(2025-12-20). WSJ: U.S. will pay 20 percent of Gaza reconstruction, officials tell Qatar, UAE. haaretz.com In a pitch to Arab countries, U.S. officials have proposed 'Project Sunrise,' a 20-year, $112.1 billion plan for Gaza's postwar reconstruction, with a commitment to fund 20 percent of the cost, the Wall Street Journal reported…
(2025-12-20). UN: Dec. 19] Peacekeepers Killed in Sudan So. Sudan, Congo Mission Renewed Lots More. passblue.com 
This Week @UN: UN person/envoy of the year; Slovenia is exhausted; UN's AI use. Plus: Sudan; Congo; US/Venezuela; US/ICC; Houthis/UN; Gaza. Follow us daily on Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Blue Sky • Our #1 story: An Eastern European Woman Should Lead the UN, op-ed by Vesna Pusic • A short holiday note to thank our …
(2025-12-20). Israel attack on Gaza school clear ceasefire violation: Hamas. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (MNA) — The Palestinian Resistance movement Hamas has condemned the Israeli army's attack on a school sheltering displaced people in eastern Gaza City, describing it as a blatant violation of the ceasefire.
(2025-12-20). Israeli attack on Gaza school kills five, most of them children. newarab.com 
Five Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack on a school sheltering displaced people in The Palestinian civil emergency service said in a statement that most of the killed were A hospit…
(2025-12-20). PATRICK LAWRENCE: After the First 70,669 Deaths. consortiumnews.com I take the 15 victims at Bondi Beach and divide them by the 71,000 deaths in Gaza as of this writing. I get a fraction of 0.0002143. By Patrick Lawrence Special to Consortium News CN at 30 I read in a…
(2025-12-20). Israeli attack on Gaza school kills, injures 10. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (MNA) — At least six Palestinians were killed and four others wounded after Israeli artillery shelled a school sheltering displaced people in eastern Gaza City on Friday night, Palestinian sources said.
(2025-12-20). UN says famine phase overcome in Gaza Strip. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (MNA) — No areas in the Gaza Strip are currently classified in famine, according to the latest reports by international bodies.
(2025-12-20). US drafts $112-billion Gaza reconstruction plan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (MNA) — US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump's son-in-law, businessman Jared Kushner, have designed a project for rebuilding the Gaza Strip.
(2025-12-20). Grossi urges inspection of Iran's attacked nuclear sites. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (MNA) — Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has called for inspections of Iran's nuclear sites damaged in June attacks to verify their safety and accessibility.
(2025-12-20). Finnish PM apologizes over posts by lawmakers. ecns.cn Chinese netizens have also begun similar petitions, demanding that the politicians involved publicly acknowledge the gesture as racist and formally apologize to the Asian community.
(2025-12-19). Netanyahu incapacitated? attorney general who has been locked out. haaretz.com Netanyahu's ministers ignore her legal opinions. To them, there is no longer an attorney general, just as there is no Supreme Court president. This is an organized, well-planned, unbridled operation…
(2025-12-19). To distract from trial, his defense minister will keep force-feeding the poison machine. haaretz.com Every minute people talk about criticism of opposition group Brothers and Sisters in Arms is a minute they're not talking about Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel Katz and the other ministers who failed in the run-up to October 7…
(2025-12-19). Netanyahu hails major gas deal with Egypt, but its political independence remains. haaretz.com While Israel staged a triumphant signing, Cairo's press yawned. Al Ahram said the agreement 'won't affect Egypt's political decisions on Gaza,' as officials quietly stress economic necessity, U.S. pressure and a deal designed to survive wars, crises and diplomatic freezes…
(2025-12-19). US Citizens Deported By Zionist State After A Week Of Detention. popularresistance.org New York-based Irene Cho and Boston-based Trudi Frost, who were arrested by Israeli forces last Friday, remain in custody at the Givon prison after Israeli courts have summarily denied all their appeals while refusing to examine the evidence proving they have committed no offense. They are expected to be deported later tonight from Ben Gurion airport. | Cho and Frost were arrested on Friday, December 12, in the West Bank village of al-Mughayyer while staying with the Abu Hamam family, which is threatened with forced displacement by military and settler violence.
(2025-12-19). Ceasefires in the Gaza Genocide: A Historical Perspective. counterpunch.org 
What is new in the current situation and particularly ominous, is that, formerly, even the most exclusivist version of Zionism did not rely on genocide as a tool: generations of Zionists have tried to buy land from Palestinians, to expel them through bureaucratic means, to use violent Apartheid and ethnic cleansing strategies, or to engage in what Palestinian political scientist Saleh Abdel Jawad calls "sociocide" — to make life so legally, financially, psychologically, and physically difficult that Palestinians themselves would choose to leave. In previous writing, I have argued that, while Zionism before…
(2025-12-19). be honest: The Israeli mainstream simply has no patience for Arabs. haaretz.com Zionism has always preferred to focus on itself and push aside those who live alongside it. To overcome that tendency, we'll need creative techniques…
(2025-12-19). Big Tech and the Architecture of the Israeli Genocide Against Palestinians. counterpunch.org 
History is filled with examples of corporations fueling war machines and global colonization. IBM supplied technology used in Nazi death camps; shipping and trading companies played central roles in the transatlantic trafficking of Africans; and multinational firms helped bankroll South Africa's apartheid regime. The companies that once profited from South Africa's pass laws, today empower
(2025-12-19). Israel attacks Gaza by air and sea as mediators meet in US. newarab.com 
Israeli forces carried out a wave of air and naval strikes on In
(2025-12-19). Saturday 12/20: Holiday Craft Market for Gaza. indybay.org Barrios Unidos Poets Corner, 1817 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz…
(2025-12-19). Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition Joins Increase Of 2026 Sailings To Gaza. popularresistance.org The 18 national campaigns of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla coalition (Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, International Campaign to Break the Siege, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, United States) met in Dublin, Ireland December 5-7, 2025 to plan for many more vessels to sail to challenge the illegal Israel naval blockade and the genocide of Gaza. | Israel continues to break the ceasefire in Gaza and has escalated the vicious attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians and their land in the West Bank.
(2025-12-19). 29-day-old baby boy dies of hypothermia as temperatures drop in Gaza. aljazeera.com Sheltered under a worn-out, nylon tent and four blankets, 29-day-old Saeed could not survive winter in Gaza.
(2025-12-19). Escalation in Southern Gaza: Airstrikes Target Khan Younis, Rafah Amidst Truce Violations. english.almanar.com.lb Israeli occupation forces intensified military aggression in southern Gaza Strip early Friday, launching a series of airstrikes on the cities of Khan Younis and Rafah. In Khan Younis, Israeli warplanes targeted the Bani Suheila area east of the city, with simultaneous machine-gun fire directed at eastern neighborhoods accompanied by artillery shelling. Additionally, Israeli naval vessels …
(2025-12-19). Miami summit to address future of Gaza agreement as Israel continues lethal strikes. tehrantimes.com The United States Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, will hold talks in Miami, Florida, with senior officials from Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey as efforts continue to advance the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire, even as Israel violates the truce on the ground.
(2025-12-19). Israel nervous over biggest deal ever? Most advanced Elbit defenses be indirectly leveraged by Iran. hindustantimes.com Israel's defence establishment is on edge after the United Arab Emirates was revealed as the buyer behind a secret $2.3 billion arms deal with Israeli defence giant Elbit Systems — the largest in the company's history. The agreement, involving advanced laser-based J-MUSIC aircraft protection systems, has triggered concerns in Israel over erosion of its military edge, technology leakage, and China's potential access to sensitive Israeli defence technology through the UAE. With most details under publication ban, the deal is fuelling debate amid a post-Gaza surge in Israeli weapons exports.
(2025-12-19). Tragedy in Gaza as winter storm turns family's shelter into rubble. aljazeera.com A devastating roof collapse in Gaza leaves one dead, six injured, and a family struggling for survival amid winter.
(2025-12-19). What will Trump do to protect the Gaza ceasefire deal? aljazeera.com Qatar warns daily Israeli breaches threaten entire agreement put forward by US President Donald Trump.
(2025-12-19). Pinochetism Returns to Power in Chile. counterpunch.org 
José A. Kast's resounding victory in the runoff election is bound to have a profound influence on Chile. A solid, neo-fascist, extreme right-wing force consolidated as a result of the convergence of two radical variants of Pinochetism —one led by Kast and the other, even more extreme, by Johannes Kaiser— to which rushed to join