Author: ImadadDean
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News and Analysis 10/19/23
Israel tries to blame Palestinians, but a WHO representative says, “51 attacks had occurred against Gazan healthcare facilities since the start of Israel’s bombardment” … ‘A Sight that Will Remain?.?.?.?if I Live a Thousand Years’: Palestinians Bear Witness to Hospital Blast (Financial Times) … and eleven journalists and hundreds of children have been killed since…
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News and Analysis 10/16/23
The Israeli state has no right to defend itself from the people it occupies. It does have a duty to defend its citizens, a duty at which it has failed miserably: Israel & The Myth of ‘Self Defence’ (YouTube / Double Down News) A Textbook Case of Genocide (Jewish Currents) Water Runs Out at UN…
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News and Analysis 10/13/23
Israel orders Gazans to crowd into the southern part of the small area so it can level their homes, businesses and farms into the Stone Age with impunity: Thousands Flee but No Mass Exodus After Israeli Warning (Aljazeera) Fear, Confusion as Israel Issues Evacuation Order for Northern Gaza (Aljazeera) With violence in Brooklyn and the…
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News and Analysis 10/11/23
Israel tells Gaza, “No more Mr. Nice Guy,” and then somehow manages to make its siege even more inhumane …. Israel Announces ‘Total’ Blockade on Gaza (Aljazeera) Overwhelmed Gaza Hospitals ‘Turned into Cemeteries,’ While Entire Neighbourhoods Are Flattened (Middle East Eye) Israel Cuts Off Food, Water to Millions of Palestinians, Calling Them ‘Human Animals’ (21st…
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News and Analysis 10/8/23
Hamas’s attack “comes after nearly two decades of the US and world leaders overlooking the more than 2 million people living in Gaza who endure a humanitarian nightmare” … This Gaza War Didn’t Come Out of Nowhere (Vox) … and contrary to the pundits’ claims that “no one could foresee this,” a Knesset member has…
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News and Analysis 10/6/23
South Africans know apartheid when they see it … Anglican Church of Southern Africa Declares Israel an Apartheid State (Middle East Eye) … even if Britain’s Labour Party insists it doesn’t:. Don’t Mention Israel’s APARTHEID! Labour Causes Outrage over Anti-Palestinian Censorship (Palestine Deep Dive) “Mohammadi’s courageous struggle has come at a great personal cost, as…
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News and Analysis 10/5/23
“Aliyev had wanted his ally Turkey to be represented at the meeting, but that France and Germany had objected: Azerbaijan’s Aliyev Pulls Out of Talks with Armenia and EU (Reuters / MSN) Israelis have never hidden their contempt for Muslims, but after a public display of contempt for Christian worshippers, even the State Department “unequivocally…
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A Conversation with Former Tunisian President Mohamed Moncef Marzouki
[On September 26, 2023, the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy held a dinner with former Tunisian President Mohamed Moncef Marzouki. This is my summary of highlights of the program, not a transcript. Use of the first person is for convenience only. For a video of the entire discussion click here.] Mohamed Moncef…
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News and Analysis 10/1/23
Students accuse Israel of “trying to criminalise student activism“, after a wave of arrests of students at Birzeit University”: Israel Continues Crackdown on Palestinian Birzeit Students (New Arab) “They have perfected the spread of inflammatory, often false and bigoted material on an industrial scale, earning both envy and condemnation beyond India’s borders”: Inside the Vast…
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News and Analysis 9/28/23
“The lawsuit … accuses the US of failing to adhere to the law …, namely by allowing Israel to discriminate against Americans entering Israel and the occupied West Bank”: Rights Group Sues US Government to Block Israel’s Entry to Visa Waiver Programme (Middle East Eye) Meta staff in India reportedly … expressed concern that local…