“Leaked footage of rape of a Palestinian detainee last year leads to legal repercussions – but not for those accused”:
The Zionist war on free speech — and the resistance — continues:
- YouTube Quietly Erased More than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations (The Intercept)
- Lawsuit Charges That California Law Illegally Muzzles Students and Teachers on Palestine (Truthout)
- Swarthmore Alumni Stand with Student Organizers for Palestine (Swarthmore Phoenix)
- Eastwood Has Pro-Palestine Rally Charge Dropped (BBC)
“[A]ny type of scholarly analysis or critique of economic and social policies in Iran can be grounds for unjust criminal charges” — Karin Deutsch Karlekar, director of Writers at Risk at PEN America …
- Shocking Arrests of Writers and Scholars in Iran Latest in Escalating Free Speech Crackdown (Pen America)
… while “critics describe … a judicial system under extreme political pressure, where exculpatory evidence is dismissed, confessions are extracted through torture, and families are systematically broken apart”:
- The Doctor Who Saved a Life but Lost His Freedom: Inside Iran’s Contradictory Ajamian Case (Iran Wire)
Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue:
- Colonizers Injure Four Palestinians, Attack Homes, Near Hebron (IMEMC)
- Updates: Hamas Hands over Body of Israeli Captive; Israel Kills Two in Gaza (Aljazeera)
- Army Abducts 27 Palestinians in Ramallah (IMEMC)
- Israel Accused of Using Dogs to Maul Palestinians in Dutch Genocide Case (The National)
The “impulse to write against or teach against … stereotypes is very present, and yet I’ve stopped trying to tell an easy story for my students as well. I want them to understand the complicated layers of nuance”:
“The ballot question … asked the mayor of Somerville and all elected leaders to cease current city business and ban future investments or contracts that support what it called ‘Israel’s apartheid, genocide, and illegal occupation of Palestine’”:
“Israel has not disclosed how many bodies it is holding or where they were recovered, but has been returning 15 each time the remains of an Israeli hostage are returned from Gaza”:
- Israel Returns Bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza as Exchanges Outlined in Fragile Ceasefire Proceed (PBS)
Iran and the U.S. must “break the cycle of coercion and confrontation, … agree on the format and expectations of the negotiations ahead of time[,] … compromise on critical issues such as enrichment and stockpiles[, and the Trump administration will have to mitigate the influence of individuals in Israel and Congress who oppose the negotiations”:
- The United States and Iran Must Overcome Four Challenges for Nuclear Talks to Succeed (Carnegie Endowment)
“Isn’t Islam inherently violent? What stopped the Islamic world having an Enlightenment? Why are some Muslims so into head-chopping? Jonathan Cook examines some common misperceptions”:
- Islam vs the West: 4 Fallacies Exposed (Consortium News)
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