News and Analysis 5/19/22

“[T]he Jerusalemite … arrested at his home in the Shuafat area in the early hours of Monday morning … [has] been held in solitary confinement since his arrest”:

• Abu Akleh Pallbearer Arrested Days After Israelis Attack Funeral (Aljazeera)

What American White supremacists call the “great replacement” theory, Israeli Jewish supremacists call “demographic time bombs” …

• The “Brutal Solidarity” Between Buffalo and Palestine (The Nation)

… as Israel looks forward to repeat of a demonstration that last year featured marchers “outside one of the entrances to the walled Old City, chanting ‘death to Arabs’”:

• Israel Approves Far-right March in Occupied East Jerusalem (Aljazeera)

The Times “falsely reported that Al Jazeera and the Palestinian Health Minister said that Shireen Abu Akleh was shot during ‘clashes’”:

• A Business of Lies: Shireen Abu Akleh and the New York Times’ Pro-Israel Disinformation (New Arab)

Israel “has chosen to prioritise the establishment of Jewish-only settlements and infrastructure in occupied Palestine, which is in itself a war crime”:

• UN Experts Say Mass Eviction of Palestinians a Possible War Crime (Aljazeera)

American refueling planes will participate in a simulation of an attack on Iran:

• Israel’s Army Simulates Attack on Iran (Al-Monitor)

Indian “cities are being renamed to erase traces of Muslim history, while Muslims in metropolitan areas face ghettoization on account of structural biases”:

• Opinion: In the World’s Largest Democracy, ‘Looking Muslim’ Could Cost Your Life (CNN)

“Even if it doesn’t pass, it becomes a moment of the historical record and it becomes another seed planted,” — Palestinian-American human rights attorney Noura Erakat:

• Pro-Palestine Activists Welcome Congress Resolution Recognising Nakba (Middle East Eye)

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