(2025-10-22). After dispute over capture of Gaza City, Netanyahu fires long-time ally as National Security Adviser. haaretz.com Move comes after months of reports of bitter disagreements between the two. In a statement, Hanegbi took responsibility for his part in the failing that led to the October 7 attack and called for thorough investigations…
(2025-10-22). Juan Cole on Gaza, U.S. Policy, and the Future of the Middle East. juancole.com I was welcomed onto David Lin's Podcast, "The David Lin Report" to talk about Gaza, the Middle East and the US-China rivalry. Embedded video and transcript below. He describes it this way: The David Lin Report! I'll be reporting on the most impactful market-moving events, as well as interviewing experts in finance, economics, science, and …
(2025-10-22). Bodies of slain Israeli hostages Arye Zalmanovich and Tamir Adar returned from Gaza. haaretz.com
(2025-10-22). U.S. striving for stability in Gaza – but still lacks a clear plan of action. haaretz.com Comments from the three senior American officials who visited Israel on Tuesday prove that Washington did not bother to do any groundwork and is only now trying to shape it…
(2025-10-22). Bodies of Israeli hostages Arye Zalmanovich and Tamir Adar returned from Gaza. haaretz.com Zalmanovich, the oldest of the Israeli hostages taken on October 7, died in captivity; Adar was killed while defending Kibbutz Nir Oz and his body taken by the PFLP…
(2025-10-22). Vance voices 'great optimism' for Gaza truce despite violations. newarab.com 
"What we've seen the past week gives me great optimism the ceasefire is going to hold," Vance said during a press conference in Kiryat Gat, a city in southern Israel where a US-led mission is monitoring the Gaza ceasefire. | "I think that everybody should be proud of where we are today. It's going to require consta…
(2025-10-22). With one eye on reconstruction, U.S. let fragile Gaza cease-fire go up in smoke. haaretz.com The Americans see the Trump-brokered cease-fire as a great achievement and don't intend to let it disappear. But plans to begin rebuilding in areas still under Israeli controlcould complicate the issue…
(2025-10-22). Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC facilitates transfer of remains to Israel and Gaza. icrc.org
(2025-10-22). Trump shocks Israel: After claiming credit for Gaza 'peace', US won't punish Hamas. hindustantimes.com U.S. President Donald Trump issued a stern warning to Hamas, declaring that if the group fails to honor the Gaza ceasefire agreement, it will be "taken care of really quickly" and face "swift, furious, and brutal" consequences. Trump claimed that several unnamed allies in the Middle East have offered to deploy "heavy force" to Gaza on his request if violations continue. The president praised his administration's peace deal, asserting "total peace in the Middle East."
(2025-10-22). Nightmare in Chicago: Fascist ICE Military Raids, Terror & Occupation in Chicago. indybay.org UAW 551 Chicago Ford plant electrician Marcie Pedraza who lives on the South Side of Chicago talks about the terror and violent attacks on immigrants and the Brown and Black community in Chicago and what the role of labor should be.
(2025-10-22). The "No Kings" demonstrations and the political strategy to fight Trump's fascist conspiracy. wsws.org This report was delivered by Joseph Kishore, the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (US), to a public meeting held in Detroit after the "No Kings" rallies on October 18, 2025.
(2025-10-22). Australian Labor PM fawns on fascist Trump at the White House. wsws.org Trump and Albanese went out of their way to praise each other, while signing a critical minerals deal that is crucial for the accelerating US preparations for war against China.
(2025-10-22). CA Gov Newsom Wrecks CA-OSHA Program as Eliminates OSHA Nationally. indybay.org Governor Newsom is joining fascist Trump in helping to destroy the CA-OSHA program by creating mass vacancies and covering up the destruction of the agency. This is helping to kill California workers and particularly immigrant workers on the job with no union and no protection.
(2025-10-22). Paul Ingrassia, Trump's nominee to lead Office of Special Counsel, withdraws after leak of fascist texts. wsws.org Ingrassia is just the latest Republican operative to be outed as a Nazi.
(2025-10-21). 'You cannot fight the world': Hidden meaning behind Trump's warning to Israel. peoplesworld.org 
A single, candid statement by U.S. President Donald Trump during a Fox News interview on October 9 may illuminate the true calculus behind Israel's decision for a ceasefire in Gaza, following a relentless, two-year genocidal campaign that has tragically killed and wounded nearly a quarter of a million Palestinians. "Israel cannot fight the world, Bibi," …
(2025-10-21). Headlines for October 21, 2025. democracynow.org Top U.S. Officials Travel to Israel for Talks as Netanyahu Threatens to Collapse Gaza Ceasefire, Palestinian Woman Beaten Unconscious as Israeli Settlers Attack West Bank Olive Farmers, Federal Court Gives Trump Green Light to Deploy Troops to Portland, "Blatantly Immoral": DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Draws Fire for $170M Purchase of Luxury Private Jets, Colombia Recalls Ambassador to U.S. over Strikes in Caribbean as Trump Issues Threats, Sanae Takaichi, Opponent of Gender Equality, Becomes Japan's First Female Prime Minister, Trump Admin Fires Two Prosecutors Who Opposed Criminal Case Against Le…
(2025-10-21). tight control over his ambiguous Gaza deal has Netanyahu spiraling. haaretz.com Witkoff and Kushner are in Israel to ensure it stays aligned with Washington. They sided with Hamas on key cease-fire disputes, and their own deal's paradox — negotiating with Hamas now only to erase it later — will also soon test Netanyahu's ties with his far-right allies…
(2025-10-21). What drove conciliatory remarks at a fiery Knesset session. haaretz.com Netanyahu, turning 76 after 18 years as prime minister, may one day seek Israelis' forgiveness. His show of softening could reflect the election year or his hope for a presidential pardon, as Herzog finally signals a shift in his lenient stance towards the government…
(2025-10-21). Israel could fiddle election rules to keep far-right in power. newarab.com 
Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu is particularly concerned that his far-right
(2025-10-21). Maccabi Tel Aviv refuse away tickets for Aston Villa match. newarab.com 
The ban followed safety concerns raised by British Police, who cited potential protests outside Villa Park, following demonstrations at "From…
(2025-10-21). Children Carrying Heaviest Burden of Israel's Genocide in Gaza. ummid.com From amputations to starvation and fetal deformities, Gaza's children carry the heaviest burden of Israel's genocide.
(2025-10-21). Islamic unity to thwart US-Israeli conspiracies: Pezeshkian. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 21 (MNA) — Iranian President Masoud Pezeskian says if Islamic countries are united, the conspiracies designed by the United States and the Zionist regime against the nations of the region will yield no results.
(2025-10-21). Dr Rahmeh Aladwan arrested at her home after her public support of Palestine. thecanary.co 
British Palestinian Dr Rahmeh Aladwan was arrested from her home at 7.30am on Tuesday 21 October after a 'two-year long coordinated assault campaign", including death threats, by the UK Zionist lobby for daring to stand up against Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people: View this post on Instagram A post shared by HCWs […] | By
(2025-10-21). No Kings in New York: Manhattan sees massive turnout for anti-MAGA march. peoplesworld.org 
NEW YORK—Responding to the Trump/MAGA attack on democracy, millions of people globally took to the streets Oct. 18 to declare "No Kings" in the United States and to reject the anti-democratic, fascistic, brutal, and chaos of the divisive and anti-human, anti-worker, anti-woman, anti-LGBTQ, racist, and warmongering Trump administration's actions. One of the biggest demonstrations was …
(2025-10-21). Vance's Israel Visit Tests Fragile Gaza Truce and U.S. Mediation Strategy. moderndiplomacy.eu U.S. Vice President JD Vance's arrival in Israel marks Washington's latest effort to stabilise a fragile ceasefire in Gaza and advance President Donald Trump's 20-point peace framework. The truce, only eight days old, has been marred by mutual accusations of violations, sporadic violence, and disputes over the return of hostage bodies, aid delivery, and border …
(2025-10-21). Can J.D. Vance's visit to Israel cement Gaza's fragile ceasefire? scmp.com US Vice-President J.D. Vance and other envoys projected optimism on Tuesday about Gaza's fragile ceasefire agreement, calling progress better than anticipated as they visited a new centre in Israel for civilian and military cooperation. | Vance noted flare-ups of violence in recent days but said the ceasefire that began on October 10 is going "better than I expected" after two years of war between Israel and Hamas. The Trump administration's Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, added that "we are…
(2025-10-21). Counting the dead in Israel's genocide in Gaza. newarab.com 
A As of Sunday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health has recorded over 68,000 people killed, the majority of them women, children, and the elderly, with around 170,200 wounded since the w…
(2025-10-21). Robert Scheer on Gaza, Free Speech, and the Fate of the Left. scheerpost.com 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 Len Goodman & Patrick Sullivan / Peace rarely arrives with a parade. We invited Robert Scheer—journalist, editor, and stubbornly independent voice for six decades—to help us make sense of the Ga…
(2025-10-21). "There is no peace and no plan" for Gaza, health workers warn. peoplesdispatch.org Palestinian health workers and members of flotilla missions condemn Israel's ongoing crimes in Gaza and the false promises of Donald Trump's so-called peace plan.
(2025-10-21). Evidence of systematic torture of Palestinians is horrific. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — The discovery of 135 mutilated Palestinian bodies returned to Gaza has shed light on a disturbing pattern of torture within the Israeli occupation regime's prison system.
(2025-10-21). Israel's war on Palestinians in the West Bank intensifies after Gaza ceasefire. mondoweiss.net 
Since the Gaza ceasefire, Israel has intensified its operations against Palestinians in the West Bank, conducting military raids in the north and increasing settler attacks on Palestinians harvesting olive groves.
(2025-10-21). Exclusive: New Hamas crackdown on Gaza militias will be 'largest yet,' security source says. mondoweiss.net 
Hamas plans to expand its ongoing crackdown on gangs backed and funded by the Israeli army. The renewed effort "will be on multiple fronts" where these groups operate, a security source from the movement tells Mondoweiss.
(2025-10-21). 'You Cannot Fight the World': The Hidden Meaning behind Trump's Warning to Israel. counterpunch.org A single, candid statement by US President Donald Trump during a Fox News interview on October 9 may illuminate the true calculus behind Israel's decision for a ceasefire in Gaza, following a relentless, two-year genocidal campaign that has tragically killed and wounded nearly a quarter of a million Palestinians. "Israel cannot fight the world, Bibi,"
(2025-10-21). Academic Freedom Under Siege: Right Wing Repression and Principled Resistance. juancole.com By Mehmet Rakipoƒülu and ƒ∞brahim àñzco≈üar | — Exeter, UK and Mardin, Türkiye (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) — In the aftermath of 7 October 2023 — when Hamas's surprise "Al-Aqsa Flood" attack and Israel's devastating genocidal war on Gaza shook global politics — Western academia has entered its own crisis. From the United States …
(2025-10-21). From Mediator to Power Broker: Erdogan's Gaza Gamble Pays Off. moderndiplomacy.eu Turkey's long-standing relationship with Hamas, once viewed as a diplomatic liability, has become a strategic advantage. By persuading the militant group to accept U.S. President Donald Trump's Gaza ceasefire and hostage-release deal, President Tayyip Erdogan has placed Ankara back at the heart of Middle Eastern diplomacy. The move marks a major geopolitical reversal for a …
(2025-10-21). Qatar's Emir condemns 'continued violation' of Gaza ceasefire. aljazeera.com Speaking at the opening session of Qatar's Shura Council, the country's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani condemned a…
(2025-10-21). 'I hope the war ends': Gazans yearn for peace as Israel breaks ceasefire. greenleft.org.au 'I hope the war ends': Gazans yearn for peace as Israel breaks ceasefire | Pip Hinman |
(2025-10-21). No peace in Palestine without destroying Israel's carceral state. newarab.com 
Almost sixty years since Israel started its illegal occupation and colonisation of the West Bank and Gaza, two years after the beginning of Israel's genocidal war, the mass arrests and systematic torture of Palestinians has reached unprecedented levels. Yet, the question of Palestinians detained by Israel, and the crimes committed against them, continue to go largely ignored. | While Israel was committing a live-streamed genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, ongoing violations happening in Israeli prisons and military camps have remained mostly hidden and very rarely covered in Western media. | With the announcement…
(2025-10-21). Reversing the Truth: The Gaza "Ceasefire" and British Complicity in Genocide. dissidentvoice.org We live in a time when truth is reversed in plain sight. Black is declared white, and white is declared purple with pink polka dots. Immunity appears to be assumed on the basis that a sufficient proportion of the screen-addled population are too gullible or distracted to notice. Thus, continuing the Nobel Committee's ignoble tradition …
(2025-10-21). New Zealand government denounces looming strike by 110,000 workers for being pro-Palestine. wsws.org The right-wing government is deeply concerned about widespread opposition to the Gaza genocide as well as its assault on living standards and public services.
(2025-10-21). Israeli regime must pay cost of rebuilding Gaza Strip. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 21 (MNA) — A senior Hamas member has held the Israeli occupiers responsible for the destruction of the Gaza Strip and said they must pay the costs of rebuilding it.
(2025-10-21). What 'Remains' in Gaza's Bone Temple. newarab.com 
The New Arab/Al-Araby Al-Jadeed Cartoon of the Day by Palestinian-Jordanian editorial cartoonist Emad Hajjaj.
(2025-10-21). Funerals held for two Israeli soldiers killed by anti-tank missile in southern Gaza. haaretz.com Maj. Yaniv Kula and Staff Sgt. Itay Yavetz were killed when militants emerged from a tunnel and fired at IDF bulldozers near a humanitarian aid route…
(2025-10-21). Trump publicly dumps own Gaza peace deal? 'We'll go in and…' declaration | Hamas,Israel,US,Arab,Iran. hindustantimes.com During a White House meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, U.S. President Donald Trump issued a stark warning to Hamas, declaring the group would be "eradicated" if it violates the fragile Gaza ceasefire his administration brokered earlier this month. Trump remarks follow Israeli airstrikes that killed dozens in Gaza after Hamas was accused of attacking Israeli troops, further endangering the U.S.-led peace deal signed in Sharm El Sheikh last month.
(2025-10-21). Video: Peston cuts off Polanski for mentioning that Israel tortures UK citizens. thecanary.co Green party leader Zack Polanski appeared on ITV's Peston last night and continued his string of strong media appearances. Polanski clearly rattled his pro-Israel interviewer, who was an eager participant in the 'Labour antisemitism' smear scam against Jeremy Corbyn and the left and was continuing the UK establishment's desperate attempts to justify allowing racist, violent Maccabi […] | By