Calling the Faithful to Freedom!

Palestinian poet Darren Tatour exposes the horrors she faced after being imprisoned for her poems in 2015 … Decolonizing the Mind: An Interview with Palestinian Poet Dareen Tatour (Core Middle East) … while the winner of the UN’s 2012 Humanitarian Hero Award languished in an Israeli jail though Israel, having “no proof to back their charges”…

Moayed Al-Alami, father of the 12 year old boy murdered by the IDF, “has no confidence in this investigation” until the guilty soldiers “are before me in court”: Palestinian Dad Expects No Justice for Son Killed by Israel (Associated Press) Amidst international pressure, Israel has begun to seemingly “investigate and reprimand the NSO” despite clearly…

The Israeli high court insulted the homeowners by proposing they “could stay in their homes for now” if they began paying rent to the Jewish settler group pretending to ownership of their homes: Palestinians Reject Israeli Court’s Deal That Would Put Them at “Mercy of Settlers” in Sheikh Jarrah (Democracy Now) In the midst of…

Even as he strips immunity from members of parliament and arrest a judge Tunisia’s strongman is blind to his dictatorial proclivities: Tunisia’s Saied Says Will Not ‘Turn into a Dictator’ amid Arrests (Aljazeera) A Palestinian man was shot and murdered during the funeral of a 12 year old boy who was shot in the chest…

“The constitution states that when the article that allows the president to take emergency powers is invoked, parliament is forced into continuous session, and cannot be dissolved [but] … Saied has suspended parliament”: Tunisia: There Is Nothing Constitutional About Kais Saied’s Coup (Middle Easy Eye) “You are a terrorist, not a sir or a Mr.…

Israel makes plans to intimidate other companies may follow Ben and Jerry’s lead in opposing illegal settlements: Scoop: Israel Launches Maximum Pressure Campaign Against Ben & Jerry’s (Axios) For Israel, letting “graduates of its intelligence services sell intrusive tools to problematic governments” oppressing diplomats and journalists is “a diplomatic strategy”: Pegasus Scandal Turns Spotlight on…

“Why is the Israeli baseball team predominantly made up of American Jews? And why are there no Arabs representing Israel – yet again?”: Israel Goes to the Olympics with High Hopes, American Ringers and No Arabs (Haaretz) The scandal of the use of the Israeli spyware program Pegasus to spy on journalists, activists, and business…

Backlash to the ice-cream maker’s decision to distinguish between Israel and the territories it occupies has shown that “for many Israelis, the distinction no longer exists”: What the Ben & Jerry’s Decision Reveals About Israel (The Atlantic) Former UN rights chief Navi Pillay will lead an investigation into ‘systematic’ abuses in occupied Palestinian territories and…

An Israeli firm’s cyberespionage program is being used “to spy on rights activists, dissidents and journalists” … Israeli Spyware Maker Is in Spotlight Amid Reports of Wide Abuses (NY Times) … and their families: Jamal Khashoggi’s Wife Targeted with Spyware Before His Death (Washington Post) “[N]ew laws across India are seeking to ban all interfaith…

Protected by heavily armed Israeli occupation police, “1,371 Jewish settlers accompanied by Knesset members” stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque and clashed with Palestinian worshipers inside the third Islamic holy site: Israel Officially Supports ‘Orderly and Safe’ Storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque (Middle East Monitor) The inter-faith alliance between a major Muslim and Evangelical organization aims to strengthen the…