Damir Marusic and I spoke about the Iran deal, the Israeli discourse surrounding it, and whether it could diminish Netanyahu's chances of winning the election. More importantly, we discussed Israel's security doctrine, now extremely challenged.
@dmarusic
https://t.co/2HcYOb6kpz
The OLDEST CHRISTIAN village in the world is burning.
Taybeh, Palestine.
The last 100% Christian Palestinian village, where Christ resurrected Lazarus, build the Church of St. Michael.
Pre-Islamic Arab people — Abgarid Edition.
Mosaic portraying Abgar, a king of Osroene, in the center, with a noble Edessan family. Edessa (Urfa). 3rd century.
On the king’s right is Asad son of ‘Aqrab, father of the family, and his wife, ‘Azīl. On the left are Asad’s sons.
الإمارات ستقوم بترميم شامل للجامع الأموي في دمشق أحد أعظم المعالم الإسلامية والتاريخية في العالم العربي بني قبل 1300 سنة كمركز للعلم والفقه، ثم اهمل طويلا وسعت ايران وحزبها لطمسه واليوم تأتي الإمارات لتساهم في استعادة مجده ورمزيته ورونقه في المشهد التراثي والسياسي السوري الجديد
One of the most shocking videos ever shared on the internet..
Moments documenting hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza being forced at gunpoint to leave their homes during the war, before their houses were destroyed before their eyes.
Painful scenes the world should never forget, no matter how much time passes.
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
you need to be delusionally optimistic
negative thinking poisons your brain and leads to congitive decline
whereas positive thinking, and gaslighting yourself into thinking everything is amazing, ACTUALLY makes your life amazing too.
you must be a silly goose
✝️ The language of Jesus Christ is still alive in Syria.
💡 In the mountains of Maaloula, Aramaic remains a living tongue, preserved through ancient prayers and daily life. Now classified by UNESCO as endangered, this sacred Aramean heritage is carried forward by a community of 20,000 Christians and Muslims alike.
Video by Rana Fakhreddine
forget the american dream. i want to live the european dream.
lunch that lasts 3 hours, nude sunbathing, bread and pasta you can actually eat, food that has four ingredients, daily siesta, wine that doesn't give you a headache because it doesn't have 76 additives in it, sitting and doing nothing all day
they figured it out.
we're still trying to hustle our way there.
🇵🇸 A young boy from Gaza holds his little brother as they both cry. Their mother just died.
He's a child. He doesn't know how to fix this. He just knows his brother is falling apart and he's all that's left.
No geopolitical framing makes this easier to watch. No "both sides" argument survives this image.
War has a cost that never appears in the official statements. And this is it.
@Tamer_Alnoaizy
Today, more than 2,500 Palestinians ran in Gaza as part of the 10th Palestine International Marathon sponsored by Egypt and held simultaneously in Bethlehem and the Strip for the first time.
The news you’ve all been waiting for! The Rolling Stones brand new studio album Foreign Tongues will be released on July 10 and is available to pre-order now on multiple formats: https://t.co/2uBnrwhTfB
Foreign Tongues captures The Rolling Stones sound you know and love - rooted in blues, country, rock and classic Stones songwriting. New single In The Stars streaming now.
For some positive news today: it is genuinely uplifting to see the land turning green again in Mesopotamia, and across much of the broader Fertile Crescent, after a strong rainy season.
I hope this is not just a temporary reprieve following years of increasing aridity and desertification.
Did you know Korea sells “one-a-day” banana packs?
Instead of every banana ripening at once, each one is at a different stage.
One is ready today.
The next one is ready tomorrow.
The last one is still spiritually in college, “experimenting.”
Simple. Genius. Solves the entire banana problem.
What do you think?
Would you prefer your bananas this way?