News and Analysis (4/9/20)

FBI investigation of Americans nonviolent group supporting Palestinians relied heavily on biased right-wing claims:

• FBI Opened Terrorism Investigations Into Nonviolent Palestinian Solidarity Group, Documents Reveal (The Intercept)

With the coronavirus “the world is getting a taste of what daily Palestinian life has been like for decades”:

• In Palestine, a Digital Desert Starts to Bloom (Fortune)

“Pakistani troops downed the drone when it “intruded 600 meters inside Pakistan’s territory” for surveillance along the Line of Control that divides the Pakistani- and Indian-controlled portions of Kashmir”:

• Pakistan’s Army Says It Shot Down Indian Drone in Kashmir (AP / NY Times)

Iran works with Interpol to exchange prisoners, after some 100,000 have been released:

• Iran in Talks With Countries to Swap Prisoners Amid COVID-19 Pandemic (Xinhua)

Regardless of political differences, U.A.E. is the first country to send aid for Iran to fight coronavirus:

• Iran Says Virus Coordination Has Improved Its Ties With U.A.E. (Bloomberg)

Arrested on “allegations of [child] abuse …later concluded to be unfounded” the woman was left in tears at having to remove what she sees as “not a fashion accessory but important to her religious faith”:

• Muslim Woman Sues Yonkers, New York, Says Police Forced Her to Remove Hijab After Arrest (NBC News)

You’d think Muslims would know: Ingesting alcohol doesn’t cure you; it kills you:

• Hundreds Dead in Iran After Drinking Pure Alcohol as Coronavirus ‘Cure’ (NY Post)