For days, social media has showcased Afg women singing, reading poetry, reciting the Quran, & defying the Taliban's ban on women's voices. We will not be silenced. Another beautiful Afg woman singing. Women's songs and poetry predate the Taliban, who only harbor hatred for women:

A Palestinian woman testified that an IDF soldier sexually harassed her at a checkpoint in Hebron two weeks ago. The incident sparked a wave of testimonies from women in Hebron about the humiliating treatment they received from soldiers at checkpoints haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

Tucker Carlson had a Nazi sympathiser on his show and praised him. This was thankfully widely condemned. Piers Morgan warrants such condemnation also. He didn’t praise Candace Owens, but he gave her a platform. He chose a Rabbi rejected by the Jewish community to debate her.

Less “critics claim” and more “this is blatantly,” but important:

Mayor Khan says this bus route has been on the agenda for years. And this BBC article says Jewish communities were "delighted" with it. But the article also stresses the surge in antisemitism. To the extent this new route is a reaction to that, if it indeed is, it seems sad.

3 main factors explain the USA’s failure to successfully counter terrorism in the Sahel, Olayinka Ajala writes: “Lack of understanding of local conflict dynamics, inability to address root causes of terrorism, & a disconnect between human rights adherence & counter terrorism.”

Israeli settler violence is seeing a dangerous increase. We call on outside powers to curb sales of weapons used in violation of international law and raise the cost the Israeli government pays for settler violence and the settlement project. Crisis Group crisisgroup.org/middle-east-no…

Well said. True for Tunisia, and everywhere.

Rich.

Eyewitnesses and Palestinian officials say the IDF shot and killed a 26-year-old American activist, Aysenur Eygi, during an anti-settlement protest near Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Latest here: cnn.com/2024/09/06/mid…

Black migrants’ & refugees’ situation in Tunisia remains horrible. People have been wounded in machete attacks, raped, and knifed in racist attacks, and disease is spreading. Keep them in your thoughts.

Ben Gvir’s incompetence knows no bounds.

Yonatan Pollack is one of the bravest and most brilliant people I know.