(2025-10-24). Poll: opposition parties gain large Knesset majority, Smotrich and Gantz left out. haaretz.com The Channel 12 poll found that current opposition parties would reach 69 seats even without Benny Gantz's party, which wouldn't pass the electoral threshold ‚ñ The Netanyahu coalition would hold on to 51 seats…
(2025-10-24). of White House reportedly frustrated with Israel over Gaza strikes, West Bank annexation vote. haaretz.com Politico reports that Vice President Vance delivered a 'firm message' to Prime Minister Netanyahu during his visit to Israel…
(2025-10-24). Even the Americans are now wondering: Is King Bibi playing a double game? haaretz.com America, Qatar, Turkey and the Europeans have united to protect the Gaza cease-fire from Netanyahu ‚ñ After the protest movement and the judiciary, Israel's media may be the next target of government investigations…
(2025-10-24). Gaza peace in limbo as US plan fuels fears of prolonged division. scmp.com Hopes for peace and reconstruction in Gaza have suffered a deadly blow after US envoys unveiled a plan that analysts say will split the territory in two and set the stage for the prolonged, if not permanent, Israeli occupation of more than half the Strip. | With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu making any further military withdrawal conditional upon the disarmament of a recalcitrant Hamas, the future of the proposed International Stabilisation Force (ISF) meant to take control of peaceful…
(2025-10-24). Israeli finance minister's insult to Saudi Arabia sparks outrage. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich sparked diplomatic uproar on Thursday, after making derogatory remarks about Saudi Arabia, just as U.S. Vice President JD Vance visited Israel to advance peace efforts, and the Knesset narrowly advanced two controversial West Bank annexation bills.Speaking at a Yesha Council seminar, Smotrich dismissed the idea of linking normalization with Saudi Arabia to the creation of a Palestinian state, declaring, "If Saudi Arabia tells us 'normalization in exchange for a Palestinian state,' friends, no thank you. Keep riding camels in the desert in Saudi Arabia…
(2025-10-24). 'Keep riding camels:' Israeli minister's racist jibe at Saudi normalization terms sparks outrage. tehrantimes.com Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich dismissed Saudi Arabia's presumed demand for Palestinian statehood as a precondition for normalization on Thursday, sneering at a Tzomet Institute conference that the kingdom should "keep riding camels in the Saudi desert" while Israel "innovates."
(2025-10-24). Gaza's Children Starve as Ceasefire Fails to Deliver Aid. thinktank.pk Two weeks after a US-brokered ceasefire was meant to usher in relief, Gaza's children are paying the ultimate price for unfulfilled promises. The World Health Organization (WHO) has labeled the territory's hunger emergency "catastrophic," with a quarter of the population — including over 11,500 pregnant women — teetering on the brink of starvation. This isn't …
(2025-10-24). Dar condemns repression in Kashmir, atrocities in Gaza on UN Day. tribune.com.pk 
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar reaffirmed Pakistan's dedication to multilateralism and its role in promoting global peace, justice, and development on United Nations Day. | According to a Press Release from Ministry of Foreign Affairs, marking the 80th anniversary of the UN Charter, Dar said Pakistan views the UN as "uniquely placed to address shared challenges, including threats to peace, humanitarian crises, development gaps, and the climate emergency." | He said Pakistan's foreign policy is guided by the vision of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and rooted in the UN C…
(2025-10-24). In Australian tour, US journalist Chris Hedges denounces media complicity in Gaza genocide. wsws.org The corporate media's coverage, Hedges said, "legitimises mass slaughter. It refuses to hold Israel to account. It betrays Palestinian journalists, those reporting and being killed in Gaza."
(2025-10-24). As a Palestinian, Trump's 20-Point Gaza "Peace Plan" Scares Me. juancole.com Belfast (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) — Like most Palestinians, I was initially excited about the ceasefire agreement in Gaza — even though, judging by recent history, Israel has breached every agreement it signed and never lived to its commitments. But I've concluded that Trump's twenty-point plan will only lead to the continuation of suffering. …
(2025-10-24). Heartbroken, these Israelis moved to Greece — but the war let them be. haaretz.com Since Oct. 7, increasing numbers of Israelis have packed up and moved to Greece — some for good. But hostile graffiti, anger over the war in Gaza and a feeling of alienation have cast a pall over their lives. A Haaretz reporter set out to explore the encounter between locals, Greek Jews and the new arrivals…
(2025-10-24). While foreign forces compete for Gaza predominance, Hamas is reviving its regime. haaretz.com Even before the first stage of the Trump plan is completed, a political situation is developing in the Gaza Strip that offers a cautionary tale from the past experience in Afghanistan: without proper planning, international forces fail to achieve stability. Beyond Israel, El-Sisi and Egypt are unhappy about the potential for Turkish involvement…
(2025-10-24). Erdogan wraps up Gulf tour with major trade, defense, and energy pacts. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan concluded a three-day diplomatic tour of the Gulf, finalizing a series of strategic agreements aimed at strengthening Turkey's political, economic, and security ties across the region. The trip, which included stops in Kuwait, Qatar, and Oman, underscored Ankara's growing role in Gulf diplomacy and its efforts to deepen partnerships amid shifting regional dynamics.Erdogan's final stop in Oman saw high-level talks with Sultan Haitham bin Tariq at Al Alam Palace, focusing on bilateral cooperation, regional stability, and support for a two-state solution in Gaza. Both…
(2025-10-24). World Court: Israel Needs to Allow UN Aid into Gaza. hrw.org Click to expand Image | A member of the UN checks on the destruction at a school run by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) that was previously hit by Israeli bombardment, in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip on July 15, 2024. | © 2024 Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via AP…
(2025-10-24). LIVE: UN calls on Israel to open Gaza's Rafah, increase aid amid ceasefire. aljazeera.com Israeli authorities are refusing to let in 600 aid trucks per day as specified in ceasefire deal, UN official says.
(2025-10-24). Egypt brings together Hamas, Fatah to discuss post-war Gaza. newarab.com 
Rival Palestinian factions met in Cairo to discuss post-war governance in the Gaza Strip as part of US President Donald Trump's The Fatah delegation, headed by Hussein al-Sheikh, had initially refused to participate, but the movement's leadership eventually agreed to join the talks following a request
(2025-10-24). Only justice can heal Gaza's deep psychological scars. newarab.com 
The Israeli artillery turned from roaring to humming, and the bombs coming down from heavy rain to drizzle. A ceasefire it was called, albeit mostly a one-sided aggression. | President Trump declared an 'end to the Gaza war' in early October, and Gazans received the declaration with hope and doubt. Some saw it as a most needed room to take a breath and reflect, a psychological respite. Others were not too sure, as the scale of destruction that Israeli troops left behind was ungraspable. | What both sides agree on is that springing back to normality could prove tricky, as abnormal as that normality before the geno…
(2025-10-24). 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……
(2025-10-24). Palestine's Past is Our Present: Why Its Story Matters to Us All. counterpunch.org 
A new story has emerged out of the ashes of Gaza. It is the narrative of a people who have fought bravely and who have stood firm against the overwhelming military power and genocidal violence of the Israeli and American regimes. Until 7 October 2023, Israel controlled the narrative. On that historic day, when
(2025-10-24). WHO says Gaza hunger crisis not improving amid Israeli siege. newarab.com 
The World Health Organisation said on Thursday there had been little improvement in "The situation still remains catastrophic because what's entering is not enough," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told an online press briefing from the UN health agency's Geneva headquarters. | Since the US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect on October 10, there has been "no dent in hunger, because there i…
(2025-10-24). The Unvanquished Will: Gaza's Triumph of Spirit Against the Architecture of Genocide. counterpunch.org 
For the last two years, my social media algorithm has been relentlessly dominated by Gaza, particularly by the voices of ordinary Gazans, displaying a blend of emotions that centers on two core principles: grief and defiance. Grief has characterized life in Gaza for many years, a consequence of successive Israeli wars, the unrelenting siege, and
(2025-10-24). Countdown to closure: Israel braces for new hostage remains from Gaza. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – According to a report from the Hebrew broadcaster Kan on Friday morning, Israel is getting ready to receive a new batch of hostage remains from Gaza by the end of this week. The expected transfer comes after Israel and the United States put more diplomatic pressure on Hamas and regional mediators to speed up progress on the issue. Israeli officials think that Hamas is still holding on to several bodies that could be given up right away. | The Israeli Military Intelligence Directorate (AMAN) says that Hamas can return at least 10 of the 13 Israeli hostages' bodies without needing help from other countri…
(2025-10-24). Why Abolition Matters in This Moment. counterpunch.org 
It feels like the world is spinning out of control as militarized violence, climate chaos, economic inequality, and authoritarianism escalate. At the same time, I've been inspired by an expanding sense of global solidarity, epitomized by the thousands who traveled to Egypt for the March to Gaza this past June and the millions who watched
(2025-10-24). October 7, there were four hostages in Gaza, and they got no. haaretz.com Illy Markovich, a Kibbutz Nir Oz resident who fought for the return of other kibbutz members throughout the war, insists that the struggle is not over until every last hostage comes home. 'I remember the struggle of the family of Hadar Goldin, and I know I will not feel true relief until everyone is back,' she says…