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Jørgen Jensehaugen

@jjensehaugen.bsky.social
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Research Professor at PRIO. Mostly Palestine, Israel, US related stuff. Mostly in English, sometimes in Norwegian.

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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Some very good insights on the situation in Northern Syria. www.prio.org/comments/185...
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The repercussions of the Syrian government offensive against the Kurds – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Syria is balancing on a knife’s edge, and the question of how the country’s minorities are treated is a key piece of the puzzle.
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Played too much SimCity have we?
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
This is what ceasefire looks like: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
nytimes.com
Two Months After Cease-Fire, Israel Is Still Demolishing Gaza
More than 2,500 buildings have been destroyed since the start of the cease-fire, according to a New York Times analysis. Israel says it is demilitarizing Gaza.
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Erik Skare @erikskare.no · 18/12/2025
It was a pleasure hosting @abuaardvark.bsky.social in Oslo! First, a book panel with @jjensehaugen.bsky.social and Tine Gade at @nupinytt.bsky.social discussing his newest book America’s Middle East (@hurstpublishers.bsky.social) and then a solo lecture by Marc at @uio.no:
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Today - 15 December - is your last chance to apply for our amazing course Advanced Qualitative Methods in Conflict Studies. I can strongly recommend it! www.peaceconflictresearch.org/courses/77?f...
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Advanced Qualitative Methods in Conflict Studies – Research School on Peace and Conflict
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Today - 15 December - is your last chance to apply for our amazing course Advanced Qualitative Methods in Conflict Studies. I can strongly recommend it! www.peaceconflictresearch.org/courses/77?f...
peaceconflictresearch.org
Advanced Qualitative Methods in Conflict Studies – Research School on Peace and Conflict
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Slagordet "hjelp dem der de er" har en meget hul klang når UNHCR er 91% underfinansiert i Libanon. Min nyeste kronikk i Panorama: www.panoramanyheter.no/jorgen-jense...
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Assads fall ga håp, men fremtiden henger i en tynn tråd
Nesten ett år har gått siden Assads terrorregime falt og millioner av syrere fikk håpet tilbake. Men med sviktende støtte til flyktninger, gjenoppbygging og frykt for nye konflikter, er det håpet tynn...
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Agnete Schjønsby @agnete.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Kan Israel fortsatt kalles et demokrati? "Svaret er nei, og paradoksalt nok vil verken et valgnederlag for Netanyahu eller stans i Gaza-krigen endre det. En langt mer grunnleggende endring må til" sier @jjensehaugen.bsky.social i @panoramanyheter.bsky.social ⤵️ www.panoramanyheter.no/israel-israe...
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Israel er ikke et demokrati
Kan Israel fortsatt kalles et demokrati? Svaret er nei, og paradoksalt nok vil verken et valgnederlag for Netanyahu eller stans i Gaza-krigen endre det. En langt mer grunnleggende endring må til.
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/jQ...
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Nye bilder avslører ødeleggelsene.
Hva forteller de om Israels plan?
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Denne spalten i Panorama handler om noe som har plaget meg lenge, men ikke helt klart å få ut i klartekst. Jeg mistenker at mange lesere vil mene at jeg sparker inn åpne dører, mens andre vil mene jeg er fullstendig på villspor. C'est la vie. www.panoramanyheter.no/israel-israe...
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Israel er ikke et demokrati
Kan Israel fortsatt kalles et demokrati? Svaret er nei, og paradoksalt nok vil verken et valgnederlag for Netanyahu eller stans i Gaza-krigen endre det. En langt mer grunnleggende endring må til.
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Together with @kgberg.bsky.social I try to explain how we got to the famine in Gaza. www.prio.org/comments/1801
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The starvation of Gaza is a deliberate policy – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
In recent days, Israel has commenced new attacks on Gaza, with humanitarian aid playing a key role in its forced expulsion of Palestinians.
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Kjersti G. Berg @kgberg.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Utsultingen av Gaza er en villet politikk Kronikk med @jjensehaugen.bsky.social www.forskersonen.no/gaza-israel-...
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Utsultingen av Gaza er en villet politikk
KRONIKK: De siste dagene har Israel startet nye angrep i Gaza, og nødhjelp spiller en nøkkelrolle i fordrivelsen av palestinerne.
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Situasjonen på Gaza er ubeskrivelig jævlig. Sammen med Kjersti Berg gjør jeg likevel et forsøk på å forklare hvordan det ble sånn. www.forskersonen.no/gaza-israel-...
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Utsultingen av Gaza er en villet politikk
KRONIKK: De siste dagene har Israel startet nye angrep i Gaza, og nødhjelp spiller en nøkkelrolle i fordrivelsen av palestinerne.
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Famine. A status so serious that by the time its called by that name it is too late.
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Just in case the memo was unclear: Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that "the Palestinian state is being erased – not with slogans, but with actions."
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
For the international community E1 has symbolized the red-line. If it is constructed Israel has killed the 2state solution. Unless states react now - and not just with empty statements - then Israel has once again called the bluff.
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Godt å se at stadig flere medier følger opp med dekning av norske investeringer i de okkuperte områdene. www.nrk.no/urix/yara-kj...
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Yara kjøper Dødehavsmineraler av omstridt israelsk selskap
Den norske giganten vil gjøre ny vurdering etter oljefond-avsløringene.
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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Even if you think genocide is not the right word, you should be able to see why people use it: the scale of devastation, death, blockade. If you can't, and you are offended, then either 1. You've kept yourself ignorant 2. You don't care if it's true or not 3. You think Palestinians deserve it
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Erik Skare @erikskare.no · 03/07/2025
“The Israeli military used a [230kg] bomb – a powerful and indiscriminate weapon that generates a massive blast wave and scatters shrapnel over a wide area – when it attacked a target in a crowded beachfront cafe in Gaza on Monday” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Israeli military used 500lb bomb in strike on Gaza cafe, fragments reveal
Exclusive: Experts say use of heavy munition in Monday’s strike that killed dozens may constitute a war crime
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Is a Gaza ceasefire around the corner? The question exhausts me because the answer is that I don't know, and it is far too late. The offical Palestinian deathtoll stands at over 57.000, with research points to 40% underreporting. And this, this is the food situation in Gaza.
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Nytt Babylon ute! I artikkelen Skyggekrigen mot UNRWA etter 7. oktober 2023 viser @kgberg.bsky.social & jeg hvordan Israel undergravde UNRWAs legitimitet. Det beredte grunnen for den katastrofen som er Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. journals.uio.no/babylon/arti...
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Visning av Skyggekrigen mot UNRWA etter 7. oktober 2023
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
I found it difficult to not reach this conclusion.
france24.com
UN says Israel's 'weaponisation of food' in Gaza constitutes a war crime
"Israel's militarised humanitarian assistance mechanism is in contradiction with international standards on aid distribution," a spokesman for the UN human rights body said Tuesday, noting that more…
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
This is very serious! www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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UNRWA chief says cash flow crisis may force him into 'unprecedented decision'
The head of the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency said on Tuesday he may have to take an "unprecedented decision" about the services it provides if funding is not found soon to ease a cash flow crisis.
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
What is Gazas real deathtoll? New study confirms previous findings that official figures are almost 40% too low. Already on 5 January 2025 the real number of deaths was probably 75.200. The study confirms that 56.2% of killed are women, children&elderly
medrxiv.org
Violent and Nonviolent Death Tolls for the Gaza War: New Primary Evidence
High-quality war mortality estimates, such as those that were produced for Kosovo, Iraq, and Darfur (1-3) play a critical role in illuminating the human cost of war. During the tumult of war they are,...
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
B'Tselem reminds us of what Israel is doing in Gaza while attention is on the war with Iran:
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
This is the food situation in Gaza. Source OCHA-OPT
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
This is the grim reality - in Israel, support for ethnic cleansing is the norm. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
haaretz.com
A grim poll shows most Jewish Israelis support expelling Gazans. It's brutal – and true
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
The OCHA brief for Gaza should be read daily. 54.000 killed, with credible estimates suggesting that this is 40% below real number. 470.000 facing catastrophic food insecurity.
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Reported impact snapshot | Gaza Strip (28 May 2025) | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Occupied Palestinian Territory
Figures that are yet-to-be verified by the UN are attributed to their source. Casualty numbers have been provided by the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Israeli authorities. The fatality breakdowns c...
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Forced displacement is now official Israel policy, and the refugees will not be allowed to return after the fighting. And all the while Israel is enforcing a policy of starvation against Gaza. My latest PRIO blogpost.
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Hunger, Displacement, and Occupation in Gaza – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Outside Gaza, aid convoys are lined up. Food. Water. Medicine. The trucks are not allowed into Gaza because Israel is using humanitarian aid as a polit ...
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Status Gaza blir stadig verre. Utenfor står nødhjelpen, men den slipper ikke inn. Det er villet politikk. Min spalte i Panorama Nyheter
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Utenfor Gaza står nødhjelpskonvoier i kø
Nok en gang erklærer Israels statsminister at krigen i Gaza skal trappes opp. Denne gangen med et enda dystrere bakteppe. Det mange lenge har fryktet, blir nå tydeliggjort som offisiell politikk – okk...
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Status Gaza blir stadig verre. Utenfor står nødhjelpen, men den slipper ikke inn. Det er villet politikk. Min spalte i Panorama Nyheter
panoramanyheter.no
Utenfor Gaza står nødhjelpskonvoier i kø
Nok en gang erklærer Israels statsminister at krigen i Gaza skal trappes opp. Denne gangen med et enda dystrere bakteppe. Det mange lenge har fryktet, blir nå tydeliggjort som offisiell politikk – okk...
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Press freedom continues to decline internationally. In the Middle East Gaza is the most dangerous place to be a journalist, and Israel falls 11 places - to 112th in the world. Also Jordan and Tunisia drop significantly.
rsf.org
RSF World Press Freedom Index 2025: economic fragility a leading threat to press freedom
Although physical attacks against journalists are the most visible violations of press freedom, economic pressure is also a major, more insidious problem. The economic indicator on the RSF World Press...
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
@heissenstat.bsky.social these works on UNRWA, as you asked, are core:
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
It's a bit unreal to be on the Journal of Palestine Studies' list of most read articles "of all time", but there I am! www.tandfonline.com/action/showM...
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Most read articles from Journal of Palestine Studies
Explore the most read and downloaded articles published in Journal of Palestine Studies
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Seth L. Sanders @nabalkattu.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
"Capa...depicted Israel as a heroic nation of Holocaust survivors and victors of war, while the Palestinians and the Nakba were hidden from view. Capa’s vision was important because he was an internationally renowned photographer who was not an official Israeli propagandist..."
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Portraying Palestine in a way that obscures Palestinian presence has a long history. Robert Capa, the greatest war photographer of his age, was a trendsetter in that regard.
tandfonline.com
Photographing 1948: Robert Capa’s Absent Palestinians
Visually speaking, Robert Capa made Israel. Through that act he erased Palestine. The vision Capa developed of Israel is captured in the 303 published photographs that he took over the course of th...
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Having been fortunate enough to read @erikskare.no's new book on Palestinian Islamism, I can clearly state that it is a must read for anyone interested in understanding the multiple Palestinian Islamist groups and the developments within and between them.
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Road to October 7
In Road to October 7, Erik Skare argues that Palestinian Islamism is far more complex and dynamic than generally assumed. The phenomenon has continuously developed through disputes between moderates a...
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Check out our newest policy brief on mediation in regionalized conflicts. Lots of interesting insights from multiple case-studies.
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Policy paper Mediation in Regionalized Conflicts web version April 17.pdf
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
While the implementation of Israel's UNRWA ban has been slower than we feared, the current Israeli policies are very much in line with what we predicted.
prio.org
Consequences of the Israeli UNRWA Ban – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
MidEast Policy Brief
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Les denne! Trude Strand med et dystert eksempel på hvordan historiefaget kan brukes for å sette samtiden i perspektiv.
klassekampen.no
Israels gamle drøm om Gaza
Israelske ledere har ønsket seg Gaza i flere tiår. Med Trump er veien plutselig kortere.
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
My new Research Professor title will take some time getting used to! While the title is personal, it has been a team effort. So big thanks to supervisors, co-authors, editors, peer-reviewers (even the # 2s), archivists and funders.
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Syria lacks the money to buy foreign goods and thus has a trade defecit with the US. They are therefore hit by a 41% tariff!
middleeasteye.net
The losers and worse losers of Trump’s tariffs on the Middle East and North Africa
Algeria, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Libya, Syria and Tunisia are hit hard by Washington's sweeping imposition of duties based on trade deficit formula
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Marianne Dahl @mariannedahl.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Want to learn more about how to defend democracy? Check out @idarudolfsen.bsky.social and mine course this fall at @prioresearch.bsky.social
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
This fall PRIO will be hosting a brand new PhD-level course on Mass mobilization and democratization with @mariannedahl.bsky.social & @idarudolfsen.bsky.social Apply by 4. May!
peaceconflictresearch.org
Research School on Peace and Conflict
PRIO’s purpose is to conduct research for a more peaceful world. In pursuit of this, we cultivate academic excellence, communicate with communities of scholars, policy-makers, practitioners, as well a...
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
As Israel once again pounds Gaza the UNRWA ban looms in the background as something that can be implemented at any time, with disastrous consequences. Our latest in The Cairo Review
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The Consequences and Prospects of Israel’s Ban of UNRWA
As the UN agency’s operations continue to be obstructed, its outright ban will continue the perpetuation of severe human suffering and have multidimensional ramifications, from illegality on the inter...
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 18/03/2025
Netanyahu has not allowed any food, water, or fuel into Gaza in two weeks. Now he has resumed bombing, killing hundreds of people and breaking the ceasefire that had given Gaza a chance to live again. NO MORE MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL.
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Jørgen Jensehaugen @jjensehaugen.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
As Israel once again pounds Gaza the UNRWA ban looms in the background as something that can be implemented at any time, with disastrous consequences. Our latest in The Cairo Review
thecairoreview.com
The Consequences and Prospects of Israel’s Ban of UNRWA
As the UN agency’s operations continue to be obstructed, its outright ban will continue the perpetuation of severe human suffering and have multidimensional ramifications, from illegality on the inter...
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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Re: Ben Gvir return, and what he’s hoping that’ll achieve: org he’s closely linked to, Nachala, issued this statement: “From here on, the path to decisive victory is clear and unambiguous — occupation, expulsion, settlement. The time has come for a full Jewish return to the Gaza Strip.”
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/03/2025
Landmines in Syria kill hundreds of civilians returning home after fall of Assad
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Landmines in Syria kill hundreds of civilians returning home after fall of Assad
Children particularly vulnerable to unexploded war remnants scattered throughout country as more than a million people return More than 200 people, including women and children, have been killed in Syria in incidents involving war remnants in the three…
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Utterly unnecessary torching of US soft power. Foreign policy malpractice of the first order. Making America Weaker Again.
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