News and Analysis 4/24/25

• Pahalgam Killings Against Tenets of Islamic Law, Says Darul Islam (Times of Iindia)

• What to Know About the Kashmir Attack and India-Pakistan Tensions (Washington Post)

The Zionist war on free speech — and the resistance — continues:

• Here Is Why Harvard Argues that Trump’s Funding Freeze Violates the First Amendment (Reason)
• Yale Voids Pro-Palestine Group’s Status After Protest of Israeli Police Minister (Truthout)
• 14 Indicted on Charges Related to Pro-Palestine Encampment at UT Dallas (Dallas Morning News)
• R&B Singer Kehlani Barred from Cornell Performance over Pro-Palestine Comments (The Guardian)

“Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) said he is “cautiously optimistic” after he met with new Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa … to outline the Trump administration’s expectations for the strict sanctions to be lifted” …

• Rep. Mills ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ After Meeting Syria’s New Leader (The Hill)

… as the EU “has begun to ease some energy and transport sanctions and banking restrictions against Syria”:

• UK Lifts Sanctions on Syria, Says Country Deserves Chance to Rebuild Economy (Euronews)

The “First Amendment … does not prohibit public schools from teaching about religion, when this is presented ‘objectively as part of a secular program of education’”:

• Islam in the Classroom: Teaching About Religion Is Not Religious Indoctrination (National Coalition Against Censorship)

Israeli war crimes continue:

• Israeli Strikes Across Gaza Kill at Least 50, Palestinian Officials Say  (BBC)

“[V]olunteers are stepping up even as Congress fails to act”:

• Washington’s Broken Promises Leave Afghan Allies in Limbo (Reason)

“[T]he Appeals Chamber concluded that the Pre-Trial Chamber committed an error of law by failing to sufficiently address Israel’s argument that it was entitled to make a jurisdictional challenge”:

• Situation in the State of Palestine: Appeals Chamber reverses the Pre-Trial Chamber’s Decision on Israel’s Challenge to the Jurisdiction of the Court and Remands the Matter to the Pre-Trial Chamber (ICC)

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