2026-01-02: Genocide Roundup

So far today: 2026-01-02 3:48pm GMT

Middle East Monitor. (2026-01-02). Major Actions In Support Of Palestine Mark The New Year. popularresistance.org Over half a million people gathered early Thursday at Istanbul's Galata Bridge for a massive march in support of Palestine, organized under the umbrella of the Humanity Alliance and the National Will Platform, Anadolu reports. | The New Year's Day demonstration, held with the participation of more than 400 civil society organizations and led by the Turkish Youth Foundation (TUGVA), was carried out under the slogan "We won't cower, we won't keep quiet, we won't forget Palestine." | At the event, around 520,000 participants called for an end to the genocide in Gaza.

Vijay Prashad (2026-01-01). This is Not a Ceasefire: The Israeli Genocide Continues. counterpunch.org On 19 January 2025, a ceasefire took effect to halt the Israeli bombing of Palestinians in Gaza. This ceasefire emerged from a mediation process by Egypt, Qatar, and the United States, which had been sealed in June 2024 with United Nations Security Council Resolution 2735. However, the Israelis rejected the agreement and waited until Donald Trump

aljazeera (2026-01-01). Hundreds of thousands march in Istanbul in solidarity with Gaza. aljazeera.com Demonstrators in Türkiye demand global pressure on Israel, calling the so-called ceasefire 'a slow-motion genocide'.

Lucy Blick, Fight Back! News. (2026-01-01). Denver Anti-War Protests Target New Palantir Headquarters. popularresistance.org Denver, CO — On December 21, protesters gathered at the Cherry Creek Financial House in Denver for a noise rally to protest at the new headquarters of Palantir. The tech and AI surveillance company has plans to move into the new Cherry Creek location after months of community organizing have made their downtown headquarters untenable. | Palantir, whose technology is widely used by ICE to track immigrants and by Israel to facilitate genocide in Gaza, was invited to place its headquarters in Denver by Colorado Governor Jared Polis, after protests drove them out of California in 2020.

Peter Mertens (2026-01-01). Internationalism: "More and more people are saying no.'. indybay.org I think it's important that a movement on the streets repeatedly voices the political demand for an end to arms deliveries to Israel. The International Criminal Court is also calling for this — and we must remind our governments of this. | We can put pressure on Israel and its supporters, but it is the Palestinians themselves who will liberate themselves.

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