News and Analysis 1/19/23

It is illegal to deport a native for even an actual crime; Israel’s willingness to deport people for exposing human riots violations demonstrates the criminal nature of the state:

Deportation Punishment for Activism Against Israel, Hammouri Says (Aljazeera)

Judge says that when the only way to avoid Christian services is to return to your cell, it amounts to an ultimatum of “Be Christian or be penalized”:

Muslim Inmate Wins Another Shot at Challenge to Sunday Services (Bloomberg Law)

Dean Douglas Elmendorf says his decision to deny Roth a fellowship was “a mistake” …

Harvard Reverses Course on Human Rights Advocate Who Criticized Israel (NY Times)

… but a man invited to join the Young Global Leaders Network after his efforts to expand property rights in Palestine is suspended indefinitely for contrasting WEF silence on Israel with its solidarity with Ukraine:

Ukraine a ‘Special Case’: Is the WEF ‘Hypocritical’ on Palestine? (Aljazeera)

Government “eviction of natives from the so-called state-owned land … has … raised fears that the authorities aim to settle outsiders to alter the demography of the Muslim-majority region” …

Outrage in Indian Kashmir over the Eviction of Locals (La Prensa Latina)

… and 24 of the 112 shutdowns last year were in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir:

India’s Jammu and Kashmir Saw More Internet Outages than Any Country in 2022 (Quartz)

“Calls have mounted in recent years, including among Israeli activists, for greater transparency about the conduct of nascent Israeli forces during the 1948 conflict”:

Film on Israel’s 1948 War Shows Palestinian Agony: Director (France 24)

A Muslim human rights group says a court ruling forcing a woman born Hindu into Islam because her mother “unilaterally” converted her to Islam in childhood during a divorce violates the Qur’an:

Decision to Reinstate Woman as Muslim ‘Against Quran, Court Ruling’ (Free Malaysia Today)

The Israeli Supreme Court’s revocation of the appointment of a Netanyahu ally because of his criminal convictions may accelerate the new government’s plan to dominate the judiciary: