Sami Hamdi سامي الهاشمي الحامدي

MD @Theiinterest. Publicly a commentator on MENA while privately advising companies/stakeholders.

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[Sami Hamdi سامي الهاشمي الحامدي @SALHACHIMI]

New Episode on MOVE:
"AIPAC is spending millions - and losing"

01:25 - Thomas Massie's defeat
02:52 - AIPAC breaking spending records
05:37 - More spending, but more primary defeats
11:48 - AIPAC candidates turn on Israel after winning seats
14:44 - Millions spent, but anti-AIPAC public opinion shift is accelerating
7:33 - Democrat DNC fear losing midterms opportunity
18:56 - "The winning Democrats are not those DNC want to win"
20:33 - Beyond red and blue lines... towards "purple"
26:18 - Israel First and buying social media
27:57 - Battle of Uhud

[Sami Hamdi سامي الهاشمي الحامدي @SALHACHIMI]

@derspiegel Ihr redet von einer Brandmauer, während Israel über 80 Palästinenser an einem Tag ermordet! Die AfD stützt diesen Völkermord. Warum ist euch rechter Populismus wichtiger als palästinensische Leben?

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Exclusive: U.S. intelligence agencies have warned the Trump administration that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to take steps that will undermine President Trump’s effort to reach a lasting peace deal with Iran. https://t.co/LF1mowtp08

[Yousef Munayyer @YousefMunayyer]

Trump should demand that Israel immediately withdraw from every inch of Lebanon and enforce it. If he doesn't Netanyahu will destroy any chance of an exit from the diasterous Iran war he started.

[Borzou Daragahi 🖊🗒 @borzou]

I never heard such brutal honesty about the state of Israel from an American official before. Those in the Biden administration would sooner sell their organs than say something like this publicly. In one soundbite he exposes Israel’s utter international isolation and its complete dependence on the US for its security. The masks and the gloves are off.

[Haaretz.com @haaretzcom]

Israel is bleeding support in U.S. and pouring tens of millions to change that https://t.co/YszR2Q1nnZ

[Eli Clifton @EliClifton]

Today, at the newspaper owned by Trump’s biggest donor, Miriam Adelson.

[Mouin Rabbani @MouinRabbani]

People are understandably skeptical and even dismissive of the latest spat between the US and Israel.

It is after all no more than a war of words, with no serious indication it has or will result in a change of policy by Washington towards Israel. Certainly not as of today.

This notwithstanding, what we are witnessing this week is fundamentally different than yet another article by Barak Ravid that the US leadership is furious with Israel. This time, the message is coming straight from the horse’s mouth, most prominently from none other than Trump and Vance.

This is already politically significant for an important reason. It may not directly affect US policy towards Israel, but for decades Israel has very successfully traded on the image that it is all-powerful in Washington, that the road to the White House runs through Tel Aviv.

Many governments accordingly make nice with Israel and acquiesce to its every demand not out of any loyalty to or affinity with Israel, but because they have successfully been persuaded by Israel that if they disobey it, they will incur the wrath of Washington and get nothing from it.

When such governments witness not only the various statements critical of Israel by the most senior US officials, but just as importantly the hysteria of Israeli leaders that they have been abandoned by Washington and that the US has become a Saudi-Qatari colony, they will factor this into their foreign policies.

If, in the coming weeks, the US forces Israel to withdraw from Lebanon, for example, and engages seriously with Iran over persistently loud Israeli objections, it sends a very clear message. That message is that relations with the US can be pursued bilaterally, or even via other governments, and Israel can be safely ignored.

Israel’s leadership seems to have become delusional to the point of believing that it is the senior partner in the relationship with the US. If it continues to act this way, it will ultimately reveal itself to be a paper tiger, with the consequences this entails.

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

I don’t recall Biden officials saying anything like this while they were in office.

[Sami Hamdi سامي الهاشمي الحامدي @SALHACHIMI]

Tonight at the Oxford Union:

“Israel never truly wanted peace with Palestine”

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

Ta-Nehisi Coates: “I don’t know how you remain consistent by claiming an anti-apartheid legacy here in the United States of America while enforcing it abroad.”

Coates told Chris Hayes that the Democratic Party cannot continue avoiding the issue of Gaza and Palestine, saying the party is already facing a political and moral reckoning ahead of 2028.

[Bruno Maçães @MacaesBruno]

Someone should compile what these guys said at the beginning of the war and now.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 The fight over Trump’s Iran deal could turn into a direct test of who actually holds power in Washington.

Political Analyst Sami Hamdi argues the Israel First lobby has already shown it can mobilize Congress and spend more than $52 million against politicians who question Israeli interests.

“Who is the expletive superpower here?”

That was Clinton’s old frustration, and Sami thinks Trump may now face the same pressure if he tries to force this deal through.

@salhachimi

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇷 The Americans are hiding the fine print from Israel because they know Israel will kill the deal.

Political Analyst Sami Hamdi breaks down why Trump moved fast.

"The loser of this MOU is clearly the Israelis. They're in hysterics now. They're in panic mode."

If your ally has to find out about a deal from a journalist, it's not really an alliance anymore.

@salhachimi

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇷 The Israelis are hitting Lebanon hours after Trump publicly criticized their conduct, and nobody is stopping them.

Political Analyst Sami Hamdi just laid it all out.

"The Israelis are almost daring Trump, you sign this MOU, you claim you can't hit Lebanon. I dare you to do something. I dare you to try to rein us in."

Trump's credibility is now caught between Israel's defiance and Iran's ultimatum.

@salhachimi

[Sami Hamdi سامي الهاشمي الحامدي @SALHACHIMI]

AIPAC are spending millions and breaking spending records on US primaries to put Israel First and silence criticism. But the more they spend, the more they are becoming toxic and losing even the candidates they help to win.

https://t.co/UAx9LuUe4o

[Shibley Telhami @ShibleyTelhami]

Trump's statements on Israel of late may also reflect that he is coming to grips with the shifting US public attitudes toward Israel, across the American political spectrum.

[גיא עזריאל Guy Azriel @GuyAz]

I can now confirm that Israel formally requested access to the Iran MoU and was denied. A remarkable and highly unusual development between close allies on an issue of such critical national security importance.

[Yousef Munayyer @YousefMunayyer]

AIPAC making not so veiled threats against @realDonaldTrump to use the Senators they fund to try to torpedo his Iran deal just as they attempted to do with Obama's. If Hezbollah is Iran's aircraft carrier in Lebanon, AIPAC is Netanyahu's aircraft carrier in Washington.

[Sami Hamdi سامي الهاشمي الحامدي @SALHACHIMI]

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