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Israeli tactics for silencing critical information include murdering journalists: Palestine: Al Jazeera Journalist Shot Dead in Occupied West Bank (International Federation of Journalists) Israel’s War on the Media (You Tube) Israel’s Targeting of Palestinian Journalists (You Tube) Israel/OPT: Increase in Unlawful Killings and Other Crimes Highlights Urgent Need to End Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians (Amnesty…

Hindu nationalist Ram Madhav should take the medicine he prescribes: Can Indonesia’s Humanitarian Islam Inspire a Hindu Nationalist Equivalent? (Modern Diplomacy) Israel’s violent rampage continues: Two Palestinians Shot Dead by Israelis in Occupied West Bank (LA Times) Palestinians Wounded by IDF Rubber-coated Bullets After Reporting Settler Attack (Haaretz) Police Round Up Hundreds of Palestinians in…

Mainstream American churches are not yet united as they were against South African apartheid, but they are increasing uncomfortable about using euphemisms for the Israeli variety: Is Israel Practicing Apartheid? American Churches Join the Conversation (Sightings) “They only close Arab and Muslims stores because the mayor has decided to pursue a racist policy against street…

“They are kidnapping Muslim children…. They don’t accept that they have other ways to live” — Siv Westerberg, lawyer who won eight cases against Swedish social services: Swedish Social System Mistreats Muslim Children: Experts, Families (Daily Sabah) Arriving an hours after the man had been beaten up, the police then arrested the victim: Haryana: Muslim…

Services in Jerusalem were peaceful, but “[t]hree young men were wounded with live bullets during an army raid in Ni’lin, west of Ramallah, coinciding with Eid prayers” … Peaceful Eid Prayers at Al-Aqsa as Palestinians Remember Martyrs (Arab News) … Raids “are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military…

As the Eid approaches, The IDF and the settlers continue their reign of violence: Israeli Forces Raid Al-Aqsa Mosque, over 40 Palestinians Injured (Aljazeera) Deadly West Bank Attacks Follow Israeli Raid on Al-Aqsa (Aljazeera) Israeli Forces Raid Homes, Detain Seven Palestinians in Salfit, Attack Residents (WAFA) Despite the absurdity of the excuse that the beach…

“Israel has had six months to substantiate its accusations and it has failed to deliver”: Israel/Palestine: UN Experts Call on Governments to Resume Funding for Six Palestinian CSOs Designated by Israel as ‘Terrorist Organisations’ (UN) Why should Muslim and Christian Dalits be denied constitutional protection granted to Buddhist and Sikh dalits? The Case for Extending…

In a rare change of pace the AP covers a 19-year-old’s death at the hands of the Israeli bureaucracy, but neglects to mention that her tragedy is just one of thousands: Associated Press Caught Whitewashing a Palestinian Toddler’s Death (Israel-Palestine News) Implying that raping Muslim women is a religious obligation, Das told the media “I…

“Police also fired rubber bullets from a close range at a group of journalists documenting the clashes, the witnesses said,” shooting one photographer “in the throat”: Al-Aqsa: At Least 75 Palestinians Injured as Israel Storms Mosque (New Arab) In France, “laicité” poses the greatest threat to “Liberté, égalité, fraternité”: A Vitriolic Election Campaign Marked by…

As many predicted, the Israeli attacks on Muslim worshippers has provoked a rocket attack from Gaza which has given Israel an excuse to pound Gaza with airstrikes: Confrontation in Gaza: New Missile Attacks from Israel on Palestine (as) The State Investigation Agency has threatened the author of a 2011 opinion piece favoring Kashmiri independence with…