News and Analysis 5/12/24

The movement is not restricted to campuses, is not violent, and is not a call for violence against Jews but for an end to violence against Palestinians …

• Crowd Counting Consortium: Three Things the Pro-Palestine Movement Is Not (Ash Center)

… and it is growing:

• Pro-Palestine Supporters March in Downtown Sarasota (WFLA)
• Police Cuff 150 Pro-Palestine Protesters on Manhattan Bridge (Daily News)
• 2 arrested, Others Pepper Sprayed at Pro-Palestine Event at Orlando’s Lake Eola Park (Click Orlando)
• Pro-Palestine Student Protests Continue at Weekend Commencement Ceremonies (The Hill)
• UC Berkeley Graduation Halted as Hundreds Join Pro-Palestine Protest (SFGate)
• Pro-Palestinian Protesters Deface UNC Chapel Hill’s South Building Hours Before Graduation (WXII12)
• Gaza College Campus Rallies Face Next Challenge: Summer Break (Reuters)

Although the art installation is no longer listed on the website, it’s unclear whether it will be on display at Burning Man, which is scheduled from Aug. 25 to Sept. 2:

• Burning Man, Home of ‘Radical Self Expression,’ Removes Pro-Palestinian Sculpture from Its Website (Las Vegas Sun)

Updates on the war on journalists:

• Journalist Casualties in the Israel-Gaza Ear (Committee to Protect Journalists)
• Jordanian Authorities Shut Down Muslim Brotherhood-linked TV Station (Middle East Eye)

The Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund of San Francisco says that it will no longer fund “the Central Fund of Israel” which violated their giving guidelines to fund Canary Mission:

• Name and Shame: Pro-Israel Website Ramps Up Attacks on Pro-Palestinian Student Protesters (Reuters)

“There is going to be a complete shutter-down and wheel-jam strike observed across PoK and specifically in Muzaffarabad against the police brutality against our peaceful protesters in Dadyal”:

• “Azadi” [Freedom]: Huge Protests, Clashes With Cops In Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (NDTV)

“The hegemony enjoyed by the two main parties is slowly disintegrating, and many are now considering smaller parties”:

• Labour Could Lose a Wide Range of Voters over Gaza, Not Just Muslim Ones (The Guardian)

“At this important turning point in history you have to decide whether you will allow Vote Jihad to continue or, vote in support of building a Ram Rajya” — Narendra Modi:

• Modi’s Anti-Muslim ‘Vote Jihad’ Rhetoric Faces Severe Criticism (VoA)

“I saw a ghost city, all buildings on the two sides of the road, complete districts were wiped out. People are fleeing for safety, knowing there was no place safe, and there are no tents and no people to care for them”:

• Israel Pushes Back into Northern Gaza, Ups Military Pressure on Rafah (Reuters)

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