Calling the Faithful to Freedom!

Although “Iran’s government … distanced itself from [the threat to Rushdie] …, a semi-official Iranian religious foundation raised the bounty for Rushdie from $2.8m to $3.3m.” His condition is unknown: Salman Rushdie Stabbed Onstage at New York State Event (The Guardian) “He told officers that he was driving to Houston ‘to find a new place…

“As families aired laundry on blasted walls and sifted through the rubble to salvage whatever documents and furniture they could find, others laid their loved ones to rest”: Palestinians in Gaza Grieve, Assess Damage Following Ceasefire (Reuters) “Upon arrest, Ghafoor was informed that he had already been tried, convicted, and sentenced … [with] neither a…

“There can be no justification for any attacks against civilians” — Tor Wennesland, UN envoy for the Middle East Peace Process … Israel-Gaza: How the World Reacted to the Onslaught (Middle East Eye) … but, Israel is convinced that the best way to prevent people from attacking you is to wage war upon them: Israel…

“Despite being citizens of the state of Israel, Palestinians required permits to leave their areas of residence, including to access medical care and jobs”: Israel’s Visa Refusal to Palestinian Harvard Fellow Sparks Calls for Boycott of Apartheid State (Informed Comment) The 1906 revolution married “traditional Islamic principles with modern concepts such as individual rights and…

The U.S. and Afghanistan trade accusations as to which has violated the Doha Accords after Biden administration takes out the “figurehead leader … of a decimated organization” … U.S. Kills al-Qaeda Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Drone Strike in Kabul (Washington Post) … creating the possibility that a more effective successor “could do much more damage,…

In his power grab, Tunisia’s strong man has cut off most means of peaceful dissent: ‘There Is No Other Way’: Tunisian Judges on Hunger Strike for Democracy (Washington Post) Israeli police arrested a Palestinian construction worker after Facebook mistakenly translated his greeting “Good morning” in Arabic as “attack them” in Hebrew: Big Tech Builds AI…

“[T]he United States has failed to conduct its own investigations into previous killings of American citizens by Israeli soldiers”: ‘We Want to Know’: Shireen Abu Akleh’s Family Demands US Probe (Aljazeera) “The Supreme Court ruled the government needs a warrant to get your location data. But ICE is getting warrantless access anyway”: ICE Doesn’t Need…

Tunisian democracy “was dealt a crushing defeat today – not with the bang of a military coup, but with a whimper of apathy at the ballot box”: Democracy Falls Quietly in Tunisia, Yet It Reverberates Around Region (Christian Science Monitor) “Israel confiscated 35 per cent of it under the pretext of ‘public interest’. However, the…