News and Analysis 12/30/24

The disillusionment with the Zionist narrative continues, albeit at a glacial pace:

• Jewish Author Renounces Israeli Citizenship over ‘Genocidal Campaign’ Against Palestinians (Haaretz)
• Monday Briefing: Law, Order and What the Future Might Hold for Palestine (The Guardian)
• Michael Moore Boards Palestine’s Oscar Entry ‘From Ground Zero’ as Exec Producer (Hollywood Reporter)
• The Debate on Israel/Palestine Is Changing, but We’re Not There Yet (Arab American Institute)

“Peter Beinart, described as ‘the most influential liberal Zionist of his generation’, said the time had come for the former president’s critics to apologise for the “shameful way that the book was received by many significant people’”:

• Carter’s Book on Israeli ‘Apartheid’ Was Called Antisemitic – but Was It Prescient? (The Guardian)

“[T]he crackdown has earned it condemnation from many Palestinians, especially after the Saturday night killing of 21-year-old journalist Shatha Sabbagh, who had been reporting from Jenin and whose family said she was killed by PA gunfire”:

• Palestinian Authority’s Raid on Jenin Appeals to Israeli, Western Interests (Aljazeera)

“While addressing global Islamophobia, we must also confront the entrenched gender biases and conservatism within our own society. Avoiding such criticism out of fear of fueling prejudice against Islam is both weak and counterproductive”:

• Reshi Sakeena: What’s Driving Female Artists in Kashmir Away from the Spotlight? (The Wire)

“BBC Verify confirmed that some attacks did harm minorities but found that the majority of claims about the violence were unverified, exaggerated, or misleadingly framed”:

• Bangladesh Unites to Protect Minorities amid Political Transition (Muslim Mirror)

Israeli war crimes continue:

• Palestinians from Gaza Die Within Day of Abduction by Israeli Army (Middle East Eye)
• Israel Built an ‘AI Factory’ for War. It Unleashed It in Gaza (Washington Post)
• LIVE: Israel Intensifies Attacks in North Gaza, Kills 27 Across Strip (Aljazeera)

“Perlis mufti Asri Zainul Abidin said rejecting public caning for shariah offences does not mean opposing Islamic teachings. ‘There is no stipulation in Islamic law requiring khalwat offenders to be caned in public,’” he said:

• Public Caning Gross Misrepresentation of Islam, Says SIS (Free Malaysia Today)

The younger Qaradawi, a poet, “became a vocal opponent of current Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah Al Sisi who in 2013 overthrew elected president Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood”:

• Lebanon Arrests Late Muslim Brotherhood Leader’s Son Wanted by Egypt: Judicial Official (Khaleej Times)

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