William Lafi Youmans
@willyou.bsky.social
Professor and filmmaker. Wrote 'An Unlikely Audience: Al Jazeera's Struggle in America.' #footie #afc
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Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"
January 3, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"
And Panama. They’re doing the Noriega playbook.
I am struggling with what might be a generational experience. The gulf war was pretty politically formative for me. It’s not history so much as memory this time.
It is destabilizing to see almost the exact same gameplan but this time without the guardrails that at the time I took for granted.
It is destabilizing to see almost the exact same gameplan but this time without the guardrails that at the time I took for granted.
January 4, 2026 at 5:35 AM
And Panama. They’re doing the Noriega playbook.
Our documentary — Who Killed Alex Odeh? — made the top 20 most anticipated documentaries of 2026 by Nonfics. It will premiere at Sundance on January 26. Tickets go on sale January 14. #justiceforalexey
January 4, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Our documentary — Who Killed Alex Odeh? — made the top 20 most anticipated documentaries of 2026 by Nonfics. It will premiere at Sundance on January 26. Tickets go on sale January 14. #justiceforalexey
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I wrote this essay for the anniversary of Alex Odeh’s still unsolved murder. I tried to focus more on Alex the person and his legacy for the community than the frustrating story of a failed investigation, which I will write about elsewhere. mondoweiss.net/2025/10/40-y...
40 years after Jewish extremists murdered a Palestinian activist in California, no one has been held accountable
On October 11, 1985, Palestinian-American Alex Odeh was killed when a bomb destroyed his office. Despite suspicions that Jewish Defense League members carried out the attack, no charges have ever been...
mondoweiss.net
October 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I wrote this essay for the anniversary of Alex Odeh’s still unsolved murder. I tried to focus more on Alex the person and his legacy for the community than the frustrating story of a failed investigation, which I will write about elsewhere. mondoweiss.net/2025/10/40-y...
That time when Golda Meir was going to civilize the whole continent of Africa with Israel’s “hard-won expertise.”
October 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
That time when Golda Meir was going to civilize the whole continent of Africa with Israel’s “hard-won expertise.”
I wrote this essay for the anniversary of Alex Odeh’s still unsolved murder. I tried to focus more on Alex the person and his legacy for the community than the frustrating story of a failed investigation, which I will write about elsewhere. mondoweiss.net/2025/10/40-y...
40 years after Jewish extremists murdered a Palestinian activist in California, no one has been held accountable
On October 11, 1985, Palestinian-American Alex Odeh was killed when a bomb destroyed his office. Despite suspicions that Jewish Defense League members carried out the attack, no charges have ever been...
mondoweiss.net
October 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I wrote this essay for the anniversary of Alex Odeh’s still unsolved murder. I tried to focus more on Alex the person and his legacy for the community than the frustrating story of a failed investigation, which I will write about elsewhere. mondoweiss.net/2025/10/40-y...
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In July 2024, Israel waited until Ismail Haniyeh *left* Qatar to visit Tehran before assassinating him.
Now it's just full-on bombing Qatar.
If the US had granted visas to PLO leaders to attend the UN meeting this month, I'd be very scared about Mossad operations in Manhattan.
Now it's just full-on bombing Qatar.
If the US had granted visas to PLO leaders to attend the UN meeting this month, I'd be very scared about Mossad operations in Manhattan.
September 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
In July 2024, Israel waited until Ismail Haniyeh *left* Qatar to visit Tehran before assassinating him.
Now it's just full-on bombing Qatar.
If the US had granted visas to PLO leaders to attend the UN meeting this month, I'd be very scared about Mossad operations in Manhattan.
Now it's just full-on bombing Qatar.
If the US had granted visas to PLO leaders to attend the UN meeting this month, I'd be very scared about Mossad operations in Manhattan.
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Today, Prism is publishing a monthslong investigation by @laubast.bsky.social in partnership with Visualizing Palestine, that takes a deep dive into the experiences of repression that Palestinian, Arab, & Muslim journalists face in the U.S. while attempting to cover the genocide.
September 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Today, Prism is publishing a monthslong investigation by @laubast.bsky.social in partnership with Visualizing Palestine, that takes a deep dive into the experiences of repression that Palestinian, Arab, & Muslim journalists face in the U.S. while attempting to cover the genocide.
My contribution to the Palestinian feminist publication Scene48’s new bulletin is about Alex Odeh’s statue in California in the context of Palestinian memorials, or ‘Memorializations from Below.’ scene48.org/en/articles/...
Memorials of Resistance: Alex Odeh and Beyond
Alex Odeh’s statue and student protests highlight Palestinian resilience, reclaiming memory and identity amid ongoing efforts to erase their history.
scene48.org
September 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
My contribution to the Palestinian feminist publication Scene48’s new bulletin is about Alex Odeh’s statue in California in the context of Palestinian memorials, or ‘Memorializations from Below.’ scene48.org/en/articles/...
Curtis Sliwa from the Guardian Angels and current Republican candidate for mayor of New York appeared on Morton Downey Jr. in 1989 to confront a Jewish militant. He had with him an Arab American wearing a keffiyeh who supported the intifada.
August 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Curtis Sliwa from the Guardian Angels and current Republican candidate for mayor of New York appeared on Morton Downey Jr. in 1989 to confront a Jewish militant. He had with him an Arab American wearing a keffiyeh who supported the intifada.
DC protest against the Trump takeover. They will meet in DuPont at 2 pm Saturday and march to the White House.
August 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
DC protest against the Trump takeover. They will meet in DuPont at 2 pm Saturday and march to the White House.
Adding to the nearly 270 media workers Israel has eliminated in Gaza, here are 5 Al Jazeera staff that Israel struck fatally yesterday: Anas al-Sharif, Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal, Moamen Aliwa and Mohammed Qreiqeh.
They gave their lives so we could witness the crime of the century.
They gave their lives so we could witness the crime of the century.
August 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Adding to the nearly 270 media workers Israel has eliminated in Gaza, here are 5 Al Jazeera staff that Israel struck fatally yesterday: Anas al-Sharif, Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal, Moamen Aliwa and Mohammed Qreiqeh.
They gave their lives so we could witness the crime of the century.
They gave their lives so we could witness the crime of the century.
Forty years ago, Alexander Cockburn wrote this opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal. A similar essay could be written today, though Israel’s only expanded and intensified its war on journalism. And there’s no way the Journal would publish it.
August 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Forty years ago, Alexander Cockburn wrote this opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal. A similar essay could be written today, though Israel’s only expanded and intensified its war on journalism. And there’s no way the Journal would publish it.
In the early 1980s, Arab American activist Dr MT Mehdi predicted that the American public would eventually break with Israeli militarism. He was correct that Israel would produce “permanent wars,” but is so far wrong that American sponsorship would cease.
August 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
In the early 1980s, Arab American activist Dr MT Mehdi predicted that the American public would eventually break with Israeli militarism. He was correct that Israel would produce “permanent wars,” but is so far wrong that American sponsorship would cease.
He wasn’t starving?
July 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
He wasn’t starving?
The @washingtonpost.com published a very small percentage of the names of Palestinian children Israel has killed in Gaza. In tiny print size, it still took up more than a newspaper page. The scale of destruction Israel has enacted on Palestinian lives is unforgivable.
July 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The @washingtonpost.com published a very small percentage of the names of Palestinian children Israel has killed in Gaza. In tiny print size, it still took up more than a newspaper page. The scale of destruction Israel has enacted on Palestinian lives is unforgivable.
We’re finally in post-production for our film on Alex Odeh, a Palestinian American activist who was assassinated in 1985 in Orange County. The case is still unsolved. Our documentary investigates this forgotten history. Please donate to help us finish it. t.co/BGxph8HCtW
https://www.gofundme.com/f/finishing-a-documentary-about-alex-odeh?member=28385347&sharetype=teams&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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July 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
We’re finally in post-production for our film on Alex Odeh, a Palestinian American activist who was assassinated in 1985 in Orange County. The case is still unsolved. Our documentary investigates this forgotten history. Please donate to help us finish it. t.co/BGxph8HCtW
When Israel was formed it dispossessed Palestinian refugees to Gaza among other places. It committed massacres there in 1956 and occupied it in 1967. October 7th came after years of bombings and siege, all so Israel can continue to steal land that belonged to the Palestinians. There’s a history here
July 28, 2025 at 10:39 PM
When Israel was formed it dispossessed Palestinian refugees to Gaza among other places. It committed massacres there in 1956 and occupied it in 1967. October 7th came after years of bombings and siege, all so Israel can continue to steal land that belonged to the Palestinians. There’s a history here
You think it started on October 7th? Palestinian artist Iyad Sabbah created these statues amid rubble to depict Palestinians fleeing their homes during Israel’s shelling of the Shuja’yyeh neighborhood in Gaza in *2014* Israel has since flattened Gaza city and surrounding areas.
July 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
You think it started on October 7th? Palestinian artist Iyad Sabbah created these statues amid rubble to depict Palestinians fleeing their homes during Israel’s shelling of the Shuja’yyeh neighborhood in Gaza in *2014* Israel has since flattened Gaza city and surrounding areas.
People who think it all started on October 7, 2023 need to see this editorial cartoon from 2014.
July 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
People who think it all started on October 7, 2023 need to see this editorial cartoon from 2014.
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If the guy was actually an "independent journalist," the NYT would just do what it always does: write about it next week and not credit him.
July 7, 2025 at 4:20 AM
If the guy was actually an "independent journalist," the NYT would just do what it always does: write about it next week and not credit him.
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No one here is posting about Iran and Israel? This platform is odd.
June 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
No one here is posting about Iran and Israel? This platform is odd.
In a 1985 LA Times oped, Mark Bruzonsky compared Israel and South African apartheid. He described how he first rejected the analogy but then came to see it as apt. Now, of course, Israel’s variation has proven to be far more destructive and deadly.
June 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
In a 1985 LA Times oped, Mark Bruzonsky compared Israel and South African apartheid. He described how he first rejected the analogy but then came to see it as apt. Now, of course, Israel’s variation has proven to be far more destructive and deadly.