News and Analysis 7/25/24

Netanyahu told his useful idiots in Congress that the demonstrators outside were useful idiots for Iran …

• Police Deploy Pepper Spray Amid Protests Against Netanyahu Speech at U.S. Capitol (CBS News)
• Thousands Shut Down the Capitol to Protest Israel’s Genocide (The Wire / Jewish Voice for Peace)

… but that was only one of the war criminal’s many lies …

• FACT FOCUS: A Look at Netanyahu’s Claims About Israel, Hamas and Iran During His Speech to Congress (AP)
• Netanyahu’s Claims Before the US Congress: Facts or Falsehoods? (Aljazeera)

… delivered while relatives of the hostages he pretends to is acting to release are arrested:

• Israeli Captives’ Relatives Detained During Netanyahu Speech in US: Reports (Aljazeera)

“The wars aren’t over. America is still fighting—directly and indirectly—in the Middle East, Africa, and Eastern Europe”:

• Biden Brags that ‘the United States Is Not at War’ as He Bombs Yemen (Reason)

The IOC has banned Russia but not Israel:

• Palestinians Greeted in Paris, Decry Games’ ‘Double Standards’ on Israel (Newsweek)

“This means that ‘an ICC decision to grant or reject the arrest warrants will be significantly delayed, likely by several months,’ according to The Times of Israel”:

• ICC to Delay Arrest Warrants for Israeli, Hamas Leaders – What We Know So Far (Palestine Chronicle)

Israeli war crimes continue:

• Palestinian Prisoners Freed by Israel Say They Were Tortured, Threatened (Aljazeera)
• Israel Falsely Warned It Would Bomb a Media Office. The Actual Airstrike Killed Journalists on a Nearby Street (The Intercept)
• Gaza Live: No Space Left for Single Tent in Mawasi ‘Safe Zone’ (Middle East Eye)
• Israel War on Gaza Live: ‘Snipers Shooting Anyone Who Moves’ in Khan Younis (Aljazeera)

“Street by street, house by house, death by death, Israeli raids are reducing Palestinian refugee camps to rubble and ruin”:

• Nur Shams: Inside the West Bank Camp Terrorised by Israeli Air Strikes, Bulldozers and Snipers (Middle East Eye)

“A growing number of incarcerated Muslim women have been denied the right to wear religious garments when arrested or imprisoned”:

• For Muslim Women, Living Faithfully in Prisons Is Difficult (19th News)

“[C]onsidered … to be a breakout star in this year’s NCAA Women’s March Madness tournament[,] … Konate? can’t … play basketball in her own country”:

• She’s a Basketball Star. She Wears a Hijab. So She’s Barred from France’s Olympics Team (USA Today)

Harris tries to have it both ways, meeting with the war criminal, but professing it is to persuade him to end the carnage:

• Kamala Harris Tells Netanyahu ‘Time to Get Deal Done,’ Highlights Palestinian Suffering (Al-Monitor)