dr harry hagopian 😷
@harryhagopian
Public International lawyer, ecumenical advisor & political examiner of MENA + Gulf regions. A pessoptimist seeking speckles of hope!
The world must scream against the starvation in Gaza, not by PR-rich airdrops but a ceasefire that allows UN-managed trucks to succour the whole Strip - not only the 12% that Palestinians have been herded into by Israel - @NesrineMalik @guardianopinion : theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
As the late Mother Teresa said once, "Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty" > Loneliness & social disconnection - An #AJOpinion by @DrTedros , @vivek_murthy & @ChidoMpemba via @WHO : aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/…
[1] Under Israel’s current extremist gov’t, the campaign to undo the Oslo Accords is accelerating. Hilltop youth are fundraising for the development of an outpost in Area B of the West Bank. This is part of a greater trend. More background in the thread.
Israel-Palestine: Elders to address United Nations Today, Elders @JuanManSantos, Mary Robinson and Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein will speak at the @UN High-Level International Conference on Israel-Palestine, in New York. Follow on UNTV: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1v/k…
🕯️ Feyrouz se recueille devant le cercueil de son fils Ziad Rahbani, en l'église de la Dormition à Bickfaya
JUST IN: Israeli NGOs have accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza in a new report. Read more: p.dw.com/p/4y7WS
How the EU succumbed to Trump’s tariff steamroller on.ft.com/46wgY24
Amazeballs! > Bob Geldof on what's happening today in terms of mass starvation of Gaza Palestinians, esp babies, as Geldof underlines to Trevor Phillips on 'This Morning' despite the presenter's fair attempts 4 even-handedness (if possible!) - @skynews : youtube.com/watch?v=HzUtUU…
Viele wundern sich über die deutsche Haltung gegenüber Israel: Hier das Ringen des ehemaligen Präsidenten des Landes mit dem Thema. Eine deutsche Pathologie? Eine verfehlte Erinnerungskultur? Schade, dass es keine englischen Untertitel gibt - @ZDFheute : youtube.com/watch?v=Ch81SK…
What I worried about has happened. A completely unequal “deal” between the US and the EU. Have no doubt: asymmetric 15% tariffs are a EU defeat. When the law of the jungle prevails, the weak have little choice than to accept their fate. But Europe could potentially have been…
BREAKING: Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir says PM Benjamin Netanyahu is “morally bankrupt” for ALLOWING aid into Gaza and demands the complete starvation of Palestinians. This is not a redeemable society.
Every conflict comes with side costs. Here’s one the EU now has to shoulder 👇
Europe accused of going soft on Azerbaijan to avoid buying Russian gas bbc.in/4ocPSn2
The Netherlands classify Israel as a threat to national security because of its #subversion operations using weaponised narratives to polarise, divide mobilise the public via its extensive information operations ynetnews.com/article/skk2oa…
Time again 4 our next Middle East Analysis (MEA) via @MiddleEastPod - out mid-week: We might cover Gaza/Israel-Palestine & Syria + some headlines on Lebanon & Armenia. But @JimmyAbbott1 , producer & presenter, has the last word: he controls the mikes!🤔> podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mid…
The KSA & France will co-chair a mtg at the UN in NYC, 28-30/07, but will the Arab World wake up & pull its weight? And can France draw the UK, Germany, Italy & other states to assist it in a recognition that 'might just' salvage a two-state solution? <> f24.my/BL85
Here, @BowenBBC (I suspect he's in Jerusalem these days, as he also was on @BBCr4today this morn) on aid drops being parachuted into Gaza: bbc.com/news/articles/…
Dr @ghadakarmi , w/ disarming bluntness & honesty that reflects also her own family experience, offers the guest of this event a simple definition of colonialism. It'll not please everyone but it gets viewed multiple times: x.com/AdameMedia/sta…
This one clips sums up everything about Israel.
À ma connaissance, c’est la première fois que la manchette de @LOrientLeJour est en arabe. « Que va-t-il se passer demain ? », titre d’une pièce culte de l’immense #ziad_rahbani, à qui ce numéro est dédié.