News and Analysis 3/11/24

Israel’s Ramadan greeting to Gaza is death …

• Palestinians Mark Ramadan as Israeli Strikes Hit Gaza Strip (VoA)
• At Least 67 Palestinians Killed in Gaza as Ramadan Begins (Post Register)
• Ramadan in Gaza Begins with Hunger Worsening and No End to War in Sight (AP)

… and to the West Bank, impeded entry to Al Aqsa:

• Navigating Israeli Restrictions, Many Palestinians Find It Hard to Reach Al Aqsa (NY Times)
• Police Scuffle with Worshipers Outside Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound on 1st Night of Ramadan (Times of Israel)

“No matter how much we raise, whether it’s millions and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of food and drinks, it is almost impossible to get it into Gaza”:

• Muslims Prepare for a More Somber Ramadan Due to the Israel-Hamas War (NPR)

Ever wonder how many deaths are too many for Joe Biden? Sixty thousand:

• Biden’s “Red Line” on Gaza: “Can’t Have Another 30,000 Palestinians Dead” (Axios)

“[T]hese shifts do not yet appear to represent a strategic change in America’s overall approach to the region”:

• Between Biden and Netanyahu Surface in Public (Middle East Institute)

The law will allow illegal immigrants to apply for citizenship — as long as they are not Muslim:

• India to Enforce Migrant Law that Excludes Muslims (BBC)

The “Supreme Court unanimously reaffirmed that prisons may not forbid inmates from maintaining a beard for religious purposes,” yet an “Airman was isolated from the prison population”:

• CAIR Sues U.S. Military Officials for Placing Muslim Incarceree in Solitary Confinement Over Refusal to Shave Religious Beard (CAIR)

“Their faith and their devotion to Islam has not only opened my heart but has opened the hearts of millions of people around the world”:

• Gaza People Inspired US Activist Shaun King and His Wife to Embrace Islam (TRT World)

“The ‘Great Israeli Real Estate Event’ has inflamed existing tensions in Teaneck, a town of approximately 41,000 residents and home to large Jewish and Muslim populations”:

• Hundreds of Palestine Supporters Protest Israeli Real Estate Event at New Jersey Synagogue (The Guardian)

Depressing accounts of Israeli cruelty:

• ‘People Are Hoping That Israel Nukes Us So We Get Rid of This Pain’ (NY Times)
• Iron Bars, Electric Shocks, Dogs and Cigarette Burns: How Palestinians Are Tortured in Israeli Detention (Middle East Eye)

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