@gibilla.bsky.social
Web and gh. writer; dig. creator.
And swimmer.
And swimmer.
From democracy to demacratorship and dictatorship:
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Tracking the ICE tactics used in Trump's mass deportation drive
BBC Verify has gathered more than 70 videos to track how President Trump's illegal immigration crackdown has unfolded so far.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
From democracy to demacratorship and dictatorship:
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Important reporting from Gaza:
‘There is nothing to buy’: Gaza’s descent into mass starvation
Israel’s offensive and aid curbs tip enclave of 2.1mn Palestinians into famine
www.ft.com
July 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Important reporting from Gaza:
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NEW: Mahmoud Khalil alleges that the Trump administration and pro-Israel groups coordinated to target him.
His team demands records of the government's communications with doxxing groups, a controversial Columbia alumni chat, and Senators John Fetterman & Ted Cruz.
His team demands records of the government's communications with doxxing groups, a controversial Columbia alumni chat, and Senators John Fetterman & Ted Cruz.
EXCLUSIVE: Mahmoud Khalil Alleges the Trump Admin and Pro-Israel Groups Coordinated to Target Him
A FOIA request obtained by Zeteo demands the government provide details of its communications about Khalil with several doxxing groups, a Columbia alumni chat, and Sens. Fetterman and Cruz.
zeteo.com
May 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
NEW: Mahmoud Khalil alleges that the Trump administration and pro-Israel groups coordinated to target him.
His team demands records of the government's communications with doxxing groups, a controversial Columbia alumni chat, and Senators John Fetterman & Ted Cruz.
His team demands records of the government's communications with doxxing groups, a controversial Columbia alumni chat, and Senators John Fetterman & Ted Cruz.
No man is an island,
Entire of itself;
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less,
As well as if a promontory were:
As well as if a manor of thy friend's
Or of thine own were.
Any man's death diminishes me...
J.D.
Entire of itself;
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less,
As well as if a promontory were:
As well as if a manor of thy friend's
Or of thine own were.
Any man's death diminishes me...
J.D.
May 29, 2025 at 7:25 AM
No man is an island,
Entire of itself;
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less,
As well as if a promontory were:
As well as if a manor of thy friend's
Or of thine own were.
Any man's death diminishes me...
J.D.
Entire of itself;
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less,
As well as if a promontory were:
As well as if a manor of thy friend's
Or of thine own were.
Any man's death diminishes me...
J.D.
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“BUT THIS IS NOT HELL. There is no cosmic, metaphysical entity directing the suffering of Palestinians. Every single day of this 19-month genocide has been a day that the United States of America has been powerful enough to end it.”
New FOREVER WARS is about question I can’t get out of my mind since I saw the little girl in the burning school yesterday.
If We Were in Hell, Would We See More Children Burn Than We See in Gaza?
Edited by Sam Thielman
I SAW THE SILHOUETTE of a little girl, alone, as everything around her burned in the predawn darkness.
Her name is Ward Jalal al-Shaikh Khalil. Only five years old, she surv...
www.forever-wars.com
May 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“BUT THIS IS NOT HELL. There is no cosmic, metaphysical entity directing the suffering of Palestinians. Every single day of this 19-month genocide has been a day that the United States of America has been powerful enough to end it.”
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The Yemen Model (Extreme Stupidity Era) - my new piece on the real scandal here.
Plus, why I’m not renewing my APSA membership.
abuaardvark.substack.com/p/the-yemen-...
Plus, why I’m not renewing my APSA membership.
abuaardvark.substack.com/p/the-yemen-...
The Yemen Model (Extreme Stupidity Era)
Plus why I'm not renewing my APSA membership or attending the 2025 conference.
abuaardvark.substack.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The Yemen Model (Extreme Stupidity Era) - my new piece on the real scandal here.
Plus, why I’m not renewing my APSA membership.
abuaardvark.substack.com/p/the-yemen-...
Plus, why I’m not renewing my APSA membership.
abuaardvark.substack.com/p/the-yemen-...
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Israel blocked the entry of aid trucks into Gaza as a standoff over the truce that has halted fighting for the past six weeks escalated, with Hamas calling on Egyptian and Qatari mediators to intervene reut.rs/4kfSsXn
Israel blocks aid into Gaza as ceasefire standoff escalates
Israel said it will adopt the proposal for Ramadan and Passover.
reut.rs
March 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Israel blocked the entry of aid trucks into Gaza as a standoff over the truce that has halted fighting for the past six weeks escalated, with Hamas calling on Egyptian and Qatari mediators to intervene reut.rs/4kfSsXn
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Preparing to break the fast in Gaza on the first day of Ramadan
March 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Preparing to break the fast in Gaza on the first day of Ramadan
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Israel is delaying the release of Palestinian detainees and prisoners, disrupting the Gaza ceasefire deal, and its military is intensifying an offensive in the occupied West Bank.
Israel delays Palestinian prisoner release; moves tanks into West Bank
Israel is delaying the release of Palestinian detainees and prisoners, disrupting the Gaza ceasefire deal, and its military is intensifying an offensive in the occupied West Bank
www.npr.org
February 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Israel is delaying the release of Palestinian detainees and prisoners, disrupting the Gaza ceasefire deal, and its military is intensifying an offensive in the occupied West Bank.
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Su #Almasri e lo #spionaggio di giornalisti e attivisti è partita l’operazione #Murodigomma
Il #Libyagate è qualcosa di più dell’interesse nazionale.
Tacere, negare, mentire, depistare, insabbiare.
Il #silenziodistato maschera qualcosa di indicibile e scandaloso.
Il #Libyagate è qualcosa di più dell’interesse nazionale.
Tacere, negare, mentire, depistare, insabbiare.
Il #silenziodistato maschera qualcosa di indicibile e scandaloso.
February 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Su #Almasri e lo #spionaggio di giornalisti e attivisti è partita l’operazione #Murodigomma
Il #Libyagate è qualcosa di più dell’interesse nazionale.
Tacere, negare, mentire, depistare, insabbiare.
Il #silenziodistato maschera qualcosa di indicibile e scandaloso.
Il #Libyagate è qualcosa di più dell’interesse nazionale.
Tacere, negare, mentire, depistare, insabbiare.
Il #silenziodistato maschera qualcosa di indicibile e scandaloso.
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+++ Gli affari di #Almasri, il generale trafficante +++
Passaporto della Dominica, 8 carte bancarie estere, patente turca, 2 società. Il generale libico poteva muoversi tra inganni e complicità internazionali. Ecco i documenti.
@nelloscavo.bsky.social
Avvenire
www.avvenire.it/attualita/pa...
Passaporto della Dominica, 8 carte bancarie estere, patente turca, 2 società. Il generale libico poteva muoversi tra inganni e complicità internazionali. Ecco i documenti.
@nelloscavo.bsky.social
Avvenire
www.avvenire.it/attualita/pa...
L'identikit. Tutti gli affari di Almasri, il trafficante dello scandalo
Passaporto della Dominica, otto carte bancarie, patente e cittadinanza turca. Società e case all’estero. Il generale libico poteva muoversi con disinvoltura, tra inganni e complicità internazionali
www.avvenire.it
January 29, 2025 at 9:42 AM
+++ Gli affari di #Almasri, il generale trafficante +++
Passaporto della Dominica, 8 carte bancarie estere, patente turca, 2 società. Il generale libico poteva muoversi tra inganni e complicità internazionali. Ecco i documenti.
@nelloscavo.bsky.social
Avvenire
www.avvenire.it/attualita/pa...
Passaporto della Dominica, 8 carte bancarie estere, patente turca, 2 società. Il generale libico poteva muoversi tra inganni e complicità internazionali. Ecco i documenti.
@nelloscavo.bsky.social
Avvenire
www.avvenire.it/attualita/pa...
You have not yet been defeated
www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/mid...
www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/mid...
The Arab Uprisings Never Ended
The protests in late 2010 and early 2011 profoundly reshaped every conceivable dimension of Middle Eastern politics.
www.foreignaffairs.com
January 25, 2025 at 9:07 AM
You have not yet been defeated
www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/mid...
www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/mid...
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“Despite the Arab uprisings’ premature obituary and dark legacy, the revolutionary wave of 2011 was not a passing mirage,” wrote @abuaardvark.bsky.social in a 2020 essay. “There are simply too many drivers of political instability for even the most draconian regime to stay in power indefinitely.”
The Arab Uprisings Never Ended
The protests in late 2010 and early 2011 profoundly reshaped every conceivable dimension of Middle Eastern politics.
www.foreignaffairs.com
December 16, 2024 at 3:35 PM
“Despite the Arab uprisings’ premature obituary and dark legacy, the revolutionary wave of 2011 was not a passing mirage,” wrote @abuaardvark.bsky.social in a 2020 essay. “There are simply too many drivers of political instability for even the most draconian regime to stay in power indefinitely.”
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In the face of Israel’s war on Gaza, the voices of Palestinian writers have been deliberately silenced. PEN International shares a collection of stories to honour those killed in Gaza since 7 October 2023, ensuring their stories are told and remembered: www.pen-international.org/war-on-write...
War on Writers: A look at writers killed in Gaza — PEN International
www.pen-international.org
December 6, 2024 at 4:25 PM
In the face of Israel’s war on Gaza, the voices of Palestinian writers have been deliberately silenced. PEN International shares a collection of stories to honour those killed in Gaza since 7 October 2023, ensuring their stories are told and remembered: www.pen-international.org/war-on-write...
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Limbs scattered on the streets, shelters set ablaze, hundreds trapped inside hospitals: Palestinians detail the apocalyptic scenes inside Israel’s siege of northern Gaza.
By Mohammed R. Mhawish, Ola Al Asi and Ibrahim Mohammad
www.972mag.com/northern-gaz...
By Mohammed R. Mhawish, Ola Al Asi and Ibrahim Mohammad
www.972mag.com/northern-gaz...
In the siege of northern Gaza, 'death waits around every corner'
Limbs scattered on streets, shelters set ablaze, hundreds stuck in hospitals: Palestinians detail the apocalyptic scenes of Israel’s assault.
www.972mag.com
October 24, 2024 at 8:15 AM
Limbs scattered on the streets, shelters set ablaze, hundreds trapped inside hospitals: Palestinians detail the apocalyptic scenes inside Israel’s siege of northern Gaza.
By Mohammed R. Mhawish, Ola Al Asi and Ibrahim Mohammad
www.972mag.com/northern-gaz...
By Mohammed R. Mhawish, Ola Al Asi and Ibrahim Mohammad
www.972mag.com/northern-gaz...
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Israeli troops storm Al Jazeera offices in Ramallah - heart of the PA - and shut it down for 45 days.
September 23, 2024 at 3:54 AM
Israeli troops storm Al Jazeera offices in Ramallah - heart of the PA - and shut it down for 45 days.
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"The crackdown on dissent in Tunisia ratcheted up earlier this month with the arrest of at least 97 Nahda members who are being investigated under the country’s counterterrorism law, according to Amnesty International."
menasky
menasky
Tunisia jails presidential candidate in pre-election crackdown
Potential rival to authoritarian leader Kais Saied imprisoned for 20 months ahead of October poll
on.ft.com
September 19, 2024 at 3:55 PM
"The crackdown on dissent in Tunisia ratcheted up earlier this month with the arrest of at least 97 Nahda members who are being investigated under the country’s counterterrorism law, according to Amnesty International."
menasky
menasky
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If Hezbollah managed to detonate the phones of IDF soldiers and reservists in civilian populated areas causing massive injuries and some deaths in Israeli towns and cities there wouldn’t even be a discussion about whether it was “terrorism.” Bit would be too obvious.
Israel’s attack on Hezbollah phones was technically brilliant, sure. It was also absolutely guaranteed that phones would explode in densely packed civilian areas. Markets, malls, taxis, buses. Just look at footage from hospitals. In any other context we’d call that terrorism and it is here too.
September 17, 2024 at 9:57 PM
If Hezbollah managed to detonate the phones of IDF soldiers and reservists in civilian populated areas causing massive injuries and some deaths in Israeli towns and cities there wouldn’t even be a discussion about whether it was “terrorism.” Bit would be too obvious.
Israel Secretly Targets U.S. Lawmakers With Influence Campaign on Gaza War www.nytimes.com/2024/06/05/t...
Israel Secretly Targets U.S. Lawmakers With Influence Campaign on Gaza War
Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs ordered the operation, which used fake social media accounts urging U.S. lawmakers to fund Israel’s military, according to officials and documents about the effor...
www.nytimes.com
June 5, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Israel Secretly Targets U.S. Lawmakers With Influence Campaign on Gaza War www.nytimes.com/2024/06/05/t...
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Authorities in Gaza have concluded their search of mass graves at a hospital in the south of the strip and said they have uncovered a total of 392 bodies, including some still wearing surgical gowns.
Almost 400 bodies have been found in mass grave in Gaza hospital, says Palestinian Civil Defense | CNN
Authorities in Gaza have concluded their search of mass graves at a hospital in the south of the strip and said they have uncovered a total of 392 bodies, including some still wearing surgical gowns.
cnn.it
April 25, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Authorities in Gaza have concluded their search of mass graves at a hospital in the south of the strip and said they have uncovered a total of 392 bodies, including some still wearing surgical gowns.
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It’s part of an intentional policy of creating famine as a weapon of war, implemented with complete disregard for international law and the assumption of immunity. Did we miss anything?
Seven aid workers with World Central Kitchen were killed when their convoy came under fire in Gaza, the disaster relief organization said. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel acknowledged a “tragic case of our forces unintentionally hitting innocent people.” Here’s what we know.
What We Know About the Strike That Killed 7 World Central Kitchen Workers
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel acknowledged on Tuesday a “tragic case of our forces unintentionally hitting innocent people”
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2024 at 3:19 PM
It’s part of an intentional policy of creating famine as a weapon of war, implemented with complete disregard for international law and the assumption of immunity. Did we miss anything?
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“A quarter of Gaza’s population could die within a year due to outbreaks of disease caused by this unprecedented conflict.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s not just bullets and bombs. I have never seen health organisations as worried as they are abo...
A quarter of its Gaza’s population could die within a year due to outbreaks caused by this unprecedented conflict, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2023 at 10:26 PM
“A quarter of Gaza’s population could die within a year due to outbreaks of disease caused by this unprecedented conflict.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“A global market for spyware means that forms of surveillance and espionage that were once limited to a few major powers are now available to almost any country.”
The Autocrat in Your iPhone
How mercenary spyware threatens democracy.
www.foreignaffairs.com
December 22, 2023 at 9:47 PM
“A global market for spyware means that forms of surveillance and espionage that were once limited to a few major powers are now available to almost any country.”