Barbara Slavin
@barbaraslavin1
Distinguished Fellow, Stimson Center, lecturer GW University, ex-Atlantic Council, author of Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies. Tweets=personal views.
החלטה אומללה, פזיזה, יהירה ופוליטית של נתניהו והקבינט בחודש מרץ על הפסקת הכנסת הסיוע לעזה הכתיבה מדיניות הרסנית שנמשכה ארבעה חודשים, כללה ביצוע פשעי מלחמה, הביאה למותם של מאות פלסטינים חפים מפשע וקלעה את ישראל למשבר בינלאומי חסר תקדים. השינוי כעת מאוחר הרבה יותר מדי
Thank you, Barbara. I don’t know if I can fix anything alone. But I do know we can’t keep looking away. The longer we stay silent, the more this becomes who we are. That said, something is shifting inside Israeli society. Quietly. Painfully. But it’s real. It’s fragile. And I’m…
Airdrops are "a shiny object to chase, to give the appearance that the Israeli government is making a concession, but it's not really going to substantively change the situation." Good CNN interview with @JeremyKonyndyk.
At last, this German government is moving towards what I begged its predecessor to do, a year ago. Just a short further step to declaring Netanyahu’s government a rogue regime, and publicly supporting our civic struggle against it. @bundeskanzler
The time has come to end the war in Gaza. We – France, the United Kindom and Germany – urge all parties to bring an end to the conflict by reaching an immediate ceasefire:
💥The IDF never found proof that Hamas systematically stole aid from the United Nations, the biggest supplier of emergency assistance to Gaza for most of the war. In fact, the UN aid delivery system, which the Netanyahu government derided & undermined, was largely effective in…
3/ Think of a drying sponge: As groundwater is pumped out, the earth above collapses as the ground compresses. From Spain to China to here in the U.S., places around the world are seeing the effects.
Senior Israeli military officials tell the NYT they never found evidence Hamas systematically stole UN aid and that the UN aid delivery system was largely effective nytimes.com/2025/07/26/wor…
A wave of drone strikes has hit 🇮🇶 #Iraq’s Kurdistan region, targeting vital oil infrastructure.. Are Iran-backed armed groups punishing 🇮🇶#Kurdistan for its western ties—or sending a broader post-war message? Details via @amwajmedia amwaj.media/en/media-monit…
Channels affiliated with IRGC report that the number of victims in the #Zahedan terrorist attack has risen to 6 dead and 22 injured. Most of the casualties are said to be civilians. #Iran #Terrorism #IRGC #SistanBaluchestan #ZahedanAttack #MiddleEastSecurity
Aid organizations report that thousands of children in Gaza are at risk of starvation while trucks full of food sit waiting across the border. The full flow of humanitarian assistance must be restored immediately. news.un.org/en/story/2025/…
"The answer came back days later in an email from Spencer Chretien, the highest-ranking official in the State Department's refugee and migration bureau, saying the program is intended for white people."
Exclusive: US diplomats asked if non-whites qualify for Trump refugee program for South Africans reuters.com/world/africa/u…
Saeed Naji Zomlot, the cousin closest to my heart, was killed by Israel. We last spoke four days ago. Saeed told me his children were starving and he had no choice but to go north of #Gaza in search of food. I asked him to be careful. He went—and never came back. Today, the…
Trump is reportedly planning to issue a new IEEPA EO to impose 50% tariffs on Brazil next week, due to his spat over Brazil's trial of Bolsonaro. (@business reporting that a new EO would be the basis to implement Trump's 50% tariff threat): 1. If Trump is going to impose 50%…
reports suggest that #Azerbaijan is playing an increasingly active role in trying to bring about a reconciliation between #Syria and #Israel -- another reason for tension with #Iran read @StimsonCenter @fuadshahbazov stimson.org/2025/israel-wa…
A deliberate, engineered, and entirely preventable famine is killing Palestinians in #Gaza. Every day the world does not act, more people simply collapse and die. This is unacceptable! Read Femena's Statement. femena.net/2025/07/25/the… #Palestine #GazaStarving
Iranian diplomats said they held "frank and detailed" nuclear talks on Friday with counterparts from Germany, Britain and France, who have threatened to trigger sanctions if Tehran fails to agree a deal on uranium enrichment and cooperation with UN inspectors.…
Palestinians in Gaza are not starving by accident. This is the cold, calculated, and declared policy of the Israeli government from the outset to deliberately use starvation as a weapon of war. Indicted war criminal Yoav Gallant in his own words: x.com/innova_center/…
#Israel. Defense Minister Yoav Galant: "I declare a complete blockade of #Gaza. No electricity. No food. No fuel. No water. We are fighting humanoid animals and we will act accordingly." Actually, this is genocide. Where are outraged Western human rights defenders?
Hundreds of hungry Palestinians have been killed near food sites managed by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation which is funded in part by our tax dollars. This group should not receive our support while Gazans face starvation and violent death every day. The famine and slaughter…
Ankara-Baku-Damascus: a partially supplanting crescent. An expert should discuss this further. Also any inter-Sunni religious dynamics at play, relevant to Turkey, KSA and UAE.