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Professor, Philosophy, University of Ottawa

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She seems nice

02.12.2025 00:24 πŸ‘ 7459 πŸ” 2081 πŸ’¬ 2571 πŸ“Œ 1106
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Video: Activists spray paint β€˜ISRAEL TERRORIST STATE’ on train in Belgium <article data-history-node-id="431862" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/video-activists-spray-paint-israel-terrorist-state-train-belgium" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/video-activists-spray-paint-israel-terrorist-state-train-belgium" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Video: Activists spray paint β€˜ISRAEL TERRORIST STATE’ on train in Belgium</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Activists have spray painted the words β€˜ISRAEL TERRORIST STATE’ on train in the Belgian city of Antwer.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Activists have spray painted the words β€˜ISRAEL TERRORIST STATE’ on train in the Belgian city of Antwerp. <a href="https://t.co/xMVcWp4teP">pic.twitter.com/xMVcWp4teP</a></p> β€” Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) <a href="https://twitter.com/MiddleEastEye/status/1992735562063896983?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div> </article>

Video: Activists spray paint β€˜ISRAEL TERRORIST STATE’ on train in Belgium - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/video-activists-spray-paint-israel-terrorist-state-train-belgium

23.11.2025 23:57 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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β€œWe Need to Be Heard”: Indigenous Amazon Defender Alessandra Korap Munduruku on COP30 Thousands of Amazonian land defenders, both Indigenous peoples and their allies, have traveled to the COP30 U.N. climate conference in BelΓ©m, Brazil. On Friday night, an Indigenous-led march arrived a...

β€œWe are the ones that are saying what the forest is demanding. We are the ones that are saying what the river is asking for. We are going through a lot of violence in our territories.”

24.11.2025 00:16 πŸ‘ 323 πŸ” 126 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Beautiful

24.11.2025 00:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It's scary how cute Park Slope was tonight.

Happy Halloween, NYC.

01.11.2025 02:17 πŸ‘ 13523 πŸ” 1961 πŸ’¬ 159 πŸ“Œ 143
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So Argentina gets a $40 billion bailout from our tax dollars but devastated small towns here at home β€” nothing.

27.10.2025 18:58 πŸ‘ 11010 πŸ” 5724 πŸ’¬ 766 πŸ“Œ 378
A cat is seen riding a bus. They are standing up and have their front paws on the back of the front seat.

A cat is seen riding a bus. They are standing up and have their front paws on the back of the front seat.

this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free

25.10.2025 07:24 πŸ‘ 34102 πŸ” 4768 πŸ’¬ 823 πŸ“Œ 388
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25.10.2025 15:40 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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As Toni Morrison said, "the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work." But she also reminded us never to lose our capacity to be shocked.

Part of my conversation on @ayman.msnbc.com earlier today.

25.10.2025 23:42 πŸ‘ 11977 πŸ” 2589 πŸ’¬ 149 πŸ“Œ 82
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India launches missile attacks on Pakistan India has launched strikes in several parts of Pakistan and Pakistan-controlled territory, in a dramatic escalation of tensions between the two nuclear-armed rivals.

India has launched strikes in several parts of Pakistan and Pakistan-controlled territory, in a dramatic escalation of tensions between the two nuclear-armed rivals.

06.05.2025 21:28 πŸ‘ 4027 πŸ” 1487 πŸ’¬ 317 πŸ“Œ 322
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The Ministry of Health in Gaza condemns the Israeli military’s targeting of the al-Ahli Hospital, the last functioning hospital in the north of the Gaza Strip.

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13.04.2025 07:46 πŸ‘ 277 πŸ” 138 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 15
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Middle East Studies Association The MESA Board of Directors and its Task Force on Civil and Human Rights condemn in the strongest terms the Trump administration’s targeting of noncitizen students and researchers for their constituti...

@mesa1966.bsky.social condemns in the strongest terms the targeting of noncitizen students and researchers for their constitutionally protected speech and advocacy. We call on universities and colleges to take 9 steps to ensure the protection of their campus communities. mesana.org/advocacy/let...

11.04.2025 14:58 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.

07.04.2025 00:18 πŸ‘ 78511 πŸ” 13902 πŸ’¬ 1107 πŸ“Œ 778
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Netanyapoohs legacy

07.04.2025 16:23 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It accidentally killed all of them, then accidentally buried them, no wait, buried them so animals wouldn't eat them...now just have figure out why the ambulances were buried ...πŸ€”

07.04.2025 16:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ten Britons accused of committing war crimes while fighting for Israel in Gaza Exclusive: Met to be handed dossier of evidence alleging crimes including killings of civilians and aid workers A war crimes complaint against 10 Britons who served with the Israeli military in Gaza is to be submitted to the Met police by one of the UK’s leading human rights lawyers. Michael Mansfield KC is one of a group of lawyers who will on Monday hand in a 240-page dossier to Scotland Yard’s war crimes unit alleging targeted killing of civilians and aid workers, including by sniper fire, and indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas, including hospitals. Continue reading...

Ten Britons accused of committing war crimes while fighting for Israel in Gaza

07.04.2025 04:17 πŸ‘ 375 πŸ” 158 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 18

β€œWomen were forced to fend for themselves. Some of our seniors helped with the accommodation by offering their rooms. The company did not consider that it would be unsafe for women to travel at night,” she says.

11.02.2025 12:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
ICJ president 'plagiarised 32 percent of pro-Israel dissenting opinion' In fresh revelations, Palestinian researcher finds nearly one third of Julia Sebutinde's legal view on Israeli occupation was directly lifted from unattributed sources

ICJ president 'plagiarised 32 percent of pro-Israel dissenting opinion' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/fresh-allegations-emerge-plagiarism-icj-president-israel-opinion

04.02.2025 17:19 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Gaza Police issued a statement:

β–ͺ️The occupation (Israel) destroyed all police headquarters and stations in the Gaza Strip and burned and destroyed hundreds of vehicles and equipment belonging to the agency.

22.01.2025 15:53 πŸ‘ 147 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

He just parrots what Israel feeds him. No one was hiding under the hospital. Even if they had been, it wouldn't justify destroying a health facility, killing or further injuring who knows how many patients and doctors.

17.01.2025 07:44 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Before leaving London, I visited the SOAS encampment and thanked the students for all they've done to support the Palestinian people in Gaza. It was day 255 of encampment.

17.01.2025 07:33 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I know that moment πŸ˜…

15.01.2025 06:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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So many in the academy will say, β€˜We were with you all along...’ Overcome by the guilt of having been an accomplice in the slaying of the Scottish King Duncan in the well-known Shakespearean tragedy, Lady Macbeth famously bemoans her inability to rid...

Necessary read. The silence on Palestine of academic colleagues has always been appalling. Their silence on 15+ months of genocide revealed their moral bankruptcy

www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250109-so-...

14.01.2025 05:30 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Israeli forces continue to bombard Gaza, as the US has indicated that a ceasefire deal is β€œon the brink” of success

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14.01.2025 05:59 πŸ‘ 217 πŸ” 102 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 6
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Israeli forces continue to bombard Gaza, and attack Lebanon after the Lebanese gov't filed a UN complaint over ceasefire violations.

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13.01.2025 08:53 πŸ‘ 278 πŸ” 134 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 11
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Our 2nd day of free pediatric care in Gaza: more children received essential check-ups & critical treatments.

Your support makes this possible. Let’s keep going β€” please donate, boost & share so we can continue providing aid to families in need.

13.01.2025 03:01 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is so devastating. Listen and imagine if it were your loved ones there.

12.01.2025 22:25 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This weekend, there were two marches in Lisbon: one against racism and one by the far-right. The Prime Minister of Portugal shamefully equated them, stating that they represented two extremes. How did we reach this point?

13.01.2025 01:54 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Chris Hayes: Biden is leaving a β€˜disgraceful legacy’ on Gaza
Chris Hayes: Biden is leaving a β€˜disgraceful legacy’ on Gaza YouTube video by MSNBC

Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI7l...

11.01.2025 02:15 πŸ‘ 468 πŸ” 69 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 12