“I have never been so happy in my life. This regime has been around for all of my life and now I can stay in my home. This is a real turning point,” as tens of thousands wait for Peter Magyar here in Budapest @haaretzcom
Some news: I’m utterly delighted to announce I’m @haaretzcom’s new U.S. bureau chief. Much, much more to come but we are making a major push into America. Watch this space 👀
In the meantime: looking for a new Washington correspondent. Reach out if interested or have a rec!
Today, the @nytimes chose to publish one of the worst blood libels ever to appear in the modern press.
In an unfathomable inversion of reality, and through an endless stream of baseless lies, propagandist Nicholas Kristof turns the victim into the accused.
Israel - whose citizens were the victims of the most horrific sexual crimes committed by Hamas on October 7, and whose hostages were later subjected to further sexual abuse - is portrayed as the guilty party.
This publication is no coincidence. It is part of a false and well-orchestrated anti-Israel campaign aimed at placing Israel on the UN Secretary-General’s blacklist.
Israel will fight these lies with the truth - and the truth will prevail.
Playing the victim, demanding more apartheid: The Israeli response to EU sanctions on Netanyahu government-linked settler organizations only shows why stronger measures are needed. my latest for @haaretzcom https://t.co/nOtHH3s65F
@lizarozovsky reports EU sanctions will target settler organizations including Amana, Nachala, Hashomer Yosh, and Regavim.
The move is significant given their reliance on fundraising and close ties to the Israeli government (esp Amana and Regavim).
זה משמעותי. אלה לא עוד סנקציות על אינדיבידואלים שאומנם עושים נזק עצום בשטח אבל שסנקציות כלכליות הן לא מה שישפיע עליהם (ע״ע ינון לוי ושות) - אלא על ארגונים משמעותיים שגיוס כספים זה דבר חשוב עבורם.
Yair Golan called on the other Jewish opposition heads to publicly accept the Ra'am party's legitimacy. But that's not enough, @davidiss writes: "He should condition his participation in the next coalition on the inclusion of Arab parties willing to join." https://t.co/ksGi6XZ18Y
A government without Arabs is not an ideological stance, but a deeply racist position that emboldens Israel's Islamophobic narrative that all Arabs are "the enemy."
& more on how Netanyahu's rivals are caving to this in my latest @haaretzcom
https://t.co/6o9d6hsOzX
שותפיי לגוש הליברלי, אני פונה אליכם:
התשובה לדברי הבלע של סמוטריץ׳ חייבת להיות ברורה - הכריזו עוד היום שמנסור עבאס שותף לגיטימי להקמת ממשלה.
אם נדרשות אצבעות רע״מ כדי להפיל את ממשלת המחדל - רע״מ היא שותפה ראויה.
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