News and Analysis 12/17/22

One victim charges “that the Israeli ban was unjustified since most Christians in Gaza do not have any political or factional affiliation”:

• Israel Blocks Gaza’s Christians from Celebrating Christmas in Bethlehem (Al-Monitor)

As the Israeli violence continues to mount…

• Israeli Soldiers Injure Dozens of Palestinians, One Seriously, in West Bank (IMEMC)
• Army Abducts Ten Palestinians, Including Seven Children, in Jenin and Hebron (IMEMC)
• Hamas Urges Palestinians to Protect Al-Aqsa against Israeli Raids (International Quran New Agency)

… soldiers fire on settlers …

• IDF Soldiers Shot at Israelis After Mistaking Them for Palestinian Rioters (Jerusalem Post)

… and the UN says enough is enough:

• UN Condemns Israel for Making 2022 the Deadliest Year for Palestinians (Middle East Monitor)

Israel calls the Palestinians it has forced out of their villages “’present absentees,’ and confiscated their land under the 1950 Absentees Property Law”:

• Rawan Bisharat on Practicing Return in Ma’alul (Mondoweiss)

Muslims practiced bathing when Europeans thought it was a bad thing, and even today at the World Cup Westerners are learning that toilet paper is not enough for good hygiene:

• How Muslim Shower Is Turning Out to Be the Real Winner of This FIFA World Cup (Express Tribune)

“[F]or the first time, … viewers [have] an on-the-ground perspective of what it was like for over 700,000 Palestinians in 1948”:

• What Does Netflix’s Nakba Film Farha Tell Us About the State of Hollywood Today? (The New Arab)

“Al-Andalus became the first laboratory for a form of Arab-Muslim domination which had renounced conquest to bet on the economic development of its territory”:

• Muslim Rule in Spain Was a Crucial Part of Europe’s History (Jacobin)

“157 countries voted in favor of the permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the occupied territory over their natural resources”:

• Palestine Welcomes UN Resolution Affirming Its Sovereignty over Natural Resources (Siasat)

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