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Passionate about human rights. Research Fellow at the Israeli Forum for Regional Thinking () focusing on Syria. Poli-sci grad student

Chicago, IL
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    Feb 14

    My new piece for : Israel's Deepening Involvement with Syria's Rebels

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    Apr 16

    I don’t like to diss my colleagues. But this is shocking. Robert Fisk’s crimes against journalism via

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    9 hours ago

    Updated ethics disclosures by gubernatorial candidate reveals that he accepted $20,000 form a pro-Assad lobby group to attend an event featuring regime officials days after the regime's chemical attack on Khan Sheikhoun.

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  4. 9 hours ago

    Sources told me that Syrian doctors & nurses were coerced under the threat of torture to appear on RT & Sputnik & lie about the chemical attack in Douma. I now understand that these Russian outlets are similar to regime channels under dictatorships, used to air forced confessions

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  5. 9 hours ago

    Until what I heard this week from Douma residents & medical personnel, I considered RT & Sputnik to be merely propaganda outlets spreading lies, similar to Fox News, the Daily Mail, Israeli Channel 20, Alternet.

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  6. 9 hours ago

    Tim al-Siofi, a survivor of the Douma chemical massacre posted this photo from the massacre & wrote: "Every time I try to sleep this image comes to me as a nightmare, reminding me of the sights of Doomsday that Douma lived through"

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  7. 9 hours ago

    Syrian medics 'subjected to extreme intimidation' after Douma attack This was confirmed to me as well by medical personnel recently displaced and still inside Douma

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    10 hours ago

    On 4/24 Israel will announce a verdict in the trial of Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour, held in prison or under house arrest for the last 2.5 years for a poem & 2 Facebook posts. 100s of writers call for Dareen's release

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    13 hours ago

    Several dozen extreme right wing activists cursing and throwing stones and water bottles on bereaved Israeli and Palestinian families at shared Memorial Day ceremony

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    12 hours ago

    Over 5000 at shared Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day service. Speakers on the stage, bereaved families from both sides, are mentioning Israel is celebrating 70 years of independence, while Palestinians have not won theirs yet

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  11. 13 hours ago

    To add to it: Syrian doctors & nurses were forced to go on regime TV, RT & Sputnik & deny that a CW attack occurred. This was conditioned on their status being cleared by the regime (تسوية الوضع). RT & Sputnik are complicit in eliciting false confessions under threat of torture

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  12. 13 hours ago

    Important report.

    Russia accused of tampering with the site of alleged Syrian chemical attack as weapons inspectors demand access to the…
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    13 hours ago

    "The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." H/T

    1. Cardiologist alleges White Helmets faked photos because EEG pads are misplaced: 12,000 retweets 2. Cardiologist admits he was mistaken & the EEG pads are placed correctly: 22 retweets
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  14. 13 hours ago

    Kurdish activists are demanding to learn the fate of dozens of political prisoners held in PYD prisons in Efrin city, incl these 3 prominent activists: Abd a-Rahman Abu, Ahmad Sidu & Adv. Idriss 'Alo. The dissidents were not found in PYD prisons after Efrin's capture.

    على حزب الأتحاد الديمقراطي PYD كشف مصير المعتقلين…
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  15. 14 hours ago

    Imagine the courage it takes to say this in an area under Assad regime control. These people are risking their lives to inform the world, but millions spent by the Kremlin on misinformation operations are drowning out these brave voices.

    . got access to - Locals *did* recall a chemical gas attack - Delivery rocket *was* still in place…
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  16. 15 hours ago

    תרגום של מאמר המשבח את המשטר הצפון קוריאני שפורסם באתר חד"ש לפני שבועיים

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    15 hours ago

    Latest: Russian military say they found a laboratory in Douma which militants used to make chemical weapons Not sure how that fits with their earlier story, namely that there was no chemical attack and it was all staged by British intelligence. Both claims can’t be true

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  18. 15 hours ago

    Residents of Kafrsijneh, Idlib, expel Hayat Tahrir a-Sham (Nusra) from their village after the jihadists stormed the village, injured a resident & kidnapped another one. This is not the first time that lightly armed/unarmed civilians have expelled HTS from their towns.

    أهالي قرية كفرسجنة بريف ادلب الجنوبي يطردون هيئة تحرير الشام بعد اقتحامها القرية وإصابة "محمد علوش" و خطف "مصطفى العبدالله".
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  19. 15 hours ago

    Amidror's remarks are particularly worrisome because they were made to an Israeli audience, apparently to prepare Israelis for a future war, which will be incredibly deadly & destructive compared to previous rounds of fighting with Hezbollah. It's not saber-rattling to outsiders.

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  20. 16 hours ago

    A war between Hezbollah-Iran and Israel would be immensely destructive to Lebanon, Israel, what's left of Syria & potentially Iran. All forces involved are heavily armed & willing to inflict mass civilian casualties on the other side. All efforts must be made to prevent it.

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  21. 16 hours ago

    For context of the looming conflict between Israel-Iran-Hezbollah & how to prevent it, see this excellent report And my exposé on Israel's shift in policy last year & growing involvement w/ rebels in southern Syria

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