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@Elizrael

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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    May 10

    My new piece for the on Israel's unprecedented attacks in Syria last night & why Russia seems content to let Israel bomb Iranian targets

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    A agency is partnered up with a "computer" group founded by Bassel al- - it's still intimately close to regime figures & it helped found the infamous "Syrian Electronic Army. Good to know UN bodies in remain politically neutral, as always.

    We can't achieve global goals if we don't engage with the young. Thanks to our local partner , open space for to speak about their…
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    BREAKING: White House releases Trump letter to North Korea's Kim; Trump says summit with Kim planned for Singapore will not take place

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    Ministry of local administration in Government has issued a decision to enhance women participation in local councils by giving women in councils.

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    Thank you for pushing to recognize - shamefully overdue, cravenly used as political football

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    A missile system from the 53rd anti-aircraft brigade of the Russian Armed Forces was used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014

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    10 hours ago

    Egypt is rounding up anyone who voices any criticism, including "a woman who complained on Facebook about being sexually harassed in a bank."

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  9. 3 hours ago

    "We need foreign Shia jihadists & Russian air cover because Syrians are avoiding service & those who do fight are garbage, suitable mostly for looting"

    's deputy FM Faisal Miqdad told that forces pulling out of is "not even on the agenda of discussion" adding "we cannot let anyone even raise this issue bcz we highly appreciates Russia's military support as well as…
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    Apr 11

    The focus on Jihadism studies without a wider interest in Muslim and Arab culture, history, art, and native agency makes me very uncomfortable. Someone is *really* interested in us, but only in our warts and boils.

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    15 hours ago

    Jordan reportedly agreed with Russia to pressure opposition factions to hand over Nasib border crossing and rebel-held portions of the highway to the regime - cutting rebel-held Deraa into two pockets - or else face a Russian backed "military solution".

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    18 hours ago

    Also possible this was a attack. Video shows the moment of the targeting tonight.

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    18 hours ago

    Also tonight, crops in northern are burning as the regime uses artillery vs. the livelihood of the people in opposition areas.

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  15. 20 hours ago

    Pro-opposition website is reporting that Assad regime military intelligence arrested about 20 men in the Palestinian Yarmouk camp, including elderly men (Ar)

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    20 hours ago

    Seriously, is doing humanity a huge favor by catelogueing all this. Future historians will be greatly aided by his work. Perhaps near future war crimes tribunals can make use of it too.

    Preserving evidence is essential. That's why Jakub Janovsky's work is so important.
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  17. 21 hours ago

    Israeli Channel 1 (): Israel pressuring Mahmoud Abbas to stop freezing salaries to Palestinian Authority employees in Gaza & threatened to deduct PA's taxes if he keeps doing so.

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  18. 21 hours ago

    Israeli Ch 1+10: Israel is seriously considering long-term ceasefire proposals w/ Hamas in Gaza. It demands a ceasefire & stop to tunnel construction, return of missing Israelis & soldiers' corpses. In exchange Israel will allow infrastructure projects in Gaza to prevent collapse

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    22 hours ago

    Wish and will rethink their love-fest with Crown Prince after reading this:

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  20. 22 hours ago

    Hundreds of displaced residents make their way back to Afrin despite lingering ‘obstacles’ to return Excellent report by confirming what I've heard from Kurdish Efrin contacts: those who returned had to pay hundreds of $ in bribes to FSA

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  21. May 23

    Lovely cooperation here between a military dictatorship and in silencing dissident voices. needs to do a better job examining mass reports of dissident accounts by pro-regime trolls

    Not good news. Not good. Activist, blogger Wael Abbas (who has already been suspended by ) is reportedly arrested from his home in early hours this morning. …
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