The Lancet took down a letter noting that “poverty, military occupation, discrimination and institutionalized oppression” turned the Covid-19 outbreak in Gaza into “a preventable biosocial injustice rooted in decades of Israeli oppression” three days after publication:
- The Lancet Censors Gaza Health Letter After Pro-Israel Pressure (Electronic Intifada)
A survey of articles published about Palestinians in the US over the past fifty years finds that less than 2% of the 2,490 articles in The New York Times, only 1% of the 3,249 in The Washington Post, and not of a single one of 497 in The New Republic were by Palestinians:
The Qur’an (18:23-24) commands believers to say “If God wills” when promising to do something in the future, but Biden’s use of the phrase to characterize a promise by Trump reflects the derogatory colloquial Arabic usage, meaning “it ain’t gonna happen”:
- Biden Drops Arabic Phrase, Insha’Allah, to Mock Trump on His Tax Returns, Lighting up Arab Twitter—Is It Praiseworthy or Pandering? (Arab America)
“The proposed bill ‘would require the President to consult with the Israeli government to ensure [qualitative military edge] concerns are settled’ in respect to weapons sales to Middle Eastern countries”:
- US Bipartisan Bill Would Allow Israel Veto on Arms Sales to Arab Countries (Palestine Chronicle)
After her humiliation m she was acquitted of the charges against her:
In its ruling the court equated the kidnapping of an innocent college student with the detention of an FBI agent “on an unauthorized CIA mission,” awarding damages to a foamily that has already “received a $2.5 million annuity” in CIA hush money:
“Yemeni American Sfuaun Ali, 29, has been waiting for three years to hear back from … (USCIS) about the status of the I-130 form he submitted for his wife to join him in New York.” USCIS offers no explanations for waiver rejections:
- Muslim Families Continue to Struggle Due to Travel Ban (Document NY)
Like some Iranian Marie Antoinette an Iranian Food and Drug Administration spokesman urged those who can’t afford butter to substitute more expensive “avocados and olive oil”:
“Iranian media said stray shells from fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave had fallen on villages near Iran’s northwestern border, wounding a child and damaging buildings”:
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