(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.
(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…
(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.
(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.
(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…
(2025-05-09). Saturday 5/10: Free Palestine. indybay.org Ocean at Water Street, Santa Cruz…
(2025-05-09). Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk ordered released from ICE detention. aljazeera.com The doctoral student, targeted for pro-Palestine article, recounts being 'afraid' and 'crying' during her detention.
(2025-05-09). Exterminating Gaza was always Israel's plan, but now it's official. mondoweiss.net Israel carried out its plan to erase Gaza over the course of 18 months. Now that the plan has clearly fallen into place, the Netanyahu government is openly discussing ethnic cleansing. And still, Israel enjoys complete international impunity.
(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…
(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.
(2025-05-09). Starmer 'actively blocking' maimed Gaza children from coming to UK for treatment. skwawkbox.org Stark contrast with immediate access for wounded Ukrainian children adds to scandal of grotesque asylum discrimination The UK government is denying access to the UK for ill, maimed and horrifically injured Palestinian children wounded by Israel's genocidal onslaught in Gaza, allowing only two children from Gaza to enter during eighteen months of the genocide — …
(2025-05-09). Amid Israel's Starvation Campaign, Palestinian Chef Fights to Preserve Heritage. truthout.org In the heart of Gaza, during the darkest days of Israel's 18-month genocide, Chef Mona Zahed continued to cook. At the age of 38, with four children depending on her, Zahed became a beacon of hope for her family as she navigated despair and a lack of food while continuing her culinary practice. Her passion for cooking not only fueled her survival but also culminated in the release of her cookbook… |
(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…
(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.
(2025-05-09). As Israel Openly Declares Starvation as a Weapon, Media Still Hesitate to Blame It for Famine. defenddemocracy.press Belén Fernández* Apr 25, 2025 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on March 2 that "Israel has decided to stop letting goods and supplies into Gaza," where the ongoing Israeli genocide, with the loyal backing of the United States, has officially killed more than 51,000 Palestinians since October 2023. The announcement regarding the total halt of humanitarian aid amounted …
(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.
(2025-05-09). Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill 106 Palestinians Over 24 Hours. defenddemocracy.press by Dave DeCamp* May 8, 2025 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. …
(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…
(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…
(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.
(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
(2025-05-09). Trump ordered aid to Gaza, citing hunger crisis as top danger, U.S. envoy to Israel says. haaretz.com Huckabee said that Israel's role in distributing the aid in Gaza is in 'helping provide security, but they're not operating the distribution' ‚ñ Aim is to allow entry of aid 'in such a way as to not let Hamas control it'…
(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.
(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
(2025-05-09). Israeli strike hits UNRWA building in Gaza, 23 killed. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – At least 23 Palestinians were killed on Friday following a new wave of Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, including a direct hit on a UNRWA facility in the Jabalia refugee camp, according to medical sources and Al Jazeera reporters.Four people were killed when Israeli warplanes struck a UNRWA food distribution center in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip. The airstrikes, which began early in the morning, continued throughout the day targeting multiple areas, leaving widespread devastation.In Gaza City, three civilians were killed when a commercial shop in Al-Rimal neighborhood was bombed, and a…
(2025-05-09). Israel is starving Gaza to death, and still the world does nothing. defenddemocracy.press Mads Gilbert*, Dr James Smith** and Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah*** May 1, 2025 Israel is starving the entire population of Gaza — to the point of death, for a growing number of Palestinians. There is not a single place in the world where starvation is an inevitability: not after major environmental disasters, amid drought and crop failure, …
(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…
(2025-05-09). on both the left and the right are beginning to question whether even worth living in. haaretz.com Prof. Gavrieli Nouri believes that Israel's failure to free the hostages not only undermines the values of solidarity and sanctity of life, but also has implications for the future of the state and its citizens. 'I fear that we'll get used to living with the thought that there are Israeli captives being held in Gaza, as if it were a force of nature'…
(2025-05-09). Current stage of war in Gaza provides less justification for massive force. haaretz.com There have been many incidents in which the air force has killed civilians while bombing Hamas, but this time there are fewer Israeli soldiers on the ground who need bailing out ‚ñ The Qatargate affair takes its latest turns…
(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…
(2025-05-09). Democracy Now! 2025-05-09 Friday. democracynow.org Headlines for May 09, 2025; Leo XIV: First U.S.-Born Pope Criticized Trump/Vance on Deportations, Lack of Compassion for Immigrants; Priest Sexual Abuse Survivors Demand Accountability from New Pope: "Open Up Those Archives"; "We Are Not Living. We Are Enduring." Gaza Mother on Struggle for Food, Safety Under Israeli Blockade; Tyre Nichols Case: Shock & Anger in Memphis as 3 Cops Acquitted on State Murder Charges | Headlines for May 09, 2025; Leo XIV: First U.S.-Born Pope Criticized Trump/Vance on Deportations, Lack of Compassion for Immigrants; Priest Sexual Abuse Survivors Demand Accountab…
(2025-05-09). On VE Day, centenarian Israeli Holocaust survivors hope the country will reach their age. haaretz.com From the perspective of their golden years, Ofra Lustgarten and Eli Mendel warn that the far right is dangerous to Israel and that IDF operations in Gaza are boosting antisemitism: 'So many people have fallen for sake of the country, and now it is crumbling'…
(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…
(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…
(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.
(2025-05-09). In his quest to Saudi Arabia, Trump is sidelining Israel as a Middle East power broker. haaretz.com Trump's moves with the Houthis, Iran, Syria, and Turkey reveal the contours of his new geopolitical map — and reduce Israel into a bystander. The Gaza Strip could be next…
(2025-05-09). Report: Trump, Dermer Hold Secret White House Meeting on Iran Talks, Gaza War. themedialine.org
(2025-05-09). US Gaza Aid Initiative Aims To Bypass Hamas Though Humanitarian Foundation. themedialine.org
(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.
(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 …
(2025-05-09). Israeli strikes kill over 100 in Gaza in last 24 hours. newarab.com Israel killed at least 107 The strikes across
(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
(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…
(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
(2025-05-09). Students arrested in pro-Gaza protest at Columbia University. newarab.com
(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…
(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 …
(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 …
(2025-05-09). The Red Cross Field Hospital one year on: A lifeline and a stark reminder in Gaza. icrc.org
(2025-05-09). Gaza: Two Israeli airstrikes hit the southern areas of Khan Younis. english.almanar.com.lb
(2025-05-09). Gaza: Several Palestinians martyred, in an Israeli drone attack south of Gaza City. english.almanar.com.lb
(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.
(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/ …
(2025-05-08). Socialist candidate: 'The genocide in Gaza did not begin on October 7, 2023'. greenleft.org.au
(2025-05-08). The ICJ, Israel and the Gaza blockade. greenleft.org.au
(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 …
(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…
(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.
(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," …
(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…
(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.
(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…
(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?
(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 …
(2025-05-08). Pro-Palestine protesters: is a weapon of. greenleft.org.au
(2025-05-08). Protesters call for a vote for Palestine, stop arming Israel. greenleft.org.au
(2025-05-08). Australia's international challenges: Lessons from the past. greenleft.org.au
(2025-05-08). 'Our Position on Palestine Is Not Fringe': CounterSpin interview with Danaka Katovich on attacks on activists. fair.org
(2025-05-08). Ansarallah leader says US war failed to stop Yemen, reaffirms support for Palestine. thecradle.co