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Jan Daniel
@horalistani.bsky.social
Researcher @IIR_Prague; fellow @prcprague; Lebanon, Syria, critical peace and security studies, security narratives, social theory
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Israel just hit the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, Ain al Hilweh, with missiles.

It’s a dense camp with the presence of many Palestinian factions but also many civilians.
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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“Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers.”

The stories will get worse over time as censorship erodes. But we knew and didn’t stop it.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Iniciativa za kritickou akademii adresuje Petru Papouškovi, předsedovi Federace židovských obcí, otevřený dopis, v němž odmítá křivé nařčení z antisemitismu. denikreferendum.cz/clanek/23816...
Proti antisemitismu je nutné vystupovat. I proti křivým nařčením z antisemitismu
Iniciativa za kritickou akademii adresuje Petru Papouškovi, předsedovi Federace židovských obcí, otevřený dopis, v němž odmítá křivé nařčení z antisemitismu.
denikreferendum.cz
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Following instructions to "write like crazy" on a range of topics, I broadened my authorial horizons and wrote this long piece on medieval, religious and Czech history. Hardly out of character, I know.

The piece isn't primarily about language, though, so that's growth.
dannybate.com/2025/11/05/s...
Sázava and the Consolidation of the West
Central-Bohemian towns with 4,000 inhabitants rarely star as the headline destinations of travel vloggers and guidebooks to the Czech Republic. Prague, Brno, Karlovy Vary, Plzeň, Olomouc, Český Kru…
dannybate.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Rdg the new issue of @thefunambulist.bsky.social on “bulldozer politics,” on bulldozers as key weapons — of demolition and clearing-for-colonization — in Gaza and elsewhere. Glad to see an interview w/ Francesca Ammon, author of Bulldozer: Demolition + Clearance of the Postwar Landscape, here
Issue: Bulldozer Politics
The Precise Political Order Contained in the Apparent Chaos of Rubble in Palestine, India, Colombia, Brazil, the US, France, Egypt…
thefunambulist.net
December 8, 2024 at 10:13 PM
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After more than three years of war, civilian resistance in Ukraine remains high.

Researcher Morten Bøås of NUPI details what it means to conduct RE-ENGAGE fieldwork in a city at #war.

Read the full commentary: re-engaging.eu/news/why-ukr...

#EuropeanUnion #EU #Ukraine #democracy #Russia #Kyiv
Why Ukraine will not fall
Ukraine remains standing thanks to its unwavering civilian resistance. At the same time, there is a growing need for more soldiers. This is the difficult equation that Ukraine’s leadership must solve.
re-engaging.eu
October 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Zlom nejen v Kataru. Co uvedl do pohybu izraelský útok?

Arabské státy jednají o větší spolupráci na obraně. Mluví se o vzniku „arabského“, případně „islámského“ NATO. O změnách v obranné politice se bavila @jolanah.bsky.social s Janem Danielem @horalistani.bsky.social
www.voxpot.cz/zlom-nejen-v...
Zlom nejen v Kataru. Co uvedl do pohybu izraelský útok? - VOXPOT: reportáže, které spojují Česko se světem
Arabské státy jednají o větší spolupráci na obraně. Mluví se o vzniku „arabského“, případně „islámského“ NATO i změnách v obranné politice. Co se změnilo po izraelském útoku na Katar?
www.voxpot.cz
September 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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🗳️ #Moldova parliamentary election this weekend is a barometer of regional #democracy.

Its outcome could reshape #EUenlargement, Europe’s security, and the balance of power with #Russia.

Read the latest commentary: tinyurl.com/y8atxsuf

#MoldovaElections #AlegeriMoldova
Moldova’s election: A test of Europe’s credibility
Moldova’s parliamentary election is a barometer of regional democracy. Its outcome could reshape EU enlargement, regional security, and the balance of power with Russia.
tinyurl.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Speciální fórum o české zahraniční politice vůči Palestině a Izraeli z Czech Journal of International Relations vzbudilo ohlas i ve Francii. 📰 Francouzský Deník Le Monde se odkazuje na naše fórum a analyzuje českou podporu izraelské politice.
www.iir.cz/cjir-special...
September 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Již zítra!

Čtyři debaty, čtyři zapojené instituce - oligarchie, dezinformace o změně klimatu, etika a konflikty a finálně česká politika vůči Izraeli!

Uvidíme se zítra na Štvanici!
Už za da týdny budeme ve Vile Štvanice rozebírat širší kontext české politiky vůči Izraeli a Palestině.

Přijďte a podívejte se i na zbytek programu!
🥳 Srdečně vás zveme na další večer plný debat TO JE KRIZE! Tentokrát s @voxpot.bsky.social, @amoklima.bsky.social a @iirprague.bsky.social. Těšit se můžete na debaty o AI a klima dezinformacích, české politice vůči Izraeli, oligarchizaci politiky a morálce v současných konfliktech.
September 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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New Study Indicates High Levels of Self-Censorship and Perceived Restrictions for Scholars Specialized in the Middle East since October 7, 2023.

Official @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social press release: www.fu-berlin.de/en/presse/in...
New Study Indicates High Levels of Self-Censorship and Perceived Restrictions for Scholars Specialized in the Middle East
Almost 85 percent of respondents say they have seen an increased threat to academic freedom since October 7, 2023 / Early-career researchers are particularly affected
www.fu-berlin.de
September 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Welcome to a world where a crude mix of military regimes, Russia, Taliban & Israel are pushing the „decolonization“ agenda forward…
"Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced they will immediately withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), labelling it an "instrument of neo-colonialist repression"."

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Three West African countries to quit International Criminal Court
The three military juntas, who came to power through coups, say the judicial body is 'incapable' of handling 'proven war crimes'.
www.bbc.com
September 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
"The fact that Israeli violence in Gaza is supported by a government that champions morality, democracy, and human rights contributes to a general nihilism and the relativization... Outrage over the killing of Ukrainian civilians while turning a blind eye to dead Palestinians seems hypocritical."
September 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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IDF sniper from Chicago who says he killed Gazan teenager just for trying to retrieve his brother's corpse: “They’re thinking, ‘Oh I don’t think [I’ll get shot] because I’m wearing civilian clothes and I am not carrying a weapon' and all that, but they were wrong. That’s what you have snipers for.”
The Gaza family torn apart by IDF snipers from Chicago and Munich
Five-month investigation reveals how four members of one family were shot and killed in a single day and highlights a pattern in which Israeli troops target unarmed civilians
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Už za da týdny budeme ve Vile Štvanice rozebírat širší kontext české politiky vůči Izraeli a Palestině.

Přijďte a podívejte se i na zbytek programu!
🥳 Srdečně vás zveme na další večer plný debat TO JE KRIZE! Tentokrát s @voxpot.bsky.social, @amoklima.bsky.social a @iirprague.bsky.social. Těšit se můžete na debaty o AI a klima dezinformacích, české politice vůči Izraeli, oligarchizaci politiky a morálce v současných konfliktech.
September 9, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Dnes to bylo 10 let od smrti Alana Kurdi.
September 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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The EU should draw up a policy to deal with Russian annexation actions in breakaway and occupied regions, and embed this in its evolving approach towards Russia, write Tefta Kelmendi and Sergi Kapanadzi.
Read their latest policy brief here: https://bit.ly/4le7c8m
Occupational therapy: Frozen conflicts, Russian aggression and EU enlargement
As Russia accelerates its annexation of “frozen conflict” regions, the EU must enhance its policy to counter Moscow’s influence.
bit.ly
August 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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NEW: Famine has been officially confirmed in the Gaza City region and is projected to spread within weeks to two more population centers in the wider Gaza Strip, the global authority on hunger said Friday
August 22, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Joseph Daher and The Policy Initiative's Sami Zoughaib and Sami Atallah on what "sovereignty" means, in the Lebanese context: www.thepolicyinitiative.org/article/deta...
The Policy Initiative - Lebanon’s Sovereignty Battle Isn’t Just Over Arms
Lebanon’s sovereignty battle isn’t just about arms. It is about legitimacy, capacity, and whether the state can act independently in the face of domestic vetoes and external pressures.
www.thepolicyinitiative.org
August 20, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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In many respects, «artificial intelligence» is less a model of the human mind than a technical implementation of neoliberal market theory: a simulation of supposedly superhuman rationality optimized for efficient problem solving, which leads to mostly irrational and ultimately destructive results
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August 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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NEW PODCAST: The MERIP Roundtable "On Recognition"

@jdryan08.bsky.social is joined by EdCommers @lisahajjar.bsky.social, @seanyom.bsky.social, and Jacob Mundy to discuss genocide recognition by Israeli figures and institutions, and UK/Canada recognition for a Palestinian state.

buff.ly/IZuBpDI
Episode 6: The MERIP Roundtable, "On Recognition" | The MERIP Podcast
Listen to Episode 6: The MERIP Roundtable, "On Recognition" from The MERIP Podcast. The MERIP Roundtable is a new format for the MERIP podcast featuring conversation on urgent issues in the Middle…
shows.acast.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Another summer, another procession of record-smashing heatwaves.

After the heatwave of July 2022, I wrote this piece on dread, anger, and the duty to critique.

Re-reading it for the page proofs, I was struck by some things I wrote that already seem out of date, but also some that seem timely.

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August 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM