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News and Analysis 12/19/24
Although the vigilante revenge killings are isolated incidents, they could undermine a peaceful transition: Syria’s New Leaders Struggle to Contain Revenge Killings After Assad (Washington Post) Israeli war crimes continue: Extermination and Acts of Genocide: Israel Deliberately Depriving Palestinians in Gaza of Water (Human Rights Watch) Six Palestinians Killed in West Bank Raids, Including 80-year-old…
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News and Analysis 12/17/24
Zionist war on free speech continues: On Pacifism (International Union of Scientists) How HUPD, City Police Departments Worked Together to Monitor Pro-Palestine Protests (The Harvard Crimson) “Who’s Going To Decide What I Wear?” Priyanka Gandhi On ‘Palestine’ Bag Row (NDTV) Media Freedom Watchdog Decries Israel’s Killing of Journalists in Gaza (Aljazeera) Mangi “was unanimously rated…
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News and Analysis 12/15/24
“Researchers went back to check Palestinian casualty reports from October 2023. They found a deadlier month for civilians—and children—than any other chapter of the “war on terror”:” The War in Gaza Is Far Worse Than You Thought (Reason) “The Islamic Republic has officially postponed the implementation of the controversial hijab law that imposes severe penalties…
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News and Analysis 12/13/24
“None of the Zakat committees mentioned in the indictment … were named on a US-designated terrorist list, and the government agency USAid was working with the same Zakat committees – and continued to do so long after”: Holy Land Five: Palestinian American Released to Halfway House After Two Decades in Prison (Middle East Eye) Israeli…
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News and Analysis 12/11/24
“No Other Land earned the top prize for documentary, but an acceptance speech … [calling] … for a ceasefire in Gaza and Adra … [and ending] German government … weapons exports to Israel – was attacked by some German politicians as antisemitic”: Doc Talk Podcast: ‘No Other Land’ Filmmakers Blast Israel’s Treatment of Palestinians: “We…
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News and Analysis 12/10/24
“[S]enior officials said Iran’s clerical rulers, facing the loss of an important ally in Damascus and the return of Donald Trump to the white House in January, were open to engaging with Syria’s new leaders”: Exclusive: Iran in Direct Contact with Groups in Syria’s New Leadership, Iranian Official Says (Reuters) “This is not helpful to…
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News and Analysis 12/8/24
Syria’s dictator has fled the country: The Fall of Bashar Assad After 14 Years of War in Syria Brings to an End a Decades-long Dynasty (AP) Is one man responsible for the fall of Assad’s authoritarian regime … Who Is Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, the Islamist Rebel Leading the Syrian Advance? (Washington Post) Outlaws on Pickup…
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News and Analysis 12/6/24
Amnesty International’s analysis Israeli atrocities and its “intent through this pattern of conduct and statements by Israeli decision-makers … concludes that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza” … ‘You Feel Like You Are Subhuman’: Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza (Amnesty International) … and over “1,000 psychologists and neuroscientists from across the world…
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News and Analysis 12/4/24
“There are still no allegations and no charges that I’m aware of. Without those, we can’t have due process, we don’t know what is behind these actions, and we can’t know whether the public interest is being served or harmed” — SJP chapter faculty adviser Ben Manski: Police Raid Pro-Palestine Students’ Home in FBI-Led Graffiti…
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News and Analysis 12/2/24
“Hamas’s video lists and dates the incidents in which the group said captives were killed. Most of them were air strikes. However, some were rescue attempts by the Israeli military gone wrong”: Hamas Says 33 Captives Killed in Gaza as Palestinian Factions Hold Talks (Aljazeera) As rebels advance, Assad resorts to Israeli style war crimes:…