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@Elizrael

Passionate about human rights. Fellow focusing on the Levant & Research Fellow . PhD candidate. Admin

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Joined December 2008

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jun 1

    My new piece examines why the Assad regime invested a great deal of effort to coerce Syrians to vote in the country's sham elections and participate in other public displays of loyalty and obedience

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    اليوم، وكل يوم الجمعة، يتظاهر اليهود والفلسطينيين ضد اخلاء العائلات الفلسطينية من منازلها في

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  3. The news that a European country deported refugees back to a country where they are not safe (refoulement) used to be a big deal. The Syrian war has made a laughing stock of international law norms. Non-intervention has a price.

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    33 seconds. The amount of time it took Shoukry Al Kolak of Gaza to list all of the family members who were killed in an Israeli bombing of their home.

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  5. Houssam has been set free a day after being kidnapped, apparently by PYD-linked gunmen

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  6. Retweeted
    Jun 3

    : Of the 2 million internally displaced people in camps & informal settlements in the country, 1.7m are in Idlib & other parts of the northwest that depend on cross-border aid That’s why it’s so crucial for the Security Council to renew its resolution on cross-border aid

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    Jun 1

    Another example: Musta'sim Taha organized cultural events in his village Daburiyya. Armed thugs stormed his house at 2 am with guns in their hands. He was released 2 days afterwards - after the police claimed he burned tires in a protest where no tires were burned

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  8. 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. This photo was taken the day before the famous tank man photo. The Chinese regime massacred hundreds of unarmed protesters demanding democratic rule

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  9. Today, masked gunmen beat & kidnapped Assyrian activist Hossam al-Qass, from his home in Derik, northeastern Syria. Hossam is a critic of the ruling party of the region, the PYD.

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  10. Retweeted
    Jun 3

    On 6 April 2021, HTS arrested senior Hurras al-Deen commander Abu Dhar al-Masri in Maarat Misrin. Rumours circulate that al-Masri is being tortured in an HTS prison. AQ loyalists respond angrily and highlight how al-Masri previously helped HTS-loyal clerics under attack from IS

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  11. Jun 3

    A senior Israeli military official says the quiet part out loud: "the Israeli gov doesn't want to bring about the downfall of Hamas in Gaza. It suits everyone that there is someone holding Gaza & there's no need to talk to them" [negotiate]

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  12. Jun 3

    Israeli authorities arrested 2,142 people in connection to the Jewish-Palestinian riots that took place in Israel during the military campaign on Gaza. 91% of the detainees are Arabs

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    Jun 2

    Lebanese who say "all parties/politicians are bad but my guy is the least bad" are exactly like "liberal" zionists. No. Sorry, you don't get to choose. The entire root system is rotten & there's no un-rotten fruit to be had from a rotten tree

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    Jun 2

    Elections have a purpose, even in Syria. By ⁦⁩ in ⁦⁩ Yes, Assad won reelection last week. But Syria’s elections serve another purpose.

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    Jun 2

    Reports are that Ra’am signed a coalition agreement - not supporting from outside, but in the coalition. Irrespective of whether Lapid is able to close the deal with Bennett and Sa’ar in the next hour and a half, this is a huge deal that will shape Israeli politics for years.

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  16. Jun 2

    Anti-Netanyahu protesters who've been rallying against Netanyahu for over a year are celebrating tonight the news that for the first time since 2009, Israel will have a different PM. They sing outside of the hotel where negotiations took place "tonight, there is great joy"

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  17. Jun 2

    An agreement was reached between the SDF and tribal leaders in Manbij, meeting all of the demands of locals: halting forcible recruitment, releasing detained protesters, investigating the killing of protesters by Asayîş

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  18. Retweeted
    Jun 2

    “Social control” rather than politics per se: on the point of having a presidential election in Syria even though everyone involved understands that it’s a fraud.

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  21. Retweeted
    Jun 1

    Adding to the pain is when Arab journalists speak up against this, not just with words, but with pitches and reportage, they are generally dismissed as not credible or biased or the worst: difficult. I’m optimistic that this is changing.

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