News and Analysis 10/10/22

Palestinians charge settlers burn books with impunity under Israeli Army control:

• Palestinians Accuse Israelis of Burning Quran as Settlers Storm Al Aqsa (TRT World)

Notwithstanding his attacks on protestors, Khamenei may be the first  “cleric of the Islamic Republic [to] say that poorly veiled women” could be valued citizens:

• Iran: School and University Women Lead Rallies, Sit-ins Bareheaded, as Leader Khamenei Softens on Compulsory Veiling (Informed Comment)

The Palestinian girl whose encounter standing up to an Israeli soldier went viral when she was falsely painted as a Ukrainian child standing up to a Russian soldier speaks:

• Ahed Tamimi’s ‘They Called Me a Lioness’: Palestinian Resistance Roars to Life (New Arab)

“Authorities closed all schools and higher education facilities in Iranian Kurdistan on Sunday, in an apparent effort to quell unrest”:

• Authorities Closed All Schools and Higher Education Facilities in Iranian Kurdistan on Sunday, in an Apparent Effort to Quell Unrest (Axios)

Meta “allows Ukrainians to freely praise the neo-Nazi Azov Regiment as a force for self-defence — [but] no such conflict-sensitive exceptions have ever been made for Palestinians”:

• Meta’s Clampdown on Palestine Speech Is Far from ‘Unintentional’ (972 Magazine)

Erfan, a Peshmerga militant denies stories that his cousin Mahsa was colluding with him against the regime and accuses the government of preventing other family members from speaking out:

• Iran Protests: Mahsa Amini’s Family Receiving Death Threats, Cousin Says (BBC)

Israeli violence continues unabated:

• Four Youth Killed in the Last 24 Hours Amidst Ongoing Israeli Wave of Extra-judicial Assassinations (Mondoweiss)
• For the Third Day, 100,000 Palestinians in Shufat Refugee Camp and Anata Town Remain Under Israeli Lockdown (Wafa)

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