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#Backstory2025 | While covering the story, I noticed an odd world of human behaviour. Near these kabutarkhanas, many beggars squatted, some in desperate need of food and clothes. But they were ignored by the pigeon feeders. scroll.in/article/1089...

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December 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Gaza residents fear the return of full-scale war as Israel receives second-last captive's body.
Gaza mourns latest victims of Israeli genocide that ‘never really ended’
Gaza residents fear the return of full-scale war as Israel receives second-last captive's body.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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At least 13 civilians, including 11 children, were killed in the Israeli strike on Ein El-Hilweh camp.
UN calls for probe into Israel’s strikes on Lebanon
At least 13 civilians, including 11 children, were killed in the Israeli strike on Ein El-Hilweh camp.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Israel has violated the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire at least 497 times in 44 days, killing at least 342 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office.

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November 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Irish rap group has been denied entry for their alleged support for Hamas and Hezbollah, accusations the group denies.
Irish band Kneecap says Canada ban aims to ‘silence opposition to genocide’
Irish rap group has been denied entry for their alleged support for Hamas and Hezbollah, accusations the group denies.
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September 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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A total of 29 Union ministers, or 40% of them, have declared criminal cases and 19, or 26%, were charged for serious crimes.

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September 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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"America First or Israel First? Will Trump Join Netanyahu's War on Iran?"

For Zeteo, former Israeli peace negotiator Daniel Levy on what's driving Netanyahu and why this will be a defining moment for Trump's MAGA movement.
America First or Israel First? Will Trump Join Netanyahu's War on Iran?
Former Israeli peace negotiator Daniel Levy on what's driving Netanyahu and why this will be a defining moment for Trump's MAGA movement.
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June 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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“I have only this appeal to Modi Saheb and Yogi Saheb. Our Bharat was of brotherhood and love. Where has that love disappeared? I want the Bharat that we had before 2014. Bring that back,” a victim's family member tells Harsh Mander.

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Harsh Mander: The assault of four Muslims and the two sides of India’s meat economy
As Hindutva vigilantes threaten, extort and assault Muslim meat traders, the country’s beef export business has soared and filled the BJP’s coffers.
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June 15, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Video shows two Palestinian children searching for food among the garbage amid Israel’s forced starvation in Gaza.
June 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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In June 2023, the girl’s father had said that he changed his statement “not because of greed but because I was scared... scared for my family, daughter and myself”. scroll.in/latest/10828...

The same month, Sakshi Malik too claimed that the minor changed her statement as her family was threatened.
May 27, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Under BJP, only the rapiest of rapey men are safe. This is disgusting & a govt capable of being embarrassed would be ... lekin humare yahan toh Saheb hi itne bade creep hain.
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In June 2023, the girl’s father had said that he changed his statement “not because of greed but because I was scared... scared for my family, daughter and myself”. scroll.in/latest/10828...

The same month, Sakshi Malik too claimed that the minor changed her statement as her family was threatened.
May 27, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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“It all starts with words. Once you dehumanize human beings, once you criminalize them collectively — killing them is the easy part.”

Journalist Rula Jebreal speaks at the 'Who Killed Shireen?' documentary screening on the complicity and bias of US media coverage of Palestine.
May 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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AJ EXCLUSIVE: Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking unit has obtained exclusive images of the remains of the weaponry used by Israel in the bombing of the Fahmi al-Jarjawi School in the Daraj neighbourhood of Gaza City on Sunday.

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May 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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🎙️ India’s government released data showing 3.7 million excess deaths in the Covid-19 pandemic years of 2020 & 2021. Coming up on State of Southasia, the health journalist @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social recounts the mismanagement by the Modi government that led to India’s devastating second wave.
May 24, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Israeli settlers have attacked a community in the occupied West Bank town of Bruqin, setting fire to cars and houses. Several Palestinians suffered burns.
May 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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*Right after* the UK, France, and Canada warned that they will take "concrete actions" if Israel does not de-escalate its violence in Palestine, Israel shoots at diplomats from those nations.
premthakker.bsky.social Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · May 21
Incredible — After shooting at a group of diplomats from nearly *two dozen* countries, the Israeli military says it "regrets the inconvenience caused."

The diplomats were from China, Brazil, India, Russia, Japan, Canada, Mexico, France, Türkiye, Spain, Portugal, Jordan, the UK, Egypt, and more.
Article: "A group of diplomats from nearly two dozen countries were seen fleeing for cover during a trip to the West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday as Israeli troops fired in the air to warn them away. No injuries were reported in the confrontation, which involved diplomats from Britain, Canada, France, China, Russia and the European Union, among others, according to the Palestinian Authority foreign ministry. The Israel Defense Forces apologized for the incident, which is liable to further sour ties between Jerusalem and swaths of the international community amid mounting global criticism of Israel's handling of the war in Gaza and its treatment of Palestinians. The army said it ordered an inquiry, but also said the delegation had strayed from a preapproved route. Military officials were expected to hold talks with representatives from the countries involved in order to clear the air over the incident, the army said. "The IDF regrets the inconvenience caused," it said in a statement.
May 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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UPDATE from the attacked Gaza aid ship:
They're trying to enter Maltese territory because of damage to the ship, and fears of a possible second attack.

The Maltese Coast Guard is allegedly blocking them.

"I am just following orders from higher authorities," an officer is heard over the radio.
May 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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NEW: The attack on a Gaza aid ship didn't come from nowhere.
In 2010, Israel raided a fleet of civilian ships trying to bring aid to Gaza, killing 10 people.

The Obama administration blocked UN efforts for an independent investigation.

Joe Biden & Chuck Schumer *defended* the attack.
Gaza Aid Ship Bombed, Echoing 2010 Flotilla Attack
"Today’s attack on our flotilla off the coast of Malta is not just an act of piracy—it’s a consequence of global complicity," a Freedom Flotilla Coalition organizer said.
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May 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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My eyes watered many times, my breath became heavy as I wrote this. I don’t think my body has ever struggled this much as I wrote something.

2020, 1984, 1947. I “remember” too much

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From Partition to Pahalgam: What We Refuse to See About Ourselves
After the Pahalgam terror attack, I have seen countless people feel shock at the coldness of this identity determination and murder. But do you think darkness only resides in others?
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April 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn
ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn
April 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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A mob of Hasidic men in Brooklyn chase down a woman who came to protest Ben-Gvir.

This sort of reaction has become normalized in NYC and LA, where violence against protestors has spiked enormously since October 7th.

This largely isn't covered or addressed by media, despite how widespread it is.
April 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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"The silence of many church leaders… is too loud.”

Palestinian Christian pastor Munther Isaac says this is the second year in which Christians in the occupied West Bank “mark Easter in the shadow of the genocide unfolding in Gaza”.

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April 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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“Gaza’s horrific loss since Oct 7th is equivalent to the murder of 1.7 million Brits, yet many support Netanyahu - I fear for the UK.”
April 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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New from Rumeysa Ozturk's lawyer:

Rumeysa hasn't been accused of any crime & "DHS has not produced any evidence" that she did anything unlawful.

Rumeysa wasn't able to speak to her lawyer for 24+ hours & not until after she was in Louisiana — despite a court order that she not be moved from Mass.
"Statement from Mahsa Khanbabai of Khanbabai Immigration Law, representing Rumeysa Ozturk March 27, 2025 Masked DHS agents unlawfully arrested my client Rumeysa Ozturk, a Fulbright scholar and graduate student residing in Massachusetts on a valid student visa. It was only late Wednesday evening that I learned that she was sent to Louisiana, despite a federal court order that she not be removed from Massachusetts. Roughly 24 hours after her arrest, Rumeysa was processed at her final detention facility after being driven to multiple government offices in New England and flown to Louisiana on early Wednesday morning. Throughout that period of time, my client was not charged or given the opportunity to speak with a lawyer. I had the opportunity to speak with Rumeysa late Wednesday night and she was grateful to finally get an explanation of what was happening to her and to learn of all the community support she has. By now the public has seen video of the terrifying moments of when a group of DHS agents — wearing plain clothes and masks — surrounded Rumeysa on the street while she was on her way to meet friends to break her fast for Ramadan. This appears to be a pattern: ICE stalking Muslim students as they are heading to or from iftar to break their fast. As you can see in the video, DHS agents grabbed at her clothes, her hands, and her backpack before detaining her and taking her to an unknown location, in an unmarked car. Nothing in this video indicates that these are law enforcement agents and from which agency. This video should shake everyone to their core. Rumeysa is a Fulbright scholar and a gifted PhD student studying Child Study and Human Development at Tufts University, a stark contrast to the Trump administration’s baseless claims about Rumeysa." "Rumeysa, like all of us in America, is entitled to express her opinions freely. Now, she is being unlawfully targeted by the Trump administration simply because she co-authored an op-ed calling for Palestinians to have basic human rights. Rumeysa has not been accused of committing any crime and DHS has not produced any evidence that she was engaged in any unlawful activities. Meanwhile, there is plenty of evidence of U.S. supplied bombs being dropped on Gaza killing over 1,000 people, including over 250 children in the last week. It appears the only thing Rumeysa is being targeted for is her right to free speech. This case is just one piece of the puzzle in the Trump administration’s broader campaign to attack any student, green card holder, or human rights defender associated with the peaceful movement against Israel’s genocide in Gaza. We should all be horrified at the way DHS abducted Rumeysa in broad daylight. No person, regardless of their citizenship status, should be targeted over their views, especially in support of human rights. The federal government’s blatant disregard for the court decision sets a dangerous precedent for us as a country and worldwide. If the U.S. president doesn’t have to listen to a federal court order, what does that mean for the rest of the world? Over 2,000 people attended a rally in Somerville on Wednesday in support of Rumeysa, demonstrating the American people will not accept the dismantling of our Constitution. We are working urgently to secure Rumeysa’s immediate release and her safe return home."
March 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM