News and Analysis 3/31/24

“I am that person that actually has a pocket Constitution on their shelf,” Abdeljawad said after receiving unexpected right-wing support and “hate mail from pro-Israel strangers”:

• How the FBI’s Visit to a Muslim Woman Became a Right-wing Rallying Cry (Washington Post)

More staff revolt against censorship, this time at PEN America and at affiliates of the Harvard Medical School …

• PEN America in Damage-Control Mode Amid Revolt From Staff and Palestinian Writers (The Intercept)
• Healthcare Workers for Palestine Demand ‘Permanent Ceasefire’ at Harvard Medical School Protest (Harvard Crimson)

… and protests everywhere from Philadelphia to Israel:

• Nearly 70 Arrested in Philly #ShutItDown4Palestine March Saturday Evening, Police Said (Philadelphia Inquirer)
• Israelis Stage Largest Anti-government Protest Since the War in Gaza Began (AP)

The motive and identity of the attackers is unknown, but as the victim is a journalist critical of the Iranian regime, “the investigation is being led by the counter-terrorism command”:

• ‘Brutal Stabbing’ of Exiled Iranian Journalist Prompts Counterterror Investigation (CNN)

The violence continues:

• Israel Admits Killing 2 Palestinians and then Burying Them with a Bulldozer After Shocking Video Surfaces (CNN)
• Israel’s War on Gaza Live: Israeli Army Says Hezbollah Commander Killed (Aljazeera)

“This organization was set up with foreign funding to work for a foreign government and move the U.S. government to do things for Israel”:

• Why AIPAC Is Still Israel’s Foreign Agent (Israel-Palestine News)

Driven from the home that Rachel Corrie died to defend, the Nasrallah family now lives in Rafah in fear that “their current home could be demolished in a threatened Israel ground invasion”:

• 21 Years After Her Death in Gaza, Palestinians Remember U.S. Activist Rachel Corrie (NPR)

Claiming to ban hateful, violent, or intolerant groups, the bill is really aimed at groups that are not hateful, violent, or intolerant at all:

• The UK Is Using a New Definition of “Extremism” to Repress Palestine Solidarity (Truthout)

“Thousands of Palestinian people marched through Deir Hanna, one of the Israeli towns where authorities violently cracked down on nonviolent protesters on March 30, 1976″:

• ‘Every Year It Is More Relevant’: Palestinians Mark Land Day Amid Genocide (Common Dreams)

Previously, at the Oscars, Youssef said, ” I think it’s a universal message of just: Let’s stop killing kids”:

• Ramy Youssef Wants God to Free Palestine and ‘All the Hostages’ in ‘SNL’ Monologue (USA Today)

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