2025-10-18: Netanyahu Roundup

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The Independent (2025-10-18). The art of Trump's Israel-Hamas deal. independent.co.ug From 'dead cat diplomacy' to a 'strangle contract' COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | When Donald Trump called Benjamin Netanyahu on October 4 to tell him that Hamas had agreed to at least some of his 20-point ceasefire plan, the Israeli prime minister's equivocal response was he saw "nothing to celebrate, and that …

albawaba (2025-10-18). Trump's "Pardon Moment" in the Knesset ignites Israeli political firestorm. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Donald Trump, the President of the United States, shocked Israel's political and judicial leaders when he asked Israeli President Isaac Herzog to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court and is facing multiple corruption charges. | The request, which was made live in front of the Knesset on October 13, came right after Trump finished a speech that got a lot of applause. But what he called a moment of support for a "great wartime leader" quickly turned into one of the most controversial public actions in Israeli court cases in years. A planned move…

The Conversation (2025-10-18). Can Netanyahu Survive Peace? juancole.com By John Strawson, University of East London (The Conversation) — Now a ceasefire has come into effect in Gaza, Israel's long-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, faces the dilemma of how to campaign ahead of the next national elections. These elections must be held, at the latest, in one year's time. In a meeting at the …

albawaba (2025-10-18). Ceasefire on Edge: Washington split over Hamas' handling of Israeli hostage remains. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – U.S. officials have said that there are disagreements within President Donald Trump's administration about Hamas's decision to hand over the bodies of Israeli hostages, which is a key part of the ceasefire deal with Tel Aviv. | Information given to Erm News by reliable sources says that some members of the government, including Trump, think that Hamas should be given more time to return all the bodies. They say that some bodies are stuck in tunnels that were destroyed when Israel bombed Gaza, which makes recovery operations harder. | Other officials, on the other hand, think that Hamas's delay was plan…

aljazeera (2025-10-18). Can the catastrophe in Gaza be reversed? aljazeera.com Two years of war left Gaza starving and shattered. The UN has 60 days, and little money, to bring it back from collapse.

ptcnews.tv (2025-10-18). 3 Afghan cricketers among 8 killed in Pak airstrike, cricket board withdraws from series. ptcnews.tv PTC News Desk: The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has announced its withdrawal from the upcoming tri-nation T20 series with Pakistan and Sri Lanka, following the deaths of three Afghan domestic players in airstrikes allegedly conducted by Pakistan's military regime in Afghanistan's Paktika province. | In an official statement posted on social media, the ACB denounced the incident as "a cowardly attack by the Pakistani regime." | Afghanistan had been slated to compete in the tri-series alongside Sri Lanka, scheduled to take place in Lahore and Rawalpindi from November 5 to 29. | Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan a…

| AFP | (2025-10-18). Three Afghan cricketers killed in attack: cricket board. tribune.com.pk Afghanistan have pulled out of a tri-nation series with Pakistan and Sri Lanka next month after three local cricketers were killed in an attack, the country's cricket board said on Friday. | The ACB said that the players had travelled from Urgun to Sharana in the eastern Paktika province on the Pakistan border to take part in a friendly match. | It said that "after returning home to Urgun, they were targeted during a gathering" in what it described as "a cowardly attack carried out by the Pakistani regime". | The ACB named the three players as "Kabeer, Sibghatullah and Haroon", and said that five other people…

Arthur Bassas (2025-10-18). UN; Oct.17] Pita in Gaza, New Human Rights Council Members Much More. passblue.com

Angela (2025-10-18). Saturday 10/18: Virtual screening of the film "Atrocity Inc: How Israel Sells Its Destruction of Gaza" indybay.org Zoom | us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_G6YE…

aljazeera (2025-10-18). LIVE: Israel releases Palestinian bodies to Gaza as part of ceasefire deal. aljazeera.com Many of the 135 bodies returned since ceasefire show signs of torture and even execution at the hands of Israeli army.

aljazeera (2025-10-18). Israel kills 11 Palestinian family members in Gaza's deadliest truce breach. aljazeera.com Strike on civilian vehicle by Israeli military marks deadliest violation of eight-day ceasefire with Hamas.

ICRC (2025-10-18). Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC facilitates transfer of remains to Israel and Gaza. icrc.org

newarab (2025-10-18). Israel kills 11 in Gaza after Hamas returns captive's body. newarab.com

Jonathan Lis (2025-10-18). Body returned from Gaza identified as Eliyahu Margalit, killed on October 7. haaretz.com Margalit's body was transferred by the Red Cross to Israeli forces stationed inside the Gaza Strip after receiving the coffin at 11: 30 P.M. on Friday. Hamas did not disclose the identity of the body. There are now 18 deceased hostages being held in Gaza…

Juan Cole (2025-10-18). Infectious Diseases "Spiraling out of Control" in Gaza as Israel Cuts Aid Entry in Half. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The terms of the Trump ceasefire in Gaza required Israeli authorities to allow 600 trucks of food and medical aid into the Strip daily, in a full court press by the United Nations and NGOs to flood the zone with nutrition after the Israeli blockade provoked famine in parts of …

albawaba (2025-10-18). Rare Video in Gaza: Giant 2-Ton whale shark pulled from the Mediterranean. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – On Friday morning, people who lived and fished in southern Gaza were shocked when a group of local fishermen caught a huge whale shark off the coast of Khan Younis. The shark was almost 10 meters long and weighed about 2 tons. | The rare catch brought a lot of people, including displaced families, to the beach, where many came to see the amazing sight. People in Gaza said that the moment was a brief but welcome break from the ongoing problems there. A gentle giant that is in danger of going extinct : The whale shark, which is the biggest fish in the world, can grow to be 13 meters long and weigh…

newarab (2025-10-18). Hamas says aims to control Gaza security, can't commit to disarm. newarab.com

aljazeera (2025-10-18). Palestinian detainee relays how torture in Israeli prison made him blind. aljazeera.com Mahmoud Abu Foul, taken from northern Gaza, says he lost his sight due to severe torture in an Israeli prison.

Hagai Amit (2025-10-18). What the cease-fire means for Israelis who made a living from the Gaza war. haaretz.com 'Leaving Gaza was like the withdrawal from Lebanon. They told us to be out within half an hour': Bulldozer operators were ordered to pack up instantly, truck drivers who transported aid are in limbo — while some kibbutzniks are refusing to sell produce to the Strip…

WSWS (2025-10-18). Australian court rules against draconian anti-protest laws in NSW. wsws.org The judgement underscores the flagrant illegality of the offensive against opposition to the Israeli genocide in Gaza, which has been spearheaded by Labor governments.

Ed Newman (2025-10-18). Gaza aid deliveries still face Israeli roadblocks a week into ceasefire. radiohc.cu A week into the ceasefire, Israel has continued to seal Gaza's Rafah crossing with Egypt despite repeated international calls to allow in large-scale aid deliveries. Meanwhile, Israeli attacks killed and wounded several Palestinians in northern Gaza. | For several days, the United Nations has warned that there has been little progress in aid deliveries into Gaza and that assistance must enter at scale through all border crossings to meet urgent humanitarian needs. Under the deal to end Israel's genocide, which has killed more than 67,000 Palestinians in two years, Israel was to allow for a surge in aid deliveries…

Yael Freidson (2025-10-18). me you forget the families, until the very last one is. haaretz.com The father of the slain hostage, Itay Chen, urges the public and decision-makers not to forget the fallen hostages still held in Gaza. 'It is the government's responsibility to bring back the remaining fallen within a reasonable timeframe,' he says…

Ed Newman (2025-10-18). Israel violates ceasefire and kills 11 family members in Gaza. radiohc.cu Israeli forces carried out a deadly attack on a civilian vehicle in the Zeitoun neighborhood, east of Gaza City, leaving 11 dead, including seven children and two women, all members of the Abu Shaaban family, according to the Gaza Civil Defense. | Hamas spokesman Mahmoud Basal condemned the incident as a "new massacre" and accused the occupation forces of perpetrating crimes against innocent civilians. The attack occurred on Friday, October 17, when the vehicle carrying the Abu Shaaban family was hit after crossing the yellow line, an area controlled by Israeli forces. | According to Basal, the victims "could hav…

Abby Zimet (2025-10-18). King Donald the First: ____ That. commondreams.org The run-up to No Kings Day has seen a crazed wave of hysteria from a right wing shrieking about Hamas, Marxists, Huns, Orcs, Barbarians at the Gate with the sinister portent, "You'll see the hate for America all over this thing." What the. We think we'll see millions of people – also frogs, chickens and a detained giraffe – who support health care, free speech, our neighbors, and the right to oppose becoming an authoritarian hellhole. DeNiro: "We're all in this together, with liberty and justice for all." Organizers

Tom Tanuki (2025-10-18). Why we show up when fascists march. independentaustralia.net

Michael Kramer (2025-10-18). 200+ years of U.S. military deployments in and around China. workers.org This article is a chapter in the soon-to-be-released book "China Changes Everything." U.S. ground, air and naval forces from a Jim Crow-era segregated military occupied and patrolled Chinese cities, coastal waters and rivers from the 1820s until 1949. This brutal and racist occupation was always resisted by the Chinese people. . . . |

Deepak Tripathi (2025-10-17). Netanyahu's "Forever War" on Gaza: What Made It Unsustainable. counterpunch.org The brittle ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas has, for the moment, brought an end to the relentless bloodshed. More than two million residents of the occupied enclave — and people around the world — will now hope that the truce will hold long enough for a new administration to take shape and begin

Chen Maanit (2025-10-17). Israeli Attorney General opposes bill that would allow political interference in criminal trial. haaretz.com Sources in the Justice Ministry say the bill is part of a broader campaign by Netanyahu's coalition to exempt him from the rule of law, and pave the way for President Isaac Herzog to pardon him…

Seth Galinsky (2025-10-17). Defend Israel's right to exist as refuge from new Holocaust. themilitant.com Trump says that Hamas thugs patrolling streets of Gaza is OK: | The release of the 20 remaining living hostages by Hamas — starved, tortured and brutalized for 738 days after the Jew-hating group kidnapped them during the Oct. 7, 2023, pogrom — was celebrated throughout Israel and beyond. But it doesn't mean there is peace. | Hamas says it won't disarm — a key Israeli demand — and is already using the ceasefire to regroup, reestablish its hold on power, attack political opponents on the streets of Gaza and prepare new attacks against Jews. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…

Amir Tibon (2025-10-17). Why is Trump threatening to let Netanyahu restart the Gaza war? haaretz.com The U.S. president knows that renewing the fighting will push his regional allies — Qatar, Egypt, Turkey and the UAE — further from his vision of a new Middle East. Israeli officials seem skeptical about his threats…

newarab (2025-10-17). US lawmaker returns AIPAC funds ahead of Senate bid. newarab.com A US lawmaker said on Thursday he will be returning donations received from the Massachusetts Democratic congressman Seth Moulton said the decision was over the pro-Israel lobbying group's support for Israel's government, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. | "I support Israel's right to exist, but I've also never been afraid to disagree openly with AIPAC when I believe they're wrong," Moulton said in a state…

Gidi Weitz (2025-10-17). Shin Bet pick met with official suspected of leaking classified intel. haaretz.com Netanyahu's choice to head the Israeli security service, David Zini, who began his tenure this month, met on the eve of his appointment with a Shin Bet reservist suspected of leaking secret information, who is now facing criminal charges…

Chaim Levinson (2025-10-17). Gaza stabilization and hostage recovery plan contains more gaps than details. haaretz.com It is unclear who will lead the International Stabilization Force in Gaza, how long it will take to establish or how the U.S. will prevent Hamas from taking over the evacuated areas. The bodies of hostages that have yet to be returned could become a twilight zone that Netanyahu thrives on…

newarab (2025-10-17). UK politicians slammed for calling Israeli fan ban 'antisemitic'. newarab.com Security concerns raised by British police have led to the banning of Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a Champions League game against After a thorough assessment, West Midlands police deemed the attendance of fans as "high risk", following violence involving Mac…

tehrantimes (2025-10-17). Hamas takes on Israel's mercenaries in Gaza. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — More than a week after the October 10 ceasefire, Gaza continues to face sustained military pressure, with Palestinians remaining under severe threat from Israel's ongoing operations. Although Israeli forces have partially withdrawn from some residential areas in central Gaza, local armed groups, linked to Israel's Shin Bet security agency, continue to target resistance fighters and civilians alike. These actions undermine prospects for lasting peace and highlight Israel's continued efforts to destabilize Gaza from within.

Agence France-Presse (2025-10-17). Hamas sends Israel another hostage's body, vows to return the rest. scmp.com Hamas handed over to Israel the remains of one more hostage on Friday night, after insisting it was committed to returning all the dead captives still unaccounted for under Gaza's ruins after two years of war. | "Israel received, via the Red Cross, the coffin of a deceased hostage who was returned" to its security forces in Gaza and would be identified at a medical analysis centre in Israel, the prime minister's office said in a statement.

Seth Sandronsky (2025-10-17). Palestine's Voices and Israel's Gaza Genocide. counterpunch.org Palestinians under Israel's 24/7 aerial bombings and food, fuel, medicine, and water obstructions after the Hamas attacks on settlers of October 7, 2023, are also victims of relentless propaganda. It targets their humanity, portraying them as unworthy victims, via distortion or omission. In contrast, Israelis are worthy victims. Case in point is the mainstream press

Mehmet Perinàßek (2025-10-17). Eurasian peace, route, and initiative instead of that of Donald Trump. uwidata.com At the meeting held in Egypt, the Atlantic front referred to the ceasefire reached in Gaza as the "Trump peace." But "Trump's doings" don't end there: we also have the "Trump route" in the South Caucasus and the "Trump's initiative" in Syria. What do the US's recent policies and moves in West Asia, the Eastern …

Amira Hass (2025-10-17). policy of separation perpetuates Hamas. haaretz.com By isolating Gaza from the West Bank and Palestinians from their land, Israel helped entrench Hamas and erase political alternatives. Even if the dream of luxury villas in Gaza has vanished, the logic behind it remains: control of territory, indirect expulsion, and the continued suffocation of the Palestinian people under the guise of security…

newarab (2025-10-17). Israel implementing 'shoot on sight' policy at Gaza Yellow Line. newarab.com Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has instructed Israeli forces to physically demarcate the "Yellow Line" inside The "Yellow Line" separates areas under In accordance with the first phase of the plan, Israeli fo…

UMMID (2025-10-17). Trump, El Sisi, Al Thani, Erdogan Sign Gaza Peace Plan: Full Declaration. ummid.com U.S. President Donald Trump, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Qatar Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and Türkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan Monday signed the Gaza Peace Plan 2025 at a glittering ceremony in Sharm el Sheikh.

Sharon Zhang (2025-10-17). West Bank Death Toll Amid Genocide Tops 1,000 as Israeli Forces Kill Child. truthout.org The number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces or settlers in the occupied West Bank amid the Gaza genocide has surpassed 1,000, according to the UN, after soldiers killed a young Palestinian child while he was reportedly playing soccer on Thursday. The UN Human Rights Office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory reported Friday that Israeli forces and settlers have killed 1,001… |

Charlie Jaay (2025-10-17). Gaza Soup Kitchen provides essential services to a population that now has nothing. thecanary.co Gaza Soup Kitchen (GSK) is a Palestinian NGO that was set up in early 2024 by brothers Hani and Mahmoud Almadhoun, to provide hot meals and clean water to the people of Gaza. The venture has been a lifeline for many thousands enduring extreme food insecurity and famine. What started as a simple Go Fund […] | By

english.almanar.com.lb (2025-10-17). Civil Defense in Gaza: Martyrs and injuries were left by the occupation targeting of a civilian vehicle carrying displaced people while they were inspecting their homes east of the Zeitoun neighborhood. english.almanar.com.lb

Dan Steinbock (2025-10-17). Whitewashing Gas Exploration in Post-Genocide Gaza. juancole.com Amid its lethal bombarding campaign, Israel awarded licenses for gas exploration in offshore Gaza, which is not under its sovereignty. Hence, the ceasefire smokescreen to disguise the struggle for the gas reserves. New York (Special to Informed Comment) — In December 2022, Israeli Ministry of Energy launched the Fourth Offshore Bid Round offering new exploration …

tehrantimes (2025-10-17). Hamas rejects international custodianship. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — The head of Hamas's Prisoners and Martyrs Office has rejected any plans to establish international governance in Gaza.

Reuters (2025-10-17). As fragile Gaza ceasefire holds, world powers plan stabilisation force. scmp.com France and Britain, in coordination with the United States, were working to finalise a UN Security Council resolution in the coming days that would lay the foundation for a future international force in Gaza, France said on Thursday. | With a shaky US-mediated ceasefire between Israel and Hamas holding, planning has begun for an international force to stabilise security in the Palestinian enclave, two senior US advisers said on Wednesday.

The Conversation (2025-10-17). With 83% of its Buildings destroyed, Gaza needs more than Money to rebuild. juancole.com By John Tookey, Auckland University of Technology (The Conversation) — The Gaza Strip is a tortured piece of land that is about 40km long and 11km wide. Some 2.3 million souls are crammed into a space of around 360 square kilometres. This is barely larger than central Sydney. People and empires have lived in, built …

Eden Solomon (2025-10-17). Released hostage Omri Miran discharged from hospital days after returning from Gaza. haaretz.com Miran arrived on Friday at Kibbutz Kramim in southern Israel, where his wife and two daughters have been staying since the October 7 attack…

Alaa Shamali (2025-10-17). New figures show Gaza buried under 80 million tons of rubble with 20,000 unexploded bombs. thecanary.co The Government Media Office revealed in an official statement that the Gaza Strip is facing the largest construction and humanitarian disaster in modern history. The volume of rubble resulting from the war of extermination waged by the Israeli occupation two years ago has exceeded 70 million tons of rubble and waste, including thousands of completely […] | By

geo.tv (2025-10-17). 'Everything turned to ash': Gazans return to razed homes. geo.tv An aerial view shows the Al-Maqussi Towers district, heavily damaged by massive Israeli bombardment over the past two years, in northwestern Gaza City on October 15, 2025. — AFP

newarab (2025-10-17). Gaza: One Rubble After Another. newarab.com The New Arab/Al-Araby Al-Jadeed Cartoon of the Day by Palestinian-Jordanian editorial cartoonist Emad Hajjaj.

en.mehrnews (2025-10-17). Iran is not initiating cyberattacks against any country. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 17 (MNA) — The Iranian mission to the United Nations has emphasized that the Islamic Republic of Iran is not the initiator of any cyberattack against any country.

David Yearsley (2025-10-17). Walls of Shame, Hall of Fame: Barenboim in Berlin. counterpunch.org The Berlin Wall was breached on the night of November 9th, 1989. The German Democratic Republic was done. East Berliners poured through the suddenly opened border, stood on top of the "Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart" (Antifaschistischer Schutzwall) with Westerners, where they would have been shot down during the nearly four decades since construction on the barrier

bwitanek (2025-10-17). No Complicity Launch Meeting Sunday October 19, 7pm via Zoom REGISTER NOW! fightbackbetter.com The meeting will focus on opposition to NJ police and other complicity in various fascist repressive measures falsely equating protected legal free speech activity and beliefs with illegal actions including terrorism. Trump is attempting to use that lying narrative…

Henry Giroux (2025-10-17). Stephen Miller and the Making of the Fascist Subject. counterpunch.org Orchestrated brutality reflected not only Miller's ideology but also his personality. Even his former colleagues described him as insufferable, "rude, arrogant, and consumed by a sense of his own superiority," as Yahoo News reported. On Capitol Hill, he was widely despised, his every interaction marked by condescension and spite. The disdain he showed toward others in conversation mirrored the disdain he codified into law.

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