Month: October 2022
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Iran: Historical Context and Latest Developments
[On October 21, 2022, the Middle East Policy Council held a panel discussion on Iran moderated by retired Ambassador Richard J. Schmierer. The following is a summary of highlights and not intended as a transcript of the event]: Ms. Barbara Slavin, Director, Future of Iran Initiative, Atlantic Council. When she first went to Iran, shortly…
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News and Analysis 10/30/22
If you are surprised that Israelis beat a child attending a pacifist school or gun down a construction worker en route to his job, then you don’t understand political Zionism: Bloodstains & Destruction: Israeli Soldiers’ Beating of Shadi Khoury (Israel-Palestine News) Israeli Soldiers Kill Palestinian Construction Worker on Way to Work (Israel-Palestine News) Over 100…
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News and Analysis 10/28/22
Israel’s murderous siege of Nablus continues as raids spread across the West Bank: Israeli Forces Kill Two Palestinians in Occupied Nablus (Aljazeera) Palestinians Decry Collective Punishment over Israel’s Nablus Siege (New Arab) Israeli Forces Detain 35 Palestinians in West Bank Raids (Wafa) The “Delhi Development Authority (DDA) along with large number of police force demolished…
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News and Analysis 10/25/22
The AKP continues its inflationary policies despite adverse effects that include contributing to a medical brain drain: Turkey Slashes Interest Rates by 150 Basis Points Despite Inflation at 83% (CNBC) ‘Lost Hope’: Inflation, Abuse Force Doctors to Quit Turkey (France 24) Biden remains silent in the face of “more than 100 ‘nationalist crimes’ have been…
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News and Analysis 10/23/22
Israeli Occupation policies are turning Palestinians into cave men: Resisting Israeli Efforts to Displace Them, Palestinians Move into Caves (NY Times) “[U]nder the Oslo Accords these types of decisions should be under the purview of the Palestinian Authority”: Israeli Restrictions on Foreign Travel into Occupied West Bank Take Effect Despite Criticisms (Mondoweiss) Israel delays round-the-clock…
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News and Analysis 10/21/22
“Israeli Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi did not publicly express interest in any of” the over 100 attacks on Palestinians, but rushed out a condemnation “after Jewish settlers attacked an army unit this week” … Settlers Commit 100 Crimes Against West Bank Palestinians in Last 10 Days (Haaretz) … and a “teen’s death was announced…
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News and Analysis 10/17/22
“Police also prevented the entry of Muslims under 50 years of age into their holy site while forcing the younger ones, who were already inside the walled compound, to leave”: On Last Day of Sukkot Holiday, Jewish Fanatics Storm Al-Aqsa Mosque Under Police Protection, Provoke Muslims (Wafa) The convert to Islam was told he was…
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News and Analysis 10/15/22
Justice Gupta was concerned by the “divergent opinion” as to whether the headscarf is mandated by Islam, but Justice Dhulia denied need for the court to decide what should be a matter of choice for the student: A Panel on India’s Top Court Splits on School Ban on Muslim Headscarves (AP / NPR) PEN America…
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News and Analysis 10/12/22
One protester was shot in the leg, another in the eye: Israeli Occupation Forces Attack Palestinians Protesting Siege on East Jerusalem Neighborhoods (Wafa) Iran’s Education Minister admits that students protesting the death of Mahsa Amini when she was forced into a “reeducation center” are themselves being forced into reeducation centers: Iranian Official Admits that Student…
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News and Analysis 10/10/22
Palestinians charge settlers burn books with impunity under Israeli Army control: Palestinians Accuse Israelis of Burning Quran as Settlers Storm Al Aqsa (TRT World) Notwithstanding his attacks on protestors, Khamenei may be the first “cleric of the Islamic Republic [to] say that poorly veiled women” could be valued citizens: Iran: School and University Women Lead…