Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social

Palestinian-American digital-internet pioneer. Non-profit, NGO founder. Scholar, analyst, consultant, lecturer. Humanist. MENA Peace and Reconciliation. Interdisciplinary Narrative Studies. Campari enthusiast. Dawg Mom. Yankees & Giants Fan.

Since this 2015 address to the World Zionist Congress is, now, making the rounds. Some context and the fallout.

Israeli PM accused of trivialising the Holocaust for saying grand mufti of Jerusalem gave Hitler idea of exterminating Europe’s Jews

www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/21/netanyahu-under-fire-for-palestinian-grand-mufti-holocaust-claim
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האוכלוסייה שלהם מזנקת, החלב נהדר, הבשר מזכיר שילוב של בקר וכבש, והם פולטים שליש מגזי החממה שפולטות פרות. לא פלא שהאו"ם הכריז על שנת הגמלים. רק בישראל, מעניין למה, נלחמים בהם

www.haaretz.co.il/magazine/2026-04-08/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/0000019d-621e-d68a-a39d-633f30ef0000
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social
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MAGA pollster drops a fake poll in Hungary the weekend before the election, creating pretense for Orban to claim cheating, contest the results, and refuse to leave power. Putin, Trump tagteaming for Orban. Pro-democracy forces here need to learn from the tactics being tested in Hungary.
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The talks in Islamabad with VP Vance, have begun
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“For Kamalmaz’s family, the ruling does not end the search for full justice. But it places a clear legal finding on the record: the Assad regime bears responsibility for the death of an American doctor who entered Syria to help others.”

levant24.com/news/2026/04/virginia-us-district-court-ruling-marks-justice-for-majd-kamalmaz/
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Syria arrests Hizbollah cell in Syria, planning to blow up Church.

Syria busts a five-person cell including a woman who attempted to plant an IED in front of the home of one of the religious figures in the vicinity of the Mariamite Church in the Bab Tuma area. They received IED training abroad
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‎Israel has prevented Palestinian Christian worshippers observing Holy Saturday, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, limiting their participation in the sacred celebration of the Holy Fire and disrupting their worship on one of the holiest days in the Christian faith.
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social
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So many female journalists I know has at least one me too story they couldn’t get over the line because it’s so hard. You need so many victims to go on the record. And for so many good and understandable reasons - like fear of being sued - victims are scared.
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Michael Horowitz @michaelhorowitz.bsky.social
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Iranian delegation in Islamabad
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Today, governments can get away with anything. Israel is getting away with journacide

There used to be some sense that killing a reporter would mean serious consequences. Now that understanding has vanished, writes the BBC’s world affairs editor John Simpson

www.thenerve.news/p/john-simpson-journacide-journalists-killed-gaza-israel-lebanon-middle-east-fatima-ftouni-mohammed-id
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Israeli strike kills Lebanese security forces as Israel and Hezbollah trade fire ahead of talks
@chehayebk.bsky.social has the story:

www.independent.co.uk/news/israeli-hezbollah-iran-beirut-world-health-organization-b2955505.html href="/search?t=posts&q=">#
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An Israeli strike of rare intensity targeted the Nabatiyeh seraglio on Friday, killing 19 people, including 13 members of State Security. Their funerals are being held, today. 🇱🇧

📸 Mo Yassin and Mountasser Abdallah
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NEWS: The U.S. has NOT agreed to release any Iranian frozen assets, a senior U.S. official told CBS News. 
A Reuters report that cited a senior Iranian source was not accurate. 
Meetings with Iran have not started yet, so no agreements have been discussed at all. 
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#BREAKING A senior Iranian source said the U.S. had agreed to release Iranian frozen assets that were held in Qatar and other foreign banks, welcoming the move as a sign of "seriousness" in reaching a deal with Washington in talks in Islamabad

www.reuters.com/business/finance/iranian-source-says-us-has-agreed-release-frozen-iranian-assets-qatar-other-2026-04-11/
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Additional images and video build on an earlier analysis, which the Pentagon has disputed, showing Precision Strike Missiles, or PrSMs, hit a sports hall and residential areas in the Iranian city of Lamerd.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/world/middleeast/iran-us-missle-strike-civilians-lamerd.html
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No elected representatives should be in your DMs, ever! Never, ever, ever. This is predatory conduct.
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I’ve seen the testimony of a rather random young woman who he began sending mssgs to, beginning with creeping in to her with texts wishing her a happy birthday, in the middle of the night. If someone in power sends you such messages, it’s out of bounds. Go to the media, and at least, turn it off.
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Israel's top court orders police to allow Tel Aviv anti-gov't protests despite IDF gathering limit

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-politics/2026-04-10/ty-article/.premium/israels-top-court-orders-police-to-allow-anti-govt-protests-despite-idf-limit/0000019d-77b6-da4e-a5df-7fbea86e0000
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com
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Hi, journalists and others posting links! We're investigating a glitch that started yesterday that's preventing link preview images from loading about half the time. Apologies for this—we're working on diagnosing the problem today and will report back on our progress.
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Sam Gad Jones @samgadjones.bsky.social
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I knew it was bad but really didn’t appreciate it was quite this bad

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The Israeli settlers vowing to take over Gaza

‘Pioneers’ who are part of the ‘religious Zionist’ vanguard want to displace the Palestinians

www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/04/11/israeli-settlers-vowing-take-over-gaza/
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Orbán’s intelligence agencies have been secretly using Webloc — a mass surveillance tool that tracks hundreds of millions of people via smartphone advertising data — making Hungary the first confirmed EU country to deploy it, in likely violation of GDPR.

vsquare.org/orban-spying-toolkit-cobwebs-webloc-hungary-spyware-citizen-lab/
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The number of deaths from Wednesday's Israeli strikes on Lebanon have risen to 357, according to the country's health ministry.

It comes as many families continue to search through the rubble including a father who lost his daughter in the attack.

youtu.be/6JcxPtYJfsA?si=tTa_UBinNEFPBIiI
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Iran Unable to Find Mines It Planted in Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Says

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/us/politics/iran-mines-strait.html
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Upcoming talks between Israel and Lebanon may be more fig leaf than olive branch. But Lebanon - whose state has been weakened by crises of the last years and recent Israeli military operations that have undermined sovereignty - has little choice.

www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/lebanon-heads-historic-israel-talks-with-few-hopes-except-staunch-bloodshed-2026-04-10/
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“Iran appears to be taking the talks on Saturday seriously. The delegation of at least 70 people includes experienced diplomats and negotiators, experts in finance and sanctions, military officials and legal advisers”

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/world/middleeast/iran-delegation-pakistan-us.html
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We Texans, we do everything in our cars, including, chilling out. Is AP just learning this? You’ve got to finish listening to your NPR program, eat your snacks, relish the, ice cold a/c and deal with your sadness for having the spend your life in the car! You can, most often, find me in the driveway
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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social
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"Democrats have standards about abuse allegations and Republicans don't" shouldn't be an argument for Democrats getting rid of standards about abuse allegations. Does this really need to be said?

Stop trying to make Al Franken a thing again, too. No thanks. 😬
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Me, too. We can’t risk this decision to one man and his whims. It’s, long past, time to change this.
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