“In Gaza and Lebanon, hospitals are collapsing, children are being deprived of food, and preventable diseases are spreading amid continued Israeli attacks and restrictions ... weaponization of health care has become a defining feature of a broader settler colonial project.”
— @yara-asi.bsky.social
“In Gaza and Lebanon, hospitals are collapsing, children are being deprived of food, and preventable diseases are spreading amid continued Israeli attacks and restrictions ... weaponization of health care has become a defining feature of a broader settler colonial project.”
— @yara-asi.bsky.social
Narratives surrounding the Israel/U.S.-Iran War miss the mark, writes Mohsen Askari.
Worse, the people most absent from this narrative struggle are ordinary Iranians, whose voices are increasingly lost as the war carries on.
“Israel and the UAE need a success story to resurrect a framework discredited by Israel’s genocide in Gaza and further damaged by the US-Israeli war on Iran. Kuwait...is the most available candidate,” writes DAWN fellow @miraalhussein.bsky.social.
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"60% of Americans now hold unfavorable views of Israel, while 37% view it favorably,” according to a new Pew survey reported in Israel's Haaretz.
74% of Americans ages 18–34 hold unfavorable views of Israel, compared to 49% of those aged 50 or older.
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A new Israeli settler movement, Halutzei HaBashan, “seeks to transfer the settlement model from the West Bank and the Golan deeper into southern Syria,” "seeing a historic opportunity to impose a new demographic reality,”writes Ahmed Abdelhalim.
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Israel is "trying to sabotage the possibility of US-Iran agreement," said DAWN's Omar Shakir, as Israel attacked Lebanon. "Unless the US uses its actual leverage, suspending arms transfers and intelligence cooperation," it's "effectively giving the Israeli govt this veto over a potential agreement."
Lebanon's reform government is repeating the mistakes of the past, writes Jad El Dilati.
The state cannot place greater burdens on average citizens while elites get a pass, especially amid the regional war and Israel's invasion of the south.
In February, while announcing new efforts to collect over a $1 billion in unpaid taxes from quarry and crusher operators, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said, “Collecting these funds is not guara...
Many observers note "that this new [U.S.-Iran] deal is very similar to the original deal that was signed between the US and Iran, that Pres. Trump tore apart and mocked for a long time," said DAWN's Raed Jarrar. "Pres. Trump is back to square one, negotiating a deal that was always on the table."
Did Iran win the war with Israel and the United States? The question has dominated commentary since the fighting ended. Yet it assumes that victory can be measured on a single scoreboard.
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Israel tried to sabotage an emerging US-Iran agreement by striking Beirut and triggering an escalation. The US must use its leverage—suspending arms transfers and intelligence—to stop Israel's aggression and end the war on its own terms, DAWN says.
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