Jeff Robbins
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Boston attorney, former U.S.Senate Counsel. Author of Notes from the Brink: A Collection of Columns About Policy at Home and Abroad
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Per Columbia University faculty, requires “context.”
She was a hostage of Hamas.
What type of evil takes a 3-year-old hostage??
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“Hezbollah, make us proud! Kill another Zionist now!”
Outside the White House.
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But this is patently inane.
It is true that death is death. But there is obviously a vast difference between a deliberate genocidal slaughter and death resulting from the slaughterer’s decision to use civilians as human shields so he can slaughter again.
This isn’t hard.
In response to criticism about seeking arrest warrants for both Hamas and Israeli leaders, the ICC tells me its mandate is solely focused on putting victims at the same level... equivalence of victim not alleged perpetrator
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This is what the Columbia University faculty informs us is perfectly fine, as it needs to be “contextualized”.
⚠️ GRAPHIC RAW FOOTAGE: Massacre Across Israel From the Eyes of
#Hamas
.
This is video released by IDF. Includes footage obtained from Hamas, as well as Israeli first responders.
#DontLookAway
, but this is the carnage & monstrous evil, inflicted by the Hamas terrorist savages!
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Okay, okay! We’re working on it.
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Every day, or thereabouts, another bit of brilliance.
Donald Trump Reacts to claims about Melania Trump in New Book
(YT link below for shares/subs)
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@AvivaKlompas
is extraordinary.
While I pray Israel’s soldiers are safe and swift to victory, I worry about the other global battlegrounds where we, the Jewish people, are under attack.
#Antisemitism
#Jewish
#HamasMassacre
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How (and when) does he come up with this stuff? It’s great.
Don Jr and Donald Trump reacts to the Manhattan DA indictments
(YT below)
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Not going anywhere.
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Wonderful news, Jack.
At the doctor’s office. Just got the results from my 1 yr scan..
Cancer free! 🙏
Thank you sincerely for all the love and support💜
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Um,
@JoeNBC
and
@Morning_Joe
: If you are looking for the party that is preventing a two state solution, you may want to look over here.
Too much blather, too little rigor.
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Maybe proving the point just a little.
Wow, some friends and followers are getting a Twitter warning that the cover of my book "Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy" "may contain sensitive content" or "includes potentially sensitive content." Absolutely crazy.
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According to Columbia University faculty, burning innocents alive must be “contextualized.” According to other faculty, “exhilarating” and “inspiring”.
As for so many others who hold themselves out as “progressives”, it’s cool.
Not a problem.
They’re down with it.
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Martin Luther King lll and John Lewis both endorsed
@joekennedy
.
Due respect, I would take those endorsements over that of Linda Sarsour.
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Bad day at the office for
#Palestinian
delegation, at the UN, of all places, courtesy of
@HillelNeuer
,
@UNWatch
PLO rep
@UN
goes into shock hearing UN Watch speaker Mosab Hassan Yousef expose PLO lies. Epic video of the year:
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A terrific book, more than a bit sobering about the cynicism of on-the-make media, ambitious pols prepared to claw past those they regard as in their way, and some apparent dissemblers.
Also tough to put down, even if you don’t live in New York.
Nobody wants to talk about the facts – – that ends now
#WhatsLeftUnsaid
Read the untold story:
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The GOP Judiciary Committee members’ oh-so-impressive questioning of Judge Jackson in a nutshell:
“You’re a Black woman, isn’t that correct?”
GOP questions for Ketanji Brown Jackson summed up in 1 min
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New York Times goes big on a story about how all of 80 unidentified, anonymous and therefore unverifiable employees of the United States government, which employs millions, supposedly signed a protest letter about Gaza.
Agenda-less journalism at its finest.
Cowardice! If you have problem with the policy you are meant to represent, then resign. Or make your name public. I hate these stupid anonymous letters.
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You call this evidence?
A look inside the terror tunnel found under Shifa hospital in Gaza.
Hamas was drawing power and using communications wires from the hospital to run its operations.
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Can't imagine why he is stonewalling releasing the transcript. Yes, right, of course: it's the bad precedent.
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“Notice it wasn’t 8 days of solar”.
So good.
Donald Trump wishes Jewish people a Happy Hanukkah but reveals under Sleepy Joe, 3 of the 8 nights have been canceled. YouTube link below to share
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This statement made by
@joekennedy
earlier today in Boston is extraordinarily powerful, extraordinarily moving—and quite an uppercut.
Here’s what my family taught me: A legacy is earned.
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The sheer hatred and ugliness leveled at
@joekennedy
by an increasing number of
@EdMarkey
supporters is an affront to those concerned about our civic life. via
@BostonGlobe
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Let’s face it: uncomfortable as it is, especially at this perilous time for both the United States and for Israel, for different reasons, former Governor Cuomo is saying publicly what a lot of loyal Democrats are saying to one another privately.
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo:
Jewish donors “too silent” on increasing critics of Israel, “allowing the Democratic Party to do this and still supporting the Democratic Party.”
In podcast with Shmuley Boteach, Cuomo said Jews should “demand more” of party leaders on Israel support
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Honored, and delighted, to join
@SaulEwing
as of this morning.
@SaulEwing
is thrilled to welcome
@jeffreysrobbins
and
@JoeLipchitz
as Partners in Boston. Jeff and Joe are outstanding trial lawyers with a track record of courtroom victories across the country. Proud to call them my partners.
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79 Massachusetts Jewish Community Leaders Endorse
@joekennedy
for Senate: of two fine candidates, Kennedy is the best one for an especially difficult, dangerous new time.
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Excellent goat cheese. But they have been a moral disgrace.
Oh, nothing to see here. Just
@EspenBarthEide
, the Foreign Minister of Norway, posing for a smiling photo next to a protestor holding a sign “Fuck Israel” (and by the way, also
@NATO
and Capitalism).
And Israel is supposed to trust Norway as an honest actor?
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These briefings by
@joekennedy
are terrific. Keep them coming.
Important updates on PPE, DPA, and Shelter-in-Place:
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For those in Massachusetts, an occasion to remember that
@RepPressley
voted against funding the defensive Iron Dome systems that are intercepting Iranian missiles presently penetrating Israeli air space—systems that are saving Israeli lives.
Real impressive.
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Two fine candidates, but 80 Massachusetts Jewish community leaders issue statement yesterday endorsing
@joekennedy
.
Proud to join Jewish leaders in endorsing
@joekennedy
for Senate. Kennedy is someone who "shows up where traditional politicians rarely do" via
@politico
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Work of
@HillelNeuer
,
@UNWatch
exposing
#UNRWA
,
@ChrisGunness
in The Times: “UN staff celebrate deaths of Israelis”
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It’s wrong. It’s dangerous. It’s not “crocodile tears”. And it needs to stop: In new letter, some Democrats — including many Kennedy supporters — ask Markey to denounce nastiness via
@BostonGlobe
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What is monstrous, of course, is Hamas’ deliberate, calibrated decision to both slaughter Jews and bring about the slaughter of the Palestinians it uses as human shields.
What is intellectually bankrupt is whitewashing, enabling, defending and, effectively, endorsing this.
@jeffreysrobbins
Evil requires a vigorous response. But that response cannot, must not, make one monstrous. You can’t become what you despise.
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Another stellar moment for
#UNRWA
spokesman
@ChrisGunness
: UNRWA
#AntiSemitism
he denied is confirmed. H/T
@UNWatch
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“We saw precisely the opposite”.
"Contrary to the apartheid charge leveled against Israel in general and Israeli academic institutions in particular, we saw precisely the opposite."
Powerful op-ed by 25 professors from leading U.S. universities, who just returned from visit to Israel.
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And then , of course, there’s those pesky numbers in Israel: 1400 butchered to death, and 5000 or so merely butchered.
We would not want to omit them, would we?
The latest grim numbers in Gaza:
1. More than 5,000 people reportedly killed in the fighting with the Israeli military.
2. 222 hostages held by Hamas.
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Israel.
Celebrations outside Almog's home in Or Yehuda 🎉🎉
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Courageous work of
@HillelNeuer
,
@UNWatch
prevails: Head of
#UN
"inquiry" into
#Gaza
forced to admit he was corrupt.
http://t.co/bt75bZh7m7
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The recommendation "should be required reading for" fill-in-the-blank is a cliche. But
@PreetBharara
's book "Doing Justice" fits the bill, and not just for every lawyer and would-be lawyer.
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.
@joekennedy
combines a visceral, passionate identification with the underdog, the “other”, the excluded, with a smart, nuanced knowledgeable commitment to Israel. Those are the reasons for that letter.
Reading via
@J_Insider
: Rep. Joe Kennedy vows to bring progressive, pro-Israel values to the Senate
#MAsen
#mapoli
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#AlSmithDinner
: A misogynist demagogue is one thing. But a misogynist demagogue who is also entirely devoid of humor, even with writers...
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Excruciating to look at. God-awful in every way.
But so many—and especially those who hold themselves out as progressives—need to know that it is precisely this that is being “contextualized”, whitewashed, justified, defended, and even embraced.
This cannot be tolerated.
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Congressional investigation looks warranted.
@politico
on how Obama administration tanked
#Hezbollah
investigation
NOW LIVE: The secret backstory of how the Obama administration let Hezbollah off the hook
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A serious haul in just six weeks without any lead time to prepare, or have fundraising infrastructure in place—and in the middle of the holidays:
@DevalPatrick
raises $2.2 million in six weeks as he mounts uphill presidential campaign - CNNPolitics
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Serious, fair-minded people should do better than this. Might want to wait until you have the facts first.
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Robbins: Hate aimed at Asian Americans a national disgrace
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Looking wonderful,
@SouthieJack
. And you, too.
Update (for those asking): I’ll need one more chemo treatment at the end of next week.. Grateful for my wonderful nurse, Sarah.
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Spectacular generosity by
@IsraelinBoston
and
@IsraelMFA
, donating today $11,000 to Boston’s Cape Verdean Association to purchase supplies to help Boston neighborhoods cope with COVID-19. Big time Tikkun Olam.
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Looking forward to the academic boycott petitions directed at
#PalestinianAuthority
and
#Hamas
, surely imminent.
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Worse than enablers:
@hrw
,
@KenRoth
and company have brought derision to some calling themselves rights advocates.
.
@nikkihaley
adds her clear voice to
@hrw
founder Robert Bernstein and others in condemning
@KenRoth
's vicious destruction of the moral foundations of human rights.
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If dishonesty is supposed to be a bipartisan matter, the point seems inescapable: the Obama team lied about
#Iran
.
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A relief agency that fosters hate: The exposing of
#UNRWA
(thanks to
@UNWatch
and its director,
@HillelNeuer
).
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Great to welcome
@AyannaPressley
today to
@SaulEwing
's Boston office, where she delivered a tour de force to a rapt audience of civic leaders and attorneys.
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Top 10 moments of an organization that does crucial, courageous work:
@UNWatch
, led by the splendid
@HillelNeuer
.
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Good for
@DavidHarrisAJC
for eviscerating a breathtakingly intellectually dishonest column, and the ugly stage management engaged in, yet again, by the Times.
Michelle Alexander’s NY Times column hits new low
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To the indulgers and the apologists for
#Hamas
, here is the fiancé of
#EliKay
, murdered earlier today by a Hamas “activist” in
#Jerusalem
. Have a listen.
Just heartbreaking 💔 😢
The fiancé of
#EliKay
, speaking after his murder today in
#Jerusalem
, by a Palestinian Hamas terrorist.
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American Jews Have Walking Feet, Too:
@FoxmanAbraham
warns Democrats that hanging Israel out to dry risks costing them the White House and Congress
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Great and under-heralded work of
@HillelNeuer
and
@UNWatch
, trying to keep UN minimally honest on Mideast conflict. Talk about Sisyphus.
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The fearless
@HillelNeuer
, an excellent model for the rest of us.
@HillelNeuer
as always spreading a message of peace and tolerance - today in
#London
at
#StopTheHate
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An extremely kind and good man: Rabbi Harold S. Kushner, Reassuring Best-Selling Author, Dies at 88
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She went to Columbia two days ago, after a student leader vowed to kill Jews, and praised the wonderful student leadership.
Now she blames the Mayor and the University.
If any kid is hurt tonight, responsibility will fall on the mayor and univ presidents.
Other leaders and schools have found a safe, de-escalatory path. This is the opposite of leadership and endangers public safety. A nightmare in the making.
I urge the Mayor to reverse course.
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This is very, very good. And from a Boston Jewish leader, a proud Zionist, with powerful, longstanding progressive credentials.
Events in Boston & DC this week are reminders of why I can't stop talking about
#antisemitism
. My
@TimesofIsrael
blogpost:
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In no particular order,
@BarryShrage
is a mensch, a genuinely great leader, an inspiration, a role model, and more.
Barry Shrage, longtime CEO of Boston Jewish federation, announces retirement
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Robert DeNiro to pro-Hamas crowd: “You’re talking nonsense.”
WATCH:
#RobertDeNiro
angrily confronts pro-Hamas protesters:
"They're going to do it (Oct 7) again!"
#Gaza
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Our community’s continued gratitude to
@MayorWu
for insisting, demanding that we confront the kind of sickening stuff exemplified in the last 36 hours alone by the murder of this woman in New York and
#Colleyville
.
At
#Boston
#MLKDay
breakfast,
@MayorWu
says "This is what I need" following the last few days. Opens with remarks about freedom to worship, the attack on synagogue in
#Colleyville
, and the Asian woman killed in NYC subway attack.
#powerful
&
#inspiring
#bospoli
#mapoli
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Live by
#BDS
, die by BDS, it appears: Arizona divesting all state funds from Ben & Jerry’s due to settlement boycott via
@timesofisrael
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Getting it wrong on
#Gaza
: When it comes to Gaza, the left hasn't a clue, and couldn't care less.
Conditions in
#Gaza
are awful. But the left has it dead wrong on who's responsible - op-ed from
@jeffreysrobbins
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To the absolute delight of Team Trump, which sees, not without reason, a Democratic Party held hostage.
NEW: In a Saturday AM statement, Young Democrats of America—which counts 20,000+ Dems under 36 as members—defended campus anti-Israel protesters & called for Biden to end unequivocal support for Israel.
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Moving final column by Peter Gelzinis of
@bostonherald
. A wonderful voice at a treasured institution.
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The (almost) incredibly brazen dispensing with integrity at the UN Human Rights Council, by
@HillelNeuer
of
@UNWatch
.
http://t.co/YWgUYFbGGG
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Ambassador Dennis Ross and General David Petraeus: How to put some teeth into the nuclear deal with
#Iran
.
http://t.co/4W5fN8ogVP
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Usual Stuff From The Usual Crowd:
@FoxmanAbraham
and I on
@amnesty
’s latest anti-Israel lash-out.
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The genuinely heroic
#MaryBonauto
...
#MaryBonauto
w/
@JimObergefell
, plaintiff in
#marriageequality
case granting freedom to marry
#forall
#LoveWins
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Looking great,
@SouthieJack
. Like the guy who tossed that baseball in Beverly Hills...
Last chemo. Doctor’s orders, gone or not..Wouldn’t be at the finish line right now without your love and support. Appreciate it all so much.
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Congratulations to
@BrownUniversity
President Christina Paxon for her strong statement swiftly and firmly rejecting the
#BDS
petition endorsed by Brown's students.
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Magnificent.
Today would have been my dad’s 75th birthday. I found this video of us last year on his birthday and now it feels like a ritual to watch it 1,000 times on his bday.
Miss you, dad. Happy birthday. ❤️
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Those holding themselves out as progressives need to do a whole lot better if they can’t bring themselves to unambiguously condemn hundreds of Hamas rockets fired at civilians.
#Hamas
rockets endanger the lives of
#Israelis
and
#Palestinians
alike. Tragically this direct hit killed a 35 year old man and a 7 year old girl.
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If it is unacceptable, then what, precisely, is Israel supposed to do about it? Should it permit it to happen again? And then again after that?
We require more than blather, particularly from those who have excused Hamas’ murder of Israeli civilians over and over.
Our shared humanity is on the line.
The murder of innocent Israeli civilians at the hands of Hamas is horrific and unacceptable.
The response to horrific terrorism cannot be mass death of innocent Palestinians.
Israel must follow international law and protect civilians.
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Rather than demand that Hamas return the hostages they kidnapped, let us by all means ensure that they are able to repeat the October 7th slaughter again and again, as they promise to do.
Sounds smart.
.
@chrislhayes
: “There is no terrorist attack, no matter how horrific—and truly Oct. 7 was horrific—that can wash clean what we are seeing in Gaza and what we as Americans and our government are abetting. It must end. We must stop it.”
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Um, judging from this picture, your mom had you when she was minus 22!
Out to breakfast with my beautiful Mama.. She gave birth to me 55 years ago this Christmas Day. Least I can do. 😉 Happy Holidays!
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Yep. It appears that what Camp Columbia is selling, America is not buying.
Don't be fooled by your social media feed or the screaming mobs on college campuses.
The majority of Americans support Israel and understand it is fighting a brutal terrorist organization
Findings from the new Harvard CAPS Harris poll🧵
➡️ 80% of Americans support Israel
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You have to love it that individuals attacking others with weapons get to be called "activists"
Well this is awkward: Free Gaza spox admits activist initiated fatal 2010 violence aboard Mavi Marmara (
@TimesofIsrael
)
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Possible take-away for
@CNN
after
#stevenmiller
meltdown on
@jaketapper
: make sure meds available for guests in green room.
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More awe-inspiring conduct by
#UN
representatives in the Mideast. Thanks to
@HillelNeuer
and
@UNWatch
.
http://t.co/7zziuhmJdI
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This appears to be the moment when Hamas kidnapped the Bibas family on October 7th.
Dear Columbia University faculty members: Have a look at Shiri Bibas’ face.
This what you are supporting.
The Bibas family, including 10-months-old Kfir, 4-year-old Ariel and their mother Shiri were abducted by Hamas on October 7.
Hamas must be held accountable.
Hamas must release all hostages immediately.
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A former federal prosecutor, a gold-standard investigator, a civil rights leader—and now a colleague here in
@SaulEwing
’s Boston office. Wonderful to have her.
We are thrilled to welcome Natashia Tidwell as a partner in the Firm's
#Boston
office. A former federal prosecutor & police officer, Natashia brings a depth of experience and nuanced perspective to
@SaulEwing
. Read more about Natashia...
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A new low: Specter of a billionaire who skirted military service to save his skin telling patriotic Americans they may not serve.
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Good that US displaying the
#ArmenianGenocide
#OrphanRug
. Time to stop being cowed by Turkey.
http://t.co/wRt08ZDQ1U
via
@washingtonpost
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Thanks to
@ABCNewsLive
and
@KyraPhillips
for having me on.
Attorney Jeff Robbins on Trump being subpoenaed by the Jan. 6 Committee: "I would bet on him battling out whether or not he has to comply, or...even disregarding the subpoena, and assuming the Congress will go under Republican control, and this will become moved pretty quickly."
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Per Columbia University faculty members, this must be “contextualized.”
“He didn’t pick up his pants. He shot her while inside her.”
“There was humiliation through rape on the morning of October 7.”
A harrowing story about the sexual violence faced by women in Israel at the hands of Hamas terrorists.
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