News and Analysis (10/3/24)

The regional war expands:

• Iran Mustered Fiercer Attack than in the Spring, Warns of Even Worse (Washington Post)
• Israel Plans Massive Iran Payback with Middle East on Edge (Axios)
• Live Updates: Countries Plan Evacuations as Israel Pursues Incursions into Lebanon (AP)
• Israel Censors Reporting on Military Sites Hit by Iran, Obscuring Extent of Damage (Middle East Eye)
• How Iran’s Missile Strike on Israel Appears to Have Hit Some Targets (NPR)
• Iran Braces for Israeli Strikes as Supreme Leader Calls for West to Leave Middle East (The Guardian)
• Israel Plans Massive Iran Payback with Middle East on Edge (Axios)
• Biden Opposes Any Israeli Strike on Iranian Nuclear Sites (BBC)
• The Long-feared Middle East War Is Here. This Is How Israel Could Now Hit Back at Iran (The Conversation)
• Hamas Claims Responsibility for Deadly Israel Shooting Attack (Aljazeera)

“While Americans are worried (and somewhat confused) about an Iranian bomb, the prospect of another full-on war is still unpopular“:

• Walz and Vance Dodge the Question on Bombing Iran (Reason)

“Israel’s foreign minister has said he is barring UN Secretary-General Guterres from entering the country”:

• Israel Declares UN Chief ‘Persona Non Grata’ (Deutsche Welle)

“[T]here has been no representation for the people during the last six years, so they voted”:

• Turnout for Local Assembly Elections in Indian Kashmir Sets Record (VoA)

One resident mentor “said that had his younger self followed the principles of faith to which he now subscribes, he likely wouldn’t have ended up in prison in the first place”:

• Maine State Prison Pilots Program to Give Muslim Inmates a Faith-based Path to Rehabilitation (Maine Public)

“The legal settlement includes monetary compensation for the man, guaranteed religious accommodations and Detroit CBP office administrator trainings”:

• Muslim Officer’s Suit Against US Customs and Border Protection Settled (Detroit)

“Khamenei warned … Nasrallah to flee Lebanon days before he was killed  … and is now deeply worried about Israeli infiltration of senior government ranks in Tehran”:

• Exclusive: Iran’s Khamenei Warned Nasrallah of Israeli Plot to Kill Him, Sources Say (Reuters)

“Only when I tried centering programming around Israel and Palestine did I hear concerns about curriculum from IOP leadership”:

• I Resigned From the IOP Because It Suppresses Speech About Palestine (Harvard Crimson)

“Temple Public Safety disputed the claims, saying they have body cam video and building surveillance to prove it, although they did not release video when asked”:

• CAIR Exploring Legal Action Following Arrest of Muslim Woman in Philadelphia (6abc)

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