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The Palestinian Resistance Movement, Hamas, has condemned the […] Knesset’s (parliament) initial approval of a bill granting the government the power to shut down foreign media outlets without prior judicial review, calling it an effort to conceal Israel’s crimes and suppress press freedom.
In a statement on Tuesday, Izzat al-Rishq, head of Hamas’s media office, said the Knesset’s vote on the bill represents “a direct threat to press freedom and a reinforcement of the policy of silencing dissenting voices.”
He accused Israel of seeking to “prevent the world from learning the truth about the occupation’s crimes and aggression against the Palestinian people,” adding that much of the content deemed harmful to state security “actually exposes crimes of killing, displacement, settlement expansion, Judaisation, and home demolitions.”
According to the […] newspaper Haaretz, the proposed measure would make permanent what is informally known as the “Al Jazeera Law”
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The Palestinian Resistance Movement, Hamas, has condemned the […] Knesset’s (parliament) initial approval of a bill granting the government the power to shut down foreign media outlets without prior judicial review, calling it an effort to conceal Israel’s crimes and suppress press freedom.
In a statement on Tuesday, Izzat al-Rishq, head of Hamas’s media office, said the Knesset’s vote on the bill represents “a direct threat to press freedom and a reinforcement of the policy of silencing dissenting voices.”
He accused Israel of seeking to “prevent the world from learning the truth about the occupation’s crimes and aggression against the Palestinian people,” adding that much of the content deemed harmful to state security “actually exposes crimes of killing, displacement, settlement expansion, Judaisation, and home demolitions.”
According to the […] newspaper Haaretz, the proposed measure would make permanent what is informally known as the “Al Jazeera Law”—a temporary provision passed in April 2024 allowing the government to close foreign media organisations operating in Israel for national security reasons. That law required judicial approval and was originally used to suspend the operations of the Qatari network Al Jazeera.
Under the new bill, the prime minister and communications minister could order the closure of foreign outlets without judicial oversight, significantly expanding executive powers over the press.
Al-Rishq urged international governments, human rights groups, and press unions to act “to repeal this legislation,” which he described as evidence of Israel’s “intention to escalate its crimes and hide the truth from the world.”
He also called on international journalists and media organizations to demand access to the occupied Palestinian territories to report “objectively and professionally on the reality of the situation.”
It's extremely good, because the original work is extremely good. I was hoping rewrites and the professional editing process would improve it significantly, but the changes are mostly neutral. There's an audiobook, which is nice.
The work, in any of its available forms, comes with my highest recommendation. One of my favorite works of fiction of the past 10 years.
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I've just finished reading They Called Us Enemy by George Takei. I've had that book on my to be read shelf for some time, waiting for the moment when I felt up to the emotional impact. What an insightful work! WOW!
It's about how the US government rounded up US citizens of Asian descent (including Takei's family) and incarcerated them in order to "protect" the US during WW2. Of course it left me angry with the US government, but in that it's timely. The current administration is already recreating internment camps.
Il y aura le roi de Suède, la vice-première ministre et une soixantaine de représentants du gratin industriel du pays nordique, dont la famille Wallenberg, qui compte parmi les plus riches au monde.
The God of Abraham enjoys His Master tricks. Calls Chosen men to violent revenge against all fancied slights. “They’re wicked – Smite! Pillage their villages. Rape their disgusting whores. Make their acres yours in My sight, for My glory. Raise blood lust, My rightful gory sacrifice. Pride is My reward when your sons fight in My Name. Pride can pay the price, replace shame. I am no pansy, no prancing debutante at Papa’s ball. I am no Mama’s man, no Fate’s enthralled. I am the First, the Prime, the All.”
never been disappointed by a @404mediaco read but this one quote is my recent work life frfr
“And then you have librarians who are experiencing a real existential crisis because they are getting asked by their jobs to promote [AI] tools that produce more misinformation. It's the most, like, emperor-has-no-clothes-type situation that I have ever witnessed.”
For 10 years my lovely dad stockpiled posh wine my brother posted to him in lieu of spending time with him. Dad is now dying of cancer so can't drink. I just made a bolognese with an 80 quid bottle. Might use one for a sangria. He'd have rather had your company, you useless cunt.
nothing to see here, just Donald Trump's top henchmen summoning members of congress to a secure room where they can't be record that is sometimes used for ordering people killed in order to persuade them not to release the Epstein files RE: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5gy3v…
My god (sorry I’m late on a bunch of this stuff. But wow!) According to this NYT report, the head of the FBI and the Attorney General are holding meetings *in the Situation Room* with GOP lawmakers they are trying to pressure to rescind their votes to release the Epstein info. This is madness.
I must humbly request #MutualAid help with a monumental housing #MutualAidRequest ($50/$2400) [Phase 1: $50/$350]
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I realize this is an absurdly large sum to ask for, and I'm sincerely hoping we *won't* need that much in the end but I'm a realist (okay, I'm a pessimist) and want to try and be prepared.
Ultimately it should help everyone because it would further reduce our living expenses (and by extension less begposting) but I fully acknowledge it's a.. preposterous sum. I'm sorry. I've divided into three steps in order to make it seem slightly less daunting.
We've decided on which apartment to apply for, but we've got to act fast. The staggering total amount I've listed in the CW is worst-case scenario. Supposedly we'll get about $750 knocked off of that total if we qualify which will help significantly but because their website says "up to $750" I'm trying not to consider that in my calculations.
I should have started this last night as soon as we got home but I just didn't have the spoons. Which unfortunately sets us back that much further on time.
Anyway.. here's the itinerary as of now:
Phase 1: Application fees and "Admin Fee" (because it costs soooo much money to type numbers into a computer and hit "print"). Total: $350
Phase 2: If we somehow qualify, we'll need to pay the deposit. It could range from $500 to a full month's rent depending on credit, so once they run ours it'll be a month's rent plus our right arms for the deposit. Total: $1400
Phase 3: Pet deposit is an unpleasant $525, and the first month's pet rent is $45 plus $60 for the "media" package. Total: $630
Grand total: $2,380.
Any help you can give is is appreciated. I'm respectfully requesting that my followers blitzkrieg every social media platform to which they have access to help spread the word and the burden.
They say it takes a village, and for a project this size we're going to need every villager's help with this.
LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Thank you everyone so very much for your help, kindness, encouragement, and generosity.
If you're willing AND able, please boost and if possible donate. If you can't donate, *do NOT feel guilty* for being in the same boat as us. Your feelings about it are valid but rest assured you needn't feel bad.
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in reply to Andrew Pam • • •Gays are also considered the enemy by many people. Old people (Takei and I are about the same age) are also often mistreated.
So Takei is part of more than one disfavored group.
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