Bassem Tamimi from the village of Nabi Saleh in the West Bank (father of Ahed Tamimi) was abducted by Israel in late October, and put under 'administrative detention' (no charge, no trial). His family hasn't heard from him since. Today, veteran pro-Palestinian activist Jonathan

Gadi Eisenkot, the “moderate” former general in the cabinet, is attacking Netanyahu for his talk about “total victory”. But he also says it would take upwards of 3-5 years to reach “stability” in Gaza. That is - the war will continue for years to come. No hope.

Due to some technical issues we've moved platforms: I'll be hosting this over at Bad Faith YouTube.

You can find a link to the discussion, starting shortly, here: youtube.com/watch?v=fsO-XD…

Norman Finkelstein Mouin Rabbani

Don't miss Peter Beinart's interview with Harvard students & Palestine activists Asmer Asrar Safi & Shraddha Joshi about campus activism now: fmep.org/resource/cente…

Guess what?
She is in Gaza, with 2M Palestinians and other Israeli hostages, they are all being bombed to death.

So yes of course let’s have our eyes on Noa & call for a hostage deal and a ceasefire because that’s the only way to get her home alive, otherwise you are just using

💥𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 is Netanyahu's great victory: he's still around & Israelis have gotten used to it. He has normalized himself even after presiding over the worst catastrophe in Israeli history. And this is the opposition's most abject failure.

See this. Every faculty member, staff member, and student should read this 'Open letter by Gaza academics and university administrators to the world' aje.io/08arr7 via Al Jazeera English

Credit to the Rising viewer who pointed out that 🇺🇸🇮🇱 lost two piers in one day.

The UAE's destabilizing activities continue to get far too little attention.

It’s an open secret: the UAE is fuelling Sudan’s war – and there’ll be no peace until we call it out

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Great find by the team at CNN.

Just in time to be there for a transfer in power in the United States.

Jesus

Good news on the ICC sanctions front:

John Kirby today: “No, we don’t believe that sanctions against the ICC is the right approach here. Now, look, obviously, we don’t believe the ICC has jurisdiction. . . . 1/2

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HUGE: Mehdi Hasan interviews Imran Khan: 'I find myself confined in what is referred to as a death cell – a small, isolated space typically reserved for terrorists. The authorities are determined to cast me in this light.' Subscribe to Zeteo so you can read this!

A proposal aims to fire professors and revoke their tenure for 'speaking against Israel,' budget cuts for non-compliant institutions. Opposition parties except Labor and Arab parties support. Maddening to see the opposition embrace McCarthyism. A total betrayal.

'Those with an associate degree from CUNY earn, on average, 67% more than those with only a high school diploma; graduates with a baccalaureate earn 2x. Cumulatively they contribute billions of dollars in tax revenue to the city and the state each year.' nybooks.com/online/2024/05…

They are beating Palestinian hostages to death.
They are beating Palestinian hostages to death.
They are beating Palestinian hostages to death.
They are beating Palestinian hostages to death.
They are beating Palestinian hostages to death.

Naveh Dromi, a former student of mine, and currently an Israeli influencer celebrating Israel's burning of Palestinian children in Rafah.

This is Yair Golan, the new leader of Israel's Labor Party. Feeling hopeful yet?

White House: “Nobody was asking me about red lines a week or so ago when there were other airstrikes in Rafah that didn't cause civilian casualties.”

Last month I asked about Rafah strike that killed 17 kids, 2 women + a man, his pregnant wife, their 3-year-old kid.
No response.