News and Analysis 10/6/21

Israel trains Panamanian police how to recognize people who deserve to die: They look like Arabs:

• Israeli-Run Police in Panama Used Targets Depicting Arabs during Training (Palestine Chronicle)

Frances Haugen last worked at Facebook “on tracking Chinese participation on the platform, surveilling, say, Uyghur populations around the world” …

• ‘Terrifying’: Facebook Whistleblower Cites Violence in Myanmar and Ethiopia, Spying by China and Iran (CNN)

… and reports that “Facebook was well aware of incendiary anti-Muslim narratives being promoted on the platform in India” …

• Facebook Aware of Anti-Muslim Content in India, but Took Little Action, Alleges Whistleblower (Scroll)

… as Time magazine asks:

• Is India Headed for an Anti-Muslim Genocide? (Time)

Palestinian human rights group accuses PayPal of denying services to West Bank and Gaza Palestinians “while providing full access to Israeli settlers living illegally in the West Bank”:

• PayPal Engaging in ‘Digital Discrimination’ by Denying Services to Palestinians: 7amleh (The New Arab)

As “tensions mount between Iran and Azerbaijan over Baku’s ties with Israel, a major arms supplier” …

• Iran ‘Concerned’ by Israeli ‘Presence’ in the Caucasus (AlJazeera)
• Pakistan and Iran Discuss Border Security, Afghanistan (AlJazeera)
• Washington Welcomes News of Direct Talks Between Iran and Saudi Arabia, Official Aays (CNBC)

… is in talks with Russia, Pakistan, and even Saudi Arabia; will the U.S. be next?

• Iran Looking for ‘Big Jump’ in Russia Relations with Moscow Talks ()

“Israeli acknowledgement of its nuclear capabilities would likely force it to join Iran as a signatory to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)”:

• Concern About Iran Prompts Israel to Weigh Acknowledgement of Its Own Nuclear Weapons (Middle East Soccer / Substack)

No group has claimed credit for the killings of a pharmacist, a street food vendor, and a cab driver:

• Suspected Rebels Kill Three Civilians in Kashmir (AlJazeera)

His family is pleading with Iran to let Baquer Namazi, in need of “surgery to open a near complete blockage of the two main arteries that supply blood to his brain, … leave the country”:

• Outlook for Iran’s Longest-Held Americans Echoes Broader Relationship: Dismal (NY Times)

The man Donald Trump called a “hostage” turns out to be a would-be bigamist who sought to marry a younger Iranian woman while secretly married to a U.S. permanent resident who had filed domestic violence charges against him:

• US Navy Vet Who Pursued Bride in Iran Had a Hidden Marriage (VoA)

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