(2025-10-12). Israel subjects Flotilla participants to abuse and mistreatment. fidh.org Alexis Deswaef and Aziz Rhali, both vice-presidents of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), are among the 470 members of the Flotilla who were abducted by Israel in international waters on October 1 and 2, 2025. The two men have begun a hunger strike to protest their imprisonment, the mistreatment they are subjected to, and the ongoing genocide in Gaza. FIDH is calling for their immediate and unconditional release, as well as that of all the Flotilla participants still (…) | – | /…
(2025-10-12). UC Berkeley Again Blasts US-Israel Genocide of Palestine. indybay.org Hundreds in yet another Sproul Hall demonstration against the US-Israel attempted destruction of Palestine.
(2025-10-12). Interception of the Sumud Flotilla for freedom. fidh.org
(2025-10-12). Wednesday 10/15: Virtual Action for Palestine. indybay.org Zoom | zoom.us/meeting/register/tU6krXE_RRGWnxK……
(2025-10-12). Two years of captivity for Hamas hostages, a genocide in Gaza: International justice trampled. fidh.org
(2025-10-12). Videos: Samidoun on upcoming prisoner exchange in Palestine, fighting state repression and the need for action. samidoun.net As the Palestinian people and the people of the world await the outcome of the prisoner exchange negotiations and the liberation of nearly 2,000 Palestinian political prisoners by the will of the Resistance and the steadfastness of the Palestinian people of Gaza, Samidoun co-founder Charlotte Kates appeared on two programs to discuss the leadership prisoners …
(2025-10-12). Israel/Palestine : Illegal interception of the Sumud Flotilla and arrest of peaceful activists. fidh.org Today, the Sumud Flotilla for Freedom, carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza and composed by international human rights defenders and activists committed to non-violent action, was violently boarded in international waters by the Israeli army. Hundreds of peaceful activists on board were kidnapped and illegaly arrested, including two International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) Vice-Presidents. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (a partnership of FIDH and OMCT) (…) | – |
(2025-10-12). We Must Not Look Away from Palestine: Resisting Oppression and Pursuing Justice. juancole.com Roy Eidelson Note: This essay is adapted from the author's August address at the American Psychological Association annual convention and from a webinar he presented in early September. The webinar includes many visual depictions of the topics discussed here. ( Counterpunch ) — Welcome everyone. I'm Roy Eidelson, president of the Society for the Study of Peace, …
(2025-10-12). Israel/Palestine: The Observatory condemns the arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla in Israeli prisons. fidh.org
(2025-10-12). Thursday 10/16: Virtual Book Launch: Displaced in Gaza: Stories from the Gaza Genocide. indybay.org Online | register at link here…
(2025-10-12). Peace at Hand? Protesters Keep up the Pressure. indybay.org Activists protest the Gaza genocide outside the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco even though a tentative peace deal has been reached between Israel and Hamas.
(2025-10-12). "Humanity hollowed out" : Gaza, two years on. icrc.org The below is a statement by Sarah Avrillaud, head of the ICRC sub-delegation in Gaza:…
(2025-10-12). Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC forced to temporarily suspend operations in Gaza City office as hostilities escalate. icrc.org
(2025-10-12). Trump to visit Israel on Monday, meet Gaza hostage families and address Knesset. haaretz.com According to the schedule released by the White House, Trump will give a speech at the Knesset before leaving to attend a high-level summit in Egypt along with other world leaders to discuss the cease-fire and next steps for the Gaza Strip…
(2025-10-12). Hamas at a crossroads as the Gaza ceasefire deal comes into force. |
(2025-10-12). A Gaza Ceasefire Is Not Enough: We Must Choose Life and Freedom. juancole.com ( The Times of Israel ) — As we wait anxiously to see whether the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas will take hold and become permanent—ending the massacres in Gaza and bringing the hostages home—we find ourselves in the midst of Sukkot, the festival of fragile dwellings [or "Feast of the Tabernacles">. During Sukkot, …
(2025-10-12). A message to far-right minister Smotrich: Trump has spoken — the war in Gaza is over. haaretz.com The end of the war means that Israel's method to date — apply military force to solve negotiating issues — has run its course. Henceforth, whatever disputes down the road about the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza or disarming Hamas will be negotiated…
(2025-10-12). Trump ordered Netanyahu to end the Gaza war. Now military aid to Israel is his target. haaretz.com The rule is clear and simple: Americans don't much care when Israel harms Palestinians, but they do not allow Israel to endanger their regional or global interests or to dictate U.S. policy in the Middle East…
(2025-10-12). Israel and the occupied territories: Civilian suffering in Gaza on a devastating scale after two years of conflict. icrc.org
(2025-10-12). Israeli Government Approves First Phase of Gaza Ceasefire Deal. scheerpost.com Israeli Government Approves First Phase of Gaza Ceasefire Deal | In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible By Dave DeCamp / The Israeli government approved the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal early Fri…
(2025-10-12). Israeli withdrawal, captive for prisoners swap, and entry of aid: What's in the Gaza ceasefire deal? peoplesdispatch.org The entry of a minimum quantity of aid to besieged Gaza, the release of all Israeli captives in return for Palestinian prisoners, the return of displaced people to their home areas, and the IOF's withdrawal to agreed-upon lines are the main points of the first phase.
(2025-10-12). ICRC president: Gaza ceasefire critical to saving lives and reuniting families. icrc.org
(2025-10-12). Hamas refuses to attend Gaza peace agreement signing in Egypt. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – On Saturday, Hossam Badran, a high-ranking Hamas official, said that the group will not take part in the signing ceremony for the Gaza ceasefire agreement with Israel, which will take place in Egypt. | Badran told AFP from Doha that the event would only have mediators and officials from the U.S. and Israel. He stressed that Hamas would not be there to sign the agreement."Hamas will not participate in the signing process. Only the mediators and the American and Israeli officials will attend," Badran stated.Hamas Warns of Response if Hostilities Resume: Badran said…
(2025-10-12). US invites Iran to attend Trump-led summit in Egypt. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) — An American media outlet claims that Washington has invited Iran to attend the upcoming Gaza peace summit in the Egyptian city of Sharm El-Sheikh.
(2025-10-12). Hamas Official on Gaza Ceasefire Deal: Proposed Arms Handover Out of the Question, Non-Negotiable. orinocotribune.com The disarmament of Hamas as part of US President Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza is "out of the question," a Hamas official told AFP on Saturday, October 11. | "The proposed weapons handover is out of the question and not negotiable," the official said, rejecting Trump's statement that the issue of Hamas' disarmament would be addressed in the second phase of the ceasefire in Gaza. | According to the 20-point plan, Hamas members who decommission their weapons are promised amnesty and will be allowed to leave Gaza. | This comes as the ceasefire agreement takes hold in the Palestinian enclave, with a sense of nor…
(2025-10-12). Gaza peace plan risks borrowing more from Tony Blair's failures in the Middle East than his success in Northern Ireland. |
(2025-10-12). Gaza cease-fire returns Israel and Hamas to square one: containing the conflict until the next eruption. haaretz.com As Israelis prepare for a mix of celebration and mourning with the return of the hostages, living and dead, Palestinians face a deeper reckoning over their shattered national movement and the absence of any leadership or vision for what comes next…
(2025-10-12). Susan Watkins: Israel after Fordow. newleftreview.org Netanyahu is building on the obliteration of Gaza to launch an external offensive across multiple fronts, aiming at cantonization in Lebanon and Syria, and regime change, if not state break-up, in Iran. What explains the West's political investment in an Israeli-centric Middle East, on conspicuous display during June's Twelve-Day War?
(2025-10-12). LIVE: Israel-Hamas truce holds, bulldozers clear rubble in Gaza City. aljazeera.com Preparations are also under way for a Gaza ceasefire summit in Egypt, with US President Donald Trump expected to attend.
(2025-10-12). Al-Qassam didn't inform Hamas of its plan for Israeli hostages' handover. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement in Gaza, is keeping the arrangements for handing over the Israeli hostages very secret, and it didn't even tell Hamas leaders the details on how it will happen and where.Prominent Hamas leader and political bureau member Osama Hamdan told the media on Saturday that "fighters from the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades have not informed the Hamas leadership of any procedural arrangements for handing over the hostages, including the location."Hamdan added that 48 hostages, both living and dead, will be handed over to the Israeli authorities on Mo…
(2025-10-12). Bureaucratic antics for three West Bank villages show how an Israeli annexation began long ago. haaretz.com A military decree has brought the villages of Nabi Samwil, Beit Iksa and Khalaila under 'seam zone' rule, from which all Palestinians but local residents are banned. But actually, for 20 years a raft of edicts like this one have been harassing locals, who now fear for their fate…
(2025-10-12). Israeli settlers burn cars, attack Palestinian farmers in West Bank; IDF fires tear gas. haaretz.com Footage shows olive harvesters threatened by settlers, who damaged their equipment. On Friday, settlers wounded seven people in an attack which the town's deputy mayor called the 'most violent, extreme and brutal' in recent years…
(2025-10-12). Iran Condemns Israeli Attacks on Lebanon. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry Esmaeil Baqaei strongly condemned the Israeli regime's repeated military aggressions against Lebanon, denouncing its continued violation of Lebanon's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
(2025-10-12). Kevin Gray: Old Wine in New Bottles. newleftreview.org Though brandishing 'Stop the Steal!' placards, along with US and Israeli flags, nationalist mobilizations in South Korea draw on a different lineage to that of Trump, Bolsonaro or Farage. The latest NLR study of rising new rights locates the RoK's conservative bloc in its history of collaboration with Japanese and American imperialism, now re-gearing against the PRC.
(2025-10-11). Seattle youth tell arms makers: "Stop aiding genocide!" workers.org 
Hundreds of youth walked out of schools on Oct. 7 to join a mid-day march in Seattle. The students came from high schools, colleges and community colleges. They held a feeder march into the Palestine solidarity march in the downtown area that traveled through the towers of the hi-tech weapons . . . |
(2025-10-11). Philly rage and resistance Oct 7 rally. workers.org 
Hundreds rallied under the theme of "Reject normalization. honor the martyrs, uplift resistance!" on Oct 7 in Philadelphia. Organized by the Philly Palestine Coalition, protesters started the march at arms-supplier-to-Israel Day & Zimmermann at North 15th and Spring Garden streets. As some activists held up signs in Arabic, Chinese, English . . . |
(2025-10-11). DPM discusses ME situation with FMs of Egypt, Azerbaijan. gnnhd.tv 
Leaders exchange views on ongoing situation in Middle East, particularly developments in Gaza and Palestine…
(2025-10-11). A joint statement from Palestinian Resistance factions. iacenter.org October 11, 2025 Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine — the three powers — issued a joint statement on Oct. 10, 2025, posted by Resistance News Network. O our noble Palestinian people: In light of the announcement of the first phase of the agreement to stop and end the war of genocide and the marathon negotiations that the factions undertook to reach this national achievement, the three powers extend a salute of honor and reverence to the masses of our great people, especially our people in the Gaza Strip, who faced the most heinous zionist crimes with…
(2025-10-11). Chris Hedges: Trump's Sham Peace Plan. scheerpost.com The Wailing Wall — by Mr. Fish | In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost | There is no shortage of failed peace plans in occupied Palestine, all of them incorporating detailed phases and timelines, going back to the presidency of Jimmy Carter. They end the same way. Israel gets what it…
(2025-10-11). Within the US, pro-Palestine movement vows to continue struggle for lasting peace. peoplesdispatch.org Pro-Palestine organizers gather across the country to mark the start of the ceasefire, stand in solidarity with Gaza, and pledge to keep fighting for full liberation…
(2025-10-11). Jeanine Hourani: 'genocide abroad and austerity at home' have sparked Labour's demise. thecanary.co Jeanine Hourani from the Palestinian Youth Movement spoke at a Your Party rally in Leeds on 8 October, and she insisted that: Palestine has well and truly been the final nail in the coffin of the Labour Party of this country. She added: Whether it's supporting genocide abroad or austerity at home, the political elite […] | By
(2025-10-11). Israel/Palestine: Microsoft Should Avoid Contributing to Rights Abuses. juancole.com Further Due Diligence Needed After Suspension of Some Cloud and AI Services Human Rights Watch — (New York, October 10, 2025) — Microsoft should suspend business activities that are contributing to grave human rights abuses and international crimes by the Israeli military and other Israeli government bodies, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Access Now, and …
(2025-10-11). UNICEF warns that Gaza child mortality will skyrocket without full flow of aid. radiohc.cu The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has called for immediate reopening of all crossings to facilitate the delivery of essential food aid into the Gaza Strip, warning that more Palestinian children could die as their immune systems have been severely compromised due to Israel's war. | "The situation is critical. We risk seeing a massive spike in child death, not only neonatal, but also infants, given their immune systems are more compromised than ever before," UNICEF spokesperson Ricardo Pires said on Friday. | He made the remarks as a fragile ceasefire, brokered by the United States, has taken effect in G…
(2025-10-11). The world economic and political crisis deepens — warmongering intensifies. iacenter.org October 6, 2025 By Jorge Cadima The author, a regular contributor to the media of the Portuguese Communist Party, published the article below in the September/October issue of O Militante, the PCP magazine. We are maintaining Cadima's notes listing sources. The article was written before the mass protests and strikes in France and Spain and the general strike in Italy against the genocide in Gaza. Translation: John Catalinotto From the front page of O Militante, magazine of the Portuguese Communist Party. Although we live in the nuclear age and existing weapons could wipe out human life on the planet, the discour…
(2025-10-11). Activists renew calls for football ban on Israel despite Gaza ceasefire. aljazeera.com Activists campaign to suspend Israel from European football, calling for accountability for genocide.
(2025-10-11). Iran slams Nobel Peace Prize for Gaza genocide supporter. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (MNA) — Iran's embassy in Caracas denounced the decision to award the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition figure Maria Corina Machado as a mockery of the concept of peace.
(2025-10-11). Israel has killed 67,682 Palestinians in Gaza since Oct. 07. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (MNA) — The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip has said that Israeli forces have martyred 67,682 Palestinian people in the enclave since the war broke out between Hamas and Israeli on October 7, 2023.
(2025-10-11). Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine dominate at France war reporting awards. newarab.com 
The Palestinian photojournalist Saher Alghorra, from Zuma Press, on Saturday won first prize for photography at the prestigious Bayeux War Correspondents' Awards. | Wolfgang Bauer (Zeit Magazin) won the top prize for print journalism, Maurine Mercier (RTS-RTBF) for radio, while Julie Dungelhoeff, James Andre and Sofia Amara (France 24) won for television. | The conflicts in
(2025-10-11). Palestinians in Gaza March North Again, Returning to Homes Turned to Rubble. truthout.org It was the moment everyone in southern Gaza had been waiting for: the chance to return to their homes, or what remained of them, in Gaza City and northern Gaza. On October 10, as part of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and Hamas, throngs of people began the march back north, moving up the coastal al-Rashid road in a sight reminiscent of Gazans' historic return… |
(2025-10-11). Gaza ceasefire: Palestinians pick up leftover belongings, head to destroyed homes. gnnhd.tv 
Israeli army has started taking positions on the new borders under the agreement…
(2025-10-11). Journalists renew calls for Israel to open Gaza to foreign media. newarab.com 
In a statement released on Friday, the Foreign Press Association (FPA) urged Israel to "immediately open the borders and allow international media free and independent access to the Gaza Strip" now that hostilities have ceased. | The FPA said the Israeli Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on 23 Oct…
(2025-10-11). Smotrich: Not all IDF deployed to Gaza border on October 7 over fears. haaretz.com In an interview with the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, the far-right finance minister said that the attack was 'a grace from God, delivering a painful, severe slap, a great disaster with terrible consequences. This slap woke us up after many years of complacency'…
(2025-10-11). What are the reasons that forced Netanyahu to accept the first phase of the ceasefire in Gaza? thealtworld.com How will the scene look after the "Sharm El-Sheikh wedding" ends and Trump does not win the Nobel Prize? Here are the expected scenarios | The real reason that led to the ceasefire, the partial withdrawal of the Israeli army from the Gaza Strip, and the release of both living prisoners and corpses can be summarised in the "golden phrase" uttered by Donald Trump, the American president, in his last press conference: "I told Netanyahu that Israel cannot fight the entire world that has come to stand against it." | This is a clear admission, from the leader of the greatest nation in the world, that Israel no longer p…
(2025-10-11). Israeli Government Votes to Implement Trump Peace Plan for Gaza as Hamas Pledges to Uphold It. scheerpost.com Israeli Knesset. Clema12, CC BY-SA 4.0 In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible By Juan Cole /
(2025-10-11). VIDEO: Israel raids Al Jazeera West Bank offices again despite 'ceasefire'. thecanary.co Israeli troops have used the faux-'ceasefire' in Gaza to increase their violence and oppression in the occupied West Bank, mounting a night raid on the offices of broadcaster Al Jazeera in Ramallah: Israel raids Al Jazeera West Bank offices The attack comes just over a year after occupation forces stormed the same office and banned […] | By
(2025-10-11). Trump says hostages will be released Monday as he prepares to visit Israel the same day. haaretz.com The U.S. president cited 'a consensus' on the next phases of his Gaza plan. After speaking at the Israeli Knesset, he will reportedly depart for Cairo for a high-level meeting with European and Arab leaders…
(2025-10-11). Has another Nakba been averted? aljazeera.com Palestinians are returning to their homes after refusing to leave Gaza during Israel's war.
(2025-10-11). Cheers for Trump, boos for Netanyahu as Witkoff speaks at rally in Israel. scmp.com US special envoy Steve Witkoff on Saturday lauded US President Donald Trump's efforts to secure a Gaza ceasefire in a speech at a rally in Tel Aviv's Hostages Square, with hundreds of thousands attending. | "We all owe a debt of deep gratitude to President Trump," Witkoff said, before being interrupted by prolonged applause and shouts of "Thank you, Trump".
(2025-10-11). Aid groups seize on truce to tackle Gaza hunger amid uncertainty. newarab.com 
International agencies were preparing on Saturday to pour But optimism was marked with caution. | The fragile truce could open access, but aid agencies fear Israel may continue Logistical hurdles are far…
(2025-10-11). VIDEO: first meeting of Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos and Nakba survivor Antoine Raffoul. thecanary.co 
Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos and Nakba survivor Antoine Raffoul met in person for the first time on Saturday 11 October, after decades of activism for the Palestinian people and against Israel's occupation, apartheid, and genocide. When Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos and Nakba survivor Antoine Raffoul met in person for the first time Both men survived […] | By
(2025-10-11). Lebanon foils high-risk Israeli terror operation in major security success. tehrantimes.com BEIRUT — Amid the escalating challenges facing Lebanon, the General Directorate of General Security's announcement of the dismantling of a foreign-run spy network working for the Israeli enemy marked a significant step.
(2025-10-11). Israel launches drone attack in a car in Lebanon (+VIDEO). en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (MNA) — The local media in Lebanon on Saturday reported a new Israeli drone attack on a car in southern Lebanon.
(2025-10-11). Israel recovers Sinwar memo ordering Hamas attacks on Israeli civilians and communities on October 7, report says. haaretz.com The New York Times also published intercepted messages from Hamas commanders on October 7, ordering militants to take hostages and broadcast the attacks to rally Arab support. While the memo did not explicitly mention killing or abducting Israelis, it instructed militants to set neighborhoods ablaze and film the atrocities to sow fear and destabilize Israel…
(2025-10-11). The turbulent life of Michael Podolsky, the man an Israeli court allowed to die. haaretz.com His entire body paralyzed, Michael Podolsky could only communicate with the world by blinking. Bedridden, immobile, but completely lucid, he set medical and legal precedents, deciding how and when his life would end…
(2025-10-11). Hezbollah condemns Israeli strike on southern Lebanon. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (MNA) — Condemning the Israeli brutal attack on southern Lebanon, the Hezbollah Resistance Movement strongly criticized the silence of the Arab world and the international community in the face of Tel Aviv's aggression.