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Israel tells Gaza, “No more Mr. Nice Guy,” and then somehow manages to make its siege even more inhumane …. Israel Announces ‘Total’ Blockade on Gaza (Aljazeera) Overwhelmed Gaza Hospitals ‘Turned into Cemeteries,’ While Entire Neighbourhoods Are Flattened (Middle East Eye) Israel Cuts Off Food, Water to Millions of Palestinians, Calling Them ‘Human Animals’ (21st…

Hamas’s attack “comes after nearly two decades of the US and world leaders overlooking the more than 2 million people living in Gaza who endure a humanitarian nightmare” … This Gaza War Didn’t Come Out of Nowhere (Vox) … and contrary to the pundits’ claims that “no one could foresee this,” a Knesset member has…

South Africans know apartheid when they see it … Anglican Church of Southern Africa Declares Israel an Apartheid State (Middle East Eye) … even if Britain’s Labour Party insists it doesn’t:. Don’t Mention Israel’s APARTHEID! Labour Causes Outrage over Anti-Palestinian Censorship (Palestine Deep Dive) “Mohammadi’s courageous struggle has come at a great personal cost, as…

“Aliyev had wanted his ally Turkey to be represented at the meeting, but that France and Germany had objected: Azerbaijan’s Aliyev Pulls Out of Talks with Armenia and EU (Reuters / MSN) Israelis have never hidden their contempt for Muslims, but after a public display of contempt for Christian worshippers, even the State Department “unequivocally…

Students accuse Israel of “trying to criminalise student activism“, after a wave of arrests of students at Birzeit University”: Israel Continues Crackdown on Palestinian Birzeit Students (New Arab) “They have perfected the spread of inflammatory, often false and bigoted material on an industrial scale, earning both envy and condemnation beyond India’s borders”: Inside the Vast…

“The lawsuit … accuses the US of failing to adhere to the law …, namely by allowing Israel to discriminate against Americans entering Israel and the occupied West Bank”: Rights Group Sues US Government to Block Israel’s Entry to Visa Waiver Programme (Middle East Eye) Meta staff in India reportedly … expressed concern that local…

Settler violence exacerbates apartheid restrictions against “building homes, agricultural structures or public buildings” and connecting “to the water and power grids”: The Pogroms Are Working – the Transfer Is Already Happening (B’Tselem) “In the recent podcast by PBD, not a single verse was presented to show that apostates deserve to be killed?–?nor will they find…

Of 835 children accused of stone-throwing in six year period “834 were convicted, nearly all of whom served time in jail. Hundreds of them were between 12 and 15 years old” … ‘A Hidden Universe of Suffering’: the Palestinian Children Sent to Jail (The Guardian) … and a 15-year-old has been killed for spotting “Israeli…

“Some critics call this transaction a ransom payment. The reality, as usual, is far more complex”: A Top NSC Official Explains Why Biden Moved Ahead with the Iran Hostage Deal (Washington Post) The head of the head of the National Council of Canadian Muslims, called the killing “an unprecedented attack against Canadian sovereignty, full stop”:…

Israel celebrates the Jewish New Year by shutting Muslims out of the Ibrahimi mosque and attacking them at Al-Aqsa: Israel Shuts Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque to Muslim Worshippers for Jewish Holidays (Andalou Ajansi) Israeli Forces Attack Palestinian Worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque (Aljazeera) Iranians commemorate Mahsa Amini’s death in custody with protests both peaceful and violent: Protests…