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نير حسون Nir Hasson ניר חסון
@nirhasson1h
יש סיכוי לא רע שכשספרי ההיסטוריה יכתבו הם יציינו את הבחירות אתמול כנקודת תפנית בחיי ישראל/פלסטין. אבל זו לא התפנית שאתם חושבים. הדבר החשוב באמת שקרה אתמול התרחש במזרח ירושלים - כ- 10,000 בוחרים יצאו להצביע (פי 5 מבחירות קודמות). הכי חשוב הוא שאף אחד לא ביקש מהם לצאת, המפלגות הערביות בכלל לא עשו קמפיין במזרח ירושלים - זו הייתה תנועה עממית, משפחתית, שכונתית. בניגוד לעבר בקלפיות לא חיכו להם פעילי פתח לצלם או לעלוב בהם. גם בקושי היו קריאות ברשתות החברתיות לחרם. אתמול איש כבר לא התבייש בהחלטה שלו להצביע. המשימה של סילוק בן גביר מהשלטון הכשירה את כל האמצעים. כל מי שדיברתי איתו היום ממזרח ירושלים אמר לי שמשמעות ההצבעה אתמול היא שבירת החרם הפלסטיני על הבחירות. מה שאומר שיש סיכוי טוב שבעוד שנתיים, הפלסטינים בעיר, אם יהיו מאוחדים ונחושים יוכלו לקבוע את זהות ראש העיר. (תזכורת: בניגוד לבחירות הארציות, בהן יש רק למיעוט קטן מאוכל' מזרח העיר זכות הצבעה, בבחירות המקומיות יש לכולם זכות הצבעה. כשאני אומר כולם אני מדבר על על 40% מתושבי ירושלים). לאורך השנים השחתתי מקלדות רבות על ההשתלבות של הפלסטינים בירושלים בחברה הישראלית - מהמעבר לבגרות ישראלית בבתי הספר, דרך האוניברסיטה, השתלבות בשוק העבודה (מאבטחים, למשל), יציאת נשים לעבודה ועוד. השינוי הזה נולד בגלל חומת ההפרדה והואץ בשל הקיפאון המדיני. התהליך הזה לא נעצר ב-7.10, להיפך. בן גביר באכזריותו, האיץ אותו וסייע בשבירת החומה האחרונה - החרם על הבחירות. אם זה אכן יקרה (ועדיין יש כוחות לא חלשים בחברה הפלסטינית שיתנגדו להשתתפות בבחירות המוניציפליות) זה יהיה צעד גדול קדימה לעבר עתיד של שותפות פוליטית בין הירדן לים. לאן נלך משם? אין לי מושג, אבל כל דבר עדיף על המציאות הנוכחית. כתבה: haaretz.co.il/news/elections…

הטאבו נשבר: הפלסטינים במזרח ירושלים הצביעו בשיעור הגבוה מאז 1967

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Nesrine Malik@NesrineMalik3h
A damning sign of how compromised Nusseibeh is - she cannot even say she will back a UN investigation of the UAE’s supplying of weapons in Sudan. She cannot even prove her claim of independence. A mockery of the UN.
PassBlue
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Sudan asks Lana Nusseibeh: Would you back an independent investigation of your country supplying weapons in Sudan's civil war & its mass rapes? Doesn't answer but reiterates a commitment to Art 100 of UN Charter & that she has left UAE foreign ministry. Says to refer Qs to them [no acknowledgment of UAE's documented role in the war & resulting humanitarian crisis]
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Nesrine Malik@NesrineMalikOct 26
‘The appointment of Nusseibeh, who has been the face of the UAE’s Sudan strategy, would be a slap in the face to the millions of people suffering the horrors of war, and a dereliction of duty towards those thousands who have already been killed.’ theguardian.com/commentisfre…

The UAE has so much blood on its hands in Sudan. For its nominee to lead the UN would be an outrage...

Lana Nusseibeh has been the face of a disastrous Emirates policy that has prolonged war and death. It is a scandal that she is even being considered, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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“You take the victim and make the victim the perpetrator.” I hear versions of this argument a lot but it doesn’t make any sense. No category of person is fixed through history as one or the other. Many (most?) have taken a turn as both victim and perpetrator depending on context.
Jonathan Harounoff
@JonathanHaroun1Oct 25
“To accuse the Jewish people of genocide is wild.”  Broadway icon and Nobody Wants This star Tovah Feldshuh gets real with Jonathan Harounoff on UNSCRIPTED, on acting, marriage, the global rise of antisemitism, and what she says about the genocide accusations against Israel. Full episode drops Monday, October 26 on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.  Production support provided by the @cjewishhistory, @AmericanSephard, Noff Media, Odd One Out Studios, @JewishNewsUK, and Leah Barzideh.
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To take 1 of countless examples, impoverished Irish people (who’d suffered famine, penal laws, land expropriation under British rule) fled to the US and wound up getting recruited off the docks to fight in the Indian wars. Yes this is 🤯 but it’s also human history.
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David Weigel
@daveweigelOct 26
Lula lead up to 3.4 million votes. Half of Rio still uncounted but probably not enough for Flavio. reuters.com/graphics/BRAZIL-…

Brazil election results

Live maps and charts will update throughout the night

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Ryan Grim
@ryangrimOct 25
Rather dramatic and unexpected comeback for Lula
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derek guy
@dieworkwearOct 25
This is actually a condescending view of working-class people. I grew up in a working-class immigrant family and we ate at Red Lobster and The Cheesecake Factory for "fancy nights out." But even we understood that the White House should not look like the inside of a Red Lobster. Working-class people are not culturally illiterate just because their experiences are shaped by their limited means.
Evan Barker
@evanwchOct 24
Does Obama not understand that to most Americans the Cheesecake Factory is a very nice and fancy restaurant?
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Alex Ward
@alexbwardOct 21
Replying to @elonmusk
Sir, is this your comment to our story? wsj.com/world/ukraine-starli…

Exclusive | Musk Ordered Starlink Slowdown That Blindsided Ukraine

The SpaceX founder authorized the move and has been discussing Ukraine with Trump, but the president has denied ordering the restrictions.

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Jeffrey Smith
@Smith_JeffreyTOct 19
#Rwanda "A former Rwandan army sergeant major, who became an outspoken critic of President Paul Kagame, has been found beheaded in neighbouring Uganda. ... His death adds to concerns about the safety of Rwandan dissidents living in exile." bbc.com/news/articles/c3lylj… @BBCAfrica

Robert Kabera: Critic of Rwandan President Paul Kagame found beheaded in Uganda

Former army sergeant major Robert Kabera was a popular YouTuber and singer, who had sought asylum in Uganda.

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David Weigel
@daveweigelOct 19
Disavow the Muslim Brotherhood.
Curiosity
@MAstronomersMar 23
What would you do in this situation?
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“I think that a sort of discursive shift in how we talk about Palestinians’ right to defend themselves needs to happen.” @infinite_jaz Yes & long overdue but still very far. Ask a 2SS proponent how they imagine Palestinian military, borders, airspace. newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/b…

Behind the Settler Attack on Palestinians and a Washington Post Journalist

Jasper Nathaniel, an independent journalist who filmed the attack, describes the significant increase in West Bank violence on the eve of the Israeli election.

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🧵 on Sudan, humanitarian aid, and Trump 2
Jeremy Konyndyk@JeremyKonyndykOct 19
Replying to @JeremyKonyndyk
The camp leaders also said: we can show you the graves. And we drove with them through a dusty field on the outskirts of the camp to the site where they bury the dead. Graves like these are the true measure of DOGE and the new US humanitarian model. /end
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Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood just doesn’t work coherently in U.S. discourse. There are too many layers, too much history, a lot of terrible & paralyzing aspects, also a sincere mass reaction to terrible repression & search for something better. These exchanges are stupid.
Acyn
@AcynOct 17
Q: Will you disavow the Muslim Brotherhood? El-Sayed: Yes. Why are you asking the question? Do you assume that I wouldn’t? Q: Yes, because I have not heard you disavow them yet. El-Sayed: Have you disavowed them? I have not heard you disavow them yet.
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Living for years in Egypt under Mubarak and reporting extensively on the MB when it was still an enormous grassroots outlaw party, I don’t think you can erase either its virtues or its menace. I don’t think you can reduce it to either a political movement or a religious ideology
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And from @GovMikeHuckabee ? Levine is a US citizen. So far, 🦗🦗🦗
Matt Murray@murraymattOct 16
To be clear: Some facts are neither in dispute nor unclear. Our photographer was clearly marked as Press. She was clearly beaten. These are not partisan or risible statements, but indisputable. We urge a thorough investigation and accountability.
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If these psychopaths kick and beat a journalist so viciously while being recorded, what do you think happens to ordinary Palestinians when there’s nobody filming?
Andrey X
@the_andrey_xOct 16
Heidi Levine in the hospital recounts the settler attack this morning
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They know Americans are not as cruel as our government — they won’t release the report on bombing schoolgirls or livestream an execution before midterms.
Ben Bartenstein@BenBartensteinOct 15
NEWS: Top Pentagon officials have expressed their intention to hold off on releasing an internal report into the attack on Shajarah Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran until after the US midterms at the earliest. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @business

Pentagon Intends to Hold Iran School Attack Report Past Midterms

Top Pentagon officials have expressed their intention to hold off on releasing an internal report into the attack on a school in southern Iran until after the US midterm elections at the earliest,...

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“The failure to use our leverage.” Perhaps Harris can explain why she failed to use *her* leverage as #2 in the world’s most powerful government administration during a time when Israel killed 75,000 people in Gaza and a genocide case was well underway at the ICJ.
Pop Base
@PopBaseOct 14
Kamala Harris says her and Biden’s administration should have acted “sooner and more forcefully” regarding Israel’s attack on Gaza — and that the Trump administration “offers Netanyahu a blank check”: “America has at times fallen short on [moral obligation to human rights and international law]. Most recently, the failure to use our leverage to curtail the Israeli government's horrific conduct in the war in Gaza, both under the current administration, which offers Netanyahu a blank check, and our administration before, where we should have acted sooner and more forcefully.”
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Yes, I understand the formal role of the VP. She is meant to be a key advisor of great influence. She also has a huge public presence and had every chance to make her views known. Not least when she ran for president and clearly said she was in lockstep with Biden on Israel.
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If she wants to have a real discussion about Gaza and stake out a different position, she will have to do better than this vague, milquetoast critique which is framed as if it had nothing to do with her. She’s only managed to anger supporters of both Palestinians and Israelis.
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Also, if I were the Democratic Party, I’d prevail upon Harris not to soft launch her campaign just before the midterms with Ds polling so well. For many voters, both left and right, she’s a reminder of unpopular party views/terrible moments.
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