Calling the Faithful to Freedom!

Modi government moves fast to crush BBC after documentary exposes his plot to give Hindutva three days to terrorize Muslims and the subsequent murder and prosecution of witnesses to cover up: Censorship, Arrests, Power Cuts. India Scrambles to Block BBC Documentary (Washington Post) India’s BBC Raid Is Just Its Latest Attack on Press (Washington Post)…

“The ethnic minorities and refugees leading the community response in Turkey already knew not to rely on the government” … Turkey’s Earthquake Response Is as Political as the Conditions that Increased the Devastation (New Yorker) … which “has provided periodic ‘construction amnesties’ – effectively legal exemptions for the payment of a fee, for structures built…

The new Israeli government’s “founding documents state unequivocally that the Jewish people have an ‘exclusive and indisputable right to all parts of the Land of Israel’”: Israel is Annexing the West Bank. Don’t be Misled by Its Gaslighting (Just Security) The government land seizure “has left people in the Union Territory worried as they fear…

The “leader of Turkey’s main opposition party … accused the government of failing to cooperate with local authorities and weakening non-governmental organisations that could help”: Turkey and Syria Earthquake Death Toll Passes 15,000 as Erdo?an Defends Response (The Guardian) A report on digital rights by Israel, the PA, and Hamas in Gaza and tech companies…

The genocide continues: West Bank: Israeli Forces Kill Five Palestinians in Jericho Raid (Middle East Eye) Palestinians Mourn the Death of 26-year-old Abdullah Qalalweh (Middle East Eye) Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Father of Newborn with a Bullet to the Chest (Israel-Palestine News) Only Hebrew speakers are allowed gun permits, but that doesn’t stop the flow…

“Let us be very clear. The Republican attacks on Ilhan Omar have nothing to do with keeping Jews safe. Nothing. This is about … sending a threat to leaders who speak out for Palestinian rights” — Jewish Voice for Peace Action: GOP House Members Oust Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee (Mondoweiss) “The kinds of…

“Why launch a devastating incursion, targeting militants yet harming countless civilians, when that method has been proven to exacerbate rather than contain violence?” Because that is result Israel desires: The Myth of the ‘Cycle of Violence’ (972 Magazine) Israel: Collective Punishment Against Palestinians (Human Rights Watch) Palestinians Face Removal as Far-right Israel Vows Expansion (AP)…

Among the devastating facts that “Suarez can back up with hard evidence his assertion that ‘most victims of Zionist assassinations (i.e., targeted killings of specific individuals) were Jews’”: Palestine Hijacked: How Zionism Forged an Apartheid State from River to Sea (WRMEA) “The conference unanimously agrees that Al-Shabaab, ISIS and other like-minded groups have deviated from…

In the apartheid state, Palestinians property rights and educational rights are easily ignored … Palestinian Farmer Ordered by Israeli Soldiers to Uproot Olive Saplings on His Land (Palestine Chronicle) Palestine: Education Hit by Flagrant Israeli Violations, Says Rights Group (Middle East Monitor) … and political rights are next on the chopping block: Israel Far-right Coalition…

“Roth himself … [calls] on the university to take a stronger stance in support of academic freedom with regard to criticism of Israel—particularly for those who do not have the public profile he does” … Harvard Changed Its Mind on Ken Roth—Not on Allowing Free Speech About Palestine (The Nation) … and the drafter of…