News and Analysis 5/7/25

Has an India-Pakistan war begun?

• India Strikes Deep Inside Pakistan, Pakistan Claims 5 Indian Jets Shot Down, in Major Escalation (CNN)
• What We Know About India’s Strike on Pakistan and Pakistan-Administered Kashmir (BBC)
• Indian Strike Destroys Mosque in Pakistan-administered Kashmir (Aljaeera)
• Three Fighter Jets Crashed in India’s Jammu and Kashmir, Local Govt Sources Say (Reuters)
• How World Leaders React to Indian Strikes in Pakistan After Kashmir Attack (Reuters)
• Pakistan Vows to ‘Settle the Score’ Against India After Missile Attack: What to Know (Time)

“[A]n immediate pause to the American bombing campaign, met with a reciprocal agreement from the Houthis … not to attack American ships”:

• U.S. and Houthis Reach Truce—How It Came Together (Drop Site)

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

• A Student Journalist Covered a Pro-Palestine Protest. Soon, Her Graduation Came Under Threat (Columbia Journalism Review)
• ‘What Are They Doing Illegal?’ Officer Says Before Arresting Pro-Palestine Students (Rolling Stone / Yahoo News)

Sudan Drone strikes have calamitous consequences:

• Sudan Cuts Ties with UAE After Paramilitary Drone Strikes on Port Sudan (AFP / Wyoming News Now)
• UN Commission Says Bombing of Doctors Without Borders Hospital in South Sudan May Constitute War Crime (Jurist)
• Suffering in Sudan: The World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis Just Got Worse (Deseret News)

Israeli war crimes continue:

• Palestinians Awoke to Bulldozers. Their Village Was Destroyed by Noon (972 Magazine)
• Israeli Official Says Gaza Will Be “Entirely Destroyed,” Palestinians “Will Start to Leave in Great Numbers” (CBS News)
• Jeremy Bowen: Netanyahu’s Plan for Gaza Risks Dividing Israel, Killing Palestinians and Horrifying World (BBC)

Israeli criminality is too much for some British Conservatives:

• Senior Tory MPs and peers break ranks to call for recognition of Palestine (The Guardian)

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