News and Analysis 11/8/24

Zionists lose a battle in their war on free speech:

• PSG to Avoid UEFA Sanctions over ‘Free Palestine’ Banner (ESPN)

“Iranian authorities systematically use involuntary psychiatric hospitalisation as a tool to suppress dissent, branding protesters as mentally unstable to undermine their credibility”:

• Fears Grow that Woman Arrested for Undressing in Iran Could Be Tortured in Psychiatric Unit (The Guardian)

Israeli war crimes continue …

• Middle East Crisis Live: Israeli Airstrike Kills 12 in Gaza City School; Ireland Joins Genocide Case Against Israel – as It Happened (The Guardian)

… providing fodder for anti-Semites:

• Israel Condemns Amsterdam Attack; U.N. Decries ‘Unprecedented Level of Killing’ in Gaza (Washington Post)

The “verdict laid down a test for determining whether an educational institution can claim minority status” which would free the institution to administer itself:

• Supreme Court Rules on Aligarh Muslim University’s Minority Status: The Case, Explained (Indian Express)

“CAIR also released Michigan-specific responses from 502 registered Muslim voters, revealing that Dr. Stein received 59% support, with Trump at 22% and Harris at 14%”:

• CAIR Exit Poll of Muslim Voters Reveals Surge in Support for Jill Stein and Donald Trump, Steep Decline for Harris (CAIR)

Trump “can either carry on where he left off, and continue to allow the US to be led by the nose by the Christian evangelical right, or he can do what he strongly hinted he would do to the Muslim leaders he met in Michigan – which is to stop Netanyahu’s war” …

• Trump Has a Choice: Obliterate Palestine or End the War (Middle East Eye)

… and Iranians see he has a similar choice with a potential regional (world?) war:

• For Many Iranians, Trump’s Return Intensifies Worries About War. Yet Some See Reasons for Hope (AP)

“Dr Dayah’s fatwa, which was published in a detailed six-page document, criticises Hamas for what he calls ‘violating Islamic principles governing jihad’”:

• Gaza’s Top Islamic Scholar Issues Fatwa Criticising 7 October Attack (BBC)

“Shakeri told investigators that his Revolutionary Guard contacts paused the effort to try to kill Trump when Shakeri failed to come up with a solid plan”:

• Three Charged in Alleged Iranian Plot that Included Plans to Kill Trump (Washington Post)

“The session was marked by shouting matches, physical confrontations, and a walkout by the BJP after several members of the party jumped into the well of the house and were eventually marshalled out”:

• Chaos in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Again, MLAs Face Off over Special Status (NDTV)

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