U.S. has delivered >100 separate foreign military sales to Israel since Oct. 7, latest indication of its extensive involvement in the conflict even as top U.S. officials increasingly express deep reservations abt Israeli military tactics. by John Hudson washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

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Spoke to Apple News on the Jordanian-led efforts to airdrop aid on Gaza — a costly mechanism that cannot supplant trucking in aid to the over 2 million residents in need podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/app…

Saudi oil giant Aramco posts 25% fall in full-year profit CNBC ⁦Dan Murphy⁩ cnbc.com/2024/03/10/ara…

Outstanding, granular reporting from the The Washington Post into the killing of journalists Hamza Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya. Serious doubt now hangs over IDF explanations. The sooner such cases are subjected to judicial scrutiny, the better. tinyurl.com/5yh84cvs

An Israeli strike on an emergency center in south Lebanon killed 7 volunteers and leveled the building affiliated w/ al-Jamaa al-Islamiya. Hours earlier, al-Manar reported a Hezbollah delegation visited a center for the long-dormant group. Two JI members were killed w/ Arouri.

"Arab nations call for restraint as Israel-Iran conflict intensifies" Kareem Fahim Claire Parker Sarah Dadouch | سارة دعدوش Mustafa Salim for the The Washington Post - includes my thoughts, which basically is: you can try to calibrate escalation, but you can't control it. washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…

Arab nations call for restraint as Israel-Iran conflict intensifies: washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/… Kareem Fahim Sarah Dadouch | سارة دعدوش Claire Parker Mustafa Salim.

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There is more to say, but for now let me tell you how proud I am of our Columbia Journalism students, whom I've watched report non-stop for days, sleep on floors, support one another & give their all to bearing witness under dire conditions: pulitzer.org/news/statement… The Pulitzer Prizes

Thinking of our inimitable, generous colleague Issam Abdullah this World Press Freedom Day, and all other journalists who were killed in this conflict. There is too much to say, and not enough. May you never know the pain of reporting on the killing of a dear friend & colleague

Breaking News: Iran officially announces the death of President Raisi and foreign minister Amir Abdollahian in a helicopter crash. Not since a terrorist attack in the early 80s have multiple senior Iranians officials been killed together.

Iranian President along with Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian and other officials died in a helicopter crash in the country’s East Azerbaijan province, Iran’s state-run Press TV reported washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/…

Israel's war in Gaza is wiping out entire Palestinian families at a rate never seen before: An Associated Press investigation identified at least 60 Palestinian families where at least 25 people were killed — sometimes four generations from the same bloodline — in bombings

Pulitzer-prize winning photographer Evan Vucci running across the podium -- amidst gunfire and screams -- to get the iconic photo everyone is sharing

Our first Semafor Gulf scoop: Tensions inside the consulting giant APCO over an Israeli defense contractor semafor.com/article/09/08/…