News and Analysis 2/22/24

“[R]acism against Muslims, Arabs and immigrants works as an organizing grammar of the current assault on academic freedom” …

• The War on Terror Never Ended (Inside Higher Ed)

… and the Zionist groups like the ADL want it that way:

• How the ADL’s Anti-Palestinian Advocacy Helped Shape U.S. Terror Laws (The Intercept)

“Israel has not acknowledged carrying out the attack, though it rarely claims its espionage missions abroad”:

• Iran Accuses Israel of Sabotage Attack After Explosions Strike a Natural Gas Pipeline (AP)

However flawed Iran’s democracy may be, it still has regular elections:

• Iran’s Ex-President Demands Reasons for Disqualification (Iran International)
• Iran Begins First Election Campaign Since the 2022 Mass Protests over Mahsa Amini’s Death in Custody (AP)

Israel continues to flatten mosques and homes and restrict aid:

• Israel Hits Gaza’s Rafah; Hamas Chief’s Trip Raises Truce Hopes (Reuters)
• A Small Chapel in Gaza City Offers Sanctuary to Palestinians, as Israeli Strikes Wipe Out Entire Families in the North (CNN)
• Why Isn’t Desperately Needed Aid Reaching Palestinians in Gaza? (AP)

US officials are prohibited from even mentioning Israel’s nuclear weapons even after “elected Israeli officials … publicly … suggested that they be detonated over Gaza”:

• Why the U.S. Should Start Telling the whole Truth About Israeli Nukes (Washington Post)

Reported Islamophobic incidents in the UK have increased 240% over the preceding four-month period:

• Sharp Rise in Anti-Muslim Hatred in UK ‘with Women Bearing Brunt’ (Independent)

“He killed them because they were Muslim” — Superior Court Justice Renee Pomerance:

• Judge Rules Convicted Killer of London, Ont., Muslim Family Committed Terrorism (CBC)

“Our mutual goals for liberation will always include the Jewish community – and we regret inadvertently including an image that played upon antisemitic tropes”:

• As Harvard Warns of Disciplinary Action, Pro-Palestine Groups Apologize for Antisemitic Image (Harvard Crimson)

“By the time Youssef did a set on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in 2017, he had grown so confident in the material about his faith that he was willing to take a stand for it”:

• Ramy Youssef on Comedy Today: ‘It Is the Tightest Tightrope I’ve Walked’ (Rolling Stone)

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