Calling the Faithful to Freedom!

As the U.S. and Israel object to a U.N. request for an ICJ opinion on Israeli human rights practices … Fourth Committee Hears Support for Referring Question of Palestine to International Court of Justice for Advisory Opinion (Reliefweb) … the settler/soldier onslaught continues: Israeli Forces Arrest Dozens of Palestinians in Attack on Jenin (Tasnim) Israeli…

As the tacit acceptance of the Israeli electorate’s embrace of open fascism by some American Jewish leaders embarrasses Biden and many Jews … Biden Officials Were ‘Very Upset’ with U.S. Jewish Leaders for Silence on Ben-Gvir (Mondoweiss) Israel: Ben-Gvir ‘to Demand Harsh Conditions for Jailed Palestinians’ in Coalition Talks (Middle East Eye) Israel’s Ascendant Far…

“Pakistan will lead a bloc of more than 100 developing nations insisting on compensation for the irreversible harms of climate change” at COP27 … At COP27, Flood-battered Pakistan Leads Push to Make Polluting Countries Pay (Washington Post) … while the Egyptian government hopes the prestige of hosting the conference will distract international public opinion unjust…

Caricature, “misrepresentation and absence of research” used to deny AIPAC’s work to ensure that “no one in a position of power deviates from the Israel line”: Mead Book Illustrates Lobby’s Clout While Striving to Deny It (Washington Report on Middle East Affairs) The scholars find the IHRA definition of antisemitism is “problematic. Vague and incoherent”…

If you are surprised that Israelis beat a child attending a pacifist school or gun down a construction worker en route to his job, then you don’t understand political Zionism: Bloodstains & Destruction: Israeli Soldiers’ Beating of Shadi Khoury (Israel-Palestine News) Israeli Soldiers Kill Palestinian Construction Worker on Way to Work (Israel-Palestine News) Over 100…

Israel’s murderous siege of Nablus continues as raids spread across the West Bank: Israeli Forces Kill Two Palestinians in Occupied Nablus (Aljazeera) Palestinians Decry Collective Punishment over Israel’s Nablus Siege (New Arab) Israeli Forces Detain 35 Palestinians in West Bank Raids (Wafa) The “Delhi Development Authority (DDA) along with large number of police force demolished…

The AKP continues its inflationary policies despite adverse effects that include  contributing to a medical brain drain: Turkey Slashes Interest Rates by 150 Basis Points Despite Inflation at 83% (CNBC) ‘Lost Hope’: Inflation, Abuse Force Doctors to Quit Turkey (France 24) Biden remains silent in the face of  “more than 100 ‘nationalist crimes’ have been…

Israeli Occupation policies are turning Palestinians into cave men: Resisting Israeli Efforts to Displace Them, Palestinians Move into Caves (NY Times) “[U]nder the Oslo Accords these types of decisions should be under the purview of the Palestinian Authority”: Israeli Restrictions on Foreign Travel into Occupied West Bank Take Effect Despite Criticisms (Mondoweiss) Israel delays round-the-clock…

“Israeli Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi did not publicly express interest in any of” the over 100 attacks on Palestinians, but rushed out a condemnation “after Jewish settlers attacked an army unit this week” … Settlers Commit 100 Crimes Against West Bank Palestinians in Last 10 Days (Haaretz) … and a “teen’s death was announced…