2025-04-19: Palestine Roundup

So far today: 2025-04-20 01:59am GMT

Editor (2025-04-19). The Cross and the Pieta. The Passion of Palestine. scheerpost.com

greenleft.org.au (2025-04-19). 'Palestinians Don't Need Sidewalks' doco draws a crowd in Bathurst. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-04-19). Socialist Alliance 'won't be silenced' as corflutes promoting Palestine destroyed. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-04-19). Vote for Palestine this federal election. greenleft.org.au

presstv.ir (2025-04-19). Israeli attacks kill at least 50 across Gaza as heavy strikes hit north, south. presstv.ir A family of 10 has been reported killed in an Israeli attack on a Khan Yunis home Friday morning.

aljazeera (2025-04-19). US judge rules Rumeysa Ozturk must be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont. aljazeera.com Court says detained pro-Palestine student has shown 'significant evidence' violations to her constitutional rights.

Khadeejah Khan (2025-04-19). From the encampment to the classroom: suppressing Palestine education mirrors attacks on student activism. mondoweiss.net As students protesting the Gaza genocide encounter violent repression, the push to integrate Arab American Studies and Palestine into Ethnic Studies faces censorship and political attacks as well.

newarab (2025-04-19). MENA Sports Wrap: Palestine's U-20 women make history with title. newarab.com

newarab (2025-04-19). Morocco blocks protest over 'Maersk F-35 cargo to Israel'. newarab.com Moroccan authorities on Friday evening blocked dozens of pro-Palestine activists from reaching the port of Casablanca, where a Maersk ship suspected of transporting F-35 fighter jet components to Israel was believed to be docked. | By 7 p.m. local time, demonstrators had begun assembling in front of the city's main train station, just metres from the entrance to the port. Waving Palestinian flags and wearing keffiyehs, the crowd moved cautiously toward the harbour, easily passing through an initial police barricade while chanting, "Our protest is peaceful". | However, at the second line of police, stationed cl…

presstv.ir (2025-04-19). Iran: World must hold Israel accountable for mass murder, targeting children. presstv.ir Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Esmail Baghaei has called on the international community to quit turning a blind eye to Palestine and hold the Israeli regime accountable, as well as its enablers and apologists.

The Independent (2025-04-19). Israel kills, lies, and the Western media believe it. independent.co.ug The execution of 15 Gaza medics and rescuers demonstrates just how normalised the dehumanisation of Palestinians is COMMENT | AHMED NAJAR | Fifteen members of the Palestine Red Crescent Society and Civil Defence were killed. Not fighters. Not militants. Not people hiding rockets or weapons. They were aid workers. Humanitarians. Medics who ran towards the injured …

mforinoco (2025-04-19). Netanyahu Cabinet 'Choosing To Seize Territory' Instead of Releasing Captives, Families Say. orinocotribune.com The forum representing the families of Israeli captives, who are being held by resistance fighters in the Gaza Strip, has blasted the cabinet of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu for choosing to occupy more territory over releasing captives. | The group made the criticism on Wednesday after Israeli minister of military affairs Israel Katz outlined the regime's policy on the battlefield. | He said in a statement that the occupation troops will remain in the so-called security zones in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria for an indefinite period, unlike in the past, when the soldiers evacuated the seized areas. | The Tel Aviv…

UMMID (2025-04-19). US Taxpayers approach UN over US funding of Israeli Genocide in Gaza. ummid.com Taxpayers Against Genocide (TAG) has approached the UN Human Rights Council over American funding of the genocide and massacre of Palestinians in Gaza and U.S. impunity for war crimes.

newarab (2025-04-19). At least 90 Palestinians killed over two days in Gaza. newarab.com

newarab (2025-04-19). At least 39 killed in new Israeli strikes on Gaza. newarab.com At least 39 Palestinians have been killed in a new round of Casualties have been reported across the devastated territory, including in Gaza City, Khan Younis, Beit Lahia, and Al-Bureij refugee camp. In Khan Younis, eleven people were killed in a strike on three tents housing displaced people. | Israeli forces have killed almost 1,700 Palestinians in Gaza since Israel ended the…

newarab (2025-04-19). Killing 'Gaza's eye': Who was photojournalist Fatima Hassouna. newarab.com For 25-year-old During 18 relentless months of Israel's genocidal war, armed with her camera, Hassouna walked through the alleys of Gaza City determined to document the human toll of Israel's military offensive: destroyed homes, grieving families, and the hopeful glimm…

greenleft.org.au (2025-04-19). Palm Sunday rallies oppose Gaza genocide, cruelty to refugees. greenleft.org.au

Editor (2025-04-19). 420,000 Palestinians Newly Displaced in Gaza Since Israel Shattered Ceasefire: UNRWA. scheerpost.com

presstv.ir (2025-04-19). Palestinian journalist, family members killed in Israeli airstrike on their home in Gaza. presstv.ir Another Palestinian journalist has been killed in an Israeli attack on northern Gaza, with local authorities reporting that the overall death toll of journalists has now reached 213 since October 2023.

Chen Maanit (2025-04-19). the women leading the fight for hostages ran Israel, the country would be. haaretz.com The Dancyg family was reunited this week with their dog, who had been taken to Gaza on Oct. 7. But Ben is still waiting to see the hostages' mothers, sisters and daughters, who to him are true leaders, smiling alongside their loved ones when they return…

Linda Dayan (2025-04-19). are they still in Thousands rally for hostage deal, against across Israel. haaretz.com Thousands protested across Israel on the last day of Passover, amid a wave of IDF reservists calling on the government to end the Gaza war. 'How much longer will you play Russian roulette with the hostages?' one released hostage asked…

Staff (2025-04-19). Netanyahu says Hamas rejected cease-fire, deal would impede Gaza plan. haaretz.com ISRAEL: Netanyahu says Hamas turned down Israeli hostage deal proposal ‚ñ GAZA: Over 90 killed in past 48 hours, Gaza Health Ministry says ‚ñ IRAN: Next phase of talks will ensure Iran is free of nuclear weapons, able to develop 'peaceful nuclear energy', Oman says ‚ñ LEBANON: Hezbollah leader: Israel not upholding cease-fire; warns of retribution ‚ñ YEMEN: Houthi reports: U.S. struck targets in Sanaa, Hodeidah…

Yaniv Kubovich (2025-04-19). Israeli officer killed in combat in northern Gaza, IDF announces. haaretz.com Warrant Officer G'haleb Sliman Alnasasra, aged 35, is the first IDF casualty since fighting resumed in the Gaza Strip in March. Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett described him as 'a son of a family that loves Israel, many of whose members serve in the IDF'…

newarab (2025-04-19). Israeli far-right threatens to 'open gates of hell' on Gaza. newarab.com Far-right ministers in the Israeli government have demanded the military further escalate its In a speech Thursday, senior Hamas official

newarab (2025-04-19). Pakistan: Over 170 arrested for attacks on KFC outlets over Gaza. newarab.com

newarab (2025-04-19). Trump orders Gaza-linked social media vetting for visa hopefuls. newarab.com

Yorgos Mitralias (2025-04-19). Gaza: "More than a human being can bear" cadtm.org

greenleft.org.au (2025-04-19). Human Rights Commission drops case against Sydney Uni academics accused of antisemitism. greenleft.org.au

APR editor (2025-04-18). Why NZ govt should back Greens' sanctions bill on Israel over Gaza. asiapacificreport.nz COMMENTARY: By John Hobbs In the absence of any measures taken by the New Zealand government to respond to the genocide being committed by Israel in Gaza, Green Party co-leader Chloe Swarbrick is doing the principled thing by trying to apply countervailing pressure on Israel to stop its brutal actions in Gaza and the Occupied…

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2025-04-18). The Chris Hedges Report: Emptying Gaza. popularresistance.org Israel, both materially and rhetorically, has made their intent to destroy the Palestinian people clear. One of the most renowned and courageous Middle East scholars, Norman Finkelstein, has assiduously documented the Palestinian plight for decades and he joins host Chris Hedges on this episode of The Chris Hedges Report. Finkelstein and Hedges assess the current state of the genocide in Palestine as well as how the media and the universities have all but abandonded their principles in servitude to the Zionist agenda. | Finkelstein makes clear the gravity of Israel's unprecedented actions: "If you take any metric…

Engy Sarhan, Vivian Ho (2025-04-18). Breaking through the stalemate in the student movement for Palestine. mondoweiss.net The student movement for Palestine is grappling with strategic stagnation. At this pivotal moment, as Israel intensifies its genocide and the West strips rights to free speech, we must reassess our efforts to face these urgent challenges.

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