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7 months

*Massive operation/incursion by Hamas inside Israel. V different from anything in past. *Well planned, must have taken months. *Must have had outside support - Iran/Hezb. *Huge intel failure by Israel, caught totally unaware, barley any response in first hours 1/4

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Where will they go? How can they leave? There is a blockade in place, the border with Egypt is closed …

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Israeli PM Netanyahu promises "revenge" and calls on the people of Gaza to "leave"

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4 years

1 THREAD: Middle East waking up to incredible news of Qassem Suleimani's killing in US strike in Iraq, at Baghdad airport. He had reportedly just flown back from Beirut. He was like a Middle East viceroy, trotting around region, giving orders, masterminding small and large ops

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5 years

Meanwhile in Barcelona ... unbelievable violence by riot police against protestors. There’s been violence in #Lebanon , beatings and arbitrary arrests but nothing like this.

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"Please save me and I'll work for you as a maid" Childhood robbed of everything, even hope, in Syria. This girl and her little brother have been trapped for 17 hours. The rescuer was trying to keep her busy by talking to her about toys and nice things to do when she comes out...

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@Omar_Madaniah

1 year

هذا الفديو كسر قلبي 💔 تقول الطفله للمنقذ عندما وصل لها: "عمو طالعني بصير عندك خدامة" بسبب التعب الذي عاشته، بقيت هي وأختها لمدة 17 ساعة تحت الأنقاض ولا تستطيع الحراك. #زلزال_سوريا

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Agonisingly painful. Imagine your wife and children are killed, you lose your home, and you’re also displaced. Wael, the journalist from Al Jazeera remains calm and dignified but the layers of trauma are unspeakable and the grief will take years to process

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@Rawaak

6 months

This is heartbreaking on so many levels.. when I was in Gaza I asked Wael if he ever thinks about retiring in another country and he answered: this is my land, there is no meaning for safety if you are not in your land. Wael is originally from Gaza, his family has lands. And…

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5 years

A year ago today, #AnthonyBourdain committed suicide. He left a great void, incl. for those who never met him. I wrote a piece at the time for @TheAtlantic about Bourdain's love for my country Lebanon, a place that changed how he did his food shows.

How Lebanon Transformed Anthony Bourdain

In 2006, he found himself in a country falling into war—an experience that forever altered how he would understand people, culture, history, and conflict.

www.theatlantic.com

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7 months

*Intel failure clear consequence of Israeli domestic political turmoil. *Watershed moment on many levels. Extent of consequences will take time to determine. *Israel wrath against Gaza will be unprecedented. *Watch for Saudi reaction. *All happening as region in huge flux 3/4

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6 months

Yehuda Shaul, Israeli human rights activist, explains that the settlers are taking advantage that attention is focused on Gaza to accelerate their efforts to expel Palestinians. "In many cases the Israeli army is accompanying the settlers, in many cases the settlers are the army"

Nada Bashir

@nadaabashir

6 months

Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank is getting worse by the day. The UN says the number of attacks has risen sharply since 7th October. Many Palestinian villagers are now fleeing their homes for good as a result of threats against their land, and their lives…

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7 months

All still unfolding. See this as : *Iran axis response to Israel normalization talks with Saudi. Also undermines Iran-Saudi normalization *Palestinian response to worsening/unbearable oppression under occupation. But operation will only make things worse for Pal civilians. 2/4

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4 years

10 Lots more to say abt region, US policy, Saudi Arabia reax, Iran domestic reax, local dynamics... more later, but for now then read Dexter Filkins' piece from 2013 on Suleimaini, the best profile out there:

The Shadow Commander

Dexter Filkins’s 2013 Profile of Qassem Suleimani, whom a former C.I.A. officer called “the single most powerful operative in the Middle East.”

www.newyorker.com

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Hezbollah and Iran have signaled clearly, repeatedly, they want to avoid a wider war. Israel keeps testing that position...At some point, it will miscalculate...

Aya Iskandarani

@Aya_Isk

4 months

BREAKING: Israel killed a top commander of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group in a strike on south Lebanon, a security source told @AFP today, adding to fears the conflict in Gaza could spill over.

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8 years

Visual reminder of how immigration played in Leave camp narrative.34 front pages this yr compiled by @gameoldgirl

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@KimGhattas

4 years

2 A combination of elation, relief and fear here in the region among people who suffered tremendously from Suleimani's policies, from Lebanon to Syria and Iraq. Elation and relief because he was seen as the evil mastermind of policies of death and destruction...

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Kim Ghattas

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Biggest Israeli Intel failure since 1973 October war. Ironically on 50th anniversary of that failure. Big difference is that 1973 was traditional war, with tanks and battalions.. Todays images are shocking, involving death of civilians inside their homes

Fifty years on, divided Israel remembers the war for its survival

Israel marks the 50th anniversary of the 1973 war that brought the country to the verge of catastrophic defeat, but the wartime unity that helped it survive seems a distant memory to a generation...

www.reuters.com

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6 years

My thoughts are with the millions of young Saudis for whom Jamal Khashoggi wished a better future and who may be wondering what lies in store for their country, my thoughts are with the millions of Iranians, Syrians, Egyptians... all the people of this region. We deserve better.

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8 So what comes next: war? chaos? limited retaliation? nothing? no one really knows, not in the region, and not in DC, because this is unprecedented.

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4 years

3 ...propping up bloodthirsty oppressive militias, overseeing a devastating war in Syria, feeding/playing on sectarian hatred, helping crack down on protestors in Iran (2009/2017/2019), Iraq now, and likely more recently helping Hezb to navigate protests in Lebanon.

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8 months

Twelve years of oppression, torture, destruction, starvation and utter evil by the Assad regime and the Syrian people still have so much courage.

The Syria Campaign

@TheSyriaCmpgn

8 months

“Syria is ours, not Assad’s”, from Sweida city today ❤️

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My piece from earlier this year in @FT Unrest and unsettled leaders bode ill for the Middle East in 2023

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5 and so there's celebration and relief from Iran, to Iraq to Lebanon and Syria, among those, Sunnis and Shias who suffered from his evil mind. I write about him in my forthcoming book Black Wave and the deadly dynamics of revenge that he pursued after Iran-Iraq war

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7 some of his aura or reputation was probably overblown, but he really was indispensable to Iran, he was not on a mission, he WAS the mission, the architect of Iran's expansionist regional policy, the indispensable upholder of the Islamic Revolution, keeping it alive for Khamenei

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7 months

Watching as well for movement on other fronts, mainly Lebanon. Remember the warning about the uniting of fronts, Pal-Iran-Hezb earlier this year.

Israeli fears grow of united Hezbollah-Hamas-Iran front

Netanyahu’s dream of a regional Israel-led alliance with Sunni Arab states against Iran has been shattered, as Israel’s fierce enemies unite.

www.al-monitor.com

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@KimGhattas

5 months

Israel tries this every time, with devastating consequences. It doesn't work. In '06, Israel thought that bombing civilian infrastructure in Lebanon would turn ppl against Hezbollah. Even those who hate Hezbollah were enraged that Israel hit Lebanon's bridges, power plants etc

Gregg Carlstrom

@glcarlstrom

5 months

Israel has bombed hundreds of what it calls "power targets", from high-rise residential towers to universities and banks—not because they have serious military significance, but because hitting them is meant to undermine Hamas (which is both proscribed under IHL and ineffective).

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4 Note that he had just flown back from Beirut.... and it's definitely not his first visit.... There were reports of him being in Lebanon in 2006 to help Hezbollah strategise in the war against Israel.

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6 there is fear because he was so central to almost every regional event in the last two decades that even people who hate him can't believe he could die, a bit like people couldn't believe Saddam was really gone. He seemed invincible, omnipotent. What happens in his absence?

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5 months

A moment of levity amidst utter tragedy

Amani

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5 months

Israelis discover Arab moms' decoration styles for the first time. They can't process why we put curtains to cover a wall

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4 years

@mona_fawaz Yes that too no doubt. But so did Iran. That doesn’t make either right but there cannot be selective outrage.

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2 years

Can’t get over this @nytimes . #ShireenAbuAkleh was shot. Don’t say by who if you want 100% confirmation by investigation. But there is no doubt she was shot. Euphemisms remove key context, dehumanise. She risked her life to tell story of her people and deserves better than this

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6 months

Powerful, painful report by @mattfrei The sad reality is that these kind of evictions have been happening for years, and increasingly so under Netanyahu's government but rarely made the news in the US or Europe.

Channel 4 News

@Channel4News

6 months

The UN says as many as 120 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since Hamas' attack in Israel. @mattfrei speaks to Palestinian families choosing to ignore the threats and intimidation of Israeli settlers, and those being forced from their homes.

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7 months

This may be a stupid q but it’s been stuck in my head, would love a thoughtful answer: how do you train for paragliding in Gaza undetected by Israelis? Is this something you can learn indoors on a simulator? Enuf with theory in text book? go out there and it will come naturally?

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9 There is anger too of course, among his supporters, allies, proxy militias, who were devoted to him and lionized him and will be lost without him. There is no replacement that I know of or can see. They will be mulling their next step for a bit. First, huge displays of mourning

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2 years

This is a shameful headline @TheEconomist and the article is pretty damn bad too. Sexist misogynistic orientalist.

Why women are fatter than men in the Arab world

Society does not make it easy to shed pounds

www.economist.com

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6 years

Suicide rates are rising in Gaza. Whatever your politics, it's a sign of the growing desperation of young people who see no future, no way out of a place described as the largest open air prison. #deathbydespair

The Associated Press

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Family says young Palestinian man set himself on fire to protest dire living conditions in Gaza Strip.

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9 years

Presidents being funny on Twitter. Who will be FLOTUS indeed if Hillary Clinton wins? http://t.co/4Pe1j4UgrN

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1 year

Beirut. February Sunday. Morning coffee. #sun #sea #climatechange #lebanon

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2 months

Delivering aid like this, with air drops and sea corridors is usually done to assist civilians in countries with regimes hostile to US, not a territory where an American ally is waging war. This is unprecedented.

Alex Marquardt

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2 months

In announcing the Gaza port, Biden admin officials said in briefing call that land crossings are “the most efficient, cost-effective way to get assistance in" but "the President has directed...that we not wait for the Israelis [to open them]"

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Kim Ghattas

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8 years

Hillary Clinton on Paris attack: Even in this darkest night, Paris remains the City of Light

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@KimGhattas

8 years

Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio agree on one thing. Rare bipartisan moment.

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Kim Ghattas

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5 years

FIXED: When people in West ask: "where are the moderates in #Syria , where are the good guys?" the answer is simple, heartbreaking: they're all dead or in prison. From Egypt to #Pakistan , for 40yrs, the state and the militants have been eliminating every reasonable voice there is.

Weddady

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R.I.P Raed Fares, the bravest nonviolent man I ever met. An immense loss to the cause of freedom in Syria and beyond.

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4 months

If there was ever an admission of impotence by a Lebanese government official, it is this. At least he's upfront about it.

Christiane Amanpour

@amanpour

4 months

Will Hezbollah respond to the assassination of a senior Hamas leader in Beirut? “The decision is theirs,” Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib tells me. “We hope they don’t commit themselves to a larger war… We have a lot of reasons to think that this will not happen.”

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Kim Ghattas

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7 months

Under the old rules of the game this is the least Hezbollah can do to signal support without risking wider confrontation. After yesterday’s events, we dont know for sure. My assessment is that this is it…for now.

Ali Hashem علي هاشم

@alihashem_tv

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Video showing Hezbollah’s attack on Israeli military post in the occupied Sheba’ farms. As clear this wasn’t a mortar attack but a rocket.

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Kim Ghattas

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I keep having flashbacks to 1982, Israel’s invasion of Lebanon, the siege of Beirut, calls to eliminate/clean up the militants, (PLO at the time) and now… the suggestion of a multinational force… let’s just say it didn’t end well….

Gregg Carlstrom

@glcarlstrom

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This is a hell of a trial balloon. Absolutely nuts: "The US and Israel are exploring options for the future of the Gaza Strip, including the possibility of a multinational force that may involve American troops if Israeli forces succeed in ousting Hamas."

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Kim Ghattas

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6 years

Dutch press give the new US ambassador a rough time: “this is the Netherlands, you have to answer questions”. #thisishowyoudoit . Very different traditions of asking politicians questions in US and in Europe.

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1 year

@Yasminewsaker they're out

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Kim Ghattas

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6 months

How Israel’s spymasters misread Hamas Best 360 explanation so far. Layers of failure, including failure of imagination. “Israel suffered from “overconfidence, which led to arrogance, which led to complacency”

How Israel’s spymasters misread Hamas

Overconfident intelligence agencies missed multiple warnings before October 7 attacks in a ‘failure of imagination’

www.ft.com

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Kim Ghattas

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My latest in the @FT All involved in the Israel-Hamas conflict should heed the warnings of 1982 and Ariel Sharon’s invasion of Lebanon and siege of Beirut to kick out the PLO.

All involved in the Israel-Hamas conflict should heed the warnings of 1982

Every fresh attempt to wipe out Palestinian militant groups only forges more extreme iterations

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Giselle Khoury @gizou10 was an exceptional human being, one of the best journalists and interviewers, she was above all a friend. With profound sadness, I was honored to write her obituary in @FT I hope I did her justice. Lebanon+ Arab world will miss her

Giselle Khoury, journalist, 1961-2023

She was known for her gentle skewering of world leaders, and her commitment to free expression in her beloved Lebanon

www.ft.com

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7 years

Raleigh, North Carolina just past midnight ... it is Election Day and this crowd is excited.

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5 years

My latest for @theatlantic More and more female writers, journalists, and artists are offering an alternative to the typically male, often autocratic voice that dominates the Middle East, @BBCKimGhattas reports:

Arab Women Are Tired of Talking About Just ‘Women’s Issues’

More and more female writers, journalists, and artists are offering an alternative to the typically male, often autocratic voice that dominates the Middle East.

www.theatlantic.com

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Kim Ghattas

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4 years

The next time someone says there’s no alternative to the ruling class, think of this moment. The state says sorry no crane available till 8am... a citizen says I’ll get one, and she did. Forget about resilience, this is determination made of steel mixed w ingenuity. #beirut

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What a loss for Lebanon, the world of journalism, the Arab world. She was a trailblazer, a mentor for many, a grande dame of journalism and she fought valiantly till the end. Condolences to her family and loved ones. May she rest in peace.

Monika Borgmann

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Very sad news... Giselle Khoury has passed away.

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Thrilled and honored to be one of the inaugural @CarnegieCorp Distinguished Fellows for the newly launched @ColumbiaIGP a new hub for global policy innovation at @ColumbiaSIPA

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Kim Ghattas

@KimGhattas

8 years

In spin room, Clinton aides used word "unhinged" several times to describe Trump,said were surprised to see he was unprepared #debate

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7 years

An excellent report on #fakenews by @60Minutes @ScottPelley some interesting new info

How fake news becomes a popular, trending topic

The phrase “fake news” has been used by Trump to discredit responsible reporting that he dislikes. But 60 Minutes’ investigation looks at truly fake news created by con-artists

www.cbsnews.com

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3 years

Very excited to join @TheAtlantic as a contributing writer and looking forward to writing more regularly for one of the best publications out there with a tremendous team of smart editors and writers.

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5 months

@yashar It’s a biblical reference

Kim Ghattas

@KimGhattas

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With a biblical reference to Luke 15:31 “this brother of yours was dead and has come to life; he was lost and has been found” Irish PM (Taoiseach) welcomes back 9yo Emily Hand who had first been confirmed dead, then turned out to be alive and a hostage.

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Irresponsible to tweet about an evacuation of US embassy in Lebanon. People's nerves frayed enough. It spreads panic, denotes lack of understanding of how it would work if it were true. There is no evac order. Any announcement wud come 1st from embassy to US citizens.

Yoni Michanie

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Reports that the US embassy in Beirut was evacuating were false and not properly confirmed.

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My latest in @theatlantic Syria was the bloodiest of all. Tunisia was the best case, Sudan the last hope. Now the Arab Spring is dead. The Biden administration shud pay attention because it’s part of the global trend in rising authoritarianism

The Arab Spring Is in Its Death Spiral. Does the West Still Care?

Tunisia was the best case, Sudan the last hope, Syria the bloodiest of all: The countries that not long ago sparked optimism for a democratic wave in the Arab world have descended into dictatorship,...

www.theatlantic.com

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4 years

We talked about very serious stuff but we also had a laugh. Thanks @Trevornoah for having me on @TheDailyShow to talk about my new book Black Wave or as I describe it the “1001 Nights of modern Middle East politics”, a gripping real life tale with incredible characters.

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6 years

My tribute to Anthony #Bourdain from Beirut, a city he loved

How Lebanon Transformed Anthony Bourdain

In 2006, he found himself in a country falling into war—an experience that forever altered how he would understand people, culture, history, and conflict.

www.theatlantic.com

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3 months

Iran overplayed its hand... China's not happy.

FT World News

@ftworldnews

3 months

China pushes for safety of Red Sea shipping as threat to its economy grows

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My latest in the @TheAtlantic On the face of it, Lebanon, Hong Kong, and Afghanistan have little in common. Except for a similar sense of profound loss—of a life that very nearly was.

What the Loss of Freedom Feels Like

In Lebanon, Hong Kong, and Afghanistan, the loss of liberal values and hope is overwhelming.

www.theatlantic.com

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8 years

This is a disturbing read.

Kurt Eichenwald

@kurteichenwald

8 years

How did Donald Trump come to be reciting false info that ONLY appeared with Russian gov news agency as fact?

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5 years

This is heartbreaking. Salat al gha'ib, prayer for the absent, will be performed today Friday in Mecca and Medina for Jamal Khashoggi. Condolences will be received in Jeddah. It means the family has given up hope that they will recover the body. There will be no burial. RIP Jamal

salah khashoggi

@salahkhashoggi

5 years

ستقام صلاة الغائب على الفقيد #جمال_خاشقجي بعد صلاة فجر الجمعة في المسجد النبوي الشريف بالمدينة المنورة، وبعد صلاة الجمعة بالمسجد الحرام بمكة المكرمة.

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Waow. I mean just waow. So apparently because the majority of people don’t believe May’s exit deal takes the UK out of the EU, it means it doesn’t take the UK out of the EU. Forget that’s precisely what the deal does, forget the law, the facts, forget everything....

Femi

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Oh my god this was frustrating! You're either a member of the European Union OR YOU'RE NOT! #GMB

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Worst idea ever. Whoever is floating this hasn’t thought it thru, hasn’t read history, frankly doesn’t care about the region. My sources tell me it’s not US idea or European. Maybe Hamas put it fwd as a request. But other options being discussed are Turkey and Syria.

Mohanad Hage Ali ~ مهند الحاج علي

@MohanadHageAli

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The leaks from the Qatari-led neg. for hostage release & a ceasefire in #Gaza , mention Ain el Helweh camp in S #Lebanon , as a possible refuge for Hamas leaders who will be evac from the strip & the Beirut's S. suburbs. If true, this would be another Cairo agreement in the making.

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Wondering about the silence across Muslim world about China's abysmal treatment of Uighurs? Pakistan PM Imran Khan has the candid answer for you. Put more bluntly: who cares about #Uighur concentration camps, we're doing business with the Chinese.

Alfons López Tena 🦇

@alfonslopeztena

5 years

Pakistan PM Imran Khan about the one million Uyghur Muslims in China’s concentration camps: “I do not know much about the situation... The Chinese have been extremely helpful to us... I would never talk about it (Uyghurs concentration camps) in public”

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Kim Ghattas

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8 years

Wow. Wiki leaks is now into intimidating journalists @JoyAnnReid

WikiLeaks

@wikileaks

8 years

@JoyAnnReid You are pushing a discredited conspiracy theory. There is no affinity, whatsoever. Our lawyers will monitor your program.

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Shame on you @nadimgemayel for saying the pain was greatest for Christians because it is a Christian area. Have you seen the list of victims? Do you know who works at the port? Stop please just stop describing things in terms of Christian or Muslim. Enough. We are one. #lebanon

Adham Hassanieh أدهم الحسنية

@AdhamMG

4 years

#نديم_الجميل اختصر وجعنا كلنا وحرقتنا من الشمال للجنوب انه "وجع مسيحي اولًا بدائرة بيروت الأولى"! بأي عصر عم يعيشوا شو هو هيدا المنطق! دم الناس بعد ما نشف! #كلن_يعني_كلن طائفيين وعنصريين هذه المنظومة المجرمة بتشوفنا ارقام، ودوائر انتخابية! بتقسمنا وتفرقنا لتقتلنا! #لبنان__ينتفض

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Kim Ghattas

@KimGhattas

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Shireen Abu Akleh's colleagues in shock. Her death is hard to comprehend, her loss enormous. Rest in Power Shireen. Journalism is not a crime. Journalists from the West Bank to Ukraine to Syria are paying with their lives to shine a light on the truth.

Sana El Younoussi

@former_rebel

2 years

جيفارا البديري و وليد العمري لحظة الوداع .. اختصار كل الوجع في صورة #شيرين_أبو_عقله

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@KimGhattas

2 years

This is just amazing. What's more amazing is that Turkish TV released it.

Joyce Karam

@Joyce_Karam

2 years

Those 50 seconds that Erdogan made Putin wait, looking frazzled in-front of cameras say plenty of how much has changed after Ukraine:

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Kim Ghattas

@KimGhattas

3 years

What do #Lebanon and #Hong Kong have in common? More than you think. In my latest for @TheAtlantic I explore the shared sense of loss of hope and the life that could have been. Incl. lyrics by @mikasounds + ref to my fav band @mashrou3leila #promisedland

What the Loss of Freedom Feels Like

In Lebanon, Hong Kong, and Afghanistan, the loss of liberal values and hope is overwhelming.

www.theatlantic.com

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Kim Ghattas

@KimGhattas

7 months

Palestinian ambassador in UK, Husam Zomlot: “We are not children of a lesser God…” Good to see more Palestinian voices on CNN and other US media. Tho many will also point that Palestinian authority has totally failed its people.

Husam Zomlot

@hzomlot

7 months

On @CNN with @amanpour about Israel’s attacks on our rights, land, holy places and people in Gaza and all over occupied Palestine.

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Kim Ghattas

@KimGhattas

2 years

First, he came for Syria and the world did not speak out, Then... #ukraine #putin #syria #aleppo #Kyiv

Joyce Karam

@Joyce_Karam

2 years

Haunting aerial footage of main street in Borodyanka, near Kyiv, completely destroyed from Russian Airstrikes. Fire smoldering inside what were residential buildings… We are in week 2 of Russia’s invasion to “liberate #Ukraine ”

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Kim Ghattas

@KimGhattas

6 years

This is too strong a statement to make in a tweet. We need more. Verhofstadt is former Belgian PM and leading Member of European Parliament. It seems confirmation of strong suspicions that Trump is compromised. If it was tongue in cheek, not a wise move.

Guy Verhofstadt

@guyverhofstadt

6 years

“Just tell us what Vladimir has on you. Maybe we can help.”

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Kim Ghattas

@KimGhattas

8 years

Hillary Clinton came to back of plane to answer some questions and brought birthday cake along.

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Kim Ghattas

@KimGhattas

4 years

Hard to believe but it’s really happening! I’ll be @Trevornoah ‘s guest on the @TheDailyShow on Wednesday. So excited to talk about my new book Black Wave and all things Saudi, Iran and Middle East.

The Daily Show

@TheDailyShow

4 years

All new episodes this week: Monday: @DrMFBerry Tuesday: @bd_wong Wednesday: @kimghattas Thursday: @kehindewileyart

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Kim Ghattas

@KimGhattas

5 months

With a biblical reference to Luke 15:31 “this brother of yours was dead and has come to life; he was lost and has been found” Irish PM (Taoiseach) welcomes back 9yo Emily Hand who had first been confirmed dead, then turned out to be alive and a hostage.

Leo Varadkar

@LeoVaradkar

5 months

This is a day of enormous joy and relief for Emily Hand and her family. An innocent child who was lost has now been found and returned, and we breathe a massive sigh of relief. Our prayers have been answered.

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@KimGhattas

7 years

Harry Reid's letter to #FBIComey is blistering, as expected. But this is the passage that really caught my eye: #russia #trump

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Kim Ghattas

@KimGhattas

5 months

Unbearable pain.

Ihab Hassan

@IhabHassane

5 months

I don't know how the people of Gaza will overcome all of this pain. Everyone in the video is crying, women, children, and men. Please don't believe in the myth of the resilience of the people of Gaza because what they're going through exceeds the human capacity for patience and…

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Kim Ghattas

@KimGhattas

6 months

“Beirut is different from the whole region…Beirut was made by so many, not just the Lebanese” Gisele Khoury on exile and missing Beirut. May you rest in peace. We will miss you. So much sadness, so much pain, in Lebanon and in this region, with seemingly no end in sight.

Sam Dagher

@samdagher

6 months

Giselle Khoury’s last interview with @RicardoRKaram in which she tearfully expresses why she misses #Lebanon and #Beirut specifically RIP Giselle

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Kim Ghattas

@KimGhattas

8 years

This is smart but so heartbreaking. #syria #PokemonGo

Joseph Willits

@josephwillits

8 years

In the hope the world will find & save them, Syrian children hold up pictures of Pokemon. #PokemonGO

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Kim Ghattas

@KimGhattas

6 years

This is not “just the Middle East”, thank you @KarenAttiah for understanding that, we are not “crazy poor Middle Easterners” (yes I’m talking to you @tomfriedman ) we are fighting against all odds, against authoritarian governments, against short sighted Western interests...

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Kim Ghattas

@KimGhattas

4 months

A strong smart woman for a tough, essential job. Huge respect for Sigrid Kaag who's a knowledgeable expert and has deftly navigated diplomacy and politics as well as the UN system to be an effective diplomat over the years.

The UN Times

@TheUNTimes

4 months

. @SigridKaag (Netherlands) has just been appointed 'Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for #Gaza ' following the UNSC Resolution 2720. She will facilitate, coordinate, monitor, and verify humanitarian relief consignments to Gaza.

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Kim Ghattas

@KimGhattas

4 years

We need more than sympathy from the world. We need urgent help for overburdened hospitals, humanitarian help for families who have lost everything and PRESSURE on an incompetent criminal political class to resign and face justice. And we need reforms! Now.

Ján Kubiš

@UNJanKubis

4 years

Such a horrific tragedy. Please accept , on behalf of the whole UN family , our sincere condolences to the families that lost their loved ones , our wishes for speedy recovery of all wounded. Our sympathies, our prayers are with you, with #Lebanon

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Kim Ghattas

@KimGhattas

5 years

my heart aches for you @AlinejadMasih and all those who have relatives in jail in Iran. What a video.... Joy retreated into the privacy of homes in so many countries in the region as darkness spread but even there, sadness follows...

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Kim Ghattas

@KimGhattas

8 years

Except that Trump supported the Iraq war and Pence voted for it.

Phil Mattingly

@Phil_Mattingly

8 years

Corey Lewandowski, on @CNN : "If Donald Trump were the president, Capt. Khan would've still been alive right now..."

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Kim Ghattas

@KimGhattas

4 years

My piece in @guardiannews about the rage in Beirut following the explosion at Beirut port. Its time for accountability and justice not just for this crime but for 40 yrs of corrupt rule by the same greedy politicians and warlords.

Lebanon is no stranger to disaster – but this is like nothing we've ever seen | Kim Ghattas

Decades of stoic resistance in the face of tragedies has turned to rage after the devastating explosion in Beirut’s port, says Kim Ghattas, a senior fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International...

www.theguardian.com

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Kim Ghattas

@KimGhattas

3 years

The Iraq we know, the Iraq we love for for its culture, diversity, tolerance, the Iraq too often buried under (headlines about) atrocities. What a day, what a @Pontifex

ريام | Reaam Mahbuba

@reaam_mh

3 years

The Pope being welcomed with traditional Iraqi chobi and orchestra is the only news I needed today.

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Kim Ghattas

@KimGhattas

5 years

THREAD: Bittersweet announcement from me: I've been on book leave for 1.5 year and finally done. I decided over summer that after 20 years reporting, mostly for BBC, it's time to move on. I'm also leaving news reporting to do more opinion+long-form writing and other projects.

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@KimGhattas

5 years

"All what we want right now is to bury him ... in Medina...with the rest of his family," The sons of #JamalKhashoggi speak out. Heart wrenching. An emotional tribute to a man they described as genuine, brave, honest and who loved his country.

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@KimGhattas

4 years

An excellent read in @voxdotcom about @ChrisMurphyCT America does need to reimagine/rethink many parts of its foreign policy and there are some good thoughts in there “Sen. Chris Murphy has a plan to change the world”

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Kim Ghattas

@KimGhattas

3 years

I made it..10/10 on @ratemyskyperoom

Room Rater

@ratemyskyperoom

3 years

Natural light. Good plant. Pillows. Nice Emmy. 10/10 @KimGhattas

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@KimGhattas

5 years

Words matter...Every word.

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@KimGhattas

3 years

Two hours ago the king and crown prince of Saudi Arabia congratulated the president of Tanzania for his re-election. Nothing yet about the election of @JoeBiden Trump had pretty much given MbS a blank check, those days are over

واس الأخبار الملكية

@spagov

3 years

#خادم_الحرمين_الشريفين وسمو #ولي_العهد يهنئان رئيس تنزانيا المتحدة بمناسبة إعادة انتخابه. #واس

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Kim Ghattas

@KimGhattas

3 years

In one picture, the damage done to Lebanon's healthcare system because of emigration as the country collapses...

eveline hitti

@EvelineHitti

3 years

A farewell to the departing ED team. A name on a paper for those who have already emigrated, a balloon for those awaiting visas & a heavy❤️ with those left behind. Wherever you plant new roots, they are lucky to have you. No matter how far you go, you will always be family

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Kim Ghattas

@KimGhattas

5 years

The earth is round AND flat.

CBC Politics

@CBCPolitics

7 years

The new U.S. ambassador to Canada says when it comes to climate change she believes in "both sides of the science"

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Kim Ghattas

@KimGhattas

5 years

What?! I thought the Queen lived in a tiny apartment with Ikea furniture!

The Mirror

@DailyMirror

5 years

Queen's speech in front of lavish gold piano blasted for being 'out of touch'

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Kim Ghattas

@KimGhattas

7 months

The only thing that could delay/reign in/complicate Israeli massive retaliation against Gaza is that these Israelis captives are held somewhere in Gaza.

Ahmer Khan

@ahmermkhan

7 months

#Breaking : More than 57 #Israeli soldiers & civilians captured by Hamas: Official.

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