Founder & President of
@Afghan_Relief
Professor of Middle East Politics at SCU
Ph.D. Oxford University
Author: Political Islam in Age of Democratization
Here is a statement from Amnesty International:
“The root causes of these repeated cycles of violence must be addressed as a matter of urgency. This requires upholding international law and ending Israel’s 16-year-long illegal blockade on Gaza, and all other aspects of Israel’s…
Biden should take this down. All of us who worked with
@realDonaldTrump
witnessed the tremendous amount of love and respect he has for our military. He was determined to protect them. We had many conversations in NSC meetings about protecting them.
#TakeItDown
#MilitarySpouse
“Hate crimes start with the dehumanization, by the language used in Israel but also in the US. If we ever need rational thinking, it’s now. We’ve seen after 9/11 what happens when we overreact. Obama acknowledged that ISIS was a direct outgrowth of our Iraq invasion.”…
This is the way reporters should all be conducting interviews. It should be challenging and even get uncomfortable, as it does for
@VivekGRamaswamy
@mehdirhasan
is the master at this. If you are running for President, you should not get a free pass.
"I want you to answer my question. Three times I've asked it. What did Donald Trump do that was 'downright abhorrent'? It's your words."
I asked
@VivekGRamaswamy
about his old tweets & writings, him criticizing Trump, and it got a little heated.
Watch:
It will be interesting to see how Trump makes the announcement about the killing of ISIS leader Baghdadi considering what he said about President Obama after the killing of Osama bin Laden.
Netanyahu said today he is actively working to ethnic transfer of Palestinians out of Gaza in a Likud meeting today. The problem, he said, is which countries will take them.
Just imagine the number of times this happened over the past 20 years. With no accountability for the loss of innocent lives. That is the real tragedy.
Breaking News: The Pentagon acknowledged that a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan on Aug. 29 was a tragic mistake that killed 10 civilians, including seven children, a military official said.
An important point from for journalists to keep in mind, from
@hahellyer
Releasing Jamal Khashoggi's off-the-record comments is deeply reckless
#JamalKhashoggi
That is one of the most shameful statements from Biden. 100 days of devastating bombing in Gaza with nearly 25,000 killed and not even mentioning a single Palestinian death. This President continues to show absolutely no empathy for the thousands of Palestinian women and children…
The ban on women working for NGOs will lead to further hunger and starvation across the country. Many of these women are sole breadwinners. Children will unnecessarily die of malnutrition. Devastating news!
#Afghanistan
#AfghanWomen
#Taliban
#starvation
#Taliban
Ministry of Economy directs all relevant departments to prevent
#Afghan
#women
from working in any national or international
#NGOs
. This was the redline for many international organisations, what impact would this have on
#Afghanistan
..
All the men in charge of Muslim majority nations. All the new choices they could make if they had courage.
Same old, same old after three days of being on Summit.
@OIC_OCI
#ArabLeague
This is Germany. Arrested merely for holding up a Palestinian flag.
What happened to those fundamental rights of freedom and free expression. They disappear in an instant.
If the White House is serious about fighting Islamophobia, a good place to start would be to stop supporting the dehumanization of Muslims in Gaza and the blind support of an Israeli government that is indiscriminately killing countless children and innocent civilians.…
Taking on hate is a national priority.
Today,
@POTUS
and I are announcing the country's first National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia.
This action is the latest step forward in our work to combat a surge of hate in America.
Gallup poll finds that Americans generally approve of Israel's actions in Gaza 50-45%.
But Democrats, People of Color, and younger Americans are opposed.
Age: 18-34 67% opposed
People of Color: 64% opposed
Democrats: 62% opposed
After decades of conflict, one thing is clear, the killing of innocent civilians, on any side, has always led to more violence, bitterness, and extremism. There must be a concerted international effort to address the root causes of the conflict.
Guess who is stranded this holiday season?
2.2 million Palestinians because of your veto, as they flee the indiscriminate bombing hoping they make it to 2024.
It's unacceptable!
Last holiday season, hundreds of travelers were stranded for days, some spending Christmas at an airport.
It's unacceptable.
This year, nine major airlines heeded our call and will guarantee free rebooking, meals, and hotels if they're at fault for a travel interruption.
"The Trumpian response to crisis is completely self-centered, entirely focused on making Trump look good rather than protecting America. If the facts don’t make Trump look good, he and his allies attack the messengers."
@paulkrugman
#coronavirus
"For unpaid soldiers, the lavish lifestyles of their commanders were often too much to swallow. Hence, instead of fighting and dying, they preferred to save their lives by surrendering to the Taliban under its amnesty offers."
via
@AJEnglish
The BBCs Lyse Doucet: "Why is it happening now? Some would say they know they're going to suffer, the people of Gaza will suffer. I've asked that today, and they said, it has got so bad, we are so suffocated, we have nothing left to lose"
We must not become numb to the pain and the suffering of people like Wael al-Dahdouh – a Palestinian journalist whose wife, son, daughter, and grandson were killed in Gaza this week.
The lives of innocent Palestinians must be protected.
The lives of UN personnel and…
Hear from Wesa about the internal impact of the ban on education as well as problems that existed before. Wesa explains that the request to open schools is an internal request from the people.
#FreeWesa
#FreeMatiullahWesa
#ReleaseMatiullahWesa
“I have one life and one chance to make it count for something... My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.”
- President Carter
Jake Tapper: "One doesn’t have to be brilliant to attempt a coup."
John Bolton: "I disagree with that. As somebody who has helped plan coup d’etat, not here, but other places, it takes a lot of work."
Women are needed to contact women, including female-headed households/widows. It is impossible for men to do this work because of Afghanistan’s social and cultural norms as well as the Taliban’s own prohibitions against the mixing of genders.
The
@Afghan_Relief
team recently traveled to the province of Kunar in Eastern Afghanistan to deliver desperately needed food packages to the most vulnerable widows and their children. Several hundred families were assisted during this recent trip.
#Afghanistan
#Children
#widow
…
The banality of evil, 2023 Gaza edition: in which Israel & its defenders reject any Israeli agency/responsibility for its mass killing of Palestinian men/women/kids/elderly/pregnant/sick; mass destruction of civilian infrastructure & mass displacement of civilians.
Thank you to
@DrPAhad
for initiating this Winter Coat Campaign. We are all so grateful to our generous donors for contributing so generously to this effort. None of this would be possible without your support.
We also want to thank our
@Afghan_Relief
team for traveling to…
Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for donating to our Winter Relief Drive. We’ve begun distributions in hard to reach provinces.
100% of ALL donations go directly to helping. We cover all admin costs.
@Afghan_Relief
@Farid_Senzai
#Afghanistan
Yesterday we had an event ceremony to thank Afghan Relief Mr Farid
@Farid_Senzai
and his team in
#Kabul
#Afghanistan
for the solar system. The orphans sang, did poetry and had cake. My team members
@NaserSamsoor
@ShkSultani
and orphans had a wonderful day. We very grateful 🌺
“Today, our children are writing their names on their palms in order to be recognized once the bombs hit their homes. Our men are digging mass graves to bury the identified and the unidentified…”
Dr Ghafar well known surgeon is currently in
#Afghanistan
doing hundreds of surgeries in different provinces. Thanks to Afghan Relief
@Farid_Senzai
who donated the medical supplies and equipment he is not only helping children but also showing others valuable skills.
Such disgusting comments from Graham. Why are you giving this bigot any airtime?
As a response to his comments, you should have said that after WWII the 4th Geneva Convention was drafted and ratified with strict rules to protect civilians in a time of armed conflict. His…
I asked
@LindseyGrahamSC
if there's a limit to the number of civilian casualties that the US would accept in Gaza?
GRAHAM: If somebody asked us after World War II, is there a limit what you would do to make sure that Japan and Germany don't conquer the world? Is there any limit…
Thank God you are not in office anymore.
Your effort to deny Palestinians freedom, equality, and self-determination has precisely been the reason why there is a continued cycle of violence with no end in sight. The more you promote your pro-settler fanaticism, the more you are…
Obama: The appropriate response to Hamas barbarity is to give those who side with Hamas an independent state from which to complete the annihilation of the Jewish People. Thank God you no longer are President!
Important review of
@PeterBeinart
’s essays "including their call for a binational state, are above all an invitation to expand our political imaginations and contemplate a paradigm different from the broken one of today"
@dsokatch
@DavidNMyersUCLA
@sfardm
Thank you
@dsokatch
and
@DavidNMyersUCLA
for such a serious reading of my report on Israeli occupation and the crime of Apartheid, in this piece that reviews
@PeterBeinart
's explosive article.