Salem Belkessa, Ph.D.
@salembelkessa.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Ziane Achour University of Djelfa, Algeria 🇩🇿. Interested in Host-pathogen interactions, Gut microbiome, Single-celled protists, Metagenomics.
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Ten-year-old Samar al-Basheeti has a severe head injury causing brain contusions, skull fractures, and quadriplegia. She suffers from high fever and frequent seizures, and her condition is rapidly worsening. Doctors urgently call for her evacuation abroad for life-saving treatment.
November 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Ten-year-old Samar al-Basheeti has a severe head injury causing brain contusions, skull fractures, and quadriplegia. She suffers from high fever and frequent seizures, and her condition is rapidly worsening. Doctors urgently call for her evacuation abroad for life-saving treatment.
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The genocidal occupation forces continue their daily war crimes (for 80 years). www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
West Bank Mosque Is Burned as Israeli Settler Violence Surges
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November 14, 2025 at 2:26 AM
The genocidal occupation forces continue their daily war crimes (for 80 years). www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
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“In Netanyahu's Israel, telling the truth makes you an enemy of the state - Haaretz” yes, but way before that, for almost 80 years
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Opinion | In Netanyahu's Israel, telling the truth makes you an enemy of the state — Haaretz
Journalist Guy Peleg's only 'crime' was airing leaked footage that proved the investigation into IDF soldiers' abuse of a Palestinian detainee was real - not a 'blood libel.' In a democracy, that woul...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
“In Netanyahu's Israel, telling the truth makes you an enemy of the state - Haaretz” yes, but way before that, for almost 80 years
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UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has responded to Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon after he called her a “witch”, saying, “If I had the power to make spells... I would use it to stop your crimes once and for all.”
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November 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has responded to Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon after he called her a “witch”, saying, “If I had the power to make spells... I would use it to stop your crimes once and for all.”
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Israeli soldier Meir Ben Shitrit, previously implicated in the Sde Teiman case involving the sexual abuse of Palestinian hostages, shared a video boasting about looting humanitarian aid before entering Gaza.
November 8, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Israeli soldier Meir Ben Shitrit, previously implicated in the Sde Teiman case involving the sexual abuse of Palestinian hostages, shared a video boasting about looting humanitarian aid before entering Gaza.
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During the night, Israeli settler groups set fire to a Palestinian home in the village of Abu Falah, north of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.
November 8, 2025 at 5:13 AM
During the night, Israeli settler groups set fire to a Palestinian home in the village of Abu Falah, north of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.
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“This slaughter could potentially be stopped if those with leverage would apply pressure on the United Arab Emirates, the primary backer of the Rapid Support Forces’ war machine. Those include…Trump and …Marco Rubio, and companies like the N.B.A. and Disney…” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
Opinion | Sudan Is in Free Fall
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November 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
“This slaughter could potentially be stopped if those with leverage would apply pressure on the United Arab Emirates, the primary backer of the Rapid Support Forces’ war machine. Those include…Trump and …Marco Rubio, and companies like the N.B.A. and Disney…” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
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Just another day in the office of genocidal state
Far-right extremist minister Itamar Ben Gvir demanded the shooting of any Palestinian children seen approaching the "Yellow Line."
REPORT: Ben Gvir Says KILL Palestinian Children
Far-right extremist minister Itamar Ben Gvir demanded the shooting of any Palestinian children seen approaching the "Yellow Line." John Iadarola and Senator Nina Turner discuss on The Young Turks. Do…
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October 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Just another day in the office of genocidal state
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Israeli use of torture in prison rose sharply after 7 October, says freed Palestinian author
Israeli use of torture in prison rose sharply after 7 October, says freed Palestinian author
Nasser Abu Srour says prisons became like ‘another front’ in Gaza war and tells of struggle to adjust to life outside
A celebrated Palestinian author who was freed last month after more than 32 years in Israeli prisons has said the use of torture increased dramatically during his last two years of captivity as Israel came to treat its jails as another front in the Gaza war.
Nasser Abu Srour, whose prison memoir has been translated into seven languages and is tipped to win a major international literary prize this month, was among more than 150 Palestinians serving life sentences who were freed as part of the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire and then immediately exiled to Egypt, where most remain in limbo. Continue reading...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Israeli use of torture in prison rose sharply after 7 October, says freed Palestinian author
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Civil Defense teams are working to pull an injured Palestinian from beneath the rubble of a home hit by an Israeli strike in the Al-Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City.
October 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Civil Defense teams are working to pull an injured Palestinian from beneath the rubble of a home hit by an Israeli strike in the Al-Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City.
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BREAKING: At least four Palestinians have been injured following an Israeli air attack on a car in Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp, al-Awda Hospital told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.
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October 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
BREAKING: At least four Palestinians have been injured following an Israeli air attack on a car in Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp, al-Awda Hospital told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.
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Rital, a 4-year-old from Gaza, is fighting Neuroblastoma after surviving missile strikes near her home. She has a tumor on her eye and can’t walk — she urgently needs treatment abroad.
October 25, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Rital, a 4-year-old from Gaza, is fighting Neuroblastoma after surviving missile strikes near her home. She has a tumor on her eye and can’t walk — she urgently needs treatment abroad.
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Starvation, torture, rape, apartheid, genocide, the illegal occupation, terrorist state checks all boxes aje.io/7hx6t6
What we know about the torture, abuse of Palestinian prisoners by Israel
Testimonies from released Palestinian prisoners, plus the condition of bodies, highlight alleged Israeli abuses.
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October 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Starvation, torture, rape, apartheid, genocide, the illegal occupation, terrorist state checks all boxes aje.io/7hx6t6
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Israeli occupation forces abducted a Palestinian child during a raid on the town of Beita, south of Nablus.
October 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Israeli occupation forces abducted a Palestinian child during a raid on the town of Beita, south of Nablus.
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As planned since the beginning
October 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM
As planned since the beginning
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Israeli soldiers were filmed assaulting a Palestinian woman as she tried to stop them from seizing her husband’s body after he was shot during a military raid in the city of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.
October 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Israeli soldiers were filmed assaulting a Palestinian woman as she tried to stop them from seizing her husband’s body after he was shot during a military raid in the city of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.
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Thousands of activists rallied outside the Israeli embassy in South Korea's capital to stage a mass 'die in' showing solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
October 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Thousands of activists rallied outside the Israeli embassy in South Korea's capital to stage a mass 'die in' showing solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
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🔗 Structure analysis of human gut microbiota associated with single-celled gut protists using Next-Generation Sequencing of 16S and 18S rRNA genes. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.cs...
📚 CSBJ: www.csbj.org
#Microbiome #GutHealth #Metagenomics #Microbiota
📚 CSBJ: www.csbj.org
#Microbiome #GutHealth #Metagenomics #Microbiota
October 15, 2025 at 8:48 AM
🔗 Structure analysis of human gut microbiota associated with single-celled gut protists using Next-Generation Sequencing of 16S and 18S rRNA genes. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.cs...
📚 CSBJ: www.csbj.org
#Microbiome #GutHealth #Metagenomics #Microbiota
📚 CSBJ: www.csbj.org
#Microbiome #GutHealth #Metagenomics #Microbiota
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The terrorist occupying forces continue undeterred their genocide
At least 38 Palestinians have been killed as the Israeli army commits 47 violations of ceasefire agreement.
Israel continues deadly attacks on Gaza, closes Rafah crossing
At least 38 Palestinians have been killed as the Israeli army commits 47 violations of ceasefire agreement.
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October 19, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The terrorist occupying forces continue undeterred their genocide
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BREAKING: Gaza's Media Office says the Israeli army has committed 47 violations after the truce deal entered into force in early October, killing 38 Palestinians and wounding another 143 people.
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October 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
BREAKING: Gaza's Media Office says the Israeli army has committed 47 violations after the truce deal entered into force in early October, killing 38 Palestinians and wounding another 143 people.
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BREAKING: A far-right Israeli group, Tsav 9, is blocking trucks from carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza at the Karem Abu Salem crossing.
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October 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
BREAKING: A far-right Israeli group, Tsav 9, is blocking trucks from carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza at the Karem Abu Salem crossing.
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Several Palestinians were wounded when an Israeli drone strike hit civilians in the town of Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis, in violation of the ceasefire agreement.
October 16, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Several Palestinians were wounded when an Israeli drone strike hit civilians in the town of Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis, in violation of the ceasefire agreement.
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BREAKING: At least 91 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, medical sources have told Al Jazeera.
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September 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
BREAKING: At least 91 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, medical sources have told Al Jazeera.
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