Cheering Rex Tillerson’s exit are a coalition of neoconservatives, the “primitive right” of Hungarian fascist Sebastian Gorka, and the warmongering Foundation for Defense of Democracies back by Sheldon Adelson:
- The Political Forces Behind Rex Tillerson’s Firing (The American Conservative)
An “anti-Muslim bigot in Congress or even leading the CIA” is bad enough, but nominating him to be Secretary of State “proves that ‘pluralistic diplomacy towards the Muslim world is not even remotely important’ to Donald Trump” …
… “imagine that he had made similar statements about Jews, and forged similar ties to anti-Semites. Then imagine the reaction if he were nominated for secretary of state”:
- Mike Pompeo’s Allies on the Anti-Muslim Right (The Atlantic)
“The owners of a section of the Tasso Cemetery in Jaffa filed two lawsuits demanding immediate cessation of burials there, the removal of hundreds of existing graves, and a fine of 15 million shekels”:
- Saving Tel Aviv-Jaffa’s Only Muslim Cemetery (Ha’aretz)
“Hamas condemned the explosion, calling it a crime and an attempt to ‘hurt efforts to achieve unity and reconciliation.” …Â Abbas blamed Hamas for the blast. But his security chief … said it was ‘too early’ to say who was responsible”:
- Attack on Palestinian Prime Minister Calls Reconciliation into Question Christian Science Monitor)
“President Maithripala Sirisena said he ordered an immediate lifting of a ban on Facebook after his secretary met with company representatives. He said they pledged they would not allow the service to be used to incite disharmony”:
- Sri Lanka Lifts Facebook Ban After Anti-Muslim Violence Ends (AP / abc News)
“The lawyers for the two men argued that convicting the soldiers would be a selective enforcement of the law, since it is rare for an indictment to be brought against Israel Defense Force soldiers who shoot and kill Palestinians”:
- Soldiers Who Killed Unarmed Palestinian Say in Defense: Israel Rarely Charges for Such Offenses (Ha’aretz)
Reports claim Russian air strikes killed thirty-one and Turkish shelling killed eighteen on Friday adding another 50,000 Syrians to the nearly 12 million driven from their homes over seven years of war:
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