News and Analysis 4/15/24

Set aside the debate as to whether an Iranian consulate is Iranian soil, Israel has literally targeted Iranian soil for years …

• Bombs and Viruses: The Shadowy History of Israel’s Attacks on Iranian Soil (Aljazeera)

… and it sees no reason to stop now:

• The Latest | Israel Says It Will Respond to Iran Attack as World Leaders Urge Restraint (AP)
• Israel Weighs Strike on Iran to ‘Send a Message’ While Preserving Alliance (Washington Post)
• Netanyahu Wants War With Iran. Biden Can Prevent It. (Foreign Policy)

“Shifting dynamics in Washington are more important for the trajectory of this conflict than the dynamics in Tel Aviv or Tehran”:

• Iran’s Missiles Were Shot Down – but They Still Delivered What Tehran Was Hoping for (The Guardian)

Iran may have delayed Israel’s Rafah invasion, but the genocide in Gaza and violence in the West Bank is unabated:

• Israel Delays Rafah Offensive Plans amid Heated Debate over Response to Iranian Attack, Sources Say (CNN)
• Palestinians Come Under Israeli Fire as They Attempt Return to North Gaza (Aljazeera)
• Settlers Reportedly Shoot Dead Two Palestinians in Northern West Bank (Times of Israel)
• ‘We’re on the Edge’: Palestinians Terrified by Israeli Settler Violence (Aljazeera)
• ‘Shhh or I’ll Shoot You’: Family of Jailed Christian Woman Tell of Israeli Raid (The Guardian)

A “judge found no prima facie evidence against him, and …  [another] judge squashed a detention order against him,” yet the  “Kashmiri journalist … remains jailed”:

• Long Walk to Freedom Cut Short: A Chronicle of Kashmir Journalist Aasif Sultan’s Captivity for over Five Years (Article 14)

“At least a dozen airlines have had to cancel or reroute flights over the last two days”:

• Iran Attack on Israel Adds to Airline Troubles in Middle East (Reuters)

Ibn Haytham impacted “architecture and the visual arts” as well as ” the mathematization of physics, … experimentation in science, and the philosophical analysis of perception”:

• Study Sheds Light on 11th-century Arab-Muslim Optical Scientist Whose Work Laid Foundation for Modern-day Physics (Physics.org)

Those Muslim leaders who did attend were “surprised” to learn that the PM himself was no-show, preferring to make “a statement on Iran in the House of Commons“:

• Prime Minister Not at Eid Party Boycotted by Guests over Gaza (BBC)

Pre-Islamic limitations on women’s participation in the mosque  have been introduced on the pretense of preserving tradition:

• Let’s Talk About Muslim Women’s Rights Neglected in the Masjid (Muslim Girl)

“There were two conversations going on that I was listening to, and they were not happening in the same room” — Jemima Khan Goldsmith:

• Family Spat over Gaza Prompted Me to Change My Name, Says Jemima Khan Goldsmith (The JC)

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