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Eduard Cousin

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Journalist with focus on Arab world, including Palestine for @therightsforum.bsky.social‬. Previously lived in Cairo, now Netherlands. Author of two books on Egypt ('Nu de wereld niet meer kijkt' en 'Alexandrië').

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Death toll from Israeli attacks today at #Lebanon reached 21

11.03.2026 13:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Israël past Gaza-doctrine van totale vernietiging toe op Libanon - The Rights Forum Massale gedwongen evacuaties, inzet van witte fosfor en een etnisch gezuiverde grenszone: Israël past Gaza-doctrine van vernietiging toe op Libanon.

Massale gedwongen evacuaties, inzet van herbiciden en witte fosfor, en plannen voor een etnisch gezuiverde grenszone: Israël past #Gaza-doctrine van totale vernietiging toe op #Libanon @therightsforum.bsky.social rightsforum.org/israel-past-...

11.03.2026 08:59 👍 1 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1

And Lebanon’s Ministry of Social Affairs said about 780,000 people have registered as displaced since the escalation began

11.03.2026 08:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Hormuz fears spike; Israel kills 10 in Lebanon; Gulf states face Iran raids Iran accuses the US and Israel of targeting civilians, saying more than 1,300 have been killed across the country.

Seven killed, 11 injured in more Israeli attacks on southern #Lebanon, health ministry says aje.news/apjw94?updat...

11.03.2026 08:57 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Israël past Gaza-doctrine van totale vernietiging toe op Libanon - The Rights Forum Voor een rechtvaardig Midden-Oosten beleid

Massale gedwongen evacuaties, inzet van herbiciden en witte fosfor, en plannen voor een etnisch gezuiverde grenszone: Israël dreigt van Libanon een volgend Gaza te maken. https://rightsforum.org/israel-past-gaza-doctrine-van-totale-vernietiging-toe-op-libanon/

10.03.2026 18:33 👍 39 🔁 35 💬 4 📌 1
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Iran vows ‘eye for an eye’ warfare if US, Israel hit infrastructure US-Israeli strikes on Tehran continue as Iranian counterattacks target Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

Israeli air strikes in central #Gaza killed three people on March 8, including two children, says Doctors without Borders #MSF aje.news/4oungf?updat...

10.03.2026 17:24 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Iran vows ‘eye for an eye’ warfare if US, Israel hit infrastructure US-Israeli strikes on Tehran continue as Iranian counterattacks target Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

Four Iranian diplomats killed in Israeli attack in #Lebanon on Sunday in 'terrorist attack', says #Iran's #UN ambassador. And indeed, the deliberate killing of diplomats would in basically any other case widely be regarded as terrorism aje.news/4oungf?updat...

10.03.2026 17:23 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Mondiale solidariteitsbeweging met Palestina bundelt krachten in Amsterdam - The Rights Forum De mondiale solidariteitsbeweging met Palestina kwam samen in Amsterdam op het Volkscongres voor The Hague Group. ‘Door solidair te zijn met Palestina leren we hoe we moeten vechten voor het leven op ...

‘Door solidair te zijn met Palestina leren we hoe we moeten vechten voor het leven op aarde’, zei schrijver Sally Rooney in een van de toespraken op het Volkscongres voor The Hague Group, zaterdag in Amsterdam.
rightsforum.org/mondiale-sol...

10.03.2026 11:24 👍 16 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
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Mondiale solidariteitsbeweging met Palestina bundelt krachten in Amsterdam - The Rights Forum De mondiale solidariteitsbeweging met Palestina kwam samen in Amsterdam op het Volkscongres voor The Hague Group. ‘Door solidair te zijn met Palestina leren we hoe we moeten vechten voor het leven op ...

Schrijver Sally Rooney moedigde medeschrijvers en artiesten aan zich uit te blijven spreken tegen #genocide, ‘om deel te nemen aan iets dat groter is dan onszelf, om mee te strijden voor de bevrijding van de mensheid’. rightsforum.org/mondiale-sol...

10.03.2026 11:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Iran vows to use powerful missiles, rules out ceasefire talks with US US-Israeli strikes on Tehran continue as Iranian counterattacks target Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

Israeli shelling at #GazaCity and #KhanYounis killed three Palestinian children, Hind Khoudary reports aje.news/4oungf?updat...

10.03.2026 10:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Iran vows to use powerful missiles, rules out ceasefire talks with US US-Israeli strikes on Tehran continue as Iranian counterattacks target Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

Egypt raises fuel prices by up to 30 percent, blaming “exceptional” global energy pressures caused by the Middle East war aje.news/4oungf?updat...

10.03.2026 09:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Egypt to unveil fresh social support package as EGP dips further - EnterpriseAM Egypt Gov’t braces for further weakening with deep spending cuts and a boost to minimum wage

And in order to mitigate effects on population, gov is expected to announce a raise of the minimum wage. For more info: enterpriseam.com/egypt/2026/0...

10.03.2026 08:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Egypt to unveil fresh social support package as EGP dips further - EnterpriseAM Egypt Gov’t braces for further weakening with deep spending cuts and a boost to minimum wage

'canceling government events, reducing official travel, and curtailing training courses. The committee also agreed to review fuel consumption, implement plans to govern street and billboard lighting, and work to reduce the imported volume of non-essential finished goods.'

10.03.2026 08:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Egypt's currency, the EGP continued weakening against the greenback yesterday, inching closer to 53 per USD, hitting a fresh low just days after sliding past the 52 mark for the very first time, while PM Madbouly announced gov budget cuts, such as ->

10.03.2026 08:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Reverberations of US/Israeli - #Iran war: #Egypt hiked fuel prices overnight citing the “exceptional situation resulting from the geopolitical developments in the #MiddleEast region and their direct effects on global energy markets.”

10.03.2026 08:16 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Iran says US wants to ‘partition country, take oil’ as prices skyrocket Iran's military and political leaders pledge allegiance to Mojtaba Khamenei as US-Israeli attacks continue.

Lebanon’s Health Ministry reports that since Israeli attacks began on the country on March 2, at least 486 people have been killed and 1,313 wounded aje.news/a49wlz?updat...

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One civilian killed, others injured in Israeli drone strike southeast of Gaza City

Today, one Palestinian was killed and others were injured after an Israeli quadcopter drone dropped a bomb on a group of civilians near Kashkoush Street in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of #GazaCity, Wafa reports english.wafa.ps/Pages/Detail...

09.03.2026 14:39 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Media Forum condemns IOF killing of journalist Amal Shamali The Palestinian Media Forum has mourned the death of Palestinian journalist Amal Hamad Shomaly, 46, correspondent for Qatar Radio, who was killed when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) bombed the tents ...

It never stopped: Journalist Amal Shamali, working for Qatar Radio, was on of six people killed in an Israeli airstrike at tents for displaced people in central #Gaza overnight english.palinfo.com/news/2026/03...

09.03.2026 12:12 👍 0 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1
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Iran says US wants to ‘partition country, take oil’ as prices skyrocket Iran's military and political leaders pledge allegiance to Mojtaba Khamenei as US-Israeli attacks continue.

At least 83 children killed (by #Israel) in #Lebanon in past 7 days: UNICEF aje.news/a49wlz?updat...

09.03.2026 11:12 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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‘Israeli snipers shot my sons dead as they crawled to hospital. We deserve justice’ Exclusive: A new report has revealed potential evidence of Israeli war crimes after three brothers from the al-Aweini family were killed while seeking medical help in Khan Younis. Their parents, in th...

To never forget the atrocities Israel committed in #Gaza (and beyond): Israeli snipers shot and killed three brothers as they crawled towards a hospital in Gaza seeking medical help, a harrowing new investigation has found www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...

09.03.2026 11:09 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

This too is a war crime

08.03.2026 15:13 👍 15 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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Disapproval for Iran War Among Experts Is Sky-High A poll of IR scholars reveals strong opposition to the conflict and fears about its risks.

The American public overwhelmingly opposes Trump and Israel's war on Iran.

Among IR scholars, the opposition is even stronger:

86% oppose, of which 70% expressing strong opposition.

Only 10 % support the attack on Iran.

foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/06/i...

08.03.2026 22:25 👍 587 🔁 225 💬 28 📌 14
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Lebanon: Israel Unlawfully Using White Phosphorus The Israeli military unlawfully used artillery-fired white phosphorus munitions over homes on March 3, 2026, in the southern Lebanese town of Yohmor.

Human Rights Watch investigation found that #Israel unlawfully used artillery-fired white phoshorus munitions over homes in southern #Lebanon last week www.hrw.org/news/2026/03...

09.03.2026 09:50 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
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Israeli strike on southern suburbs of Beirut following threats against al-Qard al-Hassan | LIVE 10:23 Beirut Time New Israeli strike on southern suburbs of Beirut Israel carried out a new strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut about an hour after its latest threat of imminent...

Israel killed at least 12 people in overnight strikes on southern #Lebanon, L'Orient LeJour reports today.lorientlejour.com/article/1498...

09.03.2026 08:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

‘Vermoedelijk’

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Gaza: Two killed, others wounded in Israeli airstrike

Two Palestinians were killed and others wounded Sunday evening in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a group of civilians in the al-Katiba area, west of #Gaza City, Wafa reports english.wafa.ps/Pages/Detail...

09.03.2026 08:26 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

‘Een fijne samenleving? Pas als de autochtone bevolking weer in de meerderheid is.’

Racistische creep.

08.03.2026 21:33 👍 88 🔁 15 💬 9 📌 1
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Trump threatens ‘very hard’, expanded strikes; Iran vows never to surrender The US-Israeli war against Iran has entered its second week with no signs of slowing down.

Death toll from Israeli attacks in #Lebanon today reached 45, and stands at 339 since Monday aje.news/ozn6u2?updat...

07.03.2026 18:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump threatens ‘very hard’, expanded strikes; Iran vows never to surrender The US-Israeli war against Iran has entered its second week with no signs of slowing down.

A 27-year-old Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli settler in occupied #WestBank, the third murder of a Palestinian by settlers in less than a week aje.news/ozn6u2?updat...

07.03.2026 18:53 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
13-year-old Palestinian child killed by Israeli army fire in northern Gaza

Yesterday, a 13-year-old Palestinian child was shot and killed by Israeli army fire in the northern #GazaStrip, and a man was killed by Israeli army gunfire in Shujaya, east of #GazaCity english.wafa.ps/Pages/Detail...

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