Calling the Faithful to Freedom!

“[T]here are reasonable grounds to believe that the threshold indicating Israel’s commission of genocide is met” … Anatomy of a Genocide: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied Since 1967 (UNHRC / Advance Unedited Copy) … but Israel is set on completing the job: Israel Presses…

“The resolution passed 14-0 after the U.S. decided not to use its veto power on the resolution, which also demanded the release of all hostages taken captive during Hamas’ Oct. 7 surprise attack” … UN Demands Cease-fire in Gaza During Muslim Holy Month of Ramadan, Its 1st Demand to Halt Fighting (Albuquerque Journal / AP)…

Human rights groups’ “investigations from previous wars between Israel and Hamas … failed to find a single documented case of any civilian deaths caused by Hamas using human shields”: US Has Redefined “Human Shields” to Enable Israel’s Slaughter of Gaza Civilians (Truthout) “[M]ost of the world, which considers the settlements built on territory Israel captured…

“Abdullah Hamayel, 63, told Anadolu that Israeli authorities denied him entry to Jerusalem, claiming that he did not obtain a permit, even though he was carrying his American passport”: Israel Restricts Palestinians’ Access to Al-Aqsa Mosque for 2nd Friday of Muslim Holy Month (Andolu Ajansi) “[T]he Israeli military is systematically destroying Gaza’s health infrastructure in…

As OXFAM and HRW urge the “Biden administration should follow US law and immediately suspend arms transfers to Israel” … Israeli Assurances to Use US Arms Legally Are Not Credible (Human Rights Watch) … Canada has already decided to halt its arms sales to Israel: Canada to Halt Arms Sales to Israel After Non-binding Vote…

The “top Hamas operative” Israel brags of killing was the police chief “coordinating the delivery of humanitarian aid to starving civilians in Gaza while restoring a semblance of social order to the north”: The Real Reason Israel Stormed al-Shifa Hospital Yet Again (Mondoweiss) FBI agents “offered to help remove him from the list if he…

“[W]itnessing the impunity with which Israel has wreaked murder and mayhem in Gaza, few Iraqis believe that the US will promote civil rights and democracy in their country”: Iraq Seeks to Avoid Entanglement in Regional Conflict (Arab News) A list of AIPAC talking points claims that reports of starvation in Gaza  are just a “Hamas’…

“It was slow going until Oct. 7. The attack that day in Israel by Hamas and the ensuing conflict in Gaza became a turning point in the push against TikTok”: Washington’s Renewed Urgency for TikTok Ban Is Due to War on Gaza (Antiwar.com) “Though many [family members] are less than 10 mi. away, we are…

Israeli authorities have blocked thousands of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank from reaching the Al-Aqsa Mosque,” yet, “80,000 worshippers made it to the holy site” … Israel Blocks Thousands of Palestinians from Visiting Al-Aqsa Mosque (Aljazeera) … while in Rafah worshipers pray in the streets declaring, “The whole land is the land of God,…

“Video footage showed Israeli forces beating worshippers walking to prayers at the holy site, while others were forbidden from entering”: Israeli Forces Attack Muslim Worshippers at al-Aqsa During First Night of Ramadan (Middle East Eye) The Biden administration opposes a warrants requirement because it wants to spy on those who protest its complicity in genocide:…