News and Analysis (7/2/20)

Based on Israeli Absentee Property Law, On June 30, The Jerusalem District Court denied the Sumarin family’s appeal to remain in their home they built 30 years ago even though the family was never absent from the house …

• Justice Denied: Press Congress to Intervene (Rebuilding Alliance)

… lending support to the Palestinian claim that world outrage over annexation aims to keep “alive a grand illusion that allows them to sleep at night instead of addressing the systematic oppression Palestinians face”:

• Palestinians Are Fighting to Dismantle Apartheid, Not Just Annexation (972 Magazine)

“Iran … denounced the U.S. effort and said the embargo must be lifted completely as scheduled, and that any violations of the deal are due to the U.S. withdrawal from the accord and sanctions imposed on Tehran”:

• Top Diplomats from US and Iran at UN on Iran Nuclear Deal (AP / Progressive Farmer)

“The targeted killing of Mr Soleimani completely swept away the standard related to extraterritorial use of force by a state” — Agnes Callamard, UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions:

• Why Would Iran Issue an Arrest Warrant for Trump? (Aljazeera)

President Hafiz-Ud-Dean Khan urges school heads to make assessments and provide assistance for students affected by coronavirus:

• Fiji Muslim League Says no Student to be Left Out (Vijivillage)

Salam Lakhani, an activist, businesswoman, and philanthropist who has acquired many human rights awards, has been named for the highest-ranking officers in the province by Prime Minister Trudeau:

• Alberta Has a New Lieutenant-Governor and History is Made (RCI)

As the atrocities in Kashmir mount, affecting the mental health of children, Muslim states still prefer words to action:

• Photo of Toddler Sitting on His Grandfather’s Body Angers Kashmir (Aljazeera)
• Children in Kashmir V alley Vulnerable to Ongoing Trauma, Say Doctors (The Hindu)
• Can Pakistan Trigger a BDS Campaign Against India over Kashmir? (TRT World)

“When he cited the Indian constitution to stop the cop from beating him up, other police officials gathered to rough him up even more”:

• After Beating Lawyer for Looking ‘Muslim’, MP Police Now Charge Him With Assault (The Wire)

Pompeo calls on International community to stand up to China’s repression and dehumanization treatment of Muslims:

• Pompeo Calls China Muslim Sterilization Reports ‘Shocking’ and ‘Disturbing’ (Reuters)

Former Prime Minister of Palestine Salam Fayyad said: “To restore full agency in our quest for freedom and dignity, it is time for the Palestinian leadership to absolve itself of an earlier declaration”:

• How Palestinians Can Reunite Under a New Agenda to Counter Israel’s Annexation (Time)