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Lisa Goldman

@lisang.bsky.social
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Europe Editor, New Lines Magazine (newlinesmag.com). Also quite a bit about the Middle East. lgoldman@newlinesmag.com

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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🎥As Israel’s October election approaches, Netanyahu’s government is moving quickly to expand settlements in the West Bank. @kayliwewe.bsky.social  speaks with @lisang.bsky.social  about how fear of losing power is driving a frenzy of settlement activity in the West Bank.
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The Final Nail For Palestine
The current Israeli government is the most extreme in the country’s history, and also one of its most durable. But polls suggest Benjamin Netanyahu’s coaliti...
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Lisa Goldman @lisang.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“I haven’t seen the film, BUT…” is a phrase I would happily live the rest of my life without reading ever again.
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Lisa Goldman @lisang.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"By screening their film at the Venice Film Festival, Abraham and Szor are trying to force Israelis to confront what they already know: that there's a black stain on the way Israel is conducting war in Gaza, to put it mildly." www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Director of Gaza War documentary 'NAZA': We intend to distribute film in Israel
The film won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday. It reveals 'in detail the systems behind Israel's calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza' following the e...
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
WATCH: Israel is heading into its first national election since the Oct. 7 attacks and the war on Gaza, with Benjamin Netanyahu once again fighting to retain political power. @lisang.bsky.social  explains why the stakes are so high.
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Israel’s Most Consequential Election
Israel is heading into its first national election since the Oct. 7 attacks and the war on Gaza, with Benjamin Netanyahu once again fighting to retain politi...
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Lisa Goldman @lisang.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I used to have a lot of respect for The Economist. But after reading this shoddy, ill-informed analysis of Carney's decision to withdraw from trade negotiations with the US, I no longer trust it to explain places or issues I know little about. www.economist.com/the-americas...
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The costs of defying Donald Trump are mounting for Canada
But the waiting game is Mark Carney’s only move
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
In one of our current top reads, @lisang.bsky.social  looks at Mohammed Dahlan, who has emerged as an internationally influential figure with the ear of the powerful. Is the long since ousted strongman of Gaza positioning himself for a new political role?
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Will Dahlan Take Over Gaza?
The Palestinian politician has emerged as a major power broker who has the ear of the most senior people in the UAE, the US and Israel
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Lisa Goldman @lisang.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Mohammed Dahlan was once the strongman of Gaza, with a nasty reputation for violent repression and corruption. Today he is a highly influential power broker who triangulates between Israel, the USA and the UAE. How far will he rise? I wrote about him here. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/wi...
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Will Dahlan Take Over Gaza?
The Palestinian politician has emerged as a major power broker who has the ear of the most senior people in the UAE, the US and Israel
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Editor’s Pick: When a drone strike closed an airport, a Kuwaiti writer was forced to make their way home by road through Saudi Arabia. Along the way, perceptions of the conflict with Iran and its politics varied widely.
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How a Journey to Kuwait During the Iran War Revealed a Divided Gulf
When a drone strike closed an airport, a writer was forced to make his way home from Saudi Arabia. Along the road, perceptions of the conflict and its politics varied widely
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
You won’t find a better profile of “Abu Fadi”, anywhere, today, than this by @lisang.bsky.social Will Dahlan Take Over Gaza? The Palestinian politician has emerged as a major power broker who has the ear of the most senior people in the UAE, the US and Israel newlinesmag.com/spotlight/wi...
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Will Dahlan Take Over Gaza?
The Palestinian politician has emerged as a major power broker who has the ear of the most senior people in the UAE, the US and Israel
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 18/08/2026
This is what humanitarian collapse in Gaza looks like: vermin moving freely through garbage, ruined buildings, and tents—and attacking people wherever they go. bit.ly/4zviZYq
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The Rats Terrorizing Everyone in Gaza
This is what humanitarian collapse looks like: vermin moving freely through garbage, ruined buildings, and tents—and attacking people wherever they go.
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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
My heart. So many responses. Like: It's a known-known. Armed men empowered to hunt people are often men who like to hurt women & seek/are encouraged to do so. Like: Regular-degular cops have long done the same. Like: Ofc a regime that hates women this much would attract such men. Like: Weeping.
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JudithFlanders @judithflanders.co.uk · 29/07/2026
Artists say they fear rightwing billionaires have too much media power. No we don’t, say rightwing billionaires, outraged. And by the way, we’re blacklisting all of you.
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Canal+ confirme boycotter le financement des films de ses détracteurs
Son patron assura qu’il «n’oublie rien» après une tribune torpillant le milliardaire conservateur Vincent Bolloré.
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Lisa Goldman @lisang.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Israel’s veteran security establishment is terrified that settler violence will spark a third intifada, and has now appealed to Donald Trump to pressure Netanyahu over the issue. My latest for @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/running-note...
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Former Israeli Security Leaders Ask Trump To Help Rein in West Bank Settlers
Israel’s veteran security establishment is terrified that settler violence will spark a third intifada, and has now appealed to Donald Trump to pressure Netanyahu over the issue.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/07/2026
Firefighters in Spain and France on Tuesday were racing to keep ferocious wildfires near Madrid and Bordeaux in check before a scorching heat wave hits the area.
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France and Spain Race to Contain Fires Before Some Areas Reach 104 Degrees
Faced with massive blazes, firefighters in both countries are using a brief window of opportunity to bring the flames under control before temperatures spike.
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
“For Israeli Jews, the tragedy of the war in Gaza is in the deaths of soldiers. For the rest of the world, it’s in the deaths of the Palestinians killed by those soldiers. There’s no reason to believe this cognitive gap will narrow anytime soon.” | @lisang.bsky.social 
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‘Mamdani Is More Popular With American Jews Than Netanyahu’
During a recent interview for Israeli TV, presidential hopeful Rahm Emanuel dished out some hard truths about feelings for Israel in the US
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Lisa Goldman @lisang.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
'Mamdani is more popular with Jewish Americans than Netanyahu.' That's just one of the bombshell lines that Rahm Emanuel delivered during a recent interview for Israeli TV. Israelis understand that they are unpopular, but they really don't get why. My article: newlinesmag.com/spotlight/ma...
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‘Mamdani Is More Popular With American Jews Than Netanyahu’
During a recent interview for Israeli TV, presidential hopeful Rahm Emanuel dished out some hard truths about feelings for Israel in the US
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Lisa Goldman @lisang.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Once viewed as a cultural monolith, Israel's Russian-speaking community has split over Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. This is a fascinating, well-reported and well-written article by Nikita Aronov. newlinesmag.com/reportage/ho...
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How the War in Ukraine Reshaped Israel’s ‘Russian’ Community
Once perceived as a linguistic and cultural monolith, people from the former Soviet Union are asserting political identities that reflect both generational shifts and the influence of recent arrivals ...
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JudithFlanders @judithflanders.co.uk · 21/07/2026
This new report of racism at the V&A sounds bad -- but not surprising. 3% of the staff identify as Black. I wonder if it's even 0.03% of the senior staff. www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/20/h...
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Head of V&A’s academic programmes resigned citing ‘racist’ and ‘culturally insensitive’ behaviours, letter reveals
Yuko Kikuchi wrote a letter to the museum’s leadership that was supported by 12 academics and included student testimonials
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Lisa Goldman @lisang.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Very interesting analysis of how X has rewired minds (read: dulled the ability to think critically)
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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
No, this really really really is rape
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Been without internet since storm on the 4th - and now that the two most predictable possible things have happened - Trump poisoned US World Cup, and Platner has even more definitively disgraced & discredited all his recruiters, boosters & apologists, not that that will chasten them.
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Lisa Goldman @lisang.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Wondering if Jacobin Magazine will apologize for its commentary on Platner. www.google.com/search?q=jac...
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Danny Postel @dannypostel.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The U.S. bicentennial in 1976 was an international affair, celebrated in diverse ways by countries around the world in a turning point for American soft power. Such a fun and illuminating read by historian @michaeljkramer.bsky.social at @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/essays/how-t...
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How the World Celebrated America’s 200th Birthday
Countries around the world participated in the 1976 bicentennial, in a turning point for US soft power
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Lisa Goldman @lisang.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Diane de Vignemont writes in clear language about the Society of Saint Pius X, which is hankering for the good ol' days of Vichy France and a Judenrein Paris. "In France, our history won’t let us call it merely traditionalist. We know exactly what to call it."
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The Dark History Behind This Week’s Schism in the Catholic Church
By framing the Society of Saint Pius X as quaint "traditionalists," U.S. media coverage is whitewashing the group's record of fascist sympathies and antisemitism.
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Lisa Goldman @lisang.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Me chatting with brilliant Kwangu Liwewe about Netanyahu's amazing ability to shift the discourse on Iran through media manipulation.
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JudithFlanders @judithflanders.co.uk · 01/07/2026
The USA: Genital examinations before children play sports; genital examinations before people use bathrooms; genital examinations for women at airports. The party of perverts.
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
“Netanyahu has succeeded in shifting the domestic discourse in Israel on the threat Iran poses and the advisability of attacking, but his media victory could prove to be a Pyrrhic one in political terms.” | @lisang.bsky.social 
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Could Netanyahu’s Iran Obsession Be His Undoing?
Israelis across the political spectrum are outraged that the U.S. president forced an end to the war against Iran. The right feels betrayed by Trump, and the left blames Netanyahu. Why is Israel the only country that thinks the war was a good idea?
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Lisa Goldman @lisang.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
In a historic first, Israel is seeing a spike in emigration that far outpaces immigration. I wrote about the factors driving this change, and the related danger of a brain drain, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/running-note...
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In Israel, Emigration Is Now Higher Than Immigration
The number of Israelis who moved permanently abroad exceeded immigration in 2025, according to official data, while those eligible for a foreign passport are submitting applications. Analysts say the ...
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MGEmancipation @mgemancipation.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Bsky is a platform famed for its denizens calling for empathic understanding of everything except Israel (empathic doesn't mean to condone -- you do understand that, right?) Anyway this is an excellent analysis of the most self-propagandised people on earth: Israelis when it comes to Iran.
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Lisa Goldman @lisang.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
"Why do Israelis believe the war against Iran should have continued, when the global consensus is that starting it was a very bad idea?" -- my latest for @newlinesmag.bsky.social is on the implications of the rift between Trump and Netanyahu. newlinesmag.com/running-note...
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Could Netanyahu’s Iran Obsession Be His Undoing?
Israelis across the political spectrum are outraged that the U.S. president forced an end to the war against Iran. The right feels betrayed by Trump, and the left blames Netanyahu. Why is Israel the o...
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
What’s remarkable about all this stuff is the stolen valor. You didn’t build shit, you won a birth lottery. You are a podcaster not Emperor Vespasian. bsky.app/profile/just...
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Lisa Goldman @lisang.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
"Why do Israelis believe the war against Iran should have continued, when the global consensus is that starting it was a very bad idea?" -- my latest for @newlinesmag.bsky.social is on the implications of the rift between Trump and Netanyahu. newlinesmag.com/running-note...
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Could Netanyahu’s Iran Obsession Be His Undoing?
Israelis across the political spectrum are outraged that the U.S. president forced an end to the war against Iran. The right feels betrayed by Trump, and the left blames Netanyahu. Why is Israel the o...
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Lisa Goldman @lisang.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
In recent months Israeli law enforcement has arrested dozens of Israelis suspected of spying for Iran. Most of them are impoverished and had no idea that their "handlers" -- whom they connected with via free messaging apps and online job boards -- were Iranian agents.
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Lisa Goldman @lisang.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Does Israel dream of becoming Dubai? The gov't is importing hundreds of thousands of foreign workers from poor countries who come on 5 year visas to do the jobs Israelis do not want and Palestinians cannot have. But the policy comes at a cost, which I wrote about for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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Is Dubai the New Israeli Dream?
Israel is rapidly importing hundreds of thousands of foreign workers to fill low-paid positions that Israelis don’t want. Some say Israel wants to be like Dubai. But at what cost?
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
AOC on possibly running for the Senate or President: They assume my ambition is a title or a seat. My ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country. Presidents come and go, elected officials come and go, single payer healthcare is forever.
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Lisa Goldman @lisang.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I was surprised to learn recently that outside of Israel few people knew that Sara Netanyahu is not only deeply corrupt, but bonkers and possibly a full-blown alcoholic who drinks a case of pink champagne a week. So I wrote about her for @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/running-note...
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Sara Netanyahu’s Notorious Corruption
Among the many controversies associated with the extravagance and corruption of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara is Wing of Zion, a 26-year-old Boeing 767 that was purchased in 2016...
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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
"Nuance is difficult in a political climate that rewards simplicity" Do read this excellent (and nuanced) piece by @hannahweisfeld.bsky.social of @yachad.bsky.social for @prospectmagazine.co.uk about the mess that is our current debate on antisemitism www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/argument/733...
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The antisemitism debate contains a dangerous trap
Curtailing the right to protest risks casting the Jewish community as beneficiaries of repression
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Lisa Goldman @lisang.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
When it attacked Iran, Israel nearly dragged the UAE into a regional war. Why, then, is the relationship between the two countries now stronger than ever? For @newlinesmag.bsky.social I spoke to some well-placed experts who provided fascinating insights. newlinesmag.com/running-note...
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Why Is the UAE ‘All-In’ on Its Relationship With Israel?
When the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, the ensuing weeks-long war unleashed a massive barrage of missiles and drones on the United Arab Emirates, sparking a security crisis for which the o...
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Lisa Goldman @lisang.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
When it attacked Iran, Israel nearly dragged the UAE into a regional war. Why, then, is the relationship between the two countries now stronger than ever? For @newlinesmag.bsky.social I spoke to some well-placed experts who provided fascinating insights. newlinesmag.com/running-note...
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Why Is the UAE ‘All-In’ on Its Relationship With Israel?
When the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, the ensuing weeks-long war unleashed a massive barrage of missiles and drones on the United Arab Emirates, sparking a security crisis for which the o...
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Lisa Goldman @lisang.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The leaders of Israel's political opposition just announced that they believe they can win enough seats in the upcoming election to form a gov't and oust Netanyahu -- without the help of the Arab-Palestinian parties. But political analysts say this is highly unlikely. newlinesmag.com/running-note...
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Israel’s Opposition Doesn’t Hate Netanyahu Enough to Win
Do the political leaders of Israel’s opposition parties care more about winning the next election or about keeping the parties that represent Palestinian citizens out of power?  The question is a reas...
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Lisa Goldman @lisang.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
The leader of Israel's opposition says he can oust Netanyahu without the Arab-Palestinian parties, with which he refuses to countenance an alliance. But most analysts say this won't be possible. My article for @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/running-note...
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Israel’s Opposition Doesn’t Hate Netanyahu Enough to Win
Do the political leaders of Israel’s opposition parties care more about winning the next election or about keeping the parties that represent Palestinian citizens out of power?  The question is a reas...
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Lisa Goldman @lisang.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The international furore over a photograph of an Israeli soldier destroying a crucifix in southern Lebanon seemed louder than reactions to the displacing of 1.2 mil Lebanese or the genocide in Gaza. Why? My analysis for @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/running-note...
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Why Is Israel So Contrite Over the Destruction of a Crucifix?
A photo of an Israeli soldier using a sledgehammer to destroy a crucifix in the Christian village of Debel in southern Lebanon made international news on April 20, after it was shared widely on social...
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Danny Postel @dannypostel.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Why have major conservative Catholic intellectuals like Adrian Vermeule, Patrick Deneen, Robert George and R. R. Reno been silent about Trump's diatribes against Pope Leo, even as other conservative Catholics — like Bishop Barron — have spoken out? My latest piece. newlinesmag.com/running-note...
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Conservative Catholic Intellectuals Are Quiet About Trump’s Attack on the Pope
The conservative Catholic intelligentsia has been conspicuously quiet about President Donald Trump’s recent diatribes against Pope Leo XIV. Various right-leaning and pro-Trump American Catholics, in c...
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
this is a really excellent piece by Laura Secor, reflecting on her decade-plus of reporting from Iran and her decade-plus of following it from afar www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Someday in Tehran
The heartbreak of hoping for a democratic Iran
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
An Israeli man who threatened Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil in 2024 was reportedly working for military intelligence. But both he and the army spokesperson told @lisang.bsky.social  that he was unaffiliated with the military.
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‘I’m No James Bond’
After Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil was killed this week by Israeli fire, some thought an Israeli man who sent her threatening text messages in 2024 might work for military intelligence. But both he and the army spokesperson told @lisang that he was unaffiliated with the military.
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Lisa Goldman @lisang.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
I spoke to Gal Gideon Ben Avraham, the Israeli man who sent threatening messages via WhatsApp to Amal Khalil, the Lebanese journalist killed by Israeli targeted strike. The story is a bit more complex than initially reported. newlinesmag.com/running-note...
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‘I’m No James Bond’
After Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil was killed this week by Israeli fire, some thought an Israeli man who sent her threatening text messages in 2024 might work for military intelligence. But both he...
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
🧵 Today is Earth Day! 🌍Over the past year, @newlinesmag.bsky.social  has continued to publish reporting from different regions on how environmental change is unfolding on the ground: through land loss, industrial policy and the uneven effects of climate disasters. newlinesmag.com
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Lisa Goldman @lisang.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
During the 5-week war with Iran, Israelis around the country ran to the nearest bomb shelter every time there was a siren -- which was often. But around 100,000 Bedouin citizens who live in "unrecognized" villages are denied bomb shelters, with horrific consequences. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/un...
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Unrecognized and Unprotected: Bedouin Villages in Israel’s War Zone
They are integrated citizens, but the government deprives them of the bomb shelters that most Israelis take for granted
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Lisa Goldman @lisang.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Does Israel believe that weak neighbours make Israel more secure? It's easy to arrive at this conclusion, based on Israel's military actions against Lebanon, Gaza, Syria and Iran. But @dahliasc.bsky.social shows a more complex picture in this excellent analysis. newlinesmag.com/argument/doe...
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Avraham (Avrum) Burg, an avatar of the Israeli left, chose “The Tucker Carlson Show,” which recently hosted a Holocaust denier, as the platform to express his opposition to the war with Iran. American Jews are appalled, writes @lisang.bsky.social .
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Prominent Israeli Leftist Chooses Tucker Carlson as His Messenger to Americans
One of Israel’s most recognizable figures on the political left was a guest on The Tucker Carlson Show this past weekend. Avraham (Avrum) Burg, 72, built his career in the center-left Labor Party during the 1980s and 1990s, but in the early 2000s shifted to the non-Zionist left. In 2011 he announc...
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