News and Analysis 10/11/21

Columbus “claimed to see more than 400 mosques in the territory he conquered 500 years ago, which today we call Mexico, and he referred to the leader Montezuma as a ‘sultan’”:

• Columbus’ Fear of Islam, Rooted in Europe’s Crusades, Shaped His View of Native Americans” (LA Times)

The Israeli demonstrates its contempt for the property, persons, freedom, and health of the Palestinians under its occupation …

• Israel Forces a Palestinian to Demolish His Home in Kafr Qassem (IMEMC)
• Army Abducts Eight Palestinians in Bethlehem and Hebron (IMEMC)
• Israeli Soldiers Abduct Six Palestinians From Nablus (IMEMC)
• Army Prevents Palestinians From Picking Olive Trees, Abduct Three, Near Salfit (IMEMC)
• Army to Demolish Building Designated to Be a Clinic in Northern Plains (IMEMC)

… except in Beita where “[h]undreds of fearful Palestinians” walked past Israeli soldiers guarding an illegal Israeli settlement to harvest their olives:

• Beita Residents Reach Lands for First Time Since Settler Takeover (Aljazeera)

“Kisan … is surrounded by several illegal Israeli settlements and outposts, including Ma’ale Amos, Mizpe Shalem and Abei Hanahal, constructed on large tracts of private land expropriated from Palestinian owners”:

• Palestinian Village Target of Settler Attacks and Land Theft (Aljazeera)

Seven-year-old Cassandra Wyatt “has not been back to school since the alleged incident”:

• Teacher Accused of Forcibly Removing Muslim 2nd Grader’s Hijab (WCBS)

“This is not how they imagined their first home together: a mattress on the floor, a hot plate to cook on and a police guard stationed out front. It’s a secret safe house in India’s capital, 200 miles from the village where they grew up”:

• In India, Boy Meets Girl, Proposes — and Gets Accused of Jihad (NPR)

For Hindus and Sikhs in Kashmir, three murders in one week provoke a “flashback” of the pogroms of the 1990s …

• Kashmiri Hindus, Sikhs Reel from Spate of Deadly Attacks (Aljazeera)

… and provide the state with an excuse for “hard action to be taken on all the elements including terrorists, overground workers (OGWs) and sympathizers”:

• NIA Raids on TRF in Jammu and Kashmir amid Spate of Civilian Killings (Hindustan Times)

“[A]fter weeks of consultations, Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have reached a deal on ‘‘the way and the timing’ for UN nuclear inspectors to service cameras installed at Iran’s nuclear facilities”:

• Preventing an Accidental Nuclear Crisis in Iran and Beyond (Bulletin of teh Atomic Scientists)

“Ending endless war means more than troop withdrawal. It also means ending the militarized approach to foreign policy — including the transfer of deadly weapons around the world — that has undermined human rights”:

• Gulf Security: It’s Not All Bad News (Middle East Soccer)

The Islamic Republic of Iran’s first president wrote that in France Khomeini talked “about liberation and freedom of speech” but from the moment of his return to Tehran, “he was purely in pursuit of power”:

• Abolhassan Banisadr Obituary (The Guardian)

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