Author: Abdullah Khan

Press freedom advocates have sharply condemned Israel’s bombing of a Gaza building that housed the offices of Al-Jazeera and the Associated Press news agency, labelling it as “a brazen attempt to silence journalists covering the Israeli military’s ongoing offensive” … Israel Strike in Gaza Destroys Building With AP, Other Media (The National Herald) … amidst…

Netanyahu doesn’t think that 119 fatalities (including 31 children) and 830 injuries is enough; he promises more to come: ‘This Is Not Yet Over,’ Netanyahu Says, After Israel Hits Urban Areas Of Gaza (NPR) Deaths Rise As Palestinians Flee Heavy Israeli Fire in Gaza (Associated Press) Several Palestinians Killed by Israeli Fire in West Bank…

Israel’s cascade of bombings brought the “total deaths resulting from the raids on Gaza since Monday to 26, including nine children” Furthermore, at least “122 people have been wounded in the air strikes” and many are in critical condition: Israel Continues to Bomb Gaza After Air Strikes Killed Nine Palestinian Children (Middle East Eye) In…

Insulted that the by the question posed to the former military prosecutor, Army captain in Iraq, and assistant U.S. Attorney, “What do you know about Sharia Law,” Muslims are even more insulted by his answer, “Nothing”: NJ Man Could Be the First Muslim Federal Judge. But a Question About Sharia Is Stoking Controversy (northjersey.com) Violence…

An Iraqi woman passed up the opportunity to escape the war zone, saying “I don’t want to be here while my children and grandchildren will face death by the airplanes, which will destroy everything”: Opinion: Islam and Other Religions Recognize Mothers’ Contributions (East Bay Times) The viral video shows two female students “yelling racial slurs…

In the face of Israeli forces arrests and “spraying skunk water, a chemically enhanced type of sewage water, and physically assaulting residents and solidarity protesters” … Palestinians Vow to Save Sheikh Jarrah Neighbourhood (Aljazeera) … and in the face of the High Court’s contempt for their property rights, the owners insist that “these are our…

Palestinian families that historically demonstrated kindness towards their Jewish neighbors are now being forcibly evicted from East Jerusalem by Zionist hardliners determined to cleanse East Jerusalem of non-Jewish Palestinians: They’re Palestinians Facing Eviction in East Jerusalem. They May Have Helped Save My Family (Forward) Shay Pinsker, head of offensive security at OP Innovate, a cyber…

US continues to expand its unconstitutional surveillance efforts under the guise of counterterrorism and national security, systematically targeting “Blacks, immigrants, and Muslims” across the country: Broader US Government Surveillance Powers Won’t Make Us Safer (Al-Jazeera) Imam Jamil Al-Amin, after converting to Islam in the 1970s, dedicated his life to working for “the spiritual upliftment and…

On Thursday, the US shielded Israel from crimes of apartheid and thus itself for being complicit in those crimes, even denying that Israeli actions constitute apartheid … US Rejects Human Rights Watch’s ‘Israeli Apartheid’ Claim (Algemeiner) … and even as it minimizes the pogroms in Jerusalem: The US Cannot Continue Ignoring Israel’s Crimes in Jerusalem…

“Hamas and Fatah members caught up in series of Israeli arrests since March say they have been warned not to compete in coming elections”: Palestine Election: Israel’s Wave of Arrests Sweeps Up Palestinians Before Polls (Middle East Eye) A U.S. Senator is demanding John Kerry resign for allegedly sharing the “secret”  that “Israel had attacked…