(2025-09-23). Special Report: 'The Time Has Come': France Recognizes Palestine as a State. passblue.com 
France and about 10 countries in the United Nations joined more than 140 other nations recognizing Palestine as a sovereign state in a symbolic diplomatic move aimed at pressuring Israel to end its war on Gaza. Yet, the formal recognition leaves major questions regarding the viability of a territory devastated by a nearly two-year war …
(2025-09-23). Friday 9/26: Virtual Action Hour for Palestine. indybay.org Zoom | afsc.org/events/action-hour-palestine…
(2025-09-23). Is pro-Palestine UK party launching as Sultana-Corbyn end rift. newarab.com 
(2025-09-23). Friday 9/26: Webinar: Palestine Solidarity Announcements. indybay.org Zoom | bit.ly/FridayPSAs…
(2025-09-23). UAW 2320 & UAW Region 6 Supports Palestine Port of Oakland Action Against US Military Arms. indybay.org
(2025-09-23). West Bank in sights as UK, Australia, Canada recognise Palestine. newarab.com 
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(2025-09-23). The principle of 'Palestinians governing Palestine' must be observed: Chinese FM. ecns.cn The principle of "Palestinians governing Palestine" must be observed and the legitimate national rights of Palestine ensured in…
(2025-09-23). Gazans react to Western nations recognising State of Palestine. newarab.com 
(2025-09-23). France leads slew of nations recognizing Palestinian state at UN conference. haaretz.com Macron announces recognition at opening of Saudi-French conference on the two-state solution, says France will open an embassy in Palestine only after the hostages are released ‚ñ Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas pledges reform ‚ñ Israel's ambassador to the UN: 'This is not a move for peace, but dangerous political theater'…
(2025-09-23). Australian Labor government "recognises" a Palestine it is helping to ethnically cleanse. wsws.org Prime Minister Albanese's remarks scarcely included a hint of criticism of Israel and covered over the genocide that is well underway.
(2025-09-23). Palestine flag raised at London embassy after UK recognition. newarab.com 
The Palestinian flag was raised outside what is now Palestine's embassy in London on Monday, a day after the British government's historic The head of the Palestinian Mission, and soon-to-be ambassador to the UK "We are gathered today in front of the Palestinian Mission to the UK here in London to mark a historic moment," Zomlo…
(2025-09-23). Activists demand more action after Palestine recognition. newarab.com 
As the UK, Canada, and Australia Britain has taken a historic step by recognising the State of Palestine, 108 years after the
(2025-09-23). Friday 9/26: Israel! Stop Starving Gaza! Stop the Genocide of Palestinians! indybay.org 456 Montgomery Street…
(2025-09-23). US Democrats increasingly shift on Israel amid Gaza genocide. newarab.com 
A growing number of Democratic politicians—including some centrists from swing states—are increasingly turning away from pro-Israel policies and activities, such as lobbyist-funded trips and campaign donations. | This shift comes as Israel approaches the two-year mark of its genocidal war—and now mass forced displacement—of Ahead of the 2026 congressional race, Representative Deborah Ross from the swing state of North Carolina has said she will no…
(2025-09-23). Israel's Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed. juancole.com ( IMEMC ) — On Monday, September 22nd, the 717th day of Israel's ongoing campaign of genocide in Gaza, the Israeli military escalated its bombardment of residential neighborhoods and displacement camps, killing at least 75 Palestinians and wounding many more in the past 24 hours, according to medical sources across the besieged enclave. As of …
(2025-09-23). Tens of thousands march across Italy against genocide in Gaza. wsws.org Workers and youth across Italy shut down cities and ports on Monday, denouncing genocide in Gaza.
(2025-09-23). Thousands join pro-Palestinian demos in Italy. tribune.com.pk 
Tens of thousands of people protested on Monday across Italy as part of a day of action to "denounce the genocide in Gaza", with blockades, strikes and marches that descended into clashes with police in Milan. | The demonstrations came on the same day as France and other countries prepared to recognise a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, following recognition by the UK, Australia and Canada on Sunday. | Italy's hard-right government under Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has said it will not recognise a Palestinian state for now. | In Rome, some 20,000 people gathered in front…
(2025-09-23). UN intervention essential to stop Gaza genocide and establish peace. independentaustralia.net 
(2025-09-23). Jordanian army relocates Gaza City field hospital due to heavy IDF bombings. haaretz.com
(2025-09-23). Thursday 9/25: Power Half Hour for Gaza. indybay.org Zoom | http: //jvp.org/gazaph…
(2025-09-23). Maj. Shahar Netanel Bozaglo killed in combat in northern Gaza, IDF announces. haaretz.com Bozaglo, aged 27 from northern Israel, was a company commander in the Armored Corps. He is the 911th IDF soldier killed since October 7, 2023, according to the IDF's count…
(2025-09-23). ICRC president: Mass evacuation of Gaza City unfeasible and incomprehensible. icrc.org
(2025-09-23). Egypt backtracks on statement criticising Israel's war on Gaza. newarab.com 
A statement published Saturday by the state agency condemned what it described as Israel's "fierce war of extermination" and said the Egyptian military is in a state of maximum alertness and preparedness, according to The New Arab's Arabic language edition. | Hours after publication, this was re…
(2025-09-23). LIVE: Israel intensifies Gaza attacks, Trump to meet Arab, Muslim leaders. aljazeera.com At least 17 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip since dawn, including 15 in Gaza City, medical sources say.
(2025-09-23). Israel and the occupied territories: Gaza families face fear and displacement as hostilities intensify. icrc.org A testimony from Ahmed Al Waheidi, an ICRC staff member in Gaza: September 17, 2025…
(2025-09-23). Two Gaza City hospitals shut down amid strikes as IDF fire kills 61 in Gaza, Health Ministry says. haaretz.com Both hospitals provided specialized medical services that have now become unavailable. The Gaza Health Ministry said other hospitals in Gaza City have also become inaccessible to the wounded and sick due to continuous airstrikes…
(2025-09-23). USA / United Kingdom : Solidarity following the designation of Palestinian organisations. fidh.org Human rights organisations, including the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, stand in solidarity with Palestinian organisations and human rights defenders worldwide who are working to uphold international law in the face of Israel's genocide and colonial apartheid against the Palestinian people. They condemn the sanctions imposed on (…) | – |
(2025-09-23). Netanyahu Says he's making Israel a "Sparta:" He means a global Pariah State. juancole.com Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) — Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell this concept to a war-weary Israeli populace. Does this means every male born in Israel is now being raised to be a Special Forces warrior? And women too, since it's …
(2025-09-23). Israel working to block UEFA vote on suspension. newarab.com 
The The IFA told Israeli media they "are working on it on all fronts" in recruiting allies and those in the world on sports and diplomacy to block the vote, Is…
(2025-09-23). Trump SEZ in South Lebanon: A neoliberal US-Israeli buffer zone. newarab.com 
In its latest diplomatic manoeuvre in Lebanon, the United States has floated a proposal to establish a At first glance, it looks like a development plan. On closer inspection, however, the language of planning reveals itself as a thin disguise for the transformation of Lebanon's southern border areas into a military buffer zone for the protection of Israel's northern settlements. | Accompanied by Senator Lindsey Graham, a close ally of US Presid…
(2025-09-23). Could Hamas, Houthi links trigger Israeli strikes on Iraq. newarab.com 
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(2025-09-22). Barcelona focuses District 11-Cities of Palestine project. plenglish.com The mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, spoke at the launch of the initiative at an event attended by his counterparts from Ramallah (Issa Kassis), Bethlehem (Maher N. Canawati), and Gaza City (Yahya Al-Sarraj), via video presentations. | The proposal is reminiscent of a similar one from 30 years ago, which was relevant in the reconstruction of Sarajevo. Now Barcelona wants to contribute to a peace policy, as Colboni pointed out. | The mayors of Ramallah and Bethlehem, both in the West Bank, and of the capital of the Gaza Strip, thanked Barcelona for its support and the creation of District 11. | According to th…
(2025-09-22). Protests in Uruguay against trade ties with Israel. plenglish.com Montevideo, Sept 22 (Prensa Latina) A demonstration against trade ties between Uruguay and Israel took place at the Port of Montevideo, organized by the Coordination for Palestine and the union group Coordinacion Maritima Portuaria.
(2025-09-22). Who recognises Palestinian state, who doesn't, and why does it matter. geo.tv 
Pro Palestine protesters with flags and banners during a demonstration in Madrid, Spain, September 14, 2025. —ReutersBritain, Australia, Canada and Portugal on Sunday recognised a Palestinian state after nearly two years of war in Gaza, with France, Belgium and other countries…
(2025-09-22). Wave of Palestine recognition: A symbolic rupture wrapped in political interest. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — Paris formally recognized the State of Palestine on Monday, a move unveiled in the context of the Franco-Saudi summit on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly, and immediately folded into a wave of declarations from the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Portugal.
(2025-09-22). Gaza and the Death of Conscience. transcend.org 11 Sep 2025 – The world is witnessing a genocide live on its screens. We have seen children pulled from rubble, families starving in tents, hospitals turned to dust. We cannot say we did not know. Every image, every cry, every number has reached us in real time. And yet the killing goes on, the silence goes on, life goes on.
(2025-09-22). Historic or symbolic? Amid state recognition, all Palestinians want is for the war to end. haaretz.com Having been disappointed before, Palestinians say that declarations recognizing a Palestinian state are likely to remain empty words unless backed by action. 'The world keeps selling us dreams and illusions while children are being killed and homes destroyed,' says a displaced Gazan economist…
(2025-09-22). UN says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. greenleft.org.au 
(2025-09-22). Brazil joins South Africa's genocide case against Israel at ICJ. radiohc.cu Brazil has formally joined the case launched by South Africa at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that alleges Israel is committing "genocide" in the Gaza Strip. | The Hague court confirmed in a statement on Friday that Brazil invoked Article 63 of the ICJ statute, filing a declaration of intervention in the case. | The article gives any United Nations member state the right to intervene in a case when the interpretation of a treaty to which it is a party is in question. Brazil used the article to formally recognize that Israel is violating the Genocide Convention of 1948. | South Africa and Israel are now…
(2025-09-22). Police, arrests used to silence opposition to genocide at WSU. greenleft.org.au 
(2025-09-22). Irish rap group Kneecap banned from entering Canada for speaking out against genocide. wsws.org In a flagrant violation of free artistic expression and an act of "solidarity" with Israel's genocidal onslaught on the Palestinians in Gaza, Canada's Liberal government has banned Kneecap from entering the country ahead of their sold-out tour dates in Toronto and Vancouver.
(2025-09-22). "Gaza Is Burning" : How Zionist Hate Fuels Genocide? counterpunch.org 
Israel's war minister, Israel Katz, declared with characteristic Zionist hubris: "Gaza is burning." His words were not a battlefield report or a measured account of military progress. They were a boast—almost celebratory—as though the incineration of a city, a gas chamber for a million human beings, were what defined Israel's notion of military achievement. In those three words lies the distilled truth of Israel's project since 1948: a state that has built its very identity on the destruction of Palestinian life, priding itself on the ruins of villages emptied by force and the massacres buried beneath…
(2025-09-22). Britain, Canada, Australia, Portugal recognise "Palestinian state" : a disgusting display of imperialist hypocrisy. wsws.org The declarations of recent days and those still to come this week are a cynical manoeuvre on the part of some European imperialist powers, Canada, and Australia to whitewash their complicity in the Gaza genocide.
(2025-09-22). Gaza: Top UN Independent Rights Probe Alleges Israel Committed Genocide. transcend.org 16 Sep 2025 – Senior independent rights investigators appointed by the UN Human Rights Council alleged today that Israel's actions in Gaza constitute genocide, a charge flatly rejected by Tel Aviv.
(2025-09-22). We Are Missing 680,000 Souls: Gaza, the Most Public Hidden Genocide. transcend.org 20 Sep 2025 – Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, has issued a severe denunciation: the real number of deaths in Gaza exceeds 680,000, more than ten times the officially reported figure.
(2025-09-22). The Double Genocide in Gaza. transcend.org 17 Sep 2025 – In its disproportionate response to Hamas' 7 Oct 2023 massacre of Israelis, Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians.
(2025-09-22). Former Israeli captive to rejoin army, role in Gaza genocide. newarab.com 
Freed American He made the comments in public in New York, while attending an event for the US Friends of the IDF Organisation. | "Next month…
(2025-09-22). "Real Estate Bonanza:" The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza. juancole.com When the bombing of Gaza will finally cease, the U.S. administration will push…
(2025-09-22). Gaza Crisis Poses Major Test for UN's Credibility, Iranian Spokesman Says. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The Iranian Foreign Ministry's spokesperson said the ongoing Israeli atrocities in Gaza represent the gravest challenge yet to the UN' credibility and institutional integrity, calling for decisive action to uphold international law and bring perpetrators to justice.
(2025-09-22). Gaza doctor rejects Israeli claim brother was 'Hamas sniper'. newarab.com 
A senior
(2025-09-22). Hamas releases second video of Israeli-German hostage in Gaza. scmp.com Hamas' armed wing released a video on Monday showing an Israeli-German hostage alive, the second such footage of him shared by the militants this month. | The Israeli campaign group Hostages and Missing Families Forum identified the captive as Alon Ohel, who was abducted by Palestinian militants during their October 7, 2023, attack on Israel. | The forum cited his family as urging the media not to use his photograph or excerpts from the video.
(2025-09-22). Progressive Caucus backs bill to block bombs to Israel. nationofchange.org The Congressional Progressive Caucus has endorsed legislation halting offensive U.S. weapons sales to Israel, marking a historic shift as outrage over Gaza's devastation grows.
(2025-09-22). Nationwide protest: Stand up for Gaza. greenleft.org.au 
(2025-09-22). 'It is a bloodbath': Australian medic describes situation at Gaza hospital. aljazeera.com Dr Saya Aziz, working at al-Shifa Hospital, says she has lost count of the number of amputations she has had to perform.
(2025-09-22). Italy bars Israel from Rimini tourism fair over war on Gaza. newarab.com 
(2025-09-22). Israeli conductor Ilan Volkov arrested in protest at Gaza border. wsws.org International and domestic attention has been drawn to such protests by Volkov's public stance at the Proms. As he explained afterwards, he chose the Proms to make his public statement because of its international high profile.
(2025-09-22). past preserved as present is destroyed. independentaustralia.net 
(2025-09-22). reason to arrest Judge orders release of anti-government protester at Likud event. haaretz.com A protester dressed as a Qatari sheikh was arrested after throwing fake banknotes at Likud lawmaker Eli Dallal during a party event, referencing the ongoing Qatargate investigations involving Netanyahu's aides. Police had requested to extend his detention, but the judge refused…
(2025-09-22). Israel requests US intervention over Egyptian military buildup. newarab.com 
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented US Secretary of State
(2025-09-22). Israel slams recognition of Palestinian state by Britain, Australia, Canada. independent.co.ug 
JERUSALEM | Xinhua | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday denounced the decision by Britain, Canada, and Australia to recognize a Palestinian state. "I have a clear message to those leaders who recognize a Palestinian state after the terrible massacre of October 7," Netanyahu said, referring to Hamas' attack on southern Israel in October 2023. …
(2025-09-22). Israeli strike kills 5 in south Lebanon, including 3 children. newarab.com 
At least five people were killed by an Israeli drone strike on southern Lebanon on Sunday, The state-run National News Agency reported that the strike, near Bint Jbeil, had targeted a motorcycle. | Israel launches frequent strikes inside parts of Lebanon, particularly the south, saying it is targeting Hezbollah, despite a November ceasefire meant to end more than a year of hostilities between them. | Iran-backed Hezbollah emerged significa…