Israel Supreme Court: Bedouin have no indigenous rights
Israel’s Supreme Court made a significant ruling this week, setting a precedent for the state to approve the expropriation of Palestinian land in future cases, specifically inside Israel.
The court rejected a five-year old petition filed by the Al Uqbi family to recognize its ownership over a large plot of land in Israel’s Negev/Naqab Desert. The land also includes the unrecognized village Al Arakib, which is still in its own legal battle for recognition from the stae.
Source: +972
Tehran group launches anti-Daesh cartoon and caricature exhibition
Organizers in Tehran have launched a series of gallery exhibitions across the Iranian capital, highlighting the atrocities committed by the terror-group Daesh (ISIS) across Iraq and Syria. A call for submissions to the “International ISIS Cartoon and Caricature Contest” was announced in February, and planners are hoping to hold further viewings in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon.
Source: Muftah
"Forced hijab is a mistake"
In Iran, almost everybody knows Mohammad Reza Zaeri. The one time editor-in-chief of the popular Tehran daily newspaper Hamshahri, recently he is better known for his stance on one of Iran’s most divisive issues: the compulsoary hejab.
On May 27, Zaeri travelled to Qom to take part in the seminary town’s first-ever public debate about mandatory Islamic headscarves in Iran.
