2025-05-18: Palestine Roundup

So far today: 2025-05-18 09:32am GMT

greenleft.org.au (2025-05-18). Australia must support international law, end support for genocide. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-05-18). Pro-Palestine protesters demand action from 'Genocide Gosling'. greenleft.org.au

Khaled Ghannam (2025-05-18). Glimpses of Palestine Part 4 — is especially delicious in the company of. 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.

newarab (2025-05-18). Gaza: Israeli airstrike kills at least 24 amid ceasefire talks. newarab.com An Israeli airstrike killed at least 24 Palestinians in a tent encampment housing displaced families in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, local health authorities said on Sunday, as mediators hosted a new round of talks between Israel and Hamas. | Israel expanded its military offensive on the enclave and ramped up bombing that has killed hundreds of people over the past 72 hours. | Medics said the latest strike that also killed women and children, wounded dozens of other people and set several tents ablaze. | The Gaza health ministry said Israeli strikes in the past few days had killed hundreds of Palest…

newarab (2025-05-18). Gaza: Arab leaders call for truce as Israel offensive continues. newarab.com Arab leaders gathered on Saturday in Baghdad, where they urged the international community to press for a Gaza ceasefire, as Israel launched an expanded military offensive in the Palestinian territory. | In a joint statement, Arab League members also called for funding to back their Gaza reconstruction plan, after US President Donald Trump reiterated a proposal to take over the strip. | The Arab leaders called "on the international community to exert pressure to end the bloodshed and ensure that urgent humanitarian aid can enter without obstacles all areas in need in Gaza." | They added that they "firmly" reje…

newarab (2025-05-18). Iran's Khamenei: Trump 'lying when he speaks of peace' in region. newarab.com On the contrary, said Khamenei, the United States uses its power to give "10-ton bombs to the Zionist (Israeli) regime to drop on the heads of Gaza's children". | Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One after departing the United…

newarab (2025-05-18). Spain PM calls for pressure on Israel to halt Gaza 'massacre'. newarab.com Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called on Saturday for pressure to stop Israel's "massacre in Gaza" and said Madrid plans a UN resolution requesting a world court ruling on aid access to the Palestinian territory. | Sanchez told an Arab League summit in Baghdad that the war has led to "unacceptable numbers" of victims in Gaza, violating the "principle of humanity". | "The extremely grave humanitarian crisis Gaza has endured since October 2023 has caused more than 50,000 dead, 100,000 wounded and two million displaced," said Sanchez, who has sharply criticised the Israeli offensive. | World leaders should…

ICRC (2025-05-18). Israel and the occupied territories: After two months of aid blockage, humanitarian response in Gaza on verge of total collapse. icrc.org

Jack Khoury (2025-05-18). Body of Gaza Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar reportedly found in Khan Yunis tunnel. haaretz.com The Hamas chief was the target of an IDF strike on the European Hospital in Khan Yunis last week. Rafah Brigade Commander Mohammed Shaban was also killed alongside Sinwar, as well as 10 aides, according to reports…

Staff (2025-05-18). Overnight Israeli strikes across Gaza kill over 120 people, medical sources say. haaretz.com GAZA: Hamas say 20 Palestinians killed in IDF strikes near Khan Yunis ‚ñ ISRAEL: IDF intercepts missile from Yemen; Senior IDF officer visited Azerbaijan for talks with Syria, Israeli source tells CNN ‚ñ CEASE-FIRE: U.S. denies reports of plans to transfer Gazans to Libya ‚ñ LEBANON: IDF said it attacked Hezbollah commander involved in rebuilding terrorist infrastructure ‚ñ SYRIA: Saudi Arabia, Qatar paid off Syria's debt, World Bank says…

albawaba (2025-05-18). Body of Mohammed Sinwar likely found in Gaza tunnel>. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – The body of Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar was likely found inside a tunnel in the Gaza Strip, Saudi news network Al-Hadath reported on Sunday morning, Al-Hadath website reportedly said, citing sources from Gaza.Mohammed Sinwar's body was found inside the Hamas tunnel alongside 10 of his aides in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, Al-Hadath added.Earlier, Israel claimed that it targeted Yahya Sinwar's brother, Mohammed Sinwar, in the southern Gaza Strip, in an airstrike in the vicinity of the European Hospital.The Israeli army allegedly said that Mohammed Sinwar, the head of the Qassam Brigades, the milita…

newarab (2025-05-18). Gaza children sent back to war zone after Jordan rejects stay. newarab.com When Haitham Abu Daqa's 5-month-old daughter developed a heart problem that could not be addressed near their home in Gaza, the family sought medical help in Jordan, where she underwent successful open-heart surgery. | After the surgery, Daqa's wife, who was with their daughter, pleaded with Jordanian officials to be allowed to stay. She feared that little Nevine's recovery would be at risk in the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave that has few functioning medical facilities. But the officials insisted that the family had to go home. | "How can I take care of the girl while I am living in a tent, and at the same…

greenleft.org.au (2025-05-18). Families struggle to survive as Israel starves Gaza. greenleft.org.au

newarab (2025-05-18). Arab leaders press for end to Gaza 'bloodshed' at Baghdad summit. newarab.com In a joint final statement, Arab League members also called for funding to back their Gaza reconstruction plan, after US President Donald…

newarab (2025-05-18). Arab Summit kicks off in Baghdad to discuss Gaza, other crises. newarab.com Trump sparked uproar earlier this year by declaring that America would take over Gaza and turn it into the "Rivie…

newarab (2025-05-18). Bernie Sanders says US Democrats silent on Gaza because of AIPAC. newarab.com US veteran politician Sanders, 83, said in

newarab (2025-05-18). Gaza: Israeli strikes kill more than 100 as truce talks continue. newarab.com More than 100 people were killed by Israeli forces in "We have at least 100 martyrs since overnight. Complete families were wiped off the civil registration record by Israeli bombardment," Khalil Al-Deqran, Gaza health ministry spokesperson, told Reuters by phone. | There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military, which has expanded its strikes on the enclave, kil…

newarab (2025-05-18). Gaza: Nearly 60 Palestinians killed in latest Israeli attacks. newarab.com

newarab (2025-05-18). Last-ditch Gaza truce talks in Qatar as Israel kills hundreds. newarab.com Hamas and Israel began a new round of Qatari and Egyptian officials are pushing both sides to agree to a temporary two-month ceasefire, during which negotiations would take place to permanently end the war, release the remaining captives, and remove Israeli forces from Gaza, a…

newarab (2025-05-18). Microsoft says it provided AI to Israeli military for war but denies use to harm people in Gaza. newarab.com

newarab (2025-05-18). US embassy Tripoli denies plan to displace Palestinians to Libya. newarab.com The U.S. embassy in Libya denied on Sunday a report that the U.S. government was working on a plan to expel Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya. | On Thursday, NBC News said the Trump administration is working on a plan to permanently relocate as many as one million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya. | NBC News cited five people with knowledge of the matter, including two people with direct knowledge and a former U.S. official. | "The report of alleged plans to relocate Gazans to Libya is untrue," the U.S. embassy said on the X platform. | The Tripoli-based interionationally-recognised Government…

newarab (2025-05-18). US 'plans to deport up to 1 million Gazans to Libya': report. newarab.com The Trump administration may be working on a plan to displace as many as 1 million people from US officials allegedly opened talks with Libyan authorities about the plan, which could see the US release billions of dollars of Libyan assets frozen in 2011, NBC News reported Friday, citing five people with knowledge of the matter. | It is also considering providing financial incentives such as free housing and a stipend in a bid to persuade them to leave the te…

Amos Harel (2025-05-18). Netanyahu is driving Chariots to Gaza, but Trump might still put a spoke in the wheels. haaretz.com Military pressure helped bring Hamas back to the negotiating table, but it didn't guarantee progress in the cease-fire talks. The IDF preparations in Gaza, meanwhile, are for a more minor operation than the army promised…

ICRC (2025-05-18). The Red Cross Field Hospital one year on: A lifeline and a stark reminder in Gaza. icrc.org

Zvi Bar'el (2025-05-18). Libya want to host a million Gazans — so the humanitarian crisis will steer the course of the war. haaretz.com Trump reportedly wants to move Gazans to the North African state in exchange for billions of dollars — an improbable move, as Libya has been embroiled in a bloody civil war for over a decade. That leaves Israel with the dangerous burden of handling administration in the Strip…

albawaba (2025-05-18). Netanyahu talks peace while clearing Gaza — a deal or a distraction. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Experts predict that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would accept a short-term peace agreement as he pushes with his strategy to depopulate the Gaza Strip and show his independence from US President Donald Trump.Israeli soldiers have stepped up their efforts to destroy the remaining buildings in Gaza, despite Netanyahu's limited accommodation in the continuing discussions. This action is seen to be a step toward forcing the people of northern and central Gaza to relocate to the south.Netanyahu insists on parameters that support his larger plan of complete control over Gaza, even if he has not…

Ron Zucker (2025-05-18). Friday 5/30: Cross-country Ride Against War in Gaza kicks off May 30. indybay.org Crissy Field Warming Hut, Marine Drive and West Bluff…

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