Emile Hokayem (@emile-hokayem.bsky.social)

"Once this tipping point is passed, famines tend to follow a catastrophically self-reinforcing pattern, already visible in Gaza. A slow creep of death yields to mass mortality as organs fail, immune systems collapse and victims lose the will to go on." crisisgroup.org/middle-east-no…

Airdrops are very expensive (money spent on flights instead of food), volumes are too small, distribution is impossible as hungry crowds rush to get something, aid can’t be distributed fairly, people get killed. This is more distraction and deflection: it allows Israel to…

With Trump’s apparent full blessing, Israel will now intensify even more its campaign in Gaza. The worst-case scenario for Gazans, already the most likely, will haunt everyone.

Fidèle à son engagement historique pour une paix juste et durable au Proche-Orient, j’ai décidé que la France reconnaîtra l’État de Palestine. J’en ferai l’annonce solennelle à l’Assemblée générale des Nations unies, au mois de septembre prochain.…

France will recognise the state of Palestine.

Controlled starvation happens slowly at first, then deaths start and numbers grow fast. We may have tipped into this phase.

This is a transparent attempt to punish UN OCHA for uncovering the mass graves in which IDF troops buried the medics and emergency workers they killed. Israel has barred foreign journalists, UN investigators, and now UN humanitarians who inevitably find evidence of war crimes.

A few days ago, a journalist friend asked me why I had not commented on the atrocities committed in southern Syria. I have lived and breathed Syria for 15 years. But starting 2017, heartbreak, fatigue, distance, loss of contacts, lack of familiarity with the Islamist and…

2 weeks ago, in an attempt to muddy the waters around the EU review of the Association Agreement with Israel, Israel agreed to a deal to increase significantly aid into Gaza. Kallas, the EU foreign policy chief, celebrated it as a success and the EU FAC declined to take any step…

“in convincing countries to take hundreds of thousands of Palestinians”: 60 characters “For its ethnic cleansing plans”: 30 characters

Two reasons why I am grateful to be on Twitter: - all the new, instant experts on Druze dynamics - all the people who have discovered there are Christians in Gaza

“We, the sons of #Syria know well who’s trying to drag us into war & division… Since the fall of the regime, #Israel has sought to dismantle #Syria… This crisis with #Israel was resolved only thanks to American, Arab & Turkish mediation.” President Ahmed al-Sharaa tonight:

The 'Gaza Humanitarian Foundation' is an abomination, designed to advance Israeli political-military objectives and to undermine the UN, NGOs and the standards of humanitarian assistance.

It was clear within weeks after Oct 7, and def by January 2024. Still ongoing... This article is 1.5 yrs too late but better late than never in documenting precisely what happened and how. How Netanyahu Prolonged the War in Gaza to Stay in Power nytimes.com/2025/07/11/mag…

Sobering WSJ investigation on Assad's machinery of oppression, torture and death in Syria. No one can say they did not know pre-8 Dec, but such reports (including those by Syrian and intel orgs) help understand the mechanics of how 10s of 1,000s were crushed.…

📢 Join us tomorrow Thursday, July 10, as we discuss: "REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS & IMPACT ON LEBANON" The discussion will include an analysis of U.S. Envoy Tom Barrack's visit to Lebanon and its broader regional context 🎙 @emile_hokayem & @glcarlstrom 🗣 Moderated by @dr_nickfn…

Want to know whether peace, concord and prosperity are about to reign supreme in the Levant? @glcarlstrom @dr_nickfn and I will lift your hearts with our assessments and analysis.