Lisa Goldman

Megastreamer Hasan Piker is the subject of heated debate in the Democratic Party, especially over his views on Israel. But his fondness for the Chinese government may be a deeper problem, writes @newlinesmag Politics Editor @DannyPostel. newlinesmag.com/running-notes/…

When it attacked Iran, Israel nearly dragged the UAE into a regional war.  In one of our current top reads, @lisang spoke to several experts about why, despite this, the relationship between the two countries is now stronger than ever. newlinesmag.com/running-notes/…

Megastreamer Hasan Piker is the subject of heated debate in the Democratic Party, especially for his views on Israel. But his fondness for the Chinese government may be a deeper problem, writes @newlinesmag Politics Editor @DannyPostel. newlinesmag.com/running-notes/…

Seven Arab countries are full members of the body that runs Eurovision, yet in 70 years, only one of those nations has competed. @UnaHajdari explains why for @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/reportage/euro…

Read my colleague @lisang's piece on the scandals and excesses surrounding Sara Netanyahu. The essay explores allegations of abusive behavior, freeloading, and political interference. I later asked Lisa what prompted her to write it. newlinesmag.com/running-notes/…

Egypt’s proposed family law reforms promise modernization. Critics say they instead expose how deeply citizenship, marriage and divorce remain governed through sectarian religious systems rather than equal civil law. @chrysographer takes a closer look. newlinesmag.com/running-notes/…

No other outlet has this important story, not in English not in Arabic. A universal story that really shows his evil can be so banal. newlinesmag.com/reportage/insi…

NEW: Mega-streamer Hasan Piker is the subject of heated debate in the Democratic Party, especially for his views on Israel. But his fondness for the Chinese government may be a deeper problem, writes @newlinesmag Politics Editor @DannyPostel. newlinesmag.com/running-notes/…

"Is Dubai the New Israeli Dream?" The gov't is importing hundreds of thousands of workers from poor countries on 5 year visas to do the jobs Israelis do not want and Palestinians cannot have. But the policy comes at a cost. My latest for @newlinesmag newlinesmag.com/running-notes/…

Editor's Pick: By day, Hala Mounir Mohammad built a following as a Syrian hairdresser and beauty instructor. But by night, former detainees say that she served as a feared guard in Assad’s prison system. @PalomaDinechin speaks with her parents, her neighbors and survivors: newlinesmag.com/reportage/insi…

Reproductive technologies are increasingly playing a role in global conflicts. Fertility tech has become a policy tool and opened a new frontier for ethical questions provoked by war, particularly in Israel and Ukraine, writes @MdLadly newlinesmag.com/spotlight/dead…

In Sudan's Nuba Mountains, drones supplied by Egypt, Turkey, Iran and the UAE are killing civilians by the hundreds and blurring accountability in a war already fought with impunity. Dispatch by @sophie_neiman for @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/reportage/dron…

This is an astonishing, impeccably reported story that will probably be made into a movie.

From the @newlinesmag archive: One year after the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, @DaliaHatuqa recalls the warm and lively private person behind the public image newlinesmag.com/first-person/o…

This is a hard article to read, but I hope you'll do so. I've spent some time reporting on widespread rape and other sexual violence of Palestinian male and female prisoners by Israeli authorities, and the article is now published. The assault victims were warned not to give speak of what they endured -- they were sometimes told they would be killed or raped if they gave interviews -- but they found the courage to do so. One man described being raped three times in a single day in Israeli prison, the third time after he tried to protest. A young woman said the guards would come in at the beginning of each shift and strip her naked and abuse her. Another reported that she was shown photos of herself being raped and warned they would be released unless she cooperated with Israeli intelligence. Even three children who had been detained told me they had been sexually abused. Look, whatever our position on the Middle East, we should be able to agree on being anti-rape. Sexual assaults were horrific when Israeli women were targeted on Oct. 7, and they're equally horrific when Israeli authorities use them against Palestinians day after day after day. We should be able to find common ground in opposing rape. Here's a gift link to the article: nytimes.com/2026/05/11/opi…

I was surprised to learn recently that outside of Israel few people knew that Sara Netanyahu is not only deeply corrupt, but bonkers and possibly a full-blown alcoholic who drinks a case of pink champagne a week. So I wrote about her for @newlinesmag . newlinesmag.com/running-notes/…

This is a craaazy story

An Egyptian doctor stripped of his license for pushing a fringe diet died suddenly in Dubai last month. His millions of followers have only grown since. @TharwaBoulifi reports for @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/running-notes/…

The notorious corruption of Sara Netanyahu, wife of Israel’s prime minister, is once again in the news, this time for her role in inflating the cost of customizing Wing of Zion, the plane for government officials, writes @lisang in @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/running-notes/…

NEW: Reproductive technologies are increasingly playing a role in global conflicts. Fertility tech has become a policy tool and opened a new frontier for ethical questions provoked by war, particularly in Israel and Ukraine, writes @MdLadly for @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/dead…