News and Analysis 12/20/23

Now that Israel took her leg, two brothers, and her parents, a 13-year old girl says, “‘I feel injustice; when I grow up, I will become a lawyer so that I can enjoy my rights and the rights of all children”:

• UNICEF Geneva Palais Briefing Note – Gaza: The World’s Most Dangerous Place to Be a Child (UNICEF)

“Tens of thousands of Palestinians have packed into Rafah to escape the intense bombing farther north” are now sitting ducks for Israeli genocide …

• Area in Gaza Where Israel Told Displaced Palestinians to Seek Shelter Becomes Battle Zone (PBS)

… while over “a dozen Palestinian villages have emptied since … Oct. 7” …

• Palestinians Flee Villages as Settler Violence Surges in West Bank amid War (abc News)

… yet the US continues to threaten to veto any UNSC resolution that does not perpetuate the false claim the the occupier “has a right to defend itself” from the occupied:

• UN Security Council Vote on Gaza Humanitarian Resolution Delayed Again in Effort to Avoid US Veto (AP News)

“Israelis … were told that their Prime Minister went to Camp David and realised there is no Palestinian partner for peace. This lie spread very, very effectively” — Gideon Lev:

• The Two-state Solution Is Dead, but Palestinians Didn’t Kill It (New Arab)

Few young voters “believe Israelis are serious about peace with the Palestinians. … And a majority oppose additional economic and military aid to Israel”:

• Poll Finds Wide Disapproval of Biden on Gaza, and Little Room to Shift Gears (NY Times)

Politicians and media adhering to Israeli propaganda in the face independent international refutation discredit themselves and the Hasbara machine:

• US-Israeli Propaganda Machine is Failing (Wisconsin Muslim Journal)

As Israel persists in attacking hospitals …

• Israeli Airstrikes Kill Dozens More Palestinians Across the Gaza Strip (AP News)
• UN Agencies Voice Anger at Gaza Hospital Attacks, Deprivation (Reuters)

… the war provokes interference with shipping in the Red Sea and Malaysia:

• War on Gaza: Israel Kills 26 at al-Shifa Hospital as Shipping Giants Swerve Red Sea (Middle East Eye)
• Malaysia Bans Israel-flagged Ships from Its Ports in Response to Gaza War (Aljazeera)

“Banning use of the phrase on campus goes against the culture of free speech that [Brandeis’s] namesake … spent his tenure on the Supreme Court defending”:

• Is Saying ‘From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free’ Protected Speech Under the First Amendment? (FIRE)

“Mangi, if confirmed, will be the nation’s first-ever Muslim federal appeals court judge”:

• Jewish Groups Line Up in Support of Biden’s Muslim Court Pick Assailed by GOP (Huffington Post)

A “balanced approach that respects the region’s historical context and addresses the concerns raised by various stakeholders is essential for lasting stability and justice in Jammu & Kashmir”:

• Unraveling India’s Decision On Article 370 In Jammu & Kashmir: Flawed Foundations – OpEd (Euroasia Review)

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