News and Analysis 11/6/23

At the Palestine Festival of Literature event “But We Must Speak: On Palestine and the Mandates of Conscience,” Noora Erakat captures the multi-faceted perspective of a teacher, an attorney, a Palestinian, and a mother:

• Noura Erakat’s Speech “In This Moment” (Jadiliyyah / YouTube)

As the genocide in Gaza continues …

• Israel Security Source Claim 20,000 Killed in Gaza (Middle East Monitor)
• ‘Intense Bombings’ by Israeli Forces Around Gaza Hospitals amid Blackout (Aljazeera)
• Israel-Hamas War: Briton in Gaza Says He Can’t Risk ‘Being Shelled’ to Get His Family to Rafah Crossing (Sky News)
• Israeli Doctors Urge the Bombing of Gaza Hospitals (Mondoweiss)
• No Entry of Fuel for Gaza ‘Under Any Circumstances’, Israeli Minister Smotrich Says (New Arab)
• Israel-Palestine War: Why Some Palestinians Who Left Gaza Want to Return Home Now (Middle East Eye)
• ‘Enough Is Enough. This Must Stop Now,’ UN Agency Chiefs Say in Joint Statement Urging Gaza Cease-fire (Arab News)
• The ICC Must Investigate the Crime of Genocide in Gaza (Aljazeera)
• Slaughter in Gaza: The Failures of International law and Responsible Statecraft (Richard Falk)

… Israel kills a journalist’s family in Lebanon …

• Israeli Strike in Lebanon Kills Journalist’s Four Relatives, Including Three Children (New Arab)

… and continues its crackdown on nonviolent resistance leaders and other civilians in the West Bank:

• Israel Arrests Palestinian Activist Ahed Tamimi in Occupied West Bank Raids (Aljazeera)
• Israel-Palestine War: Far-right Minister Smotrich Calls for ‘Sterile Zones’ Free of Palestinians near Settlements (Middle East Eye)
• ‘Like a Prison’: The Palestinians in Hebron Living Under Israeli Lockdown (Aljazeera)

Members of the Israeli government are on the terrorism watch list:

• Palestine’s Obituary (Informed Comment)

“An estimated 300,000 demonstrators shut down the streets of D.C. in the largest Palestine protest in United States history, calling for a ceasefire and an end to the genocide in Gaza”:

• The Largest Palestine Protest in U.S. History Shut Down the Streets of D.C. (Mondoweiss)

“The dehistoricisation of what is happening helps Israel pursue genocidal policies in Gaza”:

• Why Israel Wants to Erase Context and History in the War on Gaza (Aljazeera)

Biden’s refusal to support a cease-fire puts him at odds with the 66% of the American people who do:

• Tlaib Accuses Biden of Supporting Genocide of Palestinians (Politico)

Republicans don’t want Muslims disaffected with the Democrats to turn to them:

• Republicans Take Ugly New Steps to Drive Away Muslim Voters (MSNBC)

Anwar “said the silver lining of the crisis is that the Israel-Palestine conflict is being openly discussed in Western countries on an unprecedented scale”:

• Leaders of Muslim Countries to Meet on Gaza War, Says Anwar (Free Malaysia Today)

Muslim military chaplains explains why they serve in an organization that has often been used to kill their brothers and sisters abroad:

• Documentary on PBS Highlights 3 Muslim Chaplains Serving in the U.S. Military (NPR)

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