(2025-10-16). Latest "Peace Plan" Cannot Overshadow the Necessity of an Independent Palestine. globalresearch.ca United States President Donald Trump in a press conference held in the Sharm El-Sheik resort area of Egypt claimed that he had settled the ongoing war in the West Asia region. | Yet, absent of an independent Palestine which is united …
(2025-10-16). Far-right former Reform candidate targets Muslim journalist with despicable threats. thecanary.co Far-right hate groups, including a former Reform UK candidate, have targeted a Muslim journalist in a two-year-long "alarming and sustained campaign" of physical harassment, intimidation, and digital violence. Mariam Elsayeh has faced physical assaults at pro-Palestine protests, along with a vicious online defamation campaign. This has put her in grave danger and directly attacks press […] | By
(2025-10-16). Top EU human rights tells Starmer to back off anti-genocide protesters. thecanary.co Michael O'Flaherty, the most senior human rights official in the EU, has called for changes to Keir Starmer's 'lawfare' war on anti-genocide protest and those opposing Starmer's decision to proscribe the non-violent direct action protest group Palestine Action. In a letter to Shabana Mahmood, the Home Secretary, O'Flaherty accused his regime of imposing "excessive limits […] | By
(2025-10-16). 2,000 face terrorism charges as Palestine Action supporters' hearings begin. thecanary.co Yesterday, 15 October, court hearings began for the roughly 2,000 people who stand accused of showing support for Palestine Action. The government proscribed the campaign group as a terrorist organisation back in July. The move came after Palestine Action sprayed paint at two military planes in RAF Brize Norton, among other similar demonstrations. Under UK […] | By
(2025-10-16). As solidarity with Palestine grows, thousands of film workers pledge to end complicity with genocide. mondoweiss.net 
Despite repression and retaliation, the Gaza genocide has pushed an unprecedented wave of artists across the entertainment industry to back the cultural boycott of Israel.
(2025-10-16). Norway crushes Israel amid Free Palestine chants. ummid.com Norway defeated Israel amidst a persistent Free Palestine chants in the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers Group I match Saturday.
(2025-10-16). FIDH Report: The Repression Of The Solidarity Movement With Palestine. popularresistance.org Behind the fight against hate, a trend of repressing dissenting voices is emerging. Titled Criminalisation and Narrative Control: Solidarity with Palestine in the Crosshairs, the report documents how across all the countries studied, the dynamics observed since 7 October 2023 have intensified pre-existing structural trends: the continued shrinking of civic space, the weakening of democratic safeguards, the normalisation of Islamophobia, and the institutionalisation of racial profiling. | Under the guise of maintaining public order, fighting antisemitism, or protecting national security, authorities have resorted…
(2025-10-16). The Israeli Scramble for Palestine's Energy Reserves (Pt. 1). juancole.com For 25 years, Israel's Gaza policies have been motivated not just by security concerns, but by efforts to exploit the Palestinians' energy reserves. With the smokescreen of the ceasefire, these behind-the-façade attempts are now rapidly escalating. New York (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) — As the Second Intifada was about to begin in September 2000, …
(2025-10-16). Friday 10/17: Virtual Action Hour for Palestine. indybay.org Zoom | afsc.org/events/action-hour-palestine…
(2025-10-16). Workers and students across Spain strike for Palestine. peoplesdispatch.org 
Trade unions and youth organizations across Spain held strikes and nationwide demonstrations in solidarity with Palestine on Wednesday, October 15. Tens of thousands of people joined rallies in major cities, demanding an end to ties with Israel, justice for Palestine, and expressing opposition to Europe's militarization. They also criticized Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's administration for failing to take all necessary measures to sanction Israel despite formal condemnations of the genocide. | The actions in Spain came just weeks after two general strikes brought Italy to a halt over similar demands, underscorin…
(2025-10-16). Friday 10/17: Webinar: Palestine Solidarity Announcements. indybay.org Zoom | bit.ly/FridayPSAs…
(2025-10-16). Belfast Palestine activists take over conference of F-35 jet funder. thecanary.co 
Campaigners opposed to ongoing government funding of murderous F-35 fighter jets have burst through security to raid a major conference of Invest NI, the body responsible for pissing away public money on weapons of death for the likes of so-called Israel. Invest NI had had kept the conference under the radar, with no public advertising […] | By
(2025-10-16). The Collaborator in Palestine: A Tool of Israeli Control. globalresearch.ca This essay examines the October 14, 2025 executions in Gaza not as isolated acts of brutality, but as part of a broader historical and political grammar of resistance under siege.
(2025-10-16). We were in slaughterhouse: Freed Palestinians tell of hunger, abuse in Israeli jails. radiohc.cu Palestinian prisoners released under the Gaza ceasefire agreement have provided harrowing accounts of systematic abuse, describing Israeli prisons as "slaughterhouses" where they endured torture, starvation, and psychological warfare. | As part of the first phase of the agreement to end the two-year Israeli-American genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, a total of 250 Palestinian prisoners serving life sentences in Israeli jails, along with 1,718 Palestinians detained since October 7, 2023, were released on Monday. | The freed Palestinians said they were beaten and humiliated, describing the Israeli prisons they were…
(2025-10-16). Malnourished kids in Gaza face lifelong "range of effects" aljazeera.com Kirk Prichard on the long-term effects of severe malnourishment on Palestinian children and mothers in Gaza.
(2025-10-16). Gaza's ailing children 'desperately waiting for help' despite ceasefire. aljazeera.com Continued Israeli restrictions still choking the flow of aid especially to the neediest patients in hospitals in Gaza.
(2025-10-16). Trump threatens to order Israel to return to bombing Gaza. radiohc.cu Donald Trump has threatened to order the Israeli regime to "return to Gaza's streets" in case of, what he called, Hamas' refusal to commit to a plan devised by the US president, which he says is aimed at ending Tel Aviv's war of genocide on the coastal sliver. | "Israel will return to those streets as soon as I say the word," he told CNN in a telephone interview on Wednesday. Trump added that "if it could," the regime would go and afflict as much damage on the coastal sliver as it was capable of. | The remarks sidestepped the regime's having already killed at least 67,938 Palestinians, mostly women and children,…
(2025-10-16). Australian police exaggerated "antisemitic" incidents amid crackdown on opposition to Gaza genocide. wsws.org The police classified pro-Palestinian protests, and even Zionist attacks on opponents of the genocide, as "antisemitism," in a fraud that was perpetrated against the public.
(2025-10-16). Freedoms We Took For Granted In Britain. popularresistance.org In interviews and a comment article over the weekend, the U.K. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson made clear she plans to exploit the pause in the Gaza genocide to snuff out criticism of Israel's criminal actions — and, of course, her own government's collusion in that criminality. | Naturally, the British establishment media have been keen to amplify her message that there will be painful consequences both for individuals who continue protesting against Israeli atrocities and for institutions, such as universities, that mistakenly assume they have a duty to uphold centuries-old freedoms by tolerating s…
(2025-10-16). Trump, El Sisi, Al Thani, Erdogan Sign Gaza Peace Plan: Full Declaration. ummid.com U.S. President Donald Trump, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Qatar Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and Türkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan Monday signed the Gaza Peace Plan 2025 at a glittering ceremony in Sharm el Sheikh.
(2025-10-16). Without a viable governing alternative, peace plan may legitimize Hamas in Gaza. haaretz.com Trump's plan for Gaza leaves an opening for Hamas to become an unarmed political movement. Israel must prepare for the possibility that, just as Trump legitimized Al-Sharaa's terrorist militias in Syria and signed agreements with the Taliban in Afghanistan, he might well view Hamas, too, as a 'deserving' organization if it just agrees to disarm…
(2025-10-16). Israel to reopen Rafah crossing as ceasefire violations continue. tribune.com.pk 
Israel said on Thursday it was preparing for the reopening of Gaza's Rafah crossing with Egypt to let Palestinians in and out, but set no date as it traded blame with Hamas over violations of the US-mediated ceasefire. | A row over the return of bodies of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza retains the potential to upend the truce, along with other major planks of the plan yet to be resolved, including disarmament of militants and Gaza's future governance. | Israel demanded that Hamas fulfill its obligations in turning over the unrecovered bodies of all 28 hostages who died during the war. The Islamist faction said…
(2025-10-16). Houthis signal pause in attacks on Israel after Gaza ceasefire, detail attacks during the conflict. longwarjournal.org Yemen's Houthis have indicated that they will stop their attacks on Israel and shipping in international waters as long as a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is in place. The group also announced the death of its military chief of staff and provided summary statistics of attacks conducted during the war.
(2025-10-16). Trump's Gaza peace move raises questions over AUKUS priorities. independentaustralia.net 
(2025-10-16). Greta Thunberg exposes Israeli abuse during Gaza aid flotilla seizure. radiohc.cu Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has revealed that she endured beatings, threats, deliberate humiliation and dehydration at the hands of Israeli prison guards following the interception of a humanitarian aid flotilla. | In an interview with Swedish daily Aftonbladet published on Wednesday, Thunberg recounted the five harrowing days she spent in Israeli custody after being seized from the Global Samud Flotilla alongside other activists earlier this month. | She described guards carrying out "beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages," providing vivid details of the abuse. | "I was dragged to a…
(2025-10-16). Israel says preparations to open Rafah border crossing are underway. haaretz.com Israel had earlier warned it could keep Rafah shut and reduce aid into the Gaza Strip as Hamas was returning the bodies of dead hostages too slowly. Two sources told Reuters that the Rafah crossing was expected to open for the movement of people on Thursday…
(2025-10-16). "You Cannot fight the World:" The Hidden Meaning behind Trump's Warning to Israel. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — A single, candid statement by US President Donald Trump during a Fox News interview on 9 October may illuminate the true calculus behind Israel's decision for a ceasefire in Gaza, following a relentless, two-year genocidal campaign that has tragically killed and wounded nearly a quarter of a million Palestinians. …
(2025-10-16). Trump acknowledges challenges of finding Gaza captives' bodies. aljazeera.com US President appeared to acknowledge Hamas's struggle to recover Israeli captives' bodies from beneath Gaza's ruins.
(2025-10-16). Gaza ceasefire hanging by a thread. responsiblestatecraft.org The ceasefire agreement in Gaza is hanging by a thread as both Israel and Hamas face allegations of violating the terms of the deal, which went into force on Monday.Israel
(2025-10-16). LIVE: Israeli drone attack kills Gaza resident amid ceasefire. aljazeera.com Israel continues to restrict aid entering Gaza, says Hamas hasn't met its end of deal to release all bodies of captives.
(2025-10-16). Trump's Gaza peace plan… A wedding without a bride and groom. strategic-culture.su By Larry C.JOHNSON | Join us on , , and . | Contact us: | Donald Trump garnered some major political optics today as he signed his Gaza…
(2025-10-16). Susan Watkins: Israel after Fordow. newleftreview.org Netanyahu is building on the obliteration of Gaza to launch an external offensive across multiple fronts, aiming at cantonization in Lebanon and Syria, and regime change, if not state break-up, in Iran. What explains the West's political investment in an Israeli-centric Middle East, on conspicuous display during June's Twelve-Day War?
(2025-10-16). The Gaza ceasefire Deal could be a 'Strangle Contract', with Israel holding all the Cards. juancole.com By Marika Sosnowski, The University of Melbourne (The Conversation) — There are jubilant scenes in both Gaza and Israel after both sides in the war have agreed to another ceasefire. If all goes well, this will be only the third ceasefire to be implemented by Israel and Hamas, despite there being numerous other agreements to …
(2025-10-16). Gaza to become a tax-free 'billionaire haven' according to Jared Kushner and Zionist billionaires. thecanary.co Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law, along with Epstein-linked Palantir boss Peter Thiel and pro-Israel Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison, plan to turn Gaza into a haven for billionaires. They plan to do so with a city of tax-free startups, with scattered server farms for cloud processing and artificial intelligence. That will supplement factories with cheap labour, […] | By
(2025-10-16). Signs of Hope as Israel and Egypt Prepare to Reopen Rafah Crossing. moderndiplomacy.eu Israel's military aid agency COGAT said on Thursday that preparations are underway with Egypt to reopen the Rafah border crossing with Gaza for the movement of people, though the date remains unannounced. The Rafah crossing Gaza's main gateway to Egypt has been closed for months, trapping civilians and complicating humanitarian access. It is a critical …
(2025-10-16). Selected Articles: Tony Blair and the Gaza Trap: Continued Colonial Control Disguised as "Transition" globalresearch.ca 
By Gaza is an occupied territory. Its borders, airspace, imports,…
(2025-10-16). Palestinians return to Gaza City: Steadfast is the word. workers.org 
As soon as the ceasefire was announced, and before it was pronounced "safe," almost 180,000 Gazans began the long march, returning to northern Gaza, knowing that their homes had been destroyed. On Oct. 4, a statement from the Gaza Civil Defense said that over 300,000 people had made the trek . . . |
(2025-10-16). The Gaza peace deal's greatest strength is also its greatest weakness. gnnhd.tv 
After the euphoria and relief of Monday's prisoner exchange and ceasefire, Tuesday has brought some ominous portents for the future of the Gaza peace deal. For one thing, the shooting hasn't stopped entirely. Five Palestinians were killed in an Israeli drone …
(2025-10-16). Lawyers call for UN and ICC probe into Israeli-backed gang's assassination of Palestinian journalist. radiohc.cu Human rights lawyers are pursuing a probe via the United Nations and the International Criminal Court (ICC) into the recent assassination in the Gaza Strip of Saleh al-Ja'frawi, a prominent Palestinian journalist and social media personality. | Sara Segneri, a London-based international criminal law and human rights lawyer, announced through a statement on Tuesday that she and her colleagues had filed complaints and demands for investigations into the murder by multiple UN investigative bodies and special rapporteurs, as well as the ICC. | Palestinian officials have identified those behind the journalist's target…
(2025-10-16). Palestinian hostages bodies reveal that Israel turns prisons into graveyards of torture. thecanary.co With the implementation of the third phase of the 'Flood of the Free' deal, a new group of prisoners from the Gaza Strip regained their freedom after many years of detention in Israeli occupation prisons. However, the freedom they had eagerly awaited did not come as they had hoped; most of them emerged with exhausted […] | By
(2025-10-16). As Gaza Starts To Rebuild, What Lessons Can Be Learned From Nagasaki In 1945? menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) At first, there might not seem to be any immediate similarities between a devastated Nagasaki after the US atomic bombing in 1945 and Gaza today, aside from massive …
(2025-10-16). Terror from the Skies in the Middle East. counterpunch.org 
Donald Trump's and Benjamin Netanyahu's nomination of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, his hands already crimson with the blood of innocent Iraqis, to run post-war Gaza, brings to mind a distant era when London sent its politicians out to be viceroys in its global colonial domains. Consider Blair's proposed appointment, made (of course!) without consulting any Palestinians, a
(2025-10-16). Who pays to rebuild Gaza after Israel's devastating war? aljazeera.com The United Nations estimates more than $70bn is needed to rebuild Gaza.
(2025-10-16). "Humanity hollowed out" : Gaza, two years on. icrc.org The below is a statement by Sarah Avrillaud, head of the ICRC sub-delegation in Gaza:…
(2025-10-16). Saturday 10/18: Virtual screening of the film "Atrocity Inc: How Israel Sells Its Destruction of Gaza" indybay.org Zoom | us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_G6YE……
(2025-10-16). War? What war? The one Israeli place that remained peaceful during Gaza conflict. haaretz.com Even arms smuggling doesn't disturb the calm and quiet of Kadesh Barnea, an isolated moshav on Israel's border with Egypt. Just three sirens in two years — the Israeli version of the end of the world…
(2025-10-16). Israel hands over Palestinian bodies showing signs of brutal torture. thecanary.co Israel has handed over 45 bodies of Palestinian hostages following their detention, and later death. The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that its medical teams received the bodies from the International Committee of the Red Cross at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis. The ministry explained that the bodies bore clear signs of […] | By
(2025-10-16). 'Not a chance': experts dismiss Trump's Gaza peace declaration as temporary fix. scmp.com Far from being a historic deal to end war in the Middle East as claimed by US President Donald Trump, the Gaza peace declaration has only established a bloc of regional countries that will work with Washington for now to stabilise the region, observers say. | Composed of Egypt, Arab monarchies led by Saudi Arabia, and Nato member Turkey, this "Axis of Stabilisation" in the making will continue to diplomatically engage Iran and its "Axis of Resistance" allies, including Hamas, to reduce the risk of…
(2025-10-16). Gaza's Post-War Future And The Collapse Of Foreign Illusions. popularresistance.org In the aftermath of the devastating war on Gaza, the most pressing question is no longer about a ceasefire or reconstruction, but about who will govern the enclave. | This is a struggle over meaning, legitimacy, and sovereignty. Will the future of Gaza be shaped by its people, or by the same foreign powers that helped destroy it under the banner of "salvation"? | Every time the gates of 'reconstruction' and 'aid' are opened, the windows of sovereignty are slammed shut. What unfolds is a recurring colonial spectacle: a Palestinian political order remade under foreign supervision, where 'political realism' is promo…
(2025-10-16). With the Gaza war over, Netanyahu and his loyalists are back to dismantling Israeli democracy. haaretz.com As Israel celebrates the hostages' return from Hamas captivity, Prime Minister Netanyahu's inner circle is using the moment to attack the courts, weaken the rule of law and tighten its grip on power…
(2025-10-16). Hamas delay in returning hostage bodies not holding up talks on phase two of Gaza cease-fire, officials say. haaretz.com One foreign official said Israel is still committed to the agreement and had also been aware in advance that Hamas would have difficulty returning the bodies of deceased hostages within days, but expected Hamas to return more than nine bodies by Thursday…
(2025-10-16). Israel halves aid to Gaza as ceasefire fractures over return of remains. nationofchange.org UN officials say Israel will allow just 300 aid trucks per day into famine-stricken Gaza as fuel bans continue and rubble hampers recovery of hostages' bodies.
(2025-10-16). Erdogan asked Meloni to quit smoking. Her response. ummid.com One of the many behind the scene things noticed during Trump's Gaza Peace Summit in Sharm el Sheikh on October 14, 2025 was Turkish President Erdogan's advice to Italy PM Giorgia Meloni to quit smoking.
(2025-10-16). Israel threatens to resume Gaza war if captives aren't returned. newarab.com 
Israel's defence minister on Wednesday threatened to resume fighting if Hamas does not honour the terms of a The statement from Defence Minister Israel Katz's office came after Hamas handed over the remains of two more deceased captives, and said it would be unable to retrieve any more bodies from the ruins of Gaza without specialised equipment. | Since Monday, under a ceasefire agreement brokered by US President Donald Trump, the Palestinian armed…
(2025-10-16). An agreement with lots of contradictions. unitedworldint.com Washington and Ankara seem to be on the same page in Gaza, but there are many differences in the details. Following the ceasefire in Gaza, all eyes are turning to the political process in the Strip. One of the key players is Turkey, one of the 4 countries that signed a declaration in Sharm el-Sheikh, …
(2025-10-16). October 13, 2025: The Day of Netanyahu's Defeat. ummid.com Today marked the defeat of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Hamas led Resistance Groups released the hostages and captives in exchange of Palestinian prisoners.
(2025-10-16). The Outstanding Criminality of Netanyahu, Blair and Trump Must End. Julian Rose. globalresearch.ca It is said that things come in three's — well so do accomplices in deep crime.
(2025-10-16). Watch: Crowd boos as Witkoff mentions Netanyahu at Hostages Square. ummid.com In an embarrassment for the Israeli Prime Minister, crowd booed as United States Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff mentioned the name of Benjamin Netanyahu during a speech at Hostages Square Saturday.
(2025-10-16). Kevin Gray: Old Wine in New Bottles. newleftreview.org Though brandishing 'Stop the Steal!' placards, along with US and Israeli flags, nationalist mobilizations in South Korea draw on a different lineage to that of Trump, Bolsonaro or Farage. The latest NLR study of rising new rights locates the RoK's conservative bloc in its history of collaboration with Japanese and American imperialism, now re-gearing against the PRC.
(2025-10-16). Nation States Founded by the Sword and the Stock Exchange, TRNC Elections and the Greek—Israeli—Greek Cypriot Axis. Ret Admiral Cem Gàºrdeniz. globalresearch.ca Throughout history, some states have been founded by the sword, others by revolution, and still others by the investment portfolios of foreign powers.