2026-06-04: Palestine Roundup

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Matt Sledge (2026-06-03). Adam Hamawy, Doctor Who Volunteered in Gaza, Poised to Become Pro-Palestine Rep. From New Jersey. theintercept.com A former U.S. Army combat surgeon with backing from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, streamer Hasan Piker, and an anti-AIPAC super PAC won a New Jersey primary on Tuesday despite last-minute negative attacks. | Adam Hamawy beat a crowded field of Democrats in the state's 12th Congressional District. The winner of the primary is expected to coast to victory over Republican Gregg Mele in the November general election. | His victory came despite a flurry of right-wing media reports that sought to tarnish the progressive candidate as an Islamic extremist because of his 1995 trial testimony for a religious leader con…

Quakers for Peace in Palestine (2026-06-03). Saturday 6/20: Tech & Palestine Solidarity: How to Use Tech Safely in Our Activism. indybay.org Zoom | us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/fE-pkJg…

newarab (2026-06-03). Israel bars Mamdani adviser Linda Sarsour from Palestine visit. newarab.com Prominent Sarsour, one of the most prominent Muslim civil rights activists in the United States and an adviser to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, had planned to visit family in the occupied West Bank and participate in a series of local meetings and event…

Editor (2026-06-03). A forensic survey of Israel's genocide. mronline.org JAMIE BRITTON recommends this fine analysis of the architectural, ecological and infrastructural destruction of the Gaza Strip.

Staff (2026-06-03). Headlines for June 3, 2026. democracynow.org Iran Launches Missiles and Drones at Kuwait and Bahrain in Retaliation for U.S. Attacks, Israel Kills at Least Eight People in Southern Lebanon, Israeli Forces Kill at Least Four Palestinians in Gaza, Trump Picks MAGA Loyalist Bill Pulte to Serve as Acting Director of National Intelligence, Pentagon Hires Jan. 6 Insurrectionist for Counterterrorism Role, DOJ Kills $1.8B Anti-Weaponization Fund, But Trump's IRS Settlement Remains, Former Border Patrol Chief Bovino Attends Anti-Immigrant Summit in Portugal, New Jersey Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against Private Prison Company GEO Group, SCOTUS Allows Alaba…

News Desk, The Cradle. (2026-06-03). Iran Stops Exchange Of Messages With United States. popularresistance.org Iran's negotiating team is stopping exchanges of messages with the US due to Israel's ongoing bombardment and invasion of Lebanon, Iran's Tasnim News Agency reported on 1 June. | "The immediate cessation of the ‚Å Zionist regime's aggressive and brutal army operations in Gaza and Lebanon and the necessity of the regime's complete withdrawal from the occupied areas in ‚Å Lebanon have been emphasized by Iranian officials and negotiators, and there will be no talks until Iran and the resistance's views on this…

Dave DeCamp (2026-06-03). Israel Killed 119 Palestinians in Gaza in May, the Highest Monthly Death Toll of the Year. news.antiwar.com Israeli forces killed at least 119 Palestinians in Gaza in May, marking the highest monthly death toll of the year, Middle East Eye reported on Wednesday, citing numbers from Gaza's Health Ministry. Israel has been constantly violating the US-backed ceasefire deal that was signed in October 2025 and has intensified its attacks after the US …

newarab (2026-06-03). Zak Khan on Israeli detention after Gaza aid mission. newarab.com "Day one in Israeli prison was my birthday," Zakaria "Zak" Khan tells The New Arab. "Interesting birthday." | It was not how the British activist expected to spend turning 25. Days earlier, he had been sailing towards Gaza aboard the The decision to join the mission was rooted in a le…

Ali Abunimah (2026-06-03). UN verifies rapes of Palestinians, but still cites no Israeli victims. electronicintifada.net New United Nations report documents Israeli gang rapes of Gaza detainees and raises further questions about unverified mass rape claims from 7 October.

Qassam Muaddi (2026-06-03). West Bank healthcare workers go on strike as Israel's financial siege guts the Palestinian health sector. mondoweiss.net As Israel indefinitely withholds Palestinian customs revenues, public hospitals have cut hours and slashed healthcare workers' salaries. Patients are left to navigate a system running on interns and half-capacity labs.

newarab (2026-06-03). Israel plans big illegal occupied West Bank settlement push. newarab.com Israel's fanatical finance minister announced on Wednesday a major expansion by more than 2,000 homes of three illegal Jewish settlements in the Bezalel Smotrich, who is wanted internationally for crimes against humanity, holds authority over parts of Israel's civilian administration in the occupied West Bank, said a planning committee app…

Qassam Muaddi (2026-06-03). Digitally annexing the West Bank: Israel moves its theft of Palestinian land online. mondoweiss.net A new Israeli digital registry imposes de facto sovereignty over 60% of the West Bank. Palestinians must register under Israeli authority or risk losing their land, but Israeli legal loopholes are designed to invalidate their claims either way.

newarab (2026-06-03). Israel's checkpoints & borders expose its apartheid regime. newarab.com

Agencies (2026-06-03). Israel, Lebanon agree to renew ceasefire as Trump and Netanyahu play down heated call. scmp.com Israel and Lebanon agreed Wednesday to implement a ceasefire but said it would require a "complete cessation" of fire by Iran-backed Hezbollah, according to a joint statement after US-led talks in Washington. | The two sides, which do not have formal diplomatic relations, also agreed to create "pilot zones" in which the Lebanese armed forces "will take exclusive control of the territory to the exclusion of all non-state actors".

Dave DeCamp (2026-06-03). Trump Says He Was 'Perturbed' With Netanyahu Over Israel's Attacks on Lebanon, Which Haven't Stopped. news.antiwar.com President Trump said in an interview that aired Wednesday that he was "perturbed" with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a phone call on Monday over Israel's attacks on Lebanon, which haven't stopped despite Trump suggesting some sort of ceasefire was reached. The president responded to a question about a report from Axios that said …

aljazeera (2026-06-03). Benjamin Netanyahu faces Israeli backlash over Lebanon strategy. aljazeera.com Hawkish voices in Israel have accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of holding back on bombing Beirut.

UMMID (2026-06-03). Everybody hates Israel and you: Trump blasts Netanyahu in phone call. ummid.com In a major embarrassment for the Zionist lobby, U.S. President Donald Trump called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu '____ing crazy' and said everybody in the world hates him because of his crimes.

WSWS (2026-06-04). New York Democrats and Mamdani administration provide platform for Israel Day pro-genocide march. wsws.org The DSA mayor did not attend the Israel Day parade, but his administration provided the permits and police protection for a march featuring Israeli officials implicated in genocide, annexation and ethnic cleansing.

newleftreview (2026-06-03). 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.

Rania Khalek (2026-06-03). Why Iran Won't Waver in Its Demands To End War Mohammed Marandi. thealtworld.com "After almost three years of genocide and turning the entire world against itself, now the Israeli regime is starving the world of energy because it refuses to allow the United States to sign an agreement with Iran." | Professor Mohammad Marandi of the University of Tehran joins Rania Khalek and Zoe Alexandra to talk "big losers" in the US-Israeli war on Iran and what it would take for Tehran to agree to a lasting settlement, as Persian Gulf states continue to feel the burn of complicity with Washington and the global economy sinks deeper into crisis. | "The Islamic Revolution 47 years ago was about sovereignty a…

Chris Walker (2026-06-03). Trump Uses Transphobic Smears While Defending Decision to Start Iran War. truthout.org During an interview that aired on Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump responded to a question about the war in Iran by launching into a bigoted rant against transgender people. The New York Post's Miranda Devine conducted the interview, asking the president for his response to people who have suggested that he was coerced or manipulated into starting the war by Israeli Prime Minister… |

Jason Ditz (2026-06-03). Nine Killed, Including Two Paramedics in Israeli Strikes on Southern Lebanon. news.antiwar.com Israel continues to escalate strikes against southern Lebanon on Wednesday, and has killed at least nine people across the region, including two paramedics who were slain in an attack on an ambulance. These attacks follow reports from President Trump that on Monday Israel agreed to postpone its attack on Beirut and that Hezbollah had made …

hindustantimes (2026-06-03). Hezbollah's attacks keep coming, Bibi's top man keeps threatening Dahiyeh – who has the real plan. hindustantimes.com Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz declared that there is "no ceasefire" in Lebanon and warned that any continued attacks on Israeli settlements could trigger strikes on Beirut's Dahiyeh district. His remarks came after reports that Israel had halted a planned assault on Beirut following diplomatic pressure and rising regional tensions. Katz said the IDF would continue operations against Hezbollah across Lebanon and insisted that Israel would maintain its security zone and military pressure until its objectives were achieved. He also claimed that hundreds of thousands of residents evacuated Dahiyeh after Israe…

Jason Ditz (2026-06-03). Israeli Military Chief: No Ceasefire for IDF in Lebanon. news.antiwar.com Consistently, media reports generally advance the idea that the ceasefire in Lebanon is "holding," and the US expresses hopes that the Israel-Lebanon talks they're hosting will lead to an even stronger ceasefire. The reality, however, suggests neither of those is actually the case. Israeli military Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir made the IDF …

Bheria (2026-06-03). Tyre Still Stands: Israel, Lebanon and a Failed Biblical Prophecy. muslimskeptic.com Most people encountering the name Tyre today do so through reports of Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon. This is due to the fact that the city of Tyre is frequently mentioned as part of Israel's campaign against Hezbollah/Hizbullah. It is a campaign that often treats vast areas of predominantly Shi'i southern Lebanon as a legitimate …

aljazeera (2026-06-03). Hezbollah video shows attack on Israeli troops at Lebanon's Beaufort Castle. aljazeera.com Hezbollah has released drone video showing attacks targeting Israeli forces occupying Beaufort Castle…

Shireen Akram-Boshar (2026-06-03). Democrats Opposed to Tlaib's Resolution to Stop U.S. Joining War on Lebanon. truthout.org Democrats are reportedly "not happy" that Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D) is pushing for a vote on a war powers resolution to limit U.S. support for Israel's war on Lebanon, according to an Axios report on Wednesday. The resolution, which is likely to face a vote on Thursday in the House, calls for President Donald Trump to end all U.S. participation in Israeli military operations in Lebanon… |

newarab (2026-06-03). The medics refusing to abandon south Lebanon under Israeli fire. newarab.com

HG (2026-06-03). US Universities selling bodies meant for 'science' to US Navy for Israeli military training. thecanary.co Two US universities are selling dead bodies, which are meant for 'scientific purposes', to the US Navy, which uses them to train the Israeli military. Back in 2025, student journalists revealed the links between bodies donated by the University of Southern California (USC) for scientific research and training provided to Israeli soldiers by the US […] | By

Juan Cole (2026-06-03). Mamdani Skipped the Parade; Israeli War Criminals Didn't. juancole.com Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) — The presence of Israeli Finance Minister Bezelal Smotrich (Religious Zionist Party) at the Israel Day Parade in New York City on May 31 was a puzzling choice as an ambassador to "bolster Israel's image." That would be like the US ambassador to the United Nations palling around with Steve Bannon, Alex Jones or a Proud Boys on the dais. Smotrich is a war criminal, according to the International Criminal Court. Admittedly, Smotrich and far-right Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu of the fascist Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party, showed up on their own accoun…

A A (2026-06-03). The Israelization of the United States military is proceeding. strategic-culture.su Thank You Congress and President Trump! | By Philip GIRALDI | Join us on , , and . | Contact us: | Few Americans know the history of…

newarab (2026-06-03). Slovenia bars Israeli plane from landing in Ljubljana. newarab.com According to Israeli media, Israir CEO Uri Sirkis described the move as "a blatant violation of European Union aviation agreements". | Sirkis claimed that authorities in Ljubljana do

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