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Head of Editoral @MiddleEastEye | RT≠Endorsement
Joined July 2011
If you're looking for smart, comprehensive and informed coverage on Syria, head over to https://t.co/aYm1n7ZIpK
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EXCLUSIVE: We can reveal the police assessment behind the ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans found hundreds of them in Amsterdam were "linked to the IDF". Dutch police said they were "experienced fighters", "highly organised" and "intent on causing serious violence". Full story below
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"Shah Rukh Khan: What it means to become a billionaire during a genocide" ✍️ Opinion by Azad Essa
middleeasteye.net
As India's most beloved actor and global icon amasses unprecedented wealth, his silence amid inequality, persecution and genocide exposes the moral cost of fame and belonging
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My review of Palestine's submission to the Oscars, 'Palestine 36' - a masterpiece on the 1936 Arab Revolt. The film is bound to shock nearly every Brit who watches it, owing to the stunning omissions from this period in our history curriculum https://t.co/RngPUPZhcg
middleeasteye.net
The film by Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir is a sophisticated and devastating period piece set during the British Mandate
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“In Saudi Arabia, the price of electricity is whatever the government wants it to be, unlike in the West" https://t.co/BoQgQWbdUm
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The kingdom says it can punch alongside China and the US in the AI race, and experts say it has the energy firepower to do it
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Exclusive: Inside the UAE's secret Sudan war operation at Somalia's Bosaso • Colombian mercenaries, regular transport flights and cargo marked 'hazardous' reveals a vast covert operation fuelling the RSF massacres in el-Fasher By @bashir_caato
https://t.co/0xPG0e2cVX
middleeasteye.net
Colombian mercenaries, regular transport flights and cargo marked 'hazardous' reveals a vast covert operation fuelling the RSF massacres in el-Fasher
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1/ With mounting evidence of atrocities by RSF in el-Fasher, I asked two top legal scholars whether the ICC could investigate UAE officials or citizens for supporting the paramilitary in Sudan’s Darfur🧵
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"Some countries have issues with Blair due to his vision or past... Others think there will be resistance towards him by Palestinians so he could slow down or create issues for the deal itself" https://t.co/IV9lMtX5PS
ft.com
Some countries voiced concerns over Donald Trump’s decision to name former UK prime minister to ‘board of peace’
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Morocco’s $15bn promise falls short of GenZ 212 demands for real change
middleeasteye.net
After explosive youth protests, Morocco's pledge to increase its health and education budget by 16 percent is being dismissed as insufficient
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EXCLUSIVE: @AyoubKhanMP tells me the "false narrative spewed out by MPs and the media" about the Maccabi ban has "put me and members of my family in danger." @AdnanHussainMP adds that "I've been facing a huge amount of racism" and "masked threats": https://t.co/TwoMlFZOZE
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Egypt backs Tony Blair to oversee Gaza as ‘modern-day high commissioner’ https://t.co/C1w7aAzTPp
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Yemen's Southern Transitional Council face backlash after saying that they view normalisation with Israel as a path towards securing global recognition
middleeasteye.net
Observers say the Southern Transitional Council views normalisation as a path towards securing global recognition
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In “Soaked In Blood”, MEE reconstructs the moments leading up to Ameen Sameer Khalifa’s killing and exposes how Palestinians were guided into active firing zones ⤵️ https://t.co/K1L36MOgsg
middleeasteye.net
Ameen Sameer Khalifa went to a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation site at 5am in the hope of finding food. On roads marked as safe, Israeli forces shot him dead
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“The kingdom fears that Hamas’s story could resonate with Saudis who are already questioning the country’s new liberalising direction,” a senior Saudi source said.
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Exclusive: Hamas says Israel’s ‘indiscriminate’ destruction of Gaza behind delay in locating captives' bodies
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BREAKING- Egypt has discovered Israeli plots to target Hamas leaders in Cairo and has warned Israel that any attack will be treated as a declaration of war, senior Egyptian officials tell MEE https://t.co/dBiXlEsse9
middleeasteye.net
Cairo warns any Israeli strike on Hamas figures in Egypt would be treated as a declaration of war, as the Doha attack prompts regional fears
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Middle East Eye has obtained a copy of the agreement signed by Israel, Hamas and the mediators in Egypt to end the genocide in Gaza Read the full text here ⤵️
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The first phase will include a ceasefire, a phased Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, the release of Israeli captives and Palestinian prisoners, and the entry of lifesaving aid
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Qatar said an agreement had been reached on "all the provisions and implementation mechanisms" of the first phase of the ceasfire plan, "which will lead to ending the war, the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, and the entry of aid." https://t.co/QRbPIFWohF
middleeasteye.net
US president said Hamas would release Israeli captives 'very soon' and Israeli forces would 'withdraw their troops to an agreed upon line'
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Hamas says Israel failed to achieve any of its goals in Gaza on war anniversary https://t.co/Fltxo5nkOF
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EXCLUSIVE: Israel’s arms imports from the UK have hit record high values in recent months, our @FactCheck team can reveal.
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For the first time, I'm writing about being forced to leave the US for my Palestine writing and activism. ICE, Palantir, and Google were involved. My university @Cornell remains silent. It's been a disorienting ordeal, but I stand by what I did. https://t.co/OqVQEg6I3d
theguardian.com
I’ve never been accused of any crimes, let alone prosecuted. My experience sums-up the draconian plight of non-citizens in the US, says journalist Amandla Thomas-Johnson
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