The brutality of Greenwashing. “To this day, Israeli authorities refuse to recognize Bedouin deeds, instead claiming the forestation efforts are taking place on ‘state-owned’ land”:
“Gold is a tradition. It grows out of a deep-seated distrust of governments and currencies and has been handed down from generation to generation” — a Turkish citizen:
- Turkish Gold Conversion Plan Likely to Falter on Lack of Public Trust (Middle East Soccer)
A former Israeli AG agrees with Amnesty:
- Former AG of Israel: With Great Sadness I Conclude that My Country Is Now an Apartheid Regime (The Journal)
The church restoration is part of Hamas’s Intiqal 2030 program that “aims to rehabilitate heritage sites in the Gaza Strip,” also including the Saint Hilarion Monastery (Tell Um Amer):
- Gaza Opens 1,700-year-old Byzantine Church to Public (Holy Land Chritian Ecumenial Foundation)
“Wherever the Anti-Conversion law, ironically officially called Freedom of Religion Act, was passed, it became a justification for the persecution of the minorities and other marginalized identities”:
- Thousands Join the Campaign Against Anti-Conversion Laws in India (Countercurrents)
“Israel is using the PA to suppress the resistance in Jenin, and it is aimed to cause internal strife and bloodshed, and is also aimed at delegitimising the PA in the eyes of its people” — an Islamic Jihad figure in Jenin:
- The Rise of Jenin’s Armed Resistance (Middle East Eye)
“[T]hree key areas where the MENA region will be affected by a large-scale confrontation between Russia and Ukraine [are] energy, … agriculture, … and refugees“:
- The Potential Impact of Ukraine-Russia Conflict on the MENA Region (Middle East Institute)
Reinstated in her position at a British university, this Palestinian refugee she “continues to face racist and hateful messages from Zionist media and trolls”:
“Last year a draft law on ‘Protection, Dignity and Security of Women against Violence‘ was introduced to parliament,” but it “does not provide a clear definition of domestic violence”:
- Gruesome Femicide in Iran (Human Rights Watch)