Israel Kills Journalist No 160 in Gaza

Israeli occupation forces kill another journalist in another massacre in a UN-run school in the Nuseirat refugee camp, Tuesday.

Mohammad Meshmesh was a program director at the Al Aqsa Voice radio, and his name is trending. He becomes journalist number 160 in the Gaza Strip to have been killed in Gaza since the Israeli onslaught on Gaza since 7 October.

The latest strikes on the UNRWA school resulted in the death of at least 23 displaced Palestinians who are mostly women and children sheltering in the school. He was killed with his son Baraa.

“I have known my colleague since 2006 with him being a broadcaster and presenter of programs and news coverage on voice of Al Aqsa Radio. He was one of the best mannered people, a voice that spoke the truth and left a great impact on generations that used to follow Al Aqsa Radio,” said Yunis Abu Jarad.  

“Our loss is great with the martyrdom of our colleagues, one knight after the other but it is the price of freedom, independence and living in dignity and without occupation for Abu Al Baraa believed and expressed his opinion on air and in front of all people,” he concluded.

“The wounded voice of Gaza. Generations have grown up with your voice and your radio programs on Al-Aqsa Radio. You resisted with your voice and before with your body. You were injured in defense of the central region at the beginning of the Al-Aqsa Intifada, and you continued your journey,” Mohammad Al Najjar wrote.

“Muhammad was not an ordinary young man, a creative man who thought outside the box, proclaimed the truth, and wrote continuously on societal issues. He was a support for the resistance. We are saddened by his loss, and woe to Gaza for what it has lost…” he added.

More than 38,700 Palestinians have been killed, mostly women and children, and over 89,000 injured, since Israel started its war on Gaza after 7 October, 2023.

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Gazans Tell The USA ‘Enough is Enough’

Gaza’s Government Media Office has condemned continued US military support for Israel during the ongoing genocide war on Gaza which enters its 10th month, according to the Al Quds News Network.

“The US administration, under President Joe Biden, has caused a humanitarian catastrophe for Palestinians through its involvement in genocide and its provision of internationally banned weapons to the occupation,” it said in a statement on Monday.

It also called on “the world to condemn the American brutal behavior towards the Palestinian people”, urging “the international community to take a principled and public stance against the US and its serious transgressions in arming the Israeli occupation”.

A US report into Israeli violations of international law during the war found it was “reasonable to assess” that US weapons had been involved in these breaches given Israel’s reliance.

A US report in May said it is “reasonable to assess” that the weapons it has provided to Israel have been used in ways that are “inconsistent” with international human rights law.

The state department report found that: “Given Israel’s significant reliance on US-made defence articles, it is reasonable to assess that defence articles covered under NSM-20 have been used by Israeli security forces since October 7 in instances inconsistent with its IHL obligations or with established best practices for mitigating civilian harm,” as reported in the Al Quds News Network.

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Four Killed in Oman Shooting

Four people were killed in a shooting near a mosque in Oman, police stated according to Anadolu.

The incident that was reported on early Tuesday morning, is trending on the social media with much interest because Oman is described as a quite country with no security concerns.

Police stated in a statement the shooting occurred in near a mosque in Wadi Al Kabir in the Omani capital of Muscat. The police further stated that several people were also wounded in the gunfire.

The Royal Omani Police said it has opened up an investigation into this serious incident.

Following the shooting, the US Embassy in Muscat issued a security alert saying: “U.S. citizens should remain vigilant, monitor local news and heed the directions of local authorities,” according to the Turkish news agency.

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Columbia Law Professor Faces The Sack Over Gaza

Columbia University could terminate prominent law school professor, Katherine Franke, over comments showing concern over a university program that allows Israeli soldiers to join campus and attack Palestinian students, reported the Intercept.

The university has ousted law professor Katherine Franke as part of an investigation that followed an interview on “Democracy Now!” in January. During that interview, Franke was asked about reports that two Israeli students, who served in the Israeli occupation army, had sprayed a chemical at students, who were protesting Israel’s genocide in Gaza according to the Al Quds News Network.

Franke responded stating that “Columbia has a program with older students from other countries, including Israel… It’s something that many of us were concerned about because so many of those Israeli students who then come to the campus are coming right out of their military service. And they’ve been known to harass Palestinian and other students on our campus, and it’s something the university has not taken seriously in the past.”

Israel’s media and lobby claimed that Franke was calling to ban all Israeli students from campus.

“What’s of greatest concern is not really my 20-year-plus career at Columbia, but what this says about peaceful protest on our campuses, around the lives and dignity of Palestinians,” Franke told The Intercept.

“What’s happening to me is happening to our students, it’s happened to people on many other campuses. And it’s, to me, shocking at a place like Columbia — which prides itself on being a home for, if not only tolerating, maybe welcoming student engagement with public events or public affairs like the crisis in the Middle East. And yet they’re punishing me and others for standing up for our students who I think are engaging in appropriate protest.”

Franke is one of several Columbia staff to face investigation, many of whom have defended Palestinian rights stated Al Quds News Network.

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Arab Leaders Condemn Attempt on Trump’s Life

Arab countries on Sunday condemned the attempt to assassinate former US President Donald Trump while speaking at a campaign rally in the state of Pennsylvania.

The Saudi Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it “expresses its condemnation and denunciation of the attempt on the life of former US President Donald Trump and its complete solidarity with the US, the former President, and his family, and affirms its rejection of all forms of violence,” according to Anadolu.

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI expressed his solidarity with Trump on Sunday, according to the official Moroccan news agency.

Mohammed said he was “deeply moved and saddened by the horrific assassination attempt that took place at an election rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.”

He strongly condemned political violence and wished Trump “a speedy recovery so that he can continue to serve his nation.”

King Abdullah II of Jordan said of the assassination attempt on X: “Deeply shocked and outraged by the heinous attempt on former US President Donald Trump’s life during a political rally. Jordan condemns this vicious attack and all kinds of political violence.”

Trump was shot in the right ear but is fine, with the FBI issuing a statement identifying Thomas Matthew Crooks as the suspected shooter.

The Secret Service, which handles security for past and current presidents, said the shooter fired multiple shots toward the stage from an elevated position from outside the venue. In addition to the shooter, one spectator is dead and two others were critically injured.

​​​​​​​The incident occurred just days before Trump is to be nominated as the Republican Party candidate for the 2024 presidential election, the Turkish news agency concluded.

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