This scholarship, co-funded by STEPS and the University of St Andrews, will provide funding for two Palestinian students to undertake a one-year postgraduate taught or research Masters programme of study. (Link in Comments)

Hi it's my birthday. If you think I have added anything to your bsky experience, please donate to the Elhakawati Theater in Jerusalem. el-hakawati.org/support-us/s...

It’s a good idea to chop wood every now and then. Works better than therapy. And you can even make a little money with it.

Five Israeli bases in southern Lebanon are described as “temporary.” But @nrc.nl analysis of satellite imagery shows they’ve been reinforced over the past year. As one source put it: “If the Israeli army wants to stay 20 years, it can."

spoke to some smart people about the threat of ISIL in Syria www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

This reminds me of a conversation I once had with someone from rural Netherlands. “They shouldn’t force their culture on us,” he said. “At the supermarket, the cashier wore a headscarf.” I asked if she’d helped him properly. “Yes,” he replied.

With the new year around the corner, a small throwback to some of the investigations I’ve had the privilege to contribute to - work meant to document, verify, keep memory in tact and hopefully one day lead to accountability.

The reports in Hebrew media suggests they expect the Lebanese government to soon announce that it has failed to disarm HA. Israel is likely to frame this as evidence of Iranian support for the militia's rebuilding, using that claim to make it's case for expanded military action.

In every speech there’s a refusal to recognise the power imbalance, and the risk that the whole country is being gambled with. That stance becomes an easy pretext for a larger military offensive, and if more people will die as a result, they will have become martyrs.

"Israel has bombed Lebanon once every four hours on average since the implementation of the ceasefire, according to ACLED, an independent conflict monitor. Hezbollah shelled Israel once, in the week after the establishment of the ceasefire in Dec 2024." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

My thoughts exactly while hungover.

Baconi is always worth reading. Yes, there’s an ongoing effort to cleanse Israel’s image - but this piece shows something deeper: Gaza has exposed how fully Israel has normalised violence as the foundation of its political project, and how willing govs are to accommodate it.

[email protected] has produced an excellent podcast series called "Aftershock" that revisits its coverage of the War on Terror. A must listen www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...

What a surprise that Biden paved the way for this.

"With pylons cleared and the resort already closed for seven years, early signs of ecological recovery are already visible. A red haze floats over the white snow: winter berries of the dog rose are sprouting where the piste is no longer mown."

"For years we had been signing petitions for all kinds of social causes, that were often taken up by the institutions that housed us. Palestine is different. Even with broad public support, no major museum has taken up the genocide in Gaza."

It should be clear that Israel and the United Arab Emirates with their funding and supplying of militias, efforts to sow division, influence operations, and genocidal violence in Gaza and Sudan, are taking a page out of Iran’s Axis of Resistance playbook.

Babe, this doesn’t mean anything. What will do more then this mosquito bite, is suspension of economic and trade cooperation, as well as tackling the streams of funding that come in from Zionist organisations within these countries that uphold the settlement enterprise.

Recent satellite imagery from @planet.com taken on December 23 2025 shows that the eastern half of the Ma'an Cemetery south of Khan Yunis has been completely destroyed and converted into part of an IDF outpost. The cemetery was previously damaged in late 2023/early 2024: bsky.app/profile/godi...

Israeli drone strike on a vehicle geolocated in Nasriyeh, near the Lebanese-Syrian border, in the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, 34.449255, 36.424107.

With the year drawing to a close, I want to thank the colleagues who supported me, the organisations I’ve collaborated with, and people across the region and diaspora whose generosity and conversations have been a privilege to share. I wouldn’t be here without you.

From a focus group of Gen Z Republicans. (www.city-journal.org/article/manh...) Tell me again about how Zohran Mamdani is the big threat to Jewish thriving in the US today.

For years, TNR experts like @nateschenkkan.bsky.social have long warned that immigration policy is key to confronting transnational repression. This piece shows how host states are now contributing to the repression of Uyghur exiles and diaspora communities. #TNR www.economist.com/china/2025/1...

Another round of U.S. sanctions on ICC judges, and all we hear from Europe is “deep regret.” No action, no defence of the court. These governments would rather bow their heads than get their hands dirty defending international law.

For two years, the EU has been unable to sanction Israel for violations of international law in Gaza. Divisions among member states are the primary cause. But within the European diplomatic service, senior officials have been blocking any initiative that is "unfavorable to Israel."

Souk El Fan at the Beirut Art Center.

Israeli drone strike on a car, geolocated between Aaqtanit and Qnaitra, approximately 8 kilometres from Sidon, in Lebanon ~ 33.485203, 35.389041.

Geolocation of an Israeli drone strike on a vehicle in Yater in southern Lebanon, 33.152086, 35.325228.

I’m sure the international community already has its copy-and-paste condemnations ready, while practising “two-state illusion” in the mirror.

While censorship of media deemed potentially “unfavourable” by a president is alarming, what’s worse is seeing states like the UK and Germany willingly walk the same path, normalising censorship and drifting further into authoritarian practices.

Analysis by colleagues at FA and myself shows Israel currently maintains 48 military outposts inside Gaza, east of the yellow line, connected by newly built or expanded military roads linking to bases, roads, and settlements outside Gaza.

People are free to disagree with me, but accomplishments don’t have to mean writing a book or speaking at a conference. For me, sharing information I’ve verified helps raise public awareness and gives people the data to navigate a subject more critically.

Art seeing at Sursock Museum.

Vrede = minirokjes, los haar, en bikini’s

This is why I’ve repeatedly argued that people should always doubt Israel’s claims, refrain from regurgitating their statements, and insist on rigorous verification, combined with testimonies from people on the ground and survivors of these attacks.

The way these regimes suppress anger and solidarity among their own people reveals how deeply complicit many Arab dictators have been in sustaining settler-colonial occupation and apartheid.

Pros And Cons Of War With Venezuela

You only really understand the terror of occupation from the sky once you’re here. It’s been flying over Beirut all day - letting everyone know the angel of death is nearby, while the dice are quietly rolled to see if a bomb will fall. Images by LebanonJets.

Bzzzz flying low over Beirut.

A stroll across Beirut with @baydoun.nl

Impunity is what makes this possible. I don’t expect the politicians in Canada’s government, just like the majority of Western states, to do anything then wave their finger again before going further with their day.

In today's Guardian : My special report with Ashley Kirk and the Visuals team- we followed one Palestinian family across 2 years of devastation to show what's left of home. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

“Many of Israel’s archaeological community have collaborated openly with settlement leaders and Israeli enforcement authorities, providing both ideological cover and physical infrastructure for settlement expansion.”

Jeffrey Parker, the chief of animal protection, said he hopes the raccoon is off somewhere “doing raccoon things” and, most importantly, “staying out of trouble.”

A kind reminder that if you’re going to report on the Yellow Line including it’s markers, as I have seen some publications emerge, that it’s very appreciated to give credit where it’s due by simply giving a hat tip (h/t).

Image by @enabbaladi.bsky.social.

I’ve never fully realized until lately that when your parents become really old, it starts to feel really heart wrenching when you see them struggle with certain tasks and responsibilities that they used to be able to do themselves.

While UAE-backed forces are accused of mass killings in Sudan, the NBA is deepening its partnership with the controversial Gulf state. This is what sportswashing looks like.

Men used to go into the wild and come home with food. Now we sit behind a laptop on a Sunday, hunting bugs in code.

Men used to go into the wild and come home with food. Now we sit behind a laptop on a Sunday, hunting bugs in code.