Dayenu: when is enough, enough? An update to an earlier op-ed with some powerful photos thanks to @jewishnews.bsky.social #Israel #Gaza #Palestine #Democracy #Justice #Extremism www.jewishnews.co.uk/opinion-when...

I just can't

Before the Sabbath, after the Sabbath... How about some pikuach nefesh, you scumbags. People are literally dying.

I wrote this in 2012 www.972mag.com/king-bibi-th...

For Israeli police, humiliating Palestinian women is a tool of collective repression - https://www.972mag.com/israeli-police-palestinian-women-humiliation-arrests/

I know so many Jewish Trump supporters who must also be fans of Musk. I'm wondering how their brains are trying to convince themselves it's OK that Musk wants AFD to win the German election.

שנה של רק לחץ צבאי ישחרר חטופים, וחמאס ממשיך לפרסם סרטון אחר סרטון אחר סרטון.

I thought this was a Purim parody but Purim's months away and this is real: blogs.timesofisrael.com/lebensraum-n...

🧵 Former Israeli Defense Minister, Bogie Ya’alon, made a lot of noise this week with his remarks on ethnic cleansing in Gaza. Tonight he came on the popular ‘Ofira and Levinson’ show and sort of held on? I’m a bit confused, tbh… “The people of Israel don't understand what is going on in Gaza”

🧵 Former Israeli Defense Minister, Bogie Ya’alon, made a lot of noise this week with his remarks on ethnic cleansing in Gaza. Tonight he came on the popular ‘Ofira and Levinson’ show and sort of held on? I’m a bit confused, tbh… “The people of Israel don't understand what is going on in Gaza”

‏אם אתם באמת חושבים שפשעי המלחמה שאנחנו מבצעים בעזה החלו רק בחודש-חודשיים האחרונים, יש לי חדשות בשבילכם.

This is the most-read piece on @theatlantic.com. It should be the most-read piece. You should all read it, even though it may make you sad. Here’s a gift link so you can read it. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Two things: 1- This is a photo taken today of the new military checkpoint which families from Beit Lahia and Jabalia and Beit Hanoun must go through when they evacuate. That’s where two in laws of mine were kidnapped along with two cousins of my wife. Check comments below:

When a military operation -Displaces almost entire society and forces it into unsafe shelters -Severely limits access to food, water, fuel -Destroys most housing and public infrastructure inc hospitals -Offers no plan for alternative governance It inevitably leads to the eradication of that society

נראה לי שהוצאתי את הבנות בזמן www.haaretz.co.il/news/educati...

I'm still not spending time here. Don't know how to change that.

‏תודה לבוגי יעלון שאומר את מה שאנו בשמאל ה"רדיקלי" אומרים כבר מלא זמן אבל כשאנחנו אומרים את זה אנחנו אנטישמים הזויים

ראיון מעולה וחשוב www.haaretz.co.il/magazine/202...

Netanyahu’s boycott of Haaretz won’t stop us reporting the grim truth about Israel’s wars | Aluf Benn

Haaretz will survive Netanyahu’s illegal attack. But Israelis who want to live in a democracy must understand that this clampdown on journalism is just a waystation in a well documented autocratic playbook www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024...

Useful piece here on the Netanyahu office leake scandal, based on the indictment which was published last week www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Unfortunately, if I want to get speedy updates from the Middle East, it's still on Twitter.

Israel’s government, which still describes itself as democratic, has passed a resolution sanctioning the Haaretz newspaper over its publisher’s comments at the paper’s conference in London last month

🧵1/2 The opportunist resolution to boycott Haaretz, which passed in today's government meeting without legal review, is another step in Netanyahu's journey to dismantle Israeli democracy www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

The resolution to boycott Haaretz which passed in today's gov meeting without legal review is another step in Netanyahu's journey to dismantle democracy. Like his friends Putin, Erdoğan & Orbán, Netanyahu is trying to silence critical, independent media. Haaretz will not balk

‏🗞️אחד הדברים שלמדתי ביותר מ-10 שנים של עבודה בעיתון ״הארץ״ היה כמה חשוב לומר את האמת בפני השררה. זו בדיוק הסיבה שהשררה (ממשלת נתניהו ושופרותיה) מנסה לחסל את ״הארץ״

This has echoes of Russia and TV2. In April, Knesset passed law granting ministers ability to shut down foreign media outlets. Not hard to foresee expansion to local outlets. With Ha’aretz— Israel’s longest running paper— whose title literally means ”the land” having to move operations outside of it

#Israel Via Haggai Matar (+972 Magazine) Israeli government approves resolution to stop all government advertising in Ha’aretz, and calls upon all publicly funded institutions to cease all communications with the newspaper. This, due to Ha’aretz “harming the legitimacy of the State”

אין ספק שזה הזמן לעשות מנוי לעיתון הארץ. מול השתקה וצמצום חופש ביטוי יש דרך אחת להיאבק והיא הירתמות ופעולה וכאן היא קלה מאוד

Hello new Bluesky people! I write a newsletter about gender (in)equality. It's called The Backlash (hat tip to @emmahaslett.bsky.social who came up with the name). The next installment is due on Sunday. Sign up (for free) to receive it >>> thebacklash.substack.com

A veto in the UN. An arms embargo that fails in the Senate. Over 100 Palestinians killed in 24 hours, most of them in one apartment building in Beit Lahia. One day that sums up Biden's legacy pretty well.

‏כשאני צריך לוותר על ביקור משפחה בארץ כי כרטיסים יעלו לי 4000 פאונד, אז מקווה שאל על לא תכעס עליי אם אגיד שהיא חברה חרא, רשעית ונצלנית מלחמה. www.themarker.com/markets/2024...

Vanity Fair: Pete Hegseth Scandal Is Rattling Trumpworld: “​​People Are Upset About the Distraction” GOP sources say there are doubts within the Trump transition as to whether the defense secretary nominee will be able to hang on following revelations of a 2017 sexual assault claim.

President-elect Donald Trump has picked Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. cnn.it/3CB8lpY

Great. Here they come.

After a few days here, the feeling that seems to overwhelm me is that I just can't juggle one more app. It's just too much.

Shame it took so long

Republicans are looking at cutting Medicaid and nutrition assistance as a way to partially offset the cost of tax cuts that disproportionately help the rich.

In 2022, AIPAC and DMFI spent more against progressives in Dem primaries than all the other right-wing interest groups *combined*. Saying it's antisemitic to call that out hurts Jews, because it's simply a fact. Instead, we need to talk about *why* this is happening. 🧵 (An #AIPAC crosspost)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he wants to eliminate food dyes and seed oils from the US. Here, he is pictured eating a meal which includes both:

Overwhelming evidence for crimes against humanity. www.hrw.org/report/2024/...

What the hell are starter packs? Why can't things just be simple?

President-elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary pick, Pete Hegseth, paid a woman who accused him of sexual assault in a settlement agreement that included a confidentiality clause, according to Hegseth’s attorney.

The Israeli military did not issue an evacuation warning before conducting this airstrike

Top pollster J. Ann Selzer will retire from the Des Moines Register’s famed Iowa Poll and the survey will “evolve” after it failed to accurately capture President-elect Donald Trump’s strong support in the 2024 election

Hmmm I wonder if I can voice opinions here without the hasbara army ganging up on me. It might actually be fun here!