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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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Joined December 2008
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    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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  2. 22 minutes ago

    Israeli : The Prosecutor's Office will likely recommend charging Netanyahu with bribery for a scandal ("Case 1000") involving expensive gifts he and his wife received from tycoons Arnon Milchan & James Packer.

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  3. 3 hours ago

    According to the pan-Arab paper al-Sharq al-Awsat (rather reliable), the Assad regime is proposing to distance Iran-backed militias 25 KM from the Golan fence & grant limited local autonomy to local councils in the area (Ar)

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  4. 3 hours ago

    Israeli Defense Minister, Lieberman, will travel to Moscow today to discuss w/ his counterpart Iranian presence in Syria. Intense diplomacy between Israel, Jordan, US, Russia, Assad & Iran these days. The fate of Syrians decided by others, as usual.

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    22 hours ago

    Here's something to look forward to next week: a lot of op-eds explaining how there was no option but to kill that boat full of Gazans trying to escape

    March of Return national committee announces first departure of a boat from Gaza to the outside world on Tuesday to break 11-year siege. Will have university students, medical patients & graduates on board. Calls on ICRC, EU to provide protection. Video: …
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  6. Retweeted
    May 26

    About 10 years ago I worked in Ted Kennedy’s foreign affairs/immigration constituent office. I REGULARLY fielded calls from panicked mothers who came home to missing family members. ICE was created in 2003 along w/ the Patriot Act. It was a weapon waiting for a tyrant. /1

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  7. 21 hours ago

    Syrians in camps for displaced persons in Quneitra complain about harsh living conditions and lack of support from humanitarian NGOs (Ar)

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  8. 24 hours ago

    Purges and Paranoia long-read on Turkey's gradual deterioration into authoritarianism

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  9. May 27

    Firqat al-Hamza (Turkish-backed FSA) arrested for several hours the activist Belal Khartabouly, a survivor of 5 years of siege in Ghouta, in Efrin. Belal published numerous posts on social media against the abuses of the FSA in Efrin & is back to doing so after his release.

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  10. May 27

    Russia Considers Pulling Back Iranian Forces From Israel-Syria Border Fence

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    May 27

    It’s dark times when the far right can stop a lifelong advocate for kids from becoming president based in part on false claims she ran a child trafficking ring out of a pizza shop only to elect a racist who separates parents from kids who end up in the hands of actual traffickers

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    May 26

    Hate in America: Over 200 headstones spray-painted with swastikas at Illinois cemetery >

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  13. May 27

    Liberal Israeli Member of Knesset (Meretz) visits the orchard of Muhammad al-Tamimi south of Hebron, where (apparently settlers) uprooted 700 grapevines & wrote in Hebrew: "We will reach everywhere" (Ar)

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    May 27

    300 complaints were filed in 2016 against IDF soldiers who harmed Palestinians. Only 5 complaints led to indictments, while 79% were not even investigated. Read our new Data Sheet on law enforcement against IDF soldiers suspected of harming Palestinians >

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    May 26

    Recommendation to indict prime minister expected over gifts from wealthy friends

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  16. May 26

    The Contested Iraqi Parliamentary Elections in Kirkuk calls for a recount/reexamination of election results in Kirkuk

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    May 26

    Baha’is in Iran Face a New Wave of Arrests A new wave of arrests and raids on Baha’i homes across different cities in Iran has raised concern for the Baha’i community in Iran.

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    May 26

    Israeli airstrike at Qusayr (Dab'a) Air Base seems to have destroyed three aircraft shelters last Thursday

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    May 26

    . Large parts of argicultural areas in Ghab Plain (NW. ) burning. Proximity of front prevents any action to extinguish them.

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  20. May 26

    Sifo led protests in Saqba against the abusive rebel factions that ruled Ghouta. His last status update lambasted the Turkish-backed FSA calling them "mercenaries", repeating a refrain he chanted & wrote while in Ghouta: "Down with military rule"

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  21. May 26

    The activist Sifo al-Akkar, a survivor of 5 years of siege in Ghouta, chemical weapon attacks & persecution by rebel factions, was killed today in a car crash in northern Syria. He was an incredibly courageous & hopeful individual. Photo is from his Ghouta office. May he RIP.

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