Yanar Mohammed: Freeing Mosul Could be Death Sentence for Iraqi Women – Elspeth Dehnert (News Deeply) What does it mean for the woman who is pregnant due to an ISIS husband, the woman whose relatives might look at it as an honor issue and kill her because of it? The liberation of Mosul might mean a death sentence for a big number of women.
Half of the Residents of Shuafat Refugee Camp Aren't Refugees(Elder of Ziyon) It has become a popular place of residence for non-refugee Palestinians who might not otherwise be able to afford the high cost of living in Jerusalem…. they would have to pay rent instead of getting free housing from UNRWA.
Palestinian Poll: 2/3 Demand Abbas' Resignation- Dr. Khalil Shikaki (Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research) 53% support a return to an armed intifada. 62% support abandoning the Oslo agreement. 73% believe that Abbas should reject the Israeli Prime Minister's invitation to speak in front of the Israeli Knesset. 50% think it was a wrong decision to send fire fighting vehicles and men to combat recent fires in Israel.
The Lesson of Aleppo- Seth J. Frantzman . (Jerusalem Post) What Aleppo has proven is that in the 21st century a regime like Assad's can get away with any human rights abuse, even the scorched earth of most of its own country, while the world watches on YouTube and Twitter and does little.
