News and Analysis 5/16/24

“We cannot have a clearer ask for the off-campus Jewish community: stay off our campus. Your actions are harming Jewish students” –Hillel open letter to off-campus Jewish community responsible for campus violence:

• Unmasking Counterprotesters Who Attacked UCLA’s Pro-Palestine Encampment (CNN)

It’s not not just the students who are being harassed:

• University Professors Are Losing Their Jobs Over “New McCarthyism” on Gaza (The Intercept)
• UT Professor Rich Heyman Fired After Arrest at Pro-Palestine Protest (Austin Chronicle)
• ‘Dark Times’: Israeli Historian Ilan Pappé Detained, Interrogated by FBI (Common Dreams)

“The government has ensured that horrific practices in sites like Sde Teiman can continue with impunity, in violation of international law and medical ethics”:

• The Writing Was on the Wall for Israel’s Torture of Prisoners (972 Magazine)

Biden wants it both ways:

• Biden Administration Is Giving $1 Billion in New Weapons and Ammo to Israel, Congressional Aides Say (New Arab)

Palestinians commemorate the original Nakba as Israel demonstrates its commitment to yet another, even worse:

• Palestinians Recount Painful History with War in Gaza as a Reminder (AP)
• Palestinians Mark 1948 Nakba in the Shadow of War in Gaza (Reuters)
• Israel Says It Will Send More Troops to Rafah, as Fighting also Rages in Gaza’s North (AP)
• UN Says It Has No More Food or Tents for Nearly 2m People in Gaza (The Guardian)
• Israel Kills More than 500 Palestinians in the West Bank Since October 7 (Aljazeera)
• The View Within Israel Turns Bleak (NY Times)
• Forget the War. Forget the Occupation. There Is Only the Nakba (Slate)

Need more proof that the Israeli-Palestinian dispute is not about religion? A Palestinian Muslim can convert to Judaism, but the IDF will still shoot him on sight:

• A Palestinian Converted to Judaism. An Israeli Soldier Saw Him as a Threat and Opened Fire (AP)

‘Israeli businessmen close to the prime minister wish to turn a destroyed Gaza into a regional trade and industrial hub under Israeli control and exploiting Palestinian natural gas and cheap labor”:

• Gaza 2035: Netanyahu Hatches Plan to Raze and Rebuild Enclave (The Cradle)

“The United Nations’ top court has opened two days of hearings into a request from South Africa to halt Israel’s military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah”:

• Top UN Court Opens Hearings into Israel’s Rafah Invasion (TRT World)

Protests continue — and spread :

• Pro-Palestine Demonstrations Continue at UCF (WFTV)
• Fayetteville High School Students Walk Out in Solidarity with Palestine (KNWA)
• Pro-Palestine Demonstrators Commemorate ‘Nakba,’ Snarling Traffic Downtown (Columbus Dispatch)
• UK University Threatens Pro-Palestine Students, Who ‘Don’t Want It to Turn Hostile’ (Middle East Monitor)
• Pro-Palestinian University Students in the Netherlands Uphold Protest (Europe News)

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