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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Read Khaled Al-Qershali's full essay on analystnews.org ⬇️ analystnews.org/posts/to-ret...
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
In the first year of the war, more than 75% of Gaza's population was displaced. Wherever they fled, however, bombs continued to follow. Displacement in Gaza is not accidental, but a systematic attempt to dismantle Palestinian life, memory and continuity.
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
"The ceasefire might have stopped the bombs, but we remain scattered, our lives paused, our futures uncertain." In Gaza’s brittle ceasefire, Palestinian writer Khaled Al-Qershali reflects on a life suspended between the memory of home and the fear of losing it again.
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Read our full analysis on what the NYC mayoral election says about American democracy: www.analystnews.org/posts/what-z...
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What Zohran Mamdani’s rise tells us about the state of democracy in America | Analyst News
The prospect of Mayor Mamdani has triggered a full-scale, bipartisan effort to obstruct his candidacy at every level. There’s a simple reason why.
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
If @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social wins, Sanders says it gives permission for ordinary people in both parties to begin asking deeper questions about the American political system.
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Election Day in New York City is here—and the world is watching. Here’s why, according to Bernie Sanders (@sanders.senate.gov):
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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
“Billionaires like Bill Ackman and Ronald Lauder have poured millions of dollars into this race because they say that we pose an existential threat. I am here to admit something: They are right.” Great view of the big picture by @ismat.bsky.social www.analystnews.org/posts/what-z...
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What Zohran Mamdani’s rise tells us about the state of democracy in America | Analyst News
The prospect of Mayor Mamdani has triggered a full-scale, bipartisan effort to obstruct his candidacy at every level. There’s a simple reason why.
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Ismat Mangla @ismat.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
🧵Zohran Mamdani went from a no-name assemblyman polling at just 1% in February to being the front-runner for NYC mayor in a matter of months. I write for @analystnews.bsky.social on what his meteoric rise *and* the intense backlash to his campaign tell us about democracy in America.
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Zohran Mamdani’s miraculous rise from obscurity to front-runner for mayor of New York City has forced a reckoning over what democracy really means — and who it’s designed to exclude. www.analystnews.org/posts/what-z...
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What Zohran Mamdani’s rise tells us about the state of democracy in America | Analyst News
The prospect of Mayor Mamdani has triggered a full-scale, bipartisan effort to obstruct his candidacy at every level. There’s a simple reason why.
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Two years into Israel’s war on Gaza, childhood itself has been erased. In Gaza, there’s no “after” the trauma — only survival. Read the full story: analystnews.org/posts/the-complete-collapse-of-childhood-in-gaza
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The complete collapse of childhood in Gaza | Analyst News
Psychotherapist Teresa Bailey says Israel’s genocide has created a place where every child needs trauma care, where babies are bombed in incubators, where play has been replaced by war.
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
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Meet the billionaire oligarchs and corporations enabling ICE’s deportation machine | Analyst News
These billionaire barons and corporate profiteers enabling and profiting from Trump’s assault on immigrants.
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Meet the billionaires and corporate giants enabling and profiting from Trump’s deportation machine. From Jeff Bezos to Peter Thiel, their companies are tied to the apparatus that’s helped ICE deport nearly 200,000 people since January. Full link in next post.
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
“I lost peace and safety — and lost everything beautiful inside me.” In this first-hand account diary, Gaza teacher and journalist Ruwaida Amer recounts a life built from rubble, only to be shattered again by war. www.analystnews.org/posts/diary-...
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Diary of a Palestinian woman in Gaza | Analyst News
A young teacher and journalist from Gaza shares her journey of ambition, resilience and devastating loss.
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Quebec’s proposed ban on public prayer is sparking national debate in Canada. Supporters call it social unity; critics say it targets Muslims and erodes religious freedom. How far can secularism go before it collides with rights? ⤵️ www.analystnews.org/posts/quebec...
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Quebec may ban public prayer. What does that mean for religious freedom in Canada? | Analyst News
Quebec has always had a complicated relationship with religion in public life. The Quiet Revolution in the 1960s moved power away from the Catholic Church in
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Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 05/09/2025
“Leaders from student sit-ins to Martin Luther King realized the importance of attacking an overwhelming evil at its weakest point. That’s where you stand the best chance of winning—& winning is far more empowering than chronic losing.” @analystnews.bsky.social www.analystnews.org/posts/how-pe...
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How these peace activists challenged the nuclear arms race – and won a major victory | AnalystNews
In the 1950s, these anti-nuclear activists successfully took aim at atmospheric testing. Campaigners today can learn from their strategies to build more effective movements for change.
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Far-right groups in the U.K. are plastering the streets with St. George’s Crosses, but their message is less about immigration and more about targeting Muslims. Read how patriotism is being weaponized as Islamophobia.⤵️ www.analystnews.org/posts/the-fa...
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The far right rails against immigrants. What they really hate is Muslims. | Analyst News
In recent weeks, the U.K.’s far right has filled the streets with British flags and painted roundabouts with St. George’s Cross in a supposed show of national
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Squid Game was a brutal critique of capitalism. But its global success—from Netflix profits to McDonald’s collabs—shows how even art that resists the system gets consumed by it. Read: www.analystnews.org/posts/squid-...
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Squid Game offers a powerful critique of capitalism — but falls prey to it itself | Analyst News
The final season of Netflix’s hit Squid Game arrived this summer, reigniting its global fandom. Social media buzzed with fan edits, theories and merchandise
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
California’s AB 715, backed by pro-Israel groups, would redefine antisemitism in schools and punish teachers for discussing Palestine. Educators say it’s a censorship bill that chills free speech and whitewashes history. Read by @robcamachosd.bsky.social www.analystnews.org/posts/califo...
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California teachers are fighting a bill to censor classroom criticism of Israel | Analyst News
But educators and civil rights advocates in California say it’s a clear attempt at censorship by pro-Israel groups, designed to suppress classroom discussions
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Sudan’s humanitarian crisis is among the worst in the world: tens of thousands killed, 10 million displaced, USAID shut down. Sudanese families are turning to crowdfunding for food, medicine & evacuations—a fragile lifeline amid war. analystnews.org/posts/sudan-war-torn-crowdfunding-donations-usaid
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For Sudan’s war-torn communities, crowdfunding is a fragile lifeline | Analyst News
With U.S. aid to Sudan on the chopping block, donations are more crucial than ever. But between rampant scams and other obstacles, online fundraising can be an uphill battle.
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Most Americans oppose Israel’s war on Gaza — and oppose sending weapons to Israel. Historian Rashid Khalidi says that means Americans must demand their elected officials actually represent their views. www.youtube.com/shorts/cs3hx...
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Rashid Khalidi: Americans oppose Israel’s war on GazA
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
“The Gaza famine is the world’s famine.” — @tomfletcherun.bsky.social
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Ukraine and Gaza lay bare the collapse of the postwar international order. Political scientist C. J. Polychroniou says that international law is powerless, the U.N. irrelevant and Western powers morally bankrupt. Read: analystnews.org/posts/ukrain...
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Ukraine and Gaza confirm that the postwar international order is obsolete | Analyst News
Ukraine and Gaza reveal the failure of postwar institutions and the moral bankruptcy of Western powers.
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
In an Aug. 5 interview with Drop Site News, historian Rashid Khalidi challenged the notion that the United States should support Israel because it’s “the only democracy in the Middle East.”
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
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NGOs warn of Israel’s ‘weaponization of aid’ as new rules threaten to expel charities from Gaza | Analyst News
Over 100 aid groups say Israeli restrictions are blocking food and medicine, demanding sensitive data from NGOs and deepening famine in the besieged territory.
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
JUST IN: In a newly-released joint statement, more than 100 NGOs warn that Israel’s new rules could ban major international charities from operating in Gaza, blocking vital food and medicine and forcing aid groups to hand over sensitive data as famine deepens. www.youtube.com/shorts/5NlJc...
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104 NGOs warn that Israel’s new rules are blocking charities from delivering aid to Gaza
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
MSF is demanding the immediate dismantling of the GHF and safe, neutral channels for aid.
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
This isn’t random. MSF says the violence is organized and systematic — sniper fire into crowds, stampedes triggered by gunshots, zero accountability from the governments funding the scheme.
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
The data collected by MSF near GHF aid sites is staggering:
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
MSF teams at two clinics near GHF sites have treated gunshot wounds to heads, chests and abdomens — clear signs of both targeted and indiscriminate fire on unarmed people.
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
The GHF was set up to give aid to starving Palestinians. But MSF says these sites have become death traps — where civilians are shot, crushed or suffocated as they try to collect food.
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
A new report from Doctors Without Borders accuses the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation of turning food distribution sites into “a laboratory of cruelty.” 🧵
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
“The dehumanization is so painful.” Ms. Rachel — beloved by millions of toddlers — has been outspoken for Palestinian children. She says she’s shocked by how deeply they’re dehumanized, and while the backlash has been painful, the support has been greater. www.youtube.com/shorts/_XjA4...
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Ms. Rachel: ‘They’re like our kids’ #msrachel #gaza #palestinians
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Israel’s defense spending hit $46.5B in 2024—up 65% since the Gaza war began. “Behind each bomb is an investment flow,” Umbrello reports for @truthout.org. And unless the profits stop, the violence won’t either. Read the full analysis: www.analystnews.org/posts/israel...
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Israel’s ever-expanding war machine is financed through international bond sales | Analyst News
Israel’s ability to continue its military onslaughts is dependent on a sophisticated international funding system.
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Since Oct. 2023, Israel has raised $19.4B by selling bonds underwritten by Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Barclays and more—turning war into an investment market. As @bdsmovement.bsky.social coordinator Shir Hever warns: “Those who buy these bonds are complicit in crimes against humanity.”
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
In a new analysis reported by Andrea Umbrello, the question is simple: How does Israel finance its ever‑expanding wars from Gaza to Lebanon to Yemen? Spoiler: the bombs don’t pay for themselves. 🧵
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu says the only way to prevent further loss of life is through immediate humanitarian access and the restoration of local food production and livelihoods.
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Before Oct. 7, 2023, Gaza was a thriving agricultural hub. Farmers grew citrus, olives, strawberries, wheat, almonds—feeding local communities and supporting nearly a quarter of the population. Agriculture accounted for about 10% of the economy.
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
As of July 28: 🚫 86% of Gaza cropland is damaged 🔒 12.4% is undamaged but inaccessible 🌾 Just 1.5% is both accessible and intact—down from 4% in April Israel has targeted Gaza’s farmland while cutting off aid to 2 million starving people.
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Gaza’s food system has been obliterated. A new U.N. report shows just how devastating—and deliberate—the destruction is. 🧵
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
80 years ago today, the United States dropped the first nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. Now, one of its last survivors wants the world to wake up to the growing nuclear threat. Read: analystnews.org/posts/one-of...
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A Hiroshima survivor warns of the growing nuclear threat
78 years after the first atomic bomb, a Japanese grandmother worries her story will be forgotten — and that the next generation will pay the horrific price.
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
80 years ago today, the United States dropped the first nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. Now, one of its last survivors wants the world to wake up to the growing nuclear thread. Read: analystnews.org/posts/one-of...
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A Hiroshima survivor warns of the growing nuclear threat
78 years after the first atomic bomb, a Japanese grandmother worries her story will be forgotten — and that the next generation will pay the horrific price.
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Up to 300,000 Australians marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Sunday, demanding an end to their government’s complicity in the Gaza genocide. Jewish Australian journalist Antony Loewenstein called for sanctions on Israel as the only way to end its impunity. www.youtube.com/shorts/cJuvR...
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Jewish author: Australia is complicit in Gaza genocide
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
For two years, Palestinians begged for food, water and medicine only to be met with silence, or worse, euphemisms. Now Western headlines say “famine” and “genocide.” But don’t mistake this shift for a newfound conscience, writes Ahmad Ibsais. Read: www.analystnews.org/posts/why-th...
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Why they prefer us starving | Analyst News
How the world learned to mourn Palestinian death without naming Palestinian murder.
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
“It’s not a complex issue. It’s super simple.” In one of his final appearances before his death in 2020, Jewish American commentator Michael Brooks called Israel-Palestine what it is: apartheid. WATCH: www.youtube.com/shorts/fA5dP...
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Michael Brooks: Israel-Palestine is not “complex.” It’s apartheid.
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Fast fashion is flooding the world with cheap clothes. Can thrift culture really counter the damage—or is it just a Band-Aid on a broken system? Read ⤵️ www.analystnews.org/posts/can-th...
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Can thrift culture really fix fast fashion’s problems? | Analyst News
Donating clothes and buying second-hand clothing has become a way for people to indulge their consumerist habits without guilt. The result? Secondhand stores are overflowing with fast fashion.
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Infrastructure has been obliterated. As the ICRC president warns: “The scale of human suffering and the stripping of human dignity have long exceeded every acceptable standard — both legal and moral.”
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Doctors and journalists have been systematically targeted.
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Gaza now has the highest number of child amputees per capita in the world. And as famine spreads, the survivors will face lifelong scars, both physical and generational.
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Analyst News @analystnews.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
🧵More than 70,000 Palestinians killed. An entire population facing starvation. Neighborhoods, hospitals and schools erased. This is the genocide in Gaza — by the numbers.
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