Author: ImadadDean

“No immediate details of what led to release of backpacker Olivier Grondeau were given, and reasons for his detention remain unclear”: Iran Releases French Citizen Imprisoned for More than 880 Days (The Guardian) Israeli war crimes continue: Israeli Strikes Across Gaza Hit Multiple Homes, Killing at Least 58 Palestinians, Medics Say (AP) Live: Israeli Army…

Israeli war crimes continue: Israeli Strikes Across Gaza Kill at Least 413 Palestinians and Shatter Ceasefire with Hamas (AP) Israeli Army Issues Evacuation Orders for Palestinians in Gaza as It Bombs the Enclave (Middle East Eye) The Trump administration is trying to evade a 2nd Circuit Court decision “that affirmed non-citizens’ right to challenge targeted…

Trump attacks Houtis, Houtis retaliate, and Waltz threatens Iran, Iran responds, and experts opine: Trump Has Ordered Airstrikes Against Rebels in Yemen. Here’s Why (AP) Iran-backed Yemen Rebels Say Attacked US Carrier After Air Strikes (AFP / Yahoo) ‘All Options Are on the Table’ When It Comes to Iran, Mike Waltz Says (Politico) Iran Will…

The Zionist war on free speech (and the resistance) continue: BREAKING: DHS Agents Descend on Columbia’s Campus – Again – to Serve Two Warrants (Zeteo) Columbia University Revokes Degrees from Some Pro-Palestine Campus Protesters (Truthout) Mahmoud Khalil Speaks with Attorneys for First Time Since Detention (Drop Site) Arrests Made at Trump Tower Protest After Columbia…

The arrest of Mahmoud Khalil is the latest battle in the Zionist war on free speech: Judge Says Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil Can’t Be Deported from U.S. as Protesters Call for His Release (NBC News) When Speaking Up for Palestine Becomes a Crime (Mondoweiss) “The lawsuit… claims the incidents were part of a larger pattern…

China and Russia engage in joint naval exercises with the country the U.S. is threatening with war: US Threatens Possible Military Response After Tehran Rejects Nuclear Outreach (RFE / RL) Russia Set to Hold Joint Naval Exercises with China, Iran in Indian Ocean (Economic Times) “American embassies in multiple countries have notified some visa holders…

Israel has barred “Palestinians aged between 12 and 50 from entering” the mosque: 90,000 Muslim Worshippers Pray at Al-Aqsa on First Friday of Ramadan Despite Israeli Restrictions (New Arab) Sudan updates: Sudan Sues UAE for Complicit in RSF Genocide in West Darfur (Jurist) Sudan Suspended from the African Union (African Union) Evidence of Torture Found…

“The refugees have been told they will not be allowed to return for a year. In the meantime, many of them have no access to kitchens, are separated from their communities, and are struggling to mark the end of the daily Ramadan fast”: Charity Kitchen Brings Hope to Displaced Palestinians in the West Bank During…

“There is … path to a political solution without any supremacy, with national rights for both of our people. … The foreign policy in [the U.S.] is helping to block this path” — Israeli journalist and “No Other Land” co-director Yuval Abraham: ‘No Other Land’ Wins Best Documentary Feature Film | 97th Oscars Speech (Hulu…

“In … Rafah, where a monthslong Israeli military operation took place since last summer, Palestinians set strings of lights across the ruins of damaged buildings and a table stretching across the road for Iftar during sunset”: Muslims in the Middle East Observe Ramadan amid Political Upheavals and Postwar Turmoil (AP) In what critics see as…