(2024-08-23). West's response to Ukraine, Gaza war sheer duplicity: Anwar Ibrahim. ummid.com Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim while reiterating his country's support for Palestinians slammed the double standard vis-a-vis the Russia-Ukraine war and Israeli genocide in Gaza.
(2024-08-23). In a powerful podcast, a journalist seeks justice in Russian and Israeli underage sex abuse case. haaretz.com Former graduates of an elite Moscow school and former participants in a summer program claim that teachers and a counselor sexually abused them, in Russia and in Israel as well. Furious at the authorities' lack of action, an investigative journalist is seeking justice for the alleged victims…
(2024-08-23). Russian court sentences five men for racist riots in Dagestan. newarab.com 
A court in southern The men, who were given sentences ranging from just over six years to nine years for engaging in rioting, did not admit guilt, the court in the Krasnodar region said. One protester was also found guilty of committing violence against a government official. | The trial was moved from Da…
(2024-08-23). Scholasticide: Erasing Memory, Silencing Dissent, and Waging War on Education from Gaza to the West. counterpunch.org 
The full scope of Israel's assault on Gaza is revealed through its relentless military actions, characterized by indiscriminate violence against women, children, the elderly, and non-combatants. According to the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, the scale of destruction imposed on Gaza is not only devastating but ethically unimaginable. Since the start of the war, and as of the end of November 2023, Israel has reportedly dropped over 25,000 tons of explosives on the Gaza Strip, a force equivalent to two nuclear bombs. This means that the destructive power of the explosives dropped on Gaza in just over two months exc…