Abdallah

Researcher at TU Munich.

[Hassan Mafi ‏ @thatdayin1992]

How to manufacture consent:

[John Cusack @johncusack]

There is no universe where this is not an evil act - cold blooded murder of innocents

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Israel killed every single child in this photo today in Deir Qanoun Al-Nahr, South Lebanon.

Every. Single. One.

6 children.

Murdered, alongside their parents.

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

Maximum alert on the Flotilla!

Israel has been given license to threaten, kidnap and shoot at civilians ALSO in int'l waters!

Welcome to Apartheid without Borders - soon to be Apartheid Mediterranean Consortium.

Shame on the EU, its main enabler in this part of the world.

[Alyssa 🖤 @a_lil_bow]

I’m so disturbed that life goes on as normal in the U.S. while the government destroys Iran and parts of West Asia

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

Imagine saying this while the genocide in Gaza is still going. The man has never met a war for Israeli hegemony he didn’t like.

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

We warned you: the wholesale destruction of Gaza was not an exception, it was a blueprint to crush anyone who opposes the plutocratic imperialism embodied by US/Israel and their global allies.
Act now: defend int'l law from lawlessness, before the rupture becomes irreversible.

[Mamoun Fandy @mamoun1234]

نخب مابعد التطبيع :

من متابعة المزاج العام على وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي، يتضح أنّ هناك تأييدًا لإسرائيل داخل بعض النخب بلغ مستوى غير مسبوق. هذا التأييد لم يولد اليوم؛ على الأرجح كان موجودًا سابقًا في صورة صمتٍ حذر أو مواقف مبطّنة، أما الآن فقد خرج إلى العلن بصوتٍ عالٍ، وبلغة واثقة، بل واستعراضية أحيانًا.

بدأت هذه الظاهرة داخل أوساط النخب الإيرانية في الخارج، حيث بدت صادمة حتى لمن رصدها عن قرب، ثم ما لبثت أن تسللت إلى الداخل الإيراني وأسهمت في اختراقٍ عميق للبنية السياسية والمعنوية للنظام.
( اليوم تمتليء شوارع لندن بإيرانيين يحملون الأعلام الاسرائيلية مؤيدة لاسقاط النظام في بلادهم ).

الأخطر أنّ هذا النمط لم يبقَ محصورًا في الحالة الإيرانية، بل يتوسع اليوم في سوريا ولبنان ودول أخرى، ممهِّدًا المجال العام – ثقافيًا ونخبويًا – لتقبّل الهيمنة الإسرائيلية بوصفها “أمرًا واقعًا” أو حتى “خيارًا عقلانيًا”.

لقد تجاوزت بعض هذه النخب مرحلة التطبيع بمعناه السياسي البارد، إلى مرحلة أخطر: التشجيع العلني والتصفيق للهيمنة الإسرائيلية، وتبريرها أخلاقيًا وسياسيًا. وهذا التحول ليس تفصيلاً هامشيًا؛ بل مؤشر زلزالي على تحرّك طبقات الأرض تحت أقدام الأنظمة. فحين تنفصل النخب عن سرديات أنظمتها، وتعيد تعريف العدو والصديق خارج الإطار الرسمي، فإنّ شرعية السلطة تبدأ في التآكل من الداخل.

بالنسبة لإسرائيل، يمثّل هذا التحول عامل طمأنينة استراتيجي: ليس لأنه يضمن نصرًا عسكريًا، بل لأنه يؤشر إلى تفكك الجبهة المعنوية والفكرية لخصومها. أما بالنسبة للأنظمة المعنية، فهو إنذار مبكر بأنّ الخطر الحقيقي لم يعد خارجيًا فقط، بل بات كامنًا في البنية النخبوية نفسها، وفي قدرتها على إعادة تشكيل الوعي العام ضد سرديات الدولة.

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

The difference is by design.

[Ounka @OunkaOnX]

An Israeli reservist who served in Gaza has told Sky News

IDF troops killed Palestinian civilians at random, with orders to shoot sometimes dependent on the mood of the commander

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

Israel has banned Palestinians from celebrating the release of Palestinian prisoners [hostages] & banned their families from giving interviews

Contrast that with the celebrations around the release of Israeli hostages & the many interviews being broadcast around the world.

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

💥Again: Ceasefire according to Israel=“you cease, I fire.” Calling it “peace” is both an insult and a distraction.
All eyes on Palestine: Israel must face justice, sanctions, divestment, boycott UNTIL occupation, apartheid and genocide are over and every crime is accounted for.

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

It is clear that with this ceasefire Western governments and media want us all to let bygones be bygones.

Never. Israel committed a genocide, we all witnessed the most obscene violence it is possible to imagine, and we need to see the perpetrators locked up in The Hague.

[Zachary Foster @_ZachFoster]

Imagine if Palestinian groups dropped leaflets over Tel Aviv, declaring no celebrations would be allowed today after the release of the hostages & prisoners of war. Israel is the most cartoonishly evil country on earth.

[Israel Genocide Tracker @trackingisrael]

An Israeli terrorist’s latest destruction across Gaza, just before the ceasefire takes effect, is shown to friends and family in a montage video celebrating the 'end of the war.'

[Zachary Foster @_ZachFoster]

After the exchange of captives:

1) The Israeli captives will return to a semi-normal life, they'll be able to celebrate with their family and friends, they'll enjoy freedom of movement, freedom to travel, freedom to speak their mind. If they commit any crimes after their release, they'll face civilian courts, civilian judges and civilian laws.

2) The Palestinian hostages & prisoners returned to Gaza & the West Bank will return to living under a military occupation or siege or quite likely, an ongoing genocide. They will not have freedom of movement, freedom to speak their mind or freedom to celebrate. They will live in fear the rest of their lives that Israel will kidnap them again for sneezing and they'll return to a torture dungeon where they'll face the risk of death by rape, starvation or physical assault, as Israel did the last time around. https://t.co/R0MdrhWcNC

[Abdallah @abdallah_fayed]

@dave_kehr Dear Dave, I remember reading few years ago an article of yours (probably from the Chicag Tribune era) that explored some themes in John Ford's films (Community buliding..). It was not tied to a particular film, I suppose. I would be grateful for its name and a link, if possible.

[Zachary Foster @_ZachFoster]

This @BarackObama tweet will be taught in genocide studies courses as a case study of what dehumanization looks like.

[Michael Thrower Chowdhury @BevansAdvocate]

Easily the best book I've read on the intangible economy