“The optics would be disastrous. It would look like we are building for Israel and not the Palestinians,” said a second Arab diplomat. “We don’t want Gaza to become this sort of limbo between war and peace and [where] the current situation becomes the status quo.”

“Even in Washington, where the Emirates remain a close ally of President Trump, officials privately concede that the evidence of complicity is becoming harder to ignore.”

Unless pressured by international coverage, such news won’t appear in local UAE media.

“Biden and his senior team—particularly Brett McGurk—blocked serious action, according to five US government officials. Internal memos and discussions involving the Gulf required McGurk’s clearance. He was pursuing a broader rapprochement between the UAE and Israel.”

“We will no longer be able to have Americans buy duty free at Terminal One at Dubai. That’s what scares the hell out of the UAE.” Nathaniel Raymond, Exec. Dir. the Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale, on Trump's critical role in bringing an end to the genocide in Sudan zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...

Turkey issues arrest warrants for 36 Israeli officials on charges of genocide. The list includes PM Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, and Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir.

Abu Dhabi may be committed to the Abraham Accords, mainly due to the political immunity it perceives the deal to provide. Its involvement in the Sudan genocide is increasingly becoming a PR catastrophe that could test the utility of the accords. Domestically, however, the messaging has changed.

At this point, I’m just surprised they’re disclosing to media.

Seen some contrarians say that Zohran should visit Israel and meet with "left wing Israeli Jews who share his vision" (who?) but do these people realize that Mamdani wouldn't be allowed into the country or the occupied territories in the first place? No one remembers the Tlaib and Omar issue?

Originally shared on X by (/@MohanadElbalal), Somalia’s Professor Abdi Ismail Samatar speaking at the pan-African Summit: “The UAE is comparable to those who supported apartheid … we should deal with them exactly as we dealt with supporters of apartheid.” 1/

The level of disinterest in the ongoing genocide and violent extractivism in Sudan is disheartening. I don’t know if one can attribute this to anti-Black racism per se, but the overwhelming silence and indifference of Arabs is appalling.

I would humbly put forward that it is not a coincidence that the best US politicians on Palestine are also the best US politicians on Sudan

"Among world leaders, policymakersand the media, however, the dehumanization of Palestinians only seems to have ramped up." I'm sure there are already many scholars studying the history of the dehumanisation of Palestinians - while some of their colleagues still participate in it.

We’re about to find out that annexing the West Bank is not in fact a red line for the UAE.

Folks, Israel is not letting aid in which means Palestinians continue to have to buy food on the black market from Israel sponsored gangs. If you can donate a little money to the fundraisers we're posting, you can keep someone alive. Palestinians wouldn't beg if they didn't have to.

Israel bombed Lebanon today again today.lorientlejour.com/article/1481...

In July 88 a US missile cruiser breached Iranian territorial waters & was fired on by Iranian gunboats.The Vincennes’ incompetent/belligerent crew identified a civilian Iranian plane as an F14 & fired on it, killing 290 people inc. 66 kids.Toby Craig Jones will speak on this in our seminar nxt week.

Both the US & British center left are hoping that a brief cessation in the war on Gaza will return perceptions of the issue to the status quo ante, but as Professor Shibley Telhami has noted that is is basically impossible now. A whole generation now sees Israel as having committed genocide.

bystander? actively cheering it on mostly.

“No one in the Middle East and likely beyond will ever forget the Israeli slaughter, nor the U.S. weaponry that facilitated it, nor the U.S. mercenaries of the "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" who murdered starving people seeking aid.”

In advance of tomorrow's match between Italy and Israel, here again is my and @antoineduval.bsky.social piece in @josimarfootball.bsky.social on the serious governance failures that mean Israel is still allowed to compete. And no, the peace-plan changes nothing josimarfootball.com/2025/10/06/m...

"Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Haven't read my book yet & want to know more? Check out my #NewTextsOutNow interview with @jadaliyya.bsky.social ! #newton #millennialdreams #oman www.jadaliyya.com/Details/46914

From 2020–2022 in #Tigray, war & blockades turned hunger into a weapon, creating a man-made #famine & #genocide. The dehumanization of Tigrayans & invisibility of their experiences were their own forms of violence. Naming & recording this is vital for #accountability. Read more: shorturl.at/2uqW8

There can be no reconciliation without understanding and real reflection on how we got here, how we have reached this point. To grieve and respond to it all equally. If anything, to not do so buys directly into the narratives of the anti-semites, and the anti-Arab/Palestinian racism.

This is who @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social is. Brilliant. Fearless. I fucking hate typing this shit out: Free Eman. Amplify amplify amplify please.

Today has been an impossible day as we await news on @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social Just moving through the motions. She’s still being held in the precinct. I’ll provide more updates when I have them.

Eman was detained at the demonstrations. The level of authoritarian insanity the US has descended into makes me grateful for Gulf-style authoritarianism. Praying for Eman’s safety and swift release.

In Sudan, RSF fighters have effectively sealed off the city of El-Fasher, and it's been horror story after horror story cpj.org/2025/10/hunt...

Here’s a comprehensive list of appropriate responses upon hearing that a man murdered worshippers at a synagogue: 1- this is fucked up, fuck that guy, fuck antisemitism, solidarity with the victims 2- see above

The Mikeno boat at the front of Sumud flotilla has now reached Gaza’s territorial waters. It’s so close. I’m praying to every deity and secular source of hope that a single one of our boats gets through

Trump's deal to sell TikTok won't just enrich his billionaire pal Larry Ellison. It also gives UAE investment firm MGX — a key business partner of the Trump family's crypto company — a major ownership stake and board seat at TikTok. Everything is for sale.

Black author stater pack on bluesky if you think Black authorities to weigh in are nowhere to be found! go.bsky.app/Thz8U7e

Egyptian authorities announced the presidential pardon of prominent activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah after six years in prison, according to his lawyer Khaled Ali and an announcement by state TV.

Brazil, invoking Article 63 of the ICJ Statute, filed a declaration of intervention in the case SouthAfrica v. Israel.

A Libyan vessel named after the anti-colonial hero Omar al-Mukhtar is being converted into a floating emergency clinic to join the Gaza-bound Sumud flotilla after activists reported "surveillance drones shadowing" ⬇️

Israel is waging a holocaust in Gaza. Denazification is our only remedy The deadly ethno-supremacy inherent to Israeli society runs deeper than Netanyahu, Ben Gvir, and Smotrich. It must be confronted at its root. By Orly Noy. www.972mag.com/israel-holoc...

A reminder: Israel has mandatory military service. Conscripts from foreign nations are volunteers. There are people from your countries who volunteer to go to Palestine on behalf of Israel to shoot toddlers in the head. Ask yourselves why. Ask yourselves what kind of people do that. I’ll wait.

I had the opportunity to review Elham Fakhro's excellent and highly timely book on the Abraham Accords. It sheds light on Israel, the UAE, Bahrain, the GCC, and the US at this current moment. merip.org/2025/09/the-...

Not holding my breath.

Targeting archaeological heritage is a war crime and a significant facet of genocide. It is a clear attempt to deny Palestinian identity and right to their deep connections to place. Solidarity to those in the ground trying to protect Palestinian heritage.

Boycotting immoral academic institutions and academics who frequently dispute expert opinion on genocide is the bare minimum. Imagine engaging with individuals devoid of human values but thinking they’d uphold research ethics. Even worse, knowing they’ve served in the IDF at one point.

The only good thing about the ongoing disintegration of the US is that it's been happening slowly enough for other countries to adjust economically and politically.

The broadcaster did not immediately give any further details on the attack.

Herzog has been a consistent cheerleader for Israel's campaign in Gaza. His assertion that there are no innocent civilians in Gaza is key evidence in the genocide case being heard at the ICJ. Basic facts in the biggest news story in the world, of which Balls displays blithe, swaggering ignorance.

Many of us believe the US is very much in control and approving of Israeli conduct. It is essentially a US violation behind an Israeli mask — a reminder to Gulf states that their raison d'etre is to protect US interests even at the expense of their own survival and welfare.