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President Trump has just announced that Princeton University PhD student Elizabeth Tsurkov who was kidnapped in Baghdad in March 2023 and held by Kata'ib Hezbollah has been released and is now at the American Embassy in Iraq.

"Make Kuwait Pure Again...The Roots and Effects of Citizenship Revocation in Kuwait" by @alamer.bsky.social alpheratzmag-com.translate.goog/reports/%D8%...

Thousands demonstrate, block roads at start of nationwide day of protests for hostages https://www.timesofisrael.com/thousands-demonstrate-block-roads-at-start-of-nationwide-day-of-protests-for-hostages/

New community study finds that Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews account for 10% of the US Jewish community: ejewishphilanthropy.com/jimena-share...

Hundreds of thousands march in Tel Aviv demanding a hostage deal and end to the war on Gaza. (1/2)

Thousands of Israelis stayed home from work, flooded city streets and blocked roads and highways across the country on Sunday, staging some of the largest anti-war protests in months as the military prepares for a major assault on Gaza City. wapo.st/4mvMVfK

POMEPS is pleased to call for proposals for the POMEPS Junior Scholar Book Development Workshops to be held in a virtual format throughout the academic year 2025-2026. The deadline to apply is Sept. 15. More info: pomeps.org/pomeps-junio...

European countries slam videos of emaciated hostages, call on Hamas to disarm https://www.timesofisrael.com/european-countries-slam-videos-of-emaciated-hostages-call-on-hamas-to-disarm/

Experts say that Palestinians in Gaza are at risk of famine, with reports of increasing numbers of people dying from causes related to malnutrition. But the United Nations claims it’s unable to bring enough aid into Gaza, hindered by Israeli restrictions.

Protesters in Tel Aviv took to the streets carrying flour bags and pictures of malnourished children from Gaza, calling for the end of the war on Gaza and the hunger. #protest #TelAviv #Gaza #hunger #IsraelGazawar #Israel

👋 Hello, we're the United States Institute of Peace (USIP)! We are very happy to join @bsky.app, and thrilled to announce that our website, www.usip.org, is back online! We look forward connecting here and bringing you useful content, resources and opportunities for peacebuilders around the world.

Following #Israel’s attack on #Iran, Tasnim News Agency—affiliated with the IRGC— confirms the martyrdom of Hossein Salami the commander-in-chief of the IRGC.

🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/o...

Breaking News: Hamas said it would free Edan Alexander, the last living American hostage in Gaza, days before President Trump is set to visit the region.

Sad news: Joe Nye has passed away. www.belfercenter.org/collection/r...

Where are my social scientists at? I'm putting a reading list together on one-party states. The Soviet Union, China, Cuba, & Ba'athist Iraq comes to mind, but I'm not limited geographically. 1960-1990 would be a good time period to focus on. Recommendations? Any material you think must be included?

UAE reportedly sentences 3 Uzbek nationals to death over killing of Chabad rabbi www.timesofisrael.com/uae-reported...

Over 100,000 nationwide protest renewed Gaza fighting, Shin Bet chief’s ouster https://www.timesofisrael.com/over-100000-nationwide-protest-renewed-gaza-fighting-shin-bet-chiefs-ouster/

Amid mass Tel Aviv rallies, Lapid and Golan urge general strike if gov't defies High Court: www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-mar...

Kuwait abolishes Article 153, which mitigated punishments for honor killings. Huge congratulations to Alanoud Al Sharekh, Abolish 153, and the organizations that have pushed this campaign for over a decade. www.arabtimesonline.com/news/kuwait-...

Negotiators to head to Qatar as Israel denies Hamas claim of progress on 2nd truce phase https://www.timesofisrael.com/negotiators-to-head-to-qatar-as-israel-denies-hamas-claim-of-progress-on-2nd-truce-phase/

Mass protests in the 2011 uprisings in Egypt didn't emerge overnight. There had been low level protests constantly for years prior. They weren't effective but they built capacity.

Not good news, but needs to be said: Hamas claimed that Israel killed the Bibas children and their mother in an airstrike. Forensic examination of the corpses reveals the kids were murdered and that Hamas didn't even send back the mother, but a random body. Depravity piled upon lies.

Watch: American hostage Keith Siegel, who was held by Hamas for almost 500 days, was released today as part of the ceasefire deal. Two other Israeli hostages: Yarden Bibas and Ofer Kalderon were also released on Saturday

Pongsak Thenna, Sathian Suwannakham, Watchara Sriaoun, Bannawat Seathao, and Surasak Lamnau were working in Israeli communities near the border when Hamas attacked on Oct. 7, 2023 www.timesofisrael.com/in-thailand-...

Freed hostages reunite with family in pictures, video www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

Zakaria Zubeidi, Mahmoud Atallah among high-profile terrorists set for release Thurs Israel has yet to name the 110 prisoners who will be freed in return for 3 female hostages, though public broadcaster says 33 of them are serving life terms for deadly attacks www.timesofisrael.com/zakaria-zube...

4 female soldiers freed by Hamas, paraded on Gaza stage, returned to Israel www.timesofisrael.com/four-female-...

Remembering Prof Clinton Bailey, a renowned expert on Bedouin culture and poetry. He created one of the largest archives of Naqab and Sinai Bedouin oral history. www.nli.org.il/en/at-your-s...

Emily Damari reunited with her mother after 470 days in Hamas captivity in Gaza.

Former hostages Romi Gonen, Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher arrive back in Israel www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-jan...

What to expect from the Gaza ceasefire: I did a Q+A with @foreignaffairs.com. Glad to see even a pause in killing. Hard to see ever getting to Phase 2. Watch the delivery of humanitarian aid as key indicator of whether there’s real hope for Phase 1 . abuaardvark.substack.com/p/what-to-ex...

נציגי ישראל, חמאס, ארה״ב וקטאר חתמו באופן רשמי בדוחא על עסקת החטופים והפסקת האש בעזה, כך לפי מקור שמעורה בפרטים

Ceasefire Israeli politics: Itamar Ben Gvir likely to announce his resignation as minister. Key: will he vote against the coalition, esp on budget (which must pass by March 31). All eyes on Smotrich after this.

Statement | Qatar, Egypt, and the United States Announce that the Two Parties to the Conflict in Gaza have Reached an Agreement to Exchange Detainees and Prisoners and Return to Sustainable Calm

UPDATE: Gaza Ceasefire • Deal reached: Day 466 of war • Announcement in Doha • 3-Phase Deal • Phase 1: 42 day ceasefire, 33 hostages released, 100s of Palestinian prisoners • Phase 2: rest released • Phase 3: Gaza Governance, reconstruction www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...

Hamas accepts draft ceasefire and hostage release deal. www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-jan...

Big developments in the fight over Israel’s judicial system. There’s a compromise (between justice minister Levin and former opponent turned coalition partner Saar) being floated around judicial appointments. I’ll try to post more soon.

"The UAE and Qatar, like Oman, are conducting top-down nation-building processes to build social cohesion & sentiments of national belonging to support the post-hydrocarbon economic and social transformation." agsiw.org/militarized-...

Hostage’s mom barred from Knesset for second week in a row for ‘violating order.’ www.timesofisrael.com/hostages-mom...

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