(2025-10-23). Mamdani, Cuomo clash in final NYC mayoral debate: Key takeaways. aljazeera.com Mamdani attacked over affordability platform, support for Palestine; Cuomo challenged on sexual harassment.
(2025-10-23). Repression on protests in solidarity with Flotilla and Palestinian people: NGOs demand EU Council action. fidh.org The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), together with six other human rights organisations, condemns the alarming repression of peaceful protests across European Union (EU) countries in solidarity with the Palestinian people and the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF). Following the illegal interception and arbitrary detention of activists aboard the GSF, millions of people have gathered across Europe to express their support. In several countries, demonstrations were met with (…) | – | / | <...
(2025-10-23). Gaza "peace" deal exposed as cover for genocide and ethnic cleansing. wsws.org The "peace" agreement has sanctified the permanent Israeli occupation and annexation of a large portion of Gaza, coupled with daily mass killing and the deliberate starvation of the population.
(2025-10-23). Int'l Court of Justice Finds Israelis Broke Law by Starving Palestinians of Gaza. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The International Court of Justice, established by the UN to adjudicate issues among nations, issued an advisory opinion on Wednesday branding the Israeli blockade on food and medical aid into the occupied Gaza Strip illegal. I mean, surely this conclusion is simple common sense. You can't starve people. That's not …
(2025-10-23). Gaza: WHO evacuates 41 patients as thousands await transfer. newarab.com 
The World Health Organization led the medical evacuation of 41 critical patients and 145 companions out of Gaza, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday. | Some 15,600 Gazan patients await evacuation, including 3,800 children, the WHO previously said. During the war, more than 7,000 patients were evacuated from Gaza, with Egypt taking more than half of them. | Many suffer from injuries sustained during the two-year-long conflict that killed more than 68,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians. Others have chronic conditions such as cancer and heart disease that the enclave's decimated health syst…
(2025-10-23). UN report affirms Israel's genocide in Gaza impossible without global complicity. radiohc.cu A new United Nations report reveals that more than 60 countries are complicit in the "collective crime" of enabling Israel's genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza. | An advanced version of the report by UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, was made available on Monday. | In her second report, Albanese argues that diplomatic immunity for Israel and failure to hold it to account for violating international laws, particularly in the West, has allowed it to continue its genocide with impunity. | The report says this took place through western media and political disco…
(2025-10-23). No incubators left: Gaza's babies born into a post-genocide hell. newarab.com 
In the dim corridors of Gaza's Nasser Medical Complex, Samah Ahmed collapsed in tears as doctors told her that her newborn son might not survive. | She crumples against the hospital corridor wall, her skeletal frame shaking with sobs. At 30 years old and weighing less than 50 kilogrammes, Samah can barely stand without gripping her husband's arm. | Through the neonatal intensive care unit window at Nasser Medical Complex, her eight-day-old son Muhammad lies fighting for breath, one of three infants crowded into a single incubator designed for one. | The doctor's words, a Palestinian medical euphemism meaning the…
(2025-10-23). Saturday 10/25: Screening of film "Sitting on the Fence: Is New Zealand complicit in the Gaza Genocide?" indybay.org Zoom | us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PDxG……
(2025-10-23). Island to be created off the coast of Gaza from war rubble. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – From the rubble, a new hope will rise, slowing down the misery of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian minister said an island will be constructed from the debris of the 2-year war in the enclave.Palestinian Minister of Public Works and Housing, Ahed Bseiso, unveiled a plan to build an island off the coast of the Gaza Strip, adding that the project will be overseen by the Palestinian government. The plan involves recycling 60 million tons of rubble resulting from the Israeli aggression, and placing them on an area of 14 square kilometers in the Mediterra…
(2025-10-23). Ahead of arrival in Israel, Rubio warns moves toward West Bank annexation threaten Gaza peace deal. haaretz.com
(2025-10-23). Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC facilitates transfer of remains to Israel and Gaza. icrc.org
(2025-10-23). Graveyards are now last option shelters in Gaza for Palestinians amid ruins. aljazeera.com 'Even the land for the dead is now the only refuge for the living,' one Gaza resident says.
(2025-10-23). Gaza Tribunal opens in Istanbul to examine Gaza war crimes. newarab.com 
A landmark people's tribunal known as The Gaza Tribunal has opened in Taking place at Istanbul University's Ce…
(2025-10-23). As Israel's war pauses, a battle emerges over Gaza's police. newarab.com 
Amid the ruins still scattered across After nearly Subsequently, police forces reportedly loyal and linked to Hamas have been redeployed across the Gaza Strip, seeking to restore a semblance of order. Their presence is visible at key intersections, ne…
(2025-10-23). FPA disappointed as Israel court postpones Gaza media access. newarab.com 
An organisation representing international media in Israel and the Palestinian territories expressed disappointment Thursday after Israel's top court postponed its hearing on granting journalists independent access to Gaza. | Since the Gaza war began in October 2023, Israeli authorities have prevented foreign journalists from entering the devastated territory, taking only a handful of reporters inside on tightly controlled visits alongside its troops. | The Foreign Press Association, which represents hundreds of foreign journalists, had filed a petition in the Supreme Court, seeking access for international journ…
(2025-10-23). Gaza command center in Israel gives the U.S. eyes on the Strip and helps Netanyahu avoid responsibility. haaretz.com The United States can boast of the multinational Civil-Military Coordination Center that it has built to secure the Israel-Hamas cease-fire, while the U.S. can keep watch of Israel and Gaza from up close. Meanwhile, Netanyahu can run things behind the scenes without being scrutinized by the public…
(2025-10-23). Map of Gaza shows where Israeli forces are positioned under ceasefire deal. aljazeera.com Satellite imagery shows Israel holds about 40 active military positions beyond the yellow line.
(2025-10-23). LIVE: UN urges Israel to allow medical evacuation from Gaza amid ceasefire. aljazeera.com World Health Organization says 41 critical patients evacuated yesterday as Rafah border remains shut, despite ceasefire.
(2025-10-23). PDF of October 23 print issue. workers.org 
Download the PDF Editorial Stop U.S. attack on Venezuela! Millions turn out for anti-Trump 'No Kings' actions Boycott Buffalo Hyatt Boston: Indigenous Peoples Day Behind WNBA contract talks Universities reject Trump Compact George Floyd Day Denver 'No Kings' protest Bronx salutes Gaza's martyrs Remembering Assata Editorial: End U.S. blockade of . . . |
(2025-10-23). Rubio criticises West Bank annexation move as he visits Israel. newarab.com 
Top US diplomat Marco Rubio warned that Israel's moves towards annexing the occupied West Bank risked undermining a fragile US-brokered truce in Gaza, as he headed to Israel on Thursday. | Israeli lawmakers on Wednesday "I think the president's made…
(2025-10-23). Israel defies ICJ ruling, vows to bar UNRWA from Gaza. newarab.com 
A senior Israeli official told the public broadcaster Kan Reshet Bet on…
(2025-10-23). Arab, Palestinian outrage over Israeli move to annex West Bank. newarab.com 
(2025-10-23). Israeli Knesset narrowly backs West Bank annexation bills. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- In a razor-thin and highly divisive vote, Israel's Knesset on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to two bills seeking to formally annex parts of the occupied West Bank.The legislation, which passed 25—24 in the first of four required readings, would extend Israeli sovereignty over the entire West Bank under one bill and specifically over the settlement of Ma'ale Adumim under another, effectively incorporating the areas into Israel. The vote came as U.S. Vice President JD Vance visited Israel, though officials said the timing was coincidental.Knesset Advances Far-right West Bank Annexation Bill as J…
(2025-10-23). Israeli Knesset advances bills imposing 'sovereignty' over West Bank. strategic-culture.su By Al MAYADEEN | Join us on , , and . | Contact us: | The Knesset passes a bill to apply Israeli "sovereignty" over the West Bank, expos…
(2025-10-23). Report: wife Sara demanded Likud ministers sign letter calling on Herzog to pardon prime minister. haaretz.com The letter, drafted by Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman and signed by all of Likud's ministers, stated that Netanyahu's criminal trial is a 'prosecution against an entire camp within the nation.' Sara told ministers that 'Trump also requested it,' according to Israel's public news broadcaster…
(2025-10-23). Friday 10/24: Protest at israeli consulate in SF. indybay.org 456 Montgomery St, | San Francisco…
(2025-10-23). She converted during COVID. Israeli immigration officials say her Zoom course count. haaretz.com Facing rejection from Israel's Population and Immigration Authority, recent convert Isabella Vinci, supported by the Israel Religious Action Center, is preparing a court petition to challenge the decision, despite a Supreme Court ruling recognizing non-Orthodox conversions…
(2025-10-23). Indonesia defiant after IOC calls for no events over Israeli gymnast ban. tribune.com.pk 
Indonesia vowed Thursday to play an "active role" in global sports after the IOC urged federations not to stage events there following the country's ban on Israeli gymnasts. | The International Olympic Committee's executive board said Wednesday it would "recommend to all international federations not to host any international sports events or meetings in Indonesia" until it provided guarantees over access for all participants in competitions. | The board said it also ended dialogue with the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation on hosting any future Olympic events. | It came after Indonesia denied visas…
(2025-10-23). Israel bombs 'Hezbollah sites' in east Lebanon air raids. newarab.com 
Israel launched a "Israeli warplanes launched a series of violent strikes on the eastern mountain range" in the Bekaa region near the border with Syria, Lebanon's official National News Agency said. | It also said two Israel strikes targeted the Hermel range, in the northernmost part of the Bekaa. | The Israeli military meanwhile said it had targeted Hezbollah sites in the same region, including a "a military camp…
(2025-10-23). Which Israeli company will supply the latest and most advanced sniper rifles? haaretz.com Israeli arms manufacturers such as IWI and ARI Arms are expected to compete for a government contract to provide thousands of 7.62 caliber guns, at up to 6,500 shekels per rifle, to the IDF. International sanctions against the Israeli arms industry have left Israeli brands struggling to sell their wares…
(2025-10-23). IOC wants no sport events in Indonesia after visa ban on Israeli athletes. aljazeera.com Indonesia says it barred Israeli gymnasts from the global event to maintain 'public order and security'.