News and Analysis 3/26/23

“Video from the scene showed Muslim men and women praying, shouting at police officers as the officers removed worshipper”:

• Police Enter al-Aqsa, Remove Palestinians Barricaded in Mosque (Jerusalem Post)

The U.S. “response to a drone attack earlier in the week that killed an American contractor in Syria,” Iran charges, “hit civilian targets”:

• Iran, Syria Condemn US Attacks on Iran-linked Facilities (Aljazeera)

Slahi is smeared purportedly for answering the U.S. call to fight the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan three decades ago, but really for criticizing Israeli apartheid today:

• Statement on the Dismissal of Mohamedou Ould Slahi as Curator of the African Book Festival (Digital Courage)

“The arrest and detention of persons for exercising their human rights are arbitrary. There must be accountability and remedy….” —  Mary Lawlor:

• India Intensifying Repression in Kashmir: UN Special Rapporteur After Khurram Parvez’s Second Arrest (The Wire)

“While US media fixated on Russian interference in the 2016 election, an Israeli secret agent’s campaign to influence the outcome went unreported”:

• The Trump Campaign’s Collusion with Israel (The Nation)

“Tatars considered the peninsula their historic homeland and made up 12% of the area’s population of 2 million before Moscow illegally annexed it nine years ago”:

• A Muslim Minority Loyal to Ukraine Bears the Brunt of Russia’s Crackdown in Crimea (NBC News)

“It was the third shooting reported within a month in …  a town that has been a focus of Israeli military raids and a settler rampage in recent weeks”:

• Two Israeli Soldiers Wounded in Palestinian Shooting (Aljazeera)

The rail company has apologized to the man praying in a secluded corner of the station for the guard’s order that he pray outside in the cold:

• Video: Guard Stops Muslim Man from Praying at Ottawa Rly Station in Canada (Siasat)

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