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A Shia community leader says India’s prohibition of speech “about the situation or against the establishment … doesn’t serve the purpose of a procession of this nature”: Shia Mourners in Kashmir Allowed Muharram Procession After Three Decades (Aljazeera) When the iconclastic singer first read the Qur’an she realized, “Oh my God, I am home” ……

Opposition member Ofer Kassif says there is “penetration of the occupation system culture” from the Palestinian territories into Israel itself demonstrated the current government is “fascist” … Israeli Parliament Passes Divisive Law Weakening Supreme Court (Aljazeera) … but however bad the impact on Jews, the Palestinians believe the new law will hit them hardest: ‘We…

Israeli theft of Palestinian history takes some literal turns: Israel’s ‘National Treasures’ Kept by Trump Might Be Stolen from the Palestinians (Palestine Chronicle) PA Warns of Israel’s Plan to Take over Palestine Archaeological Sites (Middle East Monitor) Although “at the lowest point of its almost centennial history, … [the Muslim Brotherhood] will most likely bounce…

He had “published a short video disputing a claim made by the spokesperson of the Palestinian security services that there were no political detainees in their prisons”: West Bank: Outrage After Palestinian Authority Forces Arrest Journalist (Middle East Eye) “[T]he administration has directed the varsity authorities to stop teaching this type of literature as the…

The man sought the permit to prove a point by not using it: ‘I’m a Muslim, I Can’t Burn Sacred Books’: Sweden Man Says Won’t Burn Torah (TRT World) Israel is as eager to eraser the history of Palestinians as to erase their villages and the people themselves: How Israel Weaponises Museums to Erase Palestinian…

After killing an autistic man, Israelis now harass a young man with Down syndrome … Palestinian Youth with Down Syndrome Summoned for Questioning by Israeli Forces in Jerusalem (Palestine Chronicle) … while “settlers, escorted by Israeli occupation forces broke into [a family’s] house and forcibly evacuated its residents while detaining the activists supporting the family”:…

Ignoring pleas that the frightened fleeing autistic man was disabled, police “opened fire on him with an American automatic rifle as he cowered behind a dumpster”: The Acquittal of Eyad Al-Hallaq’s Killer Exposes the Bankruptcy of ‘Jewish Democracy’ (Mondoweiss) “Emirati intelligence paid millions to Swiss company to create files on over 1,000 people in Europe,…

As the Palestinian resistance targets the occupying army … Palestinian Gunman Kills Israeli Soldier near Illegal West Bank Settlement (New Arab) … Israeli courts and its UN ambassador say soldiers may slaughter civilians with impunity … Israeli Court Acquits Officer of Killing Autistic Palestinian Man (Aljazeera) UN Chief Refuses to Retract Condemnation of Israel’s Jenin…

The ongoing violence in Jenin will harm Israel’s security, but the regime doesn’t care because it prizes revenge over security … As Israel Ends 2-day West Bank Offensive, Palestinian Residents Emerge to Scenes of Vast Destruction (Associated Press) Israel’s Operation in Jenin Won’t Change Reality in the West Bank (Haaretz) Jenin then. Jenin Now. The…

Israel aims to kill people and theater: ‘A Real Massacre’: Israel’s Attack on Palestinians in Jenin (Aljazeera) Israeli Airstrike Targets Freedom Theater in Jenin (Wafa) In Jenin, Israel Is Unveiling the Next Phase of Apartheid (972 Magazine) Charges relate to issues including economic and resource policies, reproductive laws and the state of the parks, and collaboration…