Month: June 2018

“The Palestinians in the Silwan neighborhood are threatened with eviction” but “Government lawyers admitted Sunday that a Justice Ministry unit failed to investigate significant issues before issuing a title deed for East Jerusalem land to a Jewish trust”: Israel Admits: Jerusalem Land, Home to 700 Palestinians, Given to Settler Group Without Proper Checks (Haaretz) Despite…

Instead of inviting American Muslim community leaders the White House hosted “a number of Middle Eastern diplomats and senior officials, including representatives from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Jordan, [and] one American Muslim military chaplain”: Trump White House Under Fire for Lack of Muslim-American Representation at Ramadan Celebration (VOX) “Israeli soldiers killed…

The Supreme Court’s decision is too narrow to forecast future decisions on line between invidious discrimination and freedom of religion and speech, yet it has obvious implications for the Muslim ban: How the Masterpiece Cakeshop Decision Strengthens the Case Against Trump’s Travel Ban (Reason) Solving the crisis in Jordan will require both new elections and…

As the Israeli murder of Gazans widens to include medical personnel … ‘Her Only Weapon Was Her Medical Vest’: Palestinians Mourn Death of Nurse Killed by Israeli Forces (CNN) … Selling Israeli dates to Muslims to break their fast combines insult and injury; a customer defies French law to tell a store manager that “Israelis shoot…

Maintaining its decades-long occupation depends on systematic suppression of dissent on both sides of the boundary fences. … Israel also tries to bully foreign nationals who document and monitor its human rights record. … In recent weeks, Israel has also denied entry to four leading American civil rights activists” … Israel Lets Jews Protest the Occupation. It…