Author: ImadadDean

“I am that person that actually has a pocket Constitution on their shelf,” Abdeljawad said after receiving unexpected right-wing support and “hate mail from pro-Israel strangers”: How the FBI’s Visit to a Muslim Woman Became a Right-wing Rallying Cry (Washington Post) More staff revolt against censorship, this time at PEN America and at affiliates of…

“While at least 200 leaders from the occupied West Bank have been given permits to enter the area, their congregations are not being allowed access to participate in the service”: Palestinian Christians Barred from Jerusalem’s Old City at Easter (Al-Jazeera) The Court’s order declares, “Palestinians in Gaza are no longer facing only a risk of…

Israel adds attacks on Lebanese paramedics to its attacks on Gaza hospitals: Israel and Hezbollah Trade Strikes over Lebanon Border (BBC) Gaza Genocide – Civilian Casualties Mount as Hospitals are Under Attack (Palestine Chronicle) Israel Raids Gaza Hospitals, as Poll Shows Americans Disapprove of Israeli War Conduct (Washington Post) The judge refuses to explain why…

“[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’…