@robin_j_brooks I see the Brookings Institution isn’t sending their best…
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Nimatode
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Nimatode
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INTJ. Iranian-American. Policy analyst by day, elephant dad by night. I dabble in politics, ethnic conflict, and personal finance on the side. 🥖🌹
United States شامل ہوئے Ocak 2011
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The US blockade aims to do two things: (i) give Iran a taste of its own medicine for blockading the Strait of Hormuz; (ii) send Iran’s economy into a tailspin and thereby bring the regime to the negotiating table in good faith. It’s doing both. wsj.com/world/middle-e…
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Most people have no idea how much Democrats have screwed over Republicans with their gerrymandered districts
On the left are the results from New Jersey's 2025 gubernatorial election by precinct
On the right are the same results by congressional district
How is this allowed?
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Want to talk gerrymandering?
On the left is how Illinois voters voted in the 2024 Presidential election by precinct
On the right is the same election, broken down by congressional district
Kamala Harris ended up getting all 19 of Illinois's electoral votes 🤡
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The Israeli official is also Arab.
Perfect display of why there isn’t peace.
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Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s attempt to secure Israel-Palestine handshake backfired The Palestinian FA president refused to stand alongside the Israel FA vice-president for staged photo op in an awkward moment at the 76th Fifa congress 🔗: telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…
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Let me add context here:
Palestinians are afraid of each other. To be seen with an Israeli in a picture is the greatest sin imaginable. You will be disowned. Even if the Israeli delegate is actually another Arab.
Palestinians are willing to embrace a former porn star who degraded Islam (Mia Khalifa) or an actual rapist (Andrew Tate) than be seen in a picture with an Israeli.
It’s time for self reflection.
Telegraph Football@TeleFootball
Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s attempt to secure Israel-Palestine handshake backfired The Palestinian FA president refused to stand alongside the Israel FA vice-president for staged photo op in an awkward moment at the 76th Fifa congress 🔗: telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…
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I have a Hebrew tattoo
I guess that makes me less welcome in much of today's Democratic Party than having a Nazi one
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@sleeepysandy Israel shouldn’t exist because its existence is premised on ethnically cleansing the majority of the indigenous Palestinian population and never letting them return. It is a fraudulent state premised on permanent war and dispossession. Netanyahu is only a symptom of the sickness.
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If you think Israel shouldn’t exist because you think Netanyahu is terrible, tell me why you don’t call for the destruction of Russia, Iran, China, North Korea and even Turkey.
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@EYakoby As always, the Palestinian Arabs don't miss an opportunity to miss a peace process.
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It’s ok to strongly dislike Netanyahu.
Hell, it’s ok to strongly dislike Israel as a whole.
It’s not ok to blame all Jewish people for the actions of Bibi or Israel.
That’s like blaming all Christians because Donald Trump is an asshole.
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"This is a brazen violation of international law." Fact check?
False 🚫
Vessels are subject to capture "in int'l waters" (that is, outside neutral waters) if they are breaching or attempting to breach a blockade. Source: San Remo Manual ¶ 146 (pic).
The only "unlawful" conduct involved here is the 175 people, including several New Yorkers, announcing their intent to breach a blockade then actually navigating to do so.
While it may seem that @NYCMayor is criminally ignorant, sadly making baseless public pronouncements about "brazen violations of international law" is not, in fact, illegal.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@NYCMayor
Last night, Israeli forces intercepted and boarded a humanitarian aid flotilla bound for Gaza in international waters off the coast of Greece — unlawfully detaining more than 175 people, including several New Yorkers. My team has been in direct contact with State and Federal partners as we work to confirm the whereabouts and conditions of these New Yorkers. This is a brazen violation of international law. Those detained must be released.
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Under international law, when you gain a piece of territory in a defensive war, it belongs to you.
In addition, there is a peace agreement between Israel and Egypt, and Egypt has no claims over that territory.
The Palestinians, meanwhile, did not claim it when it was under Egyptian rule.
It passed from Egyptian to Israeli hands, and under international law, it belongs to Israel.
Assal Rad@AssalRad
Gaza is not your territory. You are an occupier.
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@nimatode @EVKontorovich Good thing they are being provided for! Terrorists stealing aid is not the problem of those providing! In addition aid ships must actually be providing meaningful aid under the same provisions and coordinate with military forces for proper transition
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Susan Collins will most likely be reelected.
Janet Mills@JanetMillsforME
My statement suspending my candidacy for the U.S. Senate:
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@EVKontorovich Clever, but wrong.
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@EVKontorovich This is a lazy and incorrect read on the San Remo Manual provisions. Rule 103 expressly prohibits a blockade if the population is being inadequately provided for, which the UN says Gaza is (un.org/unispal/docume…). Hence, Article 146(f) is null and void in this case.
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@nimatode Wrong treaty. See San Remo manual, Art 146.
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