Marwan

Politologue, author, columnist.

[Marwan @marwanbishara]

From Gaza with love

[Marwan @marwanbishara]

You reek of what you sow …

[Mairav Zonszein מרב זונשיין @MairavZ]

A sudden, massive algae bloom in the Mediterranean forced shutdown of 5 out of the 6 desalination plants Israel relies on for water. Likely caused by Israel’s destruction of Gaza sewage system, which causes more Algae in the water that disrupts plants https://t.co/ENrEx6sr3X

[Marwan @marwanbishara]

I doubt it. Even murky Tony won’t sink that low ….

[Marwan @marwanbishara]

SCO that accounts for 43 percent of world population, condemns attacks and sanctions on Iran, and attacks on Palestine…

https://t.co/nis0qakQJc https://t.co/nis0qakQJc

[Acyn @Acyn]

CNN now airing split screen videos of Bush and Trump.

[Marwan @marwanbishara]

More chutzpah

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Mike Johnson on Iranians: "It's apparently part of their religion that they can just lie to someone they disagree with"

[Marwan @marwanbishara]

“Western states should take a common stand on banning exports from settlements they deem illegal. Israeli entities involved in the construction or financing of settlements ought to face sanctions too. EU members should unite to suspend the bloc’s association agreement with Israel. Europeans also need to convince Trump that Netanyahu is acting against US and Israeli interests by destabilising the region. For the tens of thousands of Palestinians whose livelihoods have been destroyed it is already far too late.”
Financial Times Editorial

[Marwan @marwanbishara]

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[Mairav Zonszein מרב זונשיין @MairavZ]

One of the only Western media outlets that has been consistently good on both news and opinion, relative to all the rest https://t.co/DFSfJVzOvQ

[Marwan @marwanbishara]

Chutzpah …

[Haaretz.com @haaretzcom]

U.K. Jewish establishment: Sanctions on Israeli settlements could endanger Jews https://t.co/I1foRLbFTt

[Shibley Telhami @ShibleyTelhami]

Important to note: This is a large, national poll, not just Brandeis students, with a sample of 3989 undergraduate students from 303 four-year US colleges and universities.

[Khalil Jahshan @KhalilEJahshan]

“Sliman #Mansour, who has died at the age of 79, was a giant of #Palestinian_art .. he captured and uplifted Palestinian life and history, creating art that served as a form of #preservation as well as #resistance.”
The Washington Post https://t.co/A0DDqVW5X1

[Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye]

Athena Rayburn, executive director of the Association of International Development Agencies, told the UN Security Council on Wednesday that the US-backed Board of Peace is "failing" in Gaza and has “functioned to further entrench Israel’s unlawful presence" in the territory.

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🇮🇱 Israeli commander says he is “not sorry” for ordering strike that killed 7 World Central Kitchen aid workers

Col. Nochi Mendel, who ordered three Israeli drone strikes on the WCK convoy in Gaza in April 2024, defended his decision to Australia’s ABC after being removed from his post over serious failures and breaches of procedure.

Mendel claimed WCK had “ties to Hamas” and was “not really… innocent,” although he acknowledged he did not know of those alleged links when he ordered the attack.

Israel last week declined to pursue a criminal investigation against the commander.

[Alex JER-dun @alexjordanATL]

Jeffries naming Moskowitz — one of the most pro-Israel Democrats — as ranking member of HFAC’s Middle East subcommittee tells you *everything* you need to know about Dem party leaders’ preferred plan for dealing with their base’s fury at Israel (ignore it, maybe it’ll go away)

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Thread 🧵

It’s been 319 days since the Gaza ‘ceasefire’ deal was reached, but Israel is still killing Palestinians daily.

#Infograph

[Marwan @marwanbishara]

From inhumanity to the utter absurdity ….

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

A donkey belonging to a Palestinian farmer was reportedly stolen and dragged to death behind a vehicle by Israeli settlers, including Avichai Suissa, an Israeli settler sanctioned by the EU, according to local reports.

[Marwan @marwanbishara]

Sign of more to come:
“That is not so in the Senate battleground of Michigan, where the big-spending American Israel Public Affairs Committee has encountered some resistance, an indicator of the organization’s deepening image problems — even among Republicans — because of its staunch support for Israel.” @nytimes

It’s more than image problems, it’s the name

[Marwan @marwanbishara]

As a rule, the Netanyahu government LIES, the rare exception when it doesn’t, only confirm this rule, domestic and foreign

Israel Police Admits It Lied About Why It Canceled Haaretz Subscriptions - https://t.co/CieslAKZzE

[Marwan @marwanbishara]

Trifecta …

[Financial Times @FT]

The Trump economy: $40tn debt, 6.7% mortgages and $5 diesel https://t.co/9SKepLrG8S

[Trita Parsi @tparsi]

Trump believes he has turned the tables on Iran. He has poked holes in Iran's control over the Strait and as a result, the status quo imposes greater costs on Iran than on the US.

For the first time since the war began, the White House has concluded, time is working in America’s favor.

But this may be precisely why another round of war is likely. Assuming the American assessment is correct, the more important question is what Trump intends to do with this newfound leverage. If Washington interprets Iran’s vulnerability as an opportunity to extract capitulation rather than to negotiate a durable settlement, the result is more likely to be another round of war than an end to the conflict. Tehran has already demonstrated that when confronted with a choice between surrender and escalation, it will choose the latter. Giving Iran the same choice again is therefore unlikely to produce a different outcome.

Herein lies the tragedy of the lethal dance between Washington and Tehran. America’s winner-take-all approach makes agreement unacceptable when Iran has the momentum. When the momentum shifts to Washington, the United States comes to believe that nothing short of Tehran’s full capitulation is palpable.

Read fall analysis: https://t.co/FgyITjnjw5

[Marwan @marwanbishara]

Western Governments sanctioning Ben Gvir for his statements and actions, knowing all too well he’s a cabinet member of the Israeli government and gets his authority as security minister from this government, is cowardly to say the least ..