"Despite
the fact that many of the
Bedouins are living on the
ancestral homelands, while
others were internally displaced
after 1940, Israel views them as
'trespassers' on their land and
does not recognize their
ownership'":
"[A]n American military presence
in Iraq and Syria is not
required for our safety nor for
the protection of our vital
national interests" -- Dan
Caldwell, vice president of
foreign policy at Stand Together
and a Marine veteran of the Iraq
War:
"The future of press freedom in
Indian-administered
Kashmir
has been thrown into question
after pro-government journalists
and police officers forcibly
took over its independent press
club, which the authorities
later shut down" ...
... and by the use of the PSA
(that allows up to 6 months
detention without trial) against
a journalist who had been
granted bail:
"A 75-year-old Palestinian
activist and community leader
succumbed on Monday to wounds
sustained in a deliberate
run-over accident by Israeli
forces earlier this month" when
he was "deliberately run over by
an Israeli police vehicle":
Differences remain as to what
sanctions relate to the nuclear
deal, guarantees that the US
will not withdraw again,
verification of U.S. compliance,
and what might be done about
technical knowledge acquired by
Iran during the period of
noncompliance:
"Semi-official Iranian media
reported on Monday that the
{unnamed] diplomats... had
landed in the city where the
57-member organisation is based
to restart operations six years
after the office was closed
following a diplomatic rift":
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