Karim Emile Bitar
@karimbitar
Professor of International Relations and Former Dean @USJLiban, Cofounder @KullunaIrada, Affiliations: @SciencesPo @MiddleEastInst, @InstitutIRIS, @TheGCSP, ENA
🇺🇸 🇨🇳 US State Department Cuts and Upheaval Make China Great Again - Bloomberg “Never before has a country forfeited so much soft power with so little justification amid such intense competition with a rival” via @Bloomberg via @RnaudBertrand bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
Grok: “According to family statements, Ozzy Osbourne passed away peacefully today at 76, surrounded by loved ones. No official cause is stated, but he long battled Parkinson's disease, spinal issues, and other health complications. His legacy in heavy metal endures.”
We are excited to announce the theatrical release of Back To The Beginning: Ozzy’s Final Bow – coming early 2026. The feature-length concert film will be a big-screen celebration of Ozzy Osbourne and the legacy of Black Sabbath, capturing the raw power and emotional weight of…
This is Pope Francis literally sitting in Church Square in Mosul, the heart of the ISIS persecution of Christians, in 2021 A female suicide bomber and a van travelling at high speed with explosives both attempted to kill him during this visit
Have you noticed the pattern in which one Pope after the next will focus on the Jewish state & slandering it, while completely ignoring the actual genocide of Christians in the Middle East including right this minute in Syria?
In the Israeli Knesset Today: “Meeting of the Lobby for the Renewal of Jewish Settlement in the Gaza Strip Topic: "The Gaza Riviera – From Vision to Reality" “ This isn't just some right-wing fantasy. They mean it. They're planning what comes after ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
I met with Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian student at Columbia University, who was imprisoned for 104 days by the Trump administration for opposing Netanyahu’s illegal & horrific war in Gaza. Outrageous. We must not allow Trump to destroy the First Amendment & freedom to dissent.
US quitting UNESCO because it “advances social and cultural causes and maintains an outsized focus on the UN’s sustainable development goals, a globalist agenda” is like closing libraries for carrying too many books. I guess some regimes did just that. theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, but rather than use his enormous leverage to stop it, Trump cites “anti-Israel rhetoric” to withdraw from UNESCO. trib.al/Jkph5GN
Trump administration pulls US from UNESCO, cites its decision to admit Palestine as a member state.
🇧🇪 🇵🇸 La Belgique assignée pour son “inaction” “Des ONG a déposé plainte contre le gouvernement belge, au motif que la Convention pour la prévention et la répression du crime de génocide l’oblige à prendre des mesures de rétorsion contre l’Etat d’Israël.” lemonde.fr/international/…
Why MAGA hates Mehdi Hasan. He reveals their racism to their face.
None of these “leaders” will ever be able to live down their complicity in, and acceptance of, the destruction of Gaza and its people. It’s how they’ll be remembered the rest of their lives and in the future, long after they’re gone. It will be their legacy.
Civilians cannot be targets. Never. The images from Gaza are unbearable. The EU reiterates its call for the free, safe and swift flow of humanitarian aid. And for the full respect of international and humanitarian law. Civilians in Gaza have suffered too much, for too long.…
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Civilians cannot be targets. Never. The images from Gaza are unbearable. The EU reiterates its call for the free, safe and swift flow of humanitarian aid. And for the full respect of international and humanitarian law. Civilians in Gaza have suffered too much, for too long.…
It is very hard to imagine a better future for our people in Lebanon within a prosperous region while 2 million people are being starved by Israel in Gaza, under the eyes of an unmoved international community.
🇺🇸 🕵️♀️ What Will Become of the C.I.A.? “An organization devoted to secrecy ends up with a lot of secrets.” Keith Gessen looks back on the long, storied history of the C.I.A.—and considers what will become of the covert agency under Donald Trump.” newyorker.com/magazine/2025/… “The…
Rachida Dati et Carlos Ghosn renvoyés devant le tribunal correctionnel pour corruption et trafic d’influence “Dati est soupçonnée d’avoir perçu €900.000 de RNBV, filiale de Renault-Nissan pour des prestations de conseil, sans avoir réellement travaillé.” lemonde.fr/societe/articl…
Rachel Maddow runs a segment on the many ties between Donald Trump and his best friend Jeffrey Epstein
Jon Stewart reacts to CBS cancelling "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and tells corporations and advertisers to "sack up"
En direct, Gaza : l’ONU accuse Israël d’avoir tué plus de 1 000 personnes tentant d’obtenir de l’aide humanitaire depuis fin mai. “Ces centres sont gérés par la Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, structure opaque et controversée pilotée par Israël et les USA.” lemonde.fr/international/…
Empty words from the Foreign Secretary - the statement lacks any resolve, leadership or action to help end the genocide in Gaza. 1/4🧵
The suffering of civilians in Gaza has reached new depths. Alongside 25 other partners, the UK message is clear: the war in Gaza must end now. We need an immediate ceasefire, release of all hostages and a full resumption of aid. gov.uk/government/new…