NEW: Feds seeking 7+ years in federal prison for John Sullivan, which would put him pretty high up on the list of Jan. 6 sentences.

At trial, prosectors told jurors that he came to the Capitol with the 'goal of inciting the crowd,' and showed evidence he bragged he wanted to

.Emma Tsurkov to محمد شياع السوداني during an event held by Atlantic Council. She’s demanding the Iraqi government to help secure the release of her sister Elizabeth Tsurkov🌻 who has been kidnapped in Iraq by Kataib Hezbollah

The racists & supremacists in Israel keep using our podcast ⁦Makdisi Street⁩ with the brilliant Nadera Shalhoub Kevorkian to persecute her. She was “inciting” for justice, equality, liberation, witness, truth, & love. Listen & make up your own mind. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mak…

Devastating piece in The New York Review of Books by Omar al-Najjar, a young doctor in Gaza. Omar and I have been in touch over the months, and I remain incapable of understanding the weight he bears. nybooks.com/online/2024/04…

Makdisi Street Take few minutes to read the transcript of the magistrate court hearing. You will hopefully understand why this baseless, racist and politically motivated investigation should immediately be closed.

As evidence to prove her dangerousness, the police introduced transcript of a Makdisi Street podcast interview and cited materials found in her apartment including “pictures and posters presenting IDF soldiers as occupying army.”

It can’t get more Kafkaesque than that.

Breaking: Jerusalem district court dismissed Israeli police appeal to overturn magistrate judge decision to release Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian on her recognizance. Israeli authorities claimed she was too dangerous to be free due to her critical views on Zionism.

This account by a veteran Jewish Israeli photographer Shaul Golan who was beaten and assaulted by Jewish settler militia in occupied West Bank got lost in all the news. It happens daily on various levels to Palestinians. It’s starting to happen more to Jews as well

'Judges…have acquitted all crew members of an NGO rescue boat who had been accused of aiding & abetting illegal migration, in a case seen by activists as a symbol of the criminalisation of those who have sought to help at-risk refugees & migrants at sea.' theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

NY’s Attorney General asks the court to reject Trump’s sketchy Knight Insurance bond and to give him a week to replace it with a bond from a reputable surety. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2455…

Meeting between Baerbock and Netanyahu became difficult, as did Cameron's with Katz. Baerbock reportedly recommended that Israel stop circulating the photos of life supposedly returning to normal in the Palestinian enclave “as they don’t portray the real situation in Gaza. There

Netanyahu responds to criticism from German foreign minister by telling her: 'we’re not like the Nazis.'

Reassuring & reads almost tongue-in-cheek. Israel carried out scores of attacks on Iranian soil over the years, from sabotage to assassinations, always denying responsibility. Now Israel WANTS to be seen responsible, and Iran is being like - Hmmm? New phone, who this 🙄🤳

One day it’s Chernihiv

Another it’s Dnipro

This time 9 people have been killed by Russian missiles & drones. 3 of them were children

18 people died in Chernihiv

Sometimes it seems like the world’s moved on. But the attacks on Ukraine have not stopped. This is not ‘normal’.

Iranian state media are downplaying and in some cases denying reports of an Israeli strike in Iran. It could be an attempt by Tehran not to be forced to react. The Islamic republic is not suicidal, it does not want a direct confrontation with Israel.

Here's Knight First Amendment Institute's comment on today's events at Columbia. knightcolumbia.org/content/knight…

I'm in Isfahan. I didn't hear the explosion as it happened just outside of the city. The city is calm and quiet for now.

6:05 am.
#Iran

Bloomberg now reports that US was given heads up by Israeli officials that attack against Iran coming in 24-48 hrs. US-Israel virtual meeting on Rafah occurred today.

White House tried to distance itself from any retaliation.

The U.S. was not involved in Israel's strike in Iran, a source familiar told NBC News, adding that there was a pre-notification to the U.S. from the Israelis about the strike. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…

Iran's state TV is running a breaking news chyron saying 'a number of sources have reported hearing a strong sound in central districts of the country'.