News and Analysis 5/14/21

Netanyahu doesn’t think that 119 fatalities (including 31 children) and 830 injuries is enough; he promises more to come:

• ‘This Is Not Yet Over,’ Netanyahu Says, After Israel Hits Urban Areas Of Gaza (NPR)
• Deaths Rise As Palestinians Flee Heavy Israeli Fire in Gaza (Associated Press)
• Several Palestinians Killed by Israeli Fire in West Bank Protest (Al-Jazeera)

Prominent Democratic senators slam Biden’s “unwavering support for Israel’s security” (read: terrorism) policies even as he prevents the Security Council from calling for a ceasefire:

• Biden Followed Pro-Israel U.S. Precedent. but New Critics Shake The Status Quo (NBC)
• Biden Is Blocking a UN Statement Calling for a Ceasefire (Mondoweiss)

French President Macron sacrifices his people’s freedom of speech and assembly on the altar to Israel:

• Emmanuel Macron’s Government Has Banned Palestine Solidarity Demonstrations (Jacobin)

Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes “because they are built without permits” in a system that routinely denies Palestinians said permits is a system designed almost never to hold anyone accountable:

• Israel Has Chosen a Two Tiered Society. Violence is The Inevitable Result. (Washington Post)

On Eid al Fitr, Kashmiris have extended solidarity with Palestine by wearing Palestinian flags on their shirts:

• Kashmiris Show Solidarity With Palestinians on Eid (TRT World)

The US double standards on China’s oppression of Uygur Muslims highlights rather than excuses its culpability in the oppression of Palestinian Muslims:

• U.S. Crocodile Tears over Muslim Human Rights Fool No One (CGTN)
• US Funds Make Israel’s Bombardment of Gaza Possible. When Will They Be Halted? (The Guardian)

Iran’s Press TV reports that “Hamas says it has targeted the Israeli regime’s Iron Dome stations and an Israeli air base which is used by Israeli warplanes to bombard civilian targets in the besieged Gaza Strip”:

• Iran Says Hamas Is Targeting Iron Dome Sites, Airports (Jerusalem Post)

Abdullah Khan