(2025-05-13). How To Make Your Mind Harder For The Propagandists To Manipulate. caitlinjohnstone.com.au The worst mistake you can make when reading the news is to assume there's a good reason why the mass media report on something in the way that they do. That there's a good reason why Israel-Palestine gets framed as a complex and morally ambiguous issue with no clear path forward, even though it all looks pretty self-evident to you. That there must be a valid and legitimate reason why one story gets more coverage than a seemingly far more important story, like how…
(2025-05-13). The Media Calls Israeli Captives "Hostages" and Palestinians "Prisoners" theintercept.com 
(2025-05-13). MST promotes solidarity between Global South nations at the 5th National Agrarian Reform Fair. peoplesdispatch.org 
Internationalist event brought together representatives from Cuba, Palestine, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and Venezuela, highlighting the struggle for freedom and sovereignty…
(2025-05-13). Israel killed my source in northern Gaza. scheerpost.com By Wesam Abo Marq / The Electronic Intifada On 24 March, the Israeli military assassinated Palestinian journalist Hossam Shabat by targeting his vehicle in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza. Mohammad Mansour, a reporter for Palestine Today, was killed in a separate incident on the same day as the prominent Al Jazeera correspondent. Their deaths added to the still-growing …
(2025-05-13). One in five people in Gaza face starvation due to Israel's siege. newarab.com 
Gaza's entire population of around 2.4 million people is at risk of a food crisis "or worse" by September, the UN- and NGO-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said in a report. | "Nineteen months into the conflict, the Gaza Strip is still conf…
(2025-05-13). As Gaza burns, more than 100,000 Israelis 'traumatised by war'. newarab.com 
An Israeli official has said that more than 100,000 Israelis were suffering from "psychological disorders" linked to Israel's ongoing war on Gaza, amid growing public criticism of the government's handling of the military campaign and its impact on society. | Oren Helman, head of the Kesher association, which supports families with special-needs children, told Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper that around 67,000 people had developed mental health issues since 7 October 2023, following the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel, which momentarily broke a 16-year-long siege on the Palestinian enclave. | He attributed the…
(2025-05-13). Over 600 media figures demand BBC air shelved Gaza medics doc. newarab.com 
More than 600 leading figures from the media, arts, and cultural sectors have signed an open letter demanding The signatories include
(2025-05-13). If I Stayed, I Would've Died: Journalist Abubaker Abed on "Agonizing" Decision to Leave Gaza. democracynow.org 
We speak with 22-year-old Palestinian journalist Abubaker Abed in Ireland after he evacuated Gaza last month suffering from malnutrition and under threat for his reporting on Israel's genocide. Abed describes himself as an "accidental war correspondent" and hoped to become a sports journalist and commentator before the start of the war, but spent much of the last two years reporting on daily death and destruction. He says leaving Gaza was "a very agonizing decision" for him and that he feels tremendous guilt for now having access to food, water and medicine while so many Palestinians…
(2025-05-13). Met refers journalist Medhurst to Crown Prosecution Service, bail extended to November. skwawkbox.org 
More dragged-out bail as Starmer regime seeks to 'make the process the punishment' against anti-genocide journalists and activists The Starmer regime's assault on journalists and activists who expose and oppose Israel's genocide in Gaza continues. Richard Medhurst, the Syrian-born British journalist and son of Nobel Peace Prize winners, who was arrested by police last August as part …
(2025-05-13). "People Are Starving to Death" : Oxfam Warns Israel's Blockade on Gaza Is Catastrophic. democracynow.org 
"People are starving to death, and this is a fact that we are witnessing and experiencing nowadays," says Oxfam's food security coordinator in Gaza, Mahmoud Alsaqqa. More than 10 weeks after Israel instituted a total siege on Gaza, blocking all food and other aid from entering, hunger has reached catastrophic levels in the Palestinian territory. This comes as a new United Nations report warns one in every five people in Gaza is facing starvation, while Save the Children says every child is now at risk of famine. The World Food Programme and charities working in Gaza say they have completely run…
(2025-05-13). Israel strikes Gaza's Nasser hospital as Trump begins Gulf tour. newarab.com 
The Israeli military struck a Gaza hospital in a raid on Tuesday that killed a journalist wounded in an Israeli attack last month. | The strike on the surgeries building at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis ended a brief pause in fighting to allow the "The Israeli army bombed the surgeries building at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis at dawn on Tuesday, killing journalist
(2025-05-13). Hundreds of thousands of Gazans being starved to death as world watches. defenddemocracy.press 
Jay Jackson May 13, 2025 Gaza Faces Imminent Famine as Aid Blockade Enters 70th Day, UN Warns The entire population of Gaza is now at "critical risk of famine," UN-backed food security experts warned Monday, as the war between Israel and Hamas reaches its 19th month and vital aid remains blocked for over two months. …
(2025-05-13). Who Has Taken Whom Hostage? counterpunch.org 
The Israeli bombing of Gaza since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack has been marked by one demand: the release of all Israeli hostages taken by Hamas. As has been documented, Hamas, US, and Qatar came close to agreeing to a ceasefire deal May of last year put forward by Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu, who willfully sabotaged
(2025-05-13). UK High Court Hears Legal Challenge Over Arms Exports Tied to Gaza War. themedialine.org 
(2025-05-13). Agentes israelíes persiguen a diplomática brasileña por denunciar el genocidio en Gaza. strategic-culture.su 
(2025-05-13). 'The concluding moves': Israel launches Trump's 'final solution' in Gaza. strategic-culture.su By Andre DAMON | Join us on , , and . | Contact us: | In February, US President Donald Trump declared that "The US will take over th…
(2025-05-13). US approves $1.4 bn weapons sale to UAE. geo.tv 
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(2025-05-13). Displaced Palestinians embrace new beginnings in Egypt. newarab.com 
In early November 2024, Rozana Sukaik, her mother, and her brothers left Gaza to seek refuge in Egypt. What she thought would be a stay of just a few weeks has turned into 18 months, with no end in sight. | Yet Rozana and her family are among the lucky ones. With American citizenship, they were able to leave Gaza shortly after the war began. | "We only witnessed the first month of the war, until they were able to evacuate us since we have foreign passports," she told The New Arab. "The closest and safest place next to Gaza was Egypt, so we relocated there. Since then, I've been here with my family." | Living o…
(2025-05-13). BBC 'bans UK Eurovision act from showing solidarity with Gaza'. newarab.com 
The The country-pop trio, Lauren Byrne, Holly-Anne Hull, and Charlotte Steele, have been instructed to avoid "any political messaging", in…
(2025-05-13). Maggie Gyllenhaal's daughter arrested over Columbia Gaza protest. newarab.com 
Daughter of Hollywood actors Peter Sarsgaard and Maggie Gyllenhaal was arrested during a pro-Palestinian demonstration at Ramona Sarsgaard was reportedly one of dozens arrested when protesters, many of them with their faces covered with the keffiyeh scarves, stormed Columbia's main library on 7 May. | She faces a desk appearance ticket for criminal trespassing. | Roughly 80 people were arrested in connection with the Wednesday evening demonstration at the university's Butler Lib…
(2025-05-13). How displaced Palestinians are embracing new beginnings in Egypt. newarab.com In early November 2024, Rozana Sukaik, her mother, and her brothers left Gaza to seek refuge in Egypt. What she thought would be a stay of just a few weeks has turned into 18 months, with no end in sight. | Yet Rozana and her family are among the lucky ones. With American citizenship, they were able to leave Gaza shortly after the war began. | "We only witnessed the first month of the war, until they were able to evacuate us since we have foreign passports," she told The New Arab. "The closest and safest place next to Gaza was Egypt, so we relocated there. Since then, I've been here with my family." | Living o…
(2025-05-13). Protesters rally against Israel's participation in Eurovision. defenddemocracy.press May 13, 2025 Pro-Palestinian protesters in Basel, Switzerland, condemned Israel's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest amid the ongoing war in Gaza, accusing the event of overlooking the humanitarian crisis Please see video at www.aljazeera.com We remind our readers that publication of articles on our site does not mean that we agree with what is written. …
(2025-05-13). A long-awaited reunion in Amman. electronicintifada.net Friendships in Gaza are tested by genocide and distance.
(2025-05-13). Amid Starvation, People in Gaza Are Choosing Death at Home Over Displacement. truthout.org Israel's blockade on humanitarian aid has entered its third month, pushed Gaza to the grip of starvation. Food supplies are dwindling rapidly, shops are stripped bare — even of the most basic essentials — and bakeries have shut down. Finding anything to quiet our growling stomachs has become a daily struggle, especially as the prices of basic food supplies continue to soar. Flour, one of the most… |
(2025-05-13). U.S. envoy Witkoff meets Edan Alexander: to bringing every hostage. haaretz.com GAZA: Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander released from Hamas captivity; Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 29 people, wound 94 ‚ñ CEASE-FIRE: U.S. hopes Alexander's release 'marks the beginning of the end' of the war; Israeli delegation will arrive in Doha for negotiations ‚ñ IRAN: 'Very good things' are happening in talks regarding Iran's nuclear program, Trump said; Iran warns neighbors to 'stay neutral' during Trump visit to Gulf…
(2025-05-13). Israel chose vengeance over life. That my. haaretz.com 'I never heard my grandfather say the word vengeance,' Noga Lifshitz said of her grandfather Oded, who was killed in captivity in Gaza. She is convinced that her grandfather, a lifelong peace activist, wouldn't have changed his views now…
(2025-05-13). Israel and the occupied territories: After two months of aid blockage, humanitarian response in Gaza on verge of total collapse. icrc.org
(2025-05-13). Medical professionals must speak out and act on Gaza now. aljazeera.com I spent 22 days in Gaza. I saw so much death and destruction but also unbelievable courage, compassion and dedication.
(2025-05-13). Israeli attack on hospital to kill Gaza journalist condemned as 'heinous'. asiapacificreport.nz Pacific Media Watch Israel's military has admitted attacking the Nasser Medical Complex in the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killing Palestinian journalist Hassan Eslaih and another person while claiming it was a "targeted attack". Gaza's Government Media Office confirmed the killing of Eslaih yesterday and described it as an "assassination". The Gaza Health…
(2025-05-13). Democracy Now! 2025-05-13 Tuesday. democracynow.org Headlines for May 13, 2025; Gift or Grift? Trump Under Fire over Qatar's Plan to Give Him $400M "Flying Palace"; "Unprecedented" in U.S. History: Trump & Family Rake In Money from Gulf States, Crypto & Real Estate; "People Are Starving to Death": Oxfam Warns Israel's Blockade on Gaza Is Catastrophic; If I Stayed, I Would've Died: Journalist Abubaker Abed on "Agonizing" Decision to Leave Gaza | Headlines for May 13, 2025; Gift or Grift? Trump Under Fire over Qatar's Plan to Give Him $400M "Flying Palace"; "Unprecedented"…
(2025-05-13). How Much Longer Must Mothers In Gaza Fear Losing Their Children? popularresistance.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, wrapping her child instead in the cold, final cloth of farewell. | Eid Al-Fitr was meant to be a day of blessings, but instead it turned into a haunting sorrow as a mother's heart was shattered. How had happiness vanis…
(2025-05-13). Multiple Western Press Outlets Have Suddenly Pivoted Hard Against Israel. popularresistance.org After a year and a half of genocidal atrocities, the editorial boards of numerous British press outlets have suddenly come out hard against Israel's onslaught in Gaza. | The first drop of rain came last week from The Financial Times in a piece by the editorial board titled "The west's shameful silence on Gaza," which denounces the US and Europe for having "issued barely a word of condemnation" of their ally's criminality, saying they "should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity." | Then came The Economist with a piece titled "The war in Gaza must end," which argues that Tr…
(2025-05-13). US Abandons 'Hamas Disarmament' Demands In Gaza Truce Talks. popularresistance.org The US government has dropped its demand for Hamas to disarm as a precondition for a ceasefire in Gaza, Egyptian sources revealed to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. | "US negotiators conveyed to Egyptian intermediaries that the issue of Hamas's disarmament could be addressed at a later stage, rather than being an immediate requirement for a ceasefire agreement," the Qatari-owned news outlet reports. | The unnamed source added that US President Donald Trump's "inner circle" is convinced of the "futility" of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's strategy to free the captives via military pressure, believing that no military opti…
(2025-05-13). Israeli strikes kill 16, wound over 70 in Gaza hospital assault targeting Sinwar's brother. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- At least 16 Palestinians were killed and more than 70 others wounded after Israeli forces launched a series of airstrikes targeting the Gaza European Hospital and its surroundings in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.The Israeli military reportedly used nine heavy bombs in an attempt to assassinate Mohammed Sinwar, the brother of Hamas political leader Yahya Sinwar and a commander in the Qassam Brigades, while he was allegedly inside the hospital. pic.twitter.com/D3NBoU5CT2— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) (2025-05-13). What does the future look like for Palestinians in Gaza? aljazeera.com As Gaza lies in ruins, who will lead its reconstruction, and what future awaits under siege without a political roadmap?>
(2025-05-13). Fetterman's fitness, GOP budget battle. whyy.org Republicans in D.C. are fighting over a budget plan, as fallout continues after an explosive New York Magazine article questions Pa. Senator John Fetterman's fitness to serve.
(2025-05-13). Trump to Meet Former ISIS Leader in Saudi Arabia as Syria Moves to Appease Israel. mintpressnews.com Ahmed al-Sharaa, once a founding member of ISIS, is now Syria's president and set to meet Donald Trump in Saudi Arabia. The summit comes as Damascus cracks down on Palestinian leaders and Gaza solidarity networks in a bid to appease Israel and win American support.
(2025-05-13). Directores y estrellas del cine mundial denuncian genocidio en Gaza. cubadebate.cu En una declaración publicada en el diario Libération, 380 personalidades del cine, entre ellas Pedro Almodóvar, Javier Bardem, Costa-Gavras, Susan Sarandon, David Cronenberg y Mark Ruffalo, denuncian el genocidio que está perpetrando Israel contra el pueblo palestino. "No podemos continuar en silencio mientas en Gaza ocurre un genocidio", afirman.
(2025-05-13). Headlines for May 13, 2025. democracynow.org Israel Bombs Gaza's Nasser Hospital Again, Killing Journalist Hassan Islayeh, United Nations Chief "Alarmed" by Reports of Catastrophic Hunger in Gaza, Hamas Releases Israeli American Soldier Edan Alexander After Talks with Trump Officials, Saudi Crown Prince Welcomes Trump and Billionaire CEOs to Riyadh as Trump Begins Mideast Tour, DHS to End Protected Status for Afghans Who Face Reprisals for Helping U.S. Occupation Forces, Episcopal Church Quits Partnership with U.S. Government Over Resettlement of White South Africans, Colombia to Join China's Belt and Road Initiative, Trump Executive…
(2025-05-13). IPC warns of worsening food crisis in Gaza as famine risk grows. vaticannews.va A new report warns that essential supplies in Gaza are nearly depleted, with the entire population facing acute food insecurity. |
(2025-05-13). Hamas Releases US-Israeli Citizen Edan Alexander After Talks With US. scheerpost.com Palestinians look at the wreckage from an Israeli airstrike in Gaza from October 21, 2023. Photo by Hosny Salah and Adel Hwajre given with permission to share on ScheerPost | By Dave DeCamp / On Monday, Hamas released Edan Alexander, a 21-year-old New Jersey-born IDF soldier who was captured during the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel. | Alexan…
(2025-05-13). Palestinian journalist among two killed in Israeli attack on Gaza hospital. aljazeera.com Hassan Eslaih has been killed in Nasser Hospital during treatment for injuries sustained in the previous Israeli attack.
(2025-05-13). As their interests diverge, Netanyahu must choose: Toe line or escalate the war in Gaza. haaretz.com The U.S. president's strategy is risky — but infinitely is better than the eternal war that Netanyahu is proposing. Discriminating between hostages is a dangerous precedent and sends a painful message to the families…
(2025-05-13). Gazan photojournalist who infiltrated Israel on Oct. 7 reportedly killed in IDF strike on Khan Yunis hospital. haaretz.com Hassan Eslaiah, a freelance photographer who previously worked with CNN and was suspended, documented the Hamas takeover of an IDF tank and the infiltration of terrorists into Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7…
(2025-05-13). Gaza: Common kitchens feed thousands as food stocks dwindle. icrc.org Inside Gaza's common kitchens is a man who refuses to look away…
(2025-05-13). Iran condemns Israeli attacks on Palestinian refugee camps. presstv.ir Iran has strongly condemned Israel's savage attacks on Palestinian refugee camps in the Gaza Strip.
(2025-05-13). Ex-Israeli officials, US health workers urge Trump to end Gaza war. presstv.ir More than 550 former Israeli security officials have called on Trump to intervene and help bring an end to the ongoing war on Gaza.
(2025-05-13). The Red Cross Field Hospital one year on: A lifeline and a stark reminder in Gaza. icrc.org
(2025-05-12). Otago academics plan declaration on Palestine to 'face daily horrors'. asiapacificreport.nz Asia Pacific Report A group of New Zealand academics at Otago University have drawn up a "Declaration on Palestine" against genocide, apartheid and scholasticide of Palestinians by Israel that has illegally occupied their indigenous lands for more than seven decades. The document, which had already drawn more than 300 signatures from staff, students and alumni…
(2025-05-12). Genocide in Palestine with Arab-Muslim Leaders Watching. transcend.org 6 May 2025 – The Planned Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza and Fake International Law and Order…
(2025-05-12). The ICJ, Israel and the Gaza blockade. greenleft.org.au 
(2025-05-12). Talk World Radio: Kathy Kelly on Palestine and Conscience. davidswanson.org AUDIO: Talk World Radio is recorded on Zoom. Here is this week's video and all the videos on Youtube. VIDEO: This week on Talk World Radio we're talking about Palestine with Kathy Kelly who is board president of World BEYOND War. From 2022 to 2024, she co-coordinated the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal. Since …
(2025-05-12). PSNA says broadcast ruling a warning to NZ news media to be wary of 'Israeli propaganda'. asiapacificreport.nz Asia Pacific Report A decision by the Broadcasting Standards Authority to uphold a complaint against a 1News broadcast last November is a warning to news media, says the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa. The authority ruled that a TVNZ news item on violence in Amsterdam in the Netherlands breached BSA rules. 1News described violence in the…
(2025-05-12). Pro-Palestine protesters: 'Starvation is a weapon of war'. greenleft.org.au 
(2025-05-12). Borrell: Israel is Committing Genocide in Gaza with Weapons Supplied by Europe. defenddemocracy.press By Palestine Chronicle Staff May 10, 2025 Former EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell accused Israel of genocide in Gaza and condemned the EU for failing to use its leverage to stop the atrocities. Former EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has harshly criticized Israel, stating that its government of committing genocide in Gaza and …
(2025-05-12). Tens of thousands rally in Brussels for arms embargo and ceasefire in Palestine. peoplesdispatch.org More than 60,000 people marched in Brussels on Sunday, calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Palestine, an arms embargo, and European accountability…
(2025-05-12). Even Israeli ex-soldiers know ending the occupation is the only path to peace. thecanary.co Recent words from Israeli ex-soldiers show that even they understand that ending Israel's brutal occupation of Palestine is the only path to peace for all people in the region. Israeli "occupation is not the solution — it's the problem" Breaking the Silence is an Israeli organisation of former soldiers which "aims to bring an end […] | By
(2025-05-12). "Liberal" Swarthmore College arrests students, suspends them for protesting. iacenter.org By Betsey Piette May 8, 2025 Philadelphia Within days of Swarthmore students reviving a pro-Palestinian encampment on April 30, police arrested nine protesters in the early hours of May 3 after giving them just minutes to disband. The college is located in Media, Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia. Swarthmore encampment calling for divestment from Cisco named in honor of Hossam Shabat, Palestinian journalist killed by an Israeli airstrike in March 2025. Credit: The Swarthmore Phoenix, James Shelton Organized by the Swarthmore chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), the peaceful encampment was set up a…