Idrees Ahmad

Argentina cut a deal with China that undercuts American soybean farmers already crushed by Trump’s tariffs.

Now Trump wants send $20 billion of YOUR tax dollars to bail out his political ally in Argentina.

America First? More like Trump first.

Caught Between States as an Empire Dissolved A Dutch-Indonesian family’s documents from the mid-20th century reveal a painful story of separation and an administrative nightmare that prefigures today’s xenophobic politics

When my grandfather died in 2004, I was 11. At his home in Nijmegen I found a battered briefcase, unopened for years. Inside: photos, consular forms and letters — a history of falling empire, colonial decoupling and rising nationalism that marked those who lived it.

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The NYRB Is Rewriting Tony Judt’s Stance on Israel Judt called for a just resolution to the conflict, not the preservation of a “Jewish State.”

My friend, @idreesahmad.bsky.social, wrote about about Tony Judt's proposal for a well-defended Palestinian state as the only durable solution. (Judt's position was misrepresented by Jonathan Freedland in an essay for NYRB).

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A man in Washington, DC, plays the Imperial March from Star Wars while following patrolling soldiers. One of the soldiers threatens to call the police.

Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way

Not comprehending how the same @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social who interviewed me wrote this. I support the instinct to turn down the volume. But you can't simultaneously warn that we're the brink of authoritarianism while valorizing one of authoritarianism's most influential architects and supporters.

Why Arab leaders aren't helping the Palestinians in Gaza As the world watches, they see a number of powerful governments virtually on the sidelines.

Why Arab dictators betray the Palestinians and do nothing serious to stop the genocide even suppressing protests against Israel in their own countries #SaudiArabia #UAE #Egypt @idreesahmad.bsky.social @marcnelsonart.bsky.social @petertatchell.bsky.social

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Aid workers accuse NGOs of 'whitewashing' Israel's Gaza war – DW – 08/22/2025 Several international NGOs have limited their language and advocacy on the topic of Gaza, a DW investigation found. They fear that Israel might otherwise refuse them permits to operate in the Palestin...

Urgent - Gaza Censorship

Aid workers accuse NGOs of 'whitewashing' Israel's Gaza war. Int journalists banned as the Israelis also allowed by NGOs to submit to censorship like #IRC which refused to comment on complicity in report #GazaStarving
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Zionists and German xenophobes make for natural allies. United in the hatred of immigrants and the defence of genocide.

A German who describes ethnic cleaning as "liberation" and hates immigrants. It's like we've taken a time machine back to the 1930s.

Nazi swine have learned nothing from their history so it's understandable that they should compare the ethnic cleansing of Palestine with "liberation".

Nazi swine have learned nothing from their history so it's understandable that they should compare the ethnic cleansing of Palestine with "liberation". You people with your irrepressible genocidal instincts are beyond redemption.

Nazi swine have learned nothing from their history so its understandable that they should compare the ethnic cleansing of Palestine with "liberation".

The Day the World Stood Still On August 21, 2013 the Syrian regime launched the biggest chemical attack of the 21st century. It was a seismic event whose repercussions are still being felt. This is an account of what happened that...

On this day in 2013, Bashar al Assad launched the biggest chemical attack of the 21st century, killing over 1,400, including 426 children. I wrote for @newlinesmag.bsky.social a detailed account of what happened that day and the impact this event had globally. newlinesmag.com/review/the-d...

NEW: 90,000 people protesting against the genocide in Gaza have shut down Sydney Harbour Bridge.

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The Fix: Genocide Denial in the NYT A New York Times writer dabbled in genocide denial. It did not go well.

In my latest, I examine Bret Stephens’s silly attempt to deny Israel’s genocide. More revealing than the incompetence and bad faith on display is his motive for writing it in the first place—a motive he does not divulge lest he trash his own credibility in the process. 🧵

“One in three Gazans goes multiple days without eating, the World Food Programme said this week. Malnourished mothers can no longer produce milk to breastfeed their children, the injured are unable to heal and hospitals have run out of nutritional supplements to treat gaunt babies.”

Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders? A fear of being labelled antisemitic still deters American Jews and Jewish institutions from taking a position that is morally correct.

The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God.

Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
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If the videos and photos of emaciated bodies and corpses coming out of Gaza were in black and white, what would they remind you of?

Sahat English Sahat @sahatenglish Follow Ambulance sirens are sounding simultaneously across the #Gaza Strip in a coordinated distress signal, highlighting the escalating famine and the collapse of the healthcare system. (Source: IG: mohammed_fayq) The world is about to witness the mass death of thousands due to an Israeli-induced famine. This catastrophe could be stopped immediately by the @UNRWA. The Israeli occupation has turned food into a lethal weapon against indigenous Palestinians. #GazaGenocide #GazaFamine

#GazaGenocide #GazaFamine [photo of medics in scrubs standing together in a line] 4:26 AM • 7/20/25 • 79K Views

🚨 Medics across the Gaza strip have sounded simultaneous ambulance sirens in an SOS distress call about the escalating famine and resulting collapse of the remaining healthcare system:

I posted this on LinkedIn at the same time and it got removed for "terrorism"??? bsky.app/profile/sall...

What effect have Israeli strikes had on Houthi Red Sea attacks? | The National As Yemeni ports held by the rebels were hit again earlier this month, The National examines satellite imagery to gauge the damage

Israel continues to target the same ports on Yemen’s Hodeidah coast. It's been over a year since the first strikes on these ports.

Despite significant damage to piers, visual evidence suggests the Houthis' fuel supply lines from the ports are still active

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3 Books Incarcerated Writers Recommend All Students Read What are books to read in prison? Here are three that touch on racism, love and meaning — and they're recommended by incarcerated writers.

3 Books Incarcerated Writers Recommend All Students Read

Frontex unlawfully shared thousands of people's personal data with Europol Under the banner of fighting migrant smuggling, Frontex has collected, and unlawfully siphoned to Europol, personal data for years—quietly drawing thousands of migrants, as well as EU citizens aiding ...

For years Frontex gathered data and automatically passed it unlawfully to Europol. With @stavinoha.bsky.social & @lolahierro.bsky.social we investigated how this dragnet scooped up thousands of people, migrants and EU activists.
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From @idreesahmad.bsky.social's new must-read @newlinesmag.bsky.social essay (full text at newlinesmag.com/argument/bey...)

Beyond Glastonbury’s Gaza Controversy Chants against the Israeli military led by the punk-rap duo Bob Vylan have drawn outrage, but the underlying story is one of mounting horror at the war from artists and the public

"The politicians and journalists who were hitherto untroubled by the industrial-scale killing of Gazans suddenly discovered a faith in the sanctity of life, and their imaginations took flight."

Beyond Glastonbury’s Gaza Controversy by @idreesahmad.bsky.social.

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About 100 transgender inmates are missing after their section of the prison was flattened, and the authorities say they are presumed dead, said Reza Shafakhah, a prominent human rights lawyer, who added that the government often treats being transgender as a crime. The chief prosecutor of the prison, Ali Ghanaatkar, despised by government critics for his handling of political prisoners, and one of his deputies also were killed. Editor 20 Wil Right

My god - Around *100* trans prisoners who were in Iran’s Evin prison are missing after the Israeli strike flattened their section of the prison. 100.

The current death toll is 79. The 100 trans people are presumed dead, which would more than double the death toll.

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The article with an open racist as the primary source stays up, but the racist @nytimes.com will make a Black man delete posts critical of the article.

Except for the fact that they are perpetrated with the moral and material support of the west, using American, British and German weapons.

These daily massacres are no different to what Assad was doing in Syria. No different.