“Abbot designated both CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist and transnational criminal organizations, which bans them from purchasing or acquiring land in Texas and authorizes state attorney general Ken Paxton ‘to sue to shut them down’” …
… CAIR’s response: “Although we are flattered by Greg Abbott’s obsession with our civil rights organization, his publicity stunt masquerading as a proclamation has no basis in fact or law, nor can it stop our civil rights work”:
- CAIR Floats Lawsuit After Texas Governor Designates It as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (Politico)
“The American-Saudi relationship today … is very coöperative and sustained, and not only by state-to-state interests, but also by the interests of President Trump’s family and its business in the region” …
- How M.B.S. Won Back Washington (New Yorker)
… but Trump dismisses U.S. intelligence reports of MBS’s culpability in the Khashoggi murder with, “things happen”:
- Trump Defends Saudi Crown Prince over Khashoggi Killing (Washington Post)
The Zionist war on free speech — and the resistance — continues:
- How California Spent Natural Disaster Funds to Quell Student Protests for Palestine (The Intercept)
- The O2 Apologises for Confiscating Fans’ Palestine Shirts at Lorde Concert (The Guardian)
- Philadelphia Set to Mark ‘Palestine Day’ Over ZOA Protest (Jewish Exponent)
- All 17 Students Arrested at Pro-Palestine Protest Take Pre-trial Diversion (Observer)
- Sally Rooney Says UK Prisoners Linked to Palestine Action Face ‘Shocking Mistreatment (The Guardian)
“Cyprus-based Columbia Shipmanagement said the crew ‘are safe and in good spirits’”:
- Iran Releases Marshall Islands-flagged Tanker and Crew (Rocky Mountain Outlook)
Perplexity answers questions about Harvard’s “vast and detailed backup of Israel’s national heritage to ensure its survival even in the event of Israel ceasing to exist as a state”:
- At a Secret Harvard Site, a Massive Archive of Israeliana Is Preserved – in Case Israel Ceases to Exist (Perplexity)
Israeli war crimes continue:
- LIVE: 14 Killed in Israeli Air Attacks in Lebanon; Air Strikes in Gaza (Aljazeera)
- Israeli Army Detains 100 Palestinians in West Bank Raid (Middle East Monitor)
- Israel Killed 279 Palestinians in Gaza Since Ceasefire, Government Media Office Says (Middle East Eye)
- Is Israel Pushing Palestinians to Leave Gaza ‘Voluntarily?’ (Deutsche Welle)
“The state-owned Polish company, Nitro-Chem, produced 90% of the TNT that U.S. weapons manufacturers used to make ‘Mark Series’ bombs, according to a new report”:
“[S]uddenly we were told to leave because my partner is Muslim. I was asked to continue alone, but why should I? My business runs with my partner. There has never been a problem between us. Don’t drag religion into politics”:
- Blaming ‘Love Jihad,’ Muslim Workers Are Ousted from Indian Market (Religion Unplugged)
“Palestinians no longer accept, and the world no longer believes in, the idea that Gaza is a space to be managed, administered, ‘stabilised,’ or reconstructed by external custodians – feigning benevolence”:
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