News and Analysis 4/19/24

“The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 in favor, the United States opposed and two abstentions”:

• The Latest | US Vetoes UN Resolution Backing Full Palestinian Membership and Puts Sanctions on Iran (AP)

An Israeli strike on Iran is nothing new and is played down by Iran as the diplomatic community continues to call for restraint:

• Israel Carries Out Strike in Iran, Israeli Official Says; No Damage to Nuclear Sites, IAEA Says (Washington Post)
• Israel’s Attack on Iran Doesn’t Look Unprecedented (Forbes)
• Tehran Plays Down Israeli Attacks, Signals No Further Retaliation (Reuters)
• European Leaders Call for Calm After Reported Israeli Retaliation Against Iran (Euronews)

Sale of “advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities to Israel’s government … has sparked backlash among some Google workers”:

• ‘Googler Against Genocide’: Tech Giant Orders Arrest of WorkersPprotesting Contract with Israel (Middle East Eye)

The only Muslim woman to be accepted to the Minnesota Department of Education’s Holocaust and Genocide working group has been told her appointment was a “clerical error”:

• EXCLUSIVE: Why Did Minnesota Accept and then Reject a Muslim Organizer for Its Genocide Curriculum Committee? (Daily Dot)

“The Israeli army said it had bombed dozens of targets in the Palestinian coastal territory of 2.4 million people”:

• Palestinians in Gaza Search for Remains After Deadly Rafah Strike (New Arab)

“Iran’s top nuclear facilities, especially the installations at Natanz in central Isfahan, have been subject to multiple significant sabotage attacks blamed on Israel”:

• Israeli Attack on Nuclear Sites to Prompt Tit-for-tat, Pursuing Nukes: Iran (Aljazeera)

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