News and Analysis (10/22/10)

As Israel Ramps Up Settlement Building, Rachel Corrie’s parent sue “the state of Israel, for a nominal one dollar, for allowing, and at some points encouraging, its soldiers to act with impunity”:

• Justice, Israeli Style (Al-Jazeera)

“[T]he foundation of [journalists’] greater freedoms – the millionaire businessmen who opened up a generation of private media, full of criticism of authority – are just as vulnerable to government pressure as their predecessors:

• Egypt’s Emboldened Press Now Feeling the Backlash (AP / Washington Post)

“[T]he best way to support a negotiated settlement would be to leave Iraq”:

• Will Islam Divide Or Unite Iraq? (Christian Science Monitor)

“The aid does not include any building materials [which is what is needed most], which the Egyptian authorities did not allow, as part of the agreement permitting the activists to enter Gaza for three days”:

• Viva Palestina Convoy Reaches Gaza (Al-Jazeera)

An imam invites fired NPR host “Juan Williams to to meet with Muslims to have a serious and honest dialogue”:

• Muslims Should Not Write Off the Fears of Fellow Americans (Washington Post)

Wilders’ motion “to dismiss the judges because one said that Wilders appeared to be dodging debate by remaining silent in court … was rejected,” but:

• Dutch Retrial Ordered for Wilders’ Hate Speech Case (AP / Miami Herald)

A movie fictionalizing the Islamic punk-rock scene, following a book by the same author, works to make Muslim-American youth culture comfortable in the orbit of American counterculture:

• ‘Taqwacores’: Muslim, Misfit And Making A Noise (NPR)

Kevin Duewel