Danny Postel

Politics Editor @newlinesmag | Übermenshevik | incurable tennis addict | pitch me: [email protected] | Also find me @dannypostel.bsky.social

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The would-be democrats of Serbia’s Student List find themselves in a bind: Their aspirations to remake the country’s political order depend, in part, on the support of some of the region’s most reactionary elements, writes @JasminMuj for @newlinesmag. https://t.co/VGwGNxVwsM

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How Israel’s Defenders Use Palestinian Voters As Window Dressing

@PeterBeinart explains how Israel’s boosters laud it for allowing some Palestinians to vote – and stay silent when Israel tries to take that vote away.

Read now: https://t.co/dpw7USYFN1

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Serbia’s Student List has won a stunning victory over the authoritarian Vucic regime. But it did so by mobilizing a heterodox coalition of voters which depends, in part, on the support of some of the most reactionary elements in the region. For @newlinesmag I write about how Serbia’s new reformers find themselves in a familiar bind. https://t.co/3JT9clUomL

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WATCH: Two Israeli films about Gaza have sparked fierce reactions, raising questions about what ordinary Israelis know about the war and how they choose to confront it. @lisang examines the documentary “NAZA” and the satirical drama “Yes!”.
https://t.co/lasyQJDVbQ

[Danny Postel @DannyPostel]

The would-be democrats of Serbia’s Student List find themselves in a bind: Their aspirations to remake the country’s political order depend, in part, on the support of reactionary elements.

Important piece by the brilliant @JasminMuj for @newlinesmag

https://t.co/qGY5c0NijX

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NEW: The closure of Hormuz has pushed Iraq into fuel shortages and a fiscal squeeze, while decades of war, corruption and stalled reform have left the country unable to turn its oil wealth into energy security, reports @lperpignaiban for @newlinesmag. https://t.co/vXv4N11Nlu

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Editor’s Pick: Opposition leaders in Israel have said they won’t ally with an Arab party, though polls show this is their only sure path to victory over Netanyahu. Mansour Abbas thinks he can change their minds
https://t.co/Dlr30Zxt8n

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🧵Two stories were named finalists for the 2026 @save_children Global Media Awards:

“How Armed Groups in Colombia Use Social Media to Recruit Children” in the Written Investigations Categories.
https://t.co/Sv1geiveLU 

“How the Assad Regime Disappeared Thousands of Children” in the Photography category.
https://t.co/GSBixcuJPO

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@hodassherif @AMEJA 🧵Also at at the @AMEJA Awards, @7assan3yman won the Emerging Voices Award, honoring his work as a rising journalistic voice.
You can read his @newlinesmag stories here:
https://t.co/asrtFiunzH

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🧵“Gaza’s Hidden Epidemic of Male Infertility” by @hodassherif won Best Feature Reporting at this year's @AMEJA Awards, recognizing her reporting on a deeply underreported consequence of the war in Gaza.
You can read it here:
https://t.co/nnyfMBViuI

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🧵We’re proud to share some recent exciting recognition for @newlinesmag and our contributors!

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Israeli forces have detained dozens of Syrians from the country’s south, some of them teenage boys taken from farms and family homes. Their families still don’t know where they are being held or why, @subhash_anagha reports in this piece for @newlinesmag.

https://t.co/cbf6bmySc4

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Wrote about Bassem Youssef’s unlikely appearance at Egypt Forum 2026 after years of building credibility basically making fun of these events. https://t.co/3UwA5K6jg1

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WATCH: On this week’s episode of the podcast, author @AnandWrites joins @FaisalAlYafai to discuss his new book “Man in the Mirror” and the divisive death of Jordan Neely on a New York subway train in 2023.
https://t.co/7OWW9u52RO

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ICYMI: A new meme has popped up during France’s student-led protests that speaks to the disconnect between the state and its young citizens. What is the meaning behind “Bismillah, c’est les ténèbres”?
https://t.co/1WVcKIoAwa

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In one of our current top reads, @ChrisOsieck writes about the people forced to turn to satellite images to find out whether their homes in Gaza are still standing, and what it means to search for traces of a life that may no longer exist.
https://t.co/cVNQs84ab4

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NEW: Comedian Bassem Youssef’s unlikely appearance at Egypt Forum 2026 has put his complicated relationship with the Egyptian state back in the spotlight, writes @chrysographer in @newlinesmag. https://t.co/ipi1XXTC7Y

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“The cost of the protests — politically, socially, financially — will be determined in the coming weeks and months. But the underlying disconnect between the state and its rising generation will continue long after the shattered glass is swept up and the charred cars towed away.”
https://t.co/4HERLRXQV4

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Orthodox churches that have not shared communion since the fifth century are now worshipping together, navigating doctrine, culture and language to find a common faith.
https://t.co/l93Av4EHLL

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In one of our current top reads, Yemeni journalist @mohammedalqadhi examines the battle for Taiz, a city whose fate could reshape Yemen’s future. 
https://t.co/Ih8QISVKEH