2026-01-30: Palestine Roundup

So far today: 2026-01-30 3:52pm GMT

editor (2026-01-30). Albanese must reverse his recognition of the State of Palestine. onlineopinion.com.au If Albanese's apology to Jewish Australians is sincere, why does his government still recognise a Palestinian state that does not exist?

Pacific Media Watch (2026-01-30). UpScrolled the pro-Palestine platform shaking up social media. asiapacificreport.nz By Agnese Boffano in London As Meta, TikTok, Instagram and X continue to dominate online social spaces, a new platform called UpScrolled has entered the scene. It is not built around dances or memes, but instead positions itself as a space promising fewer shadowbans and greater freedom of political expression, particularly for pro-Palestinian voices. So,…

Hikers for Palestine (2026-01-30). Saturday 1/31: Hikers for Palestine: Walking in Solidarity with Gaza's Orphans. indybay.org Berkeley Marina, Seabreeze Parking lot at 598 University Ave…

Christians for a Free Palestine (2026-01-30). Sunday 2/22: Community Call: Live from Palestine. indybay.org Zoom | christiansforafreepalestine.com/events/f…

aljazeera (2026-01-30). Gaza-based journalist Bisan Owda regains TikTok account after outcry. aljazeera.com Award-winning Palestinian journalist regains account with 1.4 million followers after surprise removal from platform.

A Guest Author (2026-01-30). CAIR denounces Israel's killing of Palestinians, including journalists in Gaza. workers.org The three journalists — Mohammed Salah Qashta, Abdul Raouf Samir Shaath and Anas Ghanem — murdered in Gaza by Israeli forces on Jan. 21, 2026. The following press release was issued by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Jan.21, 2026, and posted at cair.com/press-releases. CAIR condemns Israel's killing of . . . |

Amos Harel (2026-01-30). Trump is determined to launch Phase 2 of his Gaza plan. The Israeli last hope is that he fails. haaretz.com Some members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition believe that, if the American president's plan collapses, he will give Israel the green light to recapture the Gaza Strip ‚ñ And how Netanyahu distorted realty to serve his own interests by accusing Biden of responsibility for IDF fatalities…

Richard Falk (2026-01-30). Is a Non-UN Conflict Resolution Framework Feasible, Desirable? Trump's Board of Peace is an Obstacle and Warning. richardfalk.org [Prefatory Note: Initially framed as questions responding to Middle East journalist, Mohamed Abd Elaziz, raising question about Stage II of the Trump Plan for Gaza, inaugurating the Board of Peace at the Davos World Economic Forum this January. The questions raises some key issues. My assessment is that the Board of Peace deserves to fail. …

Caitlin Johnstone (2026-01-30). Only Idiots Believe The War Propaganda About Iran. caitlinjohnstone.com.au There is nothing you can say to me to convince me that US regime change interventionism in the middle east is a swell idea. | There is nothing you can say to convince me that the Trump administration is telling us the truth about Iran. | There is nothing you can say to convince me that the mass media are telling us the truth about Iran. | There is nothing you can say to convince me the people who just spent two years incinerating Gaza have kind-hearted intentions for the Iranian people. | There is no…

JAY (2026-01-30). Olga Cherevko Showed the World What's Happening in Gaza. Israel Won't Let Her Return. portside.org Olga Cherevko Showed the World What's Happening in Gaza. Israel Won't Let Her Return |

aljazeera (2026-01-30). UNRWA staff cuts deepen in Gaza as Israel restricts critical aid access. aljazeera.com Forced austerity: 600 staff laid off, Gaza salaries cut 20%, aid access blocked amid worsening humanitarian crisis.

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2026-01-30). The Chris Hedges Report: Is The 'New World Order' Really New? popularresistance.org As U.S. hegemony continues to dwindle, Donald Trump and his international allies are making preparations to maintain some grip on world power. One of these methods includes the "Board of Peace," which was ostensibly created to reconstruct Gaza, but has demonstrated yet another attempt by Trump to undermine international law. | Yanis Varoufakis, the Secretary-General of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25), the former Finance Minister of Greece and author of Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism joins host Chris Hedges to discuss what the Board of Peace really means and how it relates to Trump's larger…

ICRC (2026-01-30). Gaza: Severe winter conditions compound humanitarian crisis for displaced Palestinians. icrc.org

Jonathan Strauss (2026-01-30). Bipartisan hate laws must be resisted. socialist-alliance.org Socialist Alliance opposes Labor's Combating Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill. Jonathan Strauss argues that those who want the right to oppose genocide, or to defend democratic rights more generally, should reject these laws.

newleftreview (2026-01-30). 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.

Gidi Weitz (2026-01-30). How prime minister backtracked on a promise to disavow October 7 conspiracies. haaretz.com Conspiracy theories about the October 7 massacre have been meticulously nurtured by Netanyahu's adherents, who seek to pass on the blame, taking root in the mass consciousness. Those who know the truth, like Eyal Zamir and David Zini, choose to remain silent…

WSWS (2026-01-30). Attendees at Australia's "Invasion Day" defend free speech and oppose oppression of Aboriginal people. wsws.org Attendees not only spoke out against the oppression of Indigenous people, but also condemned the Trump administration's rampage in Minnesota and the Israeli genocide of Palestinians.

L Maris (2026-01-30). Friday 1/30: Noisemaker protest at the Israeli Consulate. indybay.org 456 Montgomery, San Francisco…

newarab (2026-01-30). Giant portrait of Hind Rajab unfurled on Barcelona beach. newarab.com Protesters unfurled a giant portrait of five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind's anguished final pleas for help while being trapped in a car under Israeli fire have been retold in the film

aljazeera (2026-01-29). Aoun's tightrope: Daily Israeli attacks and Hezbollah's refusal to disarm. aljazeera.com Pressures on the Lebanese president to disarm the group may soon escalate if his focus on diplomacy doesn't succeed.

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