News and Analysis 6/2/24

As allegations of Israeli mistreatment of captives in Gaza mount …

• Israel Maintains a Shadowy Hospital in the Desert for Gaza Detainees. Critics Allege Mistreatment (AP)

… the persecution in the West Bank also mounts:

• Nearly 9,000 Palestinians Have Been Arrested in West Bank (UPI)
• How Israel’s Raids on Jenin Only Fuel Palestinian Resistance (Aljazeera)
• In the West Bank, Guns and a Locked Gate Signal a Town’s New Residents (NY Times)

“After two Egyptian soldiers were killed in a border incident, public anger has swelled over the lack of an official response”:

• Why Egypt’s Sisi Continues to Protect Israel (Middle East Eye)

“US and UK warplanes across several Yemeni provinces … destroyed civilian infrastructure”:

• Dozens of Casualties in Yemen Following Intense US, UK Air Raids (The Cradle)

Suppression of Palestinian sympathy provokes more demonstrations …

• Disruptions at University of Chicago Graduation as School Withholds 4 Diplomas over Protests (AP)

… and an opening for unions:

• How Palestine Led My Coworkers and Me to Unionize (Jacobin)

“You go to any congregational prayer, especially during Ramadan, and for Eid, and you see the most fabulous fashion show unfold in front of your eyes” with women in “dazzling, fabulous, highly embroidered, ostentatious gowns”:

• The Red Chador and ‘the Fabulousness of Being a Muslim Woman’ (KUOW)

“Claims of voter suppression are rising – from names missing from electoral rolls to physical violence and constituencies redrawn to reduce Muslim clout”:

• ‘Minority Exclusion’: Are Indian Muslims Facing Voter Suppression? (Aljazeera)

“Two Californian cities, Hayward and Richmond, have both voted to divest from companies doing business in Israel … while Hamtramck’s resolution supports the entire BDS movement”:

• ‘Historic Decision’: Hamtramck Becomes First US City to Boycott Israel (Middle East Eye)

“When UN member states recognise a phantasmic Palestinian state, all they are doing is bolstering Israel’s illegality as an institutionally racist state”:

• Instead of Recognising ‘Palestine’, Countries Should Withdraw Recognition of Israel (Middle East Eye)

“Writing about the prophets and finding empathy for them made me be kinder to earlier versions of myself”:

• Lamya H Is the Nonbinary Author Proving the Power of Queer Muslim Stories (Them)

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