2025-05-09: Palestine Roundup

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presstv.ir (2025-05-09). Gaza authorities warn of Israeli scheme to set up 'forced isolation camps' for Palestinians. presstv.ir The government of the besieged Gaza Strip has warned of the Israeli plan of establishing 'forced isolation camps' for Palestinians.

Pacific Media Watch (2025-05-09). The Kiwi heart surgeon, his wife and the film maker in Palestine. asiapacificreport.nz RNZ Nine To Noon Auckland film maker Paula Whetu Jones has spent nearly two decades working pro bono on a feature film about the Auckland cardiac surgeon Alan Kerr, which is finally now in cinemas. She is best known for co-writing and directing Whina, the feature film about Dame Whina Cooper. She filmed Dr Kerr…

WSWS (2025-05-09). Hospital worker detained by ICE provokes anger among nurses. wsws.org Harsono's spouse, Peyton Harsono, believes that her husband was detained due to his political activism and support for Palestine.

Khaled Ghannam (2025-05-09). Glimpses of Palestine Part 3 — Coffee and memories. greenleft.org.au Sydney-based Palestinian activist Khaled Ghannam recently travelled to the occupied West Bank in Palestine and wrote an account of his visit for Green Left. This is part three.

David Swanson (2025-05-09). Video: Stories from Palestine. worldbeyondwar.org In February, Al Mytty was part of a Community Peacemaker Teams delegation to Palestine. The group heard many stories of what Palestinians are enduring. In this webinar on Thursday, May 8, Al shared some of those stories. #WorldBEYONDWar…

AbZimet, Consortium News. (2025-05-09). 'Gideon's Chariots' Aim To Finalize The Genocide. popularresistance.org Drunk on impunity, Israel has grandiosely labeled its latest genocidal move "Operation Gideon's Chariots" wherein, moving from siege to seizure, it plans the bloody conquest, ethnic cleansing and permanent recolonization of Gaza. | Israel uses the rhetoric of holy war to justify unholy mass destruction — this, even as many of the Palestinian children who've somehow survived their savage 18 months of carnage now slowly starve to death. "We are complicit," says one angry, grieving doctor. "It is an abomination." | Having gotten away with so many atrocities while the international community looks away, Israel…

presstv.ir (2025-05-09). 'Political wounds': UK denies Gaza children medical treatment. presstv.ir The UK government allows the entry of people for medical treatment from various war-ravaged countries but denies service to Palestinians coming from the besieged Gaza Strip, in a clear indication of the country's double standards in dealing with foreign patients.

Maah-Noor Ali, Mondoweiss. (2025-05-09). India's Attack On Pakistan Is Straight Out Of The Israeli Playbook. popularresistance.org As bombs rain down on Gaza and the world looks away, another settler colonial project is taking notes. From New Delhi to Tel Aviv, the ideological affinity between Israeli Zionism and India's Hindutva movement has never been more pronounced as India strikes Pakistan. | And with Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza facing little to no meaningful international accountability, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has every reason to believe that he, too, can escalate his ethno-nationalist project with impunity. | When Israel bombs a hospital, the world debates whether Hamas was hiding beneath it. When India bombs a mosq…

presstv.ir (2025-05-09). BBC whitewashing Israeli war crimes: Protesters. presstv.ir Protesters outside BBC London accused the broadcaster of whitewashing Israeli war crimes and silencing Palestinian voices, labeling the BBC complicit in the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

albawaba (2025-05-09). Al-Qassam strikes 19 Israeli troops in Rafah. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Hamas' armed branch, the Al-Qassam Brigades, said Thursday that it has killed and wounded many troops after attacking two Israeli units in the Al-Tannour area of Rafah in the east. During operations in southern Gaza, the Israeli military subsequently reported that two of its men had died and four others had been injured.Al-Qassam stated in a statement that its fighters destroyed a home near Fida'i Junction by firing anti-personnel and anti-armor rounds at a 12-member Israeli engineering team. According to the organization, many people were killed when the home burst after the hit. It has been claimed t…

albawaba (2025-05-09). Rafah ambush rocks Israeli forces as Gaza toll mounts; US proposes new aid plan. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- At least two Israeli soldiers were killed and a dozen others injured in a deadly ambush in Rafah, southern Gaza, according to Israeli media. The assault, carried out in the Al-Tannour neighborhood, led to the collapse of a building where an Israeli engineering unit was allegedly preparing to detonate explosives.The Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas's armed wing, claimed responsibility, stating that they targeted the force with anti-tank and anti-personnel missiles, leaving most of the unit either dead or severely wounded. In a separate incident, the Brigades reported hitting another Israeli unit of seven soldie…

Ed Newman (2025-05-09). United Nations experts warn of annihilation as Gaza deaths mount. radiohc.cu United Nations, May 9 (RHC) ⚪ United Nations experts have demanded action to avert the "annihilation" of Palestinians in Gaza, after rescuers said Israeli strikes across the territory killed dozens of people.

ICRC (2025-05-09). Israel and the occupied territories: After two months of aid blockage, humanitarian response in Gaza on verge of total collapse. icrc.org

Liza Rozovsky (2025-05-09). New fund established to lead Gaza aid distribution without IDF involvement, U.S. announces. haaretz.com Since early March, Israel has blocked all deliveries of aid to the besieged coastal enclave, which is home to around two million Palestinians. According to the plan proposed by the fund, Israeli soldiers will not be involved in securing or distributing the supplies…

Staff (2025-05-09). Two Israeli soldiers killed in southern Rafah, IDF announces. haaretz.com The two soldiers were named as Sergeant Yishai Elyakim Urbach, 20, and Staff Sergeant Yam Frid, 21, whom Netanyahu said 'fell defending our country in an existential war.' Several other IDF soldiers were wounded in the incidents in which the two soldiers fell.

newarab (2025-05-09). Caught between bombs and famine, Gazans lose hope of survival. newarab.com "I was sleeping when an intense airstrike hit just a few metres from our house," 21-year-old Dana Raid from the Al-Shejaiya neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City, tells The New Arab. | "I woke up shaking, trying to understand what was happening. My cousin's voice came through the dust, urging us to leave immediately," Dana, who was forced to flee her partially destroyed home, adds. | Like many areas across the Strip, the Israeli military had

WSWS (2025-05-09). Community kitchens shut down in Gaza, as food runs out. wsws.org Dozens of community kitchens in Gaza were forced to shut down Thursday due to lack of food amid the ongoing Israeli blockade aimed at starving the Palestinian population and annexing their land.

Staff (2025-05-09). Report: Trump meets chief hostage negotiator Dermer at the White House. haaretz.com ISRAEL: Israel's defense minister threatens strikes in Iran if Houthis continue firing at Israel; Israeli source says there is serious concern for the lives of three hostages held in Gaza ‚ñ GAZA: At least 106 killed, 367 wounded brought to Gaza hospitals in last 24 hours ‚ñ LEBANON: At least one killed, 8 wounded in Israeli airstrikes in south Lebanon, health ministry says…

english.almanar.com.lb (2025-05-09). Death Toll Mounts as Gaza Aggression Intensifies for 581st Day. english.almanar.com.lb The Israeli occupation military campaign against Gaza continues unabated, now in its 581st day overall and 53rd day since resuming war after Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu withdrew from ceasefire negotiations. The offensive proceeds with American military and political backing amid what observers describe as international and regional inaction. Palestinian sources report dozens of airstrikes across …

newarab (2025-05-09). Israeli strikes kill over 100 in Gaza in last 24 hours. newarab.com Israel killed at least 107 The strikes across

newarab (2025-05-09). Katz threatens Iran with 'Gaza-like' action amid nuclear talks. newarab.com Israel's defence minister In a statement, Katz issued a warning to Yemen's

newarab (2025-05-09). New Israeli military orders deprioritise freeing Gaza captives. newarab.com New Israeli military orders presented to commanders on Tuesday listed the rescue The orders, issued at the start of a The operation listed th…

newarab (2025-05-09). Released Palestinian student to meet with Vermont governor. newarab.com A Palestinian student Mohsen Mahdawi, 34, who led protests against Israel's war on Gaza at Columbia University, spent 16 days in a state prison before a judge ordered him

newarab (2025-05-09). Students arrested in pro-Gaza protest at Columbia University. newarab.com

newarab (2025-05-09). Who are Gaza's journalists Yahya Subaih and Nour al-Din Abdo. newarab.com As Israel's
| Their deaths not only mark personal tragedies but also reflect the extreme dangers faced by media professionals operating in one of the world's most perilous confl…

Susan Price (2025-05-09). Freedom flotilla participant calls on world to stand up for Gaza. greenleft.org.au Susan Price looks at what happened in the leadup to the May 2 attack on the Conscience, a Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) ship carrying urgent humanitarian aid to Gaza.

UMMID (2025-05-09). Israel's 'Conquer Gaza' Will be Another Death Trap. ummid.com While everyone waits for the full-blast war on Gaza which Israel promises to continue, Tel Aviv must know this will not be an easy matter.

Wesam Abo Marq (2025-05-09). Israel killed my source in northern Gaza. electronicintifada.net Hossam Shabat's documentation dispelled Israel's lies about its atrocities.

aljazeera (2025-05-09). Israeli soldiers killed and injured in Gaza explosion. aljazeera.com An explosion in southern Gaza's Rafah killed and injured Israeli soldiers after it caused a building to collapse.

Ben Samuels (2025-05-09). Israel cannot provide Trump with any wins he can promote back home. haaretz.com Less than a week before he arrives for a Middle East tour, U.S. President Donald Trump is praising the Houthis, giving up on Saudi-Israeli normalization and hardly mentioning Gaza and the hostages. Israel, it seems, will be watching the trip from the outside…

ICRC (2025-05-09). Gaza: Common kitchens feed thousands as food stocks dwindle. icrc.org Inside Gaza's common kitchens is a man who refuses to look away…

Liza Rozovsky (2025-05-09). U.S. administration pressuring Israel to sign Gaza truce deal ahead of Mideast trip, source says. haaretz.com Trump's administration has communicated to Jerusalem that if Israel does not move forward together with the United States toward an agreement with Hamas, it will be left on its own, according to a source…

Staff (2025-05-09). This week in Working Class History 8th May 1945. defenddemocracy.press 80 years ago today, the Second World War ended in Europe (although it was to continue in Asia, including the barbaric boming of Hiroshima and Nagazaki). The war was, according to British historian Donny Gluckstein, two different wars — one waged from below against Fascism and one from above for territory. The liberation of Auschwitz …

Staff (2025-05-09). Trump 'Disappointed' with Netanyahu, Excludes Israel from Regional Plans — Report. defenddemocracy.press May 8, 2025 Tensions escalate between Trump and Netanyahu as the former president moves forward with Middle East plans—excluding Israel—amid the ongoing Israeli blockade on Gaza. Tensions between former US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appear to be escalating, according to the Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom. Citing sources with sources close …

Ed Newman (2025-05-09). World Central Kitchen ends food distribution due to Israel's genocidal blockade. radiohc.cu Washington, May 9 (RHC) ⚪ The World Central Kitchen charity, with headquarters in the U.S. capital of Washington, DC, has announced it has halted Gaza relief efforts after running out of supplies.

english.almanar.com.lb (2025-05-09). Gaza: Two Israeli airstrikes hit the southern areas of Khan Younis. english.almanar.com.lb

english.almanar.com.lb (2025-05-09). Gaza: Several Palestinians martyred, in an Israeli drone attack south of Gaza City. english.almanar.com.lb

ICRC (2025-05-09). The Red Cross Field Hospital one year on: A lifeline and a stark reminder in Gaza. icrc.org

presstv.ir (2025-05-09). US pressuring Israel to reach ceasefire deal on Gaza: Report. presstv.ir A report says the United States is pressuring Israel to strike a deal with Palestinian resistance movement Hamas to end the genocidal war in Gaza, as Washington seeks to move forward with an agreement with Saudi Arabia.

newarab (2025-05-09). Hussein al-Sheikh: Reformer or an Israeli-approved Abbas clone. newarab.com In a significant development amid one of the most turbulent periods in Palestinian political life, President Mahmoud Abbas, 89, has The decision, announced during the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza, has stirred deep debate within the Palestinian arena, with supporters portraying it as a necessary step toward political continuity, while critics denounce it as a superficial reshuffle…

Ron Zucker (2025-05-09). Thursday 5/29: New Hampshire Peace Activist Bob Sanders to Begin Cross-Country Ride Against War in Gaza. indybay.org Old Jerusalem Restaurant, 2966 Mission St., San Francisco…

presstv.ir (2025-05-09). Hamas kills several Israeli soldiers in 'fierce fighting' in south Gaza. presstv.ir The Israeli soldiers were killed after Hamas fighters ambushed an Israeli 12-man force inside a house in Gaza.

Staff (2025-05-08). Over 100,000 sign petition to stop the dissolution of Urgence Palestine. samidoun.net Over 100,000 people have already signed on to the petition to stop the French state's planned dissolution of Urgence Palestine, the large national coalition and collective for Palestine that has risen to the forefront of the movement in France over the past 18 months of resistance to Zionist-imperialist genocide. Please sign the petition at stop-dissolution.fr/

greenleft.org.au (2025-05-08). Socialist candidate: 'The genocide in Gaza did not begin on October 7, 2023'. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-05-08). The ICJ, Israel and the Gaza blockade. greenleft.org.au

marketing (2025-05-08). What Does Netanyahu's Plan For 'Conquering' Gaza Mean For Israel, Palestine And Their Neighbours? Expert Q&A. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has announced that the Israeli military will launch a new intensified offensive in Gaza. In a video posted on X, he said …

APR editor (2025-05-08). NZ MƒÅori Council, PSNA appeal for urgent action over Gaza starvation. asiapacificreport.nz Asia Pacific Report The New Zealand MƒÅori Council and Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa made a high profile appeal to Foreign Minister Winston Peters over Gaza today, calling for urgent action over humanitarian supplies for the besieged Palestinian enclave. "Starving a civilian population is a clear breach of international humanitarian law and a war crime under…

Michael Arria (2025-05-08). NYPD arrests dozens of pro-Palestine protesters after Columbia library occupation. mondoweiss.net Roughly 80 protesters were arrested Wednesday after occupying a library on Columbia University's campus. The Trump administration is stepping up actions against student protesters as Gaza encampments are starting to spread once again across the U.S.

Dave DeCamp (2025-05-08). Houthi Leader Says US Failed To Stop Yemen's Support for Palestine. news.antiwar.com Abdul Malik al-Houthi, the leader of Ansar Allah, commonly known as the Houthis, said on Thursday that the US failed to stop Yemen's support of the Palestinians in Gaza. "The Americans launched another round of aggression against our country, hoping to achieve what they previously failed to. But they failed again and suffered greater losses," …

scorinoco (2025-05-08). Yemen Strikes Tel Aviv and Ramon Airport in Response to Israeli Crimes in Gaza. orinocotribune.com The Yemeni Armed Forces launched two operations against "Israel," targeting Ramon airport and Tel Aviv in response to the occupation entity's crimes in Gaza. | Through a statement on Wednesday, May 7, Yemeni Armed Forces spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Sare'e announced that the Yemeni Army, in support of the Palestinian people, targeted the Israeli military airport Ramon in Umm al-Rashrash (Eilat), in southern occupied Palestine, with two drones. | "In the second operation, a vital and strategic target of the Zionist regime in the occupied city of Jaffa (Tel Aviv) was attacked with a Jaffa-type drone," he sa…

UMMID (2025-05-08). Israel's War on Journalists Deadliest in Three Decades. ummid.com Palestine has become the world's deadliest place for journalists and media workers, as Israel's war on Gaza targets not just lives but the truth.

Staff (2025-05-08). "Fascism Isn't Coming, It's Here" : Mehdi Hasan on Trump, Gaza & Leaving MSNBC to Start Zeteo. democracynow.org We speak with journalist Mehdi Hasan of Zeteo News about the first 100 days of the second Trump administration, the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza, the suppression of pro-Palestine activism and more. Hasan is a former host for Al Jazeera and MSNBC who started his own news outlet last year. On Zeteo's first anniversary, he describes his frustrations while working for mainstream outlets and says the U.S. media continues to ignore Palestinian voices in coverage about the Middle East. | "You are getting a very one-sided view of the conflict," Hasan says. "The real tragedy is that the media has be…

Olivia Barber (2025-05-08). Keir Starmer called out for 'denying facts' about Israel's destruction of Palestine. leftfootforward.org Starmer told Shockat Adam MP: "Most of what he says is simply not right". Was that true?

Staff (2025-05-08). Occupation forces arrest Palestinian lawyer Banan Abu al-Haija as her family fights imprisonment and injustice. samidoun.net On Wednesday, 7 May, Zionist occupation forces arrested Palestinian lawyer Banan Abu al-Haija as she passed through the illegitimate Jabara checkpoint south of occupied Tulkarem, in the West Bank of occupied Palestine. Banan was traveling, at the time, to visit her mother, Asmaa Abu al-Haija, who is receiving cancer treatment and has suffered from recurrent …

greenleft.org.au (2025-05-08). Pro-Palestine protesters: is a weapon of. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-05-08). Protesters call for a vote for Palestine, stop arming Israel. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-05-08). Australia's international challenges: Lessons from the past. greenleft.org.au

Janine Jackson (2025-05-08). 'Our Position on Palestine Is Not Fringe': CounterSpin interview with Danaka Katovich on attacks on activists. fair.org

krish-rad_ind (2025-05-08). Ansarallah leader says US war failed to stop Yemen, reaffirms support for Palestine. thecradle.co

Ed Sykes (2025-05-08). FT slams "the west's shameful silence on Gaza" while simultaneously gagging its own coverage. thecanary.co 19 months into Israel's genocide in Gaza, the Financial Times (FT) has called out "the west's shameful silence on Gaza". But in the very same editorial, it remained silent itself about the fact that countless legal, academic, and human rights experts have described Israel's war crimes in Gaza as a genocidal attempt to 'cleanse' the […] | By

Ed Sykes (2025-05-08). Police ban Jewish anti-genocide protests outside Israeli ambassador's home in London. thecanary.co The International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN) has been committing time every week to protesting against far-right ambassador Tzipi Hotovely, who has previously egged on the genocide in Gaza. But the Metropolitan Police have once again banned IJAN from gathering near Hotovely's residence in Swiss Cottage, London, where the group had promised to protest until the UK […] | By

Dave DeCamp (2025-05-08). Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill 106 Palestinians Over 24 Hours. news.antiwar.com Gaza's Health Ministry said on Thursday that Israeli attacks killed 106 Palestinians and wounded 367 over the previous 24-hour period as relentless Israeli strikes continue to pound the Strip amid a more than two-month total blockade. The Health Ministry's numbers account for dead and wounded Palestinians brought to hospitals and morgues. "There are still a …

Jonathan Cook (2025-05-08). Starvation in Gaza is so bad even the BBC is covering it — and reporting it all wrong. dissidentvoice.org The BBC's role is not to keep viewers informed. It's to persuade them a clear crime against humanity by Israel is, in fact, highly complicated geopolitics they cannot hope to understand You can tell how bad levels of starvation now are in Gaza, as the population there begins the third month of a complete aid …

Bar Peleg (2025-05-08). Israeli security officials suspect two Qatargate figures worked for Qatari intelligence. haaretz.com Shin Bet investigators are tracking funds to Perception, a PR firm owned by and employing Netanyahu aides suspected of criminal ties to Qatar during the Gaza war…

Dave DeCamp (2025-05-08). Dozens of Community Kitchens in Gaza Shut Down Due To Israeli Blockade. news.antiwar.com Dozens of community kitchens in Gaza shut down on Thursday after running out of supplies due to the total Israeli blockade on the Palestinian territory, which is starving millions of civilians. Amjad al-Shawa, director of the Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network (PNGO) in Gaza, told Reuters that the majority of the 170 community kitchens in Gaza …

english.almanar.com.lb (2025-05-08). Hamas Attacks in Rafah Leave Several Israeli Soldiers Dead, Injured. english.almanar.com.lb Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas Resistance Movement, announced that its fighters engaged in fierce clashes at zero distance with the Israeli enemy soldiers and vehicles in the incursion area in the Al-Janina neighborhood, east of Rafah city, south of the Gaza Strip. In another statement, Al-Qassam indicated that, as part of the "Gates …

Staff (2025-05-08). 'Blood mixed with rubble': Gaza and the ceasefire that wasn't. therealnews.com On Jan. 19, 2025, a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel went into effect—and, for an all-too-brief moment, the slaughter in Gaza halted. TRNN was on the ground in Gaza speaking with displaced Palestinians about their reactions to the ceasefire, the incalculable losses and horrors they had experienced during the previous 15 months, and their …

Democracy Now! (2025-05-08). Democracy Now! 2025-05-08 Thursday. democracynow.org Headlines for May 08, 2025; Who Killed Shireen Abu Akleh? Reporter's Family Responds After Film Names Israeli Soldier Who Shot Her; "Fascism Isn't Coming, It's Here": Mehdi Hasan on Trump, Gaza & Leaving MSNBC to Start Zeteo | Headlines for May 08, 2025; Who Killed Shireen Abu Akleh? Reporter's Family Responds After Film Names Israeli Soldier Who Shot Her; "Fascism Isn't Coming, It's Here": Mehdi Hasan on Trump, Gaza & Leaving MSNBC to Start Zeteo…

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