“Why launch a devastating incursion, targeting militants yet harming countless civilians, when that method has been proven to exacerbate rather than contain violence?” Because that is result Israel desires:
- The Myth of the ‘Cycle of Violence’ (972 Magazine)
- Israel: Collective Punishment Against Palestinians (Human Rights Watch)
- Palestinians Face Removal as Far-right Israel Vows Expansion (AP)
- Israeli Forces Detain 28 Palestinians in West Bank Raids (Wafa)
- Palestinians See Fewer Paths to Safety Amid Violence with Israel (Christian Science Monitor)
- Palestinians Fire Rockets, Israel Hits Gaza, Days After U.S. Call for Calm (Reuters)
- ‘It’s All Empty Promises’: Palestinians Feel Betrayed by US, Warn There’s Only So Much They Can Bear (CNN)
Muslims call for police reform after the murder of a fleeing unarmed black man and after the shooting of a Muslim teenager holding a knife:
- Muslim American Group Calls for Systemic Reform After Police Killing of Tyre Nichols (Andalou Agency)
- ‘Lethal Force Was Inappropriate’: Muslim, Afghan Leaders Demand Change After Tracy Police Shoot Teenager (abc10)
“Israeli jail authorities assaulted Palestinian women prisoners on Tuesday morning amid a push to enforce strict new measures against Palestinian inmates introduced by Israel’s far-right Minister of National Security”:
- Palestine: Women Prisoners Assaulted by Israeli Jail Authorities (Middle East Eye)
An Egyptian writer would have been allowed to protest the burning of a Qur’an by burning a Torah was not stopped by Swedish authorities; “he was dissuaded by ‘the leadership of the Muslim community in Sweden'”:
The BJP and its “ideological parent” the RSS hope offering poor Muslims equal welfare benefits will allow an end run around demands for equal rights:
- How Modi, Mohan Bhagwat’s Muslim Outreach Isn’t Anti-Hindutva, Rather Part of Its Larger Doctrine (India Today)
Raised in an environment of poverty and abuse the Klansman refused to believe a Muslim could love America. Then, he met a Syrian refugee who loved this country as much as he did:
“February is usually a very cold and rainy month, which means people who leave their homes have to live in open spaces during cold and rainy weather”:
“Iranian authorities reported an “unsuccessful” drone attack late Saturday that targeted a defence ministry “workshop complex” in central Isfahan province”:
“[A]llowable circumstances for abortion may depend on which … school of thought, one chooses to follow” but “even the strictest … will always allow exceptions for a pregnant person’s wellbeing”: