Media Block Out

 Perhaps you have not heard much about Gaza these days.

Because the Israeli regime murdered 270+ journalists to silence their voices. Because the Israeli regime does not allow international journalists into Gaza. International reporters have been largely barred from entering Gaza, or allowed only extremely limited “embedding” with the military, under tight control. Because the Israeli regime banned Al Jazeera from Gaza. New laws give the Israeli government power to shut down foreign media outlets it deems a “threat” (sometimes called the “Al Jazeera law”). Because the Israeli regime destroyed media offices or rendered them non-functional. Because Social media and digital platforms are shadow-banning or restricting Palestinian coverage, which skew the information environment. Because YouTube recently removed the channels of three prominent Palestinian human-rights organisations: Al‐Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights and Palestinian Centre for Human Rights. The deletion included more than 700 videos evidencing war crimes by Israel: investigations, survivor testimonies, footage of strikes. The stated reason by YouTube was compliance with U.S. sanctions on organisations deemed to be collaborating with the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigations. Human-rights defenders and the deleted organisations view this as censorship — erasing key evidence from public view while accountability is desperately needed. Because Larry Ellison - Netanyahu’s biggest funder - now owns TikTok. Because within Israel and in relation to Gaza coverage, the Israeli Military Censor has dramatically increased its interventions: in 2024 it banned 1,635 articles and partially redacted 6,265. Internet/communications disruptions in Gaza further hamper reporting and independent verification. Because the BBC downplays and minimises the suffering of Palestinians ‘The BBC has the most brilliant production values. It produces the most extraordinary natural history and drama series. But the BBC is, and has long been, the most refined propaganda service in the world.’ John Pilger The result: the global public has far less independent on-the-ground verification of what’s happening. But they will never silence their voices or the truth

Who was Rafqa - Al- Kurd

Her name was Rifqa Al-Kurd. She was older than Israel itself.

Born in Haifa in 1917, she lived through four empires—Ottoman, British, Jordanian, and Israeli. She saw two world wars, the Nakba, and the Naksa. She lived long enough to watch the so-called “Deal of the Century” unfold on the same land she had spent her entire life defending. In 1948, when Zionist militias invaded Haifa, Rifqa fled with her family. She left her home clean, thinking she would return in a few days. She never did. Like hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, she became a refugee overnight. Years later, in 1956, she was among the families who settled in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem, in homes built for displaced Palestinians by the Jordanian government and UNRWA. They were told that after three years, they would officially become owners. They kept their end of the promise. History did not. After 1967 the land that had sheltered her was occupied. Decades of legal maneuvers followed. Settler groups began laying claim to parcels of Sheikh Jarrah, using a 1970 Israeli law that lets Jewish claimants reclaim property allegedly owned before 1948 — a law that does not offer the same to Palestinians. Israeli courts had ruled for settlers, and eviction orders and seizures followed. In 2009, a group of settlers, backed by armed guards, moved into part of Rifqa’s home. They covered windows with cardboard and plexiglass so the family could not see what was happening inside their own house. They installed cameras. They prayed, danced, cursed. They beat her 50-year-old daughter, knowing she had a weak heart. They claimed divine ownership of her walls. And still, Rifqa refused to leave. She built a tent in her yard—a place where journalists, activists, and solidarity groups gathered. Sheikh Jarrah became a symbol because she made it one. When tourists and well-meaning visitors came, she met them as a political subject. “Are you American?” she would ask. “We don’t want your sympathy. We want your action.” That line — simple, sharp — told you everything you needed to know about the woman inside that house. She wasn’t a humanitarian case. She was a fighter. A woman who stood her ground not with weapons, but with truth that cut sharper than any blade. Even in her nineties, she joined protests, treated the tear-gassed with yogurt and onions, and shouted at soldiers half her age. She lived under occupation for most of her life, but never under submission. “I will only agree to leave Sheikh Jarrah to go back to my Haifa house that I was forced to flee in 1948,” she said once, and meant every word. When she passed away in 2020 at the age of 103, Palestinians called her the "Jasmine tree" of Jerusalem. Because even in her final years—frail, sometimes forgetting names—she remembered the details of the Nakba. The faces. The fields. The theft. She never got to see justice. But she never stopped demanding it. Her name was Rifqa Al-Kurd. And she stood a hundred years tall.

King Charles warned us in 1993.

 said ignorance about Islam harms this country.

He said false images turn neighbours against each other.

He said we must study Islam with honesty.

You look at Britain today.

You see rising hostility.

You see communities blamed for events abroad.

You see headlines pushed to divide you.

You see people targeted for faith, dress, and identity.

His warning is now real.

• Mosques guarded at night.

• Women abused in the street.

• Children nervous on the way to school.

• Families judged for being Muslim.

This is not theory.

This is daily life.

He urged Britain to learn before it speaks.

He urged leaders to treat Muslims with fairness.

He urged the public to reject false stories.

Those words feel sharper today than t

hey did in 1993.

His stance was clear.

Respect.

Truth.

Justice.

Muslims are part of Britain.

Your faith, your work, your place in this society are not up for debate.

You deserve safety.

You deserve dignity.

You deserve equal treatment.

We share this home.

We share its future.

We refuse a Britain that forgets its own values.

He Loves Allah

 An Imam in Gaza who leads Taraweeh prayers said: "There's a person who always attends taraweeh in the 1st row who has Down Syndrome which is why his voice can be loud sometimes, and other times, he does rukoo" and sujood without the imam.

And when I raise from rukoo' and say Sami'Allaahu liman Hamidah (Allah listens to whom praises Him), that person innocently cries out loud Do you hear me Allah?
And when we do sujood, he innocently cries out loud love you Allah!. I cannot hide my tears after salah.
Someone asked me what's wrong, and I told him that, that person with Down Syndrome worships Allah better than us; it is truly us who are down...... He deals with Allah as if he sees Him!

That is IHSAAN. He doesn't just worship Allah; he LOVES Allah." May we worship Allah with better love, sincerity and of course, authenticity.

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount & Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. Four men, worth nearly $1.4 trillion. They’re not just rich, they’re gatekeepers of perception. Musk runs the town square, Ellison is buying your entertainment, Zuckerberg owns your social life, and Bezos holds the newsroom.

That’s far more dangerous than any balance sheet. A handful of billionaires now control the vast majority of our information, culture, and public discourse. It's an unprecedented concentration of power that warps everything from politics to daily life. They own the platforms that shape what you see, hear, and believe. This isn’t wealth; it’s command-and-control... They decide what’s visible, what trends, what disappears. That’s not free thought, it’s managed perception. A total war on public truth. If you think democracy survives when that much money controls the narrative, you’re dreaming. Concentrated Power = Weaponized Information Weaponized to manipulate everything that influences you and shapes your thinking When four billionaires hoard the world's megaphones, democracy doesn't just get drowned out... it gets auctioned off to the highest bidder. Our only hope is to keep speaking up, until the cracks in the walls of this manufactured narrative break and people can see the sky beyond it.

Voting for Execution of Palestinian Prisoners

The Israeli Knesset is set to vote next week on a bill that would allow the execution of Palestinian prisoners. The move follows pressure from Israel’s far-right National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who had threatened to withdraw his support for coalition legislation if the bill was not passed.

The announcement was made in a statement issued on Monday evening by Ofir Katz, head of the coalition in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.    

According to the statement, “Following a meeting between the head of the National Security Committee, Tzvika Foghel, coalition chairman Ofir Katz, and the Knesset’s legal adviser, Sagit Afik, it was agreed to hold a renewed discussion next week on the death penalty law for terrorists (referring to Palestinian prisoners and detainees), followed by a vote at the end of the session.”

Read: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251028-knesset-to-vote-next-week-on-death-penalty-bill-for-palestinian-prisoners/