Serena Bilanceri

Here we go again... Jets heard in the sky and a couple of explosions in the distance from Amman. #Iran #usa #israel #jordan

TAZ @tazgezwitscher reporter @Serenab9, currently based in Israel, flew to Vienna to receive a journalism award - and was forced to surrender her laptop at Ben Gurion airport. TAZ editor @BarbaraJunge describes what happened next: taz.de/Eingriff-in-di…

My laptop is back. Destroyed. The screen remains black. All the data on it, work data, the last reportage I thought I had saved somewhere else, but it turns out I didn't - lost. They broke it even physically. Big financial damage. I am incredibly angry. #Israel #pressfreedom

Oh, and my still valid visa was no longer inside my passport, way before the official passport control. So, even if I wanted to give back the boarding card (no checked-in baggage), renounce to fly, reclaim my laptop and go back to Jerusalem, it would have not been possible.

...when a colleague wanted to go collect it in Wien yesterday, nobody seemed to know where it was. Today I was told that it will arrive in Jerusalem tomorrow morning. Let's see.

One week ago, I was supposed to collect a #journalistic #award in Vienna. That joy was troubled by having my laptop, my work laptop, confiscated by #Israeli security at #BenGurion airport in #TelAviv.🧵 #PressFreedom #Israel #Palestine

Über Inhalt und Intention des Briefs, generell über die ganze Kritik an diesem falschen Hilfsmechanismus, sprach mein Kollege @othman_riad mit @Serenab9. 3/3 taz.de/Humanitaere-Ka…

@Serenab9, a free journalist covering news in among others the Middle East, was awarded today the Piazza Grande Journalism Award @RJournalists during @eu_are's General Assembly at the University of Vienna. Congratulations, Serena! What does the award mean to her personally and for her work as a journalist?

Interesting interview, particularly now, in light of what's happening 972mag.com/iran-israel-he…

When your intel is precise enough that you don’t just know what room he’s in, you know where in the room. This strike killed a senior #Iran leader, in #Tehran. (Puts #Gaza into some perspective…)

Several #missiles intercepted over #Jerusalem just minutes ago, we heard the #explosions... #Israel #Iran

While #Israel strikes commanders and nuclear facilities in #Iran, the #Westbank is under internal closure, with freedom of movement in-between towns completely prevented, according to sources.

NEW -- #Israel has launched major airstrikes in #Syria tonight. - x11 strikes at #Hama military airport - x2 strikes at T4 Airbase - x1 strike at the Barzeh Scientific Research Center in #Damascus.

⚡ An Israeli airstrike targeted the Scientific Research Building in the Barzeh Housing neighborhood of the Syrian capital, Damascus.

Anfang März wurden bei einem #Massaker in #Syrien hunderte vorwiegend #alawitische Zivilisten getötet. Ich habe mit mehr als ein Dutzend Menschen aus der Region gesprochen. Eine Rekonstruktion des Geschehens. taz.de/Syrien-nach-de…

Syria's Alawites are not 'remnants' of the Assad regime. Having worked and engaged with representatives of this community for more than 10 years, I am quite sure that, for the exception of a tiny minority, Alawites do not wish the return of the Assads. 1/4

A spark of joy and hope in a very difficult year. Although many points, including the future of #Gaza, are left unclear. bbc.com/news/articles/…