I don’t think the article you linked is sufficient evidence for her being an islamophobe. Reading some of her history, her opposition to the bill seems based on paranoia that the Iranian government could use it as an avenue to attack her or other women’s rights activists from the region.

I say it’s based on paranoia because the Iranian government has gone to great lengths to punish her:

Amnesty International condemned the relentless persecution. “Arresting the relatives of an activist in an attempt to intimidate her into silence is a despicable and cowardly move,” a representative for the organization said. Alinejad’s brother remains in jail. Article

She could have been wrong about the bill, the Biden white house put out a general statement of support for it, and it passed in the house, but it looks more like self-preservation based on paranoia than islamophobia to me.

Why didn’t you include all of article II in your criteria?

Here’s the beginning:

In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religions group, as such:

The intent and type of group being targeted are also part of the criteria.

In this case it would be Israel intending to destroy, in whole or in part, Palestinians. Which South Africa is trying to prove in court using statements that Israeli politicians have made and the actions of the IDF.

The intent is the most difficult element to determine. To constitute genocide, there must be a proven intent on the part of perpetrators to physically destroy a national, ethnical, racial or religious group. Archive of UN.org

Their official Instagram was banned so it seems it was posted on an affiliated account.

“We acknowledge that the community was shocked by the phrase, and the burning of the Canadian flag that came after the march was concluded. Yet, we at Samidoun stand by this phrase as the call to action that it is,” wrote the group in a lengthy statement posted to Instagram. Source

From the article’s graph:

September had the lowest number of lorries recorded since the first month of the war, with only 53 lorries per day

I’m not sure how they got their numbers. I checked the Humdata site it shows 2905 trucks in September and 3096 trucks in August. Averaging around 97 and 100 trucks per day respectively. The article’s graph also shows May had more trucks than June which doesn’t match the data I saw.

I think the data I linked is from the UN which is their stated source, maybe they’re filtering the data on some criteria.

Edit: I was listening to the security council meeting concerning the middle east today. Algeria and United Kingdom representatives mentioned the lowest amount of humanitarian trucks entered last month since the start of the war. I found the UN report it’s from.

According to OCHA, in September 2024, an average of only 52 humanitarian trucks entered the Gaza Strip per day. This is well below the pre-crisis average of 500 trucks per working day.

The OCHA link has a graph at the bottom with the same data as the BBC article.

Relevant articles for Biden’s comments on possible Israeli strikes on Iran oil facilities, since OP used a live link:

Aljazeera

BBC

When asked if he would support such strikes, Mr Biden said: “We’re discussing that. I think that would be a little… anyway.”

Do you have a date or news article for the initial border attack by Israel in Metula? I thought that the initial attack was Hezbollah firing rockets on Oct 8th.

The CNN article got comments from two other people present.

A resident:

Dr. Hisham Dweikat, a resident of Beita who took part in the demonstration, told CNN that as the protest was wrapping up, the Israeli military started firing tear gas towards the crowd.

“As people were running away, live fire was shot and a soldier fired directly at the protesters, hitting the American activist in the head from behind and falling to the ground,” he said.

An American activist:

Eygi was crouched behind a dumpster at the bottom of a hill when gunfire began, Vivi Chen, an American activist who was at the demonstration and who volunteers for Faza’a – another pro-Palestinian group which works in partnership with ISM – told CNN. Chen confirmed Eygi was there with ISM.

“We were all at the bottom of the hill and the Israeli army was at the top,” Chen said. “There were two volunteers sitting behind a dumpster and they fired one shot at the dumpster. It hit a metal plane. And then there was another shot and they shot – they shot her in the head.”

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“They are one of the most advanced armies in the world,” Chen said. “They have weapons from America. It is not an accident that they hit her in the head. That was on purpose. It’s not that they shot a hundred shots at the same time, and she was hit with one. We were all standing still, not moving. Just standing there, and they shot her through the head.”

Israel has killed almost 10% of the people in the last 9 months

This is a slight misinterpretation. The estimate also includes deaths that will occur in the coming months and years because of the war.

It’s even worse, the 12 mile range is the explorer model for $599.

The Commuter model offers half the battery capacity, charge time, and range.

The commuter model is more like 6 miles max range.

I’m struggling to wrap my head around this crime. Two people shoot five bullets at an elementary school before 5am on a Saturday, then leave with their getaway driver. This crime was discovered a few hours later by school staff reporting evidence of a shooting.

This is the ruling:

“Immediately halt its military offensive, and any other action in the Rafah Governorate, which may inflict on the Palestinian group in Gaza conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;” Source

Israel claims it’s not inflicting those conditions so it will not stop the offensive. Source

The vast majority of registered voters support Israel Even among Democrats most (77%) will still vote for Biden even if they disagree with him. I had a hard time finding registered voters opinions vs Democrat voters, so I could be wrong. The exact wording seemed to make a big difference. The most disapproval was seen among young voters. This really isn’t a winning issue on either side.

I’m looking forward to it. It could really give some insight into what the plan is for after the Rafah offensive. I hope some lawmakers are brave enough to ask tough questions about the ending of the war.

What are the new lies, can you point me to the part of the article? Pramilla Patten is a UN official, what motivation does she have to lie about the investigation?

Calling the AP a tabloid is delusional. They don’t always get things right but they deserve some credit.

They likely knew he was actively wielding bladed weapons.

I watched the full video. They were repeatedly told he didn’t have any weapons. The clinician just said the man was violent and kicked him.

I have no idea why they didn’t use less than lethal first, they talk about it but I don’t know which officer was tasked with it. It seems like they didn’t expect him to be armed when they entered.

Go to Applebee’s and order Four-Cheese Mac & Cheese with honey pepper chicken tenders. The chicken tenders are excellent but the Mac and Cheese is the most watery garbage I’ve ever eaten. Then you will understand the true skill of making delicious Mac and Cheese.

Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, meanwhile, called for immediate punishment for the Palestinian Authority and expanded settlement construction in the Occupied West Bank as a response.

This is unhinged, wanting to punish the PA for other countries recognizing Palestine.

Yeah I could see it being a strategy to keep as many seats as possible. After looking at the polling, the Conservative party has been declining in popularity since 2020. The best timing for them is ASAP because it’s only getting worse. They are just about as unpopular as they were when Liz Truss was in office.

Polling looks good for Labour. Kinda crazy the prime minister basically torpedoed his own party because it was so bad.