Israel in Conflict

Is there statistical evidence to suggest that Muslim-Majority countries are less democratic that non-Muslim-majority countries?  According to a 2012 study by Shaheen Mozaffar, "the majority (57%) of Muslim countries are either democracies or semi-democracies, with 7% classified as Free and 50% as Partly Free, while 43% are not democracies."  I wanted to test this myself, so I compared two datasets: one, the portion of Muslims in all countries and, two, the Democracy Index score of each country . I then analyzed the two datasets . On doing so, I found a moderate negative correlation indicating that a higher Muslim proportion of a country corresponds to a lower Democracy Index score: R: -0.5773 R 2 : 0.3333 N: 138 p:  < .00001 (result is significant at p < .01) Are Muslim-majority countries becoming more or less democratic over time? If we assume that a hopeful goal for Muslim-majority countries is to become more democratic, is there evidence to suggest that they are b

Summary Members of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), the de facto government of Gaza, exert total or near-total control over every aspect of Gazans' lives, including medical infrastructure and journalism. The internationally-designated terrorist group has, from its inception, made a policy of systematically crushing dissenting voices. Hamas's media manipulation has contributed to a widespread but false belief that, in the current conflict (beginning October 7th, 2024), the Israeli military and government have systematically targeted civilians with munitions (or fired indiscriminately) and have engaged in attempted mass starvation. This manipulation is possible because casualty information flows from Hamas-controlled medical infrastructure to the UN and various humanitarian organizations, which, intentionally or not, support Hamas's use of lawfare against Israel. This strategy would not be as successful if not for large segments of international press who are all too

Text of post: Al Jazeera condemns the assault on its journalist Laith Jaar by Palestinian Security Al Jazeera Media Network strongly condemns the assault by a member of the Palestinian Authority's security on its correspondent, Laith Jaar, in the West Bank while he was covering the Israeli bombardment of the Tulkarm refugee camp. According to Laith's testimony, security officer Ahmad Ghassan Quzah assaulted him and threatened to shoot him. The Network also condemns the subsequent detention and arrest of Laith by the national security, while filing a complaint against the security officer who assaulted him. The Network consider this action is part of a systematic incitement campaign against Laith and Al Jazeera's coverage. Text from second page of post: This attack and arrest represent a serious escalation and a clear violation of journalists' rights, adding to the Ongoing systematic targeting of our reporters in the Palestinian territories, particularly following the il

The below is an analysis of the medical workers who are signatories of a letter sent to President Biden on October 2nd, 2024. Many of the below doctors and medical workers have publicly spoken about their time in Gaza. Their stories are often harrowing accounts of time spent in hospitals in a war zone. The information compiled below is not meant to discredit those medical workers but to question their interpretation of chaotic events they witnessed. Many of the medical workers are Muslim or are affiliated with countries with populations largely hostile to Jews which may color their own perceptions of events, making them more likely to blame Israelis for suffering actually caused, directly or indirectly, by Hamas or other militant groups inside Gaza. Because we know that Hamas are willing to kill their own people and, because they are aware that controlling the narrative is so important, it is plausible that they are intentionally killing their own people or are deliberately d