Michael Amon
@michaelkamon
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Deputy World Coverage Chief @WSJ. S. Dakotan, NYer, LNDNer, دبي Ex-@newsday @wapo. Truth, Justice and the Comics.
New York, USA
Joined August 2009
Read my comments with @WSJ's @michaelkamon & @SalehAlBatati1's timely story on Iraqi elections and Iran-backed armed groups. “Sudani made short-term gains but allowed the groups to become more entrenched in the economy,” Badawi said https://t.co/WxMao7sFFj
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Mohammed Shia al-Sudani is running for re-election Tuesday after managing to keep his country out of the region’s recent conflicts.
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#Venezuela: "The force posture currently in the southern Caribbean is consonant with the potential for precision strikes using Tomahawk missiles or other weapons, but without risking the lives of US service personnel," I told @_phillipsmorgan of @FoxNews. https://t.co/UlJyEuHixy
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Our investigation into the mass killings in the Assad regime's Saydnaya prison in Syria, which included interviews with 21 former prisoners, is out:
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Under the Assad regime, Saydnaya prison became a mass-killing machine; ‘a symbol of shame for the whole world.’
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I'm beyond thrilled that @TheEconomist picked my book "Twenty Years: Hope, War and the Betrayal of an Afghan Generation" as one of the best of 2024 - alongside my friend and colleague @yarotrof (get his book, too!) https://t.co/FCBbAdoaEE
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This.
This WSJ reporting was attacked when it first came out. Much of it is now corroborated by new reporting by the NYT here
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This WSJ reporting was attacked when it first came out. Much of it is now corroborated by new reporting by the NYT here
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The Times reviewed the minutes of 10 meetings among Hamas’s top leaders. The records show the militant group avoided several escalations since 2021 to falsely imply it had been deterred — while...
Not shocking, but absolutely important this is now confirmed. When the logic of a war is decided by a foreign country like Iran, civilians become pawns. “The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps gave the final go-ahead last Monday in Beirut” @WSJ
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For my take on the pager and walkie-talkie attacks, listen to the Journal podcast.
🎧 Listen: In today's episode of The Journal podcast, @michaelkamon reports on Israel’s covert operation in Lebanon, and what the attacks could mean for a broader war https://t.co/pKpkPf51hu
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Incredible photos by AFP's Jalaa Marey of a Hezbollah drone being shot down over northern Israel.
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Tooting my own horn here but @TheEconomist has a great review of TWENTY YEARS that calls my reporting "admirably objective" and says the book is "compelling" and offers deep insight. So happy to read this. https://t.co/EevgI93BW1
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A trio of new books tries to make sense of the war and its aftermath
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More info suggesting that Iran axis assault on Israel will be launched within next 48 hours 👇
NYT's @ronenbergman on CNN: "The assessment now is that it's not a synchronised attack, it's a coordinated attack. Hezbollah will start and Iran will attack a few hours maybe more after Hezbollah. It will happen early next week and there are some assumptions based on some
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@nancyayoussef @jmalsin Important quote to WSJ: “I can’t from personal knowledge say how entwined Hamas is with Unrwa,” said James Lindsay, the legal counsel for Unrwa from 2000 to 2007. “Unrwa minimizes the problem, and Israel tries to maximize it. The truth is probably somewhere in between.”
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Amazing work by the WSJ team, including @DrewDowell @Shayndi @davidluhnow Carrie Keller-Lynn and others.
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@nancyayoussef @jmalsin The UN released partial findings of its own investigation: Unrwa had to do more to ensure its employees are politically neutral and aren’t teaching biased content in its schools in Gaza and the West Bank.
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An investigation uncovered social-media posts and textbooks that allegedly violate U.N. neutrality policies.
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Then, an important scoop from @nancyayoussef and @jmalsin: U.S. intelligence found it likely that Unrwa employees took part on Oct. 7 but couldn't verify that 10% belonged to militant groups. The story noted: the assessment didn't dispute the 10%.
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The intelligence assessment says the U.S. can’t verify Israeli allegations that a larger number of U.N. workers have links to militant groups, people familiar with the report said.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called the Israeli intelligence "highly credible." The UN launched an investigation based on the intelligence assessment.
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It starts with a story about Israel's explosive claim in January: 12 members of Unrwa personally took part in the Oct. 7 attack. The U.S. -- Unrwa's biggest donor by far -- suspended aid. The UN fired some of the workers.
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The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees opened an investigation into allegations that several employees were linked to the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel.
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It's a good moment to call out The Wall Street Journal's robust coverage of the controversies surrounding the United Nations' agency responsible for refugees in the Palestinian Territories, known as Unrwa.
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Amazing work by the WSJ team, including @DrewDowell @Shayndi @davidluhnow Carrie Keller-Lynn and others.
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@nancyayoussef @jmalsin Important quote to WSJ: “I can’t from personal knowledge say how entwined Hamas is with Unrwa,” said James Lindsay, the legal counsel for Unrwa from 2000 to 2007. “Unrwa minimizes the problem, and Israel tries to maximize it. The truth is probably somewhere in between.”
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