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Ms Rachel has used her latest appearance on SubwayTakes to speak out about the treatment of children in Gaza and US immigration detention facilities, while pushing back against critics who argue that children’s entertainers should stay out of politics https://middleeasteye.pulse.ly/li3qb57vqy

Far-right agitator Kellie-Jay Keen is facing fierce backlash after a video showed her deliberately confronting two Muslim men as they prayed in a corner of Hyde Park. Standing directly in front of them, Keen questioned why they were praying, telling them, "This is not what we do in this country," before declaring, "I'm an Islamophobe, not a racist." Critics have described the confrontation as a deliberate act of anti-Muslim hate, with Keen continuing to berate the men while they tried to finish prayers. She later shared a photo from the incident on social media with the caption "On your knees bitches," using the image to try to publicly mock and belittle the two Muslim men after disrupting their prayers. Muslims are required to perform five daily prayers at set times. If prayer time arrives while they are out, they may pray in any clean, quiet location, including a public park.

“Changing Britain’s policy towards Israel will bring condemnation from Israel, its friends and allies, and the United States“ ✍️ Opinion by Peter Oborne https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/why-britain-must-sanction-netanyahu

"The UK’s obligations under international law are not à la carte dishes, from which a prime minister can pick and choose" ✍️ Opinion by David Hearst https://middleeasteye.pulse.ly/kts2r7qhyx

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called for multilateral measures to end the arms trade with Israel, including a push to suspend the EU–Israel Association Agreement. It is also the only EU country to have formally recalled its ambassador https://middleeasteye.pulse.ly/bqkohatyvy

Armenian-American musician Serj Tankian, the lead vocalist of the band System of a Down, criticised Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu for using the Armenian genocide for “political advantage”.

At the annual UN pledging conference on Tuesday, US ambassador Jef Bartos called on nations to stop funding Unrwa and instead direct their financial support toward US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace and the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza.

"The only choice left for the US is whether to accommodate a world it can still help to shape but no longer command, or to spend its remaining strength resisting the irreversible" ✍️ Opinion by Jeffrey D Sachs and Sybil Fares https://middleeasteye.pulse.ly/xybxz3s6q1

AFP reported that Israeli banks Hapoalim and Discount have informed Palestinian banks of their intention to halt vital correspondent banking services. Five Palestinian banks that rely on Bank Hapoalim will lose access to these services on 13 August https://middleeasteye.pulse.ly/fnyciobckf

'We see a government that is entirely backing the settler militia' - Yael Berda, board co-chair of A Land for All – Two States, One Homeland https://mee.s.gy/bDjBnF

RT: @KShalaby “The law says every single settler—illegal—has to leave. No more debate, no more negotiations, no more juggling of percentages.” Speaking to The David Hearst Podcast, Norman Finkelstein discusses Gaza, international law and his new book, Gaza’s Gravediggers. 🧵

Germany's far-right party AfD and its left-wing Die Linke are not equally opposed, said Samuel Clowes Huneke on MEE Live.   He argued that while Die Linke ran on issues like affordable housing, AfD ran on anti-immigrant, exclusionary rhetoric