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Omar Baddar @omarbaddar.bsky.social · 6h

Saying Trump deserves the Nobel peace prize for stopping the genocide he was arming & funding in Gaza as he keeps it occupied is like saying a wife-beater deserves a feminism award for agreeing to stop beating his wife to a pulp every night & locking her in the bathroom instead.

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Mitchell Plitnick @mjplitnick.bsky.social · 2d

I wanted to come up with an appropriate rejoinder to these despicable, genocide denying words from Jared Kushner. But I can't put it better than @omarbaddar.bsky.social does right here.

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Omar Baddar @omarbaddar.bsky.social · 3d

Telling CNN what the ceasefire agreement after 2 years of genocide will mean for Gaza, & how keeping the boot of occupation on the necks of Palestinians will never bring true peace or security for Palestinians or Israelis.

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Omar Baddar @omarbaddar.bsky.social · 10d

The real question comes later: Will Trump let Netanyahu use his poison pill (the part of the 20 point plan that lets Israel occupy Gaza indefinitely which no Palestinian will agree to) as an excuse to resume the genocide, or will he finally stand up to Netanyahu?

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Omar Baddar @omarbaddar.bsky.social · 10d

It is worth noting that Trump is calling on Israel to "immediately stop the bombing of Gaza" based on Hamas agreeing to something they've ALWAYS agreed to: Releasing the hostages & giving up Gaza's governance in exchange for Israel stopping the genocide.

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Omar Baddar @omarbaddar.bsky.social · 22d

Serious question: is there a single other government on the planet that can murder American children as frequently as Israel does without our politicians & media raising hell about it?!

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Omar Baddar @omarbaddar.bsky.social · 25d

Lebanon has been strictly observing a one-sided ceasefire for 10 months while Israel continues to pummel their country with THOUSANDS of attacks, killing & maiming countless people.

Remember this when someone in Lebanon eventually responds to this aggression.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Sep 11

He joked multiple times about Paul Pelosi getting smashed in the skull with a hammer.

Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · Sep 11

This should go without saying, but Trump is not opposed to political violence. He’s opposed to violence against his political allies.

He is either silent about, or approving of, violence against his political enemies.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Sep 11

This was just last month and we have already memoryholed it. A cop killed by an antivaxxer.

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Omar Baddar @omarbaddar.bsky.social · Sep 8

Yesterday the Israeli government murdered 86 Palestinians in Gaza.

Today, a gunman killed 6 Israelis in Jerusalem.

As you watch the in-depth coverage of the 6 Israelis, note how little you’ll hear about the 86 Palestinians, or about the many dozens more who will be murdered today.

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Omar Baddar @omarbaddar.bsky.social · Sep 1

The only way to stop Israel's genocide in Gaza in the face of Trump's full endorsement is for the rest of the world to isolate Israel & apply sanctions immediately.

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Omar Baddar @omarbaddar.bsky.social · Aug 27

Trump: “Go deal w/the emergency!”

N. Guard: “Um, there’s no emergency”

Trump: “fine, do some landscaping”

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Omar Baddar @omarbaddar.bsky.social · Aug 27

Can you imagine if US public schools displayed ISIS & Al-Qaeda flags in a "bid to fight Islamophobia?"

Utterly deranged & disgusting behavior in the midst of a genocide. History will have a lot to say about our Orwellian existence in this era.

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Omar Baddar @omarbaddar.bsky.social · Aug 21

As was already clear to anyone with an IQ of above average room temperature, & contrary to what lying Israeli propagandists have been saying, Israel’s killing of civilians in Gaza is, in The Guardian’s words, “an extreme rate of slaughter rarely matched in recent decades of warfare.”

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Omar Baddar @omarbaddar.bsky.social · Aug 10

Anas al-Sharif is the latest Palestinian journalist murdered by Israel in the largest massacre of journalists in history (read that again), for the crime of reporting Israel’s genocide to the world.

I’d say shame on western journalists who remain silent, but that ship has sailed a long time ago.

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Omar Baddar @omarbaddar.bsky.social · Aug 4

Who could've ever imagined that Netanyahu is a liar, and that the systematic ethnic cleansing & destruction of Gaza from day one was prep for the only thing it could possibly be prep for?

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Omar Baddar @omarbaddar.bsky.social · Jul 31

For the 1st time in my lifetime, a majority of Senate Dems have voted against sending weapons to that genocidal rogue regime massacring Palestinian children & terrorizing the region.

In a better world, this would be a unanimous vote held at least 21 months earlier. We can’t rest until it’s done!

Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · Jul 31

By a vote of 27-17, Senate Democrats voted to stop sending arms shipments to a Netanyahu government which has waged a horrific, immoral and illegal war against the Palestinian people.

The tide is turning.

Americans don't want to spend billions to starve children in Gaza.

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Omar Baddar @omarbaddar.bsky.social · Jul 25

Pro-genocide propagandists are whitewashing Israel's starvation of Gaza and its slaughter of its children. Never let them get away with it.

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Omar Baddar @omarbaddar.bsky.social · Jul 11

If ISIS had beaten an American to death, EVERY SINGLE media outlet would stop their programming to do breaking news coverage, the President would hold a press conference, & the U.S. military would be mobilizing.

But when Israeli fanatics do it, it’ll be a passing blip for our media & politicians.

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Omar Baddar @omarbaddar.bsky.social · Jun 27

Once again, Israeli soldiers confess to being ordered to slaughter unarmed civilians, but await the genocide apologists appearing on your TV any minute now to explain why Israel is only defending itself.

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Omar Baddar @omarbaddar.bsky.social · Jun 25

Amid a bleak political moment, a glimmer of hope! Congrats @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social!

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Omar Baddar @omarbaddar.bsky.social · Jun 23

The Washington Post just released the audio of Israeli operatives threatening to kill the children and families of Iranian officials.

Once again, the Israeli government is the largest and deadliest terrorist organization in the Middle East.

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Omar Baddar @omarbaddar.bsky.social · Jun 22

Let history remember: The so-called “anti-war” president took a problem that Obama had already solved peacefully, & decided to unsolve it & make a war out of it to help a foreign war criminal named Netanyahu.

The consequences of this foolishness are unpredictable.

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Omar Baddar @omarbaddar.bsky.social · Jun 21

Which country in the Middle East poses the biggest threat to peace & stability?

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Omar Baddar @omarbaddar.bsky.social · Jun 19

A rare occasion where a mainstream U.S. media outlet writes a blunt headline involving Israel’s conduct in the region. Kudos to the @nytimes.com!

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