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“Iran’s president … [and o]ther state organisations including the judiciary and the majlis (parliament) have also vowed to look into the cause of death”: Iran Rocked by Protests over Woman’s Death After Dress Code Arrest (Financial Times) “[I]f the killing was intentional, and Israel does not hold anyone accountable, ‘then the Leahy Law must be…

He was working his land with his son “when a group of armed Israeli settlers from the nearby Havat Ma’on outpost attacked them”: Israeli Settlers Attack a Palestinian Man, Breaking both His Arms; Israeli Army Arrests Him (Israel-Palestine News) “[A]rrested by Tehran’s ‘morality police’ on September 14” for “improper hijab,” she “was transferred to a hospital…

As armed resistance spreads “beyond the Jenin refugee camp and the old city of Nablus” Israel reportedly considers “a large-scale invasion of the northern West Bank” … Israel Watches Closely as West Bank Seethes (Al-Monitor) … and Israelis increasingly believe the PA is incompetent to keep the people subdued: Israel Army Officer, Palestinians Killed in…

The Israelis shot down the man using his smartphone to record them terrorizing unarmed civilians protesting the illegal destruction of a Jenin home: Invading Israeli Soldiers Kill Palestinian Photographing Them, Injure 17 in Jenin (Israel-Palestine News) Surviving on the meager food provided by private charities in the flooded areas is hard, but the government aid…

Even as Israel belatedly admits “a high possibility” that its troops killed Shireen Abu Akleh it still seeks to avoid responsibility in the face of the evidence… Israel Says ‘High Possibility’ Its Army Killed Shireen Abu Akleh (Aljazeera) Despite Israeli Whitewash, Its Killing of US Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh Was a War Crime (Informed Comment)…

Under intense criticism, restrictions on falling in love are deleted from the new order making it “more difficult for people to come and work in Palestinian institutions, volunteer, invest, teach and study“: Israel Delays, Amends New Restrictions on Foreigners in West Bank (Aljazeera) “[H]e proved in the court above any reasonable doubt that he made…

Although the final text for a renewed agreement remains elusive … U.S. Says Latest Iranian Nuclear Response Is ‘Not Constructive’ (Washington Post) … the  world hopes that a diplomatic agreement will keep Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, except for the one country that wants war: Israel Is Worried About a Possible Clash with Washington…

Choosing patriotism over power, the opponent of both American and Iranian intervention says, “This is not a revolution because it has lost its peaceful character” … Iraqi Cleric Sadr Calls Off Protests After Worst Baghdad Violence in Years (Reuters) … but a former Iranian diplomat has his doubts: Where Does Iran Stand on Neighbouring Iraq’s…

The arrest of the former PM “fuels Khan’s populist message which is rooted in the notion that the current government’s power was won sneakily rather than through popular mandate”: Imran Khan’s Arrest Could be the Spark to Light a Tinderbox in Pakistan (Responsible Statecraft) To Meta Ukrainian posts of  their “suffering or humiliation” by Russians…

“Under the 1947 agreement … the host nation guarantees rights of entry, movement and residence to those invited to U.N. meetings”: US Facing Pressure to Deny Iran’s President Visa for UN Visit (VoA) “More Muslim marriages end with khhula, the woman’s inalienable right to instant divorce, and not as it’s widely perceived through [the rightly…