Settler-soldier violence accelerates, cheered on by the government …
- Israeli Settlers’ Rampage Against Palestinian Villages Continues for Fifth Day (Middle East Eye)
- After Settler Pogroms, Even Worse Genocidal Violence to Come (Electronic Intifada)
- While in Father’s Vehicle, 5-Year-Old Palestinian Child Shot by Israeli Soldiers, Loses Eye (Palestine Chronicle)
- Palestinian Teenager Left to Die After Being Shot by Israeli Forces (Palestine Chronicle)
- Israel: Ministers Support Settler Violence Against Palestinians (Middle East Monitor)
… but the history goes way back:
Attempts by India’s illiberal democrats to cast Obama as a hypocrite are undermined by the ongoing persecution of India’s large Muslim minority:
- Weaponization of Hindu Festivals: A Catalyst for Anti-Muslim Violence in India (Religion Unplugged)
- Muslim Man Accused Of Smuggling Beef, Killed By Mob In Maharashtra: Cops (NDTC)
- Indian Police Detains Muslim Man for Conducting Collective Prayer in Educational Institute (Yeni ?afak)
Moving U.S. and Israeli “interests in the Middle East forward without having to address the rights of the Palestinian people at all” isn’t as easy as Trump and Biden expected …
- The Abraham Accords Are Starting to Fall Apart (Mondoweiss)
… and the “Biden administration is embracing traditional American policy that views the West Bank as occupied territory”:
“[M]easures taken by the Tunisian authorities undermine freedoms [and] threaten the foundations of democracy in Tunisia”:
- Arab, Muslim Parliamentarians Call on Tunisia to Release Ghannouchi (Middle East Monitor)
Although the bill was designed to discriminate on behalf of Israel, some Tories fear it may be used to undermine boycotts and divestment against Syria and China”:
As more Spaniards embrace Islam, councils make mosque construction difficult and push the growing community to the margins:
- ‘Seeking Peace’: Why Islam Is Becoming Popular in Southern Spain (TRT World)
- Spain’s Muslim Community Struggles to Find Space to Worship (New Arab)
“Robinson and Ban heard “no detailed rebuttal of the evidence of apartheid” that was described to them by human rights groups” …
- Ban Ki-moon and Mary Robinson: ‘Growing Evidence’ of Apartheid in Palestine (Middle East Eye)
… and Germany refuses to join the US effort to condemn the UN commission of inquiry in the face of “measures aimed at expediting settlements”:
- Germany Cancels Condemnation of UNHRC Probe into Possible Israeli Crimes (Middle East Memo)
“Everyone is really happy for me to be queer,” she says but she faces “Islamophobia and racism for being a woman of colour in leadership”:
- Saima Razzaq: First Muslim Woman to Lead Pride Says Life’s Mission Is to Promote Inclusivity (Independent)
Israel “must now demonstrate unfettered access for Palestinian-Americans at Israel’s border and to the Israeli-occupied West Bank”:
… but may continue to murder American Palestinians:
- ‘Our Taxes in the U.S. Are Being Used to Kill Us Here’ (972 Magazine)
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