Shibley Telhami
@stelhami.bsky.social
Passionately Egalitarian. Professor, University of Maryland; Director, Critical Issues Poll; NR Senior Fellow, Brookings. Views are my Own. RT≠Endorsement
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MESA statement concerning the detention of Dr. Vahid Abedini
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November 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Pretending it’s spring: Blooming Camellias, Thanksgiving week
November 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Pretending it’s spring: Blooming Camellias, Thanksgiving week
"it’s possible he’s actually still working for Turning Point."
November 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"it’s possible he’s actually still working for Turning Point."
Torture: Israeli human rights groups tell UN that Palestinian detainees received medical treatment while shackled and blindfolded, forced to use diapers to relieve themselves, and were starved, with 'an official diet of approximately 1,000 calories daily' www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Israeli human rights groups tell UN that Israel increased use of torture during Gaza war
The Report Submitted to the UN Notes That Detainees Received Medical Treatment While Shackled and Blindfolded, and Were Forced to Use Diapers to Relieve Themselves. It Also Says Detainees Were Starved...
www.haaretz.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Torture: Israeli human rights groups tell UN that Palestinian detainees received medical treatment while shackled and blindfolded, forced to use diapers to relieve themselves, and were starved, with 'an official diet of approximately 1,000 calories daily' www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Wow! "Epstein gave feedback on talking points to discredit Mearsheimer and Walt [after their Israel Lobby article in 2006] and used his extensive social network to circulate allegations of anti-semitism against the two scholars" @ryangrim & @MazMHussain
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...
Jeffrey Epstein Aided Alan Dershowitz’s Attack on Mearsheimer and Walt’s “Israel Lobby”
Epstein and Alan Dershowitz collaborated on smear campaigns against Mearsheimer, Walt, and an underage assault victim making allegations against Epstein—in the same week.
www.dropsitenews.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Wow! "Epstein gave feedback on talking points to discredit Mearsheimer and Walt [after their Israel Lobby article in 2006] and used his extensive social network to circulate allegations of anti-semitism against the two scholars" @ryangrim & @MazMHussain
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...
Note that in our latest UMD poll, only 6% of Americans say Epstein did not collaborate with a foreign intelligence, with 45% saying he did, and 48% didn't know. Republicans suspect Israel first, Democrats suspect Russia first. You can find analysis here: sadat.umd.edu/sites/sadat....
November 26, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Note that in our latest UMD poll, only 6% of Americans say Epstein did not collaborate with a foreign intelligence, with 45% saying he did, and 48% didn't know. Republicans suspect Israel first, Democrats suspect Russia first. You can find analysis here: sadat.umd.edu/sites/sadat....
Seriously, WP, is this what the spiritual leader of about 1.4 billion people has to worry about?: "Especially in Lebanon, Leo will be closely watched by Israeli leaders, who smarted at Francis’s blistering denunciations of the war in Gaza." www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Pope Leo’s trip to Middle East will stress, and test, interfaith ties
Rather than his native Chicago or adopted Peru, Pope Leo XIV is making his first foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon, putting him on tricky terrain shared by Muslims and Jews.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Seriously, WP, is this what the spiritual leader of about 1.4 billion people has to worry about?: "Especially in Lebanon, Leo will be closely watched by Israeli leaders, who smarted at Francis’s blistering denunciations of the war in Gaza." www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Unsatisfying: "we found a more mundane... explanation for Epstein’s remarkable success. He was, in the words of... Ehud Barak, “a collector of people.” He used those relationships to cultivate new connections and establish his legitimacy"
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Unsatisfying: "we found a more mundane... explanation for Epstein’s remarkable success. He was, in the words of... Ehud Barak, “a collector of people.” He used those relationships to cultivate new connections and establish his legitimacy"
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Every member of congress should be joining Senator @vanhollen.senate.gov in calling on our leaders to immediately secure the release of this 16-year-old American held by Israel for nine months.
Israel has held 16-year-old American, Mohammed Ibrahim, without trial, for 9 months.
He has been denied contact with family & his health is deteriorating. He says he falsely confessed to throwing a rock after being beaten.
America needs to secure his release NOW.
He has been denied contact with family & his health is deteriorating. He says he falsely confessed to throwing a rock after being beaten.
America needs to secure his release NOW.
November 24, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Every member of congress should be joining Senator @vanhollen.senate.gov in calling on our leaders to immediately secure the release of this 16-year-old American held by Israel for nine months.
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This: Trump told MBS he will supply Saudis with same advanced model of F-35 fighter jets that Israel has, despite pushback from Israelis. But a day later Rubio assured Netanyahu that wasn't the case and told him Saudis will get downgraded version of F-35!
www.axios.com/2025/11/25/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/25/t...
Scoop: Trump's meeting with MBS got tense over Israel
With the war in Gaza over, Trump had hoped for a breakthrough toward Saudi-Israeli normalization.
www.axios.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This: Trump told MBS he will supply Saudis with same advanced model of F-35 fighter jets that Israel has, despite pushback from Israelis. But a day later Rubio assured Netanyahu that wasn't the case and told him Saudis will get downgraded version of F-35!
www.axios.com/2025/11/25/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/25/t...
Must Watch: New York Jewish Grandmother Shames Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for Her Refusal to Speak up for US Teen Detained by Israel for Months
youtu.be/ZCn7s6H56YY?...
youtu.be/ZCn7s6H56YY?...
Watch a Jewish Grandmother SHAME Kirsten Gillibrand for Her Refusal to Speak up for Detained US Teen
YouTube video by Drop Site News
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November 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Must Watch: New York Jewish Grandmother Shames Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for Her Refusal to Speak up for US Teen Detained by Israel for Months
youtu.be/ZCn7s6H56YY?...
youtu.be/ZCn7s6H56YY?...
This: Trump told MBS he will supply Saudis with same advanced model of F-35 fighter jets that Israel has, despite pushback from Israelis. But a day later Rubio assured Netanyahu that wasn't the case and told him Saudis will get downgraded version of F-35!
www.axios.com/2025/11/25/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/25/t...
Scoop: Trump's meeting with MBS got tense over Israel
With the war in Gaza over, Trump had hoped for a breakthrough toward Saudi-Israeli normalization.
www.axios.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This: Trump told MBS he will supply Saudis with same advanced model of F-35 fighter jets that Israel has, despite pushback from Israelis. But a day later Rubio assured Netanyahu that wasn't the case and told him Saudis will get downgraded version of F-35!
www.axios.com/2025/11/25/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/25/t...
Wow! "Epstein gave feedback on talking points to discredit Mearsheimer and Walt [after their Israel Lobby article in 2006] and used his extensive social network to circulate allegations of anti-semitism against the two scholars" @ryangrim & @MazMHussain
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...
Jeffrey Epstein Aided Alan Dershowitz’s Attack on Mearsheimer and Walt’s “Israel Lobby”
Epstein and Alan Dershowitz collaborated on smear campaigns against Mearsheimer, Walt, and an underage assault victim making allegations against Epstein—in the same week.
www.dropsitenews.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Wow! "Epstein gave feedback on talking points to discredit Mearsheimer and Walt [after their Israel Lobby article in 2006] and used his extensive social network to circulate allegations of anti-semitism against the two scholars" @ryangrim & @MazMHussain
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...
In 2021 I wrote: 'If the Israeli right is pinning its hopes on solid support from evangelicals as the backbone of US patronage of Israel, anchored in biblical narrative that sidesteps international law, trends among young evangelicals raise questions about the trajectory' of such support.
Over four years ago, I wrote that there were signs that some of this was already happening: "As Israel increasingly relies on US evangelicals for support, younger ones are walking away: What polls show"
www.brookings.edu/articles/as-...
www.brookings.edu/articles/as-...
As Israel increasingly relies on US evangelicals for support, younger ones are walking away: What polls show | Brookings
Shibley Telhami analyzes survey data showing younger American evangelicals being less supportive of the U.S. leaning towards Israel over the Palestinians.
www.brookings.edu
November 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
In 2021 I wrote: 'If the Israeli right is pinning its hopes on solid support from evangelicals as the backbone of US patronage of Israel, anchored in biblical narrative that sidesteps international law, trends among young evangelicals raise questions about the trajectory' of such support.
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Astonishing how those of Phillips' view are missing the paradigm shift that has taken place in America, right and left, where Israel itself is seen by many as genocidal villain; every pitch to portray Israel as a savior by raising fear of bigger villain produces opposite results.
Remember when it was revealed that Israel's internal analysis concluded that the only way to reverse the disastrous plunge in Israel's standing was to fuel Islamophobia and portray Israel as the defender of the "West"?
Well, here you have it. Melanie Phillips' speech in NY.
Well, here you have it. Melanie Phillips' speech in NY.
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Astonishing how those of Phillips' view are missing the paradigm shift that has taken place in America, right and left, where Israel itself is seen by many as genocidal villain; every pitch to portray Israel as a savior by raising fear of bigger villain produces opposite results.
Oil and imperialism are intertwined
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Oil and imperialism are intertwined
Astonishing how those of Phillips' view are missing the paradigm shift that has taken place in America, right and left, where Israel itself is seen by many as genocidal villain; every pitch to portray Israel as a savior by raising fear of bigger villain produces opposite results.
Remember when it was revealed that Israel's internal analysis concluded that the only way to reverse the disastrous plunge in Israel's standing was to fuel Islamophobia and portray Israel as the defender of the "West"?
Well, here you have it. Melanie Phillips' speech in NY.
Well, here you have it. Melanie Phillips' speech in NY.
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Astonishing how those of Phillips' view are missing the paradigm shift that has taken place in America, right and left, where Israel itself is seen by many as genocidal villain; every pitch to portray Israel as a savior by raising fear of bigger villain produces opposite results.
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"Netanyahu and Dermer's approach has backfired. The catastrophic war in Gaza reduced Israel to a U.S. protectorate. Now, Israel's fate increasingly rests in the hand of an American right that sees Israel as not as an asset but as a burden"
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Israel's right wing bet the country's future on U.S. Christian nationalists. It backfired
Benjamin Netanyahu and Ron Dermer Failed to Account for a White Supremacist Takeover of Their Cherished MAGA Evangelical Base. Now, Israel's Fate Lies With an American Right That Increasingly Embraces...
www.haaretz.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
"Netanyahu and Dermer's approach has backfired. The catastrophic war in Gaza reduced Israel to a U.S. protectorate. Now, Israel's fate increasingly rests in the hand of an American right that sees Israel as not as an asset but as a burden"
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Latest Poll: Only 6% of Americans Say Epstein Likely Did Not Collaborate with Foreign Intelligence, as 45% Say He Likely Did; Russian and Israeli Intelligence Top List of Public Suspicion; Republicans Specify Israel's First, Dems. Specify Russia's First.
sadat.umd.edu/sites/sadat....
sadat.umd.edu/sites/sadat....
November 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Latest Poll: Only 6% of Americans Say Epstein Likely Did Not Collaborate with Foreign Intelligence, as 45% Say He Likely Did; Russian and Israeli Intelligence Top List of Public Suspicion; Republicans Specify Israel's First, Dems. Specify Russia's First.
sadat.umd.edu/sites/sadat....
sadat.umd.edu/sites/sadat....
Sunrise on crisp autumn morning
November 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Sunrise on crisp autumn morning
Every member of congress should be joining Senator @vanhollen.senate.gov in calling on our leaders to immediately secure the release of this 16-year-old American held by Israel for nine months.
Israel has held 16-year-old American, Mohammed Ibrahim, without trial, for 9 months.
He has been denied contact with family & his health is deteriorating. He says he falsely confessed to throwing a rock after being beaten.
America needs to secure his release NOW.
He has been denied contact with family & his health is deteriorating. He says he falsely confessed to throwing a rock after being beaten.
America needs to secure his release NOW.
November 24, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Every member of congress should be joining Senator @vanhollen.senate.gov in calling on our leaders to immediately secure the release of this 16-year-old American held by Israel for nine months.
A quarter century ago, this was an easier sell; today, it's a much harder sell, as even the sellers are privately panicking.
Remember when it was revealed that Israel's internal analysis concluded that the only way to reverse the disastrous plunge in Israel's standing was to fuel Islamophobia and portray Israel as the defender of the "West"?
Well, here you have it. Melanie Phillips' speech in NY.
Well, here you have it. Melanie Phillips' speech in NY.
November 24, 2025 at 1:36 AM
A quarter century ago, this was an easier sell; today, it's a much harder sell, as even the sellers are privately panicking.
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Namibian Dunes
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(by Isam Telhami)
November 23, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Namibian Dunes
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'The shift in opinion has been significant since August, going from 35% saying that Epstein was likely unconnected to foreign intelligence to only 6% in November - even as mainstream media largely avoided mentioning a possible role of foreign intelligence in Epstein’s operation.'
Latest Poll: Only 6% of Americans Say Epstein Likely Did Not Collaborate with Foreign Intelligence, as 45% Say He Likely Did; Russian and Israeli Intelligence Top List of Public Suspicion; Republicans Specify Israel's First, Dems. Specify Russia's First.
sadat.umd.edu/sites/sadat....
sadat.umd.edu/sites/sadat....
November 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
'The shift in opinion has been significant since August, going from 35% saying that Epstein was likely unconnected to foreign intelligence to only 6% in November - even as mainstream media largely avoided mentioning a possible role of foreign intelligence in Epstein’s operation.'