Sari Bashi
@saribashi.bsky.social
Writer, human rights lawyer, ex Program Director @hrw.org, author of מקלובה-אהבה הפוכה & Umm Forat blog (www.ummforat.com), cofounder of gisha.org, ultramarathoner, lover of freedom of movement in Gaza and beyond.
Thrilled that the English translation of my memoir, Upside-Down Love @blackstonepub.bsky.social, January 2026) is now on pre-order: blackstonepublishing.com/products/boo...). Critically acclaimed as a beacon of hope in an upside-down Middle East, this irreverent, honest love story is worth a read.
Upside-Down Love
With a message of hope that is both timely and timeless, Upside-Down Love is an extraordinary memoir—irreverent, funny, and profoundly uplifting—of an Israeli lawyer, a Palestinian professor, and a lo...
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July 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Thrilled that the English translation of my memoir, Upside-Down Love @blackstonepub.bsky.social, January 2026) is now on pre-order: blackstonepublishing.com/products/boo...). Critically acclaimed as a beacon of hope in an upside-down Middle East, this irreverent, honest love story is worth a read.
Honored for @blackstonepub.bsky.social to publish my memoir Upside-Down Love (Maqluba) in English in Nov. 2025. Can't wait to work with @danielehrenhaft.bsky.social
to publish this searing, honest & hopeful story of love in the shadow of Israeli occupation. More info here: ummforat.com/en/the-book/
to publish this searing, honest & hopeful story of love in the shadow of Israeli occupation. More info here: ummforat.com/en/the-book/
The Book – ummforat
ummforat.com
May 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Honored for @blackstonepub.bsky.social to publish my memoir Upside-Down Love (Maqluba) in English in Nov. 2025. Can't wait to work with @danielehrenhaft.bsky.social
to publish this searing, honest & hopeful story of love in the shadow of Israeli occupation. More info here: ummforat.com/en/the-book/
to publish this searing, honest & hopeful story of love in the shadow of Israeli occupation. More info here: ummforat.com/en/the-book/
This is a clear statement of what int’l aid groups need from Israel to do their lifesaving work. When you push people to the brink, fixing the problem requires a huge influx of food, services & cooperation with the UN as if you want to stop the starvation. www.ochaopt.org/content/stat...
Statement by the Humanitarian Country Team of the Occupied Palestinian Territory – on Gaza | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Occupied Palestinian Territory
East Jerusalem and Gaza city, 28 May 2025
Six-hundred days on, the humanitarian situation in Gaza is at its darkest point yet. As relentless, deadly bombardment and mass displacement intensify, famili...
www.ochaopt.org
May 29, 2025 at 5:06 AM
This is a clear statement of what int’l aid groups need from Israel to do their lifesaving work. When you push people to the brink, fixing the problem requires a huge influx of food, services & cooperation with the UN as if you want to stop the starvation. www.ochaopt.org/content/stat...
So much time & money wasted on this ill-fated plan to use aid as a tool for displacement, surveillance and consolidation of Israeli control over Gaza. Israel needs to open Gaza's crossings and let the humanitarian grown-ups do their lifesaving jobs. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Head of US-backed Gaza aid group resigns, saying he will not abandon ‘principles’
Jake Wood’s resignation comes after the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation faced criticism from the UN and other aid groups
www.theguardian.com
May 26, 2025 at 4:46 AM
So much time & money wasted on this ill-fated plan to use aid as a tool for displacement, surveillance and consolidation of Israeli control over Gaza. Israel needs to open Gaza's crossings and let the humanitarian grown-ups do their lifesaving jobs. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Sign of our time: many things that should not need saying, now need to be said.
Needless to say - or it should not need saying - assassinating diplomats is an atrocious affront to the values of peace and law-loving people. Disgraceful, period, no exceptions. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...
Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Shot and Killed Outside Event in Washington, Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Sign of our time: many things that should not need saying, now need to be said.
The US-backed group tapped by Israel to run aid in Gaza says it'll start this week, with sites in Gaza's south. Palestinians in Gaza will be pushed to choose between displacement and starvation. A thread w more details in my recent
@nybooks.com piece: www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
@nybooks.com piece: www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
Gaza: Starvation and Exile | Sari Bashi
On May 12 the IPC, the global authority on food security, issued a dire warning. “The Gaza Strip is still confronted with a critical risk of famine,” it
www.nybooks.com
May 25, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The US-backed group tapped by Israel to run aid in Gaza says it'll start this week, with sites in Gaza's south. Palestinians in Gaza will be pushed to choose between displacement and starvation. A thread w more details in my recent
@nybooks.com piece: www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
@nybooks.com piece: www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
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“Given the choice, many people [in Gaza] will seek asylum elsewhere,” writes Sari Bashi. “International law requires Israel to let them do so. But they also have a right to come back.”
Gaza: Starvation and Exile | Sari Bashi
On May 12 the IPC, the global authority on food security, issued a dire warning. “The Gaza Strip is still confronted with a critical risk of famine,” it
buff.ly
May 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
“Given the choice, many people [in Gaza] will seek asylum elsewhere,” writes Sari Bashi. “International law requires Israel to let them do so. But they also have a right to come back.”
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A missile over a playground. 9 children dead. A hotel turned to rubble. Aid workers nearly buried. This is not collateral damage. This is a pattern of unlawful attacks. 📢The world must demand accountability. 📄Full @hrw report: www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
May 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
A missile over a playground. 9 children dead. A hotel turned to rubble. Aid workers nearly buried. This is not collateral damage. This is a pattern of unlawful attacks. 📢The world must demand accountability. 📄Full @hrw report: www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
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“The plan to make Palestinians in Gaza accept further displacement as a condition of receiving food parcels is intertwined with another: to press them into leaving Palestine altogether.” —Sari Bashi
Gaza: Starvation and Exile | Sari Bashi
On May 12 the IPC, the global authority on food security, issued a dire warning. “The Gaza Strip is still confronted with a critical risk of famine,” it
buff.ly
May 21, 2025 at 8:14 AM
“The plan to make Palestinians in Gaza accept further displacement as a condition of receiving food parcels is intertwined with another: to press them into leaving Palestine altogether.” —Sari Bashi
This week, guided by the excellent NGO Zochrot, I visited the ruins of al-Khalasa, a Bedouin village destroyed by Israeli forces in 1948 to prevent its residents from returning. A thread on the past, future and present of Palestinian refugees, Gaza's "day after" and Trump's Riviera plan.
May 22, 2025 at 9:12 AM
This week, guided by the excellent NGO Zochrot, I visited the ruins of al-Khalasa, a Bedouin village destroyed by Israeli forces in 1948 to prevent its residents from returning. A thread on the past, future and present of Palestinian refugees, Gaza's "day after" and Trump's Riviera plan.
'US policymakers have normalized [denying Palestinian refugees' right to return], to the point that Trump has been looking to Egypt or Jordan .. to absorb Palestinians rather than demand that Israeli authorities respect their right to live in Israel.' www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
Gaza: Starvation and Exile | Sari Bashi
On May 12 the IPC, the global authority on food security, issued a dire warning. “The Gaza Strip is still confronted with a critical risk of famine,” it
www.nybooks.com
May 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
'US policymakers have normalized [denying Palestinian refugees' right to return], to the point that Trump has been looking to Egypt or Jordan .. to absorb Palestinians rather than demand that Israeli authorities respect their right to live in Israel.' www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
The proposal does “not look like a plan for aid distribution so much as a tool for further pressure, to ensure that life is unlivable in Gaza,” says @taniahary.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/w...
Amid Blockade, Trump and Israel Mull Divisive Aid Plan For Gaza
www.nytimes.com
May 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The proposal does “not look like a plan for aid distribution so much as a tool for further pressure, to ensure that life is unlivable in Gaza,” says @taniahary.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/w...
"When women are involved in peace negotiations, those processes are more likely to lead to agreement ...and are more likely to be implemented." @heatherbarr.bsky.social reminds the 2nd Trump administration what the 1st Trump administration knew: Peace can't exclude women. www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
Women’s Participation Has Proven Worth in Bringing Peace
At least, we thought ruefully, the women, peace, and security agenda—backed in the United States by the first Trump administration—is safe. We thought this could remain true even amidst the current Tr...
www.hrw.org
May 4, 2025 at 9:55 AM
"When women are involved in peace negotiations, those processes are more likely to lead to agreement ...and are more likely to be implemented." @heatherbarr.bsky.social reminds the 2nd Trump administration what the 1st Trump administration knew: Peace can't exclude women. www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
From my colleague and friend @eitandi.bsky.social on the bureaucratic cruelty that is blocking lifesaving humanitarian assistance to Palestinians struggling under apartheid and ethnic cleansing. www.justsecurity.org/109772/israe...
New Israeli Guidelines Threaten to Eliminate Humanitarian Action in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Almost Entirely
A revised registration process for international NGOs aiding Palestinians creates a chilling effect against criticism and accountability.
www.justsecurity.org
April 21, 2025 at 6:25 AM
From my colleague and friend @eitandi.bsky.social on the bureaucratic cruelty that is blocking lifesaving humanitarian assistance to Palestinians struggling under apartheid and ethnic cleansing. www.justsecurity.org/109772/israe...
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"Businesses should not enable, facilitate, or profit from serious violations of #internationallaw. The time has come for [Airbnb and Booking.com] to stop doing business in the occupied territories on stolen land." @saribashi.bsky.social @hrw.org www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Seized, settled, let: how Airbnb and Booking.com help Israelis make money from stolen Palestinian land
As Israel deploys tanks in the West Bank for the first time in 20 years, we reveal how two of the world’s biggest travel companies are helping settlers commercialise stolen land
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"Businesses should not enable, facilitate, or profit from serious violations of #internationallaw. The time has come for [Airbnb and Booking.com] to stop doing business in the occupied territories on stolen land." @saribashi.bsky.social @hrw.org www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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Just some of the dozens of children killed in the recent Israeli airstrikes on Al-Shuja’iya Massacre, Eastern Gaza City
Each one a universe. The light of their parents eyes.
Each one a universe. The light of their parents eyes.
April 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Just some of the dozens of children killed in the recent Israeli airstrikes on Al-Shuja’iya Massacre, Eastern Gaza City
Each one a universe. The light of their parents eyes.
Each one a universe. The light of their parents eyes.
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My @knightcolumbia.org colleague @carriedecell.bsky.social will be arguing this case before the Ninth Circuit tomorrow on behalf of journalists from @elfaroenglish.bsky.social whose phones were hacked with NSO Group's spyware. 12:00 ET, link to audio below. www.newyorker.com/news/news-de...
A Hacked Newsroom Brings a Spyware Maker to U.S. Court
When Roman Gressier, an American reporter working in El Salvador, found out that he and his colleagues were being surveilled, he feared persecution and worried for his sources’ safety.
www.newyorker.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
My @knightcolumbia.org colleague @carriedecell.bsky.social will be arguing this case before the Ninth Circuit tomorrow on behalf of journalists from @elfaroenglish.bsky.social whose phones were hacked with NSO Group's spyware. 12:00 ET, link to audio below. www.newyorker.com/news/news-de...
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U.S. Slashes Many of the Aid Programs It Had Promised to Keep
The U.N. food program said the new cuts “could amount to a death sentence” for millions of desperate people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...
The U.N. food program said the new cuts “could amount to a death sentence” for millions of desperate people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...
Trump Administration Cuts Aid Programs It Had Promised to Keep
The U.N. food program said the new cuts “could amount to a death sentence” for millions of desperate people.
www.nytimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
U.S. Slashes Many of the Aid Programs It Had Promised to Keep
The U.N. food program said the new cuts “could amount to a death sentence” for millions of desperate people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...
The U.N. food program said the new cuts “could amount to a death sentence” for millions of desperate people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...
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"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." Shakespeare, Henry VI
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court
MEMORANDUM FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY SUBJECT: Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court Lawyers
www.whitehouse.gov
March 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." Shakespeare, Henry VI
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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I’m told this is a real letter. It basically says, “We’ll destroy Columbia unless you destroy it first.”
March 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I’m told this is a real letter. It basically says, “We’ll destroy Columbia unless you destroy it first.”
I remember seeing the viral footage of Shiri Bibas, terrified, holding her two boys, surrounded by gunmen, on the afternoon of Oct 7, 2023. It was a searing realization of the horrors that would follow. May their memory be a blessing & may these horrific abuses end. www.hrw.org/news/2025/02...
Bibas Family Funeral in Israel Highlights Illegality of Hostage Taking
Shiri, Kfir, and Ariel Bibas were taken hostage by a Palestinian armed group on October 7, 2023, and buried in Israel on Wednesday as mourners bid them farewell along the funeral procession route.
www.hrw.org
February 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I remember seeing the viral footage of Shiri Bibas, terrified, holding her two boys, surrounded by gunmen, on the afternoon of Oct 7, 2023. It was a searing realization of the horrors that would follow. May their memory be a blessing & may these horrific abuses end. www.hrw.org/news/2025/02...
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New @hrw.org report: The Sudan Shield Forces, an armed group fighting alongside the Sudanese Armed Forces, intentionally targeted civilians in a January attack on Tayba village, killing at least 26 people including a child. This constitutes war crimes. www.hrw.org/news/2025/02... 🧵
Sudan: Armed Group Allied to the Military Attacks Village
The Sudan Shield Forces, an armed group that fights alongside the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), intentionally targeted civilians in an attack on January 10, 2025, Human Rights Watch said today.
www.hrw.org
February 25, 2025 at 5:03 AM
New @hrw.org report: The Sudan Shield Forces, an armed group fighting alongside the Sudanese Armed Forces, intentionally targeted civilians in a January attack on Tayba village, killing at least 26 people including a child. This constitutes war crimes. www.hrw.org/news/2025/02... 🧵
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Last week negotiations began on the first-ever UN tax treaty. My piece on what happened & why this is an historic opportunity for human rights www.hrw.org/news/2025/02...
Negotiations for UN Tax Treaty Present Historic Opportunity for Rights
This week, United Nations member states began negotiating a first-ever treaty on international tax cooperation that could replace the current patchwork system that deprives governments of billions in ...
www.hrw.org
February 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Last week negotiations began on the first-ever UN tax treaty. My piece on what happened & why this is an historic opportunity for human rights www.hrw.org/news/2025/02...
.@hrw.org is looking for a deputy program director to provide strategic oversight for five regional and thematic research divisions, play a leadership role in implementing our global strategy, and ensure the highest research quality. Working closely with me: job-boards.greenhouse.io/humanrightsw...
Deputy Program Director
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February 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
.@hrw.org is looking for a deputy program director to provide strategic oversight for five regional and thematic research divisions, play a leadership role in implementing our global strategy, and ensure the highest research quality. Working closely with me: job-boards.greenhouse.io/humanrightsw...