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Omar H. Rahman

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Omar H. Rahman

@omarrahman

Political Analyst and Writer, Mideast & US foreign policy; Fellow @ME_Council. Exec Editor of Afkār. Ex-Fellow @BrookingsFP @BakerInstitute. Alum @Columbiajourn

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Omar H. Rahman
@omarrahman
Jun 3
My assessment of the Palestinian leadership crisis before and after October 7. It builds on many years of my work on Palestinian politics. Give it a read along with all the other great works in this collection, put together by @MouinRabbani and myself for @ME_Council
Middle East Council on Global Affairs
@ME_Council
Jun 3
Dossier Chapter: "October 7 Exposed the Depth of the Palestinian Leadership Crisis" by @omarrahman. Palestinians have been saddled with a weak yet highly repressive leadership, buoyed by external support, structurally wedded to a failed political program, unresponsive to its
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Omar H. Rahman
@omarrahman
Jan 12, 2024
Zero self reflection from Israelis on how headstones with Stars of David could stay in tact in the supposed Jew-hating-genocidal Hamas controlled Gaza Strip for all these years, while Israelis go dig up and vandalize Palestinian cemeteries from Gaza to Jerusalem.
Tariq Kenney-Shawa
@tksshawa
Jan 12, 2024
Gazans kept the graves of Jews killed during the First World War in pristine condition for decades, while the Israeli military desecrated, dug up, and bulldozed entire Palestinian cemeteries.
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Omar H. Rahman
@omarrahman
Jan 4, 2024
This is one of the craziest statistics I’ve seen so far. Gaza’s doctors have operated in a superhuman capacity throughout this catastrophe, only to be murdered in the hundreds.
Muhammad Shehada
@muhammadshehad2
Jan 4, 2024
🚨Israel killed 374 Gazan doctors, dentists & nurses (as if destroying hospitals wasn't enough). Becoming a doctor in Gaza is usually the most costly, difficult & time-consuming pursuit. Only the smartest & top scoring students are accepted into Gaza's medical facilities.
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Omar H. Rahman
@omarrahman
Dec 29, 2023
Sorry, defamation isn’t going to work this time. Your entire leadership is on the record calling for genocide against Palestinians in one form or another. And your military’s actions speak louder than your hasbarists. There’s rarely been a clearer case of genocidal intent
Lior Haiat 🇮🇱🎗️
@LiorHaiat
Dec 29, 2023
Israel rejects with disgust the blood libel spread by South Africa in its application to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). South Africa's claim lacks both a factual and a legal basis, and constitutes a despicable and contemptuous exploitation of the Court. South Africa
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Omar H. Rahman
@omarrahman
Dec 29, 2023
Words like famine are being used to describe the situation in Gaza, as if there is drought or their crops are failing. These innocent men, women and children are being deliberately starved to death.
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Omar H. Rahman
@omarrahman
May 23, 2024
Deputy mayor of Jerusalem, everyone.
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Omar H. Rahman
@omarrahman
Jan 31, 2025
Just imagine, a 14 year old Palestinian boy arrested by Israel (probably for allegedly throwing stones at soldiers) was released 6 years later, only as part of a hostage exchange, and comes out looking like he was freed from Buchenwald. Media coverage? None.
Muhammad Shehada
@muhammadshehad2
Jan 30, 2025
Palestinian captive released today; Skin & bone, infected with scabies, traumatised... Mohammed Sabah (20) was detained by Israel when he was a child at the age of 14 "The children of light"!
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Omar H. Rahman
@omarrahman
Nov 9, 2024
Can’t make this stuff up. Netanyahu appoints a new ambassador to the U.S. who was a member of a U.S. designated terrorist organization.
Haaretz.com
@haaretzcom
Nov 9, 2024
In his youth, Israel's next U.S. envoy, settler Yechiel Leiter, was active in the Jewish Defense League, an organization founded in the U.S. by extremist Rabbi Meir Kahane and later designated as a terrorist organization by U.S. authorities haaretz.com/israel-news/20…
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Omar H. Rahman
@omarrahman
Dec 21, 2023
It’s insane that Biden is holding up a UNSC ceasefire res, insisting that Israel is more appropriate than UN to facilitate humanitarian aid into Gaza—Israel, who cut off basic necessities and weaponized starvation/disease to a civilian population of 2.2mn, half of them children.
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Omar H. Rahman
@omarrahman
Apr 23, 2024
It should be the biggest scandal in the world that Israel has thrown UN employees into Gaza detention camps and tortured “confessions” out of a handful, to delegitimize/defund a humanitarian org of 30,000 employees providing vital aid to millions suffering displacement & famine
Trita Parsi
@tparsi
Apr 22, 2024
Independent report on Israel and UNRWA: "This is a pretty damning report. But damning not for UNRWA, but for Israel" Well, its not only damning for Israel. It is also damning for all the Western countries that cut funding for UNRWA on mere (now debunked) accusations by Israel!
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Omar H. Rahman
@omarrahman
Dec 1, 2023
As someone who has written for @972mag for a longtime, this may be the most significant piece it has ever published. It is a must read. 972mag.com/mass-assassina…
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Omar H. Rahman
@omarrahman
Feb 2, 2024
Is there any precedent for an elected US official wearing the military uniform of a foreign country?
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Omar H. Rahman
@omarrahman
Oct 19, 2023
Every Arab-American I know has said there is no chance they are voting for Biden next year (myself included). Although the voting clout of Arab-Americans is much different than Palestinian citizens of Israel, it’s worth noting the parallels to 2001, when Ehud Barak lost the
Randa Slim
@rmslim
Oct 19, 2023
I would not be surprised if #Arab & #Muslim #American voters not showing up to vote cost Mr @JoeBiden re-election next year.
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Omar H. Rahman
@omarrahman
May 9, 2024
One thing overlooked in this Haim Saban message to Biden is how easily, casually, cavalierly a man like him sends missives to the US President, using sloppy textspeak to criticize policy on a highly-consequential issue with millions of lives at stake. Says a lot about the
Barak Ravid
@BarakRavid
May 9, 2024
Democratic mega-donor Haim Saban wrote an email to Biden's aides Steve Ricchetti & Anita Dunn about Biden's decision to put on hold a weapons shipment to Israel: "Let's not forget there are more Jewish voters who care about Israel than Muslim voters who care about Hamas"
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