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Recovering journalist. Alleged engineer. News junkie. Communication @alshabaka.bsky.social Latinoamerica/Middle East/Palestine.

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Colonialism, genocide, capitalism & extractivism work hand in hand.

Behind all the ahistorical fictional rhetoric about religious rights & β€œcivilization” there will be economic greed that sees everything in a piece of land, including humans, as resources to be exploited.

27.08.2025 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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US Private Contractors in Gaza with Safa Joudeh Podcast Episode Β· Rethinking Palestine Β· 06/24/2025 Β· 24m

Time to turn up the volume on what’s happening in Gaza & on the Israeli genocide of Palestinians waiting to get aid during the β€œ12 day war” btwn Iran & the Israeli regime.

Listen & share this episode w/ Yara Hawari & Safa Joudeh that I had the pleasure of editing podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

24.06.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"En Gaza, hace casi dos aΓ±os que no hay electricidad estable. AllΓ­, el apagΓ³n es total: de la luz, del agua potable, de los medicamentos, de la ayuda humanitaria. Y a esa oscuridad se suma una violencia constante".

Mi ΓΊltimo artΓ­culo de opiniΓ³n en @eldiario.esπŸ‘‡
www.eldiario.es/opinion/trib...

03.05.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Project Esther: Suppressing Palestinian Solidarity in the US | Al-Shabaka This brief situates Project Esther within the assault on free speech & dissent & outlines strategies to resist this authoritarian turn

"Project Esther is more than just a desperate attempt to salvage a crumbling Zionist narrativeβ€”it is part of a broader authoritarian shift in US politics."

New essential reading by @tksshawa.bsky.social al-shabaka.org/briefs/proje...

17.04.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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β€œWhen we are crafting a design strategy, we have to ask ourselves: how much of that is about their survival? Is that sufficient? How much of this do we foresee helping a future free Gaza or free Palestine? And how much of this is actually just normalizing colonization & occupation?”

- Dena Qaddumi

17.04.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Palestinian architect & researcher Abdalrahman Kittana, who has been actively engaged in discussions and initiatives on Gaza’s reconstruction, joins @yarahawari.bsky.social to examine the various reconstruction plans & their feasibility #GazaGenocide

Listen & Share!

al-shabaka.org/podcast/gaza...

14.04.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

One of the most informative & timely episodes we worked on.

We keep hearing about reconstruction plans & initiatives but how much do we really know about them & their feasibility as the #gazagenocide continues w/ complete impunity.

Abed’s analysis was food for thought

02.04.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The tactics ICE is using--thugs in plain clothes kidnapping people simply for their political views--these tactics were developed by the US and spread across the world to hunt down Leftists from Latin America to Indonesia. They've also been used locally for decades to terrorize Black communities.

27.03.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2394    πŸ” 852    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 42
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THURSDAY, April 3, at 7pm London time!

Join this @palfest event to mark the UK publication of Ta-Nehisi Coates' THE MESSAGE. He'll be in conversation with Al-Shabaka policy analyst Zena Agha for his first ever UK event.

More info/RSVP: www.palfest.org/full-schedul...

26.03.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Palestine and an Expanding BRICS: Swaying the Global Order | Al-Shabaka This commentary examines the evolving ties between MENA countries and BRICS, focusing on the prospective Palestinian membership in the bloc

NEW!

This commentary, by Ahmed Alqarout, examines the evolving ties between MENA countries and BRICS, focusing on the prospective Palestinian membership in the bloc and the group’s rationale for extending the invitation al-shabaka.org/commentaries...

12.03.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TODAY!

In this policy lab, Dena Qaddumi & @jehadabusalim.bsky.social
join host @tksshawa.bsky.social to discuss what the ceasefire in Gaza means for Palestinians & the state of the physical & political landscape that determines what comes next.

Register here: www.crowdcast.io/c/gaza-genoc...

26.02.2025 12:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In this third and final episode in a collaboration series between Al-Shabaka & @mondoweiss.net, Yumna Patel, @yarahawari.bsky.social & Abdaljawad Omar discuss the precarious ceasefire & different future scenarios in Gaza & wider Palestine.

Listen here: al-shabaka.org/podcast/gaza...

26.02.2025 11:39 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For me, it’s the normalization of absurdity.

Trump was a joke less than a decade ago but his politics are now the norm and he is feared instead of ridiculed. I am afraid everything an emboldened Trump does now will also become the norm, including his fantasies about Gaza, the region & the world.

26.02.2025 11:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œRoll over and play dead.”

He actually wrote that. Lol

26.02.2025 10:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TOMORROW!

In this policy lab, Dena Qaddumi &
@jehadabusalim.bsky.social join host @tksshawa.bsky.social
to discuss what the ceasefire in Gaza means for Palestinians & the state of the physical & political landscape that determines what comes next.

Register here: www.crowdcast.io/c/gaza-genoc...

25.02.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Depressing the Vote: Genocide and 2024 US Presidential Race | Al-Shabaka This brief revisits data from US elections to show the effect of the Democratic Party’s support for the Gaza Genocide on demobilizing voters

NEW from Al-Shabaka!

In this policy brief, Halah Ahmad revisits polling & election data to demonstrate the effect of the Democratic Party’s unflinching support for the Israeli regime on demobilizing voters in a presidential race taking place amid a genocide al-shabaka.org/briefs/depre...

25.02.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump's Return: Implications for the Palestinian Struggle | Al-Shabaka While many aspects of Trump's foreign policy remain uncertain, they will undoubtedly have devastating consequences for Palestinians.

In this recent roundtable, Al-Shabaka analysts offer insights into how Trump will compare to his predecessor, what lies ahead for Palestine solidarity organizing in the US, and the material impact will be on the ground in Palestine.

#gazagenocide #gazaceasefire

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20.02.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Next Wednesday, 6pm Palestine time!

Dena Qaddumi &@jehadabusalim.bsky.social
join @tksshawa.bsky.social to discuss what the ceasefire in Gaza means for Palestinians & the state of the physical & political landscape that determines what comes next.

More info: www.crowdcast.io/c/gaza-genoc...

19.02.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In this final episode of the collaboration between Al-Shabaka & @mondoweiss.net, Yumna Patel, @yarahawari.bsky.social, & Abdaljawad Omar discuss the precarious ceasefire & different future scenarios in Gaza & wider Palestine

Listen, Share, Subscribe: al-shabaka.org/podcast/gaza...

17.02.2025 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

When I see these this type of news it really weighs on me that those in the shadows of power will hold on to the status quo so tight before they let revolution liberate the millions.

Our region has some serious rot that can no longer be cured. The whole tree needs to come down.

13.02.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Palestinian Struggle: From Genocide to Global Realignment | Al-Shabaka Tareq Baconi reflects on over 12 months of genocide in Gaza and discusses its ramifications on the Palestinian liberation movement

In this commentary, Al-Shabaka Board President Tareq Baconi reflects on over 12 months of genocide in Gaza, discusses its ramifications, highlights the faΓ§ade of the international rules-based order, & centers the power of the global majority al-shabaka.org/commentaries...

12.02.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What a Second Trump Administration Means for Palestinians | Al-Shabaka Halah Ahmad and Andrew Kadi join host Tariq Kenney-Shawa to discuss what the incoming Trump Administration will mean for Palestinians

In this policy lab, Halah Ahmad and Andrew Kadi join host Tariq Kenney-Shawa to discuss what the incoming Trump Administration will mean for Palestinians, how it will affect the pro-Palestine solidarity movement in the US, and how to prepare for it al-shabaka.org/policy-labs/...

13.02.2025 11:17 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Donald Trump's suggestion of ethnically cleansing the Gaza Strip lays bare the "long-term American project" in the Middle East, says Palestinian writer Mohammed El-Kurd. https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/11/mohammed_el_kurd_palestine_perfect_victims

11.02.2025 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 491    πŸ” 169    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 4

My colleague @yarahawari.bsky.social never misses a chance to call out and educate mainstream media on how not to dehumanize Palestinians. That’s why we need more Palestinian voices to speak on Palestine in media.

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"I think it's really important that we get our language right. This isn't a forced movement. It is ethnic cleansing."

- Yara Hawari (@yarahawari.bsky.social) in a must-watch interview with CNN

11.02.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Netanyahu asked U.S. for AI chip export waiver Israel hopes the Trump administration will change the Biden-era export control framework or upgrade Israel's status, an Israeli official said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked U.S. Secretary of Commerce nominee Howard Lutnick during their meeting in Washington on Friday to give Israel a waiver that would exempt it from proposed regulatory controls on advanced AI chips, two sources with knowledge of the issue said.

10.02.2025 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3

Make sure you're following @alshabaka.bsky.social!

10.02.2025 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Israel’s Exploitation of Palestinian Labor: A Strategy of Erasure | Al-Shabaka Ihab Maharmeh details a recurring pattern in which Israel summons, exploits, expels, or replaces the Palestinian workforce based on its needs.

"The Israeli regime's approach to Palestinian labor rests on a primary goal: to make everyday life so unbearable that Palestinians are forced to leave their homeland."

To understand more about how Israel exploits Palestinian labor, read this brief by Ihab Maharmeh al-shabaka.org/briefs/israe...

10.02.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This was one of my favorite episodes to edit and work on.

Such powerful commentary and analysis from Diana Buttu on the rapid developments around #Gazaceasefire with the arrival of Trump and his support for #GazaGenocide & ethnic cleansing.

Highly recommended listen 🎧

10.02.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This was one of my favorite episodes to edit and work on.

Such powerful commentary and analysis from Diana Buttu on the rapid developments around #Gazaceasefire with the arrival of Trump and his support for #GazaGenocide & ethnic cleansing.

Highly recommended listen 🎧

10.02.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0