good piece with an incidental insanely brutal takedown of klein

With the West Bank economy on its knees and the middle class wiped out by Israel's closure since Oct. 7, why is Ramallah seeing a construction boom in residential housing? The answer is complex and often sad. My article: newlinesmag.com/reportage/wh...

This is such a damning report. No wonder the White House wants it buried and fuck Bari Weiss for complying. When she is hauled up in front of the international tribunal at the Hague for acting as an accessory to the crimes committed at this prison, I will cheer.

I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:

For the anniversary of Syria's liberation from the Assad regime, Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Syria expert who spent 2.5 years as the captive of an Iran-backed Iraqi militia that subjected her to brutal torture, wrote this extraordinary essay combining memoir & analysis. newlinesmag.com/first-person...

What does the future hold for Palestinian citizens of Israel after the Gaza genocide? @aburass.bsky.social, who grew up in Jaffa but left to study in Canada, wrote this searching, compelling first-person article after his first visit back since Oct. 7 newlinesmag.com/first-person...

What does the future hold for Palestinian citizens of Israel after the Gaza genocide? @aburass.bsky.social, who grew up in Jaffa but left to study in Canada, wrote this searching, compelling first-person article after his first visit back since Oct. 7 newlinesmag.com/first-person...

Borough Park and Williamsburg went for Cuomo, the Mamdani-Satmar Sukkah Sulha notwithstanding. Wonder if the rebbes will decide to play nice with Mayor Mamdani.

“Nearly everyone I asked said that they had noticed the increased presence of settlers in Tel Aviv but seemed not to understand when they moved to the city, or why.” @lisang.bsky.social reports on the West Bank settlers arriving in Tel Aviv.

When Ras Tafari Makonnen, later Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, adopted 40 Armenian orphans, he could never know the lasting mark they would leave on the country’s music. Irina Costache traces the fascinating story for @newlinesmag.bsky.social

Famously a secular, liberal city, Tel Aviv has in recent years been invaded by religious-nationalist settlers from the West Bank. Their goal, which they do not hide, is to remake it in their own image, reports @lisang.bsky.social in @newlinesmag.bsky.social

NEW: Israeli liberals have already forgotten every aspect of the war except the hostages, interpreting their release as proof that mass protests succeeded — and their country is still a paragon of Jewish solidarity, writes @origoldberg.bsky.social. newlinesmag.com/argument/for...

“Nearly everyone I asked said that they had noticed the increased presence of settlers in Tel Aviv but seemed not to understand when they moved to the city, or why.” @lisang.bsky.social reports on the West Bank settlers arriving in Tel Aviv.

I was surprised during a recent reporting trip to see West Bank settlers living in Tel Aviv. What were they doing in this bastion of liberal secularism? The answer speaks to the triumphalism of the ascendant far right, which has penetrated every level of Israeli society.

Remember that Trump lamented that domestic violence was a crime. This is their version of “masculinity”

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-...