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Sahar F. Aziz is a professor of law and Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar at Rutgers Law School. She is the… more

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#RutgersLaw Professor @saharazizlaw.bsky.social has spent years studying the ways in which civil liberties have been suspended for Muslims in America after Sept. 11. She weighs in on this guest NY Times essay on the surprise frontrunner in NYC's mayoral race:
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Opinion | When I Look at Zohran Mamdani, Here’s What I See
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Oracle Execs: Love Israel or maybe this isn’t the right job for you

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Oracle execs: Love Israel or maybe this isn't the job for you
Employees who disagreed were reportedly referred to company mental health services
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Trump runs America like a Banana Republic. What an embarrassment
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 6d
Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.

I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.

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Hamas: Israel aims to disrupt mediator efforts for ceasefire - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hamas-israel-aims-disrupt-mediator-efforts-ceasefire
Hamas: Israel aims to disrupt mediator efforts for ceasefire
<article data-history-node-id="429921" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hamas-israel-aims-disrupt-mediator-efforts-ceasefire" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hamas-israel-aims-disrupt-mediator-efforts-ceasefire" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Hamas: Israel aims to disrupt mediator efforts for ceasefire</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas on Friday said that Israel aims to disrupt the efforts of mediators to implement a ceasefire in Gaza, Al Jazeera Arabic reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>"The occupation government aims, through the massacre west of Gaza City, to disrupt the efforts of the mediators and disrupt efforts to implement the agreement," Hamas said in a statement.&nbsp;</p> <p>The organisation called on the mediators and the US administration to "assume their responsibility regarding the occupation's crimes and intervene to compel it to stop bombing civilians".</p> <p>"The systematic massacres committed by the occupation reveal its government's insistence on continuing the genocide until the very last moment," the group said.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>
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US taxpayers spent over $33bn on Israel's wars over two years - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-taxpayers-spent-33bn-israel-wars-over-two-years
US taxpayers spent over $33bn on Israel's wars over two years
The hefty price tag amounts to each taxpayer giving each citizen of Israel about $3,400 since 7 October 2023
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Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.

I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.
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Watermelon Pictures is streaming The Encampments and Boycott free (no subscription required) for the next week
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(Washington, D.C., October 2, 2025) – Seven years after the murder of the organization's founder, Jamal Khashoggi, on October 2, 2018, by Saudi agents of Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman, DAWN issues the following statement:
DAWN Marks Seventh Anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder, Calls for Accountability for Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman
(Washington, DC – October 2, 2025) – Seven years after the murder of the organization’s founder, Jamal Khashoggi, on October 2, 2018, by Saudi agents of Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman, DAWN issues th...
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Game over for Israel - the genocide state

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Israel’s isolation deepens as backlash and international sanctions mount | CNN
Israel is becoming increasingly isolated on the world stage as the war and humanitarian crisis in Gaza continue, with the backlash seeping into economic, cultural and sporting arenas.
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I had the pleasure of hosting Professor Mohammad Fadel for a conversation about his latest academic article “Beyond Liberal Zionism: International Law, Political Liberalism and the Possibility of a Just Zionism.”

Watch, Learn, and Share!

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Beyond Liberal Zionism with Mohammad Fadel (9/25/2025)
YouTube video by Rutgers Center for Security, Race & Rights
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#RutgersLaw Professor @saharazizlaw.bsky.social is one of many legal experts cautioning against setting a dangerous precedent with the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey:
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NYC! Members of Palestine's premiere dance troupe, El-Funoun, will be in town Oct 9–13.

Register today for their presentation Tawasol – "a living archive of memory, identity, and the enduring spirit of dabke" – and/or a dabke workshop

Details ⤵️
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El-Funoun in NYC 2025 — Amplify Palestine
Learn about dabke and cultural resistance from members of Palestine's premiere dabke troupe, El-Funoun.
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I'd love to live in a country where making a mistake on a mortgage application is no big deal but accepting a large bribe is still a crime
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HUGE HUGE NEWS FROM EGYPT!!

Egyptian President Sisi has issued a presidential pardon for activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah.
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Doctors Against Genocide conference this weekend in Ann Arbor. Registration at: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Second Annual Doctors Against Genocide Conference
Second Annual Doctors Against Genocide Conference📍 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor – September 20–21, 2025Doctors Against Genocide brings together physicians, healthcare professionals, students, leg...
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I enjoyed being in conversation with Dr. Raz Segal to address the Threats to #FreeSpeech and #Palestinian Civil Rights caused by the codification of IHRA Definition of #Antisemitism in to law, hosted by
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Threats to Free Speech and Palestinian Civil Rights: IHRA Definition of Antisemitism (9/17/2025)
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"I'm laying there in bed in the morning, and thinking, What can we do? What's left is Leahy Law... We have a mechanism to theoretically stop funding the Israel Defense Forces, which would significantly hamper Israel's ability to continue the genocide," Dr. Mark Brauner tells DAWN.
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Israel fails to comply with UN’s 12-month deadline to end occupation - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/un-12-month-deadline-israel-end-occupation-expires
Israel fails to comply with UN’s 12-month deadline to end occupation
The Hague Group is set to declare collective measures at the UN General Assembly after the expiry of the one-year ultimatum to withdraw from occupied Palestine
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Disabled Palestinian woman killed in Israeli-designated 'safe zone' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/disabled-palestinian-woman-killed-israeli-designated-safe-zone
Disabled Palestinian woman killed in Israeli-designated 'safe zone'
<article data-history-node-id="428647" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/disabled-palestinian-woman-killed-israeli-designated-safe-zone" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/disabled-palestinian-woman-killed-israeli-designated-safe-zone" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Disabled Palestinian woman killed in Israeli-designated 'safe zone'</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A disabled Palestinian woman has been killed and four people wounded by Israeli fire in al-Mawasi, southern Gaza, Al Jazeera reported, citing an emergency source.</p> <p>Israel ordered residents of Gaza City to head towards the so-called "humanitarian zone" of al-Mawasi, south of the Gaza Strip, ahead of a planned ground offensive on the famine-stricken city.</p> <p>Al-Mawasi has endured relentless attacks in recent months, despite being an Israeli-designated safe zone.</p> </div> </div> </article>
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As Charlie Kirk is quickly canonized by Trump and his movement, a full depiction of his impact on American politics is largely being sidestepped.

Kirk built his movement with falsehoods, and his advocacy was laced with racist and bigoted statements.
No, Charlie Kirk was not practicing politics the right way
His assassination deserves full condemnation; his full impact should not be sidestepped.
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“These are human beings. They have stories… They wanted to just live a life like you and I. But they have been dehumanized for so long that we just turn a blind eye,” Adil Husain, an emergency physician who served in Gaza, told DAWN in an online event with other U.S. doctors.
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Gaza death toll rises to 68 since dawn - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-death-toll-rises-48-dawn
Gaza death toll rises to 68 since dawn
<article data-history-node-id="428619" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-death-toll-rises-48-dawn" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-death-toll-rises-48-dawn" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Gaza death toll rises to 68 since dawn </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>At least 48 people have been killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip since dawn.</p> <p>The death includes 32 people who were killed in intensified Israeli bombardment of Gaza City.</p> <p>The health ministry in Gaza said 346 people have been wounded over the past 48 hours.</p> <p>Meanwhile, two more Palestinians have died of malnutrition and starvation in Gaza in the past 24 hours, the territory's health ministry said on Sunday, raising deaths from such causes to at least 422 people, including 145 children.</p> <p>Over 64,800 have been killed and around 165,000 wounded since Israel's war on Gaza began, according to the health ministry.</p> </div> </div> </article>
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If You're Wondering What Charlie Kirk Believed In, Here Are 14 Real Quotes
In light of his death, Charlie Kirk's legacy is being remembered through these viral quotes. www.huffpost.com/entry/charli...
If You're Wondering What Charlie Kirk Believed In, Here Are 14 Real Quotes
In light of his death, Charlie Kirk's legacy is being remembered through these viral quotes.
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Islamophobic racial tropes are pervasive in public discourse and in turn contribute to harassment, discrimination and physical harm of Muslims.

Register for Dr. Saher Selod’s lecture on “A Global Enemy: Muslims and 21st Century Racism.” Register for the lecture at: go.rutgers.edu/freespeech
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In Gaza, western colonialism has been unmasked - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza-truth-about-western-colonialism-unmasked
In Gaza, western colonialism has been unmasked
Through Israel and the ideology of Zionism, western elites reinvented their ugly, racist system of control and sold it as a ‘moral’ cause. Now the game is up
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#thevoiceofhindrajab #venicefilmfestival #hindrajab #palestine #gaza #justice | Faisal Kutty
A film about Hind Rajab — the five-year-old Palestinian girl killed by Israeli forces in Gaza — has just made history at the 82nd Venice Film Festival. 🎬 The Voice of Hind Rajab, directed by Kaouther...
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Join us on 9/10 to explore the rise of authoritarianism in #Egypt under President #Sisi.

Speakers: @saharazizlaw.bsky.social, Nathan Brown, @maydarwich.bsky.social, Abdel-Fattah Mady, Robert Springborg

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Egypt’s New Authoritarian Republic
Experts explore the rise and consolidation of authoritarianism in Egypt under President Sisi and assess their internal and external implications.
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‘Stop starving Gaza’: Cosmetics giant Lush closes UK stores in solidarity with Palestinians - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/stop-starving-gaza-cosmetics-giant-lush-closes-uk-stores-solidarity
‘Stop starving Gaza’: Cosmetics giant Lush closes UK stores in solidarity with Palestinians
<article data-history-node-id="428037" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/stop-starving-gaza-cosmetics-giant-lush-closes-uk-stores-solidarity" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/stop-starving-gaza-cosmetics-giant-lush-closes-uk-stores-solidarity" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">‘Stop starving Gaza’: Cosmetics giant Lush closes UK stores in solidarity with Palestinians</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>One of the largest beauty retailers in Britain has shut its <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/uk" target="_blank">UK</a> shops&nbsp;in a one-day demonstration of solidarity with <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/israel-genocide-gaza" target="_blank">Gaza</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>Alongside its more than 100 locations in the UK, Lush Cosmetics also closed its factories and website on Wednesday.&nbsp;</p> <p>“Across the Lush business we share the anguish that millions of people feel seeing the images of starving people in Gaza, Palestine,” said the company in a<a href="https://www.lush.com/uk/en/a/gaza?campaignView=1" target="_blank"> statement.</a>&nbsp;</p> <p>“Like the rest of the world, we struggle to find ways we can help whilst the Israeli government is preventing urgent humanitarian assistance from entering Gaza.&nbsp;</p> <p>“One thing Lush can currently send into Gaza is our love and a strong message that we stand in solidarity.”</p> <h3>READ MORE:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/lush-cosmetics-closes-uk-stores-solidarity-with-gaza-palestinians"><span class="field field-title">‘Stop starving Gaza’: Cosmetics giant Lush closes UK stores in solidarity with Palestinians</span></a></h3> <div alt="Lush" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="53b6442c-5c42-4e91-b292-8d5cdf76bf50" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/lush.png" width="1280" height="720" alt="Lush" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> </div> </div> </article>
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Over 80 Israeli robots detonated in Gaza's residential areas in less than a month - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/over-80-israeli-robots-detonated-gazas-residential-areas-less-month
Over 80 Israeli robots detonated in Gaza's residential areas in less than a month
<article data-history-node-id="427889" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/over-80-israeli-robots-detonated-gazas-residential-areas-less-month" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/over-80-israeli-robots-detonated-gazas-residential-areas-less-month" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Over 80 Israeli robots detonated in Gaza's residential areas in less than a month</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Government Media Office in Gaza said in a statement that Israeli set off more than 80 booby-trapped robots in residential neighbourhoods over the past three weeks.&nbsp;</p> <p>The office described the latest escalation of ground operations as part of Israel's "scorched-earth policy" against civilians, referring to the military strategy of deliberately destroying resources and property.&nbsp;</p> <p>It warned that the military's "criminal behaviour"&nbsp; results in widespread destruction of homes and property, exposing civilians to "grave danger."</p> </div> </div> </article>
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Group of Texas residents are suing Governor Greg Abbott, alleging the redrawn districts in the new congressional map approved by the Texas Legislature are racially discriminatory.
Texas redistricting lawsuit claims racial discrimination
The lawsuit alleges the redrawn districts in the new congressional map approved by the Texas Legislature are racially discriminatory.
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