(2025-05-11). Leader calls for worldwide resistance against Israeli-US crimes in Gaza, Palestine. presstv.ir Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei has urged the Muslim world not to allow the issue of Palestine to sink into oblivion, emphasizing the need to confront the Israeli regime's ongoing genocide in the blockaded Gaza Strip.
(2025-05-11). Norway's Largest Trade Union Votes For Boycott Of Israel. popularresistance.org The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO), the country's largest labor federation, has voted in favor of a comprehensive boycott of Israel, including a ban on trade and investment with Israeli companies. | The decision was passed with an overwhelming 88 percent majority during LO's national congress, held in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, from May 8 to 9, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The Palestine Committee of Norway also announced the move on its Instagram page, saying the LO "will introduce an economic boycott of Israel, with 240 votes for economic boycott, and 69 votes against." | I…
(2025-05-11). UNRWA warns about continued aid blockade on Gaza. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) expressed concerns over Israel's continuous ban on the entry of humanitarian aid, medical, and commercial supplies into Gaza.Following the collapse of the Gaza ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel, after the two sides failed to reach a new agreement, Tel Aviv banned the entry of any assistance to the Strip despite international warnings that this could lead to starvation.UNRWA posted on Sunday: "It has been over 9 weeks of siege on #Gaza, with the State of Israel banning the entry of all humanitarian aid, medical, and commerci…
(2025-05-11). Missile from Yemen Triggers Air Raid Sirens, Disrupts Air Traffic in Israel. defenddemocracy.press By Palestine Chronicle Staff May 9, 2025 A missile launched from Yemen triggered air raid sirens across Israel, while Ansarallah vows to continue operations against Israel in support of Gaza. Israeli media reported on Friday that a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted, causing air raid sirens to sound in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and numerous other …
(2025-05-11). Film Review: 'The Encampments' is an inspiring call for liberation in response to the horror of genocide. mondoweiss.net 
The documentary film "The Encampments" shares the inspiring story of how students brought Columbia University to a standstill, and the issue of Palestine to millions around the world.
(2025-05-11). Students Studying at Columbia Library Were Suspended for Protest They Took No Part In. theintercept.com 
A day after Columbia University called in the New York Police Department to arrest more than 70 pro-Palestine protesters who had occupied a library reading room, the university and its affiliate Barnard College suspended several students who had been present in the library. | The suspended students included students who happened to be studying in Butler Library at the time the occupation began, as well as journalists. The suspensions came amid final exams at the university. Some of the students who were not protesting have had their suspensions rescinded. | Barnard College informed suspended students that they…
(2025-05-11). Why higher education must boycott Tel-Aviv University. mondoweiss.net 
Since its establishment, Tel-Aviv University has functioned as an arm of Israel's settler colonial project. As calls for university divestment continue to grow, we must also demand that schools cut ties with institutions contributing to war crimes.
(2025-05-11). 'Silenced Forever' — Gaza Child Singer Killed in Israeli Airstrike in Nuseirat. defenddemocracy.press 
By Palestine Chronicle Staff May 6, 2025 Hassan Ayyad was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat. (Photo: via social media) "The child who sang of death has now joined those he mourned — his farewell was as noble as his words." A young Palestinian child, popular in Gaza for his beautiful voice, which captured …
(2025-05-11). It Is Freakish And Insane How Our Society Averts Its Gaze From Gaza. thealtworld.com It can make you feel like you're going mad. How phony and superficial it all is. How we're a year and a half into history's first live-streamed genocide and our whole society is acting like everything's peachy. | We're murdering kids. We're starving them. We're dropping high tech military explosives on them. Blowing their limbs off. Ripping their guts out. Shooting them in the head. This isn't just being done by "Israel". It's being done by the entire western empire which backs these atrocities. | And yet if you turn on a TV you'll see famous people laughing and joking about nonsense, expressing political opinion…
(2025-05-11). How Much Longer Must Mothers in Gaza Fear Losing Their Children? truthout.org This spring, with hands overflowing with tenderness, Lolo Mando Al-Qishawi — a Palestinian mother living on Yaffa Street in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood in the eastern part of Gaza City — lovingly adorned her daughter in her Eid dress, her eyes reflecting the girl's pure, uncontainable joy. But soon, those same hands, trembling with heartbreak, had to strip away the colors of celebration… |
(2025-05-11). Israel kills 13, including children, amid dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza. aljazeera.com The Israeli government and military are preparing to launch a plan to expand the ground occupation of Gaza.
(2025-05-11). Pope Leo XIV Calls for Peace in Gaza, End to Israeli Blockade on Aid. news.antiwar.com Pope Leo XIV called for a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the Israeli blockade of aid on Sunday in his first Sunday blessing since being elected pontiff last week. "I am deeply pained by what is happening [in Gaza," Leo said from the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica. "Let the fighting cease immediately, let …
(2025-05-11). Israel and the occupied territories: After two months of aid blockage, humanitarian response in Gaza on verge of total collapse. icrc.org
(2025-05-11). US and Hamas hold advanced negotiations over Gaza. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – In order to achieve a truce in the Gaza Strip and make it easier for humanitarian supplies to enter, Hamas is engaged in direct and advanced talks with the U.S. administration, a senior Hamas official acknowledged on Sunday. According to reports, the negotiations have been going on for a few days.The talks center on resolving the humanitarian situation in the besieged area and bringing an end to the conflict, which is currently in its twentieth month, the official told Al Jazeera.A senior Palestinian source also told Reuters that the goal of the talks with the United States is to put a stop to the figh…
(2025-05-11). Trump's Riyadh Gamble: Gaza Stalls Saudi-Israel Dream. thinktank.pk As U.S. President Donald Trump prepares for his high-profile visit to Riyadh in May, 2025, the stakes are monumental. Greeted with Saudi Arabia's signature opulence—gilded palaces, ceremonial grandeur, and promises of $1 trillion in investments—Trump's agenda is overshadowed by a persistent obstacle: the elusive goal of Saudi-Israel normalization. The ongoing war in Gaza, now 18 …
(2025-05-11). Abbas Meets Putin in Moscow, Calls for Ceasefire and End to Gaza Blockade. themedialine.org 
(2025-05-11). Emotional Impact of Gaza War Still Drives Surge in American Jewish Engagement. themedialine.org 
(2025-05-11). Israeli Strikes on Gaza Kill 68 Palestinians Over Three Days. news.antiwar.com Israeli attacks on Gaza have killed at least 68 Palestinians and wounded 290 over the past three days, according to daily death toll updates released by Gaza's Health Ministry. In that same time period, at least two bodies of Palestinians killed by previous attacks were recovered from the rubble. "There are still a number of …
(2025-05-11). Gaza: Common kitchens feed thousands as food stocks dwindle. icrc.org Inside Gaza's common kitchens is a man who refuses to look away…
(2025-05-11). The Red Cross Field Hospital one year on: A lifeline and a stark reminder in Gaza. icrc.org
(2025-05-11). Pope Leo XIV calls for Gaza ceasefire in first Sunday message. aljazeera.com The new pope used phrases favoured by his predecessor, Francis, to call for an end to wars around the world.
(2025-05-11). Turkish student Rumeysa Ozturk says she will continue to pursue her case. aljazeera.com Student freed from US detention after writing Gaza opinion piece says she has 'faith in American system of justice'.
(2025-05-11). Pope Leo XIV 'deeply saddened' by Gaza, calls for aid and a ceasefire. aljazeera.com In his first Sunday address, Pope Leo XIV has appealed to world powers for 'no more war.'…
(2025-05-10). Ansarallah Leader Says US War Failed To Stop Yemen. popularresistance.org The leader of the Ansarallah resistance movement, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, stated during a televised speech on 8 May that Yemen will continue supporting Palestine against Israel's ethnic cleansing campaign. | "Our country has resumed its full stance — militarily, officially, and popularly — to support the Palestinian people since the resumption of the genocide," Houthi said, emphasizing that the Yemeni position is "firm and comprehensive regarding support, whether through bombing deep inside occupied Palestine or the ban on Israeli ships."
(2025-05-10). Norway's largest union votes for boycott of Israel over Gaza genocide. presstv.ir The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO), the country's largest and most powerful labor group, approves an economic boycott against the Israeli regime, in a significant display of European labor solidarity with Palestine.
(2025-05-10). NYPD Arrests Dozens Of Pro-Palestine Protesters After Columbia Occupation. popularresistance.org Roughly 80 pro-Palestine protesters were arrested on Wednesday night after occupying a library on Columbia University's campus. | Demonstrators rushed through Butler Library's security gate at about 3: 00 p.m., hanging banners, tagging shelves with graffiti, chanting pro-Palestine slogans, and renaming it the "Basel Al-Araj Popular University," a reference to the Palestinian writer who was killed by the Israeli army in 2017. | By 7: 00 p.m., the school had called in the police. A volatile scene had already developed, as a crowd of supporters gathered outside the building and public safety officers prevented student…
(2025-05-10). Students And Faculty Denounce Genocide And Resist Repression. popularresistance.org Today Brooklyn College showed the strength of student-worker unity. | And today Brooklyn College showed the brutality of university administrators and the NYPD. | On May 8 CUNY-PSC — the union representing 30,000 faculty and staff at the City University of New York — organized an action to support adjunct faculty, the most precarious and lowest-paid faculty who struggle to make ends meet each month. | At the same time, students organized an action in solidarity with Palestine to denounce the ongoing genocide, the bombardments, and the forced starvation of Palestinians by the brutal Zionist state of Is…
(2025-05-10). Socialist candidate: 'The genocide in Gaza did not begin on October 7, 2023'. greenleft.org.au 
(2025-05-10). The ICJ, Israel and the Gaza blockade. greenleft.org.au 
(2025-05-10). If Dems Want to Stand Up to Trump, They Must Stand With Palestine Protesters. truthout.org Democratic anti-Trump warriors are popular with the party base — and they know it. On Wednesday, May 7, Michigan's Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel put out a strongly worded press release decrying the latest "appalling Supreme Court decision" in favor of President Donald Trump's ban on trans people in the military. The previous day, Nessel's office had announced it would join another in a… |
(2025-05-10). Columbia University Cracks Down on Pro-Palestine Protesters in Bid to Appease Trump. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Columbia University has escalated its crackdown on pro-Palestine demonstrators, suspending students and banning alumni after a peaceful protest inside Butler Library — a move critics say mirrors growing US authoritarianism against dissent.
(2025-05-10). 80 years after the massacres of Setif, Guelma and Kherrata: Algeria has won, Palestine will win! samidoun.net 
On 8 May 2025, we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the massacres of Setif, Guelma, and Kherrata, during which 45,000 Algerians were assassinated by French colonial troops and European militias on 8 May 1945 and in the days that followed. We commemorate this bloody date this year, as at the same time, in Gaza, the …
(2025-05-10). Ràºmeysa àñztàºrk Released From ICE Custody After Judge Cites Threat to Free Speech. truthout.org Rümeysa Öztürk, one of several pro-Palestine scholars kidnapped and imprisoned by the Trump administration under its dubious interpretation of an 18th-century law and a Cold War-era national security measure, was released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody Friday following a federal judge's order. U.S. District Judge William Sessions III in Vermont ruled that Öztürk — a 30-year… |
(2025-05-10). Syria, Palestine, and the Demise of International Community. marktanliano.net 
The "international community, argues Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, "doesn't exist right now … there are interests, there are militaries, there are regime change operations. This is not community." The War on Syria, he correctly observes, "came from a presidential order by Obama to overthrow Assad. Starting in the spring of 2011. We have a name for …
(2025-05-10). Columbia suspends dozens of students for pro-Palestine protest. newarab.com 
The Ivy League institution in Manhattan placed more than 65 students on interim suspension and barred 33 others, including those from affiliated institutions such as Barnard College, from setting foot on campus. | Interim suspension g…
(2025-05-10). Could Trump recognise Palestine to expand the Abraham Accords. newarab.com 
Diplomatic sources from the region told Middle East-focused outlet Media Line that Trump could make the unexpected move soon, as anticipation builds over his upcoming visit to the Gulf — though this would exclude Hamas, the group who has governed the war-torn…
(2025-05-10). Hajj Offers Platform for Islamic Unity, Solidarity with Palestine, Expert Says. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The annual Hajj pilgrimage holds immense potential to foster Islamic unity and support oppressed communities like Palestine, a Malaysian expert said, adding that its full impact remains untapped due to organizational shortcomings.
(2025-05-10). Wednesday 5/28: Palestine Teach-In. indybay.org Zoom | www.kafiahaile.com/palizoom.html…
(2025-05-10). Wednesday 5/28: Virtual Delegation: Balata Refugee Camp. indybay.org Online | bit.ly/BalataRefugeeCamp…
(2025-05-10). Thursday 5/22: Webinar: The Liberation of Palestine Is the Liberation of the United States. indybay.org Online | masspeace.us/PalestineLiberationIsUSLibe……
(2025-05-10). Monday 5/19: Global Solidarity for Peace in Palestine Webinar. indybay.org Online | bit.ly/44zvAN0…
(2025-05-10). Lebanon's Popular Democratic Party and Arab Socialist Labor Party: We Hold the Zionist Entity Fully Responsible for the Life of Leader Sa'adat. samidoun.net 
The following statement was issued by the Popular Democratic Party and the Arab Socialist Labor Party in Lebanon, in solidarity with Ahmad Sa'adat, the imprisoned General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Sa'adat, alongside fellow leaders of the Palestinian prisoners' movement, is being subjected to isolation, beatings, torture, starvation and denial …
(2025-05-10). Starmer invites terror-listed al-Jolani to UK while misusing terror act against pro-Palestine voices. skwawkbox.org 
Grotesque hypocrisy as UK govt brings Syrian HTS-ISIS-al Qaeda head for a chat The Starmer government has issued an invite to Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, the leader of the terrorist coalition that ousted, with US, Israeli and UK assistance, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to visit the UK for talks. Since he took power, UK establishment and …
(2025-05-10). Pro-Palestine protesters: is a weapon of. greenleft.org.au 
(2025-05-10). Judge grants bail to pro-Palestine student Ozturk as US campus crackdown escalates. presstv.ir A federal judge granted bail and ordered the immediate release of Tufts University student and pro-Palestine activist Rumeysa Ozturk from Louisiana immigration detention.
(2025-05-10). California State University, Long Beach students go on hunger strike for Gaza. mondoweiss.net 
Twenty-five students across four California State University campuses have launched hunger strikes in solidarity with Palestine. They join a nationwide wave of protests demanding an immediate end to U.S. support for the genocide in Gaza.
(2025-05-10). To Defeat Trump, Democrats Must Stand With Palestine Protestors. progressivehub.net LEWIS RAVEN WALLACE | TRUTHOUT…
(2025-05-10). Artists reject censorship of Pro-Palestine musician Kehlani after NYC concert cancellation. peoplesdispatch.org Boots Riley, Kneecap, Residente and dozens of other artists have signed an open letter protesting the censorship of Kehlani after the NYC mayor's office pushed for the cancellation of her pride concert.