News and Analysis 7/23/25

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

• Revealed: Harvard Publisher Cancels Entire Journal Issue on Palestine Shortly Before Publication (The Guardian)
• Columbia University Suspends, Expels Nearly 80 Students over Gaza Protests (Aljazeera)
• Harvard Slams Trump Administration Funding Cuts in Pivotal Court Hearing (Washington Post)

“Palestinian officials responded by urging the U.S. not to “bind its own international standing to the crimes and violations committed by Israel”:

• Trump State Dept Announces Withdrawal from UNESCO over Palestine Inclusion (Common Dreams)

“Iranian officials have shrugged off the events as mere coincidence or blamed aging infrastructure… But … three Iranian officials … said they believed that many of them were acts of sabotage”:

• Iranian Officials Suspect Sabotage in String of Mysterious Fires (NY Times)

“The foundation says it received about $100 million in start-up money from a government it has declined to identify”:

• The For-profit Companies Behind Israeli-U.S. Nonprofit Gaza Aid Plan Washington Post)

“What I miss most about my old life is waking up early, reading the Quran, and then going to work. That was my definition of freedom”:

• The Taliban Banned Beauty Salons, Leaving Women to Labor in the Shadows (Washington Post)

Israeli war crimes continue:

• Israel Is Attacking Deir al-Balah, Gaza’s Last Standing City (Drop Site)
• U.N. Says Facilities Hit, Guesthouse in Gaza Raided by Israeli Troops (Washington Post)
• How One Israeli Company Controls – and Cuts Off – Palestinians’ Access to Water in the West Bank (Mondoweiss)
• UN Body Says Israeli Forces Have Killed over 1,000 Aid-seekers in Gaza Since May, as Hunger Worsens (AP)

“[S]ome of those transferred from Evin Prison … say they continue to face difficulties such as overcrowded cells, lack of beds and air conditioning, limited number of toilets and showers, and insect infestations”:

• Iran’s Detainees in ‘Unbearable’ Conditions After Israeli Strikes on Prison
  10 Hours Ago (BBC)

The Hague Group meeting in Bogota resolves to create “a unified international voice and implement our international obligations in regard to the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem”:

• Joint Statement on the Conclusion of the Emergency Conference on Palestine (Dept. of International Relations and Cooperation — South Africa)

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