaliyya.bsky.social !
#newton
#millennialdreams #oman
www.jadaliyya.com/Details/46914

Crystal A. Ennis, Millennial Dreams in Oil Economies: Job Seeking and the Global Political Economy of Labour in Oman (New Texts Out Now)

The idea of this book is to retell the story of Oman’s modern economic development from the perspective of labor instead of oil—bringing in people from the margins of (global) political economy analys...

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World Peace Foundation @worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social · 5d

From 2020–2022 in #Tigray, war & blockades turned hunger into a weapon, creating a man-made #famine & #genocide. The dehumanization of Tigrayans & invisibility of their experiences were their own forms of violence. Naming & recording this is vital for #accountability.

Read more: shorturl.at/2uqW8

Famine in Tigray: “we are dying by a silent war” - World Peace Foundation

Report authors explain why recording events in Tigray contributes to a body of memory that resists denial and insists on accountability.

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Jannis J Grimm @jannisgrimm.bsky.social · 6d

Just realised that my article on Israel's starvation policy in Gaza was translated by IPS and published in English too!
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/forei...

Starvation is no accident

Anyone talking about Gaza cannot ignore Israel’s intentions. Human suffering is part of their war strategy

www.ips-journal.eu

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Hafsa Halawa @hafsahalawa.bsky.social · 6d

There can be no reconciliation without understanding and real reflection on how we got here, how we have reached this point. To grieve and respond to it all equally. If anything, to not do so buys directly into the narratives of the anti-semites, and the anti-Arab/Palestinian racism.

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Jannis J Grimm @jannisgrimm.bsky.social · 9d

Criticism of biased media coverage of Gaza is often discarded as baseless..

so we set out to study the coverage of Palestinian and Israeli victims by German press systematically!

The resulting study 'Hierarchies in Death' was just published #OA by Peacebuilding www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 10d

This is who @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social is. Brilliant. Fearless. I fucking hate typing this shit out: Free Eman.

Amplify amplify amplify please.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 10d

@emanabdelhadi.bsky.social tells these cops about themselves.

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 10d

Today has been an impossible day as we await news on @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social Just moving through the motions. She’s still being held in the precinct. I’ll provide more updates when I have them.

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Mira Al Hussein @miraalhussein.bsky.social · 10d

Eman was detained at the demonstrations.

The level of authoritarian insanity the US has descended into makes me grateful for Gulf-style authoritarianism.

Praying for Eman’s safety and swift release.

Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 10d

ICE en masse physically attacked a crowd of protesters under protection of @govpritzker.illinois.gov’s state troops. Disgusting.

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Tomi Oladipo @tomioladipo.bsky.social · 11d

In Sudan, RSF fighters have effectively sealed off the city of El-Fasher, and it's been horror story after horror story cpj.org/2025/10/hunt...

Hunted, raped, starved: Sudan's journalists under siege in El-Fasher - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, October 1, 2025—In Sudan’s vast western region of Darfur, journalists in El-Fasher are trapped under siege, enduring violence, hunger, and relentless bombardment alongside the people whose l...

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 11d

Here’s a comprehensive list of appropriate responses upon hearing that a man murdered worshippers at a synagogue:

1- this is fucked up, fuck that guy, fuck antisemitism, solidarity with the victims

2- see above

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Naoise Dolan @naoisedolan.bsky.social · 12d

The Mikeno boat at the front of Sumud flotilla has now reached Gaza’s territorial waters. It’s so close. I’m praying to every deity and secular source of hope that a single one of our boats gets through

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15d

Trump's deal to sell TikTok won't just enrich his billionaire pal Larry Ellison.

It also gives UAE investment firm MGX — a key business partner of the Trump family's crypto company — a major ownership stake and board seat at TikTok.

Everything is for sale.

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 19d

Black author stater pack on bluesky if you think Black authorities to weigh in are nowhere to be found!
go.bsky.app/Thz8U7e

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 21d

Egyptian authorities announced the presidential pardon of prominent activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah after six years in prison, according to his lawyer Khaled Ali and an announcement by state TV.

Egypt announces pardon for top activist who's spent 6 years behind bars

Egyptian authorities on Monday announced the presidential pardon of prominent activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, according to his lawyer Khaled Ali and an announcement by Egypt’s state TV.

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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 24d

Brazil, invoking Article 63 of the ICJ Statute, filed a declaration of intervention in the case SouthAfrica v. Israel.

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 24d

A Libyan vessel named after the anti-colonial hero Omar al-Mukhtar is being converted into a floating emergency clinic to join the Gaza-bound Sumud flotilla after activists reported "surveillance drones shadowing" ⬇️

A hospital ship from Libya sets out to join Gaza Sumud flotilla

"The Omar al-Mukhtar" carries about 15 activists, including Libyans, a US national, two British journalists, a Scottish journalist, and a Canadian participant.

www.newarab.com

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+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 25d

Israel is waging a holocaust in Gaza. Denazification is our only remedy

The deadly ethno-supremacy inherent to Israeli society runs deeper than Netanyahu, Ben Gvir, and Smotrich. It must be confronted at its root.

By Orly Noy.

www.972mag.com/israel-holoc...

Israel is waging a holocaust in Gaza. Denazification is the remedy

The deadly ethno-supremacy inherent to Israeli society runs deeper than Netanyahu, Ben Gvir, and Smotrich. It must be confronted at its root.

www.972mag.com

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RN Mahli @rafiamahli.com · 26d

A reminder: Israel has mandatory military service. Conscripts from foreign nations are volunteers.

There are people from your countries who volunteer to go to Palestine on behalf of Israel to shoot toddlers in the head.

Ask yourselves why. Ask yourselves what kind of people do that.

I’ll wait.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 26d

Nothing to add.

I can't stop thinking about 1 sentence in today's UN report regarding Israel's genocide in Gaza.

"Israeli security forces shot at & killed civilians, including children who were holding makeshift white flags. Some children, including toddlers, were shot in the head by snipers.”

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 26d

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan ink a mutual defense pact, signalling to the US and Israel that the kingdom is willing to diversify its security alliances as it looks to bolster its deterrence.

Saudi Arabia signs ‘strategic mutual defence’ pact with Pakistan

Deal with nuclear-armed power comes a week after Gulf states were deeply rattled by Israeli attack on Hamas leaders in Doha

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Arang Keshavarzian @keshavarziana.bsky.social · 28d

I had the opportunity to review Elham Fakhro's excellent and highly timely book on the Abraham Accords. It sheds light on Israel, the UAE, Bahrain, the GCC, and the US at this current moment. merip.org/2025/09/the-...

The Limits of Protection and Profits—Five Years into the Abraham Accords - MERIP

On September 15, 2020, US President Donald Trump was joined at the White House by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the foreign ministers of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to sign th...

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Mira Al Hussein @miraalhussein.bsky.social · 28d

Not holding my breath.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 28d

Iran’s president urges Muslim nations to sever ties with Israel – but it’s unclear whether measures will go that far.

Arab-Islamic summit expected to yield concrete measures against Israel

Iran’s president urges Muslim nations to sever ties with Israel – but it’s unclear whether measures will go that far.

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