Has Trump inadvertently bullied Israel into admitting that–for once–it fears the U.S. Congress?
- Israel’s Decision to Ban U.S. Congresswomen Is Self-Defeating (New Republic)
- Bernie Sanders To Israel: Ban Our Lawmakers? Then Don’t Take Our Money (Huffington Post)
- Editorial: The Omar and Tlaib Ban from Israel Is a Disgrace. True Democracies Aren’t Afraid of Critics (LA Times)
- Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar Are Victims of Anti-Palestine Bigotry (Jacobin)
“Since a presidential decree abolished the state … the Internet has been shut down, cellular networks have been disabled, and even landlines went dead. Public assembly is banned, and citizens are under curfew” …
- The Kashmir Crisis Isn’t About Territory. It’s About a Hindu Victory over Islam (Washington Post)
… “One Indian journalist put it to me bluntly. ‘Most Indians see Israel as kindred spirits – nationalists who hate Muslims. … ‘We have our own West Bank now, complete with settlements,’ one Indian friend said to me”‘:
An honest assessment of the “12 areas where the Trump administration sought Iranian concessions” shows that of “12 demands, none have been met”:
- Maximum Pressure Is Failing: Fact-Checking Pompeo on Iran (War on the Rocks)
“A third defendant, Vincent Vetromile, 20, is scheduled to be sentenced to seven to 12 years in prison Aug. 29 after pleading guilty to weapons possession”:
“[T]he same playbook that has been employed against the Muslim and other immigrant communities, specifically refugees from the Middle East, has been employed against the immigrant community as a whole”:
- Muslim Initiative Raises Thousands to Release Detained Migrant Parents (Richmond Free Press)
The UAE “and Israel already share some security connections. … But including the United States … could signal … commitment to the Trump administration’s so-called maximum pressure campaign “:
Lies, distortions, and half-truths must be refuted, but absurdities such as “even before the deal’s existence, Iran was violating its terms” refute themselves:
“[H]e reportedly told a Muslim woman to ‘go back to your country’ and walked toward her with a knife”:
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