The upcoming 2034 FIFA World Cup being hosted by the Saudi Arabian regime is drawing attention to human rights issues, particularly after the regime recently arrested a group of fans for peacefully singing a Shia religious song.

From threatening to imprison Palestine's football chief to WhatsApp brainstorming groups w/ military officials, Israel is sparing no effort as it attempts to foil Palestinian demands for FIFA sanctions

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What a miserable and cynical life to only have hope when it’s transactional, when you think you’ll see the fruits of that hope — it’s okay to fight for things even if you’ll never see the results of your fight in your lifetime

From threatening to imprison Palestine's football chief to WhatsApp brainstorming groups w/ military officials, Israel is sparing no effort as it attempts to foil Palestinian demands for FIFA sanctions

My latest for Sports Politika

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The son of Equatorial Guinea's kleptocratic dictator, who also happens to be vice president (purely on the merits), got upset when South Africa seized his yacht as the fruits of stolen money. So his regime took two South African oil workers as hostages. wsj.com/world/africa/y…

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Netanyahu's government doesn't want to stop Israeli war crimes in Gaza, so it tries to stop reporting on them, closing Al Jazeera's office. apnews.com/article/israel…

'Israel joins a dubious club of authoritarian governments' by banning Al Jazeera: Foreign Press Assoc.
'Free & independent media is essential to ensuring transparency & accountability. Now even more so given tight restrictions on reporting from Gaza' UN Human Rights haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

This is an absolutely incredible, must-watch, all-timer of a clip.

The Secretary of State admits social media has made it almost impossible to hide atrocities and a sitting senator agrees by saying outloud that was a factor in leveraging the power of the state against TikTok.

Incredibly proud of Columbia University student leaders who wrote the single best analysis of recent events available anywhere. Shame on The New York Times The Wall Street Journal and other media for failing to accurately report their views. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

It’s incredible how quickly we moved from ‘snowflakes whining about safe spaces’ to ‘threat to the social order requiring all the coercive power of the state’

“To see people bury their heads in the minutiae of the natural world so deeply that they can’t even recoil at an atrocity that surrounds them is just mind boggling to me.” theguardian.com/us-news/commen…

The No. 1 pro-Israel online talking point - ‘Hamas agrees to release the hostages & the war ends tomorrow!’ - destroyed by a single quote from an Israeli official:

'Israel will under no circumstances agree to end the war in a deal to release the hostages' haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

The German government is extending its censorship throughout Europe. 'A London surgeon who has provided testimony over the ongoing war in Gaza after operating during the conflict has been denied entry to France,' due to a German-enforced Schengen-wide ban. theguardian.com/world/article/…

During the 2011 Egyptian revolution, police & other regime mouthpieces used hashish & condoms as evidence that the revolutionaries were actually sinners, leftists and atheists.

Don’t be fooled by absurd police stunts like this, which are straight out of authoritarian playbooks

Hi FIFA - what are you going to do about these threats by Israeli Foreign Minister towards the president of your member association (Palestine) for exercising its rights under the FIFA Statutes?

It's World Press Freedom Day. And nobody deserves our respect, solidarity and admiration today more than the brave and determined journalists of Gaza. We would be blind without them and they are the best of us.

The MMA 'fight club' assholes

Joe Rogan & Putin must be thrilled

David Kaminsky—an Israeli boxer who goes by the moniker “The Lion of Zion”—was identified as the assailant hurling racial slurs and spitting at pro-Palestine demonstrators during a UCLA protest this week

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At the #Paris2024 Olympics, Russia will compete as 'individual neutral athletes.' Should the same apply to Israel? For The Irish Times I carefully analyze the International Olympic Committee's public statements justifying Russian strictures, & the answer? Yes. irishtimes.com/sport/athletic…