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Shibley Telhami
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Passionately Egalitarian. Professor, University of Maryland; Director, Critical Issues Poll; NR Senior Fellow, Brookings. Views are my Own. RT≠Endorsement

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Shibley Telhami is an American professor in the department of government and politics at the University of Maryland, College Park, and a nonresident senior fellow of the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. .. more

Political science 60%
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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 2h
Shaheen, Van Hollen, Kaine, Sanders Lead 20+ Senators in Introducing Privileged Resolution Seeking Answers on West Bank Violence

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Shaheen, Van Hollen, Kaine, Sanders Lead 20+ Senators in Introducing Privileged Resolution Seeking Answers on West Bank Violence | United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
The Senators’ resolution – introduced Monday night – would require a report on increasing violence in the West Bank, including deaths of American...
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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 3h
"By invoking the ‘imported antisemitism’ narrative, Vance is trying to exonerate his right-wing allies of any responsibility for rising antisemitism in the U.S. and advance the Republican Party’s anti-immigrant agenda."
dovwaxman.bsky.social Dov Waxman @dovwaxman.bsky.social · 4h
JD Vance's remarks about antisemitism in a recent speech to Jewish Republicans veered from ignorance to denial to deceit. He invoked the "imported antisemitism" narrative, which originated on the European far-right. Read more on my substack: substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Dov Waxman @dovwaxman.bsky.social · 4h
JD Vance's remarks about antisemitism in a recent speech to Jewish Republicans veered from ignorance to denial to deceit. He invoked the "imported antisemitism" narrative, which originated on the European far-right. Read more on my substack: substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 4h
The State Department on Tuesday notified Congress that it will reprogram $52 million in foreign military financing from Slovakia, North Macedonia, Tunisia and Iraq to Panama, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia.

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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 4h
After a long stretch at the desk, a garden moment

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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 4h
The Congressional Budget Office Estimates It Will Take 5 Years to Replace Interceptor Missiles Lost in the Iran War So Far.
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Congressional Watchdog Puts War Costs at $38 Billion, Estimates 5 Years to Replace Interceptors
A nonpartisan congressional watchdog estimates the war with Iran is likely to cost an additional $2 billion to $3 billion a month.
www.wsj.com

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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 4h
“We’re stuck in this position of trying to build something new while maintaining some of the old. We need to snap out of this external protector syndrome.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/w...
Gulf Arabs Seek Options After U.S. Bases Did Not Deter Iran
The American presence in these countries has not shielded them from retaliation during the Iran war. Now they are hoping direct talks with Iran could help.
www.nytimes.com

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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 5h
Market manipulation? This statement by Wright conflicts with other reports suggesting that it will take much longer to repair the damaged Saudi pipeline and the destroyed pumping station.
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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 5h
"Iran has inflicted heavy damage on U.S. installations across the Middle East since February, much more than had been previously disclosed."
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Pentagon Watchdog Reveals Devastating U.S. Losses in Iran War
The Defense Department’s inspector general reports a major munitions shortfall—and damage to U.S. bases throughout the region.
www.yahoo.com

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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 7h
Iran's Revolutionary Guard says it downed three American MQ1 drones over the Strait of Hormuz since dawn today.

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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 7h
Fahmy: "If there was a serious effort to achieve a nuclear-free Middle East, all the Arab countries would join and accept transparent verification mechanisms, including more than what's in the NPT at present."
stelhami.bsky.social Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 7h
Arab League chief: “Nuclear weapons are pursued for security purposes. If people feel insecure, they'll ultimately go down that way… if [Iranians] are being bombed and the only thing to secure them is to get strategic deterrent, why don’t they learn the lesson?.. I’m not encouraging them to do that”
stelhami.bsky.social Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 10h
Watch the Sadat Forum, "The Arab World in Tumultuous Times," my conversation with HE Nabil Fahmy, Secretary General of the Arab League.
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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 7h
Arab League chief: “Nuclear weapons are pursued for security purposes. If people feel insecure, they'll ultimately go down that way… if [Iranians] are being bombed and the only thing to secure them is to get strategic deterrent, why don’t they learn the lesson?.. I’m not encouraging them to do that”
stelhami.bsky.social Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 10h
Watch the Sadat Forum, "The Arab World in Tumultuous Times," my conversation with HE Nabil Fahmy, Secretary General of the Arab League.
youtu.be/3TYocWXpyQA?...
Sadat Forum: The Arab World in Tumultuous Times
YouTube video by Sadat Chair at UMD
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h
Rep. Lynch to Bessent: "I'll be honest -- I don't think the president could spell AI if I gave him the first letter"

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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 8h
"A Single Firm is Behind OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta Hacking Scandals: The Israeli Effective Altruist firm Irregular caused unsecured AI models to hack real targets."
www.effort.news/irregular
A Single Firm is Behind OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta Hacking Scandals — Effort
The Israeli Effective Altruist firm Irregular caused unsecured AI models to hack real targets.
www.effort.news

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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 10h
Watch the Sadat Forum, "The Arab World in Tumultuous Times," my conversation with HE Nabil Fahmy, Secretary General of the Arab League.
youtu.be/3TYocWXpyQA?...
Sadat Forum: The Arab World in Tumultuous Times
YouTube video by Sadat Chair at UMD
youtu.be

Reposted by Marc Lynch, Elizabeth Saunders, Jason Lyall

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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 10h
The end of America's Middle East? Join us for a Sadat Forum conversation with Gregory Gause, @abuaardvark.bsky.social, and @profsaunders.bsky.social, Monday, September 28, 3:00 to 4:00 PM EDT. Register by scanning code below or go to go.sadat.umd/sadatforum

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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 11h
"Old Wine in New Battles: Israel’s election may change the management of Israeli predominance far more than the premise that predominance itself represents security."
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Old Wine in New Battles
It is improbable that Israel’s forthcoming elections will alter much in terms of how the country thinks about security.
carnegieendowment.org

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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 18h
Former Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil says he is filing a lawsuit against the university and a dean, alleging discrimination against Palestinian students and failures to protect them from harassment. youtu.be/X1ZMKEFvaEU?...
Pro-Palestinian activist Khalil sues Columbia University
YouTube video by Reuters
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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 18h
Karl Rove, former adviser to George W. Bush says he will vote for Jon Rosenthal, a Houston Democrat running to serve Texas Railroad Commission, after Republican Bo French posted racist comments about South Asian students at the University of Texas.
www.texastribune.org/2026/09/14/b...
Karl Rove will vote for Democrat over Bo French
Rove, a former adviser to President George W. Bush and longtime Texas GOP political consultant, made the comments at a private lunch in Austin, according to attendees.
www.texastribune.org

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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 19h
Shipping traffic at Strait of Hormuz dwindled further at the start of this week after attacks intensified ​in the ME, shipping data show: Commodity vessel transits at ‌Hormuz totaled 4 on Monday, down from 10 during previous day, latest Kpler data show. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Hormuz traffic dwindles after Middle East attacks intensify
Shipping traffic at the Strait of Hormuz dwindled further at the start of this week after attacks intensified ​in the Middle East, shipping data showed.
www.reuters.com

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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 22h
Oil executives warned for months that prolonged closure of Hormuz would cause fuel crisis. Now, they say it is here. The mechanisms that helped mitigate risk 'have largely played out, and we don’t have nearly the system buffers that we did when it began.'
www.wsj.com/business/ene...
Oil Executives Say the Great Fuel Crisis Is Here
Trump officials say the oil-market disruption is temporary, but Chevron’s Mike Wirth and others warn global supplies are running low, with no respite in sight.
www.wsj.com

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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 22h
Monday garden moment

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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 1d
In the open: Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding celebration was partially funded by Russian oligarch with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the couple confirms

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