DAWN MENA

Founded by @Jkhashoggi in 2018, DAWN works to reform U.S. FP in the ME, hold abusers accountable & magnify the voices of experts/activists from the region.

[DAWN MENA @DAWNmenaorg]

The US-Israeli war on Iran “has been a crucible, forging a new iteration of the Islamic Republic ... defined less by ideology than by nationalism, less by revolution than by statecraft," write Narges Bajoghli and @vali_nasr in @ForeignAffairs.

Read more: https://t.co/bQ6LBfUf2o

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

Yesterday, the IDF seized 4 students from their homes in the West Bank, including 20-year-old American, Sama Safi.

The Israeli govt didn’t tell her family or the U.S. Embassy where or why she was being taken & is holding her without charges.

America must secure her release NOW.

[DAWN MENA @DAWNmenaorg]

Rached Ghannouchi, leader of Tunisian opposition party Ennahdha, has been sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years. In 2025, DAWN called Ghannouchi a target of politically-motivated prosecution for his leadership role & criticism of the President's abuses: https://t.co/PrYSrdcX33

[DAWN MENA @DAWNmenaorg]

The US-Israeli war on Iran “has been a crucible, forging a new iteration of the Islamic Republic ... defined less by ideology than by nationalism, less by revolution than by statecraft," write Narges Bajoghli and @vali_nasr in @ForeignAffairs.

Read more: https://t.co/bQ6LBfUf2o

[DAWN MENA @DAWNmenaorg]

“Single-source reporting of Trump as a strongman who picks up the phone and yells at Netanyahu for undermining US policy is contradicted by the actual policy outcomes where Netanyahu gets exactly what he wants," DAWN's @IsabelleHayslip told @AJEnglish. https://t.co/exGBWg5Z3e

[Mike S. Omer-Man @MikeOmerMan]

Ben-Gvir Is Not Alone: These Are His Collaborators in the Illegal Treatment of Palestinian Prisoners | @hagar_shezaf

https://t.co/DkJQH1TN6o

[DAWN MENA @DAWNmenaorg]

As Lebanon's government "focuses dwindling political capital on diplomacy and the immediate needs of over 1.2 million displaced citizens, resources for the disabled and neurodivergent community have vanished,” @Adnansoutlook29 writes in @DAWN_Journal: https://t.co/CUoxPnCUgk

[Mike S. Omer-Man @MikeOmerMan]

My latest: Europe Is Sanctioning Israeli Settlers. Next it Must Confront Israel Itself
https://t.co/Wk7rmZYE0X

[Democracy in Exile @DAWN_Journal]

The West cannot discount Israeli settler violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory as stemming from "rogue elements," argues @DAWNmenaorg Israel-Palestine Director @MikeOmerMan.

Rather, they constitute a broader state project today.
https://t.co/KSU5I31LeG

[DAWN MENA @DAWNmenaorg]

At a time when public trust in the Israeli government has reached historic lows, Congress is quietly considering a measure that could tie the U.S. military to Israel more closely than ever before, writes @BenFreemanDC in @RStatecraft.

Read more: https://t.co/clnmMqX6JD

[DAWN MENA @DAWNmenaorg]

“The regional war and the focus around it is providing a cover for Israel to accelerate … abuses on the ground [in Gaza]. And it's not getting the attention it was before ... Killings increasing, demolitions.” said DAWN’s @OmarSShakir, at the @CSID_DC @mpac_national conference.

[DAWN MENA @DAWNmenaorg]

In March, Israel "approved $730 million for its public diplomacy and information efforts, or hasbara," writes @walzerscent in @DAWN_Journal. Israel is "losing the public opinion battle as it clings to its colonial subjugation of Palestine."

Read more: https://t.co/qnCnYjcUd3

[DAWN MENA @DAWNmenaorg]

Israel’s targeting of Nabatieh is part of its "strategy to essentially cripple the Shia community in Lebanon and one way to do that is by destroying different economic engines and capacity of that community and one of the largest economic engines of the south.”
— @BazziNYU

[DAWN MENA @DAWNmenaorg]

“Long before the genocide, Gaza suffered from one of the highest unemployment rates in the world.” Today, “talented and driven students...spend their days searching for electricity, internet access or aid."

@GhadaRozzi reports from Gaza in @DAWN_Journal: https://t.co/SKtr2pd8aR

[DAWN MENA @DAWNmenaorg]

AIPAC shapes U.S. policy in the Middle East. And you should know how it works.

@DAWNmenaorg’s new research maps the ties of more than 3,000 current and former AIPAC staffers to the Israeli and U.S. governments, military and intelligence institutions, think tanks, media outlets, and political organizations — a “network of networks” influencing policy and power.

Read more: https://t.co/ZoTIjLcCZf

[DAWN MENA @DAWNmenaorg]

Benjamin Netanyahu says he's given orders to Israel's army to seize control of 70% of the Gaza Strip in a move that would torpedo the tattered ceasefire and create catastrophic humanitarian conditions in the already devastated territory, @guardian reports: https://t.co/vQiUIVIBXX

[DAWN MENA @DAWNmenaorg]

"Democrats cannot hope to offer...a compelling alternative vision of governance while turning a blind eye to the previous Democratic administration’s abuses. Accountability for Gaza is both good policy and good politics.”
— @mattduss, @CIPolicy

Read more: https://t.co/FOQex6AJYs

[DAWN MENA @DAWNmenaorg]

“Long before the genocide, Gaza suffered from one of the highest unemployment rates in the world.” Today, “talented and driven students...spend their days searching for electricity, internet access or aid."

@GhadaRozzi reports from Gaza in @DAWN_Journal: https://t.co/SKtr2pd8aR

[Democracy in Exile @DAWN_Journal]

Israel's settler movement has its eyes set on more territory, this time in southern Syria.

Backed by the Israeli far-right, Halutzei HaBashan (The Pioneers of Bashan) sees Syria's instability as an opportunity, writes @Ahmd_abdelhalim.
https://t.co/7eE9Nki1qQ

[DAWN MENA @DAWNmenaorg]

Benjamin Netanyahu says he's given orders to Israel's army to seize control of 70% of the Gaza Strip in a move that would torpedo the tattered ceasefire and create catastrophic humanitarian conditions in the already devastated territory, @guardian reports: https://t.co/vQiUIVIBXX