News and Analysis (7/3/17)

Even pro-Israeli Congress members are dismayed at Israel’s persecution of an award-winning, globally recognized leader of Palestinian peaceful resistance:

• 34 House Dems Condemn Israeli Charges Against Issa Amro — Follower of Civil Rights Movement and Gandhi (Mondoweiss)

Knights of Golan leader says they couldn’t survive without Israels constant support:

• Israel Secretly Paying Salaries of Syrian Rebels on Golan Heights Boarder: Report (News Week)

Not quite fake news; definitely lopsided news:

• Muslims Carried OutJust 12.4 Per Cent of Attacks in the US but Received 41.4 Per Cent of News Coverage (Independent)

The NSA preferred exploiting a flaw in Microsoft Windows software over reporting it, victimizing our allies and leaving Americans vulnerable …

• ‘Petya’ Ransomware Attack Stems From NSA exploit – Snowden, Security Experts (RT)

… and it evades laws against spying on citizens by routing their Internet usage overseas …

• NSA’s Use of ‘Traffic Shaping’ Allows Unrestrained Spying on Americans (ZD Net)

… snooping on three million phone calls, at over a $300,000 expense, with no results in a Pennsylvania’s secret wire tap:

• With a Single Wiretap Order, US Authorities Listened in on 3.3 Million Phone Calls (ZD Net)

As someone who typically engages in conflict with Muslims, President Trump offers to peacefully mediate the issues with the GCC Muslim countries:

• Trump Speaks to Gulf leaders, Urges Unity (Al-Jazeera)

Al-Jazeera fights back attempts to shut down the news station:

• Al Jazeera Demands Press Freedom (Al-Jazeera)

Does the trend suggest the government is pulling back from a policy of manufacturing more terrorists to a one of encouraging more informants?

• Homegrown US Terrorists Have Received Lighter Sentences in Recent Years (VOA)

Islamic libertarian‏ Iyad el-Baghdadi says he is religiously offended by blueberry cheesecake and invites Islamophoic bigots to throw some his way:

• This Muslim Man Had the Perfect Response to a Thug’s ‘Bacon Attack’ on a Young Muslim Teen (Independent)

“[R]ather than preventing vulnerable young people from being drawn into terrorism, it risked fueling a sense of being marginalised by state and society among Muslims”:

• Prevent Strategy Stigmatising Muslim Pupils, Say Teachers (Guardian)

Layla Shoufer