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Avner Gidron

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Senior Policy Adviser, Amnesty International

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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
US: Deportations to Haiti Endanger Lives www.hrw.org/news/2026/09...
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US: Deportations to Haiti Endanger Lives
Since ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti in late July 2026, US authorities have deported hundreds of Haitians back to their country, where they face threats to their lives and safety an...
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Amnesty EU @amnestyeu.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ahead of @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu's #SOTEU speech, @amnesty.org & @hrw.org call for urgent EU action on Israel. She must make good on past promises to suspend the EU Israel Association Agreement & finally present a ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements 👇 www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Von der Leyen’s failures on Israel must end, starting with a settlement trade ban
This State of the European Union address must be an opportunity to make good on past promises and finally present a ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements.
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The Pentagon Asked OpenAI for Artificial Intelligence Designed to Rarely Say No by @sambiddle.com theintercept.com/2026/09/08/p...
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The Pentagon Asked OpenAI for Artificial Intelligence Designed to Rarely Say No
The U.S. military’s desire for an AI tool with “minimal refusal rates” was revealed through a FOIA lawsuit filed by The Intercept.
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
ICE Gave New Hires Access to Restricted Info on Palantir App Before They Passed Background Checks theintercept.com/2026/09/03/i...
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ICE Gave New Hires Access to Restricted Info on Palantir App Before They Passed Background Checks
Palantir created ELITE, a powerful new app for ICE to target immigrants. The feds never published a legally required privacy assessment for it.
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
.@amnesty.org : Israel steps up annexation measures with unlawful land seizure orders in the occupied West Bank www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Israel steps up annexation measures with unlawful land seizure orders in the occupied West Bank
Israel is escalating its relentless expansion of illegal settlements by confiscating land in the occupied West Bank, including through ordering the seizure of land in Area A, which is under the contro...
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
EU's consistent failure to suspend Association Agreement with Israel must spur spur member states to take unilateral action. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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EU/Israel: Bloc’s consistent failure to suspend Association Agreement should spur member states to take unilateral action
The European Commission finally presented options for restricting trade with illegal Israeli settlements, none were adopted at the Foreign Affairs Council on 13 July.
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Trump Has Already Launched More Death Penalty Prosecutions Than in His Entire First Term theintercept.com/2026/07/01/t...
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Trump Has Already Launched More Death Penalty Prosecutions Than in His Entire First Term
Pam Bondi and Todd Blanche have pushed hard for new death sentences, including in states that have abolished executions.
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Trump claims to be targeting vessels involved in drug trafficking. Were the fishermen who went missing with the Fiorella collateral damage? www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Women in the Army Are More Likely to Be Killed by Fellow Soldiers Than Enemy Combatants theintercept.com/2026/06/30/a...
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Women in the Army Are More Likely to Be Killed by Fellow Soldiers Than Enemy Combatants
A first-of-its-kind investigation by The Intercept found that the greatest threats to women serving in the Army come at the hands of male soldiers.
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The Trump Administration’s Shameless Snuff-Film Fixation theintercept.com/2026/06/29/t...
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The Trump Administration’s Shameless Snuff-Film Fixation
Twenty years ago, U.S. military officials condemned terrorist “snuff films.” Now our top officials post them.
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
High school final exam season is stressful. In Gaza, it’s nearly impossible www.972mag.com/gaza-tawjihi...
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High school final exam season is stressful. In Gaza, it’s nearly impossible
With the Tawjihi moved online, students are struggling with unstable internet and constant distraction — all while Israeli attacks threaten their lives.
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Rep. Balint Leads 75 Colleagues in Condemning Israeli Military Engagement in Lebanon, Destruction of Civilian Homes and Infrastructure balint.house.gov/news/documen...
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Rep. Balint Leads 75 Colleagues in Condemning Israeli Military Engagement in Lebanon, Destruction of Civilian Homes and Infrastructure
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
@amnesty.org : Algeria - 22 years after pledge to establish national shelters, authorities still failing survivors of gender-based violence www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Algeria: 22 years after pledge to establish national shelters authorities still failing survivors of gender-based violence
Twenty-two years after a government commitment to establish a nationwide system of shelters to protect women from violence in Algeria, only three have formally opened, leaving survivors across the cou...
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Thousands Are Fleeing Ukraine’s Donbas Strongholds as Russia Pushes Closer www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/w...
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Thousands Are Fleeing as Putin Bombs the Donbas Cities He Most Covets
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Mona Khalil, Defender of Sea Turtles, Killed in an Israeli Strike in Lebanon www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/w...
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Mona Khalil, Defender of Sea Turtles, Killed in an Israeli Strike in Lebanon
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
@amnesty.org : Almost 100 people executed in Saudi Arabia so far this year as dozens more remain on death row for drug-related offences www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Saudi Arabia: Almost 100 people executed so far this year as dozens more remain on death row for drug-related offences
It is halfway through the year and Saudi Arabia has executed nearly 100 people, exposing the authorities' unconscionable and unlawful use of the death penalty.
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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
"How was this court designed to address the serious crimes committed on that day? Apparently, by breaking with all standards of truth-seeking and fair trial enshrined in international human rights law, IHL, and in Israeli criminal law and procedure."
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
'Nobody's Born a Soldier': The Israeli Teens Who Say the Draft Is a Choice www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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'Nobody's born a soldier': The Israeli teens who say the draft is a choice
They Are Not Persuaded by Arguments of Peace Through Violence. What's the Point of Being Punk if You're Going to Bend and Serve?
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
New research by @amnesty.org : Deadly drone strikes by #Iran on #Bahrain and #SaudiArabia may constitute #WarCrimes www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Iran: Deadly drone strikes on Bahrain and Saudi Arabia may constitute war crimes – new research
Iranian authorities killed and injured civilians in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia in violation of international humanitarian law, and as part of a wider pattern of strikes on Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)...
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The Belfast riots, Palestine Action protests. What is terrorism now – and why the hypocrisy? By George Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Belfast riots, Palestine Action protests. What is terrorism now – and why the hypocrisy? | George Monbiot
The right is obsessed with ‘two-tier policing’. This is indeed a two-tier government – but the real victims are progressives, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Ohio Governor Says State Should End the Death Penalty, Breaking With His Party www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/u...
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Ohio Governor Says State Should End the Death Penalty, Breaking With His Party
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
@amnesty.org : In large parts of southern Lebanon, Israel’s ‘everybody-leave’ orders were followed by ‘don’t-come-back’ orders. Israel’s forced displacement & prevention of return of tens of thousands of civilians from southern Lebanon constitutes a war crime. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Lebanon: Israel radically expands use of unlawful mass 'evacuation' orders and commits war crime of unlawful transfer
The Israeli military’s repeated use of unlawful mass “evacuation” and no-return orders to displace and terrify hundreds of thousands of people in Lebanon flagrantly violates international humanitarian...
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 15/06/2026
In a disastrous ruling, the Court of Appeal in London has overruled the High Court and upheld the government's decision to ban Palestine Action as a terrorist group. Defining a protest group as terrorists has created an absurd situation where thousands have been arrested for holding up signs.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 11/06/2026
this @amnesty.org report is a must read!!
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Women Who Fled Iran Are to Be Deported to Central African Republic, Lawyers Say www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/w...
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Women Who Fled Iran Are to Be Deported to Central African Republic, Lawyers Say
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Top Pentagon Official Admits Boat Strike May Have Killed Victims of Human Trafficking theintercept.com/2026/06/10/t...
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Top Pentagon Official Admits Boat Strike May Have Killed Victims of Human Trafficking
If this boat was running drugs, why was it loaded with so many people?
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
@amnesty.org : Acceleration of Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians must spur global action to halt West Bank annexation www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Acceleration of Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians must spur global action to halt West Bank annexation
The international community’s tacit or explicit support for Israeli crimes, including genocide and apartheid, or their failure to act resolutely to stop them has emboldened the Israeli authorities to ...
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
UK and allies sanction networks enabling settler violence in the West Bank www.gov.uk/government/n...
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UK and allies sanction networks enabling settler violence in the West Bank
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper announces coordinated sanctions with international partners targeting individuals and entities involved in financing and enabling settler violence in the occupied West ...
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I watched as Meta’s threats stopped Sarah Wynn-Williams from speaking – we must have stronger rights for whistleblowers, by Tim Wu www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I watched as Meta’s threats stopped Sarah Wynn-Williams from speaking – we must have stronger rights for whistleblowers | Tim Wu
The company is clearly trying to make an example of the author who wrote about her time at the company. Her free speech should be protected, says Prof Tim Wu of Columbia University Law School
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Statement by 20 states on Israel's obstruction of humanitarian NGOs in Gaza www.government.nl/documents/20...
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Joint statement on humanitarian access in Gaza and the registration law affecting INGOS | Government.nl
We, the signatories listed below, express our profound concern regarding the catastrophic humanitarian situation that persists in Gaza. The aid entering Gaza has remained largely insufficient, both in...
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
‘If we go there, we’ll be killed’: Inside Israeli-occupied southern Lebanon www.972mag.com/israeli-occu...
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Inside Israeli-occupied southern Lebanon
During the nearly two-month 'ceasefire,' Israel has continued besieging villages, razing farmland, attacking journalists and rescue workers, and disappearing civilians. Those who remain describe their...
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Italy Investigates Israel's Ben-Gvir Over Arrests of Gaza Flotilla Activists www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Italy investigates Israel's Ben-Gvir over arrests of Gaza flotilla activists
Prosecutors in Rome Are Investigating Allegations Including Kidnapping, Torture and Sexual Assault; Ben-Gvir, Who Filmed Himself Taunting the Activists, Dismissed the Probe as the Work of 'Lying Terro...
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Anthropic Says We Must Stop Authoritarian AI. But What About Its Authoritarian Investors? by @sambiddle.com theintercept.com/2026/06/06/a...
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Anthropic Says We Must Stop Authoritarian AI. But What About Its Authoritarian Investors?
Anthropic wants to keep AI away from repressive regimes. But what about its part-owner, the repressive dictatorship of Abu Dhabi?
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Acute Medication Shortage Risks Lives of 4,000 West Bank Cancer Patients, Palestinian Health Ministry Says www.haaretz.com/west-bank/20...
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Medication shortage risks lives of 4,000 West Bank cancer patients, PA says
More Than 11,000 Surgeries for Patients Covered by the Palestinian Public Healthcare System Have Been Postponed Since the Beginning of the Year, the Health Ministry Says. A Non-governmental Medical Ce...
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International Committee of the Red Cross @icrc.org · 07/06/2026
Do you know what starvation or famine means? Learn more in this ICRC briefing note that outlines the rules of IHL most relevant to food security, starvation, and the prevention of hunger and famine in situations of armed conflict. Download it here: ms.spr.ly/63321vdLyW
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Starvation, Hunger and Famine in Armed Conflict: An overview of relevant provisions of international humanitarian law
This briefing note outlines the rules of international humanitarian law (IHL) most relevant to food security, starvation, and the prevention of hunger and famine in situations of armed conflict. These include: · rules on the conduct of hostilities · the responsibility of parties to conflict to ensure adequate supplies of food and water · rules on access for humanitarian relief.
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
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An airstrike trapped a journalist. She died as rescuers waited for permission to save her.
A Post reconstruction of Amal Khalil’s final hours in Lebanon found that Israel’s military denied rescuers access to her during a key period when she was still alive.
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
What Visual Evidence Tells Us About Israel’s Use of White Phosphorus in Lebanon www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/w...
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What Visual Evidence Tells Us About Israel’s Use of White Phosphorus in Lebanon
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
It's worth noting that despite careful technical analysis that strongly indicates a connection between Viory and Ruptly, they both vigorously deny it, which rather makes it look like they'd really prefer the connection wasn't public.
“When accessing Viory, the prominence of pro-Russian and pro-China content is immediately noticeable, including numerous articles focused on Vladimir Putin, Russia-China cooperation, and broader China-related narratives.”  

Bellingcat contacted Viory, Darpo Vision and Lotus Production Limited to ask about the connections we found between the Viory website and Ruptly and between Lotus Production Limited and Ruptly. 

Viory said that it had no connection with Ruptly. “Viory has no connection with Ruptly; any suggestion otherwise based on ordinary use of similar digital platforms, tools or cloud providers is poorly founded and inaccurate; Viory is a UAE-based, privately held, self-funded and 100% privately owned organisation, and receives no funding, direction or instructions from any state media,” the company said in an email response. 

Ruptly also said it was not connected to Viory. It declined to respond to Bellingcat’s questions, including about specific findings such as Ruptly’s domains sending technical performance and error data to Viory, calling these questions “irrelevant”.
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Revealed: Israel’s curriculum for ‘influencing public consciousness’ www.972mag.com/leaked-idf-p...
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Revealed: Israel’s curriculum for ‘influencing public consciousness’ - +972 Magazine
A leaked Defense Ministry tender lays out the army’s training programs for manipulating public opinion in Israel and abroad.
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
'Server in the Sky': How Israeli Drones Became a 'Target and Intel Generator' Over Gaza www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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'Server in the Sky': How Israeli drones became a 'target generator' over Gaza
Documents Expose How AI Software and Military Hardware Have Given Israel's Fleet of Unmanned Aircraft Unprecedented Surveillance and Offensive Prowess
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
fter Gaza, Israel Is Now Causing the West Bank Health System to Collapse www.haaretz.com/middle-east-...
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After Gaza, Israel is now causing the West Bank health system to collapse
Most Medications Are Missing From Public Pharmacies, and Many Patients Cannot Afford to Buy Them on the Private Market. Israel's Seizure of Customs Revenues Has Significantly Deepened the Palestinian ...
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Israel Must Let Red Cross Visit Palestinian Security Prisoners, High Court Rules www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Israel must let Red Cross visit Palestinian security prisoners, High Court rules
Israel's High Court Struck Down a Blanket Policy Barring Visits by the Red Cross to Security Prisoners Held in Israel, Saying the State's Main Reasoning for the Ban – Linked to Efforts to Secure the R...
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
False Testimony Sent Tony Carruthers to Death Row. Tennessee Is About to Kill Him. theintercept.com/2026/05/20/t...
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False Testimony Sent Tony Carruthers to Death Row. Tennessee Is About to Kill Him.
Carruthers’s murder conviction hinged on the claims of paid informant, who has repeatedly recanted his testimony.
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
In first, Israel convicts Palestinian citizens for chanting slogans www.972mag.com/israel-convi...
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In first, Israel convicts Palestinian citizens for chanting slogans - +972 Magazine
A Haifa court found two men guilty of ‘indirect incitement to terrorism’ after they joined an anti-war protest. Lawyers warn it sets a dangerous precedent.
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Instead of proms and parties, she spent senior year fighting an ICE warehouse
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
As Ukraine Hits Oil Refineries, Russians Pay a Heavy Environmental Toll www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/w...
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As Ukraine Hits Oil Refineries, Russians Pay a Heavy Environmental Toll
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Israeli Police Monitor Foreign Journalists Critical of Israel to Bar Their Entry www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Israeli police monitor foreign journalists critical of Israel to bar their entry
A Police Document Obtained by Haaretz Contains an Overview of Dozens Articles and Photographs Published by Italian Journalist Alessandro Stefanelli, Who Was Denied Entry Into Israel Last Year. 'I Find...
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Jan Kooy @kooyjan.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Skeletons and Skulls Scattered Everywhere. Two years after the Arakan Army killed and wounded 100s of Rohingya Muslims and burned down their village in Myanmar, the survivors remain unable to return home, with many effectively detained. New report @hrw.org⤵️ www.hrw.org/report/2026/...
Report cover “‘Skeletons and Skulls Scattered Everywhere’: Arakan Army Massacre of Rohingya Muslims in Hoyyar Siri, Myanmar”.

Omar Ahmod risked his safety to return to Hoyyar Siri a few months after the massacre, located the sites where he had seen civilians gunned down, and took videos and photographs of human remains. These images were analyzed by forensics experts who, in some cases, identified gunshot injuries to the skulls of victims.  “There, I saw heaps of skeletons and skulls scattered everywhere, clothes still intact though the flesh had decayed. Some bodies were in water-filled ditches, others on dry ground. I remembered exactly where these people had been gathered,” Omar Ahmod told Human Rights Watch.  © 2026 John Holmes for Human Rights Watch
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Israeli Police Monitor Foreign Journalists Critical of Israel to Bar Their Entry www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Israeli police monitor foreign journalists critical of Israel to bar their entry
A Police Document Obtained by Haaretz Contains an Overview of Dozens Articles and Photographs Published by Italian Journalist Alessandro Stefanelli, Who Was Denied Entry Into Israel Last Year. 'I Find...
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Avner Gidron @avnergidron.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Over 100,000 Family Separations in Deportation Push, Report Estimates www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/u...
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Over 100,000 Family Separations in Deportation Push, Report Estimates
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