News and Analysis 8/15/25

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

Criticizing Israel? This definition of antisemitism will take care of that (Responsible Statecraft)
New Zealand PM Says Netanyahu Has ‘Lost the Plot’ After Palestine Recognition Debate Sees MP Ejected (The Guardian)
SOAS Student Expelled for Palestine Activism Calls Out University’s Moral Collapse (peoples dispatch)
‘Censorship’: over 115 Scholars Condemn Cancellation of Harvard Journal Issue on Palestine (The Guardian)
Trump Administration Sued for Violating Foreign Students’ Free Speech Rights (Reason)
VICTORY: Pro-Palestine Advocates Defeat Baseless Lawsuit Targeting Right to Protest in Chicago (Jewish Voice for Peace)
UEFA Unfurls Gaza-related Plea Banner After Palestinian Tribute Fallout (Aljazeera)
After Mass Arrests, What Happens Next with Palestine Action Ban? (BBC)
Palestine Action Prosecutions Should Be Suspended, Say UK Rights Groups (The Guardian)
As a Journalist, I’m Ashamed to See Western Media Failing Gaza Reporters (Truthout)

“A regime that deprives Gaza of water and food now says it will bring water to Iran” — Masoud Pezeshkian:

‘A Mirage’: Iran’s President Dismisses Netanyahu’s Water-tech Offer amid Shortages (Times of Israel)

Israeli war crimes continue:

Israeli Gunfire Kills Least 25 in Gaza as Netanyahu says He Will Allow Palestinians to Leave (AP / PBS)
Live: UN Calls Israeli West Bank Settlement Plan a War Crime as 31 Palestinians Killed in Gaza (Middle East Eye)
LIVE: Israel Starves Another Palestinian Child to Death in Gaza (Aljazeera)

“[W]e don’t want Australians suffering in silence or enduring racism without help or support,” Minns said as he announced the program” — New South Wales premier, Chris Minns:

Minns Unveils Plan to Fight Anti-Muslim Hate: ‘Naked Racism and Islamophobia Have No Place in Our State’ (The Guardian)

Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians on Friday, wounding at least five people, setting fire to at least three cars and a “house and destroying agricultural land across the occupied West Bank”: