News and Analysis 1/29/25

“The IDF destroyed everything… They destroyed the trees, the buildings, and the human beings”:

As Trump continues to push for the “forced relocation of Palestinians from the war-torn Gaza Strip to Egypt and Jordan, despite strong opposition from Cairo and Amman ” …

… Iran’s FM suggests that they be sent to Greenland while “Israel’s newspaper of record” offers Mars as an alternative:

“[M]any critics, particularly from Muslim communities, have expressed concerns over the implications of the act, fearing that it could result in the loss of many religious properties”:

• Waqf Act a Threat to Religious Properties, Existence: Muslim Community (Madhyamam)

“The Harrisburg Palestine Coalition said what it described as the teacher’s ‘deeply embedded racism’ may stem partly from ‘exposure to misinformation and war propaganda by mainstream news coverage”:

• Pennsylvania Teacher Accused of Calling Muslim Student a ‘Terrorist’ Resigns (NBC News)

Israeli war crimes continue:

• Israel Violates Gaza Ceasefire, Killing 2 Palestinians, Including 5-Year-Old Girl (Democracy Now!)
• Israeli Forces Kill More Palestinians During West Bank Raids (Middle East Eye)
• Israel UNRWA Ban Will Undermine Gaza Ceasefire, Security Council Hears (UN News)

Under India’s “secular” law a woman converting form Islam to avoid an Islamic inheritance law specifying that a sister get half the share of a brother would get no share at all:

• Can Secular Indian Succession Act Apply to Non-believer Muslim? (Times of India)

“American historian Raz Segal, who says the academic field of Holocaust studies has a blind spot when it comes to Israel and its actions in Palestine, from the 1948 Nakba to the genocidal assault on Gaza”:

• 80 Years After the Liberation of Auschwitz, Genocide in Palestine Continues (Truthout)