Month: June 2020

“Mayor Sam Liccardo said he expected any officer who made ‘racist, anti-Muslim or menacing comments’ to be fired”: 4 San Jose Police Officers Placed on Leave After Racist, Anti-Muslim Facebook Posts Found (KTLA) “A number of Lebanese media outlets … [defied] a judge’s ruling that banned local and foreign media from featuring her statements after…

On Wednesday Rouhani said that “Tehran would be open to talk with United States if apologizes for quitting the nuclear deal and compensates Tehran”: Exclusive: U.S. Warns Russia, China of U.N. Isolation if Iran Arms Ban Extension Blocked (Reuters) Ted Cruz’s attempt to crack down on Twitter for not carrying Iranian communications clearly violates the…

Populism would replace national identity based on a narrative history of common values with one based on a common enemy; for America that is a reversal from a country of immigrants to a country against immigrants: India’s New Nationalism, and Ours (Reason) Sauce for the goose is not sauce for the gander the BJP’s India:…

Apparently with Israeli government approval, spyware is distributed to Arab governments to spy on journalists, including Saudi interceptions of phone calls with the subsequently murdered Jamal Khashoggi: Israeli Spyware Used by Moroccan Government to Target Journalist, Amnesty Claims (Middle East Eye) “The ad, which included a photo collage of President Trump, Pope Francis and burning…

While other Muslim-American’s issue statements demanding justice for George Floyd, Keith Ellison does something about it: Americans Want Justice for George Floyd. Keith Ellison Is in Charge of Getting It (Washington Post) “Erdogan … learned by experience that getting the United States on board by making Trump his personal friend is easier than any other…

As the July 1st, a date set for annexation, approaches, Netanyahu is facing growing resistance from Israeli lawmakers, activists, and religious groups concerned about Palestinians’ right and global approval and alliance … Besides Palestinians, Israelis Have Qualms About West Bank Annexation Plans (NPR) … meanwhile, Israeli violation of the International law leaves Palestinians with few…

Since 9/11 thousands of US law enforcement officers “including agents from the FBI, CIA, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) – have been schooled” in Israeli tactics under far-right Israeli lobby sponsorship … How the US and Israel Exchange Tactics in Violence and Control (Al-Jazeera) … but Israeli brutality against Palestinians is rarely brought to justice:…

The International Refugee Assistance Project plans to appeal, their attorney saying that the District Court’s three judge “panel definitely got the legal issues wrong” : Court Orders Dismissal of Trump Muslim Travel Ban Challenges (WWBT) Only JCPOA participants may call for a snap back of UN sanctions, and after Trump’s withdrawal, the U.S. is no longer…

Although US denied on Tuesday any prisoner swap with Iran, the release of White, a US Navy veteran, came “a day after an Iranian scientist held by the American authorities was returned to Iran”: Iran Frees Navy Veteran Held for Two Years (NY Times) After a Muslim group endorsed Biden, a Muslim grad student in…