(2026-05-05). Sweden: Parties Should State Position on Israel, Palestine. hrw.org Click to expand Image | A member of the UN checks on the destruction at a school run by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) that was previously hit by Israeli bombardment, in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip on July 15, 2024. | © 2024 Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via AP…
(2026-05-04). Israel Has Kidnapped Two of Our Most Important Pro-Palestine Activists. scheerpost.com Chris Hedges Nothing illustrates the inversion of the international and moral order more than the genocide in Gaza and the shipment of tens of billions of dollars of weapons to Israel by Western nations, especially the United States, to sustain it. Part of this inversion is the unrelenting persecution of those who denounce the genocide — especially …
(2026-05-04). Sunday 5/3: Lifeline Denied: The Urgent Need for a Medical Corridor from Gaza. indybay.org Zoom | us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3017769……
(2026-05-04). Federal Court Blocks Berkeley Students from Weighing in on Chilling Deal with Zionists. indybay.org April 30, 2026 – A federal court has agreed to dismiss a lawsuit by a right-wing Israel lobby organization against the University of California, Berkeley, as part of an anti-Palestinian deal that will infringe on the free speech and academic freedom rights of members of the campus community, blocking efforts by students to have a say in the decision.
(2026-05-04). israeli Occupation Court Extends Detention Of Saif Abukeshek And Thiago àÅvila. popularresistance.org Askalan, Occupied Palestine —The Global Sumud Flotilla condemns the decision of the "Ashkelon Magistrates' Court" to have Saif Abukeshek and Thiago Avila remanded in custody. | They were unlawfully abducted by israeli naval forces in international waters outside Greece and taken to occupied Palestine earlier this week. | The court has ordered their continued detention for 2 additional days until May 5. | Despite there being no formal charges levelled against them, israeli prosecutors have made sweeping politically motivated allegations in a retaliatory attempt to criminalize humanitarian action.
(2026-05-04). Saturday 5/2: Free Palestine/No War with Iran and Lebanon. indybay.org Ocean at Water Street, Santa Cruz…
(2026-05-05). Netanyahu's Hezbollah War Masks a Mission of Destruction. juancole.com New York (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) — As Israel destroys villages in Southern Lebanon committing crimes of war, US media use the same Gaza genocide playbook. Hezbollah is simply being substituted for Hamas. | Israel has become a master at twisting international law to its own purposes. It continues to successfully sell its distortions justifying ethnically cleansing in Southern Lebanon, as the US press relentlessly parrot IDF talking points, just like they did in Gaza. | On April 28, a videotape of
(2026-05-04). Freedom Flotilla Defies Israeli Piracy. popularresistance.org Just days after the Israeli government's assault on 22 unarmed civilian vessels of the Global Samud Flotilla (GSF) as they sailed toward Gaza in international waters west of Crete, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) is pressing forward with new vessels. | On Saturday May 2, the FFC launched four new sailboats from Siracusa, Italy. The FFC is determined not to give in to the Israeli violence. | The launch continues the demand to end the siege of Gaza, to end the policy of collective punishment, to end the genocide Israel is inflicting on Gaza, and to end the apartheid system Israel established in the occupied We…
(2026-05-05). Israeli strike sparks fire in northern Gaza City. aljazeera.com Video from Gaza City shows flames rising after an Israeli strike targeted a group of civilians.
(2026-05-04). Like in Gaza, Israel is targeting rescue workers in South Lebanon, killing over 100 since March. mondoweiss.net 
Lebanese rescue workers now wait 15 minutes after each strike before responding, the only way, they say, to stay alive long enough to reach the wounded amid Israel's implementation of its Gaza "double-tap" policy in Lebanon.
(2026-05-04). Gaza flotilla activists 'threatened with death' in Israeli jail. newarab.com 
Israeli authorities are
(2026-05-04). Friday 5/15: Calling Party for Gaza. indybay.org Zoom | www.codepink.org/cp515…
(2026-05-04). Gaza's hospitals struggle to diagnose as labs shut down. newarab.com 
In one of the dim corridors of Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Inside the hospital's laboratories, where early detection of disease is supposed to determine the line between treatment and deterioration, equipment stands idle or runs on rationed supplies.
(2026-05-04). World's top media outlets urge Israel to "Let Us Into Gaza" ummid.com Senior leaders from more than two dozen global news organizations signed an open letter calling for Israel to allow international media to independently enter the Gaza Strip.
(2026-05-04). Israel's growing impunity: Naval forces seize aid flotilla with Irish president's sister aboard. peoplesworld.org 
The "Global Sumud Flotilla," en route to Gaza, was attacked on the high seas on Wednesday night—over 1,000 kilometers from the Israeli coast. Thirty-four activists were injured, and two organizers were abducted. On Sunday, an Israeli court extended its detention until at least May 5. Both report severe mistreatment. On board one of the ships: …
(2026-05-04). A child born, a father dead: West Bank commander says killing like. haaretz.com The Israeli army is 'constantly turning villages into conflict zones,' said the commander, with no attempts to disguise it as anything else…
(2026-05-04). Bennett says Netanyahu West Bank settlements amid Carrefour subsidy deal. haaretz.com A new program subsidizing products at select Carrefour supermarkets notably excludes the West Bank. After Bennett's criticism, Israel's economy minister defended Netanyahu's West Bank policy, touting the construction of '100 new settlements'…
(2026-05-04). Israel murders West Bank man as he takes wife to hospital to deliver first child. thecanary.co 
Content warning — this article features distressing images that depict the death of On Sunday 3 May 2026, 26-year-old Nayef Firas Ziad Samar excitedly dropped his pregnant wife off at the hospital in Nablus, West Bank. She was in labour and about to give birth to their son and first child. As staff took over […] | By
(2026-05-04). West Bank IDF chief admits unequal rules for shooting Palestinians and Jews, citing. haaretz.com IDF general Avi Bluth says troops avoid shooting Jewish stone-throwers while enforcing looser rules for shooting Palestinians. 'The Arabs understand that if someone comes to kill you, kill them first is the norm,' he added. 'So we're killing like we haven't since 1967'…
(2026-05-04). Our freedom is a product of intangible solidarity. sanews.gov.za Our freedom is a product of intangible solidarity | By Ronald Lamola, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation | Those who have had the opportunity to carefully study South Africa's road to democracy would most likely agree with the assertion that our democracy is a special product of intangible solidarity. | It is almost as if all the nations of the world from Africa, to anti-apartheid movements which threaded Europe right across Asia and right across the Atlantic Ocean to countries like Cuba, heeded the profound words of wisdom by liberation stalwart and President of the African National Congress,…
(2026-05-04). Exporting Apartheid: Israel's role in Haiti's water crisis. mronline.org 
Behind the Dominican Republic's assault on Haitian water sovereignty stands an Israeli Occupation apparatus—arming border forces, training police, and designing a thirty-year plan to control their island's water supply.
(2026-05-05). In reversal, Shin Bet lifts ban on BibiLeaks suspect accessing office. haaretz.com Yonatan Urich, an advisor to the Israeli prime minister, has been barred from his boss' bureau due to suspicions he has committed security offenses…
(2026-05-04). Lebanon warned against direct meeting with Netanyahu amid war. newarab.com 
As the United States piles On Monday, prominent Arab intellectual Azmi Bishara cautioned Lebanon against what he described as the political and strategic risks of such a move. | His comments, posted to social media, come amid reports that Lebanese President Joseph Aoun is considering a meeting with Israel…
(2026-05-05). Spirit workers lose paychecks and benefits as executives seek $10.7 million in "retention" bonuses. wsws.org The collapse of Spirit has priced millions of working class travelers out of air travel overnight—and it is only the first casualty of the fuel crisis triggered by the US-Israeli war on Iran.
(2026-05-05). Newborn born in Nablus a day after his father was killed in Israeli raid. aljazeera.com A Palestinian family in Nablus has welcomed a newborn whose father was shot dead by Israeli forces.
(2026-05-04). Two IDF soldiers wounded in clash with Hezbollah; Israeli fire kills 17 in Lebanon over past day, officials say. haaretz.com Earlier on Monday, the IDF issued evacuation notices for several villages in the Tyre area shortly before it carried out attacks, killing four people, including in one village which was not listed in earlier evacuation warnings…
(2026-05-04). Lebanon: Israel bombs at least 38 towns in a single day. thecanary.co 
On Sunday, 2 May, Israel illegally attacked at least 38 Lebanese towns in a single day, directly ignoring, once against, the ceasefire agreement. üî¥Summary of Israeli attacks on Lebanese territory on 3/5/2026: üü Airstrikes: Al-Sarirah Jarjouh Zawtar al-Sharqiyah Srifah Al-Shahabiyyah Al-Qusaybah Kfardounin Bariqa Yahmar al-Shaqif Al-Duwayr Al-Namiriyyah Jabshit Arab Salim Frun Haris Yatir Kafra Burj […] | By
(2026-05-04). Heavy Fighting in Southern Lebanon as Hezbollah Attacks Israeli Positions. news.antiwar.com Heavy fighting reportedly erupted in the area of Deir Seryan, on the border between Israel and Lebanon and well inside the Israeli occupied "Yellow Line" area of southern Lebanon. Israel reportedly advanced troops into the town and Hezbollah attacked them. Details are still emerging about the exchange of fire, but the IDF reported two Israeli …
(2026-05-04). US, Gulf Arab nations draft new UN resolution on Strait of Hormuz. al-monitor.com By Simon LewisMay 4 (Reuters) – The United States and Gulf Arab nations are drafting a U.N. Security Council resolution designed to condemn Iran for blocking the Strait of Hormuz in response to a U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.Mike Waltz said on Monday.Waltz said negotiations will take place this week on the resolution, which comes after permanent Security Council members Russia and China blocked a resolution last month that Washington hoped would galvanize international efforts to restore freedom of navigation of the waterway.KEY DETAILS…
(2026-05-04). Alexander Zevin: Trump's Gulf War. newleftreview.org Asymmetries of the US-Israeli assault on Iran, as an uneasy balance holds between Tehran's tourniquet on the Strait of Hormuz—and the world economy—and the enormous firepower of the aggressors, at the end of the first round.
(2026-05-04). Trump Attacks Media, Calls Reporting on Iran War "Seditious" truthout.org President Donald Trump blasted journalists for their coverage of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran last week, labeling their reporting as "seditious." Trump denounced CNN and The New York Times in comments to reporters at the White House last Thursday. His complaints came shortly after The Times editorial board published an opinion piece condemning the president for exposing vulnerabilities within… |
(2026-05-04). Israeli ally UAE quits OPEC, OPEC. ummid.com The United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of the Israeli allies in the Middle East, has announced to quit OPEC and OPEC+ amidst the crisis the world is facing because of the US-Israel led Zionist war on Iran.
(2026-05-04). Israel ups production of Arrow interceptors, but Iran is making missiles even faster. haaretz.com If the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran resumes, the month-long cease-fire hasn't been enough to replenish stocks. Israel's secret weapon: the dozens of members of the ultra-Orthodox community helping make Arrows…
(2026-05-04). How the US-Israel war has cemented the IRGC's grip on Iran. newarab.com 
In its US and Israeli strikes aimed to disrupt the But the IRGC has moved quickly…
(2026-05-04). Israel Continues to Detain Flotilla Members Intercepted in International Waters. truthout.org We get a firsthand account of the violent raid, arrest and detention of members of the Global Sumud Flotilla, after Israeli forces intercepted the humanitarian mission in international waters Thursday. "We were held in a makeshift prison with shipping containers and barbed wire. Many people were subject to aggressive physical force. Of the 56 aid-carrying vessels attempting to break Israel's naval… |
(2026-05-04). Greater Israel map, nooses: Ben-Gvir's birthday cake sparks controversy. albawaba.com 
ALBAWABA – The birthday party of Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir sparked widespread controversy, due to the participation of several senior police officers in the event and also because of an unusual cake he received as a gift from his wife, Ayala Ben-Gvir.A photo posted on Instagram by the far-right minister showed him receiving a massive three-tiered birthday cake topped with a golden noose, a reference to the latest law imposing the death penalty on Palestinians detainees convicted of violence, which Ben-Gvir and his Otzma Yehudit party have long championed and which was passed by the Knesse…