The president and founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation says that Biden’s pick for the Navy’s new Deputy Chief of Chaplains “represents the absolute wretched epitome of sectarian, fundamentalist Christian nationalism in our U.S. military”:
- Navy’s New Deputy Chief of Chaplains: “First We Get the Military, then We Get the Nation” (Daily Kos)
Israel’s denial that it practices apartheid flies not only in the face of its policies, but also to the fact that to this day it “has not ratified the apartheid convention”:
- Palestinians Have Denounced Israeli Apartheid for Decades. As the World Catches Up, How Will It React? (Washington Post)
The original nuclear deal was possible because Iran and the the U.S. respected each other’s red lines (that Iran accept U.N. inspectors and the U.S. accept Iranian medical grade development). This time the U.S. balks at “guarantees the US will not renege on the accord again”:
“Israel has evicted the Bedouin from the Negev village of Al-Arakib dozens of times, but they keep coming back. Israeli forces then demolish their homes again”:
- 1951 Documents Reveal Israel’s Intent to Ethnically Cleanse Bedouin from their Lands (Israel-Palestine News)
“[S]tories critical of the Indian government have seemingly disappeared from digital archives”:
An Israeli Jew saw his own dreams of peacemaking shot down as well when a soldier made an example to other protestors by shooting his unarmed Arab Israeli friend in the back:
- ‘In Our Teens, We Dreamed of Making Peace Between Israelis and Palestinians. Then My Friend Was Shot’ (The Guardian)
“The election [in Uttar Pradesh] in particular illustrates the majoritarian nationalism that is driving widespread and lethal aggression against Muslims across the country”:
It is standard operating procedure for Israel to destroying houses owned by suspects:
- Israeli Army Kills Palestinian, Demolishes House in West Bank (Andalou Agency)