@adamrasgon

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David Milstein, a senior adviser to the US ambassador to Israel, has repeatedly suppressed embassy reporting on Israeli activities to present the Israeli government in a favorable light, according to U.S. officials & documents. w/Natan Odenheimer nytimes.com/2026/10/08/world…

How a U.S. Diplomat Suppressed and Altered Reports Critical of Israel (Gift Article)

A top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee skewed information to portray the Netanyahu government in a favorable light, according to multiple officials and documents obtained by The Times.

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Netanyahu Is Said to Have Been Warned by UAE President About Hamas Attack Before Oct. 7 w/@MarkMazzettiNYT and @ronenbergman nytimes.com/2026/09/25/world…

Netanyahu Is Said to Have Been Warned About Hamas Attack Before Oct. 7

The warning from the leader of the United Arab Emirates, which lacked specific details about the nature of an attack, never reached the chiefs of Israel’s security establishment, Israeli officials...

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Representatives of the Trump administration met with senior Hamas officials at a walled-off compound in Doha, Qatar three times in early March Here's our behind-the-scenes account of the extraordinary talks w/@ronenbergman nytimes.com/2025/04/10/world…

How Hamas and the U.S. Tried to Strike a Hostage Deal (Published 2025)

Officials met Hamas three times, breaking with a policy against contacting a group the U.S. considers a terrorist organization. But Israeli opposition and shifting positions doomed the effort.

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The only way for almost all people in Gaza to escape the horrors of the war is by leaving via Egypt And that is often a complicated & expensive ordeal, involving the hefty payments to an Egyptian firm that can get Palestinians on an approved travel list nytimes.com/2024/06/20/world…

When the Only Escape From War in Gaza Is to Buy a Way Out (Published 2024)

For many Palestinians, securing approval to exit the territory is possible only after raising thousands of dollars to pay middlemen or an Egyptian company.

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A major issue in cease-fire talks: How can people displaced from northern Gaza go back? w/@ewong nytimes.com/live/2024/04/01/…

Cease-Fire Talks to Confront How Displaced Palestinians Can Return (Published 2024)

Many Palestinians from northern Gaza are now sheltering in the south, but they want to return home.

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Congress has reached a deal to ban US funding to UNRWA, the main U.N. agency that provides aid to Palestinians in Gaza, through March 2025 w/ @adamrasgon nytimes.com/2024/03/20/world…

Congress Seeks to Bar Funding for U.N. Agency for Palestinians (Published 2024)

A bill would bar support for the agency, UNRWA, amid accusations that some employees were Hamas fighters. Other countries are scrambling to make up the looming shortfall.

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1/2 Some 50 engineers and technicians at Paltel, one of two Palestinian cell service providers in Gaza, have been crisscrossing the enclave to reinstate service in neighborhoods that have been plunged into blackouts for days and even weeks. nytimes.com/2024/03/13/world…

These Workers Are Risking Their Lives to Restore Gaza’s Phone Network (Published 2024)

Telecommunications infrastructure has been devastated in the territory, largely preventing Palestinians from calling for help, coordinating the delivery of aid and communicating with family abroad.

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2/2 Since the start of the war, their jobs have become among the most dangerous in Gaza, but also among the most important.
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Great to be back at the Times!
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We’re happy to announce that we’ve added three top-notch, experienced journalists to the Middle East team. nytco.com/press/internationa…

International Expands Its Middle East Team | The New York Times Company

Our coverage of the Israel-Hamas war and its ramifications around the region has been urgent, insightful and distinctive. We have relied on an outstanding team of correspondents in the region and…

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1/2 In an interview, Mohammed Dahlan, a close adviser to the UAE president and an exiled Palestinian politician, provided public insight into the types of postwar plans that Arab leaders are privately discussing w/@PatrickKingsley nytimes.com/2024/02/14/world…

A Palestinian Exile Champions an Arab Vision for Gaza (Published 2024)

Mohammed Dahlan, who advises the United Arab Emirates, provided public insights into what Arab governments are privately planning for the battered enclave after the war ends.

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2/2 Speaking from an Emirati royal palace, Dahlan outlined a plan under which Israel and Hamas would hand power to a new and independent Palestinian leader who could rebuild Gaza under the protection of an Arab peacekeeping force
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Qatar is engaged in high-level talks w/ Hamas to deliver prescription medicines to Israeli hostages in Gaza at the same time it is making progress w/ Israel about allowing more medicine into the enclave for Gazans, officials say. My latest for @nytimes nytimes.com/2024/01/11/world…

Israel and Hamas Are in Talks to Deliver Medicine to Hostages in Gaza (Published 2024)

More than 120 hostages are believed to still be held in Gaza and many suffer from health conditions that require regular medical care.

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In 2023, FP published a number of political profiles, many which focused on people vying for power or working for change. Here are five profiles worth revisiting: foreignpolicy.com/2023/12/28…

The Year’s Best Profiles

Examining some of the political figures who changed our world in 2023.

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🧵 1/3 I recently asked Khalil el-Halabi, the father of a well-known Palestinian prisoner, if he hoped for his son to be released in the event that talks btwn Israel & Hamas lead to more swaps. He responded: “I swear to God that I don’t want my son to be liberated in this way."
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2/3 “Mohammed is a humanitarian, and he wouldn’t accept what happened," Halabi said, referring to his son Mohammed and Hamas's October 7 attack. In rare public criticism of Hamas, Halabi, a seventy-year-old retired UN official, called the militant group's assault “unacceptable".
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3/3 For @NewYorker, I wrote about Halabi and other Palestinians in Gaza experiencing displacement, hunger and loss. newyorker.com/news/news-desk…

There Are No Safe Places in Gaza

As Israel’s military campaign has expanded into southern Gaza, displaced families have been forced to move again and again.

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As Israel’s ground invasion has expanded into southern Gaza, displaced families have been forced to move again and again. Over the past two weeks, I spoke to people in Khan Younis and Rafah about the dire situation there. My latest for the @NewYorker newyorker.com/news/news-desk…

There Are No Safe Places in Gaza

As Israel’s military campaign has expanded into southern Gaza, displaced families have been forced to move again and again.

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When Israel told more than a million Gaza residents to leave the densely populated north, Kamal Al-Mashharawi’s family reluctantly fled to the south. A new interactive report charts their perilous journey. nyer.cm/ml50dM5

One Family’s Perilous Escape from Gaza City

When Israel invaded Kamal Al-Mashharawi’s neighborhood, he crowded into a basement with his extended family. “The world is closing in on us,” he wrote on WhatsApp.

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🧵1/7 Since late October, Kamal al-Mashharawi, a twenty-four-year-old resident of Gaza City, has sent me texts, voice notes, and videos, chronicling his family’s journey around the Gaza Strip in search of safety.
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6/7 After arriving at a family friend's home in Khan Younis, Kamal said he felt he was "born anew." "I feel that I’m now like a child, like I’ve come out of death and into survival."
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7/7 Here's the full story of Kamal's journey. (It's an interactive.) It was a team effort to put this piece together. It wouldn't have been possible without @ByDanielAGross, @samwolson and @david_kofahl newyorker.com/news/dispatch/…

One Family’s Perilous Escape from Gaza City

When Israel invaded Kamal Al-Mashharawi’s neighborhood, he crowded into a basement with his extended family. “The world is closing in on us,” he wrote on WhatsApp.

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