Israeli forces kill over 50 in Gaza; Nawaz Sharif's dangerous gambit; Gujarat farmers seek permission to die; and more.

[View this email in your browser]( Top Story [Israeli Forces Kill Over 50 in Gaza as US Embassy Opens in Jerusalem]( The Wire Staff [It was the highest Palestinian death toll in a single day since a series of protests dubbed the “Great March of Return” began at the border with Israel on March 30, and since the 2014 Gaza war. The health officials said 900 Palestinians were wounded, about 450 of them by live bullets.]( [As Land Acquisition Continues Unabated, Gujarat Farmers Seek Permission to Die]( Damayantee Dhar [Fearing that their land will be taken away by the government, over 5,000 farmers from Bhavnagar have sought permission for mass euthanasia along with their families.]( [After the Killing of Chennai Man, Will Tourism in Kashmir Take a Hit?]( Majid Maqbool [Though the death of a 22-year-old tourist in a stone pelting incident could potentially dent the tourism business in J&K, many travellers attest to why they will never stop visiting the Valley, including members of the same group R. Thirumani was a part of.]( [The Supreme Court Robbed J&K of the Chance to Prove its Secularism]( Prem Shankar Jha [In transferring the Kathua trial out of Jammu and Kashmir, the apex court has conceded that communal polarisation has advanced so far in the state that a fair trial is no longer possible there.]( [The Quest to Understand Why a Tribal Population Is at More Risk for Suicide]( Lakshmi Supriya [A survey found that ~22% of the members of the Idu Mishmi tribe in Arunachal Pradesh had attempted suicide at some point in their lives.]( [Nawaz Sharif's Dangerous Gambit]( Vivek Katju [While India has to put the record straight about the allegations levelled by the Pakistani NSC, it would be prudent to point out that the substance of Nawaz Sharif’s charge is against the Pakistan army.]( [Smriti Irani Demoted Because of Conflicts, Piyush Rises Despite Them]( Swati Chaturvedi [With Goyal check-mating Arun Jaitley to take finance, this is perhaps the first instance in any government of a former party treasurer tasked with raising party funds getting charge of the ministry.]( [Pathalgadi is Nothing But Constitutional Messianism So Why is the BJP Afraid Of It?]( Nandini Sundar [Across the country, the engagement of citizens with the Constitution appears to be in direct proportion to the administration’s abandonment of it. That is why the government is trying to criminalise the belief that it will deliver anything more than it is doing already.]( [What Shashi Tharoor Doesn't Understand About Colonialism]( Rothin Datta [Tharoor treats colonialism as a moral phenomenon of the past, one that existed in a vacuum, while it is actually a phenomenon with an ongoing material impact on the lives of people.]( [Explainer: SC Will Not Stay High Court Order in Monsanto v. Nuziveedu Case]( T.V. Padma [If the patent on Bt cotton were removed and were it to be registered under the PPVFR Act, farmers will be able to use it for further breeding.]( Copyright © 2018 The Wire, All rights reserved. You're getting this email because you recently subscribed to receive email digests from The Wire via our website. Our mailing address is: The Wire 13, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Marg Gole MarketNew Delhi 110001 India [Add us to your address book](//thewire.us11.list-manage.com/vcard?u=6b988b13445248b1268a308f2&id=4808224841) Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](