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“@voguemagazine reverses censorship after widespread public outrage at removal of ‘Palestine’ from @GiGiHadid post”: Vogue Adds “Palestine” Back to Post About GiGi Haddad’s Support for Ukraine and Palestine (Diet Prada / Palestine Deep Dive) “Russia’s demand initially angered Tehran and appeared to help it and Washington move towards agreement on the few remaining thorny issues,“ but…

Turkey’s membership in NATO is now pragmatic rather than strategic and there is no  guarantee of “long-term Turkish support for an American foreign policy that is hostile to Russia or China”: Turkey on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: It’s Complicated (grahamfuller.com) The hypocrisy on Ukraine continues unabated: Gigi Hadid Ripped for Comparing Conflicts in Ukraine and…

Only Gorsuch and Sotomayor stand up against the “transparent effort to stop lawsuits from those who have been tortured”: Supreme Court Rules the CIA Can Keep Mouths Shut About Its Post-9/11 Torture Black Sites (Reason) Mirroring the Russia-Ukraine struggle, an autocrat demands sole “authority to interpret Islam” while a democrat projects “‘humanitarian Islam’ … as…

Among those armed by Israel is Andriy Biletsky, who has said, “Our nation’s historic mission at this critical juncture is to lead the final march of the white race … against sub-humans who are led by the Semite race”: Rights Groups Demand Israel Stop Arming neo-Nazis in Ukraine (Haaretz) “The European and American media now…

Many “who are making quite strong statements about [Russia’a occupation of the Ukraine]  … don’t seem to be saying the same things about another occupation, that has been going on for fifty years in the Golan Heights”: Why Not Sanction Israel Too? (Deep Dive) “The Shin Bet’s former No. 3 thinks it’s time for Israel…

“Israel hones invasive surveillance technology on Palestinians before it is exported abroad.” Says one victim, “No one wants to come here. The kids don’t play outside. We’re constantly watched”: How the Occupation Fuels Tel Aviv’s Booming AI Sector (Foreign Policy) Syria is also part of Russia’s sphere of interest: … Russia Breathes Down Middle Eastern…

It’s time for those who expected more from Joe Biden than from Donald Trump to admit that it’s not going to happen: Biden Administration Goes All in for Saudis and Emiratis (Cato Institute) The Iranian parliament’s advice to its executive branch regarding dealing with the U.S.  Ronald Reagan’s advice regarding the Soviet Union: Trust, but…

A Palestinian woman objects to an Israeli court ruling that penetration of sexual organs and anus did not constitute rape and sodomy: Palestine: Women Subjected to ‘Intimate’ Body Search by Israeli Army Appeals Case (Middle East Eye) Descriptions of the phasing of the proposed Iran deal show the West is not serious about getting Iran…

The president and founder of the  Military Religious Freedom Foundation says that Biden’s pick for the Navy’s new Deputy Chief of Chaplains “represents the absolute wretched epitome of sectarian, fundamentalist Christian nationalism in our U.S. military”: Navy’s New Deputy Chief of Chaplains: “First We Get the Military, then We Get the Nation” (Daily Kos) Israel’s…

The brutality of Greenwashing. “To this day, Israeli authorities refuse to recognize Bedouin deeds, instead claiming the forestation efforts are taking place on ‘state-owned’ land”: Israeli Law & Torture: From Detained Minors to a Prison ‘Torture Room’ (Aljazeera) “Gold is a tradition. It grows out of a deep-seated distrust of governments and currencies and has…