Dima Amro

🇵🇸 // Reporter @MBJMemphis // Formerly a lot of Things // Retweets & Likes ≠ Endorsements

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

“To call it a ceasefire is a joke.”

Israeli soldiers have described a climate of dehumanisation, permissive rules of engagement and the routine killing of Palestinians during what was officially supposed to be a ceasefire in Gaza.

🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/W38AS3Q9V9

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

BREAKING: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says he has directed Israel’s military to take more of occupied Gaza, initially by seizing 70% of the Palestinian territory.

🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/s2sqFxCvAX

[Al Jazeera Breaking News @AJENews]

BREAKING: Israel has killed 3,324 people in Lebanon since March 2, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry

🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/oQaJQcnJvo

[Quds News Network @QudsNen]

Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip celebrate Eid Al-Adha amid the rubble of homes destroyed by Israel during the ongoing genocide.

[Lucas Finton @LucasFinton]

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee granted Tony Carruthers, a Memphis death row inmate, a one-year reprieve from execution after officials failed to set a viable secondary IV line. Officials, for over an hour, tried to set IV lines before calling off the execution. https://t.co/HIDR6tr7jX

[Evan Mealins @EvanMealins]

JUST NOW: Tennessee prison officials say they called off the execution of Tony Carruthers after repeated failures to establish an IV line for lethal injection.

[Lucas Finton @LucasFinton]

THREAD: Tennessee is slated to conduct its first execution of the year, that of Memphis convict Tony Carruthers.
He was convicted of kidnapping and killing three people, burying them under another person's grave. I dove into why he is being executed here:
https://t.co/CsJJyFaxOB

[Evan Mealins @EvanMealins]

Tony Carruthers' attorneys say he has been taken off the gurney and is allegedly being checked on by medical staff. Not clear how long the execution will be called off for.

[Evan Mealins @EvanMealins]

BREAKING: Tony Carruthers attorneys say executioners cannot find a vein for lethal injection and have asked for a stay of his execution.
https://t.co/IFwXdvVtR3

[Dima Amro @AmroDima]

About a week before Eid Al Adha

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: Three men have been killed at a San Diego mosque and both suspects are dead, police say. https://t.co/AFiGdbkt4b

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: Three men have been killed at a San Diego mosque and both suspects are dead, police say. https://t.co/AFiGdbkt4b

[Lucas Finton @LucasFinton]

U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen is dropping his bid for reelection following TN. Republicans' gerrymander, he said today from his DC office.
He was District 9's Rep. for two decades and one of the only white representatives of a majority minority district.
https://t.co/SuO8RqLeTM

[Julia Baker @julia_r_baker]

House Speaker Cameron Sexton has removed Democratic Caucus members from standing committees until next session due to "disrupting processes" and "creating disorder" during the special session.

https://t.co/4HKmBU7Ufc

[Laura D. Testino 〽️ @ldtestino]

Ja Morant appears to rally support for donations to Arise2Read, a Memphis early literacy foundation, in memory of his longtime Grizzlies teammate Brandon Clarke.

Clarke’s own foundation donated to Arise2Read, Damichael Cole reported today:

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

This is a hard article to read, but I hope you'll do so. I've spent some time reporting on widespread rape and other sexual violence of Palestinian male and female prisoners by Israeli authorities, and the article is now published. The assault victims were warned not to give speak of what they endured -- they were sometimes told they would be killed or raped if they gave interviews -- but they found the courage to do so. One man described being raped three times in a single day in Israeli prison, the third time after he tried to protest. A young woman said the guards would come in at the beginning of each shift and strip her naked and abuse her. Another reported that she was shown photos of herself being raped and warned they would be released unless she cooperated with Israeli intelligence. Even three children who had been detained told me they had been sexually abused. Look, whatever our position on the Middle East, we should be able to agree on being anti-rape. Sexual assaults were horrific when Israeli women were targeted on Oct. 7, and they're equally horrific when Israeli authorities use them against Palestinians day after day after day. We should be able to find common ground in opposing rape. Here's a gift link to the article: https://t.co/aMMHId49OO

[Damichael Cole @DamichaelC]

Really sad news out of Memphis. Brandon Clarke has died. He was 29.
He was great with kids. He had just established his own foundation and was committed to pouring into the Memphis community. I went to two of those events. Keep his family in prayers.
https://t.co/AY8OFy7srB

[NAACP @NAACP]

Tennessee’s lawmakers passed maps to redraw the state’s only majority-Black district. This move divides the Black vote and minimizes its influence.

Today, the NAACP Tennessee State Conference filed a lawsuit to block the State’s plan to silence Black representation.

This fight is about protecting our voting rights, our voices, and our democracy.

“A democracy without Black representation is not a democracy. It is a direct attack on our democracy and our Constitution to dismantle majority-Black districts,” said @KristenClarkeJD, NAACP General Counsel. https://t.co/bJdabafqir

[corinne_perkins @corinne_perkins]

Democratic state representative Justin J. Pearson and his brother KeShaun Pearson are removed from the gallery after taking part in a silent sit-in protesting redistricting efforts by the state's Republican leadership in Nashville, Tennessee. Photo by @Seth_Herald