There are people who lost loved ones to the UVF or UDA and co and every year have to see their flags despite both groups proscribed as terrorist organisations. Meanwhile, the UK gov arrests nans and priests for supporting Palestine Action, a group that has never killed anyone.

“It will never be enough. That’s why they’re latching on to global fascist fantasies in the form of American figures like Charlie Kirk and genocidal ethnosupremacies like Israel. They lost Apartheid South Africa. They lost Rhodesia. As things progress, they may even lose NI…

Friends, never a bad time to help MERIP out! We have had a great year so far, and are planning some big things for the next year or so, but it all hinges on reader support! Recurring donations are especially appreciated!

just a heads up: you dont get access like this without giving something up. the administration wants images of big powerful american jets doing stuff and @cnn.com is serving up precisely what they want. signed, guy who remembers both iraq wars

ICYMI: Yemen After the Saudi-Emirati Split Susanne Dahlgren on Saudi Arabia's consolidation of influence in southern Yemen.

The funniest thing to me about super numerate policy knower Will Stancil is that he doesn’t understand that the difference in knowledge on Israel/Palestine in this country between the 95th and 1st percentiles is basically nil.

Funniest take I've seen yet about J-Street and Emmanuel's (indeed stupid) rebranding and watering down of the API

This was a really great conversation that centered the ways Iranian politics is misrepresented—both in the mainstream media and in leftist circles, and at times with the encouragement of then Islamic republic.

Assuming the Islamic Republic of Japan is not Hanafi, because that would curtail shellfish consumption. Which madhhab do we think they follow?

NEW: Yemen After the Saudi-Emirati Split Analyst Susanne Dahlgren evaluates Saudi Arabia's strategy of consolidating influence in south Yemen and the prospects of managing of a divided Yemen. READ NOW

“Decolonization, in this framing, is a posture directed outward via critiques of Western power structures, UN architecture, and settler colonialism in Gaza. But it is not a mirror. The moment it becomes one, the applause stops, and the stage managers move in.”

Powerful reflection on the charade that was Erdogan’s “World Decolonization Forum.” www.theamargi.com/posts/decolo...

Remember the political prisoners languishing in jails and millions of ppl crushed under economic crisis as you watch NATO leaders receiving a grand Ottoman greeting at Erdogan’s 1000-room palace

Really smart piece up today on Yemen, which is a critical piece of the regional puzzle and too far out of view, again.

Hate it when my skepticism wins out. bsky.app/profile/jdry...

I think I am rooting for a Swiss-Moroccan final purely on the basis of their coaches’ vibes.

Not saying that game was stolen from Egypt but it is now on display at museum in London.

This should be 3-2.

The Evil Eye is winning the world cup.

YALLAH MASR!!!!

APNewsAlert: ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Trump says US to lift sanctions on Turkey that were meant to punish Ankara for purchasing Russian missile system.

All three hosts eliminated, like one of those parties where the only people who live there are already asleep somewhere unseen. The world will now raid the grandpa's liquor cabinet of America

Really cute how everyone on this app convinced themselves this US team was in the same league as Belgium…

The most likely scenario is and remains that the US under both parties will support permanent Israeli occupation and apartheid rule irrespective of what the Palestinians do.

Hamas dissolving its governing institutions today as part of the broader attempt to push Israel into compliance with the Board of Peace framework is basically predictable but also it most likely will not work.

this country has had two (2) quaker presidents: herbert hoover and richard milhouse nixon

Look, I know it’s gonna put a crimp In everyone’s plans but… we need the rain.

You know who believed it was possible to be both a Communist and an American patriot? Karl Marx, who wrote this letter to Abraham Lincoln in January 1865.

Middle class white American realizes he lives in an empire part 1,265,890.

I wonder if a single western outlet will talk about that child-sized coffin. All I'm seeing is wall-to-wall "security and state control" as if Iranians don't experience genuine grief. It was his 1-year-old granddaughter, Zahra.

Sure, the country is 250, but Mel Brooks is 100 and that’s more of an achievement, honestly.

Yes because when we look for a solution to the material and historical vise that Israel and the broader geopolitical situation have placed the Palestinians under, we must first consult the opinion polls. Most American-brained view of the problem.

And read Paniz Musawi Natanzi's article on Afghan migrant workers in Tehran's tennis clubs! buff.ly/o0ml3D4

Read Mohammad Ali Kadivar's essay on the power of protest in Iran. buff.ly/4GDVdgh

Check out Naghmeh Sohrabi's recent appearance on the MERIP Podcast. buff.ly/4KEfRxb

TODAY at 12PM EST: Iran in Context Part II--Politics and Counter Politics in Contemporary Iran with Naghmeh Sohrabi, Mohammad Ali Kadivar and Paniz Musawi Natanzi. Click through more more information and to register! buff.ly/51P7Rn0

Turkey quietly makes a huge move towards integrating its Syrian population via @turkeyrecap.bsky.social

The only place I’ve ever hitchhiked. The only place I’ve ever *needed* to hitchhike.

Big week for the 14th amendment.

Looking forward to this conversation!!

I haven’t taken communion in 20 years and even I feel insulted by this whole charade.

Good overview of Lebanon’s capitulation to Israel. By ignoring Hizballah’s role in governing, refusing to acknowledge the occupation, and pretending LAF are nothing more than a police outfit, implementing this agreement seems like a recipe for civil war.. truthout.org/articles/isr...

Grantee @merip.bsky.social's Iran in Context series features scholars on the complex political and military disturbances in Iran over the last year. Part I: Gender and Revolution, is available now on major podcast platforms ⬇️ https://loom.ly/uVzQi3A

Trump is deeply entangled in an illegal and barbarous war on Iran and via Israeli proxy on Palestine, Lebanon and Syria, absolutely foundering the diplomacy around it, and dragging the global economy down with it but the top stories are about a pool and a state fair. Absolutely useless media.

Photo below is of Syrian citizens putting rocks in the middle of a road in order to try and block Israeli occupation incursions into their village of Daraa. A reminder that both the previous and current presidents of the United States support the illegal invasion and occupation of Syria by Israel.

🚨 Breaking News: Israeli Airstrikes Target Villages in Southern Syria.

Israel-Lebanon framework text reads like a white flag from the Lebanese government… thisisbeirut.com.lb/news/politic...

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“The FIFA World Cup 2026 is an inclusive event that welcomes people from all backgrounds. Fans of all sexual orientations and gender identities are welcome at matches and events.” Unlike, of course, the FIFA 2022 World Cup, where such things were banned…

This should challenge some media narratives.