(2026-01-25). US envoys urge Netanyahu to move into Gaza ceasefire's second phase. newarab.com 
(2026-01-25). Trump sent envoys Witkoff and Kushner to ensure Netanyahu delay opening Rafah. haaretz.com One goal of Trump's Board of Peace is to make the lives of Palestinians in Gaza, who are suffering from the ravages of winter, including freezing temperatures, fierce winds and flooding in around their tents, more tolerable as quickly as possible…
(2026-01-25). US special envoys in Israel to discuss future of Gaza, sources tell Reuters. al-monitor.com By Emily Rose and Steve HollandJERUSALEM, Jan 24 (Reuters) – U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were in Israel on Saturday to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, mainly to discuss Gaza, two people briefed on the matter told Reuters. The U.S. on Thursday announced plans for a "New Gaza" rebuilt from scratch, to include residential towers, data centres and seaside resorts, part of President Donald Trump's push to advance an Israel-Hamas ceasefire shaken by repeated violations.
(2026-01-25). Israel to reopen Rafah crossing after search for last hostage body ends. al-monitor.com Jan 25 (Reuters) – Israel will reopen Gaza's Rafah crossing with Egypt for the passage of people only after an operation to locate the body of the last remaining Israeli hostage in the enclave is completed, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said late on Sunday. (Reporting by Hatem Maher, editing by Deepa Babington)…
(2026-01-25). Netanyahu barred Herzog from 'Board of Peace' unveiling: report. newarab.com 
According to US news site Axios, citing American sources, Netanyahu rejected multiple White House invitations for Herzog to participate in the board's launch ceremony in Switzerland, vetoing the…
(2026-01-25). Trump se resistió, pero la guerra es inevitable: øatacará Irán primero? strategic-culture.su En Geopolítica | àönete a nosotros en , y . | Escríbenos: | Tel Aviv y Washington están afilando sus cuchillos, pero la doctrina militar favorece al que da e…
(2026-01-25). Israel wants private security firms to operate Rafah crossing. newarab.com 
Israel has asked the United States to deploy private American security companies at The newspaper quoted two sources familiar with the details as saying that discussions are underway between Tel Aviv and Washington regarding the nature of the force that would manage the crossing, amid differing views over the role of the European Union Border Assistance Missio…
(2026-01-25). Ben-Gvir seeks to install associate as top police lawyer overseeing indictments. haaretz.com Ben-Gvir's nominee for Israel Police legal adviser, who is currently the legal advisor for the Israel Prison Service, advanced the minister's policy of slashing Palestinian detainees' food rations during the war to the point of starvation…
(2026-01-25). When Jewish moral reckoning overshadows Palestinian liberation. mondoweiss.net 
As Jewish anti-Zionists gain visibility, there is a danger of viewing the Gaza genocide solely as the backdrop for a Jewish reckoning. Instead, we must center Palestinian history and demands, and Jewish anti-Zionists have an important role to play.
(2026-01-25). Kevin Cox: South Africa In History's Shadow. newleftreview.org Why is South Africa seemingly still mired in the income and spatial segregation patterns of the apartheid era? Standard explanations focus on the ANC, either as too neoliberal or too statist. Kevin Cox looks instead at the making of classes—and expropriation of African farmers—in conditions of globalization's labour shock.
(2026-01-25). Chabahar Retreat is Political Cowardice. ummid.com Chabahar retreat was a political cowardicea and, a nation that retreats without protest will eventually discover that there is nothing left to retreat from.
(2026-01-25). Gaza riviera and the scenario of segregation and exclusion. thecanary.co 
What is today referred to as the "Gaza Riviera" or "New Gaza" is not merely an urban vision or deferred development plan. It is a comprehensive project that redefines land, people, and urban life through the near-total exclusion of Palestinians and their political reality. The project has been promoted through sleek presentations and referenced by […] | By
(2026-01-25). Israeli Supreme Court hearing on press access to Gaza looms RSF and CPJ call for action. asiapacificreport.nz 
Reporters Without Borders A decisive hearing before the Israeli Supreme Court on whether the press will have independent access to Gaza is due to take place tomorrow. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) will be participating as amici curiae and call on the member states of the Media Freedom Coalition…
(2026-01-25). Gaza — 745,000 students denied their right to education. thecanary.co 
The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, has warned that Palestinian refugee education is under escalating and systematic attack. This is specially true in the case of Gaza. He described the situation as one of the most serious blows to the future of Palestinian generations. Lazzarini […] | By
(2026-01-25). Gaza peacekeeping deployment five clear questions Fiji cannot ignore. asiapacificreport.nz 
ANALYSIS: By Jim Sanday The recent announcement by Fiji's Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs that Fiji will consider contributing troops to a proposed international stabilisation force in Gaza imposes a responsibility on all of us to ask the hard questions before the decision is finalised by Cabinet. At the outset, let's all be clear…
(2026-01-25). Gaza's tent life between illness and daily despair. aljazeera.com Gaza faces public health crisis amid Israel's war, with waste, sewage and poor sanitation leading to disease outbreaks.
(2026-01-25). Israel agrees to of Rafah crossing. al-monitor.com Israel said Monday it would allow a "limited reopening" of the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt once it had recovered the remains of the last hostage in the Palestinian territory.Reopening Rafah, a vital entry point for aid into Gaza, forms part of a truce framework announced by US President Donald Trump in October, but the crossing has remained closed since Israeli forces took control of it during the war in the Palestinian territory.Visiting US envoys had reportedly pressed Israeli officials to reopen the crossing during talks in Jerusalem over the weekend.
(2026-01-25). Aid by permission: How Israel's NGO ban is reshaping life and survival in Gaza. juancole.com By Hassan Abo Qamar, — | On Jan. 1, Israel revoked the licenses of 37 international and local humanitarian organizations in Gaza, in an attempt to force them to end their operations in the region by March. While organizations are still operating for now, the move is affecting the groups' access to supplies and is already impacting daily life in Gaza. Organizations that have provided the foundations of civilian survival—health care, food distribution, water and sanitation, shelter, education, and psychological support[mdash…
(2026-01-25). Israeli fire kills three people in Gaza, US envoys discuss Rafah. newarab.com 
Israeli fire killed three Palestinians in two separate incidents in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, while an Israeli drone wounded four others in Gaza City, local health authorities said. | Medics said Israeli fire killed at least two people in the Tuffah neighbourhood east of Gaza City, while a 41-year-old man was killed by Israeli forces in Khan Younis, in the south of the enclave. | Earlier, medical workers said an Israeli drone exploded on the rooftop of a multi-floor building in Gaza City, wounding four civilians in the street nearby. | Meanwhile, US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner urged Israeli Prime Minis…
(2026-01-25). Bereaved father in Gaza tries to will his son back from the dead. newarab.com 
The boy was dead, limp and bloodied on the floor of a morgue, the latest casualty in "He's sleeping. He'll wake up now. There's nothing wrong with him. He's fine," Yusuf Zawara said Saturday. "I'm just cleaning his face. He's sleepy. He didn't sleep all night because of the bombing." | There was dust in the bereaved father's hair and blood on his clothes. As he knelt over his son in
(2026-01-25). Gaza — How does Israel manage local militias from the shadows? thecanary.co 
The Wall Street Journal has revealed what appears to be a hidden layer of Israel's war on Gaza: an undeclared reliance on local armed militias acting as "field agents" to carry out tasks the Israeli army cannot openly perform under the ceasefire. According to the newspaper, this is not a temporary arrangement. It is an […] | By
(2026-01-25). Iran will treat any attack as war against says senior Iran official. al-monitor.com By Michelle NicholsJan 23 (Reuters) – Iran will treat any attack "as an all-out war against us," a senior Iranian official said on Friday, ahead of the arrival of a U.S. military aircraft carrier strike group and other assets in the Middle East in the coming days."This military buildup – we hope it is not intended for real confrontation – but our military is ready for the worst-case scenario. This is why everything is on high alert in Iran," said the senior Iranian official, speaking on condition of anonymity.
(2026-01-25). Factbox-Airlines reroute, cancel flights as tensions ramp up over Iran. al-monitor.com Jan 24 (Reuters) – Airlines have been rerouting and cancelling some flights across the Middle East as tensions ramp up between Iran and the United States, with President Donald Trump saying on Thursday the U.S. had an "armada" heading towards Iran.A senior Iranian official said on Friday Iran will treat any attack "as an all-out war against us", ahead of the arrival of a U.S. military aircraft carrier strike group and other assets in the Middle East in the coming days.
(2026-01-25). Protest at Santa Clara Hilton Hotel Calls Out Enabling of ICE. indybay.org On January 23, a protest was held at the Santa Clara Hilton Hotel to call out the company's enabling of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The action was one of many organized across the country in solidarity with the general strike called for January 23 in Minneapolis in response to ICE's fascist takeover of the city, and the killing of Renee Nicole Good on January 7.