Tariq Yahya

NEW — The Trump State Department is using the *same language* Columbia used to smear & punish the school's Students for Justice in Palestine & Jewish Voice for Peace groups (for a protest Mohsen Mahdawi condemned an antisemitic disruptor at) to *now* justify deporting him.

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At least 3,500 Palestinians held without charges as Israel blocks prison visits: Report <article data-history-node-id="421391" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/least-3500-palestinians-held-without-charges-israel-blocks-prison-visits" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/least-3500-palestinians-held-without-charges-israel-blocks-prison-visits" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">At least 3,500 Palestinians held without charges as Israel blocks prison visits: Report</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="314" data-start="86">Palestinians are marking Prisoners’ Day on Thursday, drawing attention to the plight of thousands held in Israeli detention centres - many without charge or a trial.</p> <p data-end="314" data-start="86">Former detainees have described brutal conditions behind bars, describing systematic torture, starvation, and physical abuse at the hands of Israeli prison staff.</p> <p data-end="314" data-start="86">Addameer, a Palestinian prisoners’ rights group, says nearly 10,000 Palestinians are currently imprisoned, including around 400 children and 27 women.</p> <p data-end="314" data-start="86">It estimates that roughly 40 percent of all Palestinian men have been detained at some point by Israel in their lifetime.</p> <p data-end="314" data-start="86">The group also reports that 3,500 people are being held under administrative detention - imprisoned without formal charges or access to legal proceedings.</p> <p data-end="314" data-start="86">Since October 2023, Israel has barred all humanitarian organisations from visiting prisons, making it increasingly difficult to monitor detainees’ treatment or verify current figures.</p> <p data-end="314" data-start="86">Calls for international accountability are growing, but there is still no sign of oversight returning to Israel’s detention system.</p> </div> </div> </article>

At least 3,500 Palestinians held without charges as Israel blocks prison visits: Report - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/least-3500-palestinians-held-without-charges-israel-blocks-prison-visits

Authorities in Gaza have updated the death toll from Israel’s war on the enclave to 61,709, having added thousands who are missing and now presumed dead.

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'$50m worth of condoms for Gaza'.

This was an unhinged lie from the Trump administration - and underlines how Israel's cheerleaders have turned reality on its head.

New post 👇

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Protestors in Panama burn the US flag, vowing to defend against any Trump led invasion.

US Oligarch Elon Musk doing Nazi salute

US Oligarch Elon Musk does Nazi salute after being gifted "government position" by US Oligarch Donald Trump. (2025)

"We strengthen ourselves against you with the words
and letters of God."

Palestinian boy sends a message to Israel's Netanyahu.

Gaza aid falls short of ‘ocean of needs’ as dozens more bodies retrieved Gaza Civil Defence recovers 66 bodies from under the rubble as the ceasefire holds.

At least two Palestinians have been injured by Israeli military fire in Gaza despite the ceasefire, reports the Palestinian news agency Wafa.

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Trump’s top inauguration donors to be rewarded with dinners and access Those who donate $1m or raise $2m will get invites to dinners with Donald and Melania Trump as well as JD Vance

Oligarchs, billionaires, and corporations are racing to gain access to top US officials and favour with Trump through bribes masked as donations. Together they have "donated" at least $150 million to Trump's inauguration.

Includes Apple, Meta, Uber, Robinhood, Ford, and many more.

The UK public overwhelmingly say US oligarch Elon Musk is a threat to democracy and trying to sabotage their country. The majority see him as a joke and opportunist.

"Musk is a deeply unpopular figure in the UK, with a net favourability rating of -35, lower than Nigel Farage or Tommy Robinson."

Exclusive | Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Donates $1 Million to Trump’s Inaugural Fund The president-elect had blasted the tech tycoon during the presidential campaign, but ties have been improving.

Oligarch Mark Zuckerberg's Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has "donated" $1m to an inauguration fund for Donald Trump. The $1m "donation" racket is an ongoing bribery scheme used to buy favours and personal meetings with US officials linked to Trump. #SpookyConnections

Trump being kissed by group of criminals

"People have very little water and food, while aid is being denied."

Conditions in north Gaza after 100 days of siege are “just simply unimaginable”, says Shaina Low, the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Communications Adviser in Palestine.

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Here’s the moment Palestinian families identified their family members killed in an Israeli air attack targeting tents in several areas of Gaza's Khan Younis.

ABC (Disney), Washington Post (Bezos), Meta (Zuckerberg), LA Times (Soon-Shiong)... all bending the knee to Trump, all obeying in advance, all sucking up to the Dictator-in-Waiting.

This is (part of) how democracies die. This is the Orban, Putin, Netanyahu and Modi playbooks.

Gaza’s libraries will rise from the ashes The mass destruction of libraries is a direct attack on the Palestinian identity and spirit of learning.

"The occupation is targeting our minds and our bodies, but it does not realise that ideas cannot die. The value of books and libraries, the knowledge they carry, and the identities they help shape are indestructible."

— #AJOpinion by Shahd Alnaami ⤵️

Exclusive | Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Donates $1 Million to Trump’s Inaugural Fund The president-elect had blasted the tech tycoon during the presidential campaign, but ties have been improving.

Zuckerberg bending both knees to Trump. The cowardice is sickening.

Thousands of pregnant women left without essentials in Gaza As winter sets in, starvation, lack of sanitation and water scarcity exacerbate dire humanitarian conditions

Thousands of pregnant women left without essentials in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/thousands-pregnant-women-left-without-essentials-gaza

A report by Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth says that several universities in the US and Canada have entered into agreements with Israel-linked security companies to suppress Palestine solidarity protests occurring on their campuses.

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Kenneth Roth, the former executive director of Human Rights Watch, says the Syrian government was “one of the world’s most ruthless regimes” and that “few people are shedding any tears over the demise of the Assad regime.”

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To the people fear mongering about the Syrian victory. This one goes out to you.

Reactions from Syrians who actually do have a stake in their country and whose voices matter. #freeSyria

From a Syrian to finger wagging outsiders bashing their victory against the regime.

The new Syria isn't even a few hours old and Israel is already attacking them and stealing more territory in the Golan heights, which Israel already illegally occupies.

An Israeli minister has provided a map of the land he believes they should steal.

‘He has come out an old man’: joy and grief as loved ones released from Assad prisons Family members describe renewed hopes after decades-long searches for political detainees in ‘Kingdom of Silence’

In newly liberated cities, Syrian rebels prioritized freeing detainees from Assad's prisons.

Assad's prisons held 136,000 people and were key to crushing dissent and peaceful protests. They were known for their brutal torture, industrial scale killings, systematic rape, and organ trafficking.

The rebels have liberated hundreds of women, toddlers and babies held in Sednaya prison.

They've also released hundred of prisoners some of which were tortured to the point of forgetting their own identity, others held for decades for speaking out against the regime. #freeSyria

Israel seizes Golan Heights buffer zone following Assad overthrow Israeli forces take advantage of Syrian revolution to take more territory in occupied Syrian territory

Syria: Israel seizes Golan Heights buffer zone following Assad overthrow - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-moves-capture-syrian-held-golan-heights-following-assad-overthrow

At least 29 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Kamal Adwan Hospital Dozens killed in Israeli attacks on besieged Kamal Adwan Hospital in north Gaza, carried out with “no warning”, says WHO

Israeli attacks around Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern city of Beit Lahiya have killed at least 29 Palestinians, says Gaza’s civil defence agency.

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The Palestinian boy who wanted to be like Ronaldo, killed by Israel Israeli soldiers opened fire on 14-year-old Naji al-Baba and his friends as they played in the woods near Hebron.

"When he left us, I felt that I lost a part of me that we’ll never get back."

Israeli soldiers opened fire on 14-year-old Naji al-Baba and his friends as they played in the woods near Hebron ⤵️ aje.io/qbx7m2