I did not expect the last public editor of the New York Times to share my essay about Nicholas Kristof, but Iâm glad to receive this (non-judgmental) share:
https://t.co/gXtHQLDiCq
It can feel hard to comprehend the seriousness of this. A British police force, in the 21st century, post-Macpherson, failed to disclose relevant information about a violent hateful threat against a group of people on the basis of their national heritage.
They chose instead to emphasise, incessantly, the supposed threat posed by the targets of this animus that was bubbling up in Birmingham: the Maccabi fans, the Israelis, the Jews.
âïž Brendan O'Neill
Shutting down the internet is the Talibanâs latest attempt, under their brutal system of gender apartheid, to cut Afghan women and girls off from the world.
Without reliable internet access, they cannot access their courses or connect with their peers and teachers.
This cannot be tolerated. Governments must immediately put maximum pressure on the Taliban to reverse the internet shutdown and restore Afghan girls' and womenâs basic rights, especially their right to education.
@bryan_johnson@DrNeilStone I appreciate that you live your life exactly how you design it.. It makes me wonder though about the actual meaning of *well* *being* - being present in this world, embracing life in the present moment and not competing at it?
Dear Members of the @PulitzerPrizes board,
My name is Emily Damari. I was held hostage in Gaza for over 500 days.
On the morning of October 7, I was at home in my small studio apartment in Kibbutz Kfar Aza when Hamas terrorists burst in, shot me and dragged me across the border into Gaza. I was one of 251 men, women, children, and elderly people kidnapped that day from their beds, their homes, and a music festival.
For almost 500 days I lived in terror. I was starved, abused, and treated like I was less than human. I watched friends suffer. I watched hope dim. And even now, after returning home, I carry that darkness with me - because my best friends, Gali and Ziv Berman are still being held in the Hamas terror tunnels.
So imagine my shock and pain when I saw that you awarded a Pulitzer Prize to Mosab Abu Toha.
This is a man who, in January, questioned the very fact of my captivity. He posted about me on Facebook and asked, âHow on earth is this girl called a hostage?â He has denied the murder of the Bibas family. He has questioned whether Agam Berger was truly a hostage. These are not word games - they are outright denials of documented atrocities.
You claim to honor journalism that upholds truth, democracy, and human dignity. And yet you have chosen to elevate a voice that denies truth, erases victims, and desecrates the memory of the murdered.
Do you not see what this means? Mosab Abu Toha is not a courageous writer. He is the modern-day equivalent of a Holocaust denier. And by honoring him, you have joined him in the shadows of denial.
This is not a question of politics. This is a question of humanity. And today, you have failed it.