News and Analysis 11/20/24

Israeli war crimes continue:

• Palestinians Detail Field Executions by Israeli Forces in North Gaza (Middle East Eye)
• Israeli Troops Have Turned North Gaza’s Only Desalination Station Into a Military Base (Drop Site)
• Gangs Looting Gaza Aid Operate in Areas Under Israeli Control, Aid Groups Say (Washington Post)
• LIVE: Gaza Hospital Under Israeli Siege, Lebanon Ceasefire Talks ‘Progress’ (Aljazeera)

After international condemnation of her detention,”she was sent to the hospital, and it was found that she was ill, she was handed over to her family… and no judicial case has been filed against her,” said judiciary spokesman Asghar Jahangi:

• Iran Says Woman Detained After Undressing Released Without Charge (BBC)

The Zionist war on free speech continues:

• Oakland Teacher Fired for Wearing ‘Free Palestine’ Pin (NBC Bay Area)
• From Campus to the Courts, the “Palestine Exception” Rules University Crackdowns (The Intercept)

She allegedly “yelled expletives at a man regarding a sweatshirt he was wearing with the word Palestine written on it … [and] attempted to hit a cell phone out of the hands of a woman who was with the man when the woman began videotaping the incident”:

• Woman Faces Hate Crime Charges After Confronting Man Wearing ‘Palestine’ Shirt (AP)

There have “been 1,000 such settler attacks since October 2023, which have led to 1,300 Palestinians being forced out of their homes”:

• US Imposes Sanctions on Israeli Settler Group over Violence Against Palestinians (Middle East Eye)

“India’s election commission says ruling party’s video appeared to violate Model Code of Conduct” and “the BJP has since removed the ad from all online platforms”:

• Election Body Orders BJP to Take Ddown Anti-Muslim Campaign Ad (The News)

Embarrassed by Israeli and right-wing politicians use of her characterization of the violent response of Dutch sports fans to Israeli fan’s violence “to discriminate against Moroccan Amsterdammers,” Mayor Femka Halsema withdraws the term:

• Amsterdam Mayor Rejects Anti-Jewish Pogrom Charges as ‘Propaganda’ Against Muslim Community (All Israel News)

Dismissing charges of discrimination, opponents say they have no problem with Muslims in their neighborhood — just cemeteries:

• Group Seeks a New Muslim Cemetery in Miami-Dade. Neighbors Oppose the Rezoning (Miami Herald)

“The protest has drawn attention to the growing influence of nationalism and Hindutva ideology, which critics argue is eroding India’s secular foundations” …

• Indian Hindutva Students Disrupt Oxford Union’s Kashmir Independence Debate (Express Tribune)

… for example, accusing families that have lived in India for generations are citizens of a state that has only existed for decades:

• In India’s Tribal-dominated Jharkhand, BJP Labels Muslims as ‘Bangladeshis’ (Aljazeera)

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