Dahlia Scheindlin
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Pollster, polit analyst, recovering strategist, PhD, Isrl-Pal/ME, Balkans & other global stuff, regular gigs: @TCFdotorg , @haaretzcom , @BBCWorld @TelAvivReview
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My book, "The Crooked Timber of Democracy in
#Israel
: Promise Unfulfilled" is out in paperback, available & affordable on Amazon &
@degruyter_pub
. It was first published 3 weeks before the war; I still can't tell if everything's changed, or nothing.
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With stunning silence, via incomprehensible bureaucracy,
#Israel
is doing what it claims for decades it is not: open annexation. But look closely, it was there all along. Honored to co-author this w/ incomparably knowledgable
@YaelBerda
@ForeignAffairs
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@ins_israel
survey of
#Palestinian
-Arab citizens of
#Israel
- these are seriously alarming numbers. No democratic society shd see numbers like these.
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Never thought i would read this from Benjamin Pogrund. It's the most detailed, factual comparison of S. African apartheid & Israel-Palestine so far, by someone who always denied it.
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Striking: A plurality of
#Israelis
, almost half, support release of all hostages in return for *complete end of the war* & "release of thousands of terrorists" - poll commmissioned by
@KANNews_rblx
, Isrl's public broadcaster. Nearly 1/3 oppose & 1/5 don't know.
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"just like every previous Israeli leader, [Bennett] has proven that when we say "never again," we actually mean "never again to us." Nothing excuses Israel's moral failure on Putin and his war on Ukraine, by
@AnshelPfeffer
Every f-king word.
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Getting pretty tired of pundits bemoaning lack of substance and policy in this campaign. There have been both. From 1 candidate.
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If you want to know why
#Israeli
towns are imploding with ethnic violence, well, where've you been for the last dozen years? Incitement cuts both ways. My thoughts.
@Newsweek
h/t
@bungarsargon
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FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA: The same slogan, translated into
#Israeli
, from my private collection (spoiler: the hypocrisy, &my collection project, began well before Oct. 7). Start with weather, something that happens every day. Here's Ynet, 12 May, 2023. Keep reading.
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This is so dumb, it is unfair to the word dumb. Propaganda for imbeciles, by cretins.
Each Passover, we tell the traditional story of the Four Children.
But what if the Four Children were entities in the modern-day Middle East?
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#Israelis
are increasingly skeptical that "total victory" is worth it, or whether it's even actually a victory. I argue here that there's a long list of gains to be made by ending this war. Maybe that shd be considered victory instead.
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They clearly went for the water and olive trees just to make absolutely sure everyone knows it's not about security, in case you...er... believed that.
BREAKING: Just now in Shi'b al Butum, South Hebron Hills, the IDF destroyed 3 homes and 3 water tanks. More demolitions continue. Making life for Palestinians more impossible than it already is.
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It's hard to get much lower than conspiratorial denialism, or exploitation, of sexual atrocities. My thoughts.
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To avoid tribal thinking, I recommend asking yourself: Have I acknowledged that the fate of all
#Israelis
&
#Palestinians
is intertwined, and zero-sum thinking will perpetuate horrors upon them that reverberate onto us?
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& I detected *only* one lie in BG's words: The hogwash that it's all about security, when everyone, right & left, knows it's about land & property expropriation, destruction of livelihood, control, disenfranchisement, crushing Palestinians as individuals & collective 4/5
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The Crooked Timber of Democracy in
#Israel
: Promise Unfulfilled is out today. This (my) book tells the tale of democracy from the start, a biography (not obituary), & hopefully a guide to the perplexed (or terrified) re: how Israel reached this crisis.1/4
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Who was implementing these policies all these years, aliens? you really didn't know? Was it all OK as long as no one said openly what was happening? 3/5
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Demo in
#TelAviv
that the police tried to prohibit. Packed (distanced/masked ), angry about
#annexation
... & lots of tributes to Iyad al Hallaq.
#Israel
#Palestine
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All he did was name policies that have been in place, open for all to see, for 56 years in occupied territories & two decades of military rule in sov. Israel, including an excruciating pass system for Palestinian citizens before that. 2/5
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Fighting between
#Palestinian
&
#Jewish
citizens of
#Israel
this week may be mutual but it is not symmetrical. The causes are different: There is violence of despair, and violence born of power craving more. My thoughts
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Right-wingers surely wouldn't dispute these facts. The only remaining question is whether you support or oppose them. 5/5
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That thing when Israeli military analysts say "neither side has an interest in escalation right now," which precedes pretty much every war between Israel & Hamas
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@NaomiPaiss
@Ibishblog
I've been watching her too & also impressed. I recall her as good in the past but I think she's been very tactful at conveying policy, being clear about what isn't yet or can't be known & emphasizing extremely pragmatic decisionmaking. Practically a balm.
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This country is literally, physically, socially, politically, falling apart. The symbolism of synagogue bleechers collapsing afyer everything just couldn't be more symbolic. 10 people in critical condition, just what tf.
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Oh hi: "Recognition of Palestine is hardly unilateral. Over 100 countries have already recognized Palestine...the current effort wd be unusually multilateral; it's more accurate to speak of Israel's unilateral *rejection* of Palestinian statehood." (21/2)
I spoke today with Canadian Prime Minister
@JustinTrudeau
.
I conveyed my appreciation to The Prime Minister for his personal commitment to Israel’s security.
In light of the upcoming vote in Canada’s parliament calling for the unilateral recognision of a Palestinian State, I
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@KseniaSvetlova
כמה חשוב שהתאמצנו לשמור קשרים טובים עם רוסיה דרך מדיניות הניטראליות כלפי אוקראינה. השתלם ממש.
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Why Israel is more concerned about Ben & Jerry’s than the Pegasus revelations | Dahlia Scheindlin
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Important to read this, since political drama threatens to eclipse the main issue. For 55 years, sometimes w zero opposition, Isrl gov *votes* for segregated laws to maintain superior status of Jews/Isrls over Palestinian subjects in same territory. All govs, every time.
What’s happening in Israel today: a set of regulations formalizing apartheid are up for a renewed vote. These rules offer Jews in the West Bank a superior position over Palestinians, allowing settlers Israeli social security, access to civilian rather than military courts etc.
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Also, I can explain this to our conservative, confused, Israel-sycophant friends on Twitter very simply: you don't cancel the reasonability standard for judging gov't action unless u feel the need to govern extremely unreasonably. What's not clear? I'm losing patience.
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Some think surging protests cd bring down the Netanyahu gov, but Bible-infused nationalists in power are consolidating plans to resettle
#Gaza
. They've got a long history, w/ a fairly successful playbook, on their side. My analysis.
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So yeah, she wants to study law to fight occupation through legal channels, calls for peace w Jews & gender equality in Palestine. & cd never imagine killing a human being, even the person who killed her uncle. The great existential threat to
#Israel
:
#AhedTamimi
I spoke to Ahed Tamimi in her first sit-down interview out of Israeli prison. She talked about why she slapped the soldier, the night of her arrest and interrogation, life behind bars, and her dreams for the future. My most memorable interview to date
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Since this piece was published ~14 hours ago, Trinity College in Ireland agreed to divest from companies involved in WB occupation & Biden announced he'll stop weapons if
#Israel
expands Rafah op. Expect more.
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I was able to view photos of his wounds but actually unable to watch this vid: terror attack & attempted lynch of 17-year old Palestinian Israeli from Jaffa, this after roadside execution of 19-year old by a drunk Jewish driver on Sat. Who is guiding this country? oh right.
חלק מהאירוע תועד על ידי אנשים ופורסם ברשתות החברתיות. לטענת ו', עזרה הוא לא קיבל, רק בושה והשפלה ברשתות החברתיות, בנוסף לתקיפה שעבר.
באחד התיעודים ברשתות החברתיות נשמע הבחור שתיעד חלקים מהתקיפה אומר: "אני בהלם. מסכן, מה עושים לו. מה עושים לו? מסכן". בתיעוד אחר של האירוע נשמעים
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My analysis of
#Israel
's policy re: Gaza: Boosting Hamas w/ funds &political power, while maintaining closure that squeezed population to subsistence levels, generated a dangerous paradox: fury against Israel, channeled through ever-more empowered Hamas.
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Read
@OriNir_APN
's very important piece in
@nytimes
today. Connect the dots & it's no longer *just* about annexation, but Nakba. Simply shocking that a decade ago, Isrl's rightwing was busy denying the first one.
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Israel's Finance Min (&Min of Annexation), blocks major funds for advancement of Palestinian neighborhoods of E. Jm, in order to destroy prep program to integrate them into university. You have to be a real Jim Crow style supremacist & a fanatic Arab-hater to do that. Check.
החלטה נוראית. פשוט נוראית. בתור מי שלמד גם באוניברסיטה פלסטינית וגם עשה מכינה במכללה ישראלית, אני יכול להעיד ממקור ראשון שהתוכניות האלו דווקא מעודדות שילוב בחברה ובתעסוקה, ומפחיתות הקצנה.
לא מבין איך אנשי המקצוע במשרד האוצר והחינוך שותקים על הדבר הזה.
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Why Israelis don't flinch when settlers kill Palestinians -my analysis
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First day-after plan from a war cabinet member this whole time: Benny Gantz calls for an American, European, Palestinian & Arab administration for Gaza. He said it extremely fast, like he was hoping people wouldn't really hear it.
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Tropes about
#Israeli
security, & "but they rejected partition plan & Camp David" crumble when you face daily reality for
#Palestinians
. Life Under Occupation: The Misery at the Heart of the Conflict by
@halbfinger
@adamrasgon
= essential, urgent reading
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The permit regime is Oslo’s enduring legacy. It must be abolished. I'll add: If you don't understand the bureaucratic chokehold, you don't understand occupation. It's a war of bureaucratic attrition &
@YaelBerda
is the pioneer of documenting /expl how.
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Fascinating symbolic debate but remember, every single day Israel accuses Palestinians of showing maps of historic Palestine w no GL as proof of their enduring evil. We can deny Green Line all we want but can't deny the hypocrisy anymore - it's not even hiding. Almost a relief.
Tel Aviv schools barred from using map of Israel showing Green Line
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Not a two state separation, not one state: A new way out of disaster for
#Israelis
and
#Palestinians
- my analysis, & argument for, a vision shared by many.
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After Oct. 7, I braced for
#Israeli
Jews to flood right & never stop until they reached Genghis Khan. Yet survey after survey shows
#Netanyahu
's extreme-right pre-war coalition losing votes. New PO analysis (spoiler: not good, but bad 4 BB),
@haaretzcom
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Terrifyingly accurate - take it from us here in the Middle East, Kushner's first victims in his Admin role. Putting Jared Kushner In Charge Is Utter Madness
#coronavirus
@michelleinBklyn
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Among the shocking things is that
@yairlapid
is saying some of the most sensible words I've heard in the last 3 days. Paraphrase: those who undermine police and the courts, who incite to terror, can't pretend now that they are shocked when people ignore rule of law. Well, yes.
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Random fascinating higher ed stats from
#Israel
. 58% of all higher ed students = women (~51% of pop). Arab-Pal citizens portion of higher ed students (17%) close to portion of total pop (~20%). Bombshell data point: Among Arab students, fully 70% are women. Sources below.
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At least as important, he quoted an Arabic proverb in Hebrew - & then in Arabic. The effort in his speech was visible & the symbolism cannot be overstated. Rivlin thereby spoke to all citizens, a radical concept in dark days, and he spoke loudly & clearly to
#Netanyahu
.
#Israel
Israel's
@PresidentRuvi
today, upon receiving the official election results: "In the Jewish-democratic equation, every vote counts. In the State of Israel, there are no half-citizens. There are deep disagreements, but no semi-citizens."
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@YehudaShaul
Green line never appears in any Israeli iconography, not textbooks, not public art, not weather maps. First /only time i've seen it was the corona epidemiology maps in 2020, then it vanished again
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I hate the occupation, I will always find The Wall heart-stopping, formative even, & I believe in free speech. And I'm done with Roger Waters. (Context matters.)
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Pleased to share this project I've been working on for much of 2020: new mini-pod all about
#Israeli
settlements, in which I interview people who know more about it than anyone. Please have a listen! In partnership w Konrad Adenauer/ Israel.
#NowPlaying
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In Tel Aviv, mass and I mean *mass* demo bc no one trusts govt intentions. Intense, almost frenzied energy. But this was the best "No to chauvinist gvt! No to homophobic govt! No to transphobic govt!" Just look at them.
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It's not for me to say how Palestinians shd conduct political activism (nonviolent, ofc). But if it was, well, every word here. It is certainly my place to support
@omdimbeyachad
loud & clear, as any decent person should.
Just boycott them all? The decision by a large element of the pro-Palestine BDS movement (boycott, divestment, and sanctions) to shun & denounce Standing Together (Odim Beyachad/עומדים ביחד) is puzzling & truly short-sighted. It is also symptomatic of how far-left radical
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People get so touchy when u use the term
#annexation
, so let's just be descriptive.
#Israel
conquered territories in war & occupied them & is now planning to own them permanently. Call it whatever u fancy! It violates international law & undermines the post-war order.
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2 questions: should a man be shot in the neck in order to steal his generator? Does confiscating a generator from one of the most abysmal, impoverished areas btwn river & sea, in dead of winter, keep Israel, or anyone, safe? There is no answer but no.
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What makes someone a good Jew, in my mind, is to stop sometimes & rethink everything you think u know, with humility, even when it hurts. So lots of respect 2
@PeterBeinart
for doing so here, & so rigorously (nice too that we reach similar conclusions)
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Also, coincidentally,
@sfardm
has published a terrific analysis highlighting other aspects of the same development, at
@ForeignPolicy
. Read both or else don't claim you understand/care about this region.
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The most extensive policy-oriented analysis & prescription for "what do we do tomorrow" for Palestinians, by Palestinians, is here, by the meticuous & pragmatic
@zahahassan
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A-Day tomorrow:
#Israeli
right-wing has tied itself in knots trying to justify
#annexation
under international law. Guess what? It hasn't worked. My awesome collegue Limor Yehuda & I explain why
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Israeli insidery thing: had to do some basic research on Kohelet Forum, history, founding, founder, funding. 1 hour down the rabbit hole, I am feeling vaguely nauseous & exceedingly depressed. Just sharing.
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לפעמים משוטטים באינטרנט ומוצאים דברים חמודים באמת: "שי ניצן הוא המועמד הראוי ביותר. חכם, ישר, משכיל בתחומו ומשכיל בכלל, והוא גם מאוזן. אני משוכנע שהוא יעשה את תפקידו על הצד הטוב ביותר ולכן אצביע בעדו". (נתניהו, לפני 6 שנים כמעט בדיוק, ציטוט מהארץ). שבוע טוב.
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Know what else is shockingly dishonest? To accuse Hamas of trafficking in images when Israeli state pours tens of millions (of my tax$$) into hasbara instead of solving problems, poisoning people's minds w cherry tomatoes instead of letting Gaza farmers export their own 1/2
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Speaking of apartheid, we set out to find what the people who actually live under
#Israel
's control -
#Israelis
&
#Palestinians
- think. Our poll showed some surprising agreement on reality; they disagree more on what to call it. My analysis.
@btselem
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How Netanyahu’s approval ratings have hit rock bottom in Israel
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שמחתי לגלות בסקר שלי (ושל אחרים לפניי) שמלחמת השקרים נגד מערכת המשפט בישראל פשוט לא משכנע את רוב העם. כישלון.
@zehavagalon
, שהזמינה את הסקר במסגרת "זולת — לשוויון וזכויות אדם" מסבירה למה
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Instead of worrying about unilateral recognition of a
#Palestinian
state, we need to talk about about unilateral
#Israeli
rejection of that state. This & other arguments re: Pal state here.
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Why? b/c the worse realities of
#Israel
become, the more frenzied u have to be to defend them. Muriel Asseburg is an analyst of great intellect &integrity, her work meticulous & factual; that's it. Why Israel is attacking Germany's top Middle East expert
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The gaysploitation by Isrli right (&by right-wingers on Isrl), of Ahmad Abu Murkhiyeh's horrific death is a disgrace.People, you have lost your shame & apparently your senses. Honor the man, stop cherry-picking Palestinian problems to suit yr politics. Talk about moral turpitude
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@SaraHirschhorn1
Surprised by yr position. I do comparative conflict work, no 2 cases are identical. But comparisons still help & legal terms exist regardless. Ofc words matter, they chose this one+ demonstrated their case w ample examples. Legit argument, unrelated to SA.This sounds defensive
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My analysis of the changing trajectory of the US-Israel relationship: diverging paths before the war, the crisis today, & social, political & demographic trends that seem set to deepen the divide.
@ForeignAffairs
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You need to read on the ground reporting, and go through Lod/Lyd step by step, to understand. Walk through the riots with
@OrenZiv1985
who was there (and everywhere)
#Israel
#Palestine
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100% true. I just returned from book/war lecture tour including 7 US campuses at center of storm. Not a single disturbance, only earnest, thoughtful, probing questions.
@spinsker
& Arie Dubnov capture it, along w/best possible argument for academia. Read.
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בוקר טוב! רגע לפני מבול הפרופוגנדה שאורב לנו השבוע, תזכרו: נתניהו לא ניצוח בבחירות ורוב העם הכריע נגדו.62 מנדטים, רוב אזרחי ישראל, בחרו במפלגות שנשבעו להחליפו. מה שקרה אחר כך רחוק מאוד מרצון הבוחר על פי רוב. יאללה עובדות!
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Let's clarify that
#Netanyahu
is not some sort of moderate trying holding back his far right elements. He wants to destroy
#Israel
's judiciary & his govt is out of control. I look at his actions, not his soul. My intrvw on
@NPR
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There is no democracy for those living under occupation, but nor is there democracy for those *doing* the occupying. I wish Israelis understood this - 1 of my points in my contribution here, analyzing implications of 1-state reality in
#Israel
#Palestine
.
Our response to critics of “Israel’s One State Reality” in
@ForeignAffairs
: “For some, a description of the unjust reality is evidently more upsetting than the unjust reality itself.”
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"
#Israelis
&
#Palestinians
may disagree on whether ...
#apartheid
applies, but the study shows that they are largely or completely aware...of realities on the ground." Our survey, my analysis of what the population here (everyone) thinks.
@btselem
@hrw
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Wow.
@kann_news
reports from an emergency meeting of doctor's association, held to address fears of Israeli doctors thinking of leaving the country. Some doctors said they want to go now, bc they're worried that if they wait, the gov will ban doctors from leaving.
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Not sure what to make of the journalism diplomacy & interesting to hear POTUS vision& insider policy details, but some of Friedman's analysis/assumptions are stunningly off. longish thread.
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Israelis and Palestinians can no longer avoid a fateful choice about their future | Dahlia Scheindlin
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I went to the joint
#Israeli
#Palestinian
memorial ceremony last night, just as I did last year. I dare anyone to find a defense for the Prime Minister personally banning bereaved people from mourning together & expressing their shared yearning for peace. You can't &there isn't.
Netanyahu wants you to think Israeli-Palestinian mourning is seditious
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Firing at civilians is indefensible no matter who or where & no matter the casus belli. If you can't defend civilians of all nationalities, stay out of it. Drop your accusations of bothsider-ism or who started it b/c I'm not interested & you're wrong.
Israel and Hamas: Stop killing and hurting civilians.
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מדהים. שומעת יעקב נגל בראיון לקלמן ליברמן. שמעתי כבר מיליוני ראיונות עם מומחים-מומחים לאיראן-גרעין, ובכל פעם כנשאלים איך מדיניות טראמפ טובה לישראל אם איראן מעשירה יותר, קרובה יותר מאי פעם, תשובה זהה: גמגום, התקוממות, ובקשה לשעה של הסברים. אין שעה? אה, אז אין הסבר. ואולי אין?
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Low turnout in
#IsraElex4
means 1 of 2 things: 1. Bad for Likud/BB. 2. BB will desperately rally his voters in the final 2 hrs & throw all the exit polls off, & everyone will blame the pollsters. Taking bets.
#Israel
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Nuanced & thoughtful review by
@edokonrad
of new book by a nuanced & thoughtful thinker, the only person I really trust to explain Fanon - Adam Shatz.
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Remember how the JCPOA=existential threat to
#Israel
? Wrong. Read what 2 top Isrli military figures told
@talschneider
: "we [IDF top brass],read the deal& said, 'This is not a perfect agreement, but it is a good agreement...an extraordinary achievement."
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