Max Rodenbeck
@maxji.bsky.social
Israel/Palestine Program Director for the International Crisis Group and in earlier avatars Germany, South Asia and Middle East bureau chief for The Economist
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White House threatens to VETO the new Grassley/Cantwell bill to require Congress’s approval to impose tariffs. This affirms that it will effectively require two-thirds of the House and Senate to limit (or undo) President Trump’s moves on tariffs.
April 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
White House threatens to VETO the new Grassley/Cantwell bill to require Congress’s approval to impose tariffs. This affirms that it will effectively require two-thirds of the House and Senate to limit (or undo) President Trump’s moves on tariffs.
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BREAKING - U.S. team in quake zone told they are fired, per source.
The 3-person disaster assessment team sent to Myanmar for the U.S. received termination notices while staying/sleeping outside — US AID workers were told on an all hands call today, per a source familiar.
The 3-person disaster assessment team sent to Myanmar for the U.S. received termination notices while staying/sleeping outside — US AID workers were told on an all hands call today, per a source familiar.
April 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
BREAKING - U.S. team in quake zone told they are fired, per source.
The 3-person disaster assessment team sent to Myanmar for the U.S. received termination notices while staying/sleeping outside — US AID workers were told on an all hands call today, per a source familiar.
The 3-person disaster assessment team sent to Myanmar for the U.S. received termination notices while staying/sleeping outside — US AID workers were told on an all hands call today, per a source familiar.
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The new tariffs do not mirror tariffs developing countries impose on the US, nor account for different economic conditions & fiscal realities shaping tariff regimes in poorer countries—& ignore basic realities of institutional capacity, resource endowment, & geography. By @cullenhendrix.bsky.social:
Trump's April 2 tariff spree could cripple developing economies
President Donald Trump presented his new tariffs on April 2 as a pragmatic, "reciprocal" trade policy intended to balance trade between the US and its trading partners. But the tariffs on imports from...
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April 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The new tariffs do not mirror tariffs developing countries impose on the US, nor account for different economic conditions & fiscal realities shaping tariff regimes in poorer countries—& ignore basic realities of institutional capacity, resource endowment, & geography. By @cullenhendrix.bsky.social:
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Shameful.
Harvard Suspends Research Partnership With Birzeit University in the West Bank
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Suspends Research Partnership With Birzeit University in the West Bank
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
March 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Shameful.
Harvard Suspends Research Partnership With Birzeit University in the West Bank
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Suspends Research Partnership With Birzeit University in the West Bank
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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"There’s nothing surprising about Trump’s attack on the universities, or on liberal law firms... What is shocking is the ease with which his attack has so far succeeded... This is a tale not so much of capitulation to an authoritarian leader as of collusion with him." www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
Adam Shatz | Submission
There’s nothing surprising about Trump’s attack on the universities, or on the liberal law firms that he also...
www.lrb.co.uk
March 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
"There’s nothing surprising about Trump’s attack on the universities, or on liberal law firms... What is shocking is the ease with which his attack has so far succeeded... This is a tale not so much of capitulation to an authoritarian leader as of collusion with him." www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
This film has not won an Oscar x.com/BtSIsrael/st...
Breaking the Silence on X: "Friday morning, a mob of settlers descends on the small village of Jinba in Masafer Yatta, injuring 5 Palestinians, including a 15-year-old boy and a 64-year-old man. The IDF quickly responded - arresting over 20 Palestinians. From there, it got worse 🧵 https://t.co/rrHUa8WKgk" / X
Friday morning, a mob of settlers descends on the small village of Jinba in Masafer Yatta, injuring 5 Palestinians, including a 15-year-old boy and a 64-year-old man. The IDF quickly responded - arresting over 20 Palestinians. From there, it got worse 🧵 https://t.co/rrHUa8WKgk
x.com
March 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This film has not won an Oscar x.com/BtSIsrael/st...
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Excellent point. Damn.
The people who tell Europe that russia is not the biggest threat Europe faces now claim that they need Greenland because of the russian threat. As dishonest as it gets! They just want Greenland’s natural resources
March 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Excellent point. Damn.
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There's a tendency to conflate the "America First" and realist foreign policy outlooks, which are distinct — actually incompatible in key ways. This has led to a lot of confusion about what Trump and Vance are up to.
Here's my attempt to pierce the ideological fog.
newlinesmag.com/argument/the...
Here's my attempt to pierce the ideological fog.
newlinesmag.com/argument/the...
The ‘America First’ Masquerade
Though packaged as a kind of foreign policy realism, the doctrine guiding the Trump administration is riddled with contradictions
newlinesmag.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:48 AM
There's a tendency to conflate the "America First" and realist foreign policy outlooks, which are distinct — actually incompatible in key ways. This has led to a lot of confusion about what Trump and Vance are up to.
Here's my attempt to pierce the ideological fog.
newlinesmag.com/argument/the...
Here's my attempt to pierce the ideological fog.
newlinesmag.com/argument/the...
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I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
March 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
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Our latest work on Gaza was produced in collaboration with multiple organisations, including ARIJ, Forbidden Stories, ZDF, and Zeit. Here's a thread of their articles based on the investigation.
Together with our publishing partners, Bellingcat continues the work of drone journalists who had been killed while documenting the war in Gaza, visualising the unprecedented scale of destruction through detailed 3D aerial maps. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/03...
Shot From Above: The Dangerous Work of Drone Journalists in Gaza - bellingcat
Examining the high price those documenting devastation in Gaza pay.
www.bellingcat.com
March 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Our latest work on Gaza was produced in collaboration with multiple organisations, including ARIJ, Forbidden Stories, ZDF, and Zeit. Here's a thread of their articles based on the investigation.
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Together with our publishing partners, Bellingcat continues the work of drone journalists who had been killed while documenting the war in Gaza, visualising the unprecedented scale of destruction through detailed 3D aerial maps. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/03...
Shot From Above: The Dangerous Work of Drone Journalists in Gaza - bellingcat
Examining the high price those documenting devastation in Gaza pay.
www.bellingcat.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Together with our publishing partners, Bellingcat continues the work of drone journalists who had been killed while documenting the war in Gaza, visualising the unprecedented scale of destruction through detailed 3D aerial maps. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/03...
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Watch our 24-minute documentary on the investigation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLbv...
Shot From Above- The Dangerous Work of Drone Journalists in Gaza
YouTube video by Bellingcat
www.youtube.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Watch our 24-minute documentary on the investigation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLbv...
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For the first time in history we can no longer trust our eyes. Our eyes! Imagine the conspiracy theories you can now 'back up' with images. It is becoming increasingly hard to see how democracy and the Rechtsstaat can survive this, in the long term.
Today, OpenAI released its new image generation tool. Following X/Musk, it has much less political limits than previously.
So, to test it out, here is an AI image of Ursula von der Leyen winning in Poker against Trump
So, to test it out, here is an AI image of Ursula von der Leyen winning in Poker against Trump
March 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
For the first time in history we can no longer trust our eyes. Our eyes! Imagine the conspiracy theories you can now 'back up' with images. It is becoming increasingly hard to see how democracy and the Rechtsstaat can survive this, in the long term.
Very powerful report: apps.npr.org/gaza-buildin...
One family. One attack. 132 names. A Gaza investigation.
More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's war with Hamas, Gaza health officials say. We reconstructed what happened in one of the deadliest Israeli strikes of the war.
apps.npr.org
March 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Very powerful report: apps.npr.org/gaza-buildin...
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The 1952 law under which the Trump administration seeks to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident who helped organize protests at Columbia University, was ruled unconstitutional in 1996 — by Judge Maryanne Trump Barry, President Trump’s sister.
Law in Mahmoud Khalil’s Case Was Once Struck Down — by Trump’s Sister
Judge Maryanne Trump Barry ruled that the law invoked against Mr. Khalil violated the Constitution by giving unfettered discretion to the secretary of state.
www.nytimes.com
March 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The 1952 law under which the Trump administration seeks to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident who helped organize protests at Columbia University, was ruled unconstitutional in 1996 — by Judge Maryanne Trump Barry, President Trump’s sister.
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Ten to one that the reason Bhutan is on the list is because he wants a Trump property there and the current tourism laws wouldn't allow his type of exploitation.
Travel ban countries - proposed.
See a lot of countries that represent people in communities here who voted for him.
See a lot of countries that represent people in communities here who voted for him.
March 15, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Ten to one that the reason Bhutan is on the list is because he wants a Trump property there and the current tourism laws wouldn't allow his type of exploitation.