News and Analysis 6/14/23

As settler-soldier violence accelerates …

• Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Teenager in Nablus Raid (Middle East Eye)
• Israeli Forces Shoot Palestinian in West Bank, Left Him Bleeding to Death (Middle East Monitor)
• Israeli Forces Face No Charges over Death of Palestinian-American (Aljazeera)
• Israel: Palestinians Protest Police ‘Inaction’ After Mass Shooting Kills Five (Middle East Eye)
• Israel Demolishes Homes of Five Palestinians from the Same Family in the Negev (New Arab)
• Civilian Deaths and Extensive Destruction in Latest Gaza Offensive Highlight Human Toll of Apartheid (Amnesty International)
• ‘Collective Punishment’: Israel Demolishes Palestinian Homes (Aljazeera)
• UN Envoy: 150 Palestine Families in Jerusalem Face Forced Eviction by Israel (Middle East Monitor)

… Palestinian Christians beg Western Christians to speak out …

• Amid Desperation in Palestine, a Christian Call for Unapologetic Advocacy (WRMEA)

… and “[m]ore and more Jewish voices are expressing concern that having embraced Zionism was a mistake”:

• For Judaism, It Is Increasingly Clear, Zionism Was a Dangerous Wrong Turn (WRMEA)

A “Swiss hacker … discovered [the Watchlist] online following its accidental posting by a regional air carrier”:

• Report Reveals 98% of Names on FBI Watchlist Are Muslim (Andalu Ajansi)

“Washington … is concerned that, without East Jerusalem as part of the political equation, any discussion of a ‘two-state solution’ will become forever obsolete”:

• Permanent Apartheid in Palestine: This Is Why Israel Wants to Reactivate E1 Plan (Middle East Monitor)

The “accused confessed to having acted in exchange for a $125 (10,000 ruble) payment from Ukraine’s intelligence agencies”:

• Putin: Those Guilty of Burning the Quran Will Serve Sentence in Russia’s Muslim Regions (Middle East Monitor)

“Couched in the democratic, liberal international order, India and Israel are given a pass for their authoritarian, expansionist regimes”:

• Hostile Homelands: The New Alliance Between India and Israel (WRMEA)

In the past “scholars were concerned that women would be compelled to abandon Islam by their non-Muslim husbands”:

• Can Muslim Women Marry Non-Muslim Men? (Muslim Girl)

“While Palestinian membership in UNESCO was the trigger for the U.S. fallout with the agency, its return is more about China’s growing influence”:

• US Decides to Rejoin UNESCO and Pay Back Dues, to Counter Chinese Influence (AP News)

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