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Note: Hijrah is an Arabic term meaning "migration" or "emigration". It primarily refers to the Prophet Muhammad's pivotal 622 CE journey from Makkah to Madinah to escape religious persecution, an event that marks the start of the Islamic lunar calendar. It is marked on June 16, 2026.

The migration of the Prophet Muhammad from Makkah to Madinah was not merely an historical event, nor simply a journey from one city to another. It was a turning point in human history. What began as a small group fleeing persecution would eventually give rise to a civilization that stretched across continents and shaped the lives of billions. Yet before it changed the world, it transformed the people who undertook it.

The Hijrah came after years of persecution, isolation, and hardship. The early Muslims endured ridicule, economic sanctions, social exclusion, and physical abuse. They remained steadfast. They did not confuse patience with passivity. When the time came, they moved. They took action. They sought a new environment where faith, security, and community could flourish.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing perhaps the most precarious moment of his political career. He knows it. His allies know it. And his rivals—both within his coalition and across Israel's political spectrum—are preparing to capitalize on his growing weakness.

Former Israeli Justice Minister Haim Ramon, who also served as deputy prime minister between 2007 and 2009, is among the latest Israeli political figures to join a growing chorus of criticism directed at Netanyahu.

“In the final result,” Ramon said in an interview with Radio Galey, cited by the Israeli outlet Srugim, “we did not win.” He then broke down that failure in blunt terms: “We did not win in Lebanon, we did not win in Iran, and we did not win against Hamas.”

The ADL, that could be nicknamed the Apartheid Defense League accused Australian referee Shaun Evans of making an upside‑down “OK” hand gesture during a live broadcast—something the ADL considers a White supremacist symbol—and demanded that FIFA remove the 38‑year‑old referee from the World Cup. FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) reviewed the incident and determined that the gesture did not constitute a violation, and Evans will face no disciplinary action.

The ADL created unnecessary drama at the World Cup after claiming that Evans, an assistant referee, flashed a hate symbol before Germany’s 7–1 win over Curaçao. Who died and put the ADL in charge?

In a pre‑recorded video showing the VAR (Video Assistant Referee) team working the Germany–Curaçao match last Sunday, Evans was seen making an “OK” symbol by curling his thumb and forefinger in front of his right leg. In 2019, the New York‑based ADL designated this gesture a hate symbol.

Alexis de Tocqueville's warning in Democracy in America remains one of the most insightful critiques of the potential dangers facing democratic societies. Writing in the nineteenth century, the French political philosopher and historian Alexis de Tocqueville feared that industrial capitalism would create a new form of aristocracy unlike the hereditary nobility of Europe. While traditional aristocrats were at least partially constrained by social obligations and local responsibilities, the emerging industrial elite would be governed primarily by the pursuit of profit. 

Tocqueville warns that democratic societies must remain alert to new forms of inequality that emerge not through hereditary privilege, but through economic and institutional power. As he writes, “the friends of democracy should keep their eyes anxiously fixed in this direction,” a reminder that formal equality can conceal deeper structural dependencies that threaten civic freedom.

A new report published by Quds News Network, based on data from the Harvard Dataverse, reveals that approximately 377,000 people from Gaza’s pre‑genocide population of 2.227 million have gone missing since October 2023—with an estimated half of them believed to be children.

The report was authored by Israeli professor Yaakov Garb of Ben‑Gurion University, who used data‑driven analysis and spatial mapping to examine how Israeli attacks on civilians and Israel’s aid blockade have caused a dramatic decline in Gaza’s population.

Professor Garb argues that the actual number of people killed may be far higher than the official death toll, which stood at over 74,000 as of May 2026.

Maps in the report, based on Israeli military estimates, indicate that the remaining population in Gaza City is around one million, with 500,000 in the al‑Mawasi “safe zone” and 350,000 in central Gaza—totaling approximately 1.85 million.

Solar capacity up 20 percent from last summer

Utility-scale solar generation is expected to increase 19 percent this summer compared with last summer, reflecting a 20 percent increase in capacity, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Wind generation is forecast to increase 10 percent year-over-year, and EIA also forecast small increases of approximately 5 percent in hydro and and 1 percent in nuclear generation.

The report projects a decrease in coal production, "across all producing regions through at least December 2027," This summer coal consumption is expected to decrease by 11 percent compared with the same period last year." Generation from natural gas is expected to remain unchanged.

From executive madness to stolen elections, media attack & extraterrestrials, GREEP #270 blows our minds.

With first-person persistence MYLA RESON reports on her viewing of the removal of Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center.

We then join GREG PALAST in diving into the realities of protecting the 2026 election.

From RAY MCCLENDON in Atlanta we hear that it’s now the government (and ICE) as well as the KKK that’s targeting voters of color and depriving them of their vote.

From ALISON GREENE uncovering actual faked "Ghost Voters" to tilt the results and what they're doing about it. Tell your SOS to check it. We hear about the lethal impact of money on what’s left of our democracy.

Our erstwhile engineer STEVE CARUSO joins MIKE HERSH, DOROTHY REIK, LYNN FEINERMAN, PAUL NEWMAN & MORE to raise the alarm on the MAGA assault.

The legendary WADE RATHKE updates us on the FBI’s latest assault on voter registration in Ohio and elsewhere.

CBS legend DAVID SALTMAN then takes us deep into the destruction of CBS, for whom he once produced in synch with Walter Cronkite, & now demands our attention for PRO PUBLICA.