Yair Wallach
@yairwallach.bsky.social
Associate Professor (Reader), soas @soasuni.bsky.social, researching Palestine/Israel history. Race, migration, material culture, Antisemitism. "City in Fragments" (Stanford 2020) Currently working on Ashkenazi integration in the Arab Levant
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It might stop the Greens hitting 30%, but the Greens aren't trying to hit 30%, and they don't need to hit 30% to cause Starmer problems
But there's another issue - it could make people who *do* care about this stuff likelier to try and stop *Labour* at GE29 for fear of govt dependent on the Greens
But there's another issue - it could make people who *do* care about this stuff likelier to try and stop *Labour* at GE29 for fear of govt dependent on the Greens
FWIW, the NATO line worked on Corbyn which is why I suspect that Starmer thinks that it will work on Polanski.
Ahh a low-salience issue and then a vote for Bart is a vote for anarchy. You can see the political geniuses behind the present disaster at work.
December 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
It might stop the Greens hitting 30%, but the Greens aren't trying to hit 30%, and they don't need to hit 30% to cause Starmer problems
But there's another issue - it could make people who *do* care about this stuff likelier to try and stop *Labour* at GE29 for fear of govt dependent on the Greens
But there's another issue - it could make people who *do* care about this stuff likelier to try and stop *Labour* at GE29 for fear of govt dependent on the Greens
Chancellor Merz of Germany meets a fugitive from the International Criminal Court www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
Netanyahu and Merz hold expanded meeting with Israeli ministers, senior officials
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www.timesofisrael.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Chancellor Merz of Germany meets a fugitive from the International Criminal Court www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
Marwan Barghouti's lawyer Ben Marmarelli: there are reports that Barghouti was badly assaulted in prison, they "broke his ribs, teeth, fingers and cut part of his ear". Israeli Prison Service refused to comment or let the lawyer meet with him.
December 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Marwan Barghouti's lawyer Ben Marmarelli: there are reports that Barghouti was badly assaulted in prison, they "broke his ribs, teeth, fingers and cut part of his ear". Israeli Prison Service refused to comment or let the lawyer meet with him.
"formidable difficulties would await the Jewish state ... If it were orthodox it would desire to revive the whole Levitical polity, and ... would either pass away through internal chaos or ... would be soon extinguished from outside"
"Zionism", Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1911
"Zionism", Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1911
December 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
"formidable difficulties would await the Jewish state ... If it were orthodox it would desire to revive the whole Levitical polity, and ... would either pass away through internal chaos or ... would be soon extinguished from outside"
"Zionism", Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1911
"Zionism", Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1911
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Ben Gurion, 1951: "Arabs should not be living here [in Israel] just as American Jews should not be living in America"
quoted in Adel Manna, Nakba and Survival
quoted in Adel Manna, Nakba and Survival
December 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Ben Gurion, 1951: "Arabs should not be living here [in Israel] just as American Jews should not be living in America"
quoted in Adel Manna, Nakba and Survival
quoted in Adel Manna, Nakba and Survival
Netanyahu's candidate for the new head of Mossad, General Roman Gupman, was the person who built and coordinated the infamous "Gaza Humanitarian Fund". The GHF "hunger games" model of aid supply led to the killing of at least a thousand Palestinians seeking food, and the wounding of many more.
December 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Netanyahu's candidate for the new head of Mossad, General Roman Gupman, was the person who built and coordinated the infamous "Gaza Humanitarian Fund". The GHF "hunger games" model of aid supply led to the killing of at least a thousand Palestinians seeking food, and the wounding of many more.
"Today, Israeli leaders find the status quo tolerable. But when Palestinian violence reveals that it is not, those leaders—having made separation impossible—could inch closer to policies of mass expulsion."
Peter Beinart, July 2020
jewishcurrents.org/yavne-a-jewi...
Peter Beinart, July 2020
jewishcurrents.org/yavne-a-jewi...
Yavne: A Jewish Case for Equality in Israel-Palestine
The two-state solution is dead. It’s time for liberal Zionists to abandon Jewish–Palestinian separation and embrace equality.
jewishcurrents.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
"Today, Israeli leaders find the status quo tolerable. But when Palestinian violence reveals that it is not, those leaders—having made separation impossible—could inch closer to policies of mass expulsion."
Peter Beinart, July 2020
jewishcurrents.org/yavne-a-jewi...
Peter Beinart, July 2020
jewishcurrents.org/yavne-a-jewi...
Reminder: the Israeli government never approved "Trump's 20 points peace plan"
Neither did Hamas, for that matter.
Neither did Hamas, for that matter.
December 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Reminder: the Israeli government never approved "Trump's 20 points peace plan"
Neither did Hamas, for that matter.
Neither did Hamas, for that matter.
The "Gaza ceasefire" is a period of reduced intensity in terms of Israeli attacks.
For the Israeli government this is merely a lull until the genocide can be resumed with full strength, with the aim of mass ethnic cleansing.
Any other plans would have to be imposed on Israel.
For the Israeli government this is merely a lull until the genocide can be resumed with full strength, with the aim of mass ethnic cleansing.
Any other plans would have to be imposed on Israel.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The "Gaza ceasefire" is a period of reduced intensity in terms of Israeli attacks.
For the Israeli government this is merely a lull until the genocide can be resumed with full strength, with the aim of mass ethnic cleansing.
Any other plans would have to be imposed on Israel.
For the Israeli government this is merely a lull until the genocide can be resumed with full strength, with the aim of mass ethnic cleansing.
Any other plans would have to be imposed on Israel.
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In Lebanon. Can hear the Israeli drone constantly now. I’ve only been back for a day but folks here deal with it 24/7, for months. It’s psychological torture. You can even see it, just flying around. The Israelis want to let everyone know that they can kill whoever they want whenever they want.
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
In Lebanon. Can hear the Israeli drone constantly now. I’ve only been back for a day but folks here deal with it 24/7, for months. It’s psychological torture. You can even see it, just flying around. The Israelis want to let everyone know that they can kill whoever they want whenever they want.
If Israel relinquishes its ethnocratic character and becomes a civic democracy, in which national identity and belonging do not depend on the religion of your mother, it would be a Israeli, rather than a Jewish state. It would still not be a Palestinian one.
Bi-nationalism is a social fact.
Bi-nationalism is a social fact.
December 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
If Israel relinquishes its ethnocratic character and becomes a civic democracy, in which national identity and belonging do not depend on the religion of your mother, it would be a Israeli, rather than a Jewish state. It would still not be a Palestinian one.
Bi-nationalism is a social fact.
Bi-nationalism is a social fact.
200 leading global artists, writers and actors are calling for the release of Marwan Barghouti.
An impressive list here.
freemarwan.org/public-figur...
An impressive list here.
freemarwan.org/public-figur...
Global voices call for Marwan's Release - Free Marwan
“We express our grave concern at the continuing imprisonment of Marwan Barghouti, his violent mistreatment and denial of legal rights whilst imprisoned. We call upon the United Nations and the Governm...
freemarwan.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
200 leading global artists, writers and actors are calling for the release of Marwan Barghouti.
An impressive list here.
freemarwan.org/public-figur...
An impressive list here.
freemarwan.org/public-figur...
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Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroom
Raccoon gets drunk at Ashland ABC store and passes out in bathroom
Talk about a trashed panda.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroom
When you're well embedded within a political eco-system, and not at risk of dismissal/prison, it's not so difficult to "speak truth to power". Being called nasty things by "the other camp" is unpleasant, but within your eco system it's a win.
Much harder to say things your in-group won't like.
Much harder to say things your in-group won't like.
November 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
When you're well embedded within a political eco-system, and not at risk of dismissal/prison, it's not so difficult to "speak truth to power". Being called nasty things by "the other camp" is unpleasant, but within your eco system it's a win.
Much harder to say things your in-group won't like.
Much harder to say things your in-group won't like.
Netanyahu "asks" the Israeli president Herzog to cancel his trial.
This is not a pardon request, in any meaningful sense. Netanyahu has not accepted any wrongdoing, and is not planning to step down.
There's a good chance Herzog accepts the request. Netanyahu made him president for this role.
This is not a pardon request, in any meaningful sense. Netanyahu has not accepted any wrongdoing, and is not planning to step down.
There's a good chance Herzog accepts the request. Netanyahu made him president for this role.
November 30, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Netanyahu "asks" the Israeli president Herzog to cancel his trial.
This is not a pardon request, in any meaningful sense. Netanyahu has not accepted any wrongdoing, and is not planning to step down.
There's a good chance Herzog accepts the request. Netanyahu made him president for this role.
This is not a pardon request, in any meaningful sense. Netanyahu has not accepted any wrongdoing, and is not planning to step down.
There's a good chance Herzog accepts the request. Netanyahu made him president for this role.
"In last 24 hours:
13 people killed in Syria
2 Palestinians executed in Jenin
2 Palestinians killed near “yellow line” in Gaza
2 Palestinian children killed in southern Gaza drone strike.
7 Palestinians injured by settlers in West Bank, one by gunfire."
@mairavz.bsky.social on X
13 people killed in Syria
2 Palestinians executed in Jenin
2 Palestinians killed near “yellow line” in Gaza
2 Palestinian children killed in southern Gaza drone strike.
7 Palestinians injured by settlers in West Bank, one by gunfire."
@mairavz.bsky.social on X
November 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
"In last 24 hours:
13 people killed in Syria
2 Palestinians executed in Jenin
2 Palestinians killed near “yellow line” in Gaza
2 Palestinian children killed in southern Gaza drone strike.
7 Palestinians injured by settlers in West Bank, one by gunfire."
@mairavz.bsky.social on X
13 people killed in Syria
2 Palestinians executed in Jenin
2 Palestinians killed near “yellow line” in Gaza
2 Palestinian children killed in southern Gaza drone strike.
7 Palestinians injured by settlers in West Bank, one by gunfire."
@mairavz.bsky.social on X
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“All I would think of was how to survive another day.” Segev Kalfon said he endured physical abuse and mind games during 738 days in the hands of Hamas. Now, he asks why it took so long for Israel to bring him home.
Israeli Hostage Recounts Beatings and Starvation During Hamas Captivity
Segev Kalfon said he endured physical abuse and mind games during 738 days in the hands of Hamas. Now, he asks why it took so long for Israel to bring him home.
nyti.ms
November 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“All I would think of was how to survive another day.” Segev Kalfon said he endured physical abuse and mind games during 738 days in the hands of Hamas. Now, he asks why it took so long for Israel to bring him home.
Why are printers so shit
November 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Why are printers so shit
Fadi and Jum'ah abu Assi, 8 and 11 years old
killed by the IDF today as they were collecting firewood near Khan Younis.
IDF spokesperson announced the airforce and ground forces "eliminated an immediate threat to IDF forces"
killed by the IDF today as they were collecting firewood near Khan Younis.
IDF spokesperson announced the airforce and ground forces "eliminated an immediate threat to IDF forces"
November 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Fadi and Jum'ah abu Assi, 8 and 11 years old
killed by the IDF today as they were collecting firewood near Khan Younis.
IDF spokesperson announced the airforce and ground forces "eliminated an immediate threat to IDF forces"
killed by the IDF today as they were collecting firewood near Khan Younis.
IDF spokesperson announced the airforce and ground forces "eliminated an immediate threat to IDF forces"
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big debate on Twitter: how bad is it that Peter Beinart violated BDS to speak at Tel Aviv University
me: why are any of you people on Twitter
me: why are any of you people on Twitter
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
big debate on Twitter: how bad is it that Peter Beinart violated BDS to speak at Tel Aviv University
me: why are any of you people on Twitter
me: why are any of you people on Twitter
I will be speaking tomorrow at this event at the LSE, with @aloner.bsky.social
all welcome
www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...
all welcome
www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...
Israeli Domestic Politics since October 7
6.00pm Thursday 27 November | Alona Ferber, Yossi Mekelberg, Yair Wallach | Free event at LSE
www.lse.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I will be speaking tomorrow at this event at the LSE, with @aloner.bsky.social
all welcome
www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...
all welcome
www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...