“It wasn’t immediately clear who was behind these incidents, but they happened as a senior Iranian official reiterated his country’s claim of control over the waterway and another said it had a right to seize oil tankers connected to the U.S.”:
The Zionist war on free speech — and the resistance — continues:
- Judge Blocks US Sanctions Against UN Palestine Expert Francesca Albanese: Francesca Albanese “Has Done Nothing More than Speak!” the Judge Wrote in His Ruling (Truthout)
- Texas Professor Reinstated After Firing over Palestine Talk Says ‘I Didn’t Do Anything Wrong’ (The Guardian)
- Miami Beach Official Hired Billboard Truck to Call Pro-Palestine Activists “Jew Hater,” Lawsuit Alleges: City Commissioner David Suarez is accused of hiring the trucks to single out members of the activist group Jewish Voice for Peace (The Intercept)
- StopAntisemitism Takes Credit for Getting Hundreds Fired. A Music Teacher Is Suing (The Intercept)
- FBI Quietly Closed a Probe Into Mahmoud Khalil While He Was in ICE Detention (The Intercept)
“There is no need to continue this war that should not have happened” — China’s foreign ministry:
“Thursday’s vote on a Democratic resolution to rein in Mr. Trump’s authority was 212-212, falling just short of a majority” …
… but “Republican senators are warning that any request from President Trump for tens of billions of dollars to pay for the Iran war will have a tough time passing the Senate, as patience wanes over what they say is a lack of a clear plan to end the conflict”:
The author of “How to Sell a Genocide: The Media’s Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza” identifies “seven statistical findings that prove the U.S. media’s bias against Palestinians”:
- We Analyzed Thousands of News Articles: Here’s the Proof of Pro-Israel Bias in Mainstream Media (The Intercept)
Objectors say “saying the way bodies would be buried, without embalming, could create a health hazard. The mosque agreed to defer approval of the permit for 30 days so they can have a meeting with the neighbors to address their concerns”:
“Several of the world’s most critical submarine cable routes run through the Middle East” …
- Iran Is Threatening Undersea Cables. The World’s ‘Digital Chokepoints’ Have Never Been More Vulnerable (The Conversation)
… and ” Iran is looking at ways of providing limited connectivity to approved individuals and entities amid a continued state-imposed internet shutdown, with a tiered access model currently being offered that experts have said still undermines the digital rights of Iranians”:
“[T]he document insists that Epic Fury is simply the continuation ‘of an armed conflict with Iran that has been ongoing for years’” without a Congressional declaration of war:
“Saudi Arabia is modelling its framework on the 1975 Helsinki Accords, which … secured a common acceptance of Europe’s post-WWII borders. Signatories also agreed to respect human rights and cooperate on economic, scientific, and humanitarian issues”:
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