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The Blogs: Sincerely, A British Jew From the blog of Tali Smus at The Times of Israel

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Big in Israel: blogs.timesofisrael.com/sincerely-a-...

The police came early. Patricia's camp was emptied this morning.

Thinking you'll achieve peace by rewarding invasions is like thinking you'll cure alcoholism with vodka.

‘I don’t know where I will go’: Refugees run out of options in Tunisia Blocked from staying and barred from moving to other camps, refugees in Tunisia weigh a bleak future.

My latest: aje.io/qx8ntg
#Tubisia #migration

Israel has just sent an evacuation warning for an area in Beirut’s southern suburbs after two rockets were fired from south Lebanon this morning (one intercepted & landed on Lebanese territory).

Not every day at the office is like this
#Lebanon

‘Sacrifice’ captives: Israel divided over end of ceasefire in Gaza Far-right joy over renewed bombing of Gaza, but captives’ families fear for their loved ones.

My latest.
#Israel
aje.io/mssnw3

Is Trump the end of the international rules-based order? Analysts mull if this isn’t the beginning of the end for the ‘rules-based order’, long accused of hypocrisy.

My latest:
#PrettyMuchEverything
aje.io/exgutq

Disclaimer for some talk of sexual violence in this.

Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.

‘Designed to humiliate’: Israel’s torture of Gaza’s healthcare workers A PHRI report says healthcare workers are arbitrarily detained, humiliated, and sexually and psychologically abused.

My latest:
#Israel #Gaza
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...

Bodies of 11 more migrants found in southeast Libya, security official says Libyan security authorities have recovered at least 11 more bodies of migrants a mass grave in the southeast of the country, a security official told Reuters on Thursday.

"The total number of bodies recovered, found in 55 graves, has now climbed to 39, after the attorney general said on Sunday... authorities had recovered the corpses of 28 others in the north of Kufra, a huge southeastern district of the country."
#Libya
www.reuters.com/world/africa....

It's from that other thing, but: x.com/DavidLammy/s...

".... she (Tunisian MP, Fatma Mseddi) suggested limiting and controlling births among sub-Saharan migrants."
#Tunisia
www.businessnews.com.tn/fatma-mseddi...

#Libya

Wondering how the US media is complicit in genocide? Here you go!

‘I saw him kill people:’ Libya and Italy’s shadowy migrant deals Italy is accused of releasing Libyan officials wanted on international warrants in return for limiting migrant flows.

Can't say who wrote this, but all credit to David Yambio and Lam Magok, not just for their work, but for simply surviving.

#Libya @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

@lewisgoodall.com Firstly, congratulations on this morning's black polar neck decision. I made the same (excellent) choice. However, I just listened to the podcast, "pens and printing presses"?

Elation, confusion mark Israel’s reaction to Trump’s Gaza comments US president’s comments, which appear to offer the Israeli far-right much, may ultimately deliver little, analysts say.

My latest:

Elation, confusion mark Israel’s reaction to Trump’s Gaza comments
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...

Reassuring to know which side the UK government is on.

Clue: it's not the side that cares about human rights or transparency.
www.facebook.com/share/r/18wv...

"The state of emergency in the entire country “will be extended from Thursday to Dec. 31, 2025,” said the Journal of the Republic of #Tunisia, an official biweekly gazette."
english.news.cn/africa/20250...

Meeting Netanyahu after Gaza visit, Witkoff said to push for full implementation of truce Reports say PM and Trump envoy discussed US president's proposal to move Gazans to neighboring states; Israeli officials 'got impression Americans are serious about this idea'

Channel 13 news reported that the meeting lasted for two-and-a-half hours, and quoted senior Israeli officials as saying the officials discussed possible outlines for the transfer of Gaza’s population
www.timesofisrael.com/meeting-neta...

'Moral values': The new pretext to repress freedoms in Tunisia The arrest of influencers on morality grounds is part of President Saied's crackdown in Tunisia, where fear and self-censorship are on the rise

"These prosecutions are based on laws that violate both the 2022 constitution and international standards”
#Tunisia
www.middleeasteye.net/news/tunisia...

‘Branded’: Satellite images show Star of David carved into Gaza The symbol, apparently created by Israeli tanks, can be seen from space in the Palestinian enclave.

Our latest, with (the awesome) @justinsalhani.bsky.social
#Gaza
aje.io/90ey8d

Euphemism is one thing, but describing Smotrich, who makes no secret about supporting genocide, as an 'advocate' who 'helps' Gazans 'leave to depart' is another level of genocidal white-washing. nytimes.com/2025/01/26/w...

"Appeal verdict expected today for lawyer Sonia Dahmani sentenced at first instance to 2 years in prison for having denounced racism in #Tunisia .

"Tunisian authorities must immediately release her and stop targeting any critical voice" @hrw.org

Picture of the Tesla gigafactory in Berlin with Elon Musk projected and the words Heil Tesla

Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin

(Collaboration with @politicalbeauty.bsky.social )

7,250 irregular migrants 'voluntarily returned' from Tunisia to their countries in 2024 | News Tunisia says this happens through cooperation with UN migration agency, neighboring countries Algeria and Libya

"By the end of last year, #Tunisia was able to secure the voluntary return of 7,250 irregular migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, Mohamed Ben Ayed, the secretary of state to the Tunisian foreign minister, told a parliament session,"
www.yenisafak.com/en/news/7250...

"Companies such as Meta, X, and TikTok must be made to face up to their responsibilities in terms of content moderation, which also involves regulation."
#Tunisia
www.arab-reform.net/publication/...

"technical problems"

Who'd have thunk it?
#Tunisia
www.thearabweekly.com/technical-pr...