News and Analysis 2/28/23

Vengeance is ours sayeth the settlers …

• Israeli Settlers Rampage Through Palestinian Towns in Revenge for Shooting (Washington Post)
• Hawara West Bank: ‘What Happened Was Horrific and Barbaric’ (BBC)
• Jewish Settler Leader Says ‘Huwwara Should Be Wiped out Today’ (Palestine Chronicle)
• Israel-Palestine: UN Envoy Gravely Concerned over Killings and Retaliatory Attacks (UN)
• As Israel Reels from Violent Attack on Palestinians, Settler Leadership Remains Unapologetic (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
• Israeli Military Calls Settler Attacks on Palestinians ‘Actions of Terror’ After Weekend of Violence (CNN)
• The Pogrom Is the Point (972 Magazine)

… as the U.S. finally concedes that the IDF, “police, [and] Israeli security personnel often did not prevent settler attacks and rarely detained or charged perpetrators of settler violence”:

• U.S. Report: Israel Often Did Not Prevent Settler Attacks Against Palestinians in 2021 (Axios)

“Has Boko Haram come to Iran?” — former Vice-President Mohammad Ali Abtahi:

• Iran Investigating Poisoning of 650 Schoolgirls with Toxic Gas (BBC)

The opposition claims the election was “marred by widespread violence, rigging, intimidation of voters, doctoring of results and violation of the laid down electoral process”:

• Tensions Rise in Nigeria as Opposition Demands New Vote (Washington Post)

“The longer the war lasts, the more powerful the Houthis are likely to become”:

• Ending Counterproductive U.S. Involvement in Yemen (Quincy Institute)

“[T]heir worship and their practice of Islam — was taken away in order to make them docile and obedient to inhumane treatment”:

• It’s Time to Stop Erasing Black Muslim Americans from the Story of Islam in the US (RNS)

Despite the promise in its Declaration of Independence, Israel has no constitution to this day lest it impede supremacy of “Jewish demography” over “human and civil rights”:

• The Settler-colonial Origins of Israel’s Constitutional Crisis (972 Magazine)

“Those who dare to criticize the government now face much heavier consequences than before, with charges based on even minor Twitter remarks resulting in jail terms ranging from 15 to 45 years”:

• Saudi Dissidents Continue to Face Harsher Penalties for Criticizing the Government (National Interest Foundation)

“From the right to choose what to wear, to the right to education and work, Indian Muslim women are at risk of losing it all”:

• India Expands Its War Against Muslim Women (Middle East Eye)

“She served as the Americans with Disabilities judge for the Sacramento County Superior Court Hall of Justice and created the first Indian Child Welfare Act courtroom in Northern California”:

• Shama Hakim First Muslim American Woman Appointed as Judge in US Appellate Court (ummid.com)

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