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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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  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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    6 hours ago

    It amazes me that the same people who trashed the Iran deal—a deal literally written with countless verification & compliance measures because the West assumed Iran would try to violate it—are now celebrating North Korea's vague, non-binding "pledge" that recycles 1990s language.

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  3. 12 hours ago

    Turkish forces intervened at some point to stop the clashes and were threatened by Ahrar al-Sharqiya members.

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  4. 12 hours ago

    Clashes erupted between 2 FSA factions in Efrin's Azadi Sq today: Ahrar al-Sharqiya & Liwaa' al-Sultan Muhammad al-Fatih opened fire on one another over a personal dispute reportedly involving a nargileh. 2 civilians were killed in the crossfire & 3-4 fighters.

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    Jun 10

    And then ask: why in the world would a teen ever slap a soldier? How could she? "What would you do if soldiers dragged your son out of bed in the middle of the night?" via

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    19 hours ago
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    الكوردي الحر ليس من يرفع علم النصرة او تركيا . الكوردي الحر الذي لا يرفع صور اوجلان ولا يرفع صور البرزاني ويعبد هؤلاء الاشخاص الكوردي الحر الذي لا يقبل الظلم لا من PYD ولا من الفصائل ولا من تركيا . ليست هناك اي قوة على ارض سوريا ترفع الظلم عن الشعب والجميع يظلمهم

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  7. 19 hours ago

    U.S. behind-the-scenes interventions & public condemnations have prevented/constrained multiple Israeli human rights abuses, not just those of Palestinian rights. I'm saying this based on a decade+ of experience in Israeli human rights NGOs.

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  8. 19 hours ago

    While Obama's team did not help further Palestinian rights, it at least tried to prevent (at times successfully) things from getting worse. Those days are gone. Anyone who cares about human rights should be incredibly concerned about this.

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  9. 19 hours ago

    Obama admin officials would speak derisively about Netanyahu behind closed doors, but they didn't do much in their time in office to advance Palestinian rights, for example, by presenting a peace plan, UNSC resolutions or even diplomatic sanctions due to human rights abuses.

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  10. 19 hours ago

    The piece, like many others based (in part) on former Obama admin officials presents Trump's policy as a significant break from the past. Current policy is markedly worse, but Obama's realization that Netanyahu doesn't want peace did not translate into policy

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  11. 19 hours ago

    Fascinating long-read about Trump's Middle East policy & Israel's ties with the UAE and Saudi Arabia

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  12. 20 hours ago

    Israeli intel is pointing to growing tensions between the hardliner & pragmatic camps in Iran concerning financing of militant groups across Middle East. However, such tensions existed in the past & even harsher sanctions (pre-JCPOA) did not alter Iran's policies on this matter

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  13. 20 hours ago

    Israeli Intel (which was largely against scuttling JCPOA): Trump's Pressure on Iran Working Better Than Expected (Haaretz)

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    22 hours ago

    tried to set up "observation" posts near Hizbullah's positions in Qusayr, Homs Province; met with angry response from Hizb; and withdrew, according to . Useful reminder of who owns the ground in

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  15. 22 hours ago

    More anger about the inefficacy of Turkish observation posts in protecting Idlib. From Binnish, Idlib: "Turkey is a guarantor that the [rebel] factions won't retaliate" to regime & Russian attacks. One soldier holds the number of airstrikes on several Idlib towns in recent days.

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  16. 23 hours ago

    First protest in Ramallah against the Palestinian Authority's sanctions on Gaza

    protest to end the sanction against is significant one, it was mostly youth & the crowed did not belong to , mostly people who think Gaza should not be punished by the…
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  17. Retweeted
    Jun 11

    2 years ago today: 643 -i men and boys were disappeared by the Popular Mobilization Unit militias in their military operation to retake from the so-called Their families don't know if they are even alive Where are they ?

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    Jun 10

    Today in Sissi’s Egypt: New law that if you have 5K Twitter followers you are considered a member of the press - therefore under the jurisdiction of a law that outlines crimes and punishments on “fake news”

    البرلمان يوافق على 3 قوانين للصحافة.. و"الأعلى للإعلام": حماية من الفوضى …
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    Jun 11

    For those of us with a short memory: On Sep. 19, 2007 Israel adopted a decision to strangle Gaza. Since, it has tweaked the policy but never stopped punishing civilians. Israel is in no small part directly responsible for the situation in Gaza today.

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    : heavy blast rocked area of (NE. of ) moments ago.
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    Jun 11

    First aid convoy to reach Douma in three months, but without UN staff who were reportedly not allowed to accompany the delivery. The amount of the country served with aid solely from Damascus has increased, but access remains difficult and heavily controlled.

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