newarab (2024-06-29). Haredi military exemptions, Egypt blackouts, Jamaal Bowmen out. newarab.com This week on The New Arab Weekly podcast, we discuss Netanyahu's recent comments that the intensity of the war in Gaza would decrease and the recent ruling by the Israeli High Court, which said that Haredi Jews would no longer be exempt from military service. Also Egypt's fuel shortages and the intense heatwave that has lead to blackouts across the country, as well as deaths. Finally, we talk about the recent primary race in New York, which saw pro-Palestine Congressman Jamaal Bowmen lose his place on the Democratic ticket, after AIPAC spent tens of millions of dollars supporting his opponent. | Joining us to…

Leon Kunstenaar (2024-06-25). People's Pride March Preempts Corporate Version. indybay.org Drag, Dykes on Bikes, Black Lives Matter, and no corporations…

newarab (2024-06-25). Egypt's PM vows to end blackouts, apologises to Egyptians. newarab.com Egypt's Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly During an afternoon press conference

Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter. (2024-06-23). Why Is A Stanford Student Reporter Still Facing Felony Charges? popularresistance.org A coalition of press freedom and First Amendment organizations have demanded that the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office abandon felony charges against a Stanford University student reporter. | Dilan Gohill, a freshman, covers student protests for the university's newspaper known as The Daily. He was arrested on June 5, along with 12 demonstrators, after they engaged in an act of civil disobedience against the Stanford's investments in companies "that provide material and logistical support to Israel's current military campaign" in Gaza. | The letter [PDF] from the coalition to the local prosecutor ind…

Rachel Fink (2024-06-23). Israeli police officer shoves journalist at anti-government protest amid rising police brutality. haaretz.com After a police officer was seen violently pushing a woman identified clearly as a journalist during a protest against Prime Minister Netanyahu's government in Tel Aviv, Israel Police issued a formal statement apologizing for the incident…

Jen St. Denis, The Tyee. (2024-06-23). Arresting Reporters Is A Crude Form Of Censorship. popularresistance.org Press freedom advocates in Canada are calling on Quebec prosecutors to drop mischief charges against Savanna Craig, saying her arrest and charges are part of a larger trend across Canada. | Craig was arrested in April while covering a pro-Palestinian protest at a Scotiabank branch in Montreal for CUTV, a university television station at Concordia University. | Although she identified herself as a journalist to police and showed them her press card, she was detained along with 44 protesters. Police have now recommended mischief charges against her. | "We're very concerned about the behaviour of Montreal police tow…

albawaba (2024-06-23). Kanye West's wife Bianca Censori reveals real-life Flintstones stone age house. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Australian model Bianca Censori who is known for sparking controversy alongside her husband Kanye West made headlines after sharing a 2021 stone-age-inspired Flintstones house.What's barely known about Censori is that she has a Bachelor's and Master's degree in architecture from Melbourne University. According to Daily Mail, she worked with highly regarded architects including Switzerland's Valerio Olgiati and Belgium's Vincent Van Duysen. Kanye West's wife Bianca Censori reveals real-life Flintstones stone age house: (Bianca Censori)The project in question was designed in 2021 with Yeezy archit…

Bar Peleg (2024-06-17). Israeli police unlawfully holds 11 anti-government protesters in custody for nearly a day. haaretz.com Police submitted their request to release the protesters with restrictions early Sunday morning, yet by the afternoon only three of them were brought in for their first bail hearing as required by law. Among those arrested and later released was Haaretz photographer Itai Ron…

Lance Strong (2024-06-17). The Irony: Videos Show 'Blacks For Trump' Rally At Detroit Church Was Attended By A Lot Of White People. newsone.com Donald Trump's rally over the weekend at a Detroit church was billed as a "Blacks for Trump" event, but video footage on social media showed mostly white people in attendance.

Kate Litman (2024-06-17). The Weekly Round-Up: UK's wrongful imprisonment compensation scheme is legal and campaigners call for oversight of inquiries. ukhumanrightsblog.com In UK News A report published by the Runnymede Trust on Monday found that black people, and especially black children, are subject to disproportionate rates of strip search across all police forces in England and Wales. The report analysed Home Office data and concluded that black children are 6.5 times more likely to be subject …