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Lydia Wilson

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Culture editor, New Lines magazine. Writer. newlinesmag.com/writers/lydia-wilson

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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Editor’s Pick: The banning of the British activist group Palestine Action and the resulting public outcry reveal a steady erosion of rights that goes back a quarter of a century, writes @lsmwilson.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/reportage/ho...
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How Britain Became a Country Full of Terrorists
The banning of the activist group Palestine Action and the resulting public outcry reveal a steady erosion of rights that goes back a quarter of a century
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
“The bigger picture, of course, is that Palestinian Action is making a comment about upholding international law, laws that Britain itself has signed up to.” | @lsmwilson.bsky.social 
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How Britain Became a Country Full of Terrorists
The banning of the activist group Palestine Action and the resulting public outcry reveal a steady erosion of rights that goes back a quarter of a century
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
NEW: Public protests for the banned activist group Palestine Action have seen thousands in the U.K. arrested as terrorists. Their handling and the trial of the group’s members are about far more than Palestine, writes @lsmwilson.bsky.social in @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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How Britain Became a Country Full of Terrorists
The banning of the activist group Palestine Action and the resulting public outcry reveal a steady erosion of rights that goes back a quarter of a century
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Lydia Wilson @lsmwilson.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I unpicked the detail of the Palestine Action legal cases and what I found was unexpected: this wasn't about geopolitics, really, but part of a far long trajectory of a crackdown on dissent in the UK. For @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/reportage/ho...
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How Britain Became a Country Full of Terrorists
The banning of the activist group Palestine Action and the resulting public outcry reveal a steady erosion of rights that goes back a quarter of a century
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Matthew Teller @matthewteller.com · 04/05/2026
Excellent and deeply researched piece by @lsmwilson.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social on the British Museum's obfuscation around its policy of referencing Palestine in public messaging newlinesmag.com/reportage/why-did-the-british-museum-remove-references-to-palestine
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Why Did the British Museum Remove References to Palestine?
Experts have been surprised by a lack of open engagement on the issue, which has been raised with the UK Foreign Office by the Palestinian ambassador
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
In defiance of its agreed obligations, Israel has created a financial crisis in the occupied territory that has left Palestinians increasingly desperate @lsmwilson.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/spotlight/th...
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The West Bank on Strike
In defiance of its agreed obligations, Israel has created a financial crisis in the occupied territory that has left Palestinians increasingly desperate
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Jos Betts @josbetts.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
An important new piece on what's going on at the British Museum over references to Palestine, from my colleague @lsmwilson.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/reportage/wh...
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Why Did the British Museum Remove References to Palestine?
Experts have been surprised by a lack of open engagement on the issue, which has been raised with the UK Foreign Office by the Palestinian ambassador
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin has been detained in Kuwait for six weeks without charge amid broader criminalization of speech and a denaturalization campaign | @lsmwilson.bsky.social 
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A Journalist’s Arrest Points to Diminishing Freedoms in Kuwait and the Gulf
Prize-winning, high-profile international journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin has been in prison in Kuwait for the past six weeks, with limited access to his lawyer. Charges are yet to be brought, but it is feared that he, and others detained with him, will be tried under new national security laws for posting footage and photos relating to […]
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
As many Orthodox Christians mark the holiest day of the year, politicians on the American right have remained silent on Israel’s restrictions in Jerusalem — even after a rare rebuke from U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee, writes @lsmwilson.bsky.social .
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Long a Cause of the American Right, the Holy Land's Christians Face Israeli Restrictions Alone
Politicians on the American right have remained mum about Israel’s cancellation of a Palm Sunday mass in Jerusalem, even after U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee, a staunch Christian Zionist, issued a rare rebuke.
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Ben Collier @susansegfault.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
@lsmwilson.bsky.social has written (and is writing!) a ton of brilliant stuff on this - eg newlinesmag.com/argument/und...
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Gone to Waste: The 'CVE' Industry After 9/11
After the rise of the Islamic State, I was part of this race for cash, working on CVE projects from media messaging to radicalization research, and it slowly dawned on me how flawed the industry is. N...
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Danny Postel @dannypostel.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Asef Bayat is a leading theorist of revolution and social movements. In a powerful open letter to imprisoned Iranian scholar Saeed Madani published by @newlinesmag.bsky.social, he reflects on the December-January uprising and what it might portend for Iran's future. newlinesmag.com/argument/fro...
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From 'Woman, Life, Freedom' to 'Anyone Is Better Than These'
An open letter to Saeed Madani, an Iranian sociologist and journalist currently imprisoned in Iran
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Lydia Wilson @lsmwilson.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
A beautiful read on seeing the earth from space again, in its fragile, beautiful whole. Almost 60 years ago it brought the world together - could this happen again? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This Artemis moon mission is a truly unifying international project, one of the few we have left | Christopher Riley
For the first time in over 50 years, astronauts will see Earth from distant space. Let’s hope the images they send back of our fragile home bring some much-needed unity, says author Christopher Riley
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Recent Israeli restrictions on Palestinian Christian worship "drew criticism from across the Christian world, achieving the astonishing feat of uniting previously fractured communities — nowhere more divided than in Jerusalem itself." | @lsmwilson.bsky.social  
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Long a Cause of the American Right, the Holy Land's Christians Face Israeli Restrictions Alone
Politicians on the American right have remained mum about Israel’s cancellation of a Palm Sunday mass in Jerusalem, even after U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee, a staunch Christian Zionist, issued a rare rebuke.
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
From the @newlinesmag.bsky.social  archives: As war escalates between Israel and Lebanon, @lsmwilson.bsky.social  reports on how Israel’s ongoing bombardment has destroyed Lebanese heritage.
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Lebanon’s Heritage Is Disappearing Under Israel’s Bombardment
The war has already damaged many lesser-known antiquities and poses a threat to sites of global importance
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
In this provocative essay, @lsmwilson.bsky.social turns the lens on the academic world, showing how respected scholars in Epstein's orbit didn’t just tolerate but actively legitimized ideas underpinning male supremacy.
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The Academic Justification for Male Supremacy
From Noam Chomsky to Larry Summers, elite intellectuals shared more than they want to admit with Jeffrey Epstein
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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I was reading that stuff over the years. Fitting it all into the Epstein phenomenon is fascinating and terrifying. We know money pushes study directions but the idea that this small group of people shaped so much about our lives is mindboggling. And the Edge is Atlas Network (Kochtopus).
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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
"It is clear, now, that Epstein and his associates engineered much of the backlash against the #MeToo movement. Based on what I know of academia, I have no doubt that, despite the high-level resignations, these networks will remain intact for a long while yet."- @lsmwilson.bsky.social #academicsky🗃
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
📽️ @lsmwilson.bsky.social revisits the Epstein files, tracing how evolutionary psychology helped shape and legitimize his views on women and race, and how funding $20M a year in research lent a veneer of respectability to his “proclivities.”
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Epstein’s Obsession with Evolutionary Psychology
New Lines’ Culture Editor Lydia Wilson revisits the Epstein files and focuses on one revealing thread: the role of evolutionary psychology in shaping and leg...
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Lydia Wilson @lsmwilson.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
When I saw Chomsky was in the Epstein files, I knew there'd be people I'd worked with - and I was right. As I dug into it, a horrifying picture of academia emerged. I wrote it up, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Being able to see their emails makes something very clear: The "anti-woke" movement was not a genteel intellectual inquiry, made by disinterested parties who cared deeply about free speech. It is a social circle of powerful people who feel threatened by #MeToo.
Reading through the emails, it's possible to see that Epstein himself coordinated pushback against #MeToo. Looking back, it seems obvious that sinking #MeToo also led to where we are now: a place where laws simply don't apply if you have enough money and power. The same players are involved.
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
🚨 Dear @newlinesmag.bsky.social readers, A letter from our Middle East and Newsletters Editor, @kshaheen.bsky.social : newlinesmag.com/become-a-mem...
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Lydia Wilson @lsmwilson.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
My new project - because who doesn't want a deep dive into pre-Islamic poetry or the esotericism of the mysterious Brethren of Purity? Take a break from the world and learn more about classical Arabic literature - from wherever you get your podcasts
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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
An amazing collection of primary sources on how science is represented and how these representations evolved #histsci #philsci #hps
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Watch the Royal Institution CHRISTMAS LECTURES archive
Watch all the Royal Institution CHRISTMAS LECTURES back to 1966, when the lectures were first televised.
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Lydia Wilson @lsmwilson.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Take 13 minutes to watch this Nan Goldin documentary on Gaza www.equator.org/articles/nan...
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Gaza Notes • EQUATOR
Scenes from the destruction of a people
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Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Instead of withdrawing from Gaza, Israel has imposed a so-called "Yellow-Line," leaving its military occupying 58% of Gaza and forcibly confining Palestinians to the remaining 42 percent. This largely unmarked and lethal boundary functions as de facto annexation... 1/3
Text: Israels' Yellow Line - The Ongoing Silent Genocide 
Image of large yellow block in the ground with shell of a building in backgroundSince the so-called “ceasefire” announced in October 2025—violated by Israel more than 1,000 times—there remains a false impression that Israel’s genocide in Gaza has ended. In reality, alongside its ongoing illegal siege, the Israeli government has intensified its theft of Palestinian land not only in the West Bank but also in Gaza, through the so-called “Yellow Line,” which functions as an expanding zone of de facto annexation.Over half of the Gaza Strip is still under Israeli control.
Map of Gaza and the Yellow Line.The Yellow Line remains largely unmarked on the ground, and prohibits or restricts Palestinians' access to humanitarian facilities and assets, public infrastructure, agricultural land, and homes - implemented with deadly force. Many Palestinians, including young children, have been shot and killed by the Israeli military simply for approaching these areas. Hundreds of others have been killed and over 1,000 injured by Israeli forces since October 10.
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Festivities have returned to the place of Jesus’ birth after a two-year pause, but the shadow of Gaza, occupation and genocide was never far from the muted celebrations. @lsmwilson.bsky.social  reports from Bethlehem.
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Christmas Celebrations Are Returning to Bethlehem
But behind the still-muted festivities lies the shadow of Gaza
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Danny Postel @dannypostel.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Powerful. Christmas in Bethlehem last month “felt particularly joyful — welcoming back the spirit of the festival that is all about rebirth, goodwill and peace — even though the constant threat of violence, small and large, is never far from the surface,” my colleague @lsmwilson.bsky.social writes ⤵️
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
NEW: Christmas festivities have returned to Bethlehem after a two-year pause, but the shadow of Gaza, occupation and genocide was never far from the celebrations, reports @lsmwilson.bsky.social from the ground in @newlinesmag.bsky.social . newlinesmag.com/essays/chris...
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Christmas Celebrations Are Returning to Bethlehem
But behind the still-muted festivities lies the shadow of Gaza
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Lydia Wilson @lsmwilson.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I wrote about the Christmas I just spent in Bethlehem - the joy was palpable after 2 years of cancelled festivities, although the violence, occupation and genocide remain. For @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/essays/chris...
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Christmas Celebrations Are Returning to Bethlehem
But behind the still-muted festivities lies the shadow of Gaza
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Israel is bombing southern Lebanon again This is what the Israelis call ceasefire: you cease, we fire
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Kylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Remember earlier when they were literally calling it a blood libel to suggest Israel would ever bomb a hospital and now the only ambiguity is how many times they bombed one
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
The number of “cides” in Gaza is growing, but beyond its destruction of schools, hospitals, farmland and entire family lineages, Israel is also engaging in historicide — the destruction of history itself — argues @lsmwilson.bsky.social in @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/essays/histo...
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Historicide in Gaza
Israel’s destruction of official and personal archives is changing how Palestine’s story can be told
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Hanno Hauenstein @hahauenstein.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
How German media outlets helped pave the way for Israel’s murder of journalists in Gaza - my latest @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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How German media outlets helped pave the way for Israel’s murder of journalists in Gaza | Hanno Hauenstein
In the run-up to this week’s deadly attacks, stories linking Palestinian reporters to Hamas gained currency, says Berlin-based journalist Hanno Hauenstein
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Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Ft. articles by @trillingual.bsky.social for @theguardian.com, @joshuatait.bsky.social, Joe Betts & @lsmwilson.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social, @nescio13.bsky.social, and @lastpositivist.bsky.social...
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
The pollution of Gaza’s air and water will not respect political boundaries. From birth defects to increased rates of cancer, people across the region, including in Israel, will pay a price for years to come, argues Lesley Joseph for @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/argument/the...
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The Toxic Blowback of Israel’s Bombs
How military action in Gaza is polluting the land, air and water far beyond the enclave’s bounds
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
On top of the human cost, the Beirut explosion damaged Lebanon’s long historical record. @lsmwilson.bsky.social reports on how the blast drove thousands of volunteers to save the city’s past, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social. newlinesmag.com/reportage/be...
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In a Sea of Broken Glass, Beirut Museums Work to Preserve Their Antiquities
After the explosion last August, help poured in from volunteers and international organizations. The city has been healing slowly, but with the country’s economic and political crises, efforts are sta...
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Shirin Jaafari @shirinj.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
"It’s not just the horror, but the horror combined with the helplessness." @lsmwilson.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/first-person...
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Covering Gaza
A New Lines editor records her conversations with Palestinians about the challenges of living and writing in the territory
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
The number of “cides” in Gaza is growing, but beyond its destruction of schools, hospitals, farmland and entire family lineages, Israel is also engaging in historicide — the destruction of history itself — argues @lsmwilson.bsky.social in @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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Historicide in Gaza
Israel’s destruction of official and personal archives is changing how Palestine’s story can be told
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 31/07/2025
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza. “A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said. Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
NEW: In Gaza, even those who want to write often cannot find the time or strength as they are starved & bombed. @lsmwilson.bsky.social records her conversations with Palestinians about the impossible challenges in the territory, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/first-person...
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Covering Gaza
A New Lines editor records her conversations with Palestinians about the challenges of living and writing in the territory
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Danny Postel @dannypostel.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Hard to find a unique angle on a saturated topic like Epstein but @benlorber8.bsky.social has done just that — he examines the antisemitic underbelly of the MAGA obsession with the billionaire pedophile and warns against progressive amplification of these narratives. newlinesmag.com/argument/pro...
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Progressives Have No Business Celebrating MAGA’s Epstein Revolt
Antisemitic conspiracy theories are central to the far right’s obsession with the sex-trafficking billionaire and his links to the global elite
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Danny Postel @dannypostel.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
A pair of MUST reads at @newlinesmag.bsky.social — @shaneburley.bsky.social on Laura Loomer and Jewish MAGA's danse macabre, @benlorber8.bsky.social on the antisemitic core of MAGA's obsession with Epstein and why progressives have no business jumping on the bandwagon. Ideology critique at its best.
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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
"...officials said the GHF system would attempt to screen people for involvement with Hamas by using facial recognition or biometric technology" I tried writing this in an article I wrote recently, citing palestinian sources, and was told "it hadn't been reliably reported anywhere"
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
The number of “cides” in Gaza is growing, but beyond its destruction of schools, hospitals, farmland and entire family lineages, Israel is also engaging in historicide — the destruction of history itself — argues @lsmwilson.bsky.social in @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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Historicide in Gaza
Israel’s destruction of official and personal archives is changing how Palestine’s story can be told
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Lydia Wilson @lsmwilson.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
How many people will the government have to arrest if this is true…me, for a start, because Israel IS committing genocide in Gaza
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Beyond the physical destruction, Israel has worked to sever Palestinians’ connections with their land, to each other and with their collective history, writes @lsmwilson.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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Historicide in Gaza
Israel’s destruction of official and personal archives is changing how Palestine’s story can be told
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Beyond the physical destruction, Israel has worked to sever Palestinians’ connections with their land, to each other and with their collective history, writes @lsmwilson.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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Historicide in Gaza
Israel’s destruction of official and personal archives is changing how Palestine’s story can be told
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mosababutoha @mosababutoha.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Breaking: Israel has just bombed UNRWA’s Rimal Clinic. Casualties reported.
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