News and Analysis 5/12/23

“It brought the total number of Palestinians killed in this week’s bombardment to at least 33, including several children” …

… and Israel claims that even though the homes they destroy at night are not used for any military activity the innocents in them, even children, deserve to die because they “voluntary human shields” …

… but the UN Secretary-General isn’t buying it:

Illiberal democracy or contended authoritarianism? Turkish experts about Turkey Gonul Tol and Mustafa Akyol discuss the significance of and prospects for Turkey’s elections …

… where, increasingly Muslim feminists no longer see Erdogan as an ally:

“It was not clear what prompted Tuesday’s initial arrest of Khan, who has been free despite the multiple cases against him since he was ousted from office”:

When McCarthy wouldn’t let Tlaib speak about Israeli murder and apartheid on the Capitol grounds, Sanders gave her a room in the Senate:

“The U.S. military is working with allies to send more ships and aircraft to the Middle East”:

The problem is a framing that hands over to government “interpretations reliant on specific implied notions … that comply with the politically charged parameters laid down by the state” known for “hawkish nativism”:

The patriarch is accused of engaging in a “‘suspicious transaction’, which risks accelerating the obliteration of the Palestinian, Muslim and Christian, character of Jerusalem”:

“The 76-year-old cleric criticized the Guardian Council, … saying it prevents worthy and capable people from being elected to the presidency, parliament or the Assembly of Experts”:

NGOs have demanded a halt to the study for which only Muslim “young people were removed from regular classes … to answer questions such as ‘It’s disgusting when homosexuals kiss’”:


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