Oliver Mizzi
@ollymizzi99.bsky.social
Journalist at The New Arab covering the MENA. Sussex and St Andrews alum. Finally got round to substack writing here: https://substack.com/@ollymizzi99
Iran's internet shutdown is now in its eighth day and is expected to continue. The regime has said its intranet service is open, but what exactly does this mean and how are Iranians attempting to circumvent this? My coverage of the blackout for @thenewarab.bsky.social below
Iran edges towards North Korea model internet amid protests
The network is said to allow access to domestic websites and messaging platforms, despite continued restrictions on websites and services outside Iran
www.newarab.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Iran's internet shutdown is now in its eighth day and is expected to continue. The regime has said its intranet service is open, but what exactly does this mean and how are Iranians attempting to circumvent this? My coverage of the blackout for @thenewarab.bsky.social below
Was NATO collapsing by years end on anyone's 2026 predictions? Anyone's?
January 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Was NATO collapsing by years end on anyone's 2026 predictions? Anyone's?
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It’s worth mentioning, though it’s been said repeatedly: the Lizzie Line carries 1/6th of UK daily rail passengers (not including the Tube) and has already paid off its entire costs.
And if HS2 had been committed to, without plans being tweaked every 5 minutes, Phase 1 would be opening next year.
And if HS2 had been committed to, without plans being tweaked every 5 minutes, Phase 1 would be opening next year.
Worked example of the crippling effects or Treasury brain here
Elizabeth Line would ‘never’ be built, Michael Portillo wrote when urging cancellation
Former Treasury minister warned that Crossrail London link was too costly and unnecessary, newly released papers show
www.ft.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
It’s worth mentioning, though it’s been said repeatedly: the Lizzie Line carries 1/6th of UK daily rail passengers (not including the Tube) and has already paid off its entire costs.
And if HS2 had been committed to, without plans being tweaked every 5 minutes, Phase 1 would be opening next year.
And if HS2 had been committed to, without plans being tweaked every 5 minutes, Phase 1 would be opening next year.
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We've always had these dead-eyed socipaths around. It's just a few years ago they were ignored and now they're "senior fellow" at places funded by evil millionaires + going on podcasts with a brain-rotted ex-PM.
Harrison Pitt accuses the King of treachery. Pitt is a Senior Policy Fellow for Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain, who also regularly co-hosts podcasts with his ally Tomlinson (who advocates banning all ethnic and faith minorities from public office). Like Lowe, Pitt is keen to dissolve boundaries/norms
December 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
We've always had these dead-eyed socipaths around. It's just a few years ago they were ignored and now they're "senior fellow" at places funded by evil millionaires + going on podcasts with a brain-rotted ex-PM.
It's that time of the year again for @newarab.bsky.social year in review. Myself, Hugo Goodridge and Karim Traboulsi breakdown the biggest stories we covered this year, and reveal what we're keeping an eye on for next, so take note!
You can listen below, or wherever you get your podcasts.
You can listen below, or wherever you get your podcasts.
2025 in Review
The year is drawing to a close and it’s time for The New Arab Voice’s customary review of the year. Join us to look over the biggest stories of 2026.
www.newarab.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It's that time of the year again for @newarab.bsky.social year in review. Myself, Hugo Goodridge and Karim Traboulsi breakdown the biggest stories we covered this year, and reveal what we're keeping an eye on for next, so take note!
You can listen below, or wherever you get your podcasts.
You can listen below, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
Nuclear war is back on the big screen, a marker of the increasing tension brought about by unprecedented changes underway in international politics.
We've once again been enveloped by a nuclear zeitgeist - and it's anxiety inducing ⬇️
We've once again been enveloped by a nuclear zeitgeist - and it's anxiety inducing ⬇️
The return of the nuclear zeitgeist
M.A.Dness has re-entered the public consciousness
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Nuclear war is back on the big screen, a marker of the increasing tension brought about by unprecedented changes underway in international politics.
We've once again been enveloped by a nuclear zeitgeist - and it's anxiety inducing ⬇️
We've once again been enveloped by a nuclear zeitgeist - and it's anxiety inducing ⬇️
Took me long enough, but finally published my companion critique (below) to my review of Kropotkin. If you have a heart, read and sub.
ollymizzi99.substack.com/p/kropotkins...
ollymizzi99.substack.com/p/kropotkins...
October 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Took me long enough, but finally published my companion critique (below) to my review of Kropotkin. If you have a heart, read and sub.
ollymizzi99.substack.com/p/kropotkins...
ollymizzi99.substack.com/p/kropotkins...
The proliferation of watching people get killed on the internet, from murder to warfare and all the in-betweens, is having a deep psychological impact on our society and psyche (myself included) and NOBODY is addressing it.
there’s long been been places online to watch people die but it is genuinely something different when a moderately popular social network morphs into becoming an algorithmic purveyor of snuff films
bsky.app/profile/hard...
bsky.app/profile/hard...
I logged on a bit ago and the first post in my for you feed, from an account I don’t follow, was HEY WANNA WATCH A DUDE DIE
October 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The proliferation of watching people get killed on the internet, from murder to warfare and all the in-betweens, is having a deep psychological impact on our society and psyche (myself included) and NOBODY is addressing it.
Time to buy shares in ALL the domestic competitors
Japan is just a few days away from running out of Asahi Super Dry as the producer of the nation’s most popular beer wrestles with a devastating cyber attack that has shut down its domestic breweries www.ft.com/content/bb86...
Japan days away from running out of Asahi Super Dry after cyber attack
Vast majority of factories of nation’s most popular beer have stopped work this week
www.ft.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Time to buy shares in ALL the domestic competitors
@gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social thoughts? 🤔https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/military-preparing-attacks-on-mexican
Military Preparing Attacks on Mexican Cartels
Secret orders target cartels as the new terrorists
www.kenklippenstein.com
August 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
@gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social thoughts? 🤔https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/military-preparing-attacks-on-mexican
Hello! If anyone who follows me knows anyone, or is, in the Maltese community in the UK (especially old timers) please do let me know! Am looking to write about it (as a fellow member of course). Feel free to share :)
July 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Hello! If anyone who follows me knows anyone, or is, in the Maltese community in the UK (especially old timers) please do let me know! Am looking to write about it (as a fellow member of course). Feel free to share :)
Just saw missile hit the middle of Tel Aviv (via live cam)
June 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Just saw missile hit the middle of Tel Aviv (via live cam)
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Book launch event: War in the Smartphone Age.
Panel discussion on how smart tech & civilian comms reshape warfare.
In collaboration with @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social
🗓️ 2 July 2025, 18:00 BST
📍 Nash Lecture Theatre, Strand Campus, KCL
🎟️ shorturl.at/QC8bE
#WarStudies #KCL #DigitalWarfare
Panel discussion on how smart tech & civilian comms reshape warfare.
In collaboration with @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social
🗓️ 2 July 2025, 18:00 BST
📍 Nash Lecture Theatre, Strand Campus, KCL
🎟️ shorturl.at/QC8bE
#WarStudies #KCL #DigitalWarfare
Panel Discussion and Book Launch for War in the Smartphone Age
Join us for a lively discussion about war in the smartphone age.
shorturl.at
June 11, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Book launch event: War in the Smartphone Age.
Panel discussion on how smart tech & civilian comms reshape warfare.
In collaboration with @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social
🗓️ 2 July 2025, 18:00 BST
📍 Nash Lecture Theatre, Strand Campus, KCL
🎟️ shorturl.at/QC8bE
#WarStudies #KCL #DigitalWarfare
Panel discussion on how smart tech & civilian comms reshape warfare.
In collaboration with @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social
🗓️ 2 July 2025, 18:00 BST
📍 Nash Lecture Theatre, Strand Campus, KCL
🎟️ shorturl.at/QC8bE
#WarStudies #KCL #DigitalWarfare
Since the resumption of Israel's assault on Gaza, the country's anti-war movement has gained significant momentum. Yet it is plagued by divided motivations, and on Gaza's future. My new article for @thenewarab.bsky.social www.newarab.com/news/not-so-...
Not-so-united anti-war movement in Israel shows Gaza differences
Since PM Netanyahu restarted the bombardment of Gaza, thousands in Israel have taken to the streets demanding a ceasefire, but for very different reasons.
www.newarab.com
May 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Since the resumption of Israel's assault on Gaza, the country's anti-war movement has gained significant momentum. Yet it is plagued by divided motivations, and on Gaza's future. My new article for @thenewarab.bsky.social www.newarab.com/news/not-so-...
Another way the world has got worse. Despair everywhere.
May 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Another way the world has got worse. Despair everywhere.
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Media are making mistakes in their reporting on recent Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. In this example, @vrtnws.be, writes that it's the Nasser Hospital while it happened at the European Hospital. People could just ask researchers who have been working on this for years.
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
Een klap die dood en vernieling zaait: beelden tonen moment dat raket inslaat aan ingang ziekenhuis in Gaza | VRT NWS: nieuws
Op geverifieerde bewakingsbeelden is de enorme impact te zien van een raket tijdens de Israëlische luchtaanval van gisteren op het Nasser-ziekenhuis in het zuiden van de Gazastrook. De beelden tonen h...
www.vrt.be
May 15, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Media are making mistakes in their reporting on recent Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. In this example, @vrtnws.be, writes that it's the Nasser Hospital while it happened at the European Hospital. People could just ask researchers who have been working on this for years.
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
Hundreds of thousands of people have sought refuge in the town of Tawila following an RSF attack on the Zamzam refugee camp in #Darfur. I spoke to MSF and UN teams on the ground in the region to discuss the situation, which was described to me as "desperate". New from me for @thenewarab.bsky.social
RSF forced exodus from Sudan’s Zamzam leaves Tawila ’desperate’
Tawila has seen a dramatic influx of internally displaced persons following the storming of the Zamzam refugee camp by the RSF.
www.newarab.com
May 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hundreds of thousands of people have sought refuge in the town of Tawila following an RSF attack on the Zamzam refugee camp in #Darfur. I spoke to MSF and UN teams on the ground in the region to discuss the situation, which was described to me as "desperate". New from me for @thenewarab.bsky.social
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Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution is out!
In Episode 1, @leilashami.bsky.social @ayoub.bsky.social go through what the STIR podcast is about, and why Syria?
Available for free on Patreon and wherever you get your podcasts
www.patreon.com/posts/128666...
Part of @fromtheperiphery.com
In Episode 1, @leilashami.bsky.social @ayoub.bsky.social go through what the STIR podcast is about, and why Syria?
Available for free on Patreon and wherever you get your podcasts
www.patreon.com/posts/128666...
Part of @fromtheperiphery.com
May 11, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution is out!
In Episode 1, @leilashami.bsky.social @ayoub.bsky.social go through what the STIR podcast is about, and why Syria?
Available for free on Patreon and wherever you get your podcasts
www.patreon.com/posts/128666...
Part of @fromtheperiphery.com
In Episode 1, @leilashami.bsky.social @ayoub.bsky.social go through what the STIR podcast is about, and why Syria?
Available for free on Patreon and wherever you get your podcasts
www.patreon.com/posts/128666...
Part of @fromtheperiphery.com
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It's 'Victory' Day this week, when we celebrate that initial defeat of fascism of the 1940s, when ideas like annexing land through genocide were deemed too barbaric. International law, the UN - all of those nice ideas cheapened by both Russia in Ukraine and Israel in Palestine.
BREAKING: Israeli ministers agree on plan to capture all of Gaza and remain there for an unspecified amount of time, two officials say.
Israel approves plans to intensify Gaza operations, official says
An Israeli official says Cabinet ministers have approved plans to intensify military operations in the Gaza Strip.
bit.ly
May 5, 2025 at 8:41 AM
It's 'Victory' Day this week, when we celebrate that initial defeat of fascism of the 1940s, when ideas like annexing land through genocide were deemed too barbaric. International law, the UN - all of those nice ideas cheapened by both Russia in Ukraine and Israel in Palestine.
Europe's time?
Deutsche Bank's George Saravelos has been having a very good crisis and his latest is... sobering. Take notes, kids, this is history in the making
April 9, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Europe's time?
A step may have been taken in determining the fate of hundreds of thousands of Syria's disappeared after a UN agency handed a plan on the issue to the government at a meeting on the sidelines of Monday's aid conference in Brussels. From me for @thenewarab.bsky.social
www.newarab.com/news/un-agen...
www.newarab.com/news/un-agen...
UN agency hands over project to find missing Syrians to new govt
The Independent Institution on Missing Persons was established in 2023 to determine the fate of hundreds of thousands of missing people in Syria.
www.newarab.com
March 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
A step may have been taken in determining the fate of hundreds of thousands of Syria's disappeared after a UN agency handed a plan on the issue to the government at a meeting on the sidelines of Monday's aid conference in Brussels. From me for @thenewarab.bsky.social
www.newarab.com/news/un-agen...
www.newarab.com/news/un-agen...
New from me: on the pressures faced by the Syrian government and newly formed committee tasked with investigating the sectarian killings on Syria's coast for @thenewarab.bsky.social with comment from @fadel-abdulghany.bsky.social Haian Dukhan and Razan Rashidi
www.newarab.com/news/syria-p...
www.newarab.com/news/syria-p...
Syria probes coastal killings amid fears of ’cycle of violence’
Syria has set up a new committee to investigate the sectarian killings on the coast which killed over 800 people, including unarmed civilians
www.newarab.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
New from me: on the pressures faced by the Syrian government and newly formed committee tasked with investigating the sectarian killings on Syria's coast for @thenewarab.bsky.social with comment from @fadel-abdulghany.bsky.social Haian Dukhan and Razan Rashidi
www.newarab.com/news/syria-p...
www.newarab.com/news/syria-p...
Rather than being a security guarantor, a force multiplier, the US has become a liability that can infringe on our sovereignty. The sooner the UK realises this the better. But is it really going to take an invasion of Canada for it to sink in? By that point it'll be too late.
The US has decided to destroy the system it has created and benefitted from over the last 80 years.
Europe should take that as a literal statement of fact and act accordingly.
Europe should take that as a literal statement of fact and act accordingly.
March 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Rather than being a security guarantor, a force multiplier, the US has become a liability that can infringe on our sovereignty. The sooner the UK realises this the better. But is it really going to take an invasion of Canada for it to sink in? By that point it'll be too late.
Reposted by Oliver Mizzi
The US has decided to destroy the system it has created and benefitted from over the last 80 years.
Europe should take that as a literal statement of fact and act accordingly.
Europe should take that as a literal statement of fact and act accordingly.
March 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The US has decided to destroy the system it has created and benefitted from over the last 80 years.
Europe should take that as a literal statement of fact and act accordingly.
Europe should take that as a literal statement of fact and act accordingly.