Trump, Netanyahu meeting further ‘legitimises’ apartheid, says activist
Miko Peled, an Israeli-born activist, has condemned Monday’s meeting between Trump and Netanyahu as a “farce”.
“This entire peace plan and ceasefire. These are just attempts to legitimise the crimes of the apartheid state of Israel,” said Peled, who runs the Palestine Freedom House in Washington, DC.
He added that any efforts to end Israeli military actions in Gaza are empty gestures if the US continues to provide arms to Israel.
“There cannot be a ceasefire when the side that is engaged in violence and conducting the genocide is being provided with more arms. This is absolutely mad, absolute madness,” Peled said.
US Muslim group calls for sanctions against Israel over sexual violence
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has urged the United Nations and the International Criminal Court to investigate Israel’s sexual violence against Palestinian detainees and called for US sanctions against Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
Numerous Palestinian survivors have recounted horrific details of rape in Israeli jails, including the use of dogs to sexually assault detainees.
“Our own government should impose sanctions on Itamar Ben-Gvir and other members of the Israeli government responsible for the apartheid state’s prisons,” CAIR said in a social media post.
“It should also suspend military and political support that enables human rights violations and to demand transparency and accountability from Israeli authorities.”
Iranian official promises ‘harsh response’ to any aggression
Ali Shamkhani, a top adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has said that any aggression towards Iran will be met with a “harsh response”.
His post on the social media platform X comes as Trump meets with Netanyahu. The Israeli leader has been pushing for more strikes on Iran following a ceasefire agreement that ended a 12-day war in June.
While such strikes are largely seen as at odds with Trump’s priorities, the US president said today that the US would “knock the hell” out of Iran if it sought to increase its nuclear or military capabilities.
