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21 Dec, 5 tweets, 4 min read
No surprise #UAE ⁦@MohamedBinZayed⁩ sent his minions to try to infiltrate @hrw given our relentless reports on country’s abuses. Total failure ofc. We were able to use the $2m we had no idea was secretly coming from him to do great work on the gulf! bloomberg.com/news/features/…
Was distressing to learn that minion Robeson, falsely presented himself as head of a “foundation”, looked me in eye to express his wish for reform in the region, breaching his legal fiduciary duties and duties of trust as a board member.
Good thing #UAE minion Robeson was a total putz, never opening his mouth. Glad he was able to report directly about MENA abuses we were documenting straight to @MohamedBinZayed - at least he can’t say he wasn’t informed.
Badge of honor that #UAE wasted $2million (likely many more) to try to infiltrate @hrw - our work exposing country’s abuses clearly being heard and getting under @MohamedBinZayed skin. Wonder how many other orgs he’s tried to spy on. The little spy.
Hope @JoeBiden &Congress will take a close look at #UAE record, latest using minions to infiltrate&spy on a USbased human rights org @hrw, &using same #NSOGroup spyware used to track #JamalKhashoggi to infect phones of 30+ @AlJazeera journalists when considering arms sales

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Disturbing reports that #Egypt executed 23 people yesterday, including 15 political prisoners. Working to verify details. The US state dept went batshit condemning unjust execution of Iranian wrestler; will it condemn this by its “ally” Egypt?
The US rushed through new sanctions on Iranian officials involved in Navid Afkari’s unjust execution. It “mourned” his death and condemned the unfair trials. It specifically sanctioned the judges too:

state.gov/major-new-huma…
I’m holding my breath to see @SecPompeo condemn these executions in #egypt where justice is a mockery, torture endemic, political prisoners flooding prisons. Here are a few Egyptian culprits who are the counterparts to their sanctioned brothers in Iran:
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4 Oct
This is not just about US forces in the Middle East. This is also (much more) about US military aid, proxy forces, and diplomatic cover we provide abusive govt’s there. All of this has to end.
Never ceases to amaze me how bandwagon of newly brave “withdrawal” champs pushing for withdrawal of US forces R never brave enough to take on the real canards of why we have to keep supporting “imperfect” allies w military aid & diplomatic cover that entangles us in their abuses.
“Time to withdraw military forces from Middle East, not in our interest,” gotcha. Why isn’t it also time to end our military and diplomatic support of Saudi Egypt UAE Israel that make us complicit in their abuses, entangle us in their conflicts?
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“No other country in the world has implemented a ban on protests amid the pandemic. But this ban..is about #Netanyahu holding onto power. He’s gotten desperate enough to deploy tactics #Israel routinely uses against Palestinians on its Jewish citizens, too washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/1…
“This is the last step before we fall into a completely fascist state,” said Asaf Agmon, a former brigadier general in @IDF . “This is the elimination of Israeli democracy,” said opposition politician Yair Golan”
“The crackdown means many Israelis are, for the first time in their lives, getting a very small taste of what it’s like — what it has always been like — for Palestinians. Not only those in the occupied West Bank...but also Palestinian citizens who comprise over 20% of...Israel.”
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2 Oct
Nice words from @JoeBiden but troubling waffling on proposed legislation - twice vetoed by Trump- to ban arms sales to #Saudi, uses vague words on protecting values and re-examining relationship but no outright endorsement of sanctions and arms ban
If the DNI report is finally declassified (will Biden make that happen?) Biden admin will be in tough spot, effectively forced to choose between giving up juicy arms profits to Saudi and doing business with a murderer officially identified as responsible for Jamal’s murder
Tbh hope Biden is true to his general promises of “values” based policy but Obama - who at the time broke all records in arms sales to Saudi - made the same promises
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BREAKING: @realDonaldTrump taken to hospital less than 24 hours after public disclosure of his Covid infection.
Maybe there’s a silver lining? Maybe he’ll have a come to Jesus epiphany, recant and repent and apologize to all the Americans whose health care he through under the bus, all the sick and disabled he mercilessly mocked?
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