The U.S. admits that its abandonment of the human rights report is motivated by the Trump administration’s desire to shield Israel from scrutiny that it mischaracterized as “unrelenting selective bias”:
Israeli war crimes continue:
- A US Teenager Has Been Locked in an Israeli Prison, With No Trial, for 6 Months. Where’s the Outrage? (Zeteo)
- 102 Groups Call for Release of Palestinian American Child From Israeli Prison (Truthout)
- As Israel Seeks to Empty Gaza City, Its Residents Weigh Whether to Leave (Washington Post)
- Video Shows Israeli Soldiers Tormenting Boy Detained over Stone Throwing (Aljazeera)
The ominous consequences of European sanctions “snapback” …
- Iran Faces ‘Snapback’ of Sanctions over Its Nuclear Program. Here’s What That Means (AP)
- Europe Just Made War with Iran More Likely (Responsible Statecraft)
- Putin to Hold Nuclear Talks with Iran’s President After European Sanctions ‘Snapback’ (Times of Israel)
- Iran Speaks Out on Nuclear Sanctions and Trump (Newsweek)
… fit well Israeli plans for a renewed war with Iran:
- Forecasting an Imminent Israeli Strike on Iran (Global Security)
The “US, as host country, is expected to facilitate travel for officials of all countries wishing to visit the UN headquarters,” a duty it now refuses to fulfill when it comes to Palestinians …
… so what else is new?
A social anthropologist explains her journey from supporter of the Islamic Revolution in Iran to a Islamic feminist:
- Reclaiming Justice: Islamic Feminism, Patriarchal Law, and Popular Revolt in Iran (Society / Springer)
The Zionist war on free speech — and the resistance — continue:
- Pitt Palestine Club Can Resume Activities, Judge Rules (Public Source)
“The government declined to say exactly what evidence it relied on. … According to this week’s announcements, neither the Iranian embassy in Australia nor any Iranian diplomats posted to Australia were involved”:
- What Do We Know About the Antisemitic Attacks in Australia Allegedly Orchestrated by Iran? (The Guardian)
“Passive dehumanization coexists with, yet remains distinct from, a more active form that overtly degrades Gaza’s inhabitants within the human hierarchy”:
- Dehumanization of Disregard: The Case of Gaza (Middle East Policy / Wiley)
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office “warns all British and British-Iranian nationals not to travel to Iran due to a ‘significant risk of arrest, questioning or detention’”:
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