Maher Hamoud
@maherhamoud.bsky.social
Lecturer of Political Economy @KU_Leuven, former Chief Editor @DailyNewsEgypt, Publications&Blog: SouthPush.com #FreePalestine
A new installment in my history of the Egyptian Air Force series, looking at the air war during the Yemen intervention (1962-1967)
Egypt’s Air War in Yemen, 1962–1967
Intervention and the Problem of Distance
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"The Irritating Gentleman" by Berthold Woltze (1874): the painting that nailed everyday harassment 150 years ago
President Donald Trump’s apocalyptic warning that Iran's “whole civilization will die tonight” is a threat to commit war crimes and may constitute a threat to commit genocide. The international community must take urgent action to avert an impending catastrophe. Read more 👇
Iran: President Trump’s apocalyptic threats of large-scale civilian devastation demand urgent global action to prevent atrocity crimes
Responding to the United States President Donald Trump’s statement about Iran on Truth Social on 7 April 2026, warning that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again”, Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International said: “President Trump’s very act of making such apocalyptic threats, including his warning of ending ‘a […]
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مقالي الجديد لساوث بوش: جدلية مفادها أنّ اليسار الأوروبي، رغم حالة الزخم الجديدة ، يواجه خطر الوقوع في انزلاق سياسي وأخلاقي شبيه بما حدث في عام 1956 بسبب الخلط بين مناهضة الإمبريالية والدفاع عن أنظمة سلطوية. southpush.com/ar/2025/12/3...
اليسار الأوروبي، مناهضة الإمبريالية، وخطر تكرار أزمة 1956
يشهد اليسار الأوروبي اليوم حالة نهوض متناقضة. ففي خضمّ أهوال الإبادة الجماعية الجارية في غزة، استعادت ائتلافات واسعة من الأحزاب اليسارية والحركات الاجتماعية والمنظمات القاعدية حضورها العلني وسلطتها…
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My new article for SouthPush: I argue that while the European Left is experiencing a rising moment, it also faces a serious risk of repeating a historic rupture by conflating anti-imperialism with uncritical alignment with authoritarian power blocs. southpush.com/2025/12/31/t...
The European Left, Anti-Imperialism, and the Risk of a New 1956
The European Left today is undergoing a paradoxical resurgence. Amid the horror of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, broad coalitions of leftist parties, social movements, and grassroots organisations …
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Trump campaigned on an “America First” platform. Now he wants to "run" Venezuela? 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Health care is collapsing. Housing is unaffordable. Trump should address these major crises at home and end his illegal military adventurism abroad.
Allah yerhamo… He was indeed an icon in Arab news broadcasting. His voice, persona, sophisticated and elegant language, were all (and will remain) legendary.
Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 7mo agoJamil Azar, 89, was the author of Al Jazeera’s motto, ‘The opinion and the other opinion’.
Flash flooding, very cold and unsettled weather expected across Palestine, according to the Meteorological Department.
Displaced people in Gaza brace for harsh weather warning in flimsy tents
Flash flooding, very cold and unsettled weather expected across Palestine, according to the Meteorological Department.
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Ukraine's General Staff estimated the tally - but Russian President Vladimir Putin appears bent on avoiding peace talks.
Over 400,000 Russians killed, wounded for 0.8 percent of Ukraine in 2025
Ukraine's General Staff estimated the tally - but Russian President Vladimir Putin appears bent on avoiding peace talks.
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Government files suggest former UK prime minister pressured officials to prevent soldiers being tried in civil courts.
Did Tony Blair influence trial of UK soldiers accused of killing Iraqi man?
Government files suggest former UK prime minister pressured officials to prevent soldiers being tried in civil courts.
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Ban could cut hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza off from essential care, Doctors Without Borders warns.
Israel faces widespread condemnation as NGO ban comes into effect
Ban could cut hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza off from essential care, Doctors Without Borders warns.
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This is a big and serious clash between Saudi Arabia and Emirates. Something very rare among the Gulf states.
Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 7mo agoAll UAE forces must leave Yemen within 24 hours, the presidential council says.
“The Coalition Air Forces conducted a limited military operation this morning targeting weapons and combat vehicles unloaded from the two ships at the port.” Mind boggling the statement refers to this as an act of the “coalition”. Perhaps since that’s the legal cover for Saudi mil action in #Yemen?
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 7mo agoBREAKING: Saudi Arabia said it bombed the port city of Mukalla in Yemen over a shipment of weapons for a separatist force there that arrived from the United Arab Emirates.
Also convicted 5 times for racial hatred and one of the few French celebrities aligned with the far right.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 7mo agoBrigitte Bardot, the French actress who redefined mid-20th-century movie sex symbolism and then gave up acting to devote her life to the welfare of animals, has died at 91. trib.al/E7pHzGe
With Christmas approaching, celebrations in Haifa were met with chaos after Israeli police stormed the Wadi al-Nisnas neighbourhood, arresting and beating Christians in the area.
From ports to streets: The spread of organised crime violence in Europe
From ports to streets: The spread of organised crime violence in Europe
Across the European Union, police forces and intelligence services are recording a noticeable increase in violence linked to organised crime. Once...
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Ceremony held at hospital destroyed by Israel highlights toll of two-year war on Gaza's medical system.
Palestinian doctors graduate in ruins of Gaza's destroyed al-Shifa Hospital
Ceremony held at hospital destroyed by Israel highlights toll of two-year war on Gaza's medical system.
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#OtD 9 Dec 1947 the Rawagede massacre was carried out by Dutch colonial troops in Indonesia, who executed 431 people: nearly every male aged over 15 in the village of Rawagede (now Balongsari). None of the killers were prosecuted stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1088...
💡 Des contrats de l'OTAN avec l'entreprise israélienne d'armements Elbit Systems suspendus dans le cadre de l’enquête judiciaire transnationale visant de potentiels pots-de-vin lors d’achats d’armes par une agence de l’Alliance, la NSPA.
Soupçons de corruption à l’Otan : des contrats d’un géant israélien de la défense suspendus
L’enquête judiciaire transnationale visant de potentiels pots-de-vin lors d’achats d’armes par une agence de l’Alliance s’élargit : la justice belge a émis un mandat d’arrêt à l’encontre d’un consulta...
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Video footage shows Israeli bulldozers forcibly uprooting hundreds of Palestinian olive trees in Qaryut, a village south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
Eurovision 2026: EBU decision to admit Israel triggers growing boycott by participating countries
Eurovision 2026: EBU decision to admit Israel triggers growing boycott by participating countries
On Thursday, Spain’s public broadcaster RTVE announced that it would be boycotting next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, following confirmation by...
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Dozens of children of Palestinian parents at risk of losing Belgian nationality
Dozens of children of Palestinian parents at risk of losing Belgian nationality
Local authorities in Belgium have stripped dozens of children born to Palestinian parents of their Belgian nationality since 2023, De Standaard...
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Belgian ethical hackers expose record number of public service vulnerabilities
Belgian ethical hackers expose record number of public service vulnerabilities
Belgian ethical hackers have uncovered 96 vulnerabilities in public services in recent weeks, a sharp increase compared with 2024. The Centre for...
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The title is missing that the murdered mother and her daughter were Syrian. … If it was the other way around, the title wouldn’t have missed that 🤮 www.bbc.com/news/article...
Bodies of missing mum and child found in freezers in Austria
Public prosecutor Hansjörg Mayr says two men, aged 55 and 53, are being held on "strong suspicion of murder".
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Yet, many of them refuse to speak it with migrants of colour out of deep racism and Flemish nationalism.
Belga_English (Belga News Agency)@belgaenglish.bsky.social · 9mo agoFlemish people rank among the world’s top non-native English speakers