More than seventy protests across America planned by Act Now and other organizations have been planned to protest Trump policies and US presence in the Middle East …
… as a discredited FBI sting operation is floated as evidence of al-Quds force plans to target diplomats and as the U.S. VP joins in spreading disinformation …
… and the U.S. President continues, in the words of Alain Gabon, to be “a bad cop-good cop all by himself” …
… prompting enough concerns that young men may be drafted (women are still exempt) that the Selective Service website experienced disruptions due to high volume:
- ‘Business as Usual’: Selective Service System Clarifies Draft Process amid Escalation in Iran Tensions (USA Today)
Former CIA analyst calls peace-time assassination “a dangerous tool, especially when used in the conduct of foreign policy against top-ranking foreign officials”:
- US Foreign Policy by Assassination (grahamefuller.com)
Among the numerous issues plaguing Palestinians due to the Israeli illegal siege includes 49% of Gaza’s children consuming the undrinkable water of Gaza:
- Israel is Systematically Poisoning One Million Palestinian Children (If Americans Knew)
The victim, “who is a foreign exchange student from Saudi Arabia, said she now wears a hat to cover her head because she doesn’t feel safe wearing a hijab in public”:
Archbishop Atallah Hanna equates Palestinians’ struggle to South Africa’s anti-apartheid; Israel considers his peaceful struggle problematic and it has made him a target:
- Who is Archbishop Atallah Hanna, and Why Does Israel Hate Him? (The Palestine Chronicle)
Would Iran hit back at U.S. relying on its regional allies without alienating the European interest in protecting the nuclear deal?
- Iran Can Call on Powerful Friends if Conflict Engulfs Region (Washington Post)
