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Two Israeli firms have developed tech to locate and even ID users of @Starlink , Elon Musk's satellite internet service, a @haaretzcom investigation found. This is done thru processing of commercial and adtech data sources. big @omerbenj story haaretz.com/israel-news/se…

Who does he work for?

Israel is paying private civilian contracts at least $500 per day to demolish homes in areas it occupies in southern Lebanon shomrim.news/hebrew/contrac…

If even a son of Shyfrych (Ukrainian politician from the pro-Russian party) is calling Mendel pro-Russian... then it's a lost case for her 100%

By the way, want to know where this idiotic “Zelensky snorts cocaine” narrative actually comes from? Its roots go back to early 2019, when Ukraine’s presidential election campaign was in full swing. The claim that “Zelensky is a drug addict” was aggressively pushed at the time by then-president Petro Poroshenko, who was seeking reelection, along with his massive media machine. The strategy of discrediting Zelensky and his presidential ambitions through drug allegations was widely attributed to political consultant Moshe Klughaft, known for running highly aggressive election campaigns in different countries, whom Poroshenko’s camp was reportedly bringing in to save his collapsing ratings. The whole thing descended into completely absurd territory. As many remember, both leading presidential candidates publicly took urine tests in laboratories to prove they were not drug addicts, and Poroshenko then spent weeks almost literally waving around his test results on television. (In fact, that complete lack of restraint in black PR, hysterical self-promotion, and increasingly deranged campaigning was one of the reasons Poroshenko ultimately lost the presidency in 2019.) Throughout all these years -- before and after 2019 -- there has never been a shred of actual evidence that the demonstrably athletic and health-conscious Zelensky uses drugs. But after Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, Putin and Russian state propaganda eagerly adopted the old smear campaign for themselves (“…that bunch of drug addicts and neo-Nazis who seized power in Kiev…”) And now Tucker Carlson is running around repeating it like a fool, unaware that he’s parroting a seven-year-old Ukrainian election dirty trick and making himself look like a moron in the process.

@IuliiaMendel What’s actually happening is even the most persistent critics of Zelensky are calling you out as a liar.

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Professors from London and California are the biggest “fighters” in this war, putting together out of context facts and ignoring the realities. Most of the professors have never even been to war or to Ukraine, some make money by spending time in 5-star hotels and at forums. These professors also spread propaganda that is out of touch with reality. Is this one of them?

Just a reminder: while in office, Mendel physically confronted and harassed journalists (video attached). She did not hold the position for long, but during that time she was involved in multiple cringe-worthy scandals and controversial statements. Some of my colleagues in D.C. have been texting me for a while asking what happened to her. The answer is simple: nothing happened to her — she was always like this. Inside Ukraine, she was never taken very seriously. Somehow, though, she managed to build credibility abroad, especially in the U.S., and gained a large following on Twitter. Zelenskyy’s team was very different when he first took office compared to what it is today. But even back then, they quickly realized hiring her was a mistake, and she was let go. The only real difference now may be that she is acting openly as a Russian asset. Or perhaps she is simply trying to use this scandal to gain legal status in the U.S. as someone claiming political persecution.

There are two reasons why Zelensky fired Iuliia Mendel in 2021. One is her deteriorating mental state. In this video from 2019, she can be seen acting like a complete psycho, pushing a journalist twice. The lady is not ok.

The documentary that the BBC refused to air - Gaza: Doctors Under Attack - won a Bafta last night. The documentary shows the targeting, detainment and torture of medics in Gaza by Israeli authorities. The decimation of Gaza’s healthcare system including the detention of healthcare workers is central to Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. Amnesty awarded Gaza: Doctors Under Attack at the Amnesty Media Awards last week. The work of everyone involved in making this documentary and fighting for it to be broadcast shows the importance of journalists willing to speak truth to power. #Bafta #Baftas

Palantir’s co-founder is upset with this important reporting from @nytimes’ @NickKristof which is one more reason why you should definitely read it

When Russia is doing badly on the battlefield, they unpack old, tired, and a hundred times debunked narratives to smear Ukraine. Every time.

Our investigation into Israel's use of Azure to store surveillance data on Palestinians continues to have major ripple effects. According to @globesnews, an internal probe has led Microsoft to place its Israeli branch under the management of Microsoft France.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich demands the transfer of areas in the West Bank from Areas A and B to Area C, in response to European Union sanctions.

Rape of Palestinians is so common in Israeli prisons that the United Nations calls it “standard operating procedure”. A systematic tool of torture used by Israeli prison guards against Palestinian men, women and children. The most moral army in the world ™

“In wrenching interviews, Palestinians have recounted to me a pattern of widespread Israeli sexual violence against men, women and even children,” our columnist Nicholas Kristof writes. nyti.ms/4ue9mtV

Tucker and the Kremlin pulling Mendel, a well-known Russian shill, out from under a rock now is notable for two reasons: 1. They are desperate to do something, anything. 2. It doesn’t actually achieve anything. Even if Julia managed to shock and convince Americans... Trump has already cut assistance to Ukraine.

While far-right Mi Hazánk MPs were turning their backs on Roma children in the orchestra, Gábor Józsa, the commander of the parliament honour guard in Hungary was saluting them on the way out. We are not the same!

BREAKING: #Israel’s Ministerial Committee on Legislation is, at this hour, considering a draft bill to terminate the Oslo Accords, the interim agreements between Israel and the PLO @nadplo that established the framework for limited #Palestinian self-government. For decades, Israeli officials invoked “pacta sunt servanda” - agreements must be kept - while insisting Palestinians honour obligations under Oslo, even as settlement expansion, annexation, forcible transfer, and fragmentation of the occupied territory steadily eroded the accords in practice. Now, it appears, Israel may formally renounce the very framework it long claimed remained binding. Yet one point of law is beyond doubt. The legal consequences identified by the International Court of Justice @CIJ_ICJ in 2024 do not depend on Oslo, and cannot be extinguished by legislation of a single party. Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territory - the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza - was determined by the Court to be unlawful, and as such, must end unconditionally and as rapidly as possible. Termination of Oslo will not alter Israel’s obligations under international law. It will not extinguish the rights of Palestinians to reparation for internationally wrongful acts arising from decades of unlawful presence and deliberate harm. Nor will it relieve third States of their duty to effectively cooperate to bring those unlawful acts to an end, and secure permanent Palestinian sovereignty.

11 years ago today, Carrie Fisher made a hilarious Mother’s Day post.