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Muslims and Palestinian rights advocates condemn the violent attack on a peaceful vigil for the Israeli hostages: Islamic Center of Boulder Statement (Islamic Center of Boulder) Statement of Solidarity with Jewish Communities (ing) CAIR Calls Attack on Boulder March ‘Heinous, Unacceptable’ Crime That Does Not Represent Anti-Genocide Movement (CAIR) Palestinian Rights Advocates Condemn Boulder Attack…

“A point-by-point breakdown of how the U.S. and Israel changed the deal Hamas said it made with Trump’s envoys” … How Israel and Witkoff Are Trying to Strong-Arm Hamas Into a Deal That Does Not End the Genocide (Drop Site) … and Hamas asks, “Why, each time, is the Israeli response considered the only response…

Israeli war crimes continue: Israeli Army Kills 72 Palestinians in Gaza in Past 24 Hours (Mehr News) Israel Forces New Displacement in North Gaza as Strikes Intensify (Muslim Mirror) UN: ‘100 Percent’ of Gazans on Brink of Famine (Aljazeera) “Banu Mushtaq implicitly accepts the cosmology and the world-view of her faith, abides by its holy…

“The strikes … have now spread across Iran” after the “government announced plans to increase the price of fuel for trucks from 4 cents per liter (15.14 cents per gallon) to nearly 50 cents per liter (about $1.90 per gallon) in late June”: Truckers’ Protest in Iran Gathers Steam and Wins Support from Prominent Dissident…

The controversial aid project meant to squeeze out sources independent of Israel begins with chaos and violence: Starving Palestinians Storm US Aid Facility as Distribution Operation Breaks Down (Middle East Eye) Israeli Forces Open Fire at New Gaza “Aid” Site, as Netanyahu Rejects Ceasefire Deal (Drop Site) ‘Heartbreaking’ Chaos in Gaza as Starving Palestinians Seek…

“[L]arge groups chanted racist slogans including ‘Gaza is ours’, ‘death to the Arabs’ and “may their villages burn’” … Thousands of Israelis Join Violent, Racist March Through Jerusalem’s Muslim Quarter (The Guardian) … and “assaulted Palestinians” provoking Opposition Leader Yair Lapid to call “the event … a festival of ‘hatred and racism’, adding it was…

Moving Gazans into concentration camps is just one of concerns for “prominent humanitarian agencies and prospective donors …, some senior officers in the Israeli military …, and even some … who participated … early planning”: Sweeping Overhaul of Gaza Aid Raises Questions of Morality and Workability (Washington Post) Israeli war crimes continue: Israel’s Latest Strikes…

“The impact would be heaviest at graduate schools such as the Harvard Kennedy School, where about half the student body comes from abroad, and Harvard Business School, which is about one-third international”: Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration from Barring Foreign Student Enrollment at Harvard (AP) The Zionist war on free speech — and the resistance…

Zionists aren’t the only bigots who attempt to justify indiscriminate violence by conflating Judaism with Zionism … What We Know About Israeli Embassy Staff Shooting (BBC) … and not all Zionists are without a conscience: Israeli Politician Critiques the Gaza War’s Toll on Palestinians and Sparks an Outcry (AP) “Rights advocates say Israel’s actions breach…

As Khamnei’s “comments reflect Tehran’s growing frustration with the stalled nuclear discussions, as well as the broader tensions that have defined U.S.-Iran relations in recent years” … Iran’s Supreme Leader Rejects US Stance on Uranium Enrichment (AP) … “intercepted Israeli communications, observations of Israeli military movements, and statements from senior Israeli officials [suggest] that preparations…