Paul Nabil Matthis
@paulnm.bsky.social
Syrian American author and musician. No one's free until we all are, and that means free Palestine. He/him. On submission. beacons.ai/paulnm
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Paul Nabil Matthis
@paulnm.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Start Here: Palestine 16. Transfer | The Haavara Agreement and Anti-Nazi Boycott of the 1930s
YouTube video by Paul Nabil Matthis
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Start Here: Palestine 16 is up, an hour-long investigation into how the Haavara Agreement between the Zionist Movement and Nazi Germany came to be. It's like a whole video essay or something. youtu.be/En82WUqRtPw
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A Bard College student was kidnapped by ICE and Bard’s administration is advocating for his release and has created a website to assist the rest of the community in joining them.
That’s what academic leaders should be doing for their students right now. www.instagram.com/p/DQKSTDJkeF...
That’s what academic leaders should be doing for their students right now. www.instagram.com/p/DQKSTDJkeF...
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October 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
A Bard College student was kidnapped by ICE and Bard’s administration is advocating for his release and has created a website to assist the rest of the community in joining them.
That’s what academic leaders should be doing for their students right now. www.instagram.com/p/DQKSTDJkeF...
That’s what academic leaders should be doing for their students right now. www.instagram.com/p/DQKSTDJkeF...
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In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.
She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.
This is not about immigration enforcement.
It's about terrorizing Americans.
She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.
This is not about immigration enforcement.
It's about terrorizing Americans.
October 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.
She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.
This is not about immigration enforcement.
It's about terrorizing Americans.
She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.
This is not about immigration enforcement.
It's about terrorizing Americans.
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The Palestine Branch: A den of torture in Assad’s Syria
The prison’s labyrinthian underground chambers have yet to reveal all their secrets, which are critical for bringing justice and Syria’s future stability.
www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...
The prison’s labyrinthian underground chambers have yet to reveal all their secrets, which are critical for bringing justice and Syria’s future stability.
www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...
The Palestine Branch: A den of torture in Assad’s Syria
Branch 235, also known as the Palestine Branch, was one of the most notorious prisons run by the Syrian military intelligence services during the Assad era. Located on the outskirts of Damascus, its…
www.france24.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
The Palestine Branch: A den of torture in Assad’s Syria
The prison’s labyrinthian underground chambers have yet to reveal all their secrets, which are critical for bringing justice and Syria’s future stability.
www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...
The prison’s labyrinthian underground chambers have yet to reveal all their secrets, which are critical for bringing justice and Syria’s future stability.
www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...
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🚨MUST READ: Shipping records obtained by Mondoweiss show New York's JFK Airport is a key transit hub for U.S. weapons parts headed to Israel’s genocide in Gaza. mondoweiss.net/2025/09/expo...
Exposing JFK Airport’s hidden arms pipeline to Israel
Shipping records obtained by Mondoweiss show New York’s JFK Airport is a key transit hub for U.S. weapons parts headed to Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
mondoweiss.net
October 1, 2025 at 11:07 AM
🚨MUST READ: Shipping records obtained by Mondoweiss show New York's JFK Airport is a key transit hub for U.S. weapons parts headed to Israel’s genocide in Gaza. mondoweiss.net/2025/09/expo...
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118 nautical miles to Gaza. Last night, an Israeli warship circled the boats and launched a cyber attack, damaging devices and navigation — but flotilla keep sailing. This is the largest flotilla ever: 41 boats, grounded in international law and powered by global solidarity.
October 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
118 nautical miles to Gaza. Last night, an Israeli warship circled the boats and launched a cyber attack, damaging devices and navigation — but flotilla keep sailing. This is the largest flotilla ever: 41 boats, grounded in international law and powered by global solidarity.
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In taking a stance against Israel's genocide in Gaza and its Zionist underpinnings while running for New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani is situating himself within a historical lineage of anti-Zionism in the city that goes back over a century. mondoweiss.net/2025/09/zohr...
Zohran Mamdani, and a 100-year-old history of anti-Zionism in New York City
In taking a stance against Israel’s genocide in Gaza and its Zionist underpinnings while running for New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani is situating himself within a historical lineage of anti-Zionism...
mondoweiss.net
September 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
In taking a stance against Israel's genocide in Gaza and its Zionist underpinnings while running for New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani is situating himself within a historical lineage of anti-Zionism in the city that goes back over a century. mondoweiss.net/2025/09/zohr...
Did you know Israelis compare Palestinians to animals so often there's a Wikipedia article about it? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palesti...
Palestinians as animals in Israeli discourse - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Did you know Israelis compare Palestinians to animals so often there's a Wikipedia article about it? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palesti...
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Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it
National Guard is now tasked with picking up garbage in DC
August 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it
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Zohare Jacobi of @jewitches.bsky.social fame has authored a zesty Op-Ed for Der Spekter!
www.derspekter.org/why-the-left...
www.derspekter.org/why-the-left...
August 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Zohare Jacobi of @jewitches.bsky.social fame has authored a zesty Op-Ed for Der Spekter!
www.derspekter.org/why-the-left...
www.derspekter.org/why-the-left...
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Officially, Syria has been removed from the OFAC sanctions lists, allowing American companies to do business with Syria.
Congratulations to us.
ofac.treasury.gov/sanctions-pr...
Congratulations to us.
ofac.treasury.gov/sanctions-pr...
August 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Officially, Syria has been removed from the OFAC sanctions lists, allowing American companies to do business with Syria.
Congratulations to us.
ofac.treasury.gov/sanctions-pr...
Congratulations to us.
ofac.treasury.gov/sanctions-pr...
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Video of Columbia Heights residents driving ICE agents out of their area. source: www.instagram.com/reel/DNjkvLQ...
August 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Video of Columbia Heights residents driving ICE agents out of their area. source: www.instagram.com/reel/DNjkvLQ...
Matt Bernstein's excellent interview with Yona Roseman showing how all the hasbara around zionist pinkwashing breaks down the moment a trans woman refuses IDF service. youtu.be/VYlJiuV1Yjo
The Trans Teen Imprisoned for Refusing to Join the IDF
YouTube video by matt bernstein
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August 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Matt Bernstein's excellent interview with Yona Roseman showing how all the hasbara around zionist pinkwashing breaks down the moment a trans woman refuses IDF service. youtu.be/VYlJiuV1Yjo
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"The weight the European Union and the United Kingdom and other countries have on Israel needs to be used now."
Israeli hostage negotiator Gershon Baskin tells Matt Frei the international community must "step in" to stop the war in Gaza.
Read and watch:
www.channel4.com/news/this-is...
Israeli hostage negotiator Gershon Baskin tells Matt Frei the international community must "step in" to stop the war in Gaza.
Read and watch:
www.channel4.com/news/this-is...
‘This is a dead end for Israel’ – hostage negotiator on Gaza occupation plans
We spoke to the Israeli hostage negotiator Gershon Baskin.
www.channel4.com
August 8, 2025 at 10:35 AM
"The weight the European Union and the United Kingdom and other countries have on Israel needs to be used now."
Israeli hostage negotiator Gershon Baskin tells Matt Frei the international community must "step in" to stop the war in Gaza.
Read and watch:
www.channel4.com/news/this-is...
Israeli hostage negotiator Gershon Baskin tells Matt Frei the international community must "step in" to stop the war in Gaza.
Read and watch:
www.channel4.com/news/this-is...
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$170 billion could end homelessness. It could fund Head Start or pay for nutritious school meals for our kids for well over a decade. But it’s instead going to Stephen Miller so he can build his mass deportation army to target our immigrant neighbors: americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/stephen-mi...
Stephen Miller Is Getting $170 Billion To Build His Own Army To Target Our Immigrant Neighbors. Here’s What That Funding Could Do Instead
This unprecedented allocation of taxpayer money could go to helping working families all across America, on everything from education, hunger, housing, healthcare, and the environment.
americasvoicecnn.substack.com
August 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
$170 billion could end homelessness. It could fund Head Start or pay for nutritious school meals for our kids for well over a decade. But it’s instead going to Stephen Miller so he can build his mass deportation army to target our immigrant neighbors: americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/stephen-mi...
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My goto is to ask LLMs how many states have R in their name. They always fail. GPT 5 included Indiana, Illinois, and Texas in its list. It then asked me if I wanted an alphabetical highlighted map. Sure, why not.
August 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
My goto is to ask LLMs how many states have R in their name. They always fail. GPT 5 included Indiana, Illinois, and Texas in its list. It then asked me if I wanted an alphabetical highlighted map. Sure, why not.
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Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”
Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
August 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”
Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
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#OpEd: "We must recognize the prison industry for what it is: an industry built on the human suffering of crime victims, incarcerated people, their families, and still others." Read the full story on how the prison industry became worth over $80 billion a year.
How the Prison Industry Became a Booming Business
CoreCivic’s CEO called the Trump administration “one of the most exciting periods” of his career.
www.teenvogue.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
#OpEd: "We must recognize the prison industry for what it is: an industry built on the human suffering of crime victims, incarcerated people, their families, and still others." Read the full story on how the prison industry became worth over $80 billion a year.
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“In total, since 27 May, at least 1,373 Palestinians have been killed while seeking food; 859 in the vicinity of the GHF sites and 514 along the routes of food convoys.
news.un.org/en/story/202...
news.un.org/en/story/202...
Gaza: Nearly 1,400 Palestinians killed while seeking food, as UN warns airdrops are no solution
Despite Israel’s 27 July announcement of daily military pauses in western Gaza “to improve humanitarian responses,” Israeli forces continued attacks along food convoy routes and near Gaza Humanitarian...
news.un.org
August 1, 2025 at 11:13 PM
“In total, since 27 May, at least 1,373 Palestinians have been killed while seeking food; 859 in the vicinity of the GHF sites and 514 along the routes of food convoys.
news.un.org/en/story/202...
news.un.org/en/story/202...
Let's talk about critique. Not how to criticize, but how critique is generally received, and not just someone criticizing you, but something else you might have opinions on. Because the first thing about the cycle of critique is that it's a minefield. It's hard to leave your ego at the door.
July 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Let's talk about critique. Not how to criticize, but how critique is generally received, and not just someone criticizing you, but something else you might have opinions on. Because the first thing about the cycle of critique is that it's a minefield. It's hard to leave your ego at the door.
Airdrops = photo ops
Hi, I worked at USAID. 👋
Airdrops are universally acknowledged as probably the worst and least efficient way to get aid to people. You airdrop when you a) want to want to so something but can’t, or b) you don’t want to do anything but want to look like you are.
Airdrops are universally acknowledged as probably the worst and least efficient way to get aid to people. You airdrop when you a) want to want to so something but can’t, or b) you don’t want to do anything but want to look like you are.
"Airdrops will not reverse the deepening starvation," UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini wrote on X on Saturday. "They are expensive, inefficient & can even kill starving civilians. It is a distraction & screensmoke."
www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-...
www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-...
July 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Airdrops = photo ops
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So.. officially, I'm the last Black staff columnist left in the Washington Post's opinion section.
July 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
So.. officially, I'm the last Black staff columnist left in the Washington Post's opinion section.
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IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.bsky.social
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.bsky.social
July 20, 2025 at 4:44 AM
IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.bsky.social
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.bsky.social
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"We rarely leave the house anymore, afraid our legs might give out. It already happened to my sister: while searching on the streets for something, anything, to feed her children, she suddenly collapsed to the ground. Her body didn’t even have the strength to stay upright."
We are starving
My body is breaking down. My mother is collapsing from exhaustion. My cousin cheats death every day for a morsel of aid.
www.972mag.com
July 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
"We rarely leave the house anymore, afraid our legs might give out. It already happened to my sister: while searching on the streets for something, anything, to feed her children, she suddenly collapsed to the ground. Her body didn’t even have the strength to stay upright."
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