Author: ImadadDean
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News and Analysis 2/12/25
“When pressed by the reporters to comment on the plan to force the Palestinians to relocate to Jordan, King Abdullah said: “We have to keep in mind that there is a plan from Egypt and the Arab countries”: Egypt to Present ‘Vision’ to Rebuild Gaza Without Displacement (BBC) The Islamic state is reconstituting itself in…
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News and Analysis 2/10/25
“Images and videos from Sunday’s halftime performance show the protester standing atop a car that was featured on the stage, then bringing the flag to the field, where he was tackled by security” … Super Bowl Halftime Show Protester Banned for Life by NFL but ‘Pretty Unlikely’ to Be Arrested, Officials Say (Daily News) ……
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News and Analysis 2/8/25
“[T]he one obvious, legitimate solution to ‘the Palestinian problem’” is for “Palestinian refugees return to the lands from which they were violently expelled by Israeli forces in its founding war of ethnic cleansing“: A Third Option for Gazans: Return to Their Original Land (Israel-Palestine News) “Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran sentenced Pakhshan…
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News and Analysis 2/6/25
Trump refuses to let go of his plans for Gaza even as everyone but his sycophants and the Israeli extreme right recoils: Trump Doubles Down on Kicking Palestinians Out of Gaza (Politico) ‘Waterfront Property’: What Are Trump’s Real Estate Interests in Palestine? (The Guardian) Trump Says Israel Will Hand over Gaza to US After Fighting…
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News and Analysis 2/4/25
Activists demand ‘no more disrespect for the United States by a client state’: Muslim Americans, Anti-war Advocacy Groups Slam Netanyahu-Trump Meeting (Middle East Eye) “The Nuremberg Tribunal was set up to go after all those involved in the Holocaust during World War II. The Global South must set up its own tribunal to prosecute all…
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News and Analysis 2/3/25
As the Zionist war on free speech continues … A Well-Connected NYU Parent Is Trying to Get Students Deported (The Intercept) … so does the resistance: My Pro-Palestine Activism Was Blocked. So the ACLU and I Sued My High School for Censorship (Teen Vogue) ACLU Sues University of Michigan After Pro-Palestine Protesters Banned from Campus…
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News and Analysis 2/1/25
An American-Israeli dual citizen is among the three hostages most recently released by Hamas … Hamas Releases U.S. Hostage Keith Siegel; Rafah Crossing Reopens for Gazan Patients (Washington Post) … but the bodies of the Palestinian detainees released by the Israeli government in exchange reflect an “unprecedented … level … [of] starvation crimes, systematic medical…
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Bridging Divides: The Power of Religious Engagement in Global Diplomacy
[On Thursday, January 30, the US Institute for Peace (USIP) and the International Center for Religion & Diplomacy (IRCD) hosted a conversation reflecting on the history and legacy of religious engagement in peace-building, moderated by Palwasha Kakar, Acting Director, USIP, Religion and Inclusive Societies Program. The following are our takeaways of high points of that…
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News and Analysis 1/31/25
Border officials asked three men returning to the U.S. “inappropriate religious questions, including whether they are Muslim, whether they attend a mosque, whether they are Sunni or Shi’a, and how often they pray”: Muslim Americans Urge Ninth Circuit to Hold Government Accountable for Illegal Religious Questioning by Border Officers (ACLU) Four Israeli hostages released by…
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News and Analysis 1/29/25
“The IDF destroyed everything… They destroyed the trees, the buildings, and the human beings”: Palestinians Return to Ruined Homes in North Gaza as Ceasefire Sparks Exodus “from One Hard Place to Another” (CBS News) As Trump continues to push for the “forced relocation of Palestinians from the war-torn Gaza Strip to Egypt and Jordan, despite…