News and Analysis 4/3/25

“It’s very simple: if they do it to us – we do it to them” — Trump’s explanation of the reciprocal tariff schedule:

• US Imposes 17% Tariffs on Israeli Goods While Iran Faces only 10% (Intellinews)

The Zionist war on free speech continues:

• California Ethnic Studies Bill Aims to Censor Palestine-Related Education (Truthout)
• Harvard Places Palestine Solidarity Committee on Probation over Tuesday HOOP Rally (The Crimson)
• Pro-Palestinian Protesters in Kashmir May Face UAPA Charges (Peoples Dispatch)
• Rubio Orders U.S. Diplomats to Scour Student Visa Applicants’ Social Media (NY Times)

“The bill would add non-Muslims to boards that manage waqf land endowments and give the government a larger role in validating their land holdings”:

• Indian Parliament’s Lower House Passes Controversial Bill that Would Change Muslim Endowments (AP)

Israeli war crimes continue:

• LIVE: Israel Kills Almost 80 Palestinians in Gaza Attacks, Bombs UN Clinic (Aljazeera)
• Israel Vows to Seize “Large Areas” of Gaza as Renewed War with Hamas Kills Hundreds of Palestinians (CBS News)

“Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians villagers with gunfire and burned their property in southern Nablus in the occupied West Bank”:

• Palestinians Shot as Israeli Settlers Attack Occupied West Bank Village (Aljazeera)

Is Texas Gov. Abbott “referring to all Muslims and the East Plano Islamic Center as [foreign] adversaries?”

• EPIC City: What to Know About the North Texas Muslim Community Gov. Greg Abbott Opposes (KERA News)

“The colonization of Palestine … exposes the hypocrisy of an international system that decries colonialism while institutionalizing and legitimizing it”:

• Palestine Beyond the Colonial Logic of International Law (Mondoweiss)

Trump is open to indirect talks even as war seems closer:

• Trump Seriously Considering Iran’s Offer of Indirect Nuclear Talks (Axios)
• Military Confrontation ‘Almost Inevitable’ if Iran Nuclear Talks Fail: French FM (France 24)
• Trump, Iran Trade Nuclear Barbs as U.S. Sends Bombers and Warships to Region (Washington Post)
• Iran Threatens Swift Response if U.S. Attacks (Newsweek)
• Iraqi Militia Warns over U.S.-Iran War: “Ignite the Entire Region” (Newsweek)
• Israel’s ‘Vulnerabilities’ Could Create ‘Strategic Friction’ in US-Iran Crisis, Analysts Warn (The Medialine)

“Germany has denied an Israeli claim that hundreds of Palestinians from Gaza left the enclave for Leipzig on Tuesday in a “voluntary departure” initiative as part of Donald Trump’s ethnic cleansing plan”:

• Germany Denies Israeli Claim It Received Hundreds of Palestinians from Gaza (Middle East Eye)

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