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EDITORIAL: CAN GENOCIDAL IMPULSES TURN INTO “HUMANITARIAN” PAUSES? THE MORAL FOG UNDERLYING THE STANCE OF ISRAEL AND SUPPORTING WORLD LEADERS ON GAZA
Vinod Mubayi
At the time of writing this editorial (Nov 28) a temporary 4-day pause now extended by 2 days has taken hold in the Israeli assault on the population of Gaza while exchanges of hostages in Hamas’s custody with some Palestinian women and children in Israeli prisons take place. Meanwhile, data on the number of Palestinian civilians Israel has killed shows that the toll is approaching genocidal proportions. The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor estimates the toll to stand at 20,031 killed in Gaza, including 8,176 children. The Gaza Ministry of Health has stopped updating its own toll due to the breakdown of the communications and healthcare systems in Gaza, but the latest official toll from the Government Media Office in Gaza as of November 23 was 14,854 killed including 6,150 children, and more than 36,000 wounded in the Gaza Strip. This toll, however, did not take into account the (unknown) number of bodies buried beneath the rubble of buildings. There is also the continued killing in the last month of more than 200 Palestinians in the West Bank by fanatic Jewish settlers in league with Israeli army personnel along with the seizure of Palestinian property: olive tree plantations, lands and farms.
Read more…WHY IS REFUGEE-FRIENDLY PAKISTAN EVICTING AFGHANS NOW?
Abdullah Zahid
In an internationally unprecedented move, Pakistan has imposed a steep $830 ‘exit permit fee’ per person on each refugee who fled the Taliban regime in Afghanistan since 2021 and is in Pakistan awaiting resettlement to another country.
Read more…INDIA’S LAWLESS FINANCIAL CAPITALISM FOSTERS A CULTURE OF SCAMS
Ashoka Mody
Highlights
Scams have become a pervasive aspect of business in India, leading to significant economic and societal repercussions.
Read more…PAPPU AND PANAUTI: ARE PERCEPTIONS OF RAHUL GANDHI AND NARENDRA MODI CHANGING?
Sidharth Bhatia
Rahul Gandhi’s term panauti (jinx), seems to have stung the BJP and Narendra Modi enough for the party to rush to the Election Commission (EC) to complain about it. Gandhi had initially not mentioned Modi by name, only implying that the presence of a panauti in Ahmedabad had caused India to lose the World Cup final against Australia, but later went full frontal.
Read more…POLARIZED ON PALESTINE: HINDUTVA-ZIONISM AGAINST THIRD WORLD SOLIDARITY IN MODI’S INDIA
Dipsita Dhar
While Modi departs from India’s past anti-colonial solidarities to ally with Israel — which has asked for 100,000 workers to replace Palestinians — India’s working-class and student movements reaffirm their support for Palestine
Read more…THE BROKEN COMPACT: MODI’S INDIA REPLACES CONSTITUTIONAL VALUES WITH THOSE OF THE RSS
Hartosh Singh Bal
This is an edited excerpt from a keynote address delivered at Stanford University, on 10 October, while accepting the 2023 Shorenstein Journalism Award on behalf of The Caravan.
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