How do you neutralise all the background noise to tell Israelis the real story of Iran? Prof. @liorsternfeld.bsky.social , author of the Hebrew book "Iran: Life Itself" explains in this subscribers-only episode. Sign up to listen. www.patreon.com/c/telavivrev...

ספרי, ״איראן: החיים עצמם״ כעת במכירה מוקדמת ומשתלמת בהדסטארט. הספר מבקש לספר את ההיסטוריה המודרנית של איראן לקהל הרחב בצורה שמעגנת בהקשר את ההתפתחויות הפוליטיות, חברתיות ותרבותיות בעיקר ב-200 שנים האחרונות. פרטים נוספים: headstart.co.il/project/86067

I have the utmost respect for @peterbeinart.bsky.social for this remarkable interview. He makes so many excellent points. It is highly recommended. youtu.be/X5kXCdzt_us?...

When you lost Bari Weiss…

בלחיצה קלה גמרנו על אנשים שלא הכרנו הרגנו בטח כמה בטעות יצאתי חי יכולתי גם למות www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAeU...

My NYT op-ed this morning I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

אני לא בטוח מה קורה עם הפלטפורמה הזו והאם היא ממריאה או לא, אבל ננסה שוב. אני ממש מקווה שהרשימה המשותפת תחזור עם ארבעת מרכיביה. כמו שמצוין בכתבה- הדרך עוד ארוכה. יש חילוקי דעות משמעותיים. אבל כל מי שרוצה לראות שינוי אמיתי בארץ חייב לרצות בזה. /1

The Qatari plane thing shows just how low Trump’s price is, so I’m gonna try bribing him with a Panasonic VCR

The moron is doing two good things (so credit goes where credit is due). The engagement with Iran towards an agreement that he broke in 2018, and lifting sanctions from Syria, which would allow the new regime to have a clean slate and rebuild the country.

How is it possible that it’s been only 100 days?

We are happy to share the newly published articles in Palestine Israel/Review (PIR):

A new article on @pir1948.bsky.social Arie Dubnov with a must-read. Check it out. @soniaboulos.bsky.social

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How did Iran's environment shape histories of labour, revolution, and empire? Listen to the latest @ajammc.bsky.social podcast, featuring James Gustafson discussing his new I.B. Tauris book 'The Lion and the Sun'. 👇

We had a packed house yesterday at the fascinating lecture with Lior Sternfeld, discussing the Iranian Jewish diaspora! Please join us for our next big event, coming up this thursday, our annual conference on the "Global Middle East", click here for details: shorturl.at/OQr9T

And how do the other 27 percent think tariffs work?

There is an old joke in Turkey about Adnan Menderes, who won the election in 1950, but turned autocratic and was deposed in a coup in 1960, which then led to the country’s best constitution. “He was the father of Turkish democracy.” “Why?” “Because he screwed the mother of Turkish democracy.”

While Big Oil raked in profits, they ignored the risks of wildfires fueled by their emissions. Californians now face devastating losses and soaring insurance costs. SB 222 offers a solution: holding oil companies responsible for the damage they caused. #SB222 capitolweekly.net/relief-from-...

To the world: We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom. —With love, Your American allies.

Love it

This may be the most beautiful sign I have seen at one of these (even though the subject matter is so ugly). The artist who painted it said she started it feeling angry and it was therapeutic. Especially love the bling. #HandsOffLA

It will be interesting if Trump will be the one to end Capitalism as we know it

Professor Avi Rubin of Ben Gurion University, on Harvard's shameful removal of Professor Cemal Kafadar from his role as head of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. (Statement from Facebook).

If Trump had been president in the 1950's, when the moral panic du jour was Communism and not DEI, he would absolutely have gone after Eastern European Jews for deportation. And the Jewish organizations getting behind deportations in the name of "fighting antisemitism" do not seem to realize this.

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RIP to the U.S. Institute of Peace — nearly all staff members have been fired.

It can happen to anyone

We had a great turnout for last Monday's MESP lecture with Ghenwa Hayek from the University of Chicago, speaking on the Lebanese diaspora! Join us for our next MESP lecture with Lior Sternfeld, on the Iranian Jewish diaspora. For more info and to register, go to: tinyurl.com/33239u4n

קראתי פעם שאחרי השואה, כמעט כל משפחה גרמניה התחילה לספר על איך המשפחה שלהם תמיד התנגדה לנאצים, חלק הגדילו והכניסו בדיעבד את קרוביהם להתנגדות, החביאו יהודים וכו. כל זה כדי להגיד שידיהם לא היו במעשה. עוד כמה שנים נשמע איך כל הציבור הישראלי התנגד לחרא הזה.

You hear that, congressional Democrats? “… self-identified Democratic voters say they want their party to hold the line on their positions even if it leads to gridlock, rather than focus on finding areas of compromise with the president.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Extraordinary moment — Nancy Pelosi issues a statement calling on Democratic senators to reject the House funding bill, i.e. to defy Chuck Schumer. "Democratic senators should listen to the women," she says, referring to Murray/DeLauro who want a 1-month stopgap bill instead.

CNBC is calling it the Tesla Chain Saw Massacre. 🤣

Twitter is down. Tesla stock is plummeting. SpaceX’s rocket imploded. All owned by the same guy who’s now in charge of our federal government.

What @peterbeinart.bsky.social said

In case you're wondering why most Dems are still not rising to this occasion - that occasion being the hostile takeover of our government and robbery of our money - it's cause they're only hearing from their customers (voters) and not from their bosses (donors.)

The Trump administration is using claims of antisemitism to cripple universities--along w/ independent media--because they are centers of resistance to authoritarian rule. And the ADL is applauding this assault on liberal democracy. What a shameful moment in American Jewish history.

Tesla’s German sales fell 76% in February to 1,429 cars, a steeper decline than the 60% drop in January.

I’m posting here dates of my upcoming talks in April. I hope to see some of you! (An updates list is on my website) April 2: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill April 7: University of Wisconsin- Madison April 16: William and Mary April 22: University of New Mexico- Albuquerque

Can this Dean give lessons to all university administrators everywhere?

What do you think he means by “globalists”?

Fucking idiots

It’s simple. You don’t collaborate with fascists. You don’t normalize fascists. You fight fascists. #trump

Are we great yet?

Who in their right mind thought that any of appointees would stand up to him? That was the basic condition.

“Can’t you see that we’re intertwined?!” Anyone who cares for Israel and Palestine should see this speech. There’s only one future: freedom and security for both peoples! youtu.be/3gzo7PiFiaM?...

Msafer yatta in the Oscar’s, and brilliant speeches by Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham!!! A million congratulations, and may their vision lead our way. ברכות חמות ליובל אברה והצוות על הזכייה. נאומים מדהימים של באסל ויובל. הלוואי שנלך בדרך שהם מראים לנו.

The willful collaboration of institutions is far more dangerous than the directives coming from the White House.

He always believed that there are good people on both sides. #ukraine

Yep 🤬