News and Analysis 10/8/25

The plight of children and spouses of U.S. citizens trapped in the genocide “has become more dire … since the State Department announced that it would halt visitor visas for people from Gaza” in August:

• Trump Administration Intervenes to Secure Woman’s Rescue from Gaza (Washington Post)

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

• Prominent Palestinian Protester in Brussels Dies in Custody (The Intercept)
• 13 Arrested at Pro-Palestinian Rally, Boston Police Say (10Boston)
• UNB Historians Denounce Their University’s Complicity in Israel’s Genocidal Violence in Palestine (NB Media Coop)
• US Army Sergeant Fired over Pro-Palestine Posts (Aljazeera)

“Jewish people who vocally oppose Israel’s genocide in Gaza at a time during which most of our communal institutions have shown Israel’s military actions unconditional support” refute the false smear that their “fundraiser excludes Israelis”:

• Why We Are Holding a Palestine Solidarity Sukkot Fundraiser (The Jewish Independent)

An “umbrella of Palestinian factions – including Hamas – … stress[ed] that ‘no one has the right to cede the weapons of the Palestinian people’ – an apparent reference to a key demand for the disarmament of the armed group contained in Trump’s plan”:

• Hamas Wants ‘Guarantees’ Israel Will End Gaza War as Talks on Day 2 Wrap Up (Aljazeera)

Israeli war crimes continue …

• Nearly 10K Palestinians Reported Missing by Families in Gaza, Officials Say (Truthout)
• ‘Horrific Trauma Patients’: WHO Details Harrowing Scenes from Gaza (Aljazeera)
• Army Abducts 13 Palestinians, Shoot One, in West Bank (IMEMC)
• Israel Cites Security, but Palestinians Say West Bank Gates Disrupt Daily Life (NPR)
• US Activist from Gaza Flotilla Alleges ‘Psychological Torture’ by Israel (Aljazeera)

… “And the legacy of this genocide will be with us for generations”:

• Two Years After October 7, Palestine Has Become a Graveyard of Failed Strategies (972 Magazine)

“Human rights groups have attributed medical neglect as the main reason for the deaths of at least two female inmates in the past month”:

• Deaths of Inmates Reignite Calls for Closure of Iran’s ‘Uninhabitable’ Women’s Prison (RFE / RL)

“This marks the group’s first known operation inside Pakistan”:

• Iran-Linked Group Claims Killing of Pakistani Journalist Who Visited Israel (The Media Line)

Islamic “pluralism was not perfect?—?but it was real. And its erasure is not accidental, it is strategic”:

• Islam, Hamas Must Be Allowed to Speak in Their Own Voices- The Scaffold of “Judeo-Christian Civilization” (Countercurrents)

“The pro-Iranian Al-Mayadeen network reported Monday that signs indicate the US military may block the movement of Iranian commercial vessels in response to sanctions, raising tensions with Tehran”:

• US Opens Naval Front with Iran, Tehran Threatens Retaliation (Israel Hayom)

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