2025-05-15: Palestine Roundup

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newarab (2025-05-15). Nakba Day: After such knowledge, what forgiveness for Israel. newarab.com The countless atrocities committed by Israel — among them mass killings in the Palestinian Occupied Territories and in Lebanon — often bring to my mind the poignant title of Jonathan Randal's book, His question resonates all the more powerfully when viewed through the lens of the crimes committed by Zionist forces against Palestine and the Arab world, not merel…

WSWS (2025-05-15). Israel escalates Gaza bombings, forcible displacement and famine as Trump tours Middle East. wsws.org As US President Donald Trump continued his tour through the Middle East, Israel escalated its mass killings in Gaza, bombing two hospitals and killing at least 80 people in a single day.

Harrison Berger (2025-05-15). The desperation of Gaza famine denialism. responsiblestatecraft.org As the risk of famine spreads across Gaza — and as

Ed Newman (2025-05-15). British public outraged by government role in supplying weapons to Israel. radiohc.cu London, May 15 (RHC) ⚪ A high court case, led by Palestinian rights group Al-Haq, challenges the UK's arms exports to Israel, which is committing genocide in Gaza, highlighting the risk of war crimes. A demand heard innumerable times during the course of the Gaza genocide, the British public are once again making their position clear on their government supplying weapons to Israel.

presstv.ir (2025-05-15). UK government on trial over Israel arms exports. presstv.ir The British public express outrage over the government's role in supplying weapons to Israel, which is committing genocide in Gaza.

newarab (2025-05-15). Netanyahu accuses Macron of backing Hamas over Gaza aid. newarab.com "Macron has once again chosen to stand with a murderous Islamist terrorist organisation and echo its despicable propaganda, accusing Israel of blood libels," a statement from Netanyahu's office said. | "Instead of supporting the Western democratic camp fighting the Islamist terro…

presstv.ir (2025-05-15). New Canadian FM: Israel uses lack of food as weapon. presstv.ir The new Canadian Foreign Minister has said Israel has used the lack of food in Gaza as a political tool in its genocidal war.

presstv.ir (2025-05-15). Hamas: Israel using starvation as weapon against over 2 million Gazans. presstv.ir Hamas has denounced Israel over continuing to use starvation as a weapon against more than two million people in the Gaza Strip.

Bar Peleg (2025-05-15). IDF claimed Hamas dug tunnel under Gaza school, but shared footage of a nearby hospital. haaretz.com In a statement issued after the attempted assassination of Mohammed Sinwar, the Israeli military claimed that the tunnel had been discovered under the European Hospital in Khan Yunis — but aerial photographs show otherwise. The IDF then argued that the tunnel also passed under the hospital — but presented no evidence…

newarab (2025-05-15). Ben & Jerry's co-founder confronts RFK Jr in Gaza protest. newarab.com Ben Cohen, co-founder of Kennedy had been reading prepared remarks about his department's 2026 budget when activists interrupted the session, chanting "RFK kills people with AIDS." | Kennedy jumped from his seat in reaction to the outburst. | Cohen then shouted: "Congress pays for bom…

newarab (2025-05-15). NGO says it will start aid operations in Gaza within weeks. newarab.com A new humanitarian organisation that has US backing to take over aid delivery to A statement from the group, called the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, identified several US military veterans, former humanitarian coordinators and security contractors that it said would lead the delivery effort. Many in the aid community believe it is mea…

newarab (2025-05-15). Palestinians mark Nakba amid mass displacement in Gaza and West Bank. newarab.com

newarab (2025-05-15). Israeli imposed famine sees Gaza return to old bartering system. newarab.com

newarab (2025-05-15). UK: New NHS rules ban pro-Gaza symbols, uniforms in protests. newarab.com In a letter, parts of which were shared with The New Arab by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), Streeting said NHS staff must not wear their uniforms at politic…

presstv.ir (2025-05-15). 77 years after the Nakba: History repeats itself in Gaza with a new 'catastrophe'. presstv.ir The ongoing Israeli genocidal war on Gaza echoes the horrors of the 1948 Nakba, marked by mass killings, ethnic cleansing, dispossession, and forced displacement.

presstv.ir (2025-05-15). Macron censures Netanyahu's Gaza policy, considers EU sanctions. presstv.ir French President Macron denounces Netanyahu's policy regarding the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2025-05-15). Israel admits most victims of genocidal campaign in Gaza civilians. presstv.ir The Israeli military has admitted that most of the victims of its war against the Gaza Strip were unarmed civilians.

A Guest Author (2025-05-14). Yemen remains committed to supporting Palestine. workers.org Below are highlights from a speech by Ansarallah Commander Sayyed Abdul-Malik Badr El-Din al-Houthi, given May 8, 2025. The "israeli" enemy has continued its barbaric aggression on Gaza for 19 consecutive months, committing what has become known as the crime of the century — a genocide unfolding in the heart . . . |

Betsey Piette (2025-05-14). Temple president falsely targets students for Palestine. workers.org "Fry funds genocide" banner at Drexel University student march for Gaza, Jan. 16, 2025. Philadelphia On May 7, Temple University President John Fry sent a mass email to the school's students, faculty and extended community about an incident that occurred off-campus involving a Temple student Fry claimed was "antisemitic." The . . . |

The Canary (2025-05-14). Welsh pension fund has more than 180 times the investments in Israel it claims, so campaigners are taking action. thecanary.co Palestine solidarity campaigners in west Wales are drawing attention to Dyfed Pension Fund's (DPF) hundreds of millions in investments linked to Israel's war crimes. They are collecting signatures for a petition that calls on the DPF to quit these investments and end its complicity. Dyfed Pension Fund: complicit in Israel's Gaza genocide On Thursday 15 […] | By

Stanford Hunger Strikers For Justice In Palestine, Mondoweiss. (2025-05-14). Stanford Students And Faculty Launch Hunger Strike For Gaza. popularresistance.org Yesterday we began our hunger strike. In every slowed minute we remember the children of Gaza, now surviving on boiled weeds and muddy water. It is now day 584 of the genocide in Gaza, and more than 60,000 Palestinians have been murdered by the Zionist entity. Just last week, at least four separate massacres have occurred in Gaza, leaving hundreds murdered and wounded. Two months have passed since Israel's total siege of the strip on March 2nd, completely blocking all food and aid from entering Gaza. Israel has completely weaponized food; aid convoys remain blocked, grain silos stand empty and parents barter wedd…

greenleft.org.au (2025-05-14). Australia must support international law, end support for genocide. greenleft.org.au

newarab (2025-05-14). Pro-Israel groups call for BBC to sack Lineker over Gaza post. newarab.com Pro-Israel groups have called for The video, originally posted by the Palestine Lobby account, features Palestinian-Canadian lawyer Diana Buttu, and is captioned "Zionism explained in less than two minutes". In it, But…

Robert Inlakesh (2025-05-14). Zionist Militant Group Responsible for ICE Arrest of Pro-Palestine Former Student. mintpressnews.com A Massachusetts court found that the ICE detention of a former UMass student was likely politically motivated, after a complaint from the Zionist organization Betar appeared to trigger his arrest.

Editor (2025-05-14). 'Palestine is our compass'. workers.org The movement in solidarity with Palestine had a big win when a court order released Ràºmeysa àñztàºrk from a Louisiana detention center. On May 9 she returned to Boston. Mass support developed for àñztàºrk, whose arrest resembled a kidnapping by a criminal conspiracy. The criminals were from the Immigration and . . . |

The Canary (2025-05-14). British Museum holds event with the Israeli embassy so Met Police respond by repressing Palestine protesters. thecanary.co On the evening of Tuesday 13 May, members from anti-imperialist climate crisis organisation Energy Embargo for Palestine (EEFP) staged a demonstration outside the British Museum. Notably, they were there to call out the museum for hosting an event for Israel Independence Day. British Museum hosts secretive 'Israeli Independence Day' event The event marked the eve […] | By

Robert Inlakesh, MintPress News. (2025-05-14). Zionist Militants Responsible For ICE Arrest Of Pro-Palestine Student. popularresistance.org A Massachusetts court ruled that the detention of a former student who expressed pro-Palestine views was unconstitutional and that it was a punitive measure triggered almost solely by a complaint from the Zionist militant group Betar. | Late last week, a judge ruled that a former student at the University of Massachusetts (UMass), detained unlawfully by ICE, be released, providing the first court admission that Zionist extremist groups are working with U.S. authorities to violate free speech rights. | The former student in question is Efe Ercelik, a Turkish national who entered the U.S. on an F-1 student visa. Af…

JANET (2025-05-14). Two articles on the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto uprising and Palestinian liberation. iacenter.org By Michael Kramer May 12, 2025 Israeli military veteran in Warsaw: 'Liberate all ghettos' By Michael Kramer On the 82nd anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising in 1943, Workers World republishes these two articles by Michael Kramer, who is currently a member of Veterans For Peace in the U.S. and served in the Israeli military (1972-75), where his experience led him to support the liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea. This one was published July 19, 2010 and is followed by one first published in 2002. An Israeli military veteran, with help from Polish activists from the Palestine solidarity organiza…

Staff (2025-05-14). Legal group reveals extent of anti-Palestinian repression across Germany. peoplesdispatch.org The European Legal Support Center (ELSC) launched a database on anti-Palestinian repression in Germany on May 13, with plans to expand it to include other European countries such as the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. The platform aims to expose how different actors and mechanisms contribute to the repression of Palestine solidarity in the region, …

Labor Video Project (2025-05-14). UAW4811, Palestine & Zionist Attacks At UCLA: Report At UC Tribunal For Palestine. indybay.org At the UC People's Tribunal For Palestine, a UCLA UAW 4811 rank and file member talked about the attack on Palestine solidarity activists at the encampment and the role of the UAW 4811 leadership to these assaults.

greenleft.org.au (2025-05-14). Pro-Palestine protesters: 'Starvation is a weapon of war'. greenleft.org.au

Staff (2025-05-14). 500 scientifiques interpellent leurs directions sur les violations du droit international en Palestine. defenddemocracy.press Feb 5, 2025 ´ Nous, scientifiques des universités et des centres de recherche franàßais, affirmons avoir une responsabilité collective face à l'histoire. ª 500 scientifiques et personnels des établissements d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche, soutenus par une vingtaine d'organisations, interpellent leurs directions pour condamner les violations multiples du droit international commis par l'État d'Israà´l. Ils appellent les …

aljazeera (2025-05-14). US judge orders release of Badar Khan Suri from immigration custody. aljazeera.com The Georgetown scholar is among several US visa holders targeted for deportation for pro-Palestine advocacy.

Jonathan Cook (2025-05-14). Jeremy Bowen's Interview with Gaza Aid Chief was Shameful. dissidentvoice.org There was no excuse for the BBC to follow Israel in treating the head of UNRWA as though he is aligned with terrorism. This kind of craven journalism just makes Israel's job of genocide easier. There was yet more shameful reporting by BBC News at Ten last night, with international editor Jeremy Bowen the chief …

Amy Goodman (2025-05-14). As Trump Pushes Talks With Iran, Israel's Genocide Continues in Gaza. truthout.org Amid President Donald Trump's visit to the Middle East, we continue our interview with DAWN's Sarah Leah Whitson and HuffPost's Akbar Shahid Ahmed about Trump's acceptance of a luxury plane gifted to him by the Qatari government, nuclear negotiations with Iran and Saudi Arabia, a less cooperative relationship with Israel and more. This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final… |

Ed Sykes (2025-05-14). As an ACTUAL GENOCIDE continues, its apologists come for Gary Lineker over an emoji. thecanary.co Israel's genocide is in its 19th month. Overnight, as airstrikes kept targeting hospitals and refugee camps, the apartheid state murdered 22 more children. UN officials are saying it is "deliberately and unashamedly" using starvation as a weapon of war amid imminent famine in occupied Gaza. But genocide apologists would rather get angry about Gary Lineker resharing […] | By

Editor (2025-05-14). Medhurst Case: Test of a Turning Tide on Gaza. scheerpost.com By Joe Lauria / Consortium News British journalist Richard Medhurst, who was arrested last year and questioned under Britain's draconian Terrorism Act, is facing a possible "terrorism" prosecution for journalism that is highly critical of Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza. The move comes amid indications that cracks are appearing in the wall of steadfast Western …

Nidaa Lafi, In These Times. (2025-05-14). The Best Protection For Students Is A Mass Movement. popularresistance.org On March 20, the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) hosted a conversation with Cornell University student and pro-Palestinian activist Momodou Taal. Less than a week prior, Taal had filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, challenging the new executive orders that sought to target international noncitizen students for speaking out against the genocide in Gaza. | The day after this conversation, Taal was told to surrender into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. On March 31, he self-deported. | In this conversation, in which Taal is interviewed by Nidaa Lafi, an organizer with PYM's Dall…

Rawan Suleiman (2025-05-14). Israeli strikes on Gaza kill over 70, including women and children, Gaza Health Ministry says. haaretz.com Medics said most of the dead were killed in a barrage of Israeli airstrikes on houses in the Jabalya area of northern Gaza. The IDF issued an evacuation order to part of Gaza City later Wednesday…

commondreams (2025-05-14). Civilized People Do Not Starve Children to Death. commondreams.org Sanders rips US-Backed Israel's 68-Day Gaza aid blockade.

Ed Newman (2025-05-14). Yemen launches third hypersonic strike on Tel Aviv airport in 24 hours. radiohc.cu Tel Aviv, May 14 (RHC) ⚪ Yemeni Armed Forces have carried out a fresh missile attack against the Israeli regime, setting off sirens in the northern part of the Israeli-occupied territories. Military spokesman Yahya Saree said they launched a hypersonic ballistic missile at the Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv on Wednesday in solidarity with Gazans amidst Israel's bloody onslaught on the besieged territory.

ICRC (2025-05-14). Israel and the occupied territories: After two months of aid blockage, humanitarian response in Gaza on verge of total collapse. icrc.org

APR editor (2025-05-14). As Trump basks in Gulf Arab applause, Israel massacres children in Gaza. asiapacificreport.nz Nakba Day today marks 15 May 1948 — the day after the declaration of the State of Israel — when the Palestinian society and homeland was destroyed and more than 750,000 people forced to leave and become refugees. The day is known as the "Palestinian Catastrophe". ANALYSIS: By Soumaya Ghannoushi US President Donald Trump's tour…

Ed Newman (2025-05-14). Israel massacres scores in strikes on Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza. radiohc.cu Gaza City, May 15 (RHC) ⚪ At least 60 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip after the regime's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the military would enter the war-battered territory "with full force."

aljazeera (2025-05-14). Israel bombs Gaza hospitals and camps as UN condemns starvation tactic. aljazeera.com Dozens of Palestinians have been killed in intense Israeli attacks across Gaza, including attacks on hospitals…

greenleft.org.au (2025-05-14). Families struggle to survive as Israel starves Gaza. greenleft.org.au

tn.ai (2025-05-14). Iranian FM Slams Trump's Deceptive, Hypocritical Anti-Iran Remarks. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi rejected recent anti-Iran remarks made by US President Donald Trump, condemning Washington for blocking Iran's development through illegal sanctions and ignoring the Israeli genocidal war in Gaza.

Caitlin Johnstone (2025-05-14). Israel Admits It Bombed A Hospital To Kill A Journalist For Doing Journalism. caitlinjohnstone.com.au Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix: ⚪ ‚ùñ | The IDF has admitted to bombing a hospital in order to assassinate a prominent Palestinian journalist in Gaza, explicitly stating that they assassinated him for engaging in journalistic activities. | The official Israel Defense Forces account made the following "Do…

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2025-05-14). UK doctor suspended over Gaza posts. electronicintifada.net Dr. Nadeem Haddadin-Crowe discusses witch hunts in the National Health Service prompted by politicians and Israel lobby groups.

Staff (2025-05-14). While Israel Wanted to Bomb Iran, Trump Pushes Talks; But in Gaza, Israel's Mass Killings Continue. democracynow.org Amid President Donald Trump's visit to the Middle East, we continue our interview with DAWN's Sarah Leah Whitson and HuffPost's Akbar Shahid Ahmed about Trump's acceptance of a luxury plane gifted to him by the Qatari government, nuclear negotiations with Iran and Saudi Arabia, a less cooperative relationship with Israel and more.

A A (2025-05-14). Why China will win the arms race. strategic-culture.su When Donald Trump visits the Middle East this week, he will bump into some familiar people. Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Fink and Sam Altman will also be in Riyadh. I doubt they will spend much time talking about Gaza, or Iran. They are all there for the same reason: to talk about AI.

aljazeera (2025-05-14). Video shows moment Israeli missile hits Gaza hospital. aljazeera.com Video shows the moment an Israeli missile hits Gaza's European Hospital in Khan Younis.

Democracy Now! (2025-05-14). Democracy Now! 2025-05-14 Wednesday. democracynow.org Headlines for May 14, 2025; U.S. & Saudis Sign $142B Arms Deal as Trump Meets with Syria's New Leader & Drops Syrian Sanctions; While Israel Wanted to Bomb Iran, Trump Pushes Talks; But in Gaza, Israel's Mass Killings Continue; Salvadoran Journalists Exposed Pres. Bukele's Ties to Gangs. Then They Had to Flee to Avoid Arrest | Headlines for May 14, 2025; U.S. & Saudis Sign $142B Arms Deal as Trump Meets with Syria's New Leader & Drops Syrian Sanctions; While Israel Wanted to Bomb Iran, Trump Pushes Talks; But in Gaza, Israel's Mass Killings Continue; Salvadoran Journalists Exposed Pres…

Eden Solomon (2025-05-14). When a computer game is cause for questioning: How Israel is silencing Arabs during Gaza war. haaretz.com Testimonies obtained by Haaretz show that ever since October 7, Israel's Shin Bet has become a censor for freedom of expression in Bedouin society. Any criticism of Israel, on social media or even on WhatsApp, could lead to questioning…

Human Rights Watch (2025-05-14). UN Security Council Should Commit to People with Disabilities. hrw.org Click to expand Image | A doctor adjusts the cover on the amputated leg of a 5-year-old Palestinian girl at the Artificial Limbs and Polio Center in GazaCity, February 26, 2025. | © 2025 Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo…

Jamal Kanj (2025-05-14). Freeing the American-Israeli Soldier vs. Smotrich's Zionist Supremacy. counterpunch.org This week, the Resistance in Gaza released American-Israeli dual citizen Eidan Alexander, who had been serving in a foreign army, as a goodwill gesture toward the Trump administration. Initial examinations by the Red Cross and Israeli doctors confirmed that Alexander is in good health. The freed soldier appeared well-nourished and physically fit—an image that starkly

Jim McMahan (2025-05-14). Student occupation blasts Boeing's war building. workers.org Israel is calling up more reserves and sending more troops into Gaza with the goal of annihilating the people. Committing ethnic cleansing in Gaza was publicly proposed by President Donald Trump earlier this year. Graffiti at the University of Washington following theMay 5 takeover and renaming the engineering buildingafter the . . . |

Jordan Atwood (2025-05-14). 'This is where kids with cancer are': Israel bombs Gaza hospitals, kills dozens as health system collapses. nationofchange.org U.S.-backed Israeli strikes destroy hospitals in Khan Younis, killing patients, staff, and journalists as Gaza's health system nears total collapse under allegations of war crimes.

Noa Shpigel (2025-05-14). I get the impression Israeli government members live in a parallel. haaretz.com Zamir Haimi, whose nephew, Tal, was murdered on Oct. 7 and whose body is being held in Gaza, says, 'It's frustrating to see that our government, unlike the American government, which decided to bring back its hostages, not only does nothing, it also causes harm'…

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2025-05-14). Palestina condena nuevas masacres israelíes en Gaza. radiohc.cu La Habana, 14 may (RHC) El presidente del Consejo Nacional Palestino, Rawhi Fattouh, condenó hoy las nuevas masacres cometidas por Israel en la Franja de Gaza, donde se reportan 60 muertos en las últimas horas por los bombardeos del vecino país.

Ravit Hecht (2025-05-14). Trump ups pressure to end Gaza war, but Netanyahu ready to surrender. haaretz.com After U.S. efforts led to the release of hostage Edan Alexander, Netanyahu quickly clarified that it will not necessarily move a broad deal forward. Meanwhile, his motivation to see Hamas' defeat means the ultra-Orthodox can forget about the conscription exemption law…

SKWAWKBOX (2025-05-14). Video: Israel slaughters over 100 people in Gaza, including repeated attacks on two hospitals. skwawkbox.org Shameless slaughter of innocents continues — even BBC has to take notice Israel again murdered well over a hundred people in a single day on Wednesday, including repeatedly bombing two hospitals and slaughtering more than sixty in a single night-time attack on refugees close to a third, the Kamal Adwan hospital: Journalist Liz Loh-Taylor, who …

SKWAWKBOX (2025-05-14). Netanyahu 'tried to kill captured US-Israeli soldier Idan Alexander to prevent release and ceasefire'. skwawkbox.org Released Israeli captive refuses to meet Israeli PM Israel has been accused of attempting to kill US-born Israeli soldier Edan Alexander, who was captured on 7 October 2023, to prevent him being released as part of a potential US-brokered Gaza ceasefire. Alexander was released this week and promptly refused Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's request for …

tn.ai (2025-05-14). Yemen Hits Israel's Ben Gurion Airport with Hypersonic Missile Again. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Yemen's Armed Forces struck Israel's Ben Gurion Airport for the second time in less than a week using a hypersonic ballistic missile, in retaliation for Israel's ongoing brutal campaign in Gaza.

ICRC (2025-05-14). The Red Cross Field Hospital one year on: A lifeline and a stark reminder in Gaza. icrc.org

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