(2025-12-26). Free UK Palestine Hunger Strikers! Rally at SF UK Consulate to Support Jailed Activists. indybay.org In solidarity with Palestinian activists who are on a hunger strike in the UK, a rally was held at the UK consulate in San Francisco to demand their freedom and the use of the Terrorism Act to target opponents of the genocide in Gaza.
(2025-12-26). Italy Meloni Gov Attacks Dockers Unions For Action On Palestine. indybay.org The Italian Meloni government is retaliating against the USB union for taking action against the genocide in Gaza…
(2025-12-26). Friday 12/26: Virtual Action Hour for Palestine. indybay.org Zoom | afsc.org/events/action-hour-palestine…
(2025-12-26). Monday 12/22: If We Act, They Die! Rally at UK Consulate to Demand Release of Political Prisoners. indybay.org UK British Consulate In San Francisco | 1 Sansome St. San Francisco…
(2025-12-26). Amid Starvation and Mass Killings, This Gaza Baker Refused to Stop Her Work. truthout.org "The hardest part of working during the war was the endless search for the ingredients I needed to make cakes," 23-year-old Gaza baker Dema Al-Buhisi tells me. "For months, that struggle consumed me," she adds. "Finding flour alone took five full days — five days just to get clean, unspoiled flour that hadn't gone bad. And what about the famine we lived through? There was no meat… |
(2025-12-26). Despite two years of Israel genocide, Christmas returns to Gaza. newarab.com 
In a small, This year's return to communal prayer was subdued. No Christmas trees lined the streets,…
(2025-12-26). The 8 best foreign policy books of 2025. responsiblestatecraft.org I spent the last few weeks asking experts about the foreign policy books that stood out in 2025. My goal was to create a wide-ranging list, featuring volumes that shed light on the most important issues facing American policymakers today, from military spending to the war in Gaza and the competition with China. Here are the eight books that made the cut.The Fort Bragg Cartel:
(2025-12-26). Tuesday 12/30: Power Half Hour for Gaza. indybay.org Zoom | http: //jvp.org/gazaph…
(2025-12-26). In Gaza's Makeshift Camps, Women Hold the Families Together. passblue.com 
I am writing from a small displacement tent in Al-Zawaida, central Gaza, where my family of nine lives day by day. Over a million people now inhabit such makeshift camps across Gaza, and women bear the heaviest burden. While the world sees the destruction from afar, the personal realities of women's survival inside these tents …
(2025-12-26). Gaza: Fuel shortage forces Al-Awda hospital to suspend services. newarab.com 
Ravaged by more than two years of war, "Most services have been temporarily s…
(2025-12-26). Trump Admin Appears to Be Backing Off Plan for International Occupation of Gaza. truthout.org The United States seems to be poised to reevaluate its tactics in implementing President Donald Trump's plan for the Gaza Strip. It seems they are considering installing a Palestinian technocrat government and Palestinian police force before assembling their International Stabilization Force (ISF), which they are finding no country wants to be part of. While this remains very far from… |
(2025-12-26). Democracy Now! 2025-12-26 Friday. democracynow.org Arundhati Roy on New Memoir "Mother Mary Comes to Me," Gaza & Authoritarianism from India to U.S.; Remembering Bill Moyers: PBS Icon on Corruption of Corporate Media and Power of Public Broadcasting | Arundhati Roy on New Memoir "Mother Mary Comes to Me," Gaza & Authoritarianism from India to U.S.; Remembering Bill Moyers: PBS Icon on Corruption of Corporate Media and Power of Public Broadcasting…
(2025-12-26). Netanyahu to meet Trump amid growing US frustration with Israel. newarab.com 
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump are due to meet soon amid growing uncertainty over The meeting, expected to take place in Florida at the start of next week, is seen as a key moment in determining whether the ceasefire will advance to its second phase or whether Israel resumes its attacks on the besieged and devastated Gaza Strip. | Sources cited by Israel's Channel 12 said the talks will focus on disagreements surrounding the impl…
(2025-12-26). 168 Gaza doctors graduate even as Israel reduced hospitals to rubble. tehrantimes.com A cohort of 168 Palestinian doctors received advanced medical certifications in Gaza amid the ruins of al-Shifa Medical Complex, once the territory's largest hospital, Al Jazeera reported Friday.
(2025-12-26). Freed hostage Romi Gonen on sexual assault by Hamas: put a gun to my head and said kill me if I told. haaretz.com Gonen – who spent 471 in captivity in the Gaza Strip – told Channel 12 that she was sexually assaulted several times by various men and 'to varying degrees of severity'…
(2025-12-26). Analysis | Palestinian politics at a crossroads: Can pragmatism win out over nihilism? haaretz.com However flawed, Fatah operates according to reasoned assessments, while Hamas considers no amount of death, suffering or defeat too great in pursuit of its millenarian ends. Both Hamas and Israel's far-right government must not be allowed to sabotage the Gaza cease-fire…
(2025-12-26). Katz: Israel will build settlements in Gaza and 'never leave'. newarab.com 
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz on Thursday vowed that Israeli forces would "never leave" Gaza, adding that they would establish a military buffer zone around the enclave and build The minister's latest statement, reported by Haaretz, comes a day after an apparent retraction of similar comments made on Tuesday, which unsettled Israel's allies in the US. | Speaking at an educational conference in Israel, Katz rejected reports that he had retracted the pledge on settlements, sayi…
(2025-12-26). Trump could unveil Gaza 'peace council', 'government' soon: Israeli media. aljazeera.com US wants to move to phase 2 of ceasefire in January, is frustrated by Israeli 'delays', reports Israel's Channel 12.
(2025-12-26). Israel's rising air defence sales become its 'most potent' foreign policy weapon. scmp.com Israel is cashing in on soaring international demand for combat-proven air defence systems, as analysts say the billions of dollars' worth of weapon sales will significantly expand the country's influence beyond the Middle East. | The weapon exports to Europe, Asia and Africa are helping Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's administration overcome its diplomatic isolation over the Gaza war by making the Jewish-majority state a key long-term security partner for its customers.
(2025-12-26). Life under displacement in Gaza: A firsthand visual testimony from Rafah and Deir al-Balah. tehrantimes.com This photo report is compiled by Ezzedine Shallah, a Palestinian filmmaker and researcher displaced by Israel's war on Gaza. The images document two stages of forced displacement: his bombed home in Rafah (2024) and daily life inside a tent in Deir al-Balah (2025). Taken from within the Gaza Strip, these photographs bear witness to the destruction of civilian homes, the erosion of family life, and the ongoing reality of survival under bombardment, hunger, and uncertainty.
(2025-12-26). From Iran to Gaza, Netanyahu fans fears of war to shift focus away from Qatargate. haaretz.com Even though continuing military friction underscores Netanyahu's empty promises of total victory on several fronts, it still serves his political purposes – but any operation decision awaits the prime minister's return from his meeting with Trump in Miami…
(2025-12-26). War-torn Gaza's Palestinians ring in solemn Christmas For 2nd year in a row amid fragile ceasefire. hindustantimes.com For the third consecutive year, Palestinian Christians in the Gaza Strip marked Christmas under the shadow of war, displacement and economic hardship. While a fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict has allowed more aid and supplies to enter Gaza, many families continue to struggle. Fouad Nabil Ayad, whose home was destroyed and family displaced multiple times, says faith and hope remain central despite ongoing challenges. As Gaza's small Christian community observes Christmas across different denominations, many are praying for peace, stability and a better future for the next generation.
(2025-12-26). "January 6 Succeeded Here" — Arundhati Roy on Trump, Modi, and Her New Memoir. truthout.org In this holiday special, we speak to the acclaimed Indian writer Arundhati Roy on her new memoir, Mother Mary Comes to Me. The book focuses on her mother Mary Roy and how Arundhati was shaped by her, both as a source of terror and of inspiration. We also talk to Arundhati about Gaza and the rise of authoritarianism from India to the United States. This is a rush transcript. |
(2025-12-26). Archbishop of York says he was 'intimidated' by Israel 'militia'. newarab.com 
The Archbishop of York said he was "intimidated" by Israeli militias during a visit to the Occupied West Bank earlier this year, in a Christmas Day sermon that highlighted the stark reality of the Israeli occupation. | The Most Rev Stephen Cottrell, who is the second most senior clergyman in the Church of England, gave the sermon at the York Minster on Thursday. | "We were stopped at various checkpoints and intimidated by Israeli militias who told us that we couldn't visit Palestinian families in the occupied West Bank," Cottrell said. | "We have become — and really, I can think of no other way of putting i…
(2025-12-26). Two Israelis killed in stabbing and ramming terror rampage in northern Israel. haaretz.com Israeli authorities say the assailant, a Palestinian from the West Bank, ran over a man and later stabbed an 18-year-old woman. He then proceeded to a nearby town, where he was ultimately shot by a security guard while fleeing…
(2025-12-26). On cam: Israeli soldier hits praying Palestinian with ATV in West Bank; this happens next… hindustantimes.com An IDF reservist allegedly rammed a Palestinian man with an all‚Äëterrain vehicle on December 25, in an incident that has renewed tensions in the occupied West Bank. The confrontation reportedly took place near the village of Deir Jarir, which lies north of Ramallah and has often been a flashpoint for settler violence. Footage published by Palestinian media outlets appeared to show the ATV being driven directly into a man who was kneeling on the ground, moments before being knocked over. The disturbing video showed the Palestinian man, who appeared to be praying at the time, falling face first to…
(2025-12-26). Netanyahu's US tour: A shameful display of collusion against justice and peace. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — In the midst of historic global turmoil, an alarming spectacle is once again unfolding: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is preparing for yet another visit to the United States to meet with President Donald Trump. This trip, which comes on the heels of multiple previous visits since Trump's return to the White House, is not a diplomatic milestone — it is the latest chapter in a troubling alliance that undermines justice, fuels regional conflict, and exposes the United States as little more than Israel's political enabler on the world stage.
(2025-12-26). As Qatargate co-conspirators quarrel, Netanyahu keeps his cool – and his distance. haaretz.com While the three suspects at the center of the criminal investigations continue to clash, the prime minister has not even been interrogated as a suspect in either of the two linked affairs ‚ñ Meanwhile, IDF officers have realized that the road to promotion goes through Defense Minister Israel Katz — and are acting accordingly…
(2025-12-26). Netanyahu pushes for Iran conflict, clashing with Trump's priorities. aljazeera.com US president's base opposes intervention in Iran while pro-Israel donors and hawks push for heightened US involvement.
(2025-12-26). Maybe Bennett, an annexationist at heart, really want to beat Netanyahu? haaretz.com Maybe the former prime minister prefers a government with Netanyahu to 'betraying' right-wing values, but there is nothing right-wing about racism against the Arab Israeli community…
(2025-12-26). Israel recognizes the Republic of Somaliland, Netanyahu says in call with East African leader. haaretz.com Israel is the first country to recognize the Horn of Africa entity, which broke away from Somalia more than 30 years ago. Earlier this year, it was reported that the U.S. and Israel held talks with officials from Somaliland about the possible use of its territory for resettling Palestinians…
(2025-12-26). From Qatargate to Bibigate: Fresh revelations and accusations put Netanyahu on the defensive. haaretz.com One of Netanyahu's closest aides could be one state's witness too many ‚ñ While the coalition MKs are establishing a politicized investigative committee, their supporters in the visitors gallery have already completed their work ‚ñ And it's not just the prime minister who doesn't want a state commission of inquiry…
(2025-12-26). Israel strikes Khan Younis, kills Palestinians near Yellow Line. newarab.com 
Israeli forces on Friday carried out several air strikes on areas At least four air strikes were carried out, amid heavy gunfire from Israeli warplanes and military vehicles. | In
(2025-12-26). Afula operation a natural response to ongoing Israeli crimes: Hamas. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — Hamas declared Friday's Afula operation an "expression of accumulated popular anger" resulting from the Israeli occupation regime's daily crimes.
(2025-12-26). Israeli reservist rams ATV into Palestinian praying in W. Bank. newarab.com 
"Footage was received of an armed individual running over a Palestinian individual," it said in a statement, adding the individual was a reservist and his military service had been terminated. |
(2025-12-26). Two people dead in stabbing, car-ramming attack in Israel. aljazeera.com Attack comes a day after Israeli army reservist in civilian clothes rammed into Palestinian man praying on roadside.
(2025-12-26). She was given 10 minutes to choose: Be killed by the Taliban or leave her people behind. haaretz.com After ending up on the Taliban's kill list, Benafsha Efaf had to abandon the dozens of women's shelters she built in Afghanistan and flee with the help of Israeli activists. From her exile in Switzerland, she now works to save those left behind…
(2025-12-26). Israel attacks press as 'silencing' policy: Palestinian journalists union. aljazeera.com Syndicate report says Israeli forces have systematically targeted journalists to undermine Palestinian narrative.
(2025-12-26). European road safety body suspends Israel as traffic deaths hit 20-year high. haaretz.com The European organization expelled Israel from its ranks because, according to a December letter, 'actions by the current Israeli government are not deemed compatible with the principled commitment to protect human life'…
(2025-12-26). 'Jesus is Palestinian' ad in NYC draws anger of pro-Israelis. newarab.com 
A billboard in New York's Times Square shared a Christmas message declaring that " The ad, along with another which displayed a Quranic verse, was funded by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), who described the campaign as an "act of resilience". | "Our two NY billboards are an act of cultural resilience: 1. 'Jesus is Palestinian. Merry Christmas.' 2. The Quranic verse (3: 45) announcing the blessed…
(2025-12-26). Israeli artillery strikes southern Syria near Quneitra. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 26 (MNA) — Syrian media sources report that Israeli forces carried out artillery strikes in southern Syria, targeting areas near Quneitra.