News and Analysis 6/7/24

A new Israeli massacre targeted a United Nations-run school:

• The Latest | Israeli Strike Kills 33 in a Gaza School Filled with Displaced Families (AP)
• Israel’s War on Gaza Updates: School Strike Contradicts ‘All Moral Values’ (Aljazeera)

“[S]tudents sent an email to board member … saying that if the board continues to hinder the publication of Eghbariah’s piece, the staff of CLR will stop all work on the journal”:

• Columbia Law Review Is Back Online After Students Threatened Work Stoppage Over Palestine Censorship (The Intercept)

The U.S. shamefully threatens more civilian deaths if Hamas doesn’t accept a deal that Israel has not accepted …

• US State Department Touts Collective Punishment as Leverage with Hamas (Middle East Eye)

… but “Biden’s claim to want a Gaza ceasefire has not slowed US weapons sales to Tel Aviv”:

• US, Israel Ink New F-35 Deal Worth Billions (The Cradle)

“Footage … showed young men and teenagers chanting, ‘Death to the Arabs’ and ‘May your village burn’ at the so-called ‘Flag March’”:

• Thousands of Israelis March Through Jerusalem, Some Attacking Palestinians (Aljazeera)

“While the number of sites about which the IAEA has questions has been reduced from four to two since 2019, those lingering questions have been a persistent source of tensions”:

• UN Nuclear Agency’s Board Votes to Censure Iran for Failing to Cooperate Fully with the Watchdog (AP)

“This network originated in Israel and primarily targeted audiences in the United States and Canada, posing as Jewish students, African Americans and ‘concerned’ citizens and involved ‘creating fictitious news outlets’”:

• Israel Denies Link to Islamophobic Campaign in Canada that Meta Says Originated There (MSN)

India’s “prime minister will keep his job, but his aura has been diminished and his leadership has fundamentally changed as the country’s multiparty democracy springs back to life”:

• Modi Struggles to Stay on Top: 4 Takeaways From India’s Election (NY Times)

“Most political prosecutions are designed to stop protests. That’s why they’re so intense, so trumped up”:

• Campus Protests for Palestine: Students Face Criminal Charges, Disciplinary Hearings (Teen Vogue)

The killer “is the son of the chairperson of both Beare Holdings and the South African Holocaust and Genocide Foundation Julian Beare. The family has distanced themselves from” him:

• ‘Justice for Halima’ – Zionist Kills South African Woman for Palestine Support (Palestine Chronicle)

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