www.youtube.com/@ac4pal A 24-hour livestream of animated short clips in solidarity with Gaza www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuWo...

Thanks to Geoffrey Aronson for this great rundown via ChatGPT on how the US military would have had from "dozens of minutes" to a few hours of advance notice that Israeli aircraft or missiles were heading to strike Qatar: Israel's Attack on Qatar open.substack.com/pub/geoffrey...

New from @knightcolumbia.org: Ken Stern on the academic-freedom implications of universities using the IHRA definition of antisemitism to mark the outer limits of free speech and inquiry on campus. knightcolumbia.org/content/a-ba...

This morning, members of the Knight Institute’s leadership team published a critical analysis of Columbia University’s settlement agreement with the Trump administration. Read the full analysis here: knightcolumbia.org/blog/what-th...

Under authoritarianism, we're all subjects, not citizens. irr.org.uk/article/para...

I wrote about the environmental impacts of mega projects managed by the Egyptian military like the one described in the BBC report here: carnegieendowment.org/research/202... One of the world's most sacred places is being turned into a mega-resort www.bbc.com/news/article...

Not mentioned in this article is that the work is done under Egyptian military management in a region it regards as its economic backyard: www.bbc.com/news/article...

U.S. Nonprofit Fundraising to Buy Drones for Israeli Military in Gaza Genocide www.dropsitenews.com/p/us-nonprof...

What’s the connection between these 2 headlines: • Saudi Arabia is spending trillions on Neom • Jerome Powell says US neutral interest rate is now higher (picture) Answer: the more Gulf states invest at home, the higher US borrowing costs get 1/5

The World’s Shame in Gaza Statement from the International Crisis Group www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...

The US is shifting troops in Iraq — from two bases to Erbil Possible explanations: • Give Iraq’s prime minister a pre-election win • Shield itself from an Iranian backlash if tensions flare www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/us-military-...

An absolutely fascinating dive into the socio-cultural & political roots in the US of various strands of Zionism, anti-/counter-Zionism, thru Kahanism and its incarnations in today's Israel 'Some say it's the end of Zionism, and I say that's all right' www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

“332 people have starved to death in Gaza”. “Israel will soon slow or halt aid into parts of northern Gaza as it begins its Gaza City offensive … even as the UN says the number of aid trucks entering Gaza is far below what is needed.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

I will never understand how American elites managed to convince themselves that uncivil debate — not fascism, not impunity and not widespread indifference to facts — is the defining problem of our time. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...

The Mideast gives the world 3 inputs: • Energy • Capital • Trade routes It takes 2 prices: • Oil • Interest rates Now we're entering a world of: • More oil supply • Less Mideast capital • Disrupted trade • Cheaper oil • Lower rates

Slovenia foreign minister "accused Netanyahu’s government of violating international law and committing “clear genocidal acts” and said that the EU had failed to impose a “single real measure” against Israel" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

UK bans Israeli officials from flagship defence show

I interviewed Adam Hanieh for Diwan about his latest, highly readable book "Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market." Both book and interview are packed with insights. carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...

‘Between 7 October 2023 and 13 May this year, according to Reuters, Germany had granted export licences for military equipment worth €485 million. Will anyone be left in Gaza to benefit from the supposed turning of the tide?’ @adamshatz.bsky.social in Berlin: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

‘What’s happening in Gaza is an even clearer case of public figures with command authority declaring their intention to blockade food and then doing so. It is a mystery how anyone can call it a “humanitarian disaster” rather than a genocide.’ @naoisedolan.bsky.social: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/au...

‘That Germany has a responsibility to remember the Holocaust is beyond question. But it’s striking how little concern there is for other populations that have experienced racial discrimination or violence at the hands of the Germans.’ @adamshatz.bsky.social in Berlin: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

In late 2024, the Heritage Foundation quietly launched Project Esther, a 12-24 month blueprint to destroy progressive movements, starting with unraveling Palestine solidarity. This plan is already underway.

‘The politics of access to Gaza has helped sustain Western complicity in the genocide, despite the steady stream of evidence produced by Palestinians at enormous risk to their own lives. What it amounts to isn’t denial so much as plausible deniability.’ From the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/au...

How are German politicians who try to shift blame for antisemitism onto fellow citizens of Middle East background anything but Holocaust deniers?! Berlin Diary www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

‘Between 7 October 2023 and 13 May this year, according to Reuters, Germany had granted export licences for military equipment worth €485 million. Will anyone be left in Gaza to benefit from the supposed turning of the tide?’ Adam Shatz in Berlin: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Egypt is giving its central bank governor a 4th year One chart shows an unchanged economic model: - Orange: persistent trade deficit, worsened by Suez losses - Blue: hot money covering the gap - White: small foreign investments — until the UAE land deal www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Sickening. So much of the post-WW2 German political establishment and culture retained the depraved roots - and many of the individuals - that led to that war. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Heart-rending that this UK government does so little when even a little can do so much. Avi Shlaim makes the case with powerful simplicity: Why can’t Palestinian students from Gaza take up their university places in Britain? www.independent.co.uk/voices/pales...

Always thoughtful and thought-provoking by Mouin Rabbani: Genocide and Genocide Denial open.substack.com/pub/mouinrab...

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CfMM’s new report concludes that the BBC is systematically biased against Palestinians in Gaza war coverage. cfmm.org.uk/bbc-on-gaza-...

Senior Israeli Commanders Openly Contradict Netanyahu Claim On Gaza Destruction www.dropsitenews.com/p/senior-isr...

Better read this by @byjordangreen.bsky.social about "a strain of white power violence known as “militant accelerationism.” Its adherents promote a militant vanguard committed to terrorism and insurrection as a means of bringing about a white ethno-state."

Alex de Waal tells @IChotiner that even if humanitarian aid now reaches Gaza, probably thousands of Palestinian children "have got to that stage of severe acute malnutrition where their bodies just can’t digest food." All happening on the world's watch. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

‘The only definite limit to the meaning of “support” is stated in Section 10 of the Terrorism Act, which gives protesters immunity from prosecution for anything done in relation to an application to have a group’s proscription lifted.’ David Renton: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

The degree of self-delusion of ultranationalists and fascists is often staggering. Michael Milshtein tells @ichotiner.bsky.social: "Israel Katz, the minister of defense, has established a department responsible for encouraging the emigration of Palestinians." www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

Hugely interesting, a must-read. Insight from within of the messianic "coup" not only within Israel's religious zionist camp but also the army and security services. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

A must-read by Richard Seymour @leninology.bsky.social, on David Graeber for the @lrb.co.uk Baseline Communism —> www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

‘Weren’t all Black people owed something for the dispossession that accumulated over generations? Or was the university’s primary function only to pursue knowledge about the history that gave rise to these questions?’ Vincent Brown reviews ‘Yale and Slavery’: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Egypt pound is up 5% this year This article by Mirette Magdy offers a few reasons: • A weaker dollar • Lower oil prices reducing the import bill • High interest rates attracting hot money • Locals shifting away from holding dollars www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Pithy opinion that exactly hits the spot from ⁦‪H.A. Hellyer‬⁩: “Recognition of Palestine is not the end of the story. It must only be the beginning.” www.ft.com/content/e574...

5 things that happened this week: Trump got bad news, so he shot the messenger Data showed the US jobs market slowing sharply after his April tariff salvo His response? He fired the head of the statistics agency that released the numbers 1/5 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Re-upping a heartfelt Short Cut by Huw Lemmey that shows what's at stake for our liberties: Who's Afraid of Palestine Action? www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

‘Since October 2023, the police and the Crown Prosecution Service have held that anyone expressing support for any act of resistance to Israel is thereby expressing support for Hamas.’ NEW: David Renton on the legal challenge to the Palestine Action ban www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

‘In a world of rising authoritarianism and ethnonationalism, where the rule of law has all but crumbled, the brutal, pitiless state run by Netanyahu looks more like a pioneer than an outlier.’ Adam Shatz on the world since 7 October: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Amidst horrific man-made famines around the world affecting 152 million, Adam Tooze explains a crucial distinction: Chartbook 400: Murder not crisis - Why Israel's starvation of Gaza is exceptional in a global context. open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...