After a two-day delay due to a dispute over the order by which Hamas had release hostages, Palestinians are finally allowed to return to whatever may be left of their homes …
- Middle East Latest: Israel Allows Palestinians to Return to Heavily Destroyed North of Gaza Strip (AP)
… to the distress of Israel’s “ultranationalist Otzma Yehudit leader Itamar Ben Gvir” who declares, “We must return to war — and destroy!”
- ‘Total Surrender’: Ben Gvir Slams ‘Humiliating’ Return of Palestinians to Northern Gaza (Times of Israel;)
Trump’s plans to “clean out” the Palestinians from the Gaza strip to make room for real estate development is rejected, and not just by Palestinians …
- Trump Wants Egypt and Jordan to Take in Palestinians from Gaza. Here’s Why the Idea Is Rejected (AP)
- Palestinians Condemn Trump’s Proposal to ‘Clean Out’ Gaza (Aljazeera)
- Arab Americans for Trump Chair Blasts President’s ‘Wild’ Call to Relocate Gazans (Times of Israel)
- Palestinians Must Not Be Expelled from Gaza, Berlin Says After Trump Comments (Reuters)
- After Trump’s Comments, Egypt and Jordan Say They Reject Forced Displacement of Palestinians (New Arab)”
… but Israel’s authoritarian right thinks its a great idea:
“Netanyahu shouldn’t be at an Auschwitz memorial. He deserves to be hauled up for trial in The Hague” — 87-year-old Hungarian holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos:
- Netanyahu Has an ICC Arrest Warrant. Poland’s Promise to Ignore It Would Be a “Grave Mistake” (The Intercept)
Israeli war crimes continue:
- Israeli Troops Fire on Displaced Palestinians Hoping to Return to Homes, Killing 2 (NPR)
- 22 Reported Killed in Lebanon Before Agreement to Extend Deadline for Israeli Forces to Withdraw (AP)
- Israel Insists It Is Going Ahead with Unrwa Ban – What It May Mean for Palestinians (The Guardian)
- Why Are There So Many Palestinian Children in Israeli Prisons? (Aljazeera)
“[T]he participation of Muslim women in religious scholarship and scholarship on Islam is more important now than ever before”:
“United Nations human rights experts and activists have condemned the arrest … , saying it raised concerns about freedom of speech”:
“For decades, Egyptian media, historians, and anti-Muslim Brotherhood figures have accused the MB of orchestrating the fires and riots” but “an official inquiry found no evidence implicating the organisation in the planning or execution of the events”:
- British Inquiry Clears Muslim Brotherhood of Involvement in Historical Cairo Fire, Documents Reveal (Middle East Monitor)
“We really want to bring attention to the media specifically, because the media is generally complicit when it comes to genocide. They don’t report it as a genocide” — Mishandi Sarhan, a member of Salt Lake Artists Against Genocide:
“Several Iranian human rights organizations, internet freedom programs and activists engaged in media and civil society work have received notices that their funds will be suspended for three months”:
- ‘Gift to Tehran Tyrants’: Trump Aid Pause Alarms Iranian Activists (Iran International)
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