Yasmine
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Yasmine
@yasmineha.bsky.social
As somebody who has lived in, negotiated with, been persecuted by authoritarian governments, here are four things to set as a reminder against the onset of despair; remembering over and over again that despair is the privilege of those who can afford it.
January 21, 2025 at 2:31 AM
That's the way
Breaking:The Hind Rajab Foundation has alerted Italian authorities to arrest the head of COGAT, currently in Rome.COGAT, the Israeli body responsible for coordinating aid to Gaza,has played a key role in obstructing critical humanitarian aid, & contributing to the starvation of Palestinians in Gaza.
January 14, 2025 at 5:07 AM
More and more trauma, suffering and loss every single day
Israel targets a school shelter in Gaza city. Five people got killed.
This is one of the children who were wounded.
January 13, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Reposted by Yasmine
Israeli father of a hostage, Yehuda Cohen, argues that Israel's payments to hostage families is actually a form of bribery meant to quiet their dissent.

He goes on to accuse Israel's government of genocide, as well as saying he will go to the ICC to support prosecutor Karim Khan.
December 31, 2024 at 10:17 PM
The desire to "flatten" Gaza was not born on October 7th. Here's a blog post I wrote in 2009 and translated last night. It was just after the elections when Netanyahu didn't even win the votes, but his opponent couldn't form a government.
December 1, 2024 at 10:45 PM