News and Analysis 7/28/21

“The constitution states that when the article that allows the president to take emergency powers is invoked, parliament is forced into continuous session, and cannot be dissolved [but] … Saied has suspended parliament”:

• Tunisia: There Is Nothing Constitutional About Kais Saied’s Coup (Middle Easy Eye)

“You are a terrorist, not a sir or a Mr. You should be in the Knesset in Syria, not here” — far right lawmaker Ben Gvir in response to the request of an Arab parliamentarian chairing the Knesset to be addressed as “Mr. Deputy Speaker”:

• ‘You Are a Terrorist’: Israeli MK Lashes Out at Arab Parliamentarian (VIDEO) (Palestine Chronicle)

According to Palestinian health officials, 41-year-old Shadi Omar was shot by Israeli forces in the town of Beita, where residents have been holding protests for weeks “against an illegal Israeli settlement outpost” …

• Palestinian Killed by Israeli Troops in West Bank (Associated Press)

… and 43-year-old Abdu Yousef al-Khatib al-Tamimi died in a detention facility in central Jerusalem after being detained by police for traffic violations:

• Palestinian Beaten Before Death in Israeli Custody, Family Says (Al-Jazeera)

The PA shut down the J-Media Ramallah office and summoned its office director (who had been recently arrested “following his sermon at the funeral of [a] political dissident … killed by a  PA police officer in Hebron”) for interrogation:

• Palestinian Authority Police Shut Down J-Media Office, Summon Director for Investigation (Palestine Chronicle)

Led by “the Butcher of Gujarat,” the ruling BJP  is “adopting lawfare tactics to permanently annex the state” in order to prevent the Kashmiri people “claiming their legal rights via national or international legal systems”:

• Lawfare: Indian Tool to Prolong Illegal Rule in IIOJK (Pakistan Observer)

“Iranian policymakers … face a difficult set of decisions, including how they will balance their country’s strong ties to Afghanistan’s minority Hazara community against Iran’s diplomatic dance with the Taliban and the Afghan government”:

• Iran’s Tricky Balancing Act in Afghanistan (War on the Rocks)

China’s foreign minister Wang Yi has pledged Chinese support for the Taliban as long as they “end all ties with the East Turkistan Islamic Movement” which the U.S. has removed from its list of terrorist groups:

• China Pledges Support For Taliban in Afghanistan, But Demands End to ETIM Ties (South China Morning Post)

Abdullah Khan