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José S. Vericat
@josevericat.bsky.social
Senior Analyst @RIElcano | Research Fellow, Middle East Institute,
@Columbia | PhD @UniofOxford
The extraordinary opposition by Israel (and U.S.) to something as tepid and symbolic as recognizing Palestine is due to the fact that Israel’s objective is complete disappearance of Palestinian nationalism and identity
July 30, 2025 at 10:05 AM
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

"Most of the Democrats who criticised Trump for launching a war without congressional approval were noticeably reticent when it came to Israel’s unilateral assault" [...]
Adam Shatz · The World since 7 October
The war with Iran is far more than an attempt to prevent nuclear weapons from getting in the hands of mullahs (if it...
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July 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Reposted by José S. Vericat
🔴 Oferta de #empleo:

En el Centro de Estudios Árabes Contemporáneos #CEARC buscamos:

“Coordinador/a de comunicación”

Descripción del puesto, requisitos y condiciones: www.cearc.net/wp-content/u...

Fecha límite candidaturas: 15 de julio.

¡Gracias por darle difusión!
July 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Reposted by José S. Vericat
The heavily damaged Al-Rafei Elementary School A & B for Boys and the destroyed Al-Omari Mosque are also visible.
Previous geolocation of the destroyed mosque by @chrisosieck.bsky.social: x.com/ChrisOsieck/...
July 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Detained Gaza doctor Abu Safiya in critical condition, lawyer says
<article data-history-node-id="425700" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/lawyer-says-detained-gaza-doctor-hussam-abu-safia-critical-condition" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/lawyer-says-detained-gaza-doctor-hussam-abu-safia-critical-condition" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Detained Gaza doctor Abu Safiya in critical condition, lawyer says</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="342" data-start="111">The health of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, has severely deteriorated in Israeli detention in Israel's infamous Ofer prison, his lawyer said in a statement on social media.</p> <p>Israeli forces arrested Abu Safia on 27 December from the hospital in Beit Lahia in north Gaza, which was left out of service following Israeli attacks.</p> <p>All medical staff, patients, and their relatives were taken out of the hospital at gunpoint, forced to strip down to their underwear.</p> <p data-end="897" data-start="564">Remaining&nbsp;in solitary confinement,&nbsp;Abu Safiya&nbsp;has lost more than 40kg (88 pounds) since his arrest and was reportedly beaten on 24 June, his lawyer said. He was denied medical care despite requesting treatment for injuries to his ribs, face and back, as well as for irregular cardiology test results.</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, who has been detained since 27 December, tells his lawyer of brutal torture and abuse in Israel-run detention centres (Instagram/dr.hussam73)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="ed4bce98-8237-4f76-8272-f0750ea74b7c" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/hussam-abu-safiya-israel-detention-prison-jail-torture-instagram.jpeg" width="1400" height="787" alt="Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, who has been detained since 27 December, tells his lawyer of brutal torture and abuse in Israel-run detention centres (Instagram/dr.hussam73)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Abu Safiya has been categorised as an "unlawful combatant" under Israel - despite him being a civilian doctor, which means there is no formal indictment against him. (Instagram/dr.hussam73)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background:rgba(220,220,220,0.5);background-image:url(https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png);display:none;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img alt height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>
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July 13, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I don’t like to throw around the word evil, I avoid using it. But there are layers to the evil in this prohibition, depths of cruelty, pointless, gratuitous cruelty, and blatant sadism that simply make it impossible to describe it any other way
In yet another act of collective punishment, Israel has now banned all access to the sea across the entire Gaza Strip—prohibiting both swimming and fishing for Palestinians.
July 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Reposted by José S. Vericat
In yet another act of collective punishment, Israel has now banned all access to the sea across the entire Gaza Strip—prohibiting both swimming and fishing for Palestinians.
July 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
On PM Netanyahu's nomination of Pres Trump for Nobel Peace Prize: According to UN voting patterns, Israel is the U.S.'s closest ally, no other country votes as closely to U.S. interests, while, Israel is one of the world's most isolated countries

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/u...
Trump and Netanyahu Meet Amid Gaza Cease-Fire Negotiations
www.nytimes.com
July 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Reposted by José S. Vericat
Israeli Defense Minister Katz said on Monday he'd ordered preparations for a plan to force Gaza's population into a “humanitarian city” on the ruins of Rafah. Holocaust historian Amos Goldberg calls it a "concentration camp"

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Israeli plan for forced transfer of Gaza’s population ‘a blueprint for crimes against humanity’
Military ordered to turn ruins of Rafah into ‘humanitarian city’ but experts call the plan an internment camp for all Palestinians in Gaza
www.theguardian.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Amb. John Bolton describes the path ahead, in this cryptic line that reveals enough: AIRWAR

'Moreover, “no boots on the ground” need be involved. The short answer is that Iran is not Iraq, which Jerusalem and Washington have already partly demonstrated.'
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Work in Iran Has Only Begun
www.nytimes.com
July 3, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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🔴 ENTREVISTA | @josevericat.bsky.social, investigador del @rielcano.bsky.social, sobre la propuesta de alto el fuego en Gaza

🗣️ "Parecen maniobras de distracción [...] Trump intenta crear la impresión de que está llegando a un alto el fuego, pero no son propuestas serias"

🔗 rtve.es/a/16649621
July 3, 2025 at 6:42 AM
"Jews did not forget their attachment to the Holy Land after 2,000 years of exile. Palestinians, Lebanese, and Iranians—those who still recall the seventh-century Battle of Karbala, which led to the martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Hussein—..."
www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/peril...
The Perils of Middle East Triumphalism
Iran, Israel, and the ghosts of history.
www.foreignaffairs.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Kaag believes the role no longer has a purpose because there is no political process and there is no horizon for one. There is no international pressure for Israel to concede to Palestinians' most basic rights. She even questions the whole peace and security edifice
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/06/sigr...
Sigrid Kaag steps down as UN envoy for Israel-Palestinian peace - DutchNews.nl
Former D66 leader and finance minister Sigrid Kaag will step down this week as the United Nations envoy for the Middle East peace process, saying the post should be reshaped or even abolished. “If the...
www.dutchnews.nl
July 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
"Israeli startups raised over $1.5 billion in June 2025... The figure may be more as some companies prefer to remain in stealth and sometimes do not publicize the investments they have received"
en.globes.co.il/en/article-i...
Globes - Israel Business News
Business news and analysis from Israeli financial daily “Globes”, covering the economy, finance, information technology, healthcare, defense, real estate, and more, updated throughout Israel's working...
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July 2, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Reposted by José S. Vericat
Las informaciones de que las instalaciones centrales del programa nuclear iraní no han sido destruidas por completo ofrecen a Israel y a Estados Unidos una excusa para continuar esta guerra hasta el colapso del régimen.
✍️ @josevericat.bsky.social
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¿Qué demuestra el bombardeo estadounidense contra Irán?
La ofensiva israelí-estadounidense sobre Irán impulsa una reordenación regional con consecuencias estratégicas a nivel internacional.
www.realinstitutoelcano.org
June 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Fue un placer hablar con el diario ABC sobre el futuro de la ofensiva israelí-estadounidense contra la República Islámica de Irán:

«Los ataques de Israel son una huida hacia delante. Un movimiento desenfrenado de expandir y zanjar los conflictos que ha abierto»
www.abc.es/internaciona...?
¿Caerán los ayatolás? El incierto camino hacia un cambio de régimen
Expertos y opositores avisan de la dificultad para reemplazar a la república islámica y recuerdan Irak y Libia como ejemplos de caos e inestabilidad tras un derrocamiento
www.abc.es
June 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Reposted by José S. Vericat
Los ataques de Israel a Irán han afectado a infraestructuras energéticas importantes, sin embargo, no parecen haber dañado infraestructuras de exportación, lo que por ahora ha calmado hasta cierto punto a los mercados.
✍️ Félix Arteaga y Gonzalo Escribano
www.realinstitutoelcano.org/analisis/jug...
Jugando con fuego en Irán: entre el umbral nuclear y la perturbación energética
Los ataques israelíes al sector energético de Irán buscan debilitar su capacidad interna sin afectar exportaciones, conteniendo así el impacto en los mercados.
www.realinstitutoelcano.org
June 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
"Los mercados energéticos reaccionaron con subidas de los precios del gas y, sobre todo, del petróleo, aunque por ahora los daños al sector energético no afectan a la capacidad de exportación de petróleo iraní."

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Jugando con fuego en Irán: entre el umbral nuclear y la perturbación energética
Los ataques israelíes al sector energético de Irán buscan debilitar su capacidad interna sin afectar exportaciones, conteniendo así el impacto en los mercados.
www.realinstitutoelcano.org
June 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Israel abre una guerra contra Irán que amenaza con extenderse a la región entera, José Vericat
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Israel abre una guerra contra Irán que amenaza con extenderse a la región entera
El ataque, que supone la culminación de décadas de amenazas israelíes y la obsesión personal de Netanyahu, obliga a posicionarse a los países europeos, mientras que Irán tiene que decidir si extiende ...
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June 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM