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세상에 똑똑한 애들 많다.그런데,걔들중에 잘되는 애들 진쩌 드물거든.그런데,저돌적이고 발이 빠른 애들은 거의 없다.씩씩하고,싹싹하게 부딪히다보면 어느 지점에서 부터는 다 된다.
인생 영리하게 살 필요없다.씩씩하고,싹싹하게 그거면 된다.
얼마나 많은 시간을 필드에서 피 흘리며 보내야 하는지 이해할수 있다면 '나 정도면 뭐는 해야지'라는 나이브함은 일찌감치 지워낼수 있을거다.
#CovidAwareSoReducingDentalVisits - less mouth open = less 'vid risk.
I am a GREAT flosser. My family thought we had genetic gum disease.
Below we can see rubber stick on the left, floss on the right, and a InterDental Brush (IDB) in the middle.
See the problem?
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I am a GREAT flosser. My family thought we had genetic gum disease.
Below we can see rubber stick on the left, floss on the right, and a InterDental Brush (IDB) in the middle.
See the problem?
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A couple more example pics on why I am sick to my stomach thinking of all that money wasted.
We THOUGHT we had great dentists. Not a single one mentioned IDBs, and how the bristles allow all interdental spaces to be reached.
And it gets better!
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We THOUGHT we had great dentists. Not a single one mentioned IDBs, and how the bristles allow all interdental spaces to be reached.
And it gets better!
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IDBs actually reach down in between the gum and teeth - 2-3 mm. Floss? Only 1-2 mm.
As plaque grows down into and touches your gums, that's what causes them to get inflamed - and begin to retreat (very simplified).
If you brush that space? Problem solved.
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As plaque grows down into and touches your gums, that's what causes them to get inflamed - and begin to retreat (very simplified).
If you brush that space? Problem solved.
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China's updated export control seem to be directed @ US EAR's De Minis Rule (for 0.1% 13 RE elements) + FDP (Chinese tech in mining, smelting, separation, processing, mfg & recycling).
Annex 1 can be modified to include more elements like Ga, Ge & La. Why is it done this way?
Annex 1 can be modified to include more elements like Ga, Ge & La. Why is it done this way?
China's emphasis here on advanced semi mfg, R&D + AI chip is a direct retaliation for something from 3 yrs ago. it also added its own BIS 50% rule for entity list firms.
Would signal that it's no longer concerned about further US restrictions on SMEs & AI chips. Huge implication
Would signal that it's no longer concerned about further US restrictions on SMEs & AI chips. Huge implication
As seen in this table, this entirely stops RE tech diffusion & seeks to choke off foreign RE buildout w/ control of machines, chemicals, data, IP & any Chinese tech.
Overcoming this would require a full RE supply chain to be built outside of China. Would require concerted long time strategy & undertaking.
Overcoming this would require a full RE supply chain to be built outside of China. Would require concerted long time strategy & undertaking.
🧵 The Cardiac Function Curve — why it misleads (Part 1)
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The cardiac function curve is one of the most recognisable images in physiology.
Unfortunately, it’s also one of the most misdrawn, mislabelled, and misunderstood.
Let’s redraw it — and see what it really tells us about the circulation.
#MedX #FOAMed #physiology
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The cardiac function curve is one of the most recognisable images in physiology.
Unfortunately, it’s also one of the most misdrawn, mislabelled, and misunderstood.
Let’s redraw it — and see what it really tells us about the circulation.
#MedX #FOAMed #physiology
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Textbooks teach: ↑ filling pressure → ↑ output.
But that’s backwards.
The heart doesn’t decide flow — it matches whatever venous return delivers.
It’s a servo, not a suction pump.
Textbooks teach: ↑ filling pressure → ↑ output.
But that’s backwards.
The heart doesn’t decide flow — it matches whatever venous return delivers.
It’s a servo, not a suction pump.
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This cardiac function curve shows what the heart alone can do at different right-atrial pressures.
But cardiac output isn’t set by the heart in isolation — it’s where this curve meets the circulation’s ability to return blood.
We’ll come to that next time in part 2
This cardiac function curve shows what the heart alone can do at different right-atrial pressures.
But cardiac output isn’t set by the heart in isolation — it’s where this curve meets the circulation’s ability to return blood.
We’ll come to that next time in part 2
China -- per the excellent reporting on the WSJ/ @Lingling_Wei -- appears to be pursuing a strategy of applying maximum pressure in pursuit of maximum concessions ... full tariff rollback, rollback of export controls, relaxation of nat'l security review on Chinese investment
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China though may have miscalculated -- Trump's "Truth" suggested real frustration. Betting on an even bigger (and more publicly visible TACO) has its own risks
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China really has put its full economic toolkit on the table -- using its control of grain and oil seed imports (COFCO) to zero out orders for beans (having a bit of a stockpile helps), and rolling out an extraordinary set of export controls ...
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José Ramiro López Obrador, hermano de Andrés Manuel López Obrador salió dueño de 13 ranchos en Tabasco, la mayoría adquiridos durante la presidencia de su hermano. ESTO ES UN ESCÁNDALO. Aquí va el hilo con CADA 1 de los predios.
Rancho 1
Adquirido el 20 de Junio de 2020, por 1 millón 200 mil pesos, un predio rústico de ¡150,000 metros!
Adquirido el 20 de Junio de 2020, por 1 millón 200 mil pesos, un predio rústico de ¡150,000 metros!
Rancho 2
Otro predio rústico de 120 mil metros adquirido por 360 mil pesos adquirido el 16 de Abril de 2016.
Otro predio rústico de 120 mil metros adquirido por 360 mil pesos adquirido el 16 de Abril de 2016.
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Yet another point for the theory that Trump experienced a stroke on the labor day weekend.
Yesterday they said it was for his “annual checkup” which Trump already had in April
Now they say it was part of an “ongoing health maintenance plan” BUT something is off:
Yet another point for the theory that Trump experienced a stroke on the labor day weekend.
Yesterday they said it was for his “annual checkup” which Trump already had in April
Now they say it was part of an “ongoing health maintenance plan” BUT something is off:
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They also specifically noted it involved additional imaging and specialist review for overall health and “to maintain optimal cardiovascular health”
Weird.
None of Trump’s medications or listed conditions merit this frequency of review, especially not imaging.
They also specifically noted it involved additional imaging and specialist review for overall health and “to maintain optimal cardiovascular health”
Weird.
None of Trump’s medications or listed conditions merit this frequency of review, especially not imaging.
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We can assume imaging to mean a CT or an MRI, two of the only tools that the White House medical staff can’t do in-house due to scale.
(They have a portable MRI machine but it’s very limited)
We can assume imaging to mean a CT or an MRI, two of the only tools that the White House medical staff can’t do in-house due to scale.
(They have a portable MRI machine but it’s very limited)
1/ Since a lot of people are waking up to see their perps positions closed and wondering what the hell “Auto-Deleveraging” means, here’s a quick and dirty primer.
What is ADL? How does it work? And why does it exist?
What is ADL? How does it work? And why does it exist?
2/ First of all it’s helpful to zoom out and think about what a perp market is and what it does at a very abstract level.
When you have a perps market like BTC, a fun fact is there’s no actual BTC in that system at all. There’s just a big pile of cash sitting doing nothing.
When you have a perps market like BTC, a fun fact is there’s no actual BTC in that system at all. There’s just a big pile of cash sitting doing nothing.
3/ All a perps market (or any derivatives market for that matter) does is shuffle a big pile of cash around among its participants. It uses a set of rules engineered to create a synthetic BTC like instrument within a system that actually has no BTC
It's official:
Crypto just saw its LARGEST liquidation event in history with 1.6 MILLION traders liquidated.
Over $19 BILLION worth of leveraged crypto positions were liquidated in 24 hours, 9 TIMES the previous record.
Why did this happen? Let us explain.
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Crypto just saw its LARGEST liquidation event in history with 1.6 MILLION traders liquidated.
Over $19 BILLION worth of leveraged crypto positions were liquidated in 24 hours, 9 TIMES the previous record.
Why did this happen? Let us explain.
(a thread)
To put this into perspective:
The liquidation event we saw over the last 24 hours was ~$17 BILLION larger than the February 2025 crash.
It was more than 19 TIMES larger than the March 2020 crash and collapse of FTX.
Never in history have we seen anything even close to this.
The liquidation event we saw over the last 24 hours was ~$17 BILLION larger than the February 2025 crash.
It was more than 19 TIMES larger than the March 2020 crash and collapse of FTX.
Never in history have we seen anything even close to this.
Amid the liquidation, Bitcoin recorded a $20,000 DAILY candlestick.
This marks a $380 BILLION swing in Bitcoin's market cap alone, in a single-day.
That's more than the market cap of all but 25 public companies in the world.
Once again, this has never happened in history.
This marks a $380 BILLION swing in Bitcoin's market cap alone, in a single-day.
That's more than the market cap of all but 25 public companies in the world.
Once again, this has never happened in history.
Today's #DavesCarIDService crosses the streams on two of my avid interests, American cars and American college football, with a salute to the Cars of the Big Ten.
Yes, there are 18 schools in the Big Ten. I'm sorry if you don't get ironic Midwest humor. The quality of its football versus other conferences is debatable, but there's no debating that it encompasses America's historic vehicle-making region. Not just Michigan, every state represented in the Big Ten played a non-trivial role in America's car history. Even the Johnny-come-latelys who ironically pushed the school count above Ten.
To illustrate, I have selected a vehicle to represent each university in the conference, one that was made nearby.
Illinois: there were over 100 car companies founded in the state of Illinois, most in Chicago. But since UI is in Champaign-Urbana I selected one made downstate: behold an 1898 Duryea Peoria Motor Trap. The Duryea brothers were born in nearby Canton IL, and this 127 year old baby is still driving the streets of Peoria.
Indiana: Hoosiers rank only second to Michigan in importance to Michigan in car history. IU, your all-star is a 1915 Indy-made Stutz Bearcat, the Bugatti Veyron of the pre-WW1 era.
Iowa: the Hawkeye state had a few notable marques; including Colby and Maytag-Mason. But its claim to Automotive fame are native sons Fred & Augie Duesenberg. In #3, Eddie Rickenbacker driving one of the first Duesenberg branded cars ever made, a 1913 race car made in Des Moines at the Sioux City 300.
Maryland: you Terps get an 1908 Maryland, with a grille that looks a bit like a turtle.
Yes, there are 18 schools in the Big Ten. I'm sorry if you don't get ironic Midwest humor. The quality of its football versus other conferences is debatable, but there's no debating that it encompasses America's historic vehicle-making region. Not just Michigan, every state represented in the Big Ten played a non-trivial role in America's car history. Even the Johnny-come-latelys who ironically pushed the school count above Ten.
To illustrate, I have selected a vehicle to represent each university in the conference, one that was made nearby.
Illinois: there were over 100 car companies founded in the state of Illinois, most in Chicago. But since UI is in Champaign-Urbana I selected one made downstate: behold an 1898 Duryea Peoria Motor Trap. The Duryea brothers were born in nearby Canton IL, and this 127 year old baby is still driving the streets of Peoria.
Indiana: Hoosiers rank only second to Michigan in importance to Michigan in car history. IU, your all-star is a 1915 Indy-made Stutz Bearcat, the Bugatti Veyron of the pre-WW1 era.
Iowa: the Hawkeye state had a few notable marques; including Colby and Maytag-Mason. But its claim to Automotive fame are native sons Fred & Augie Duesenberg. In #3, Eddie Rickenbacker driving one of the first Duesenberg branded cars ever made, a 1913 race car made in Des Moines at the Sioux City 300.
Maryland: you Terps get an 1908 Maryland, with a grille that looks a bit like a turtle.
I could blather endlessly about Michigan car industry, a had hundreds of of choices for its two conference reps. In this case, I could pick brands made just off-campus.
Michigan: Wolverines get a very spacious 1911 Ann Arbor, the Big House of early touring cars.
Michigan State: a layup for Sparty, because Lansing was forever the home of Oldsmobile. 1903 curved dash Olds model R, the Model T before the Model T.
Michigan: Wolverines get a very spacious 1911 Ann Arbor, the Big House of early touring cars.
Michigan State: a layup for Sparty, because Lansing was forever the home of Oldsmobile. 1903 curved dash Olds model R, the Model T before the Model T.
Minnesota: despite my antipathy for the Gophers I am granting them a dandy, a 1911 Minneapolis 6 hp. Made by the ancestors of a pal of mine, Ky Michaelson.
Nebraska: Cornhuskers get another 2-wheeler, a Lincoln-made Cushman Airborne. Cushman virtually invented the motor scooter, and this one was used in WW2 by paratroopers.
Northwestern: Wildcats get the Chicago-made 1948 Tucker Torpedo, the star-crossed car of legend.
Ohio State: again, hundreds choices available for an Ohio made car, including the Buckeye. And couple dozen brands made in Columbus. But among them, I chose the 1910 Firestone-Columbus 7-A runabout.
Nebraska: Cornhuskers get another 2-wheeler, a Lincoln-made Cushman Airborne. Cushman virtually invented the motor scooter, and this one was used in WW2 by paratroopers.
Northwestern: Wildcats get the Chicago-made 1948 Tucker Torpedo, the star-crossed car of legend.
Ohio State: again, hundreds choices available for an Ohio made car, including the Buckeye. And couple dozen brands made in Columbus. But among them, I chose the 1910 Firestone-Columbus 7-A runabout.
If you thought COVID was built on a web of lies, wait till you hear what they did with Alzheimer’s disease.
While Big Pharma poured billions into failed drugs and fake plaque theories, one neurologist quietly proved the decline could be reversed.
And he did it without a single pharmaceutical.
Dr. Dale Bredesen discovered Alzheimer’s has five root causes, not one.
And when you treat those root causes, patients recover.
🧵 THREAD
While Big Pharma poured billions into failed drugs and fake plaque theories, one neurologist quietly proved the decline could be reversed.
And he did it without a single pharmaceutical.
Dr. Dale Bredesen discovered Alzheimer’s has five root causes, not one.
And when you treat those root causes, patients recover.
🧵 THREAD
The information in this thread comes from the work of medical researcher @MidwesternDoc. For all the sources and details, read the full report below.
midwesterndoctor.com/p/the-great-al…
midwesterndoctor.com/p/the-great-al…
In 1906, plaques in the brain were identified as the cause of Alzheimer’s disease.
By the 1980s, scientists discovered that those plaques were primarily composed of amyloid proteins.
And then in 1991, genetic mutations in a protein that gives rise to amyloid beta were linked to inherited forms of Alzheimer’s disease.
By the 1980s, scientists discovered that those plaques were primarily composed of amyloid proteins.
And then in 1991, genetic mutations in a protein that gives rise to amyloid beta were linked to inherited forms of Alzheimer’s disease.
🧵(a thread) FRACTIONAL GOLD SYSTEM — IS YOUR ETF SAFE? (Part 1)
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Most people think when they buy gold through an ETF or a bullion account, there’s a bar with their name on it.
But in reality, your gold likely exists only as an IOU — not a bar.
Let’s decode how this fractional gold system really works 👇
#gold #Silver #silversqueeze
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Most people think when they buy gold through an ETF or a bullion account, there’s a bar with their name on it.
But in reality, your gold likely exists only as an IOU — not a bar.
Let’s decode how this fractional gold system really works 👇
#gold #Silver #silversqueeze
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Start with 1 real bar (400 oz) sitting in a bullion bank’s vault.
Now watch how this same bar is turned into many paper claims across multiple markets.
Start with 1 real bar (400 oz) sitting in a bullion bank’s vault.
Now watch how this same bar is turned into many paper claims across multiple markets.
3️⃣ Step 1 – Unallocated Accounts
When you “buy gold” through a bank, you get an unallocated account — meaning you don’t own any specific bar.
➡️ The bank keeps the gold as its own asset,
➡️ and shows your gold balance as a liability — “gold owed to client.”
So the same bar stays on the bank’s books, even though you think it’s yours.
When you “buy gold” through a bank, you get an unallocated account — meaning you don’t own any specific bar.
➡️ The bank keeps the gold as its own asset,
➡️ and shows your gold balance as a liability — “gold owed to client.”
So the same bar stays on the bank’s books, even though you think it’s yours.
What do you know about the Stiles-Crawford effect in a healthy eye? What if I told you this effect is how we sharpen central vision and narrow the periphery of the retina from too much blue light. Would you believe it? Did you know melanopsin has a specific topographic map on a healthy retina? A lesson no has taught you is incoming.
2. All opsins are topologic insulators. You might want to read that threadroll above now to understand topology well.
Topology changes in a cell = geometry change of cristae = UPE change from mitochondria = the optical signal changes in the same tissue altering physiology.
So what happens if you sustain mitochondrial damage in your retina's colony of mitochondria to the Stiles Crawford effect?
What are the implications?
Topology changes in a cell = geometry change of cristae = UPE change from mitochondria = the optical signal changes in the same tissue altering physiology.
So what happens if you sustain mitochondrial damage in your retina's colony of mitochondria to the Stiles Crawford effect?
What are the implications?
3. The Stiles–Crawford effect (SCE) is the human eye's phenomenon of reduced light sensitivity when light enters the pupil from its periphery compared to the pupil's center. This effect is due to the optical properties of photoreceptors, which act as waveguides and are aligned to channel light towards the fovea, the central point of vision. The SCE makes vision less sensitive to light entering the periphery, thus reducing glare and improving visual clarity. It also keeps a lid on the amount of blue light the periphery the retina gets.
This sharpens vision, makes myopia, glaucoma, cataracts, hyperopia, and AMD almost impossible to get. Makes one resistant to mental illness too. Makes one impervious to diabetic transformations. Makes neurodegeneration rare.
You feeling me yet?
This sharpens vision, makes myopia, glaucoma, cataracts, hyperopia, and AMD almost impossible to get. Makes one resistant to mental illness too. Makes one impervious to diabetic transformations. Makes neurodegeneration rare.
You feeling me yet?
🧵Thread
Israel’s Prison Service has begun transferring Palestinian security prisoners from five facilities to special release sites ahead of the first phase of the exchange deal, according to Ynet. Those bound for Gaza or abroad were moved to Ketsiot Prison in the Negev, while others headed to the West Bank were sent to Ofer Prison near Ramallah. Al Jazeera reported that mediators helped finalize a release list after Israeli objections, excluding some prisoners serving life terms. But Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qasim told Al-Arabiya TV that the group is still working with mediators to “achieve a breakthrough,” suggesting talks remain ongoing despite agreed timelines.
The official Prisoners’ Affairs Authority has not yet released the full list of those set to be freed. In the thread below, we highlight several of the key Palestinian figures imprisoned under cruel and inhumane conditions in Israel’s network of torture camps — leaders jailed for exercising their legal right to resist occupation by all means, a right protected under international law.
Photo: Yahya Sinwar, Marwan Barghouti, and Abbas Al-Sayed inside Hadarim Prison in the 2000s
Israel’s Prison Service has begun transferring Palestinian security prisoners from five facilities to special release sites ahead of the first phase of the exchange deal, according to Ynet. Those bound for Gaza or abroad were moved to Ketsiot Prison in the Negev, while others headed to the West Bank were sent to Ofer Prison near Ramallah. Al Jazeera reported that mediators helped finalize a release list after Israeli objections, excluding some prisoners serving life terms. But Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qasim told Al-Arabiya TV that the group is still working with mediators to “achieve a breakthrough,” suggesting talks remain ongoing despite agreed timelines.
The official Prisoners’ Affairs Authority has not yet released the full list of those set to be freed. In the thread below, we highlight several of the key Palestinian figures imprisoned under cruel and inhumane conditions in Israel’s network of torture camps — leaders jailed for exercising their legal right to resist occupation by all means, a right protected under international law.
Photo: Yahya Sinwar, Marwan Barghouti, and Abbas Al-Sayed inside Hadarim Prison in the 2000s
1. Marwan Barghouti
Born June 2, 1959, in Kobar near Ramallah, Marwan Barghouti is one of the most prominent leaders of the Fatah movement in the West Bank. He rose through its ranks to become Secretary-General of Fatah in the West Bank and a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council.
Barghouti emerged as a central figure in both the First and Second Intifadas, advocating organized resistance to Israeli occupation. He was arrested by Israel in 2002 and later sentenced in 2004 to five consecutive life terms, accused of directing armed operations with the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. Barghouti denied the charges and rejected the court’s legitimacy.
Recently, he was shown held in solitary confinement after Israeli far-right minister Itamar Ben Gvir entered his cell area, taunting and threatening him. Witnesses said Barghouti responded defiantly, though those moments were edited out of Ben Gvir’s video.
Hamas has consistently placed Barghouti at the top of its proposed exchange lists, viewing his release as a potential unifying moment for the Palestinian movement. However, his freedom could challenge Mahmoud Abbas’s authority, which may explain resistance within the Palestinian Authority to seeing him released.
Born June 2, 1959, in Kobar near Ramallah, Marwan Barghouti is one of the most prominent leaders of the Fatah movement in the West Bank. He rose through its ranks to become Secretary-General of Fatah in the West Bank and a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council.
Barghouti emerged as a central figure in both the First and Second Intifadas, advocating organized resistance to Israeli occupation. He was arrested by Israel in 2002 and later sentenced in 2004 to five consecutive life terms, accused of directing armed operations with the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. Barghouti denied the charges and rejected the court’s legitimacy.
Recently, he was shown held in solitary confinement after Israeli far-right minister Itamar Ben Gvir entered his cell area, taunting and threatening him. Witnesses said Barghouti responded defiantly, though those moments were edited out of Ben Gvir’s video.
Hamas has consistently placed Barghouti at the top of its proposed exchange lists, viewing his release as a potential unifying moment for the Palestinian movement. However, his freedom could challenge Mahmoud Abbas’s authority, which may explain resistance within the Palestinian Authority to seeing him released.
2. Ahmad Sa’adat
Born February 23, 1953, in Al-Bireh near occupied Jerusalem, Ahmad Sa’adat comes from a Palestinian family displaced from Deir Tarif in the Ramla district during the 1948 Nakba.
Sa’adat joined the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in 1969, the Marxist-Leninist movement founded by George Habash, and steadily rose through its ranks. Following the 2001 assassination of Abu Ali Mustafa, the PFLP’s central committee elected Sa’adat as Secretary-General in October 2001.
He has been arrested repeatedly since 1969, enduring long periods in Israeli prisons, often under administrative detention without trial. In 2002, during Israel’s invasion of Ramallah, he and four colleagues were detained by the Palestinian Authority under Israeli and U.S. pressure, accused of organizing the assassination of an Israeli minister. For four years, Sa’adat was held in Jericho Prison, guarded by British and American wardens under a U.S.-Israel agreement. In March 2006, Israeli forces stormed the prison and seized him.
While imprisoned, Sa’adat has remained an active political figure. In 2013, the PFLP’s Seventh Congress unanimously re-elected him as Secretary-General. At his trial, Sa’adat refused to recognize the court’s legitimacy, declaring:
“I do not stand to defend myself before your court because I do not recognize its legitimacy… It is an extension of the illegal occupation and one of its tools to crush our people’s resistance.”
Born February 23, 1953, in Al-Bireh near occupied Jerusalem, Ahmad Sa’adat comes from a Palestinian family displaced from Deir Tarif in the Ramla district during the 1948 Nakba.
Sa’adat joined the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in 1969, the Marxist-Leninist movement founded by George Habash, and steadily rose through its ranks. Following the 2001 assassination of Abu Ali Mustafa, the PFLP’s central committee elected Sa’adat as Secretary-General in October 2001.
He has been arrested repeatedly since 1969, enduring long periods in Israeli prisons, often under administrative detention without trial. In 2002, during Israel’s invasion of Ramallah, he and four colleagues were detained by the Palestinian Authority under Israeli and U.S. pressure, accused of organizing the assassination of an Israeli minister. For four years, Sa’adat was held in Jericho Prison, guarded by British and American wardens under a U.S.-Israel agreement. In March 2006, Israeli forces stormed the prison and seized him.
While imprisoned, Sa’adat has remained an active political figure. In 2013, the PFLP’s Seventh Congress unanimously re-elected him as Secretary-General. At his trial, Sa’adat refused to recognize the court’s legitimacy, declaring:
“I do not stand to defend myself before your court because I do not recognize its legitimacy… It is an extension of the illegal occupation and one of its tools to crush our people’s resistance.”
