2025-11-18: Palestine Roundup

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Staff (2025-11-18). UN Security Council Gives US 'Mandate' Over Palestine. consortiumnews.com The council endorsed Donald Trump's neo-colonial governing board over a territory that he said should be depopulated to make way for his resort fantasy to be built on the bones of the victims of Israel's genocide, reports Joe Lauria. This…

corinna barnard (2025-11-18). Hedges Report: UN Members Complicit in Genocide. consortiumnews.com U.N. Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese discusses why, in her most recent report, she called out more than 60 nations for their collective-crime roles in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. By Chris Hedges The Chris Hedges Report After two years…

english.almanar.com.lb (2025-11-18). Islamic Jihad: We reject the American resolution adopted by the Security Council because it constitutes international trusteeship over the Gaza Strip. english.almanar.com.lb

Liza Rozovsky (2025-11-18). UN Security Council approves U.S. proposal to deploy Gaza stabilization force. haaretz.com Resolution authorizes transitional authority and international stabilization force; Hamas rejects resolution, insists it will not disarm…

en.mehrnews (2025-11-18). UN Security Council approves Trump plan for Gaza. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 18 (MNA) — The United Nations Security Council has approved a resolution mandating a transitional administration and an International Stabilization Force in Gaza that envisions a "credible pathway" to Palestinian statehood.

english.almanar.com.lb (2025-11-18). Israeli warplanes launch series of air strikes targeting eastern Khan Younis in southern Gaza Strip. english.almanar.com.lb

newarab (2025-11-18). Fresh Israeli strikes reported in Gaza as UN backs US peace plan. newarab.com Palestinian media reported fresh strikes in Gaza overnight as the Airstrikes were reported in Gaza City and eastern Khan Younis in the south of the territory, although no casualties have been reported. | Israel has violated the ceasefire on almost a daily basis since it came into force on 10 October, killing 266 people…

en.mehrnews (2025-11-18). Israel intensifies ground, air, naval attacks across Gaza. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 18 (MNA) — Israeli forces have renewed their ground, aerial, and naval assaults on several areas across the Gaza Strip, targeting neighborhoods in Gaza City and Khan Younis despite a ceasefire.

english.almanar.com.lb (2025-11-18). Palestinian Factions Denounce UN Resolution as Trusteeship for Gaza. english.almanar.com.lb Hamas issued a statement on Tuesday condemning the US-drafted UN Security Council resolution adopted the previous night. The group asserted that the resolution "fails to meet the political and humanitarian demands and rights of the Palestinian people, particularly in the Gaza Strip." The statement continued, "It imposes a mechanism to achieve the occupation's objectives, which …

Dulcie Leimbach (2025-11-18). The UN Security Council Accepts US Plan for Gaza With Wariness. passblue.com The United Nations Security Council approved an American-led resolution endorsing and providing an international legal structure for the Trump administration's 21-point peace plan announced in late September that has entailed an initial phase of a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel that began on Oct. 10. China and Russia abstained in the Council vote on the …

Peoples Dispatch (2025-11-18). UNSC adopts draft resolution on Trump's Gaza "peace plan" peoplesdispatch.org The proposal, which undermines the Palestinian people's right to self-determination, was already endorsed by Arab and Islamic governments known for their allegiance to the United States, including the Palestinian Authority.

english.almanar.com.lb (2025-11-18). A new UN resolution on Gaza opens the door to controversy: US welcomes it, Hamas rejects it. english.almanar.com.lb The UN Security Council voted in favor of a US-drafted resolution endorsing President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan, which includes deploying an international force and a path to a Palestinian state. Thirteen members of the Council voted for the text, which US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz described as "historic and constructive." Russia and …

newarab (2025-11-18). UN Security Council votes for international force for Gaza. newarab.com The There were 13 votes in favour of the text, which US President Trump claimed would lead to "further Peace all over the World," with only Russia and China abstaining ⚪ but no vetoes. | Trump posted on social media that the…

en.mehrnews (2025-11-18). Pro-Palestinian activists to launch new mission toward Gaza. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 18 (MNA) — Pro-Palestinian activists are preparing to launch a new "Sumud Fleet," organizing both land and maritime convoys aimed at reaching the Gaza Strip in a renewed effort to break the blockade and deliver support to Palestinians.

ecns.cn (2025-11-18). First winter rains soak makeshift Gaza tents. ecns.cn Palestinians cross a flooded street on donkey carts in the Al-Attar area of Mawasi, southern Gaza Strip, on Saturday, braving bitter cold and heavy rains that have swamped their tents.

Michael Arria, Qassam Muaddi (2025-11-18). UN Security Council approves Trump's Gaza"peace plan", green-lighting U.S.-Israeli control of Gaza's future. mondoweiss.net The UN Security Council voted in favor of Trump's "peace plan" for Gaza, effectively giving the U.S. and Israel the mandate to push forward their vision for Gaza's future – a future that, notably, features no consideration for what Palestinians want.

_____ (2025-11-18). Surging Israeli settler violence hurts West Bank journalists. Soran Rashid

english.almanar.com.lb (2025-11-18). Al-Manar correspondent reports an Israeli drone targeted an excavator in the town of Blida with a bomb, causing it to catch fire completely. english.almanar.com.lb

english.almanar.com.lb (2025-11-18). South Lebanon: Municipal Worker Martyred in Israeli Strike in New Ceasefire Violation. english.almanar.com.lb A Lebanese municipal worker was martyred on Tuesday in an Israeli strike on south Lebanon, in anew violation of the ceasefire that ended the brutal Israeli war on Lebanon in late 2024. Al-Manar correspondent reported an Israeli drone strike on a Rapid vehicle in the southern town of Bint Jbeil. Lebanese Health Ministry announced that …

Middle East Eye. (2025-11-18). Samsung Users Report 'Unremovable' Israeli Bloatware Appcloud On Devices. popularresistance.org South Korean tech giant Samsung has come under fire after users flagged that its devices contained what cybersecurity experts are calling bloatware across multiple regions globally. | Bloatware is a pre-installed application that runs on a device's operating system. Initially, the software, AppCloud, was reported to be pre-installed in Samsung Galaxy A and M series phones across West Asia and North Africa. | But now, users from Europe and South Asia have reported that the bloatware also comes pre-installed on their devices, and is "unremovable". | Uninstalling bloatware requires root access, the highest level of…

_____ (2025-11-18). Israeli journalist faces threats after reporting alleged sexual abuse of prisoner. CPJ Staff

english.almanar.com.lb (2025-11-18). Al-Manar correspondent in south Lebanon: Israeli drone strikes a Rapid vehicle in the town of Bint Jbeil. english.almanar.com.lb

T Hoxha (2025-11-17). Letter from a British political prisoner for Palestine. electronicintifada.net How banning Palestine Action has led to the banning of Palestine in prisons.

Charlie Jaay (2025-11-17). Across Europe counterterrorism laws are being weaponised to protect Israel and silence dissent. thecanary.co According to a new report from the European Legal Support Centre (ELSC), governments across Europe are turning solidarity into a threat. What began as counterterrorism legislation has evolved into continent-wide repression targeting anyone who stands with Palestine. The report reveals how states deploy vague and racialised counterterror laws to silence dissent and protect their complicity […] | By

Staff (2025-11-17). CN at 30: WATCH: CN Live! — Dissident Intellectual. consortiumnews.com Consortium News looked back at the career of Richard Falk, a former U.N. special rapporteur on Palestine, and outspoken critic of U.S. foreign policy, who joined CN Live! on March 17, 2021. CN Live! hosts Elizabeth Vos and Joe Lauria…

tehrantimes (2025-11-17). Nearly 100 Palestinians have died from torture, starvation in Israeli prisons since Oct. 2023. tehrantimes.com A stark report from Physicians for Human Rights—Israel (PHRI), published Monday, finds at least 98 Palestinians have died in Israeli custody since the war on Gaza began in October 2023, with the true toll likely far higher amid mass detentions and missing detainees.

| Anadolu Agency | (2025-11-17). Israel destroys Gaza's historical palace, with over 20,000 artifacts looted. tribune.com.pk Gaza's historical and cultural heritage has not been spared Israeli bombardment during Tel Aviv's two-year war, with over 20,000 rare artifacts spanning from prehistoric eras to the Ottoman period missing and looted. | "The Israeli army has systematically and extensively destroyed Gaza's archaeological sites as part of a policy aimed at erasing Palestinian identity," Ismail al-Thawabteh, head of Gaza's Government Media Office, told Anadolu on Monday. | Also Read: Pakistan, Jordan to coordinate on Gaza peace plan | According to official data, Israeli forces fully or partially destroyed more than 316 archaeologi…

DPA (2025-11-17). Germany to lift partial arms embargo on Israel, citing of Gaza cease-fire. haaretz.com In early August, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suspended arms exports to Israel that could be used in Gaza, hours after the Israeli government decided to expand its military offensive in the enclave. Germany is said to provide roughly 33 percent of Israel's arms imports…

Zvi Bar'el (2025-11-17). Will emerging Saudi deal force Israel to clash with its friend. haaretz.com Israel's gravest political and strategic threat now comes from Riyadh — not Tehran or Gaza. Normalization holds little strategic value for Saudi Arabia, and Israel views it similarly if it means recognizing Palestinian statehood — yet Trump wants it more than anyone…

Eden Solomon (2025-11-17). Meny Godard, killed on Oct. 7 and taken hostage, laid to rest in Israel after body returned from Gaza. haaretz.com Godard was laid to rest at Kibbutz Be'eri near the Gaza border, where he had been killed along with his wife, Ayelet, and kidnapped to Gaza by Palestinian Islamic Jihad…

Alaa Shamali (2025-11-17). Gaza's Stranglehold: Israel blocks aid, backtracks on humanitarian pledge. thecanary.co A recent report by French newspaper Le Monde exposes a stark paradox in Gaza. Notwithstanding the ceasefire agreement and Israel's pledge to permit humanitarian aid, the entry of desperately needed items is being blocked. Toothless humanitarian agreement Palestinians find themselves trapped between unfulfilled promises and a punishing reality. The west touts the ceasefire as its […] | By

Staff (2025-11-17). Headlines for November 17, 2025. democracynow.org Bangladesh Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sentenced to Death, Israeli Forces Kill at Least 3 Palestinians Despite U.S.-Brokered Ceasefire, U.N. Security Council to Vote Today on U.S. Proposal to Establish International Stabilization Force in Gaza, Trump Open to Talks with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Tens of Thousands March Outside COP30 Demanding Climate Action, Protests Erupt After Trump Admin Targets Charlotte, North Carolina, for Mass Deportation Campaign, Trump Calls on House GOP to Approve Discharge Petition Compelling DOJ to Release Epstein Files, New Prosecutor Takes Over Georgia Election Int…

Abby Seitz (2025-11-17). occupation hates partnerships between Palestinians and Israelis, it blows their. haaretz.com Once invited to exhibit his art in Tel Aviv and Berlin, Palestinian artist Eid Hathleen now spends his days documenting settler violence and fighting a final demolition order against his house amid the slow erasure of his West Bank village, Umm al-Khair…

newarab (2025-11-17). Israel demolishes illegal settler outpost in West Bank. newarab.com Israeli forces are reportedly in the process of demolishing and evacuating an Footage shared online showed forces advancing with bulldozers, accompanied by Israeli Border Police, towards the Tzur Misgavi outpost, located in the Videos shared on so…

newarab (2025-11-17). Outrage as Netanyahu says government will oversee Oct. 7 probe. newarab.com After repeated delays, Israel's government has agreed to launch an investigation into the government failures that led to the But questions about the investigation's independence drew accusations Monday that Israel has traditionally appointed…

en.mehrnews (2025-11-17). Israeli drone strike in Southern Lebanon kills one. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 17 (MNA) — An Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon has left one person dead.

Sharon Zhang (2025-11-17). Ben-Gvir Calls for Assassination of Palestinian Officials If Statehood Advances. truthout.org Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called for the assassination of top Palestinian Authority officials and the detention and torture of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas if international authorities take further steps to advance Palestinian statehood. In remarks at a meeting of the far right Otzma Yehudit party reported by Israeli media, Ben-Gvir said that there is no… |

Etan Nechin (2025-11-17). NYC Mayor Israel trip shows how badly he misread the U.S. Jews he claims to champion. haaretz.com Adams is seeking allies to combat antisemitism, yet the Israeli leaders he embraces are more concerned with strengthening an Israeli nationalism that alienates the U.S. Jews he wants to protect…

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