Yusuf Sarfati
@yusufsarfati.bsky.social
Professor of Comparative Politics, Illinois State University, autocratization, religion, social movements & mobilization. Turkey, Israel. Istanbulite, Normalite. Anti-fascist. He/him. Siyaset Bilimi. Akademisyen. İnsan. Baba.
The problem with this framing is that they always define “right to exist” as “right to prioritize maintaining a Jewish voting majority above enfranchising everyone who lives in the governed territories.” Which gets you precisely into the policies in question.
Pete Hegseth is bringing back spectacle lynching
TEXAS — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Why do we have a trillionaire when veterans are sleeping on the streets? The reason poverty exists is not because we can’t feed the poor, it’s because we can’t satisfy the rich.” (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social )
Maybe the most culturally connected I feel to Mayor Mamdani is that every single progressive Jew has also been called both a Zionist stooge and a Hamas stooge by people on opposite sides.
damniel spookradski@self.agency · last wk.schrödinger's mayor: he is either a zionist stooge or a hamas stooge depending on which bunch of assholes are looking at him
Like many many Israelis and Palestinians I am still waiting for that horrible day to end.
The Israeli government was determined not to allow Israeli citizens the time to grieve and process the atrocities of the 7th October. Instead, it immediately plunged them into a genocidal campaign against Palestinians, and a never ending war against the entire region.
The 7th Oct was the biggest single-day massacre in the modern history of Palestine/Israel. It was followed by the most lethal campaign in the history of the country. In the last three years, Israel inflicted a 7 Oct on Gaza every three weeks on average (in absolute terms; more in relative terms).
Yet, grievances and societal discontent sparked by the scandal are an entirely different matter and more difficult to contain in the medium to long term.
With the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality now “turning red,” Erdoğan has secured a strategic victory in his long-standing struggle against secular republicans. This apparent victory may offset the turmoil caused by the stock market scandal in the short term.
Ezra Klein: “What is, to you, the ‘rage economy’?” James Talarico: “The billionaires own the algorithms and the news networks. They have created for-profit platforms that divide us on an hourly basis — by party, by race, by gender, by religion. They elevate the most extreme voices."
New York, it’s official. We’re extending our Open Play program to keep select fields lit at night for free pickup soccer this fall & next summer. Restarting tonight, you can play soccer from 10pm-2am at select parks in all 5 boroughs. Drop in or sign up online. Locations/details at nycopenplay.com
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 3mo agoThis summer, we kept the lights on all night, every night, at five soccer fields across New York City. This was the scene at Calvert Vaux Park in Gravesend, Brooklyn Tuesday night.
This should have its own name: Dictatorship promotion.
bystander1.bsky.social@bystander1.bsky.social · 2w agoDANGEROUS STUFF💥 "With hours left before the funding expires, the Trump administration is pushing to direct more than $175m of the state department’s flagship human rights fund to a slate of awards that includes a huge $40m grant for an anti-communism fund, support for a group advancing white.."
Whether Netanyahu or the opposition forms the next government, one thing is clear: The upcoming Knesset will be more right-wing, and won't advance anything that dares to suggest diplomacy or agreements with the Palestinians. By @dahliasc.bsky.social Gift article www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Analysis • Forget Bibi. Brace for what Israel's next Knesset will look like
The Israeli parliament as a whole will set the bounds for laws, bills, and normative debates reflecting what Israel is. And when it comes to the elections for the Knesset, the polls are clearer, the p...
haaretz.com
This should have its own name: Dictatorship promotion.
bystander1.bsky.social@bystander1.bsky.social · 2w agoDANGEROUS STUFF💥 "With hours left before the funding expires, the Trump administration is pushing to direct more than $175m of the state department’s flagship human rights fund to a slate of awards that includes a huge $40m grant for an anti-communism fund, support for a group advancing white.."
Whether Netanyahu or the opposition forms the next government, one thing is clear: The upcoming Knesset will be more right-wing, and won't advance anything that dares to suggest diplomacy or agreements with the Palestinians. By @dahliasc.bsky.social Gift article www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Analysis • Forget Bibi. Brace for what Israel's next Knesset will look like
The Israeli parliament as a whole will set the bounds for laws, bills, and normative debates reflecting what Israel is. And when it comes to the elections for the Knesset, the polls are clearer, the p...
haaretz.com
The last Trump-Kushner-Witkoff “peace plan” for Russia-Ukraine had more on data center construction opportunities than on security guarantees that could make peace last. This time it’s an oil deal. The whole effort has been trying to sell out Ukraine for personal profit and neo-fascist solidarity.
U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
nytimes.com
Polls Show Advantage for Incumbent Parties in 4 Governor’s Races: Democrats hold wide leads in Maine and Pennsylvania, as does the incumbent Republican in New Hampshire, but Michigan appears closer, according to New York Times/Siena polls. More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260927
From Deniz Göktaş's spirited defense on charges of insulting Erdoğan during a comedy act: "The word 'dictator' is a political description not an insult... Another comedian could call him a 'democrat' and get more laughs."
Karl Rove: “We didn’t labor in the wilderness to build a conservative party that was inclusive and welcoming … to see it taken over by a bunch of bigots." www.sacurrent.com/news/politic...
Karl Rove says Republican Party is being taken over by 'Nazis'
The Bush-era GOP political operative also said Republicans would be winning the battle for Texas' U.S. Senate seat if John Cornyn was the nominee.
sacurrent.com
Israel has revoked the aliyah approval issued by the Jewish Agency of two Jewish activists in their 20s –who have been active in recent years in protective presence in the Palestinian communities in West Bank to deter settler and military violence. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Israel freezes aliyah for two Jews over activism protecting Palestinians
In both cases, the protective-presence activists, who did not know each other, had their passports photographed by a soldier or settler. These are the first known cases in which Israeli authorities ap...
haaretz.com
Israel has revoked the aliyah approval issued by the Jewish Agency of two Jewish activists in their 20s –who have been active in recent years in protective presence in the Palestinian communities in West Bank to deter settler and military violence. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Israel freezes aliyah for two Jews over activism protecting Palestinians
In both cases, the protective-presence activists, who did not know each other, had their passports photographed by a soldier or settler. These are the first known cases in which Israeli authorities ap...
haaretz.com