News and Analysis 8/6/25

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

Students for Justice in Palestine Win ‘Historic’ $100K Settlement in Suit Against University of Maryland (DC News Now)
Columbia’s Fight Against Antisemitism Should Not Come at the Expense of Free Speech or Muslim Students (Columbia Spectator)
A First Amendment Lawsuit Highlights the Chilling Impact of Speech-Based Deportation on Student Journalists (Reason)
US Senator Asks Tax Authority to Strip Muslim Civil Rights Organisation of Nonprofit Status (Middle East Eye)
Israel Bars Jerusalem’s Top Muslim Cleric from Al-Aqsa: Lawyer (New Arab)
Palestine Action Ban Is an Attack on Fundamental Freedoms (The Guardian)
Trump Administration Walks Back Plan To Withhold $1.9 Billion in FEMA Aid to Anti-Israel States and Cities (Reason)
Leading Global Scholars Sign Letter Urging UK to End Palestine Action Ban (The Guardiian)

“Conservative People’s party in Jumilla votes to stop civic centres and gyms being used for activities ‘alien to our identity’”:

Outrage as Spanish Town Bans Muslim Religious Festivals from Public Spaces (The Guardian)

“Authorities said Vadi provided information about an Iranian nuclear scientist who was killed during Israel’s June airstrikes on Iran“:

Iran Executes a Man Accused of Spying for Israel and Another for Planning IS Group Sabotage (AP)

Israeli war crimes continue:

Dozens of Palestinians Killed Seeking Aid as Israel Mulls Full Occupation of Gaza (France 24)
LIVE: Israeli Blockade on Fuel Endangering 100 Premature Babies in Gaza (Aljazeera)
Israel Kills an Average 28 Palestinian Children Daily in Gaza (Aljazeera)

The founder of Qal’bu Maryam was surprised at “how much acceptance and support I did get, which really made it so much easier to carry on”:

Commentary: Why We Need Women’s Mosques (Salt Lake Tribune)

Doctors Without Borders “said all activities in Yei River and Morobo counties will be halted for a minimum of six weeks, citing heightened security risks and ongoing threats to humanitarian personnel”:

MSF Suspends Operations in South Sudan Following Staff Abduction (Daily News Egypt)

A “scholar of Iranian and Middle Eastern political affairs” believes there is an opportunity for the Iranian leadership to reestablish itself with some notion of regeneration that could appease both the traditional conservatives as well as those seeking reform with the domestic status quo”:

Where Next for Khamenei? After War, Iran’s Supreme Leader Is Faced with Difficult Choices (The Conversation)

Corporate collusion in Israeli genocide:

“The state must provide protection, not strip its people and resistance of their strength” — Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem rejecting ” a U.S.-backed proposal to disarm”: