Calling the Faithful to Freedom!

Recognizing an opera about “a Muslim scholar in Africa who was sold into slavery in the 1800s” on Juneteenth: Rhiannon Giddens on Pulitzer-Winning Opera “Omar” About Enslaved Muslim Scholar Omar ibn Said (Democracy Now!) “Mohammadi urged voters to boycott Iran’s recent parliamentary election, sent letters to lawmakers in Europe and made comments regarding torture and…

The War Cabinet failed to limit the extremists’ influence on the course of the war. Now that it is dissolved, “it is unlikely that Israel’s war-related policies will drastically change”: With Israeli War Cabinet Dissolved, Netanyahu and His Confidants take Center Stage (Middle East Institute) “‘[C]onvenient police stations,’ installed throughout Xinjiang every few hundred feet…

Instead of enjoying “large family feasts, meat shared with those less fortunate, and new clothes and gifts for children” many Gazans this year “will eat canned food in stifling tents” … A Usually Joyous Muslim Holiday Reminds Families in Gaza of War’s Punishing Toll (AP) … and those are the lucky ones: 50,000 Gaza Children…

“The Saudis will increase their control over the pilgrims to prevent any mobilisation around support for Gaza” — London-based Saudi academic Madawi al-Rasheed: Israel-Gaza War Hangs over Haj as Pilgrims Flock to Mecca, amid ‘Anger in Broader Muslim World’ (AFP/ SCMP) “Two men fishing in the waters off the coast of the Gaza Strip were…

A disinformation “network originated in Israel and primarily targeted audiences in the United States and Canada, posing as Jewish students, African Americans and ‘concerned’ citizens’” and “creating fictitious news outlets”: Covert Wars (Turbulent World / Substack) “There is a continuum between the material reality in Gaza and shutting down these debates. They’re not separate issues”:…

“A truck arrived carrying humanitarian aid and clothes, and suddenly 10 soldiers got out and shot me, once in the chest and twice in the feet” — a Palestinian survivor: Troops Hid Inside Aid Truck for Deadly US-Israel Operation in Nuseirat (The Cradle) Israel’s military operation may have killed almost as many captives as it…

Israel’s latest military rescue operation frees one hostage for every sixty in “collateral damage.” That is a total of fours hostages freed and three killed by Israeli fire at a cost of 37,000 Palestinian lives compared to scores released by negotiations: Gaza’s Health Ministry Says 274 Palestinians Were Killed in Israeli Raid that Rescued 4…

A new Israeli massacre targeted a United Nations-run school: The Latest | Israeli Strike Kills 33 in a Gaza School Filled with Displaced Families (AP) Israel’s War on Gaza Updates: School Strike Contradicts ‘All Moral Values’ (Aljazeera) “[S]tudents sent an email to board member … saying that if the board continues to hinder the publication…

The civilians were killed in retaliation for Hezbollah’s “attack on the Israeli Yardun barracks in the occupied Golan Heights”: Escalation with Hezbollah – Two Civilians Killed in Israeli Raid in South Lebanon (Palestine Chronicle) “Following the White House announcement, the ACLU confirmed it would sue, just as it had during the Trump administration”: Biden Uses…

As allegations of Israeli mistreatment of captives in Gaza mount … Israel Maintains a Shadowy Hospital in the Desert for Gaza Detainees. Critics Allege Mistreatment (AP) … the persecution in the West Bank also mounts: Nearly 9,000 Palestinians Have Been Arrested in West Bank (UPI) How Israel’s Raids on Jenin Only Fuel Palestinian Resistance (Aljazeera)…