News and Analysis 2/17/24

Israel’s policy of starvation as a weapon is not only monstrous and illegal, it could lead to a famine like that experienced “in South Sudan in 2017 and Somalia in 2011”:

• Unless Israel Changes Course, It Could Be Legally Culpable for Mass Starvation (The Guardian)
• Policy Paper: Israel’s Policy of Starvation in Gaza Will Have Long-term Effects, Is Causing Famine (Euro-Med Monitor)

It has “retained draconian preventive detention laws, so clearly, Kashmiris have the right to be cynical about whatever the Indian government wishes to do here”:

• Kashmir’s Uncertain Future: Reactions to Supreme Court’s Article 370 Verdict – Analysis (Eurasia Review)

Israel’s “war on Hamas” is actually a war on Gazans, humanitarian agencies, hospitals, and mental health …

• Palestinians Fear Displacement as Egypt Said to Make Contingency Plan (Reuters)
• The Head of the UN’s Lead Agency Helping Palestinians Accuses Israel of Seeking to Destroy It (AP)
• Israel Stages Airstrikes Across Gaza, Makes Arrests at Hospital (Reuters)
• How the Songbirds of Rafah Help Palestinians Cope with the Terror of War (Aljazeera)

… but, victims of the passive voice as well as of Israel, “Palestinians die, they aren’t killed, as if their death is a fault of their own”:

• Palestine and the Power of Language (Time)

“[B]lowing up part of the country’s energy infrastructure, relied on by industries, factories and millions of civilians, marked an escalation in the covert war and appeared to open a new frontier”:

• Israel Was Behind Attacks on Major Gas Pipelines in Iran, Officials Say (NY Times)

“[E]ducational systems thrive on critical thinking, and I’ve been creating safe environments for my students for decades — day after day” — suspended teacher Anike Robinson:

• Suit Alleges Montgomery Co. Schools Violated Teachers’ 1st Amendment Rights (Washington Post)

They are excluded “despite … being born and raised in France, being highly educated and possessing professional skills that would contribute to the country”:

• Islamophobia in France Forces Muslim Women to Immigration (Azertag)

“The Anti-Defamation League, which battles antisemitism, said Mangi was ‘subjected to aggressive questioning unrelated to his professional expertise or qualifications’”:

• White House Pushes Back on GOP Attacks on Muslim Judicial Nominee (NBC News)

“Eight artists painted and draped pro-Palestinian messages over their own work during an event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts“:

• Artists Alter Their Own Work at YBCA in Pro-Palestinian Protest (KQED)

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