{"id":84291,"date":"2021-05-12T13:47:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T18:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84291"},"modified":"2021-05-12T13:47:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T18:47:00","slug":"news-and-analysis-5-12-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84291","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 5\/12\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Israel&#8217;s cascade of bombings brought the &#8220;total deaths resulting from the raids on Gaza since Monday to 26, including nine children&#8221; Furthermore, at least &#8220;122 people have been wounded in the air strikes&#8221; and many are in critical condition:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/israel-escalates-tensions-raids-and-deadly-air-strikes-protests-continue\">Israel Continues to Bomb Gaza After Air Strikes Killed Nine Palestinian Children<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the face of Israel&#8217;s atrocities, the US policy of unconditional support persists as &#8220;Washington subsidizes Israeli actions, arms the Israeli military, provides political cover for Israeli activities, and pressures Arab nations to advance Israeli interests&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/doug-bandow\/2021\/05\/09\/americas-middle-east-embarrassment-underwriting-apartheid-in-the-palestinian-territories\/\">America\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Middle East Embarrassment: Underwriting Apartheid in the Palestinian Territories<\/a> (Antiwar)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"content-list-component yr-content-list-text text\">\n<p>Twitter unaccountably restricted the account of a Palestinian-American writer covering the eviction of Palestinians from their homes in East Jerusalem before reversing its decision on Tuesday &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/qj8b4x\/twitter-said-it-restricted-palestinian-writers-account-by-accident\">Twitter Said It Restricted Palestinian Writer&#8217;s Account by Accident<\/a> (Vice)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and Facebook-owned Instagram has not only &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2016\/sep\/12\/facebook-israel-monitor-posts-incite-violence-social-media?CMP=twt_gu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">censored content about Israeli aggression<\/a>&#8221; but &#8220;removed posts and blocked hashtags about one of Islam\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s holiest mosques&#8221; on the absurd grounds that &#8220;they were associated with \u00e2\u20ac\u0153violence or dangerous organizations&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/ryanmac\/instagram-facebook-censored-al-aqsa-mosque\">Instagram Labeled One of Islam\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Holiest Mosques a Terrorist<\/a> Organization (BuzzFeed)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How a Ziojnist donor&#8217;s warning to a high level university official that hiring a scholar who has researched the Israeli occupation &#8220;would damage university reputation&#8221; led to a reversal of the university&#8217;s original decision to hire her:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/our-columnists\/did-a-university-of-toronto-donor-block-the-hiring-of-a-scholar-for-her-writing-on-palestine?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=onsite-share&amp;utm_brand=the-new-yorker&amp;utm_social-type=earned\">Did a University of Toronto Donor Block the Hiring of a Scholar for Her Writing on Palestine?<\/a> (The New Yorker)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The United Kingdom announced measures to suppress the (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20170316-timeline-international-attempts-to-boycott-bds\/\">BDS<\/a>) campaign against Israel by banning the general public from launching their own boycotting campaigns against the apartheid state:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20210512-uk-tries-to-curb-bds-as-israels-apartheid-status-become-impossible-to-dispute\/\">UK Tries To Curb BDS As Israel&#8217;s Apartheid Status Become Impossible To Dispute<\/a> (Middle East Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The official census states that &#8220;only four of Jammu and Kashmir\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 20 districts are Hindu majority, the rest being Muslim majority,&#8221; yet:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/indian-govt-website-declares-97-of-kashmiris-are-hindu\/\">Indian Govt Website Declares 97% Of Kashmiris Are Hindu<\/a> (Global Village Space)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sara Zemmahi was barred from running in a local election by &#8220;French President Emmanuel Macron&#8217;s ruling centrist party, the La Republique en Marche (LREM) party&#8221; after she was photographed in a hijab for a campaign flyer:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/5\/12\/macrons-party-bans-muslim-candidate-for-wearing-hijab-in-poster\">Macron\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Party Bans Muslim Candidate For Wearing Hijab In Poster<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pakistan and Turkey are both calling for an emergency OIC meeting and for the UN to condemn Israeli brutality against innocent worshippers at the Al-Aqsa mosque citing &#8220;the killing\u00c2\u00a0 of children, as well as forced evictions&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenews.com.pk\/print\/834235-israeli-attack-on-palestinians-pakistan-backs-turkey-s-call-for-oic-un-meeting\">Israeli Attack On Palestinians: Pakistan Backs Turkey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Call For OIC, UN Meeting<\/a> (The News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s move to enrich uranium to 63%, which experts say &#8220;is a short technical step away&#8221; 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