Turks re: Armenians is clearly the strongest comparison of the three. The shape of justificatory arguments & stated intents vs outcomes offer disturbing food for comparative thought.

Poor Shani Louk. Seeing what happened to her, then watching so many justify or dismiss it, was stomach-turning.

We must never lose our humanity, no matter the skin colour or nationality of victims, or the crimes that a group or state claiming to represent them has committed.

#Tunisie : Committee to Protect Journalists est choqué par l'arrestation vendredi de Houssem Hajlaoui, cofondateur de inkyfada | إنكفاضة, et demande sa libération immédiate. Hajlaoui est actuellement détenu à la prison de Mornaguia pour des posts sur les réseaux sociaux datant de 2020, 2021 et 2022.

My sense is that Biden is trying to play both sides of it w/o upsetting the status quo enough to cause major waves, which pans out to contuing un- or weakly conditioned arms transfers to Israel.

I believe Biden thinks that most voters, Trump-scared, will come home in November.

'Drop food, not bombs.'

'The breaking point for me was that the President is ignoring his own red line w/ the invasion of Rafah. And he's letting Netanyahu walk all over him. Once I saw the $1 bil USD arms transfer was going through, I decided that I couldn't. It was too much.'

'Both have lost family members, their families were broken by this war. What is the use of war?

Let each one pray to the Lord for peace & make an inner decision to end all wars.'

Well said by Pope Francis, and hats off to Aziz Abu Sarah & מעוז معوز Maoz.

Brilliant graphic.

The posts about Shani Louk are disgusting. She was an innocent woman who was murdered. Dehumanizing innocent victims is a tool of extremists on both sides. This isn’t zero sum. I mourn Shani Louk, every victim on 10/7, and every Palestinian victim since 10/7

Imagine if Israel's government directed a fraction of this repressive response against extremists & settlers destroying humanitarian aid bound for Gaza.

Majd was my psychotherapist right after I was released from the prison and fled to Lebanon. He was the first therapist to know the details of my detention. Majd, a Syrian-American, worked in Lebanon for a long time, directly with Syrians who survived detentio. Devastating!!

ALLMEP member עומדים ביחד نقف معًا Standing Together🟣 already tried to drive a convoy of aid into Gaza. Now they’re rallying to protect coveys from attacks by racists who want people to starve.
This— like *everything* they do— is based on Arab-Jewish partnership. Support it here: my.israelgives.org/en/fundme/aidp…

These are the words Pope Francis shared with מעוז معوز Maoz and I when we met him this morning at Arena di Pace in Verona. His Holiness welcomed us, prayed with us, and showed true leadership. We will forever be grateful for his support.

It sounds like the EU has little idea how the billions they give to Turkey for refugees under the controversial 2016 deal is actually spent.

'[O]ne EU auditor involved in the process said: 'They just claimed that they didn't have the data.''

'In the two weeks since [April 30], police have made some 4,000 arrests at pro-Palestinian encampments on dozens of campuses across the country.'

4,000.

A profile of 6 NYC university students who, despite arrests & injuries, say they'll protest again ⬇️ npr.org/2024/05/18/125…

This is an incredibly disturbing but necessary thread showing Israeli soldiers committing war crimes. It’s all footage they put on their own social media accounts.

Israel looted so many homes in Gaza, including Palestinian Christians homes. This likely is one of the two Christian homes in Khan Younes since the majority of Christians are in Gaza city. However, it's also possible that this is a Muslim-Palestinian house with a Christmas tree

I don't know any Middle East experts who think this deal is reasonable or feasible.

So proud to call Aziz Abu Sarah & מעוז معوز Maoz friends. This is how a path forward begins.

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One of my happiest moments the past months has been seeing Ahmed's nephew trying to pronounce Luc, when he wasn't trying to enter the fridge.

More keeping families whole please ❤️ let's all work together to end this, get the Hostages back and let civilians live in peace.