Gisha is doing heroic work on behalf of people in Gaza. Over the past 2 years the NGO's tireless employees have reunited Palestinian families, accessed food and medical help, and much more. Their needs are critical. Please contribute to their fundraiser. my.israelgives.org/en/members/2...

Embedded in this article is the first video of Elizabeth Tsurkov since she was abducted in March 2023 in Baghdad. She can barely walk. www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

"The community’s two architects...say they must personally confirm that applicants are white before they can be welcomed in....Before a photographer could snap pictures, he pulled a copy of “Mein Kampf” from a bookshelf and turned it around to hide its spine." archive.ph/vCZY3

Political genius

Grossly irresponsible of the Times to have this ludicrous credulous spin as the top story the morning after a president who rules by fiat proclaims a totally specious emergency to militarize the capital - an editorial insult to our intelligence and our democracy.

People who criticize the effectiveness of sanctions don't really understand how they work. This is an informative and insightful piece by a former State Dept attorney who was involved in the Biden administration's sanctions of Israeli settlers. newlinesmag.com/argument/the...

More than 600 retired leaders in Israel's intelligence community signed an open letter to President Trump, asking him to force Netanyahu to stop the war in Gaza. The letter was big news internationally but barely registered in Israel. Sharp analysis by Ori Goldberg. newlinesmag.com/argument/the...

After many, many months of total denial across the socio-political spectrum, over the past week or so there have been some cracks in the Israeli-Jewish discourse. I asked brilliant Ori Goldberg to write about this for @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/argument/isr...

NEW: Human rights lawyer @saribashi.bsky.social spent years litigating against Israeli military restrictions on access to Gaza. She didn't anticipate how quickly this bureaucracy would facilitate the destruction of its people, she writes for @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/argument/thi...

"An internal U.S. government analysis found no evidence of systematic theft by the Palestinian militant group Hamas of U.S.-funded humanitarian supplies, challenging the main rationale that Israel and the U.S. give for backing a new armed private aid operation."

The Israeli army routinely intentionally kills paramedics and others involved in rescue efforts. This is called "double tap." Assad and his Russian allies used it in Aleppo to kill the White Helmets. www.972mag.com/double-tap-i...

Amazing ad. I love and I love the campaign. Grammar check: "Rama and my wedding" (not: "Rama and I's wedding" for the love of God).

Another excellent, gorgeously-written, and depressing dispatch from Israel from @lisang.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/spotlight/fi...

Bloody hell

Why are the Druze citizens of Israel, who make up about 1.6% of the population, urging Israel to intervene military in Syria to protect the Druze community there from sectarian violence? Very interesting insights here. newlinesmag.com/argument/the...

In my first of several reported stories from my recent trip to Israel-Palestine, I examine the impact of universal conscription in a highly militarized society through the lens of a very personal short documentary film narrated by the director.

1.🧵"Role Reversals: A Palestinian in the Jewish Museum of Berlin" featuring @danaelkurd.bsky.social’s first-person essay was shortlisted in the Best Journalism-based Online Video category at this year’s Future of Media Awards by @pressgazette.co.uk pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...

"In the neighborhoods surrounding the spots in Queens and the Bronx where...Trump doubled his share of the electorate between 2020 and 2024. Mamdani won both areas in the first round of voting." -- Lydia Polgreen www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/o...

Was Netanyahu telling the truth about Israel's goals and achievements in its 12-day war against Iran? Some very smart analysis from @origoldberg.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/argument/wha...

Interview with Mahmoud Khalil following his release and return to his wife and newborn. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/n...

"Dozens of Palestinians have been killed this week near aid distribution sites in the Gaza Strip, according to the territory’s health ministry. But the bloodshed has drawn less international attention as the world’s focus shifts to a new regional conflict between Israel and Iran."

Detained Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was allowed to hold his one-month-old son for the first time after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to keep the father and infant separated by a plexiglass divider.

I'm old enough to remember that one of the key things Trump did for his evangelical base in his first term was "tear up the Iran nuclear deal" and they aren't saying a damn thing about his (purported, and who the fuck knows) deal sought now

"Practice with stability and certainty, where you are valued and trusted as a physician and the government stays out of the exam room. Build a practice and life you’ll love in Manitoba." -- slogan targeting U.S. healthcare practitioners doctorsmanitoba.ca/manitobamd

We are the last eyes left inside Gaza: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/firs... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)

Canadian travel to the U.S. is in free fall, with a 35% decline in car trips and a 20% decline in round trip flights in the last four months. Before Trump took office, Canadians represented the largest share of U.S. tourism, spending $20bn per annum. secure.campaigner.com/csb/Public/s...

The Danish government says its 2018 “ghetto laws” are designed to teach the country’s “norms and values” to immigrants. In practice, they break up tight-knit social groups and humiliate Danish minorities, reports Gabriela Galvin for @newlinesmag.bsky.social

Christian Amanpour to Israel's Deputy FM Sharren Haskel: "Are you denying that people have died of starvation in Gaza?" Haskell: "These are complete lies." Extraordinary interview. www.cnn.com/2025/05/07/T...

Bleak. nymag.com/intelligence...

It's hard to write about one Palestinian child in Israel’s prisons, trapped in a multi-layered network of impenetrable laws, whereby the occupier judges the occupied. It’s hard because there are so many young Palestinians suffering similar treatment... substack.com/home/post/p-...

Happy 80th anniversary of Hitler killing himself in his bunker to all who celebrate, which, as I now understand it, is not everybody

Listen to member Josh Drill speak about his relationship w/ Mohsen Mahdawi at their public demonstration last Sunday in Union Square, NYC, where they’ve gathered weekly for over a year to demand a ceasefire & hostage deal. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ www.instagram.com/reel/DIyiFu8...

Hats off to my friends at Israelis for Peace NYC. Their vocal solidarity with Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi—who had reached out in solidarity to them months prior to his arrest—was noted by the judge who released him. Solidarity btw individuals against deeply unjust systems matters. 🧵

An open letter from 36 members of Britain’s oldest Jewish representative body expressed deep criticism of Israel's war in Gaza, which led to a very unusual, public, internecine fight that raises the question: Who represents UK Jews anyway? By @rachelshabi.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/spotlight/a-...

Still not getting that there is no bottom.

Horrifying. Not only did ICE agents break into the wrong home, terrorize a mother and her daughters by forcing them outside at gunpoint in the rain wearing their underwear, but they stole everything of value—their cash & their phones—and wouldn't even tell them when, how or if they'd be returned.

The New York Times is so excited about Canada's election results.

The CBC just called Canada's election. The Liberals win. Mark Carney confirmed as PM. Liberal landslide in Quebec, despite the fact that Carney does not speak French well. Lots to unpack. But, basically: THANK GOD.

Mark Carney confirmed as prime minister of Canada. The CBC just called the election.

Since Oct. 7, 2023, the Israeli army led a massive deployment in destruction, killings & arrests in the West Bank. But while it maintains a webpage in 5 languages, the spokesperson updated with details in Hebrew only, @sammysussman.bsky.social reports. newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...

FBI arrested a judge for protecting a migrant from ICE. www.cnbc.com/2025/04/25/f...

"Nara Milanich, a Barnard history professor, said it reminded her of her research into 1930s Italy, when lists of Jews were put together by the local government. “We’ve seen this movie before, and it ends with yellow stars,” she said."

How Meta's blocking of links to news sources is creating a dangerous disinformation climate on social media. If you can share this on Facebook, that'd be a mitzvah. www.youtube.com/shorts/qGtx6...

Greenblatt looks like Roy Cohn after a nose job. Coincidence? I think not.

Claudia Roden’s « gâteau à l’orange » (kosher for Passover) FTW

It looks very much like the Department of Homeland Security memo seeking to revoke Ozturk's visa copied language directly from the Canary Mission website. Is DHS just following the "deport list" from an anonymous website? donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-attack...

I wrote about this a bit in my last book but it really shakes me that a defining feature of this catastrophic era is that we just keep going to work. We work through pandemics, we work through natural disasters, we work through economic calamity, we work through coups, we work, we work, we work.

Al Hol, home to around 39k wives and children of Islamic State fighters, is "he most dangerous refugee camp in the world." Uncertainty over the Trump administration's funding and the gov't in Damascus raises the risk of an Islamic State resurgence. newlinesmag.com/reportage/in...

Just to name a few...

In this very fine short story for the New Yorker, David Bezmozgis brings authenticity, truth, and insight to the unbearable consequences of Oct. 7. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...