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Yair Rosenberg
@Yair_Rosenberg
Staff writer, @TheAtlantic. Teller of stories, troller of Nazis. Newsletter: https://t.co/DzNv9fV6EO Music: https://t.co/SJi84fBgew
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Aug 8 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Biden did exactly this, it did not work. Harris was there and saw it happen. As the saying goes, she didn't just fall out of a coconut tree. Important context for Harris telling off the protesters is that it was the second time they'd interrupted her and she had personally met with family members of those killed in Gaza before the rally. Politicians get less receptive when it seems like nothing they do is credited. Image
Aug 5 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
SHOCKING Shapiro revelations:

*Voted to condemn UN resolution against Israeli settlements that Obama allowed to pass
*Participated in AIPAC conference, called Israel "our truest and closest ally in the region, with a commitment to values of personal freedoms and liberties, surrounded by a pretty tough neighborhood"
*Met with Netanyahu personally, released photo to media
*Said of campus protests, "I think when Jewish students are telling us they feel unsafe in that, we need to believe them, and I do believe them... Creating a space where political dissent or political rallying can happen is one thing. Intimidation is another."
*Said in June: "the ability of Jewish people to self-determine themselves is foundational...The failure to recognize the state of Israel is taking away that self-determination. So it is antisemitic." Oh, sorry that was Tim Walz:








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Jun 2 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
1. Anyone who's closely followed the leaks to Israeli and Middle Eastern media knows that Biden's ceasefire/hostage deal proposal is Israel's proposal, which largely matches Hamas's demands. Biden made it public because he has good reason to believe both parties might still reject it and he wants to call their bluffs. 2. Throughout the war, Israel (under significant US pressure) has made increasingly generous deal offers to Hamas. Each time, Hamas has moved the goalposts and come up with new demands. This latest offer matches Hamas's last demands. Biden is making it public to call their bluff. Image
May 6 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Reportedly, one major difference between Hamas's hostage/ceasefire proposal today and previous proposals is that Hamas is refusing to commit to releasing only *living* hostages in the first phase of the deal. It is insisting that the 33 hostages released can be alive *or* dead. Some hostages are unfortunately feared dead, but latest estimates have the number of living hostages at around 70, so Hamas here is not necessarily indicating that it doesn't have 33 living hostages, just that it's using them as bargaining chips.
Apr 17 • 7 tweets • 6 min read
I wrote about the viral TikTok conspiracy that Jews are trying to ban the platform—pushed by influencers with millions of followers with an assist from Candace Owens—and why such conspiracies misunderstand how political power works and undermine democracy. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/… For decades, America has worked assiduously to prevent China from controlling technological infrastructure. Washington led an international campaign to ban Chinese telecom giant Huawei from Western markets. It forced Grindr's Chinese owners to sell it. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…



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Mar 15 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
I wrote about the one thing most likely to force new elections in Israel and threaten Netanyahu's reign. It's not anything Biden or Schumer might say or do, but something far more fundamental to Israeli politics at this moment: theatlantic.com/international/… Since its founding, Israel has had mandatory Jewish conscription into its army, with one notable exception: ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students do not serve. This started as 400 men. It's now 66,000. After October 7, Israeli society is no longer OK with this:
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Mar 14 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
The idea that another Israeli government would have the same policies as Netanyahu is one of those fashionable takes that falls apart upon analysis. Polls show that if elections were held today, there'd be a new coalition without Netanyahu *or* the far-right parties. That's huge. A government without the anti-Arab settler right, without Bibi constantly publicly fighting with the American administration, and without the toxic far-right adjacent members of Likud would govern very differently, including in post-war Gaza.
Mar 4 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
A lot of people are unfamiliar with recent Gaza developments and so do not know that Israel accepted the Paris framework for a truce/hostage deal but Hamas has not. As a result, they completely misunderstand what Harris is saying, which is that Hamas should say yes to the deal. What Harris actually said: "There must be an immediate ceasefire for at least the next six weeks, which is what is currently on the table… Hamas claims it wants a ceasefire. Well, there is a deal on the table. And as we have said, Hamas needs to agree to that deal." Quite clear!
Feb 1 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
This is a big deal. Biden just created financial risk for any institution doing business with violent West Bank extremists, and that's going to create a significant deterrent effect beyond just individual extremists who get sanctioned. If you read it closely, this executive order from Biden is by far the most expansive anti-settler extremism act taken by an American president, and I don't think it's close: whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
Jan 10 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Intense Biden pressure on this gets results: Netanyahu forced publicly reject Gazan displacement and Israeli reoccupation, against the far-right parties in his own coalition. This will undermine that coalition, which as I've written, is Biden's point: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Obviously, Netanyahu regularly reverses course for political convenience, and one statement in English should not be taken as conclusive. The Biden administration knows this from long experience -- I'd expect the pressure on Bibi here to continue.
Jan 9 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
I normally wouldn't share stuff like this, but people should understand that the blue check here means this person is not only sharing rabid antisemitism, but monetizing it. The boosted bluecheck replies are filled with anti-Jewish invective that would fit right into Der Stürmer. Ignoring the way medieval antisemitism has been weaponized and monetized on this platform by a large array of ideologically diverse extremist accounts won't make the problem go away. We are long past dismissing this material or hoping it resolves itself.
Dec 5, 2023 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
My latest: Powerful and influential people have a playbook for getting away with antisemitism. I wrote about their favorite tricks for obfuscating their hate and how not to fall for them. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Image 1. Become too big to fail. Kanye’s mistake was that he invested his talents in producing music and sneakers rather than something more indispensable to human flourishing, like precision-guided ballistic missiles. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
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Dec 3, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
This is ugly—and it isn't isolated. A London community canceled a Hanukkah lighting in front of the local town hall, claiming it risked "inflaming tensions." They reversed after people pointed out that Jews existing as Jews isn't what causes tensions—people hating Jews does that. I get the appeal of cosplay and reenactment, but non-Jews trying to cancel Hanukkah is a bit on the nose.
Dec 1, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Secretary of State Blinken correctly says that the Gaza truce did not collapse. Hamas broke it in multiple ways, including firing rockets into Israel and refusing to provide a list of eligible hostages to release next. The first rocket is on video, it's not a "he said, she said." Image Before the ceasefire was set to expire, "an NBC News team in the southern city of Sderot witnessed rockets being intercepted": nbcnews.com/news/world/isr…
Nov 22, 2023 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
This is not "support for Palestine." The word "Palestine" does not appear in this statement. It's also not what the linked article says. A reminder that if you are getting your news from viral tweets, you are not actually being informed.

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Image A journalist's tip from the trenches: In general, if a person claims they were fired or otherwise penalized for being pro-Israel or pro-Palestine, you should ask what exactly they actually said. You will be surprised at how often the story is not really about Palestine or Israel.
Nov 21, 2023 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
The best defense here is that @msf could not tell the truth about Hamas operating in Shifa hospital, for fear of Hamas reprisals against their staff. But media outlets should note that problem going forward when citing groups like these. They simply aren't able to speak freely. There is indeed many years of independent confirmation that Hamas operated out of hospitals, particularly Shifa, and intimidated people out of discussing it. It's the definition of an open secret: 🧵
Nov 15, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
This is literally the conspiracy theory espoused by the white supremacist who massacred the Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue. Musk approves.

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Image If you want to see a lot of white nationalists whose Christmas just came early, see the replies here:
Nov 14, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Today, we will see one of the biggest rallies of Jews in Washington in a decade. You can measure an outlet's seriousness by whether it split-screens this overwhelming expression of diverse pro-Israel Jewish opinion with dissenting Jewish voices, as though they're equal factions. A big challenge for reporting on minority communities has always been accurately assessing who speaks for the majority of the community, while also giving voice to dissenters. Getting the balance right is tough! But sometimes, as here, the breakdown is obvious.
Nov 8, 2023 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
I wrote about when anti-Zionism becomes anti-Semitism, why anti-Israel movements are often coopted by anti-Jewish actors, and how an array of apologists have used anti-Zionism as a cover to justify bigotry and violence towards Jews: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/… There's been much debate over whether certain anti-Zionist activists or slogans are antisemitic. I'm far more concerned about the 3 different anti-Zionist militias in the Middle East that are committed to murdering Jews and are shooting at them right now: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…


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Nov 1, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Remarkably disingenuous thread that blames Israel/Zionism for killing Yiddish instead of the people who killed most Jewish Yiddish speakers: the Nazis. This site always finds a way to sink to new lows for partisan ends. The good news is that from America to Israel, Yiddish is still alive and well. Just one recent example: tabletmag.com/sections/arts-…
Nov 1, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Netanyahu gave an unhinged racist backbencher from his party a fake ministry called "public diplomacy" with no budget. She quit when the war started because she'd been disempowered. Now some on here are sharing her bigoted rantings as though she represents Israel's government. This is obviously an indictment of Netanyahu, whose practice of paying off extremist incompetents I've written about for years. But it's also an indictment of ideologues on this site who are presenting this person as holding a job she lost and wielding power she does not possess.