Press freedom advocates have sharply condemned Israel’s bombing of a Gaza building that housed the offices of Al-Jazeera and the Associated Press news agency, labelling it as “a brazen attempt to silence journalists covering the Israeli military’s ongoing offensive” …
- Israel Strike in Gaza Destroys Building With AP, Other Media (The National Herald)
… amidst international outrage sparked by headlines highlighting Israeli brutality and illegal war crimes against the Palestinian populace:
- Israeli Airstrike on Home in Gaza Kills 10+ People, Most of Them Children (CBS)
- Israeli Forces Kill Two Palestinians at Nakba Day Marches, Wound 450 (Al-Jazeera)
- Israel’s Bombing of Gaza Apartment Buildings Could Be a War Crime, Human Rights Groups Warn (Business Insider)
- Tens of Thousands Protest Across North America in Solidarity with Palestine (TRT World)
As thousands marched peacefully through the streets of Paris in protest against Israeli atrocities, French riot police “fired tear gas and used water cannons against protestors supporting Palestinians” under he French interior minister’s blanket ban on protests in solidarity with Palestine:
- Police Fire Tear Gas on Banned Palestinian March in Paris (Associated Press)
On Saturday, police in Indian occupied Kashmir arrested at least 21 protestors for expressing solidarity with Palestinians, including a graffiti artist who “painted a simple mural in support of Palestine”:
- Kashmir Police Puts 21 Pro-Palestine Protestors Behind Bars (India TV)
- Kashmir Police Arrest Graffiti Artist over Palestine Mural (Al-Jazeera)
“[I]ncredibly disappointed and deeply disturbed†by the Biden administration’s response to Israeli’s violence in Gaza, CAIR joi s other Muslim groups in boycotting the White House virtual Eid celebration:
- Prominent Muslim Group to Boycott White House Eid Celebration over Stance on Israel-Gaza Violence (The Hill)
- US: Muslim Groups to Boycott Biden Eid event over Israel Support (Aljazeera)
U.S. and Iranian diplomats, currently negotiating via intermediary governments in Vienna, have indicated that an agreement is within reach under which Iran “could return to pre-sanctions production of almost 4 million barrels a day in as little as three month”:
Prince Mohammad Bin Salman’s reversal on previously labelled “bitter rivals” Turkey and Iran comes with the realization that the Kingdom can no longer count on “US political and military backing”:
- Saudi Talks With Iran, Turkey Shows MBS Knows He Can’t Lean on the United States for Support (Business Insider)
Pakistani and Chinese “diplomats agreed to adopt a joint stance at all international forums for a peaceful resolution of the Palestine issue in the face of Israeli aggression” and China’s FM identifies the root cause as the injustice to the Palestinian people:
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