Omar Baddar
@omarbaddar.bsky.social
Progressive; political analyst (US/Middle East, Palestine/Israel). Formerly at IMEU, AAI, & Al Jazeera. Into MMA. Views are mine. 🇵🇸
Pause & reflect for a moment on how literally the most sinister & powerful forces in our country got together to coordinate & bankroll a MASSIVE smear campaign to defeat Mamdani, & they failed.
Just when things in this country & around the world looked bleak, a glimmer of hope.
Just when things in this country & around the world looked bleak, a glimmer of hope.
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Pause & reflect for a moment on how literally the most sinister & powerful forces in our country got together to coordinate & bankroll a MASSIVE smear campaign to defeat Mamdani, & they failed.
Just when things in this country & around the world looked bleak, a glimmer of hope.
Just when things in this country & around the world looked bleak, a glimmer of hope.
Israel’s torture chambers are now beyond the reach of the Red Cross:
October 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Israel’s torture chambers are now beyond the reach of the Red Cross:
Telling CNN what the ceasefire agreement after 2 years of genocide will mean for Gaza, & how keeping the boot of occupation on the necks of Palestinians will never bring true peace or security for Palestinians or Israelis.
October 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Telling CNN what the ceasefire agreement after 2 years of genocide will mean for Gaza, & how keeping the boot of occupation on the necks of Palestinians will never bring true peace or security for Palestinians or Israelis.
It is worth noting that Trump is calling on Israel to "immediately stop the bombing of Gaza" based on Hamas agreeing to something they've ALWAYS agreed to: Releasing the hostages & giving up Gaza's governance in exchange for Israel stopping the genocide.
October 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
It is worth noting that Trump is calling on Israel to "immediately stop the bombing of Gaza" based on Hamas agreeing to something they've ALWAYS agreed to: Releasing the hostages & giving up Gaza's governance in exchange for Israel stopping the genocide.
Serious question: is there a single other government on the planet that can murder American children as frequently as Israel does without our politicians & media raising hell about it?!
September 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Serious question: is there a single other government on the planet that can murder American children as frequently as Israel does without our politicians & media raising hell about it?!
Lebanon has been strictly observing a one-sided ceasefire for 10 months while Israel continues to pummel their country with THOUSANDS of attacks, killing & maiming countless people.
Remember this when someone in Lebanon eventually responds to this aggression.
Remember this when someone in Lebanon eventually responds to this aggression.
September 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Lebanon has been strictly observing a one-sided ceasefire for 10 months while Israel continues to pummel their country with THOUSANDS of attacks, killing & maiming countless people.
Remember this when someone in Lebanon eventually responds to this aggression.
Remember this when someone in Lebanon eventually responds to this aggression.
The only way to stop Israel's genocide in Gaza in the face of Trump's full endorsement is for the rest of the world to isolate Israel & apply sanctions immediately.
September 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The only way to stop Israel's genocide in Gaza in the face of Trump's full endorsement is for the rest of the world to isolate Israel & apply sanctions immediately.
Trump: “Go deal w/the emergency!”
N. Guard: “Um, there’s no emergency”
Trump: “fine, do some landscaping”
N. Guard: “Um, there’s no emergency”
Trump: “fine, do some landscaping”
August 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Trump: “Go deal w/the emergency!”
N. Guard: “Um, there’s no emergency”
Trump: “fine, do some landscaping”
N. Guard: “Um, there’s no emergency”
Trump: “fine, do some landscaping”
Can you imagine if US public schools displayed ISIS & Al-Qaeda flags in a "bid to fight Islamophobia?"
Utterly deranged & disgusting behavior in the midst of a genocide. History will have a lot to say about our Orwellian existence in this era.
Utterly deranged & disgusting behavior in the midst of a genocide. History will have a lot to say about our Orwellian existence in this era.
August 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Can you imagine if US public schools displayed ISIS & Al-Qaeda flags in a "bid to fight Islamophobia?"
Utterly deranged & disgusting behavior in the midst of a genocide. History will have a lot to say about our Orwellian existence in this era.
Utterly deranged & disgusting behavior in the midst of a genocide. History will have a lot to say about our Orwellian existence in this era.
As was already clear to anyone with an IQ of above average room temperature, & contrary to what lying Israeli propagandists have been saying, Israel’s killing of civilians in Gaza is, in The Guardian’s words, “an extreme rate of slaughter rarely matched in recent decades of warfare.”
August 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
As was already clear to anyone with an IQ of above average room temperature, & contrary to what lying Israeli propagandists have been saying, Israel’s killing of civilians in Gaza is, in The Guardian’s words, “an extreme rate of slaughter rarely matched in recent decades of warfare.”
Anas al-Sharif is the latest Palestinian journalist murdered by Israel in the largest massacre of journalists in history (read that again), for the crime of reporting Israel’s genocide to the world.
I’d say shame on western journalists who remain silent, but that ship has sailed a long time ago.
I’d say shame on western journalists who remain silent, but that ship has sailed a long time ago.
August 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Anas al-Sharif is the latest Palestinian journalist murdered by Israel in the largest massacre of journalists in history (read that again), for the crime of reporting Israel’s genocide to the world.
I’d say shame on western journalists who remain silent, but that ship has sailed a long time ago.
I’d say shame on western journalists who remain silent, but that ship has sailed a long time ago.
Who could've ever imagined that Netanyahu is a liar, and that the systematic ethnic cleansing & destruction of Gaza from day one was prep for the only thing it could possibly be prep for?
August 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Who could've ever imagined that Netanyahu is a liar, and that the systematic ethnic cleansing & destruction of Gaza from day one was prep for the only thing it could possibly be prep for?
Pro-genocide propagandists are whitewashing Israel's starvation of Gaza and its slaughter of its children. Never let them get away with it.
July 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Pro-genocide propagandists are whitewashing Israel's starvation of Gaza and its slaughter of its children. Never let them get away with it.
If ISIS had beaten an American to death, EVERY SINGLE media outlet would stop their programming to do breaking news coverage, the President would hold a press conference, & the U.S. military would be mobilizing.
But when Israeli fanatics do it, it’ll be a passing blip for our media & politicians.
But when Israeli fanatics do it, it’ll be a passing blip for our media & politicians.
July 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
If ISIS had beaten an American to death, EVERY SINGLE media outlet would stop their programming to do breaking news coverage, the President would hold a press conference, & the U.S. military would be mobilizing.
But when Israeli fanatics do it, it’ll be a passing blip for our media & politicians.
But when Israeli fanatics do it, it’ll be a passing blip for our media & politicians.
Once again, Israeli soldiers confess to being ordered to slaughter unarmed civilians, but await the genocide apologists appearing on your TV any minute now to explain why Israel is only defending itself.
June 27, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Once again, Israeli soldiers confess to being ordered to slaughter unarmed civilians, but await the genocide apologists appearing on your TV any minute now to explain why Israel is only defending itself.
Amid a bleak political moment, a glimmer of hope! Congrats @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social!
June 25, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Amid a bleak political moment, a glimmer of hope! Congrats @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social!
The Washington Post just released the audio of Israeli operatives threatening to kill the children and families of Iranian officials.
Once again, the Israeli government is the largest and deadliest terrorist organization in the Middle East.
Once again, the Israeli government is the largest and deadliest terrorist organization in the Middle East.
June 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The Washington Post just released the audio of Israeli operatives threatening to kill the children and families of Iranian officials.
Once again, the Israeli government is the largest and deadliest terrorist organization in the Middle East.
Once again, the Israeli government is the largest and deadliest terrorist organization in the Middle East.
Let history remember: The so-called “anti-war” president took a problem that Obama had already solved peacefully, & decided to unsolve it & make a war out of it to help a foreign war criminal named Netanyahu.
The consequences of this foolishness are unpredictable.
The consequences of this foolishness are unpredictable.
June 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Let history remember: The so-called “anti-war” president took a problem that Obama had already solved peacefully, & decided to unsolve it & make a war out of it to help a foreign war criminal named Netanyahu.
The consequences of this foolishness are unpredictable.
The consequences of this foolishness are unpredictable.
Which country in the Middle East poses the biggest threat to peace & stability?
June 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Which country in the Middle East poses the biggest threat to peace & stability?
A rare occasion where a mainstream U.S. media outlet writes a blunt headline involving Israel’s conduct in the region. Kudos to the @nytimes.com!
June 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
A rare occasion where a mainstream U.S. media outlet writes a blunt headline involving Israel’s conduct in the region. Kudos to the @nytimes.com!
Donald Trump just ordered the evacuation of Tehran, a city of 10+ million people (bigger than New York). This is utterly horrific & apocalyptic.
June 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Donald Trump just ordered the evacuation of Tehran, a city of 10+ million people (bigger than New York). This is utterly horrific & apocalyptic.
So we’re now at the stage where the President & the world's richest tech overlord are having a scorched earth, ‘Jerry Springer’ fight on social media while the middle class crumbles, the climate melts down, & a US-sponsored genocide rages on the other side of the world?
Do we laugh or weep now?
Do we laugh or weep now?
June 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
So we’re now at the stage where the President & the world's richest tech overlord are having a scorched earth, ‘Jerry Springer’ fight on social media while the middle class crumbles, the climate melts down, & a US-sponsored genocide rages on the other side of the world?
Do we laugh or weep now?
Do we laugh or weep now?
Good morning! In case you don’t care about the genocidal slaughter of Palestinian children by the terrorist organization known as the Israeli government, know that you tax money that’s going to Israel is now also literally arming ISIS.
June 5, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Good morning! In case you don’t care about the genocidal slaughter of Palestinian children by the terrorist organization known as the Israeli government, know that you tax money that’s going to Israel is now also literally arming ISIS.
Every time the word “human shields” came out of the mouth of an American or Israeli politician, it was to gaslight you into thinking it’s something Palestinians did.
Israel uses Palestinian civilians as human shields because they know Palestinians care about life.
Israel uses Palestinian civilians as human shields because they know Palestinians care about life.
May 25, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Every time the word “human shields” came out of the mouth of an American or Israeli politician, it was to gaslight you into thinking it’s something Palestinians did.
Israel uses Palestinian civilians as human shields because they know Palestinians care about life.
Israel uses Palestinian civilians as human shields because they know Palestinians care about life.
The Prime Minister of Israel says the genocide will continue until Palestinians are expelled from Gaza.
For how much longer are American politicians & media outlets going to pretend this isn’t a war on the civilian population in Gaza?
For how much longer are American politicians & media outlets going to pretend this isn’t a war on the civilian population in Gaza?
May 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The Prime Minister of Israel says the genocide will continue until Palestinians are expelled from Gaza.
For how much longer are American politicians & media outlets going to pretend this isn’t a war on the civilian population in Gaza?
For how much longer are American politicians & media outlets going to pretend this isn’t a war on the civilian population in Gaza?