News and Analysis 6/5/2021

An “estimated one million public and private bomb shelters” across Israel do not benefit “unrecognized” Palestinian-majority  villages such as Dahmash, which does not have access to a single one, and lack “basic services and infrastructure”:

• Israeli Ambassador Slammed for Exploiting Death of Young Palestinian Citizen of Israel (Middle East Eye)

Marathon runners peacefully protesting the Sheikh Jarrah expulsions are greeted at the finish line by uniformed thugs with stun guns:

• Israeli Police Attack Palestinians Running to Protest Expulsions (Aljazeera)

The UN has requested a response from the Indian government regarding severe human rights violations such as, “arbitrary detention, extrajudicial killing, enforced disappearance, and torture”:

• UN Seeks Indian Govt’s Response on Human Rights Violations in Kashmir (The Siasat Daily)

Al-Jazeera journalist Givara Budeiri was assaulted and detained while covering demonstrations in the Israeli occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood:

• Israeli Police Arrest Al Jazeera Journalist in East Jerusalem (Al-Jazeera)

Following swift withdrawals by US and NATO forces, the Taliban have accelerated their plans to expand into Afghanistan and are rapidly increasing their power in the country:

• The Taliban Are Getting Stronger in Afghanistan as U.S. and NATO Forces Exit (NPR)

Rohingya leaders in Bangladesh on Friday guardedly welcomed a pledge by Myanmar’s shadow government to grant citizenship to members of their stateless community if and when it returns to power, with “refugees saying they have been cheated many times before”:

• Myanmar’s NUG Asks Rohingya to Join Hands in Fighting Junta (Press TV)

The law school grad shares credit for her success with her mother who raised “her children, especially her girls, to be independent” and a teacher who encouraged her to develop “an open mind and about .. to use and value her own opinion to interpret what she read”:

• ‘Go in Strong’: UW Student Paves Way as Among First Muslim Women to Wear a Hijab at Law School Graduation (Seattle Times)

Experts warn that the anticipated Bennett-Lapid coalition’s policies, particularly in regards to Palestine and Iran, will not veer too far from Netanyahu’s:

• Israel’s New ‘Government of Change’ May Mean More of The Same (Middle East Eye)
• Why Israel’s New Government Does N ot Give Palestinians Much Hope (Scroll)

Israel’s Iron Dome seems to have reached its operational limit as Hamas “used massive barrages of rockets in a new way” designed to overwhelm the defense system, which eventually led to “more than 60 rockets” hitting strategic targets in Israel:

• Israel’s Iron Dome Won’t Last Forever (Foreign Policy)

Abdullah Khan