News and Analysis 9/6/25

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

US Imposes Sanctions on Palestinians for Requesting War Crimes Inquiry (The Guardian)
Harvard Beat Trump in Court. Here’s what could happen next (Washington Post)
British Midwife Referred to Counterterror Program over Palestine Advocacy (Peoples Dispatch)
Police Have ‘No Choice’ but to Arrest Palestine Action Supporters, Met Chief Says (Independent)
‘Police Would Like This to Go Away’: Disabled Man Arrested at Palestine Action Event Defends Protest (The Guardian)
Friday Briefing: Who Will Blink First in the Latest Standoff over Palestine Action? (The Guardian)
2,500 Miles from Home, Gazan Culture Takes Center Stage (972 Magazine)

Not satisfied with impeding attempts to bring peace to Gaza, the Trump administration now takes aim at preventing peace negotiations in Sudan, with Iran, and other trouble spots:

White House Weighing Travel Restrictions on Iran’s Delegation to UN General Assembly (Times of Israel)

Israeli war crimes continue:

“Due to societal expectations and cultural restrictions that often have nothing to do with religion, many Muslim women feel they are confined to a domestic role and rarely attend Jummah (Friday) prayer at the mosque”:

Muslim Women Must Take Active Leadership Roles in Mosques (Wisconsin Muslim Journal)

After “a seven-day trip to the region last week,” Sens. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) have personally observed “the Israeli government seemingly trying to remove an ethnic or religious group from a territory through force or intimidation”:

Pair of Senate Democrats Charge Israel with ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ of Palestinians (The Hill)

“Our findings leave no room for doubt: civilians are paying the highest price in this war” — Mohamed Chande Othman, chair of the Fact-Finding Mission:

“A War of Atrocities:” Sudan Civilians Deliberately Targeted, UN Fact-Finding Mission Reports International Crimes on Large-scale (UNOHCHR)

“Elbit (Systems) is one of the two most important Israeli arms films, along with IAI, that is it is obviously a key component of Israel’s military industrial complex” — Andrew Feinstein, an expert and author on the global arms trade and former member of the South African national assembly:

Israeli Arms Manufacturer Closes UK Facility Targeted by Palestine Action (The Guardian)

Imam Farahi was willing to talk to the FBI openly, but the FBI sought to force him into becoming a secret informant:

This Imam Refused to Be an FBI Informant. Now ICE Wants to Deport Him (The Intercept)

As the circle of nations “joining a declaration on a peaceful resolution of the Palestinian question and implementation of a two-state solution” increases …