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Najib Nakad

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Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · 4d ago

New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour. But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families. The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that. Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened. Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues. Ed was in …What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me. And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability. I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed. Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation. When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic: لا شكر على واجب "La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty. That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human. Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…
The Rights Forum@therightsforum.bsky.social · 2mo ago

KORT NIEUWS: Israël bombardeert magazijnen met medische voorraden bij ziekenhuis in Gazastrook https://rightsforum.org/kortnieuws-item/israel-bombardeert-magazijnen-met-medische-voorraden-bij-ziekenhuis-in-gazastrook/

Israël bombardeert magazijnen met medische voorraden bij ziekenhuis in Gazastrook

Israël heeft vanochtend de magazijnen met medische voorraden van het Al-Aqsaziekenhuis in Deir al-Balah in het centrale deel van de Gazastrook gebombardeerd. Twee van de vier magazijnen zijn volledig verwoest, zegt het ministerie van Gezondheid in de Gazastrook. De andere…

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Sander Schimmelpenninck@schimmelpenninck.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Hahaha, het is een pseudoniem en ze krijgen hem nu ff niet te pakken. Tuuuuuuuurlijk joh! www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-medi...

Lezer die in De Telegraaf de aanslag op D66 vergoelijkte, blijkt niet te bestaan: ‘Het is een pseudoniem’

K. Laheye, die sinds 2020 tientallen brieven naar de Telegraaf schreef en vorige week opzien baarde met een brief waarin hij begrip opbracht voor de aanslag op het D66-kantoor, bestaat niet.

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The Rights Forum@therightsforum.bsky.social · 4mo ago

De tijd van ‘tandeloze verklaringen’ is voorbij. De EU moet het Israël-Associatieverdrag opschorten, handel met nederzettingen verbieden en wapenexport stoppen, stellen 94 maatschappelijke organisaties

Bijna 100 organisaties roepen EU op Associatieverdrag met Israël op te schorten - The Rights Forum

De tijd van ‘tandeloze verklaringen’ is voorbij. De EU moet in reactie op Israëls schendingen van het internationaal recht het Associatieverdrag opschorten, alle handel met nederzettingen verbieden en wapenexport stoppen.

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Cas Mudde@casmudde.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The brutality of the Israeli regime knows no boundaries. They kill almost at random and make life impossible for those that survive the killings. While the U.S. is the most important protector of this rogue state, most European countries have done nothing to hold it accountable either.

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 5mo ago

According to the Lebanese National News Agency, these panels supply the town with electricity, which is needed for its water supply, and Israel destroyed homes, roads and olive trees as well.

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 5mo ago

According to the Lebanese National News Agency, these panels supply the town with electricity, which is needed for its water supply, and Israel destroyed homes, roads and olive trees as well.

Ziad Daoud@ziaddaoud.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil killed in Israeli strike "Israeli airstrike hit near the car she was traveling in" "A second Israeli strike then hit the house .. where [she] had taken cover" Rescue workers "were fired on by Israeli forces" apnews.com/article/leba...

Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil killed in Israeli strike on a house where she took cover, paper says

Rescue workers say a Lebanese journalist was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon. The daily Al-Akhbar newspaper says its reporter Amal Khalil was killed on Wednesday in the southern vil...

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Kati Piri@katipiri.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Of het nou gaat om doodstraf voor Palestijnen, marteling van kinderen, de illegale nederzettingen, of de genocide in Gaza: de regering Netanyahu kan niet straffeloos door. Morgen debat: tijd voor actie! PRO komt met motie om EU handelsvoordelen voor Israël op te schorten.

The Rights Forum@therightsforum.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Save the Children brengt een rapport naar buiten over systematische foltering en verkrachting van Palestijnse kinderen in Israëlische detentiecentra. De situatie is schokkender dan ooit. https://rightsforum.org/save-the-children-marteling-van-palestijnse-kinderen-in-israelische-cel-steeds-extremer/

Save the Children: marteling van Palestijnse kinderen in Israëlische cel steeds extremer - The Rights Forum

Voor een rechtvaardig Midden-Oosten beleid

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Laurens Dassen@laurensdassen.voltnederland.org · 5mo ago

Precies het probleem, dat het bij verontwaardiging blijft. Het genocidale regime van Netanyahu heeft lak aan oproepen en veroordelingen. Dat zien we al jaren in Gaza en nu ook in Libanon. Waar blijven de sancties van dit kabinet? Of komen Jetten en Berendsen ook niet verder dan verontwaardiging?

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Seth Abramson@sethabramson.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This is a real picture, from the New York Times, of how Israel is "honoring" a ceasefire that *indisputably* includes the land you are looking at below. Pakistan literally *wrote the ceasefire* and has publicly said that there's no fuzz on the fact that Lebanon is included in it.

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Laurens Dassen@laurensdassen.voltnederland.org · 5mo ago

Terwijl de waanzin in Iran even gestopt lijkt, gaat het genocidale regime van Netanyahu door met de verwoesting van Libanon. Duizenden doden en gewonden. Meer dan een miljoen mensen ontheemd. Waar is kabinet Jetten? Tijd dat er eindelijk harde sancties komen om Netanyahu te stoppen.

Louise Haigh@louisehaighmp.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The world must not look away as Israel continues to occupy and bomb Lebanon Pressure must be brought to bear for political negotiation between Israel and Lebanon, an immediate ceasefire and support for the Lebanese Government’s continued disarmament of Hezbollah www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Middle East crisis live: Iran war ceasefire doesn’t include Lebanon, says Israel

Pakistan’s PM had said the ceasefire would cover Lebanon; IDF ‘continues fighting and ground operations’ against Hezbollah

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Ciarán Fahey@cfahey.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Israel has killed at least 259 journalists since 2023. "We denounce strongly what has now become a standard, dangerous practice of Israel to target and kill journalists and then claim, without providing any credible evidence, that they were involved with armed groups."

Lebanon: UN experts call for international independent investigation into Israel’s killing of journalists

GENEVA – The targeted killing of three Lebanese journalists constitutes another egregious attack on press freedom by Israeli forces and must be promptly, fully and independently investigated by an int...

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Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.gov · 6mo ago

Given the horrific destruction that Israel’s extremist government has wrought on Gaza, Iran and Lebanon, the last thing in the world American taxpayers need to do right now is to provide 22,000 new bombs to the Netanyahu government. No more weapons to support an illegal war.

Bernie Sanders to force disapproval votes over U.S. arms sales to Israel

“No more weapons to support an illegal war,” the senator said in a statement.

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Amnesty International@amnesty.org · 6mo ago

📍Lebanon: Israel is deploying the same deadly playbook it used in 2024 in Lebanon to kill dozens of health workers and devastate healthcare services. Israel must halt attacks on healthcare workers, medical facilities and first responders. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Lebanon: Israel must halt attacks on healthcare workers, medical facilities and first responders

Responding to the killings and injuries of dozens of healthcare workers and first responders in Lebanon since 2 March 2026, amid escalating attacks by the Israeli military and its allegations – withou...

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Marina Purkiss@marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 6mo ago

A couple and their 5 and 7 year old kids… Shot and killed in front of their 2 other kids by the IDF This would be on every front page and condemned by politicians far and wide if the victims has been Israelis And yet when they’re Palestinians… Utterly utterly shameful.

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