News and Analysis 11/14/24

Zionists continue their war on free speech …

• Northwestern’s Campaign Against Palestine and Anti-Zionist Jews (Mondoweiss)

… but they suffer two reversals:

• US House Fails to Pass Anti-NGO Bill that Could Target Pro-Palestine Groups (Aljazeera)
• Biden Admin Stops Telling Americans Which Foreigners They Can Debate (Reason)

“‘The Islamic secular’ can … help invalidate the ‘totalizing’ ambitions of political Islamists, who theorize a simple ‘Islamic’ solution to any complex problem, often with unfortunate results in practice”:

• The Islamic Secular and the Seeds of Freedom (Acton Institute)

Israeli war crimes continue:

• Israeli Strikes Kill 46 People in the Gaza Strip and 33 in Lebanon, Medics Say (AP)
• West Bank: Growing Israeli Restrictions Trap Palestinians in Hebron’s Old City (Middle East Eye)
• “Hopeless, Starving, and Besieged”: Israel’s Forced Displacement of Palestinians in Gaza (Human Rights Watch)
• Why Is Only Limited Aid Getting to Palestinians Inside Gaza? (AP)

More troubling Trump appointments:

• Here’s What the U.S.? Enemies — and Allies — Might See from Marco Rubio as Secretary of State (CNBC)
• Who Is Pete Hegseth, the Pro-Israel Fox News Host Picked to Head Pentagon? (Aljazeera)
• What Mike Huckabee, Trump’s Pick for Israel Ambassador, Has Said About the Middle East (Time)

The therapeutic state comes to Iran:

• Iran Announces ‘Treatment Clinic’ for Women Who Defy Strict Hijab Laws (The Guardian)

“Nili Kupfer-Naouri, president of the ‘Israel is Forever’ association, … sparked outrage in 2023, … when she tweeted that ‘no civilian in Gaza was innocent’”:

• Protests Erupt in Paris Over Pro-Israel Gala Organized by Far-Right Figures (Time)

“Iranian and Israeli military manoeuvring during President Biden’s lame-duck period risks drawing the US into all-out war in the Middle East”:

• Dangerous Manoeuvres: How Israel and Iran Are Preparing for Trump 2.0 (EU Council on Foreign Relations)

“It was not immediately clear whether Rahman had a lawyer or which federal agency employed him, but officials say he had top secret security clearance”:

• US Government Worker Charged with Leaking Classified Documents on Israel’s Plans to Strike Iran (AP)

A “majority of Muslims, 53%, cast their ballots for Green Party candidate Jill Stein” and another 6% voted for other independent or third party candidates:

• How Did Muslim Americans Vote in Election? Poll Finds Massive Shift from 2020 (Miami Herald)

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