News and Analysis 2/29/24

“At least 70 people were killed as Palestinians lined up for humanitarian assistance”:

• Gaza Death Toll Surges over 30,000 as a Strike Kills and Wounds Dozens Waiting for Aid (AP / Washington Post)

Israel’s solution IDF killing Israeli Jews? Blame the Palestinians:

• Israel Troops Mistakenly Fire into Own Territory Five Times Since Outbreak of Gaza Conflict (Middle East Eye)

Should Muslims be denied the claim that they founded Aligarh University simply because they welcomed allowed non-Muslim students to attend?

• Explained: The Legal Tussle over Aligarh Muslim University’s Minority Status (Scroll)

“Feminists” outraged by unverified charges of Hamas rapes and sexual abuse are silent about UN-documented Israeli rapes and sexual harassment:

• FEMINISTS, Where The HELL Have You Been? (Palestine Deep Dive / X)
• Middle EastLlatest: Israeli Soldiers ‘Stripped and Arrested Paramedics’ Evacuating Hospital Patients, Says UN (Sky News)

The “prison system … often treats Muslim prisoners, the majority of whom are Black, with suspicion, hostility and racism. Even against this backdrop, the ERDCC attack stands out for its savagery”:

• Why Were Muslim Prisoners in the US Pepper-sprayed While Praying? (Aljazeera)

“Incessant Israeli incursions into Jenin refugee camp since October 7 have killed nearly 100 Palestinians, including many civilians. … [T]he children of the Second Intifada are taking up arms” …

• In Jenin, Brazen Israeli Raids Fuel Fiercer Palestinian Resistance (972 Magazine)

… and “Israel has intensified its military occupation of the West Bank — through arrests, raids and crippling restrictions on movement”:

• In Israeli-occupied Hebron, Palestinians Describe Living in ‘a Prison’ (Washington Post)

“Palestinian journalists accuse British media of failing to properly report on the mass deaths of their colleages in Gaza”:

• War on Gaza: British Media Giving ‘Cover’ for Israel to Kill Palestinian Journalists (Middle East Eye)

“Restaurants … are precisely the kind of spaces where nuanced understanding can actually be built” and attacks on Palestinian and Israeli restaurants are attempts to dehumanize the Other:

• Restaurants Outside of Palestine and Israel Are Being Attacked in Protest of the War (The Conversation)

Some “people waded into the water to try to retrieve it while others boarded small boats”:

• Palestinians Rush to Shore as Aircraft Drop Aid into Gaza amid Israel War (Aljazeera)

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