Israel orders Gazans to crowd into the southern part of the small area so it can level their homes, businesses and farms into the Stone Age with impunity:
- Thousands Flee but No Mass Exodus After Israeli Warning (Aljazeera)
- Fear, Confusion as Israel Issues Evacuation Order for Northern Gaza (Aljazeera)
With violence in Brooklyn and the threat of violence in Dearborn …
- Israel-Gaza Conflict Stokes Tensions as Violent Incidents Arise in the U.S. (abc News)
- Threat Against Palestinians in America’s Largest Muslim City Spurs Arrest (Newsweek)
… authorities fear more violence:
Biden understands this in the case of Russia-Ukraine, but gets it backwards in Isreal-Palestine: the occupied has the right of self-defense against the occupier, not the opposite …
- Israel Isn’t Entitled to “Self-Defense” Against the People Under Its Occupation (Truthout)
- The Double Standard with Israel and Palestine Leaves Us in Moral Darkness (The Guardian)
… but neither is entitled to commit war crimes:
“When Palestinian Americans like Shireen Abu Akleh and Alex Odeh are murdered by Israel, the FBI does nothing about it. But when we protest injustice by Israel, the FBI knocks on our doors”:
- FBI Targets Muslims and Palestinians in Wake of Hamas Attack, Civil Rights Advocates Warn (The Intercept)
“[Y]ou don’t need an army of 360,000 troops to reoccupy Gaza. This is the greatest number of reserves called up in the history of the country.” What is Netanyahu really planning? …
- The Nakba that Israel Has Started Will Backfire (Middle East Eye)
… After 9/11 Israel manipulated us into an unrelated war in Iraq; will it now use “Israel’s 9/11” to push us into a war in Iran?
- Alleged Iran Role in Israel Attack Echoes Bogus Iraq WMD Claims (The Intercept)
For American religious leaders to maintain positive interfaith relations at this moment may require consistent application of common ethical mandates:
- How the Muslim-Jewish Interfaith Movement Is Navigating These Tense Times (NPR)
- Leaders of Jewish and Muslim Communities in Orange County Stand in Solidarity amid War in Israel (abc7)
The move signals “a rapid rethinking of its foreign policy priorities as war escalates between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas”:
The production company rep “says she wants ‘authenticity of voice’ but reshapes [the] narrative to fit her news agenda around Muslim men’s apparent threat to society”:
- Blue Mist Review – Dreamlike Dive into Muslim Demonisation (The Guardian)
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