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News and Analysis 7/11/25
“She has been a very courageous, outspoken voice. I find her to be legally sophisticated, factually accurate and unsparing in her criticism but fair” — Kenneth Roth, former head of Human Rights Watch: U.S. Imposes Sanctions on U.N. Expert Who Has Denounced Israel Over Gaza War (NY Times) “An Israeli official has shut down President…
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News and Analysis 7/9/25
Netanyahu says he will offer Gazans a “free choice” between starvation under Israeli siege or moving out: Trump-Netanyahu Meeting Revives Bitterly Opposed Plan to Relocate Palestinians (NBC News) Israeli war crimes continue: Militants Kill 5 Israeli Soldiers in Gaza and Israeli Strikes Kill 51 Palestinians (AP) Israeli Minister Says Israel Plans to Confine Palestinians in…
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News and Analysis 7/7/25
“[A]t least three Houthi ballistic missiles were launched at Israel, according to the Israel Defense Forces”: Israel Bombs Houthis in Yemen After Rebels Attack Commercial Ship for First Time in Months (CNN) Israeli war crimes continue: Israeli Forces Kill 82 in Gaza; Trump Says Ceasefire Could Happen This Week (Aljazeera) Iran’s President Alleges Assassination Attempt…
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News and Analysis 7/5/25
“The State Department warns Americans not to visit South Sudan ‘due to continued security threats’” yet the government is sending “eight noncitizens it illegally removed from the United States from Djibouti to South Sudan” … Trump Deports Immigrants to South Sudan After Supreme Court Clears the Way (Rolling Stone) … in contrast, one survivor of…
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News and Analysis 7/3/25
Iran demands “the guaranteed security of nuclear facilities and scientists” … After US and Israeli Strikes, Some Nuclear Experts Say Iran Could Be More Dangerous (abc News) … as Iranian FM Abbas Araghchi insists “‘Iran remains committed to the NPT and its Safeguards Agreement’ … after passage of a law that will channel IAEA cooperation…
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News and Analysis 7/1/25
“In 2022, 63 percent of Republicans under 50 had a positive view of Israel, and now they are roughly split, with 48 percent positive and 50 percent negative”: Young Republicans Are Fueling the GOP’s Generational Divide on Israel (Washington Post) Israeli war crimes continue: Israeli Strike on Gaza Seafront Cafe Kills at Least 20 Palestinians,…
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News and Analysis 6/29/25
Israeli war crimes continue: Iran’s Judiciary Says at Least 71 Killed in Israel’s Attack on Tehran’s Notorious Evin Prison (AP Israel’s Strike on Evin Prison: A Grave Violation of International Law (NIAC) LIVE: Israel’s Attacks on Gaza Kill 45; Health System ‘Obliterated’ (Aljazeera) Colleagues at Iran’s Hospitals Remember Medical staff Killed by Israel (Middle East…
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MFI Statement on Trump’s Attack on Iran
Donald Trump’s transparent coordination with Israel in contradiction to his public statements about wanting to first give diplomacy a chance must have demonstrated to Iran what most Americans public already know: the fact that a statement has emerged from Donald Trump’s mouth is insufficient reason to believe it. While there is justifiable reason to doubt…
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News and Analysis 6/27/25
Preventing any U.S. President from seizing Congressional war power should not be a partisan issue: Senate to Vote on Trump’s War Powers Today as Lawmakers Get Delayed Briefing on Iran Strikes (CBS News) Ro Khanna: Congress Must Take Back Its War Powers (Reason) The Zionist war on free speech — and the resistance — continues…
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News and Analysis 6/25/25
“Core components of Tehran’s nuclear effort were damaged but not destroyed by U.S. airstrikes on three key facilities, according to three people familiar with a Defense Intelligence Agency initial assessment” … U.S. Initial Damage Report: Iran Nuclear Program Set Back by Months, Not Obliterated (Washington Post) … but Trump “is more willing to listen to…
