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Rami Abdelal retweeted
And the point is: Palestinians are being literally crushed -killed, tortured, mutilated in their body and soul-, blamed and smeared by people who call themselves zionists.
How can the emergency be someone’s hurt feelings about an ideology?
This tells a lot about values/priorities
Rami Abdelal retweeted
Yesterday, I received a security notification from Apple warning me that my iPhone had been targeted by a sophisticated mercenary spyware attack, involving technology of the kind developed by companies such as NSO Group, the Israeli firm behind the notorious Pegasus spyware.
Perhaps the most alarming aspect of Apple’s warning was its confirmation that such attacks target specific individuals “because of who you are or what you do.”
This is not the first time I have been targeted by spyware. I was previously targeted with Pegasus in both 2017 and 2021.
I do not yet know who is behind this latest attack, or whether it is connected to my investigative documentary, The Trap, which I directed and co-produced. The film, available on Al Jazeera 360, exposed the details of the September 2024 pager explosions in Lebanon.
What is certain, however, is that the targeting of journalists with sophisticated spyware poses a grave threat to press freedom, the confidentiality of journalistic sources, and the very foundations of independent investigative journalism.
Rami Abdelal retweeted
"I have been a huge fan of Daniella for a long time... the glow in her eyes as she's celebrating!"
Bassem Youssef asks Daniella Weiss what her plans are with Egypt, after re-establishing settlements in the West Bank and Gaza.
📺youtu.be/Lq3U1EHwPuw
@piersmorgan | @Byoussef
Rami Abdelal retweeted
888 Ich muss das jetzt einfach mal loswerden.
Weil ich es nicht mehr ertragen kann, wie wir alle für dumm verkauft werden.
Warum hat Putin die Ukraine angegriffen ?
Ich sag euch, warum ICH persönlich glaube, dass es passiert ist:
Wegen der aggressiven Osterweiterung der NATO.
Seit Jahren. Seit JAHRZEHNTEN rückt die NATO immer weiter an Russland heran.
Immer ein Stück mehr.
Immer ein gebrochenes Versprechen mehr.
Und wir sollen alle so tun, als wäre das völlig normal ?
Als hätte das keine Konsequenzen ?
Denkt doch mal an die Kuba-Krise 1962
Was erzählt man uns ?
Der böse Russe wollte Raketen auf Kuba stationieren, 90 Meilen vor Florida
Was man uns VERSCHWEIGT:
Die Amerikaner haben ZUERST angefangen
1961 haben die USA atomare Jupiter-Mittelstreckenraketen in der TÜRKEI stationiert
Direkt an der Grenze zur Sowjetunion
Moskau in 10 Minuten erreichbar
Erst DANN hat die Sowjetunion gesagt:
Wenn ihr eure Raketen vor unsere Tür stellt, stellen wir unsere vor eure - auf Kuba
Die Raketen auf Kuba waren eine ANTWORT
Und wie wurde die Krise gelöst ?
Mit einem Deal: Beide ziehen ihre Raketen zurück
Die USA aus der Türkei, die Sowjets aus Kuba
Die USA haben seit 1999 die NATO 7 Mal nach Osten erweitert.
Aegis-Raketen in Polen und Rumänien, die man in 2 Minuten von Abwehr auf Angriff umrüsten kann.
Und dann sollte auch noch die Ukraine dazu kommen.
NATO-Truppen, NATO-Raketen direkt an der 2000 km langen Grenze zu Russland.
Was glaubt ihr denn, wie Russland reagieren soll ?
So wie die USA 1962 reagiert haben
Das war für die Amerikaner damals eine existenzielle rote Linie - völlig zu Recht
Und für Russland ist die Ukraine heute genau diese rote Linie
Und dann sagen alle: "Aber die Staaten wollten doch freiwillig zur NATO"
Wirklich ?
Schaut euch Victoria Nuland an
30 Jahre US-Spitzendiplomatin, zuständig für Europa.
Sie selbst hat 2013 gesagt, die USA haben über 5 Milliarden Dollar in die "Demokratieförderung" der Ukraine gesteckt.
2014 wurde ihr Telefonat geleakt, wo sie "Fuck the EU" sagt und bespricht, wer nach dem Maidan-Putsch in die neue ukrainische Regierung kommt. "Jazenjuk ist der Mann" - und er wurde es
Das war kein freiwilliges Begehren, das war ein von Washington gekaufter Putsch
Klar, könnt ihr mich jetzt wieder als Kremlhure beleidigen.
Macht nur. Ich war mein halbes Leben Offizier.
Ich weiß, wovon ich rede, wenn es um Raketenreichweiten und rote Linien geht.
Und redet endlich über das MASSAKER IM DONBASS
Seit 2014
Seit 2014 werden im Donbass Russen massakriert.
Von der eigenen ukrainischen Armee und vom Asow-Bataillon
Über 14.000 Tote, die meisten davon Zivilisten, Frauen, Kinder, alte Menschen, die dort seit Generationen leben.
Luhansk, Donezk - 8 Jahre lang Artilleriebeschuss auf Wohngebiete, auf Schulen, auf Kindergärten.
Täglicher Terror. Wo war da euer Aufschrei ?
Wo war da eure Solidarität ?
Kein orf-Brennpunkt, keine Lichterkette, nichts
Die Menschen dort haben 2014 in einem Referendum gesagt, wir wollen nicht mehr zu Kiew gehören, und die Antwort war: Panzer und Bomben
Und dann wundert ihr euch, warum Putin sagt, er muss die russische Bevölkerung dort schützen ?
Was hättet ihr denn gemacht, wenn eure eigenen Leute 8 Jahre lang massakriert werden und keiner hinschaut ?
Und dann die wichtigste Frage:
WEM NÜTZT DIESER KRIEG EIGENTLICH ?
Schaut auf die FAKTEN:
Rheinmetall: Vor dem Krieg Aktie bei ca. 90 Euro.
Heute über 500 Euro
Rekordgewinne in Milliardenhöhe.
Und wer verdient daran ?
BlackRock
Einer der größten Anteilseigner bei Rheinmetall, über 5% direkt, gleichzeitig bei Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman drin.
Friedrich Merz war jahrelang Aufsichtsratschef von BlackRock Deutschland. Zufall ?
Wir zahlen mit unseren Steuern die Waffen, Ukrainer und Russen zahlen mit ihrem Leben, und BlackRock, Rheinmetall und Leute wie Sigmar Gabriel schreiben Rekorddividenden.
Rami Abdelal retweeted
I can hardly imagine anyone who hasn’t seen this photograph. But it was taken on this day in 2000.
I cannot believe the photo is 26 years old now.
The boy in the photograph was Fares Odeh. He was just 14 years old.
Ten days after this image was captured, Fares went out again to throw stones at Israeli tanks, seeking to avenge the killing of his 17-year-old cousin.
An Israeli sniper shot him in the neck, killing him.
And there is another chilling detail to this photograph.
The photo changed Israeli tank doctrine. In August 2001, The Jerusalem Post quoted an anonymous tank doctrinist saying tank personnel were now instructed to fire upon rock-throwers.
Rami Abdelal retweeted
a reminder that Israel is not a real country. It doesn't have declared borders. It doesn't have a constitution. Its population does not have family roots in the land prior to the modern advent of zionism. They don't have a native culture, native food, dance, or stories.
Israel is literally the greatest heist of the 20th century that expelled an ancient society and turned their land into a jewish supremacist military outpost murdering its way through time, and constantly cobbling together new stories about itself to suit the latest political whims, while destroying everything that threatens their latest flimsy narrative.
God and the Bible have nothing to do with this abominable entity. They're not "chosen." They're not "a light." They're the biggest and most dangerous charlatans the world has ever known.
That was not a democratic election. It was another act in this absurd theatre we're all forced to endure.
Rami Abdelal retweeted
Hi, I'm free.
Beat up but fine. Police stole my phone. Settlers punched me in the face several times, likely broke @AdeleShoko's wrist and gave @the_andrey_x a concussion. They threatened to shoot us with an assault rifle over and over.
Will tell the full story later, but for now, I just want to be clear about what happened. We witnessed two settlers locking a military gate in Umm al-Khair, blocking the only way to more than twenty Palestinian communities: trapping families inside, preventing students from reaching school and workers from their jobs, blocking delivery of food and access to ambulances, etc.
It's a crime that the military has this ability at all--but last night, we discovered that random settler terrorists also have the key. We confronted them and began asking questions on camera, and they nearly murdered us for it. When the police finally arrived, they arrested Andrey and me and charged us with assault.
The gate is still locked.
Rami Abdelal retweeted
77.45% of Israeli citizens voted for right-wing & far-right parties
6.51% voted for the zionist left
15% voted for Arab parties
If you leave out Arab citizens of Israel, it means over 92% of zionist Israelis voted for the right!
Rami Abdelal retweeted
É comum ouvir críticas à China como “não se pode falar mal do presidente”.
Para muitos chineses, essa frase soa muito estranha.
A pergunta que surge automaticamente na cabeça do chines é: “Mas por que alguém criticaria o presidente?”
Para entender essa diferença de visão é preciso observar como funciona a seleção e a progressão de quem chega ao poder na China.
O caminho se parece mais com uma carreira burocrática longa e competitiva do que com a política eleitoral ocidental.
O primeiro passo é a filiação ao Partido Comunista da China (PCC), que constitui a espinha dorsal do poder. O processo é seletivo e demorado: o candidato precisa de recomendação, histórico familiar atestado por membros do partido, pelo menos um ano de acompanhamento com redações e exames políticos e, depois, mais um ano como membro probatório. Ter passado pela Liga da Juventude Comunista ou mesmo ter sido representante de turma no ensino fundamental e médio conta positivamente como indício precoce de liderança.
Além da filiação partidária, o sistema valoriza fortemente a formação técnica. Há uma tradição consolidada de engenheiros e cientistas nas altas esferas — os últimos presidentes, incluindo Xi Jinping, têm formação em engenharia. Antes de assumir cargos de liderança, o quadro precisa demonstrar resultados expressivos em sua atividade profissional.
Ninguém chega ao topo sem antes passar décadas administrando a base. O político inicia em escalas pequenas — um quarteirão, um comitê de rua ou a gestão de uma praça, por exemplo. Nessa função, precisa mostrar excelência concreta: garantir a zeladoria e a infraestrutura (lâmpadas, brinquedos da praça, limpeza), avaliar problemas de segurança e trânsito no entorno e manter contato direto com os moradores, recolhendo reclamações e sugestões. Se cumprir metas de desenvolvimento econômico, redução da pobreza e boa avaliação da população, é promovido.
A partir daí a carreira avança de forma piramidal e geográfica concorrendo com outros iguais. O quadro passa a gerenciar um bairro inteiro, depois um distrito municipal, torna-se prefeito de uma cidade de médio porte e, em seguida, governa províncias com populações maiores que muitos países. Só depois disso disputa espaço nos órgãos centrais em Pequim. Para alcançar o círculo máximo do poder, como o Comitê Permanente do Politburo (apenas sete pessoas), exige-se em geral uma trajetória de 30 a 40 anos de serviços contínuos e bem avaliados.
Esse processo se apoia em eleições indiretas e piramidais. Os cidadãos votam diretamente apenas para os congressos populares locais. Esses representantes elegem os do nível provincial, que por sua vez escolhem os membros da Assembleia Popular Nacional. A Assembleia e os comitês internos do PCC definem os cargos mais altos do Executivo, incluindo o presidente. Ao longo de toda a escalada, as avaliações são frequentes e incluem cumprimento de metas macroeconômicas, pesquisas de opinião e investigação de conduta.
Desse modo, a figura do presidente deixa de ser vista, por grande parte da população, como um político qualquer. Por isso a crítica direta e pública soa, para muitos chineses, menos como um direito natural e mais como algo que precisa de justificativa muito forte.
Diante desse caminho de décadas de resultados comprovados e avaliações constantes, você, se fosse chinês, acharia algo normal falar mal do presidente?
ALT Presidente da China Xi Jinping 习近平
Rami Abdelal retweeted
سأقول كلمة حق قد لا تعجب البعض... ولكن السكوت عنها أصبح خطيئة بحق هذا الوطن.
أنا أردني مسيحي من عائلة أردنية متجذرة في أرضها وتاريخها، ومتمسك بكنيستي وإيماني المسيحي، وما سأقوله ليس تنظيرا ولا شعارات عن التعايش، بل وقائع أعيشها وتجارب عشتها بنفسي.
حين أحتاج إلى فزعة في عمان، أول من أتصل بهم أصدقاء مسلمون ملتزمون بصلواتهم الخمس، ومعظمهم من الكرك والطفيلة. وحين احتاج والدي إلى الدم لإجراء عملية، كانوا أول من لجأت إليهم، حتى قبل أبناء عمومتي.
وفي الوهادنة وعجلون، من يقف معي عند الشدة هو جاري المسلم وصديقي قبل ابن عمي.
درست في مدرسة حكومية، وكنت حتى الصف السادس من المتفوقين في مادة الدين الإسلامي، وكان أستاذي الفاضل سامي الوحشة، أطال الله بعمره، يستدعيني أمام الصفوف ويقول بفخر: "شايفين سامر كيف حافظ؟"
لم يطلب مني أحد أن أترك مسيحيتي حتى أكون واحدا منهم، ولم أحتج أن أتنازل عن إيماني حتى أكون أخا لهم.
واليوم أتابع بغضب هذا الخلط الخطير بين الإرهاب والإسلام والقرآن والتدين.
من قتل الشهيد سائد المعايطة، ومن اغتال الشهيد راشد الزيود في إربد، ومن فجر فنادق عمان، ومن سفك دماء الأبرياء في الكنيسة، يجمعهم فكر إرهابي واحد، لا دين الضحية ولا هويتها.
الإرهاب عدو المسلم قبل المسيحي، وعدو الأردن قبل الجميع.
وأقولها بكل قناعة: أنا كمسيحي شرقي أفضل أن أعيش في مجتمع إسلامي محافظ يحترم الدين والأسرة والقيم، على أن أعيش في مجتمع فقد احترامه لهذه المعاني، حتى لو كان مسيحيا بالاسم. بل أؤمن أن البيئة الإسلامية المحافظة في الأردن ساعدتني على التمسك بإيماني المسيحي، لا على التخلي عنه.
ولمن يحاول اليوم تخويف المسيحي من المسلم، أقول: نحن لم نبدأ العيش معا بالأمس!
منذ نحو 1400 عام، ومع مجيء الإسلام إلى هذه الأرض، كان المسلمون أصحاب القوة والسلطة، ولم تكن هناك أمم متحدة ولا مواثيق دولية لحقوق الإنسان ولا مؤسسات دولية تحمي الأقليات. ولو كانت العلاقة بيننا قائمة على الإبادة وإلغاء الآخر، لما بقي لنا وجود متجذر حتى اليوم. ومع ذلك، ها نحن بعد أربعة عشر قرنا، مسيحيين ومسلمين، نعيش على الأرض نفسها، ونتقاسم الخبز والفرح والحزن والمصير.
فهل يعقل أن يأتي اليوم من يريد إقناعي بأن جاري المسلم الذي عاش أجداده مع أجدادي قرونا، أصبح فجأة عدوا لي بسبب جريمة ارتكبها إرهابي؟
كفى مزايدات على الدين، وكفى استثمارا في دماء الشهداء، وكفى محاولات لزرع الشك بين أبناء الوطن الواحد.
دعوا الدولة ومؤسساتها تقوم بواجبها، ولا تحولوا جريمة الإرهاب إلى محاكمة لدين أو مجتمع بأكمله.
أنا مسيحي بإيماني، أردني بانتمائي، والمسلم الأردني أخي، لا أحتاج إلى من يعلمني كيف أحبه أو كيف أثق به.
ومن يريد أن يفرق بيننا باسم الدين، فليعلم أن هذا الوطن عرف الأخوة والمحبة قبل أن يعرف دعاة الفتنة.
الأردن ليس ساحة لصراع الأديان... الأردن وطن، ومن يزرع الفتنة فيه لا يدافع عن دين، بل يطعن وطنا.
#خواطر_ابو_سابا
@highlight
سامر حداد
Rami Abdelal retweeted
我很愿意认真回答这位德国朋友的疑问。
你的第一个问，其实是在说，由于中国是一个威权政府，因此人民在政治上不受认真对待。
这个命题本身就是错误的。威权政府，并不意味着人民不受认真对待。民主政府，也不意味着人民就受到认真对待。
新加坡是威权国家，菲律宾是民主国家，难道新加坡人的处境，不如菲律宾人吗？中国是威权国家，印度是民主国家，难道中国人的处境，不如印度人吗？
你的第二个问，你的发问本身并不严谨。不能笼统地说，中国人没有政治自由。这个问题要分两个维度来讲。
1、政治参与自由。
从这个维度讲，中国任何人有参与政治的自由。中国人都有权利申请入党、考公务员。筛选规则与民主制度不同，但不等于中国人没有参与政治的自由。
中国制度与民主制度的区别在于：
民主制度下，一个人只要有钱，可以在任何时候参与政治。就像川普一辈子没有从政，老了突然想要竞选总统，他就可以参选，而且成功了。
但在中国，任何官员都必须从基层公务员做起。一个人无法因为有钱，就能一步登天当上高官。
这种制度的好处有：
A、公平性。
中国有大量的高层领导人出身平民家庭，如胡锦涛、温家宝、汪洋、李强，等等。像习近平这种红二代，反而是个意外。
B、专业性。
任何一个高层领导人，都必须经过几十年不同级别岗位的历练，他对国家各个层面的情况的了解，以及他的治理经验，不是一个企业家、一个明星，或者一个未治理过一个城市的议员，所能相提并论的。
C、远见性。
由于领导人不受制于短期的、非理性的民意，因此可以规划长远的发展战略，并以唯一执政党确保该战略的长期、有效的实施。
D、政策不受资本干涉。
你选择从政，就不能从商。你选择从商，就不能从政。这样一来，资本的归资本，政治的归政治，资本无法干涉政治。
2、政治权利自由。
当然，中国制度有其“表面上”的代价。为什么只是“表面上”的，后面再说。先说这种代价。
代价就是中国人不拥有谩骂政府、抨击政策的自由。我们可以批评政府，但必须在一种就事论事的理性语境中。我们不能喊“习近平下台”或者“共产党下台”。
我们也不拥有全民选举的自由，建立政党的自由。
这些“代价”为什么只是表面上的，可以从一则寓言说起：
一农场主临死前问儿子；猪抱怨饲料太差，牛报怨活太重，鸡报怨窝太脏，怎么办？ 儿子说：“喂好饲料，干轻活，清理鸡窝。” 农场主摇摇头说：你啥都别做，给他们选票，让它们选择你或者你媳妇管它们，让它们以为这个家是它们做主。
这个寓言让我们思考，作为人民，我们要的是什么？我们要的其实是更好的生活，而不是选票以及骂政府的自由。
回到开头那个举例，新加坡缺少很多民主国家所具备的政治自由，但没有人会认为新加坡人受到压迫。
这就涉及到自由的定义，自由到底是什么？
按照罗斯福的定义，自由包括：言论自由、信仰自由、免于匮乏、免于恐惧。
在我们计算一个社会的自由度时，我们计算的是自由的总量，而不是单项自由的含量。
举个例子，很多非洲国家拥有选票和骂政府的自由，但人民生活贫困，出行只能靠双脚。我在中国，生活富足、商品丰富、服务便捷、社区安全，我坐3个小时的高铁可以抵达一座大城市，我也有经济条件时不时出国旅游。
你认为非洲人自由，还是我自由？
诚然，中国还有很多人口，在物质生活上并不自由，但这是经济发展不充分导致的，不是政治压迫导致的。一个贫穷地区，无会因为给你民众选票和骂政府的自由，他们就变富裕了。
因此，当你谈自由的时候，你要计算自由的总量，不能单看一项自由的有无和多寡。你也不能将经济问题，归咎于某一项政治自由的问题。
坦率讲，我觉得你们的民主制度，已经病入膏肓了，中国人并不羡慕你们那种制度。
Rami Abdelal retweeted
I'm just glad I don't live in a dictatorship but a free democracy where every few years I can vote for a different banker or lawyer or landlord that represents the vast network of powerful corporate interests that controls every aspect of my life from cradle to grave
Rami Abdelal retweeted
I have literally spent the last month trekking around Jordan interviewing elderly Nakba survivors and hearing their harrowing stories- and just completed a three hour video interview on Saturday night. No one I talked to left before multiple neighbours or family members had been shot and killed. Few of them had any weapons of any sort to protect themselves and if they did they were ancient Turkish muskets. Their opponents were armed with modern, newly-imported Czech rifles and many had been trained and drilled by the British. It became simply suicidal to remain, though many old people tried to so. The guy I interviewed on Saturday fled with his mother after their village was bombed. Their father remained and was loaded onto a truck to Gaza, at gunpoint, by the Haganah. Many of the family members that remained in Gaza have been killed in the last two years
Rami Abdelal retweeted
This is a map of voting sites in Jerusalem. As you can see, they are completely absent from most of East Jerusalem, where the majority is Palestinian. This is how apartheid works. You give a small and harmless minority of Palestinians the right to vote, take pictures of them and talk about how you have democracy. Then you don't let them into the coalition and make sure only Jews have power.
Complain to Sky News and Reuters for their inaccuracies and bias, even if it's a simple reminder that we reject their spin. Even a simple copy pasted email can help. Follow the instructions below:
New Action Campaign: Have you noticed how a UN-commissioned finding of genocide turned into a claim? This was Sky News's headline on Monday night:
"UN report claims Israel 'genocide' in Gaza has continued after ceasefire"
The UN commission of inquiry made no claim. It investigated cases, applied the law and reported its findings to the General Assembly:
- Israel is still committing genocide in Gaza. It has murdered 1,431 people after the 'ceasefire', at least 300 of them children.
- In the occupied West Bank, Israel committed crimes against humanity, extermination, torture, rape and persecution. It has murdered 254 Palestinians since October 2023.
- Israel answered neither of the commission's two requests for information.
Then the media got to work. We counted every word of 15 "news" reports:
- Israel's denial got 1,178 words. Palestinians got 46, all from one diplomat defending the Palestinian Authority. Not one report quoted a Palestinian about what Israel did.
- Haaretz, an Israeli paper, gave the findings more words than any of the 15: 840, or 84% of its report. Sky gave them 407 (58%), The New York Times 532 (61%), Reuters 319 and The Independent 312.
- Sky wrote "claims" or "alleges" about the findings nine times, even about the UN's own death toll. In Sky's report Palestinians "died", while Israelis "were killed" in a "terror attack" it called "the atrocity".
- Sky gave 21% of its report to Israel's denial and to doubts about the commission. No outlet outside Israel gave them more.
- Reuters never told its readers that the commission found crimes against humanity. CBC ran the same copy.
- Not one report said Israel had refused to answer the commission.
Full report here: newscord.org/editorials/un-g…
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Rami Abdelal retweeted
This headline on this date of publication with little to no media/political coverage or outrage and zero material impact on the lives and safety of Palestinians is proof that there is no such thing as international law.
It’s the law of the jungle out there, and some of you are still condemning the prey for not just dying quietly.
