News and Analysis 10/31/23

The Gaza massacre continues:

• Dozens Killed, Injured in Day 24 of the Israeli War on Gaza (Wafa)
• GAZA: 3,195 Children Killed in Three Weeks Surpasses Annual Number of Children Killed in Conflict (Save the Children)
• Israel-Palestine War: Gaza’s Civil Defence Forced to Leave Hundreds of Victims Under Rubble (Middle East Eye)
• Trapped Palestinians Refusing Israeli Orders to Evacuate from Gaza Hospital (NBC News)
• Situation in Gaza ‘Growing More Desperate by the Hour’, Says UN Chief Guterres (United Nations)
• ‘Never Seen Such Atrocities’: Palestinian Reporters Recount War Horrors (Aljazeera)
• ‘We Are Hardly Alive’: Posts from Gaza Cause Tears at the Palestine Festival of Literature (The Guardian)
• ICC Lawyer Warns over Preventing Aid Getting to Gaza (New Arab)

In the West Bank, IDF destroys a mosque while settler violence reaches record levels:

• In the West Bank City of Jenin, Israeli Raids and Strikes Leave Palestinians Wary (NPR)
• As Settler Violence Surges, West Bank Palestinians Fear New Displacement (Washington Post)

An :open letter entitled ‘2023 Ceasefire Ultimatum’ … pledged to mobilize Muslim voters to ‘withhold endorsement, support, or votes for any candidate who endorses the Israeli offensive against the Palestinian people’”:

• No Ceasefire in Gaza, No Votes, Muslim Americans Tell Biden (Reuters)

“[Y]ou wouldn’t know this from watching mainstream media”:

• We Are Witnessing the Largest U.S. Anti-war Protests in 20 Years (Mondoweiss)

The Israelis will not tolerate criticism, whether from a city councilman or a the U.N. Secretary-General:

• City Councilman Fired from Job in Governor’s Office Following Palestine Support (WJAR)
• Guterres, Gaza and the Consequences of Countering ‘Israelspeak’ (Aljazeera)

Among the 1680 people detained since Oct, 7 are “49 women, 13 lawmakers, and 17 journalists, and 80 percent of them were slammed with administrative detention orders,” i.e., taken hostage:

• The Israeli Occupation Forces Detained at Least 60 Palestinians in Raids Across the Occupied Territories (Wafa)

“A small group of Harvard University students are going out of their way to get intellectually uncomfortable, so they can engage in some important dialogue about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict taking place right now”:

• Harvard Students Create “Hotline for Israel Palestine” to Promote Dialogue About Conflict (WBZ / CBS News)

“In order to counter armed resistance, Israel has to demonstrate that non-violent resistance works, Zakaria said”:

• Non-violent Resistance Got Palestinians Nothing: Fareed Zakaria amid Hamas War (India Today)

After the CUNY chancellor refused Inna Vernikov’s demand he close the university for a week, the NYC councilman brought visible gun to a counter-demonstration to SJP peaceful demonstration:

• One of New York’s Most Vital Colleges Is Targeting Muslim Students (The Nation)

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