“It’s not like it was before the war. But it’s like life is coming back again”:
Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue:
- How Israel’s Settlement Surge in the West Bank Is Displacing Palestinians (NY Times / Ekasthimerini)
- Israeli Forces Kill 8 Palestinians in Gaza on Saturday (IMEMC)
- Israeli Military Kills 2 Palestinians at West Bank Checkpoint (CTGN)
- Palestinians Say Israeli Army Killed Man in Occupied West Bank (Guam Daily Post)
- Soldiers Abduct Six Palestinians in Qalqilia and Ramallah (IMEMC)
- Israeli Drone chases and Kills Elderly Woman in Gaza as Attacks Continue (Aljazeera)
- Two More Palestinians Injured by Israeli Fire in Al-Ram (Middle East Eye)
- South Africa Revokes Visa Waiver for Palestinians After Probe into Mysterious Gaza Charter Flight (Ynet)
“US Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack says … that since 1946, the United States has led about 93 coups or ‘regime change’ attempts across the world, including two in Iran, none of which succeeded”:
The Zionist war on free speech continues:
- A Journalist Reported From Palestine. YouTube Deleted His Account Claiming He’s an Iranian Agent (The Intercept)
“It is disturbing that, instead of honoring their asylum claims and offering them safety, our own government may be violating their human rights and compounding the harm done to them with abuses in detention” — NIAC president, Jamal Abdi:
“I think it will take an American president to become convinced that this is in the long-term interest of both Israelis and Palestinians and then to expend the political capital” — Khaled Elgindy, a senior fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft:
- As Palestinians Yearn for a Leader, Top Candidate Remains Behind Bars (Washington Post)
Nationalist extremism and secular fundamentalism both threaten liberty:
- Can Japan Find Space for Muslim Burials? Not if Right-wing Rhetoric Prevails (South China Morning Post)
- Raymond J. de Souza: Quebec’s War on Islam an Attack on the Religious Liberty of All (National Post / Yahoo! News)
“Just a few years ago, the sight of so many Iranian women in sports gear participating in such a mass public event – even if segregated from male participants – would have been seen as a contravention”:
“According to the study, 20% of recent converts to Islam cited global conflict as a reason for their conversion, while 18% attributed their conversion to mental health reasons”:
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