“The timing of this ceasefire is the result of a convergence of interests among the government in Israel, Hezbollah itself and that of its chief sponsor, Iran – but all for different reasons” …
- Why Israel and Hezbollah Reached a Ceasefire Now ? and What It Means for Israel, Lebanon, Biden and Trump (The Conversation)
… “Many of the villages the people were likely returning to have been destroyed” …
… “Now, hope is just another lethal tool that Israel is using against humanity in Gaza. It’s more repugnant than their murdering bombs because you have to perish often rather than just once!” — Yosef, a 26-year-old university lecturer from Rafah:
- There’s a Ceasefire in Lebanon, but Israel Keeps Gaslighting Palestinians About Ending the Assault on Gaza (The Intercept)
Iran continues to observe the non-proliferation treaty. Trump has the opportunity to put it back in compliance with the treaty he broke, and to go even further:
- Trump’s Chance for a Major Breakthrough in Iran-West Relations (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)
Israeli war crimes continue:
- Eyewitnesses in Gaza Say Israel is Using Sniper Drones to Shoot Palestinians (NPR)
- Israel Steps Up Bombing of Central Gaza, Strikes Kill 21 People (Reuters)
- West Bank Raids – 18 Palestinians Detained in 24 Hours, Including Children (Palestine Chronicle)
- Israelis Desecrate Al-Aqsa Mosque, While Police Limit Muslim access (Middle East Monitor)
The Zionist war on free speech continues:
- The “Palestine Exception” (The Intercept)
- Hollywood, Beyond Under Fire for Censoring Support for Palestine (Daily Sabah)
- Heritage Foundation Has a Plan to Take Down the Palestine Solidarity Movement (Mondoweiss / Truthout)
- Universities Should Not Silence Research and Speech on Palestine (The Conversation)
- Iran General Killed in Syria Clashes: Media (Times of India)
“Modi’s government says that the proposed changes are necessary to root out corruption … But several Muslim groups and opposition parties have called the changes politically motivated and an attempt by Modi’s Hindu nationalist party to weaken the rights of minorities”:
“Hegseth presents the medieval crusades as a model for Christian-Muslim relations, but one historian of the period says his presentation of the history of that period is ‘just totally wrong’”:
“I don’t think the average American has a real sense of what we’re doing over there — and I emphasize ‘what we’re doing’ because it’s not possible without American support”:
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