News and Analysis 10/2/25

Israeli war crimes continue:

Israeli Defense Minister Says Half a Million Palestinians in Gaza City Will Be Considered ‘Terrorists’ if They Don’t Evacuate (Mondoweiss)
Israeli Strikes Kill 20 Palestinians Across Gaza Since Dawn (Middle East Eye)
BREAKING: Israel Illegally Boards Humanitarian Flotilla Heading to Gaza (Drop Site)
Israel Kills 100 Palestinians Every Day in Gaza: UN Refugee Agency (Middle East Monitor)
Pro-Palestine Flotilla Heading Towards Gaza ‘Harassed by Israeli Naval Boats’ (The Guardian)
What to Know About the International Flotilla Seeking to Break Israel’s Blockade of Gaza (AP)

“It will do little to shift Tehran’s calculus while hastening the breakdown of the very nonproliferation regime and rules-based system that the United States and its allies built in the aftermath of World War II”:

Why Europe’s Snapback Gamble Against Iran Will Backfire (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)

The “former head of the Israeli intelligence agency Shin Bet, Ami Ayalon, said releasing [the man known as the Palestinian Madalla] would be a meaningful step towards constructive negotiations. But … powerful people want to keep him locked up”:

The Man Who Could Lead an Independent Palestine (The Conversation)

“No reason was immediately given for why service resumed after a blackout rare in scope, even for a government that has drastically curtailed individual freedoms”:

Afghan Internet Back After 2-Day Blackout Tied to Taliban (NY Times)

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

Stanford Pro-Palestine Protesters Indicted on Felony Charges (Stanford Daily)
UC Irvine Faculty Member Arrested at Pro-Palestine Event Charged with Felony Vandalism (LAist)

“Herischi said that his client’s wife was able to briefly speak with her husband [a convert to Christianity] who told her that he was ‘shackled and handcuffed all the way to Iran’”:

Attorney Alleges US Deported Clients to Iran Without Due Process: ‘It’s Unconscionable’ (abc News)

Veteran peace negotiators give, as an example, that “the Biden administration spoke of two states and an irreversible pathway to Palestinian statehood … to placate American public opinion over their enabling and support for Israel’s onslaught on Gaza”:

How the Two-State Solution Became a “Big, Expedient Lie” (Mother Jones)

Vassily Nebenzia “censured the Western countries for initiating the illegal snapback procedure despite being themselves “serial violators” of Security Council Resolution 2231, which endorsed the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)” …