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Elham Fakhro

@elhamfakhro.bsky.social

Academic and author of a recent book on the Abraham Accords. Interested in the Gulf states, conflict diplomacy, progressive ideas. https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-abraham-accords/9780231212380/

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Elham Fakhro@elhamfakhro.bsky.social · 2w ago

As a senior officer, he formulated a doctrine calling for the use of overwhelming force, including targeting civilian infrastructure. While Eisenkot didn’t implement the doctrine as army chief many view it as a precursor to the IDF’s devastating tactics in Gaza and Lebanon www.ft.com/content/1966...

The man running against Benjamin Netanyahu

Former military chief Gadi Eisenkot is the main opponent to Israel’s divisive prime minister ahead of October election

ft.com

Shibley Telhami@stelhami.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Iran has been increasingly targeting Jordan with attacks like the one on Friday that killed two U.S. servicemen. The reason, analysts said, is that Jordan has been playing a more central role in U.S. military operations against Iran." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/w...

Increased Cooperation With U.S. Has Put Jordan in Iran’s Cross Hairs

Jordan’s role in U.S. operations against Iran has grown as other allies in the region have restricted Washington’s ability to use their bases and airspace.

nytimes.com

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 3w ago

My longstanding policy preference has been to torture zero souls, for zero days. My colleague Satan preferred to torture all souls, for eternity. I appreciated his willingness to negotiate, which led to the historic Torture One Million Souls act of 2014 and the Torture A Bunch More Souls act of 2018

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 3w ago

Deeply saddened to learn of the loss of my dear friend Satan, the Prince of Lies. Though we often disagreed about matters such as the appropriate role of torture in the afterlife, I will most remember how his quick wit and affable nature made our weekly golf outings a ritual. He will be missed.

Elham Fakhro@elhamfakhro.bsky.social · 4w ago

A prominent Arab-American journalist is very clearly using Chat GPT in all his X posts, as well as his substack. I dont understand how actual "writers" can do this. It is so obvious and obnoxious.

Oliver Willis@owillis.bsky.social · 4w ago

just a heads up: you dont get access like this without giving something up. the administration wants images of big powerful american jets doing stuff and @cnn.com is serving up precisely what they want. signed, guy who remembers both iraq wars

CNN@cnn.com · 4w ago

Destroyers are equipped to intercept threats aimed at hitting the larger aircraft carriers they protect. CNN's Pamela Brown reports on board the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea.

Elham Fakhro@elhamfakhro.bsky.social · 4w ago

"If China's (electric) car industry were handing out a salesman of the year award for 2026, President Trump would be a leading contender"

Jan Rosenow@janrosenow.bsky.social · 4w ago

The ongoing conflict in the Middle East has been an accelerator for the energy transition I told @npr.org. In an uncertain world, many countries found that investing in renewables and EVs give them energy security – and makes economic sense. And that's not going away. www.npr.org/2026/07/09/n...

Middle East Eye (Unofficial)@middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 4w ago

Explosions heard in Bahrain as Iran says any site enabling US attack is 'legitimate target' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/explosions-heard-bahrain-iran-says-any-site-enabling-us-attack

Explosions heard in Bahrain as Iran says any site enabling US attack is 'legitimate target'

<article data-history-node-id="443795" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/explosions-heard-bahrain-iran-says-any-site-enabling-us-attack" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/explosions-heard-bahrain-iran-says-any-site-enabling-us-attack" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Explosions heard in Bahrain as Iran says any site enabling US attack is 'legitimate target'</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Several explosions rang out across Bahrain, an AFP correspondent said, after authorities sounded air raid sirens to warn of an attack.</p> <p>"Loud" blasts were heard in the north of the island state, the correspondent said, in the first incident since Bahrain reported intercepting Iranian drones and missiles on June 28.</p> <p>Iran's military, meanwhile, warned that any site enabling the United States to attack the country would be considered a "legitimate target".</p> <p>"Any support provided to the aggressive American army to violate the sovereignty and territory of Islamic Iran will be a legitimate target of the armed forces," the military said in a statement. (Reporting by AFP)</p> </div> </div> </article>

middleeasteye.net

Jamie Dyer@jamiedcville.bsky.social · last mo.

"The BoD at the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) will change its definition of who qualifies as a journalist to exclude slain Palestinian and Lebanese journalists who worked for government-funded media outlets. This is a racist scandal of massive proportions for everyone involved"

NEW: The Board of Directors at the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) will formally change its definition of who qualifies as a journalist, to broadly exclude slain Palestinian and Lebanese journalists who worked for government-funded media outlets. Israeli, American, and Ukrainian journalists who work for state-funded outlets or are embedded with the military will remain recognized as journalists, of course. The move was catalyzed to appease the right-wing Zionist rag The Free Beacon, which has repeatedly accused Palestinian and Lebanese journalists of being undercover militants or used their political opinions or affiliations as justification for their killing by the IOF. This is a racist scandal of massive proportions for everyone involved, and it makes a mockery of the purported mission of the organization. It is absolutely abhorrent that the organization’s resources are wasted on this cowardly witch-hunt, at a moment in history that is the deadliest for journalists, especially in Palestine and Lebanon.
Elham Fakhro@elhamfakhro.bsky.social · last mo.

A shocking 70,000 Kuwaitis have now had their citizenships revoked, leaving many of them stateless, unable to access basic services, and without any appeal process www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Kuwait: Nationality withdrawals disproportionately harming women and children, warns UN expert

GENEVA – The Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Reem Alsalem, today expressed serious concern over the continued large-scale withdrawal and revocation of Kuwaiti nationality initi...

ohchr.org

Sam Heller | سام هيلر@abujamajem.com · last mo.

For people upset about Article 13 of this U.S.-Israel-Lebanon trilateral agreement – or its other sovereignty-negating provisions, which effectively put Lebanon in U.S.- and Israeli-supervised receivership – this is where this process was always headed: foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/15/t...

Trump’s Lebanon Negotiations Are Breaking the Country

Rather than acting as a good-faith mediator, Trump is humiliating the Lebanese government.

foreignpolicy.com