After 16 years behind bars, Mufid Abdulqader, a member of the Holy Land Foundation Five, has been released from prison into a halfway house. The case of the Holy Land 5 has become a symbol of U.S. unconstitutional overreach since 9/11.
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Free speech crises loom with crackdown on Israel criticism
The incoming Trump team appears poised to take a hardline and Congress isn’t far behind. And it’s just not on college campuses.
Israel Expands Invasion of Syria, Launching Massive Airstrikes After Assad’s Fall
Israel’s message is clear: regardless of who governs Syria, Israel will ensure it does not possess the basic military capacity to defend itself. (Israel has targeted Syria since the 1950s.)
Five Days on a Media Junket in Israel: Lies, Half-Truths, and Conspiracy Nonsense
Israel’s supporters are determined to warp the truth of the ongoing genocide in Gaza – and enlist Western journalists to help them.
Latest effort to cancel Palestine activist David Rovics
The long campaign to cancel popular activist singer-songwriter David Rovics has just struck again in Gothenburg, Sweden…
Israel tramples everything in its path as White House tries to keep up – Day 359
US thinks it has influence over rogue Israel as it commences ground invasion of Lebanon; record-breaking number of women and children deaths in Gaza; nearly 100% of Gaza in poverty; “a monster has been unleashed”; US sending a ‘few thousand’ troops to Middle East to defend Israel (but not to evacuate Americans); Veterans for Peace demands probe Into Blinken’s enabling of Israel’s genocide; Netanyahu’s sales pitch for chaos in Iran; Israeli settlers promote new properties in Lebanon for sale “to Jews”; more.
Israel’s defiance on full display; Biden admin commences hand-wringing – Day 356
Hezbollah leader Nasrallah confirmed dead in Israeli strike – global outrage against “maniac” Netanyahu; Israel withholds nearly 90% of humanitarian aid from Gaza; mass walkout in UN General Assembly chamber as “global pariah” Netanyahu takes the stage; meanwhile, Netanyahu’s popularity in Israel grows; calls for Sec’y of State Blinken’s resignation after lying to Congress for Israel; Israel called out for violating global labor law in West Bank; Google’s shady actions vis-a-vis Israel; more.
Gaza breakdown: 20 times Israel used US arms in likely war crimes
The following cases represent a small fraction of potential human rights violations committed with American planes, shells, and bombs. The US is complicit in genocide.
In a population that treasures education, no school for Gaza’s children – Day 337
Gazan children begin a second year without school; how to starve 2.3 M people in record time; Israel bombs 16 schools-turned-shelters in one month; 69 percent of Gaza’s children receive polio vaccination; Jordanian gunman kills 3 Israelis; Israeli generals’ latest scheme to destroy Hamas; car-ramming in Hebron; Smotrich, Ben Gvir stir up trouble; PA wants illegal settlers out of West Bank; more.
Where to go when 89 percent of Gaza is a war zone? – Day 315
Doctor astounded by number of “eye amputations” he had to perform on children in Gaza; leaked documents indicate Israel knew it was breaking laws in US; attack kills 15 in one family during ceasefire talks; 11% of Gaza is “safe”; Israeli evacuation shuts off 10 wells, worsening water crisis; 2 Palestinians assassinated in West Bank; the murder of newborn twins; pro-Palestine campus activism plans for fall; protests in Chicago this week at DNC; more.