(2025-12-06). Friday 12/19: Webinar: Religious Voices for Palestine. indybay.org Online | www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/threads-of……
(2025-12-06). Thursday 12/18: Webinar: Artists for Palestine. indybay.org Online | www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/threads-of……
(2025-12-06). Tuesday 12/16: Webinar: Breaking Borders: Globalizing Palestine. indybay.org Online | www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/threads-of……
(2025-12-06). Sunday 12/7: Plants and Presents for Palestine. indybay.org In front of 385 Colusa Ave, Kensington CA…
(2025-12-06). UN General Assembly passes 5 pro-Palestine resolutions. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 06 (MNA) — The UN General Assembly has adopted five resolutions concerning Palestine, including measures on refugee assistance, UNRWA's mandate, Palestinian property rights, human rights violations, and Israeli settlements.
(2025-12-06). Monday 12/15: Webinar: Blacklisted. indybay.org Online | www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/threads-of……
(2025-12-06). Iran's Maritime Power Play: Strategic Patterns and the 2024 Strait of Hormuz Crisis. moderndiplomacy.eu As global geopolitical attention is fixated on the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, Iran has chosen to optimize its strategic position in the most advantageous area, the Strait of Hormuz. The detention of the tanker St. Nikolas by Iran's rapid response forces from a helicopter in January 2024 (BBC News, 2025) was not the first …
(2025-12-06). A Ceasefire in Name Only: Gaza's Prolonged Purgatory. juancole.com by (
(2025-12-06). Francesca Albanese tells Al Jazeera US sanctions have made her 'non-person'. aljazeera.com At Doha Forum, UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese said US sanctions imposed over Gaza have cut her from financial systems.
(2025-12-06). At Doha Forum, Qatar PM warns Gaza ceasefire is at 'critical moment'. aljazeera.com Qatar's PM says Gaza talks are at a 'critical moment,' stressing the current arrangement is a pause, not full ceasefire.
(2025-12-06). Gaza ceasefire deal at a 'critical moment', mediator Qatar says. aljazeera.com Qatar's PM, Turkish FM urge urgent progress to next phase as Gaza truce violations mount.
(2025-12-06). 'Not journalism — theater': Inside Israel's press tours to Gaza. Kholod Massalha 
(2025-12-06). Arab, Muslim nations reject Israel exit-only plan for Rafah. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 06 (MNA) — Gaza mediators Egypt and Qatar, and six other Muslim-majority countries, have raised the alarm over Israel's stated plan for a one-way opening of the Rafah border crossing.
(2025-12-06). Israel shifts focus from crises with Gaza aggression. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — In continued violations of the truce agreement in the Gaza Strip, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) carry out new strikes east of Gaza City and Khan Younis.
(2025-12-06). Israeli drone chases and kills elderly woman in Gaza as attacks continue. aljazeera.com At least seven Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks as military pushes deeper beyond truce demarcation line.
(2025-12-06). Israeli military faces unprecedented surge in suicide rates. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 06 (MNA) — The Israeli military has faced an unprecedented rise in suicide cases among its soldiers since the Gaza war began on October 7, 2023, according to newly released official data.
(2025-12-06). 'Pause' in Gaza cannot be called 'ceasefire' without Israeli withdrawal: Qatar PM. tehrantimes.com Negotiations on consolidating the U.S.-backed truce in the war in Gaza are at a "critical" moment, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said on Saturday, according to Reuters.
(2025-12-06). New Mossad chief Roman Gofman's appointment signals strategic shift for Israel. hindustantimes.com Israel is about to enter one of the most sensitive transitions in its security establishment and it comes at a time when the Gaza war is reshaping the country's political and military landscape. A new Mossad chief is set to take over in June 2026, a man whose journey runs from Belarus to Israel, from the Syrian front to the highest echelons of power. Can a deeply wounded nation afford uncertainty at the top of its intelligence services? Will the new chief bring continuity, or break from Netanyahu's increasingly controversial war-time politics? And how might this appointment alter Israel's strategy in Gaza, Iran,…
(2025-12-06). LIVE: Israel kills 7 Palestinians in Gaza as deadly violations intensify. aljazeera.com Qatar and Egypt call for the immediate withdrawal of Israeli troops and deployment of an international military force.
(2025-12-06). Phase two of Trump's Gaza peace plan faces political gridlock as core governance questions remain unresolved. independent.co.ug 
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump said at the White House on Wednesday that the second phase of the Gaza peace plan is "going to happen pretty soon," with media speculating that the announcement could come before Christmas and ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's next visit to Washington. However, analysts …
(2025-12-06). UN warns of sharp surge in Israeli settler attacks across West Bank in 2025. tehrantimes.com The UN warned of a surge in illegal Israeli settler attacks in the occupied West Bank, highlighting ongoing humanitarian disruptions in northern communities, Anadolu reported Saturday.
(2025-12-06). Netanyahu Might Be Pardoned But Never Forgiven OpEd. eurasiareview.com By Yossi Mekelberg | For a split second, when the breaking news of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request to be pardoned by the Israeli president of charges in his corruption trial flashed on my phone's screen, I thought that at last the Israeli leader had seen sense and understood that the only guaranteed way for him to avoid conviction was to admit at least some guilt and walk toward the sunset of his political life. Was I naive? Was it wishful thinking? Maybe both, although, having observed his behavior throughout his political career, I should have known better. | In his more than 100 pages of argumen…
(2025-12-06). Pardon Netanyahu only if he leaves office: Israeli leaders. ummid.com Prominent Israeli leaders have asserted that Benjamin Netanyahu should be granted pardon only if he retires as Prime Minister and from public life.
(2025-12-06). Sara Netanyahu's interference in Gofman appointment triggers uproar. tehrantimes.com A political and security storm is brewing in Israel following a Channel 13 report revealing a lengthy meeting between Roman Gofman and Sara Netanyahu, just days before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Gofman's appointment as head of the Mossad, according to Al Mayadeen's Saturday report.
(2025-12-06). Sudan's War, UAE Gold, And The Rise Of Anti-Imperialist Alliances. popularresistance.org Even as the U.S. empire's gaze is turned towards Venezuela, it continues to meddle in Africa. Foreign intervention is fueling a bitter civil war in Sudan, the Trump administration is pushing a line about a genocide against Christians in Nigeria, with an eye on military intervention, and across the Sahel region, anti-imperialist forces continue to rise and organize, dreaming of a united, pan-African continent that will resist American imperialism and reject Israeli colonization. | Joining MintCast host Mnar Adley today to talk about the continent is Ahmed Kaballo. Ahmed is a British-Sudanese journalist and the CEO…
(2025-12-06). Resistance leader warns against US, Israel crimes. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 06 (MNA) — Shaykh Akram al-Kaabi, secretary-general of the al-Nujaba Islamic Resistance Movement, has strongly warned against the continuation of the American and Israeli crimes in the region.
(2025-12-06). Columbia Then-President Opposed Academic Boycott Of Universities in 2007. indybay.org "On June 12, 2007, the then-president of the currently Tel Aviv University [TAU].-linked Columbia University…said: '… At Columbia I am proud to say that we embrace Israeli scholars and universities…'…"
(2025-12-06). The Paradox of Powerlessness: Why Middle East Oil No Longer Commands Global Panic. moderndiplomacy.eu In June 2025, when Israel launched a major air strike against Iranian nuclear facilities and Iran retaliated with missile strikes on Israeli cities, the oil market barely moved. Brent briefly rose to £79 per barrel, then fell back below its pre-conflict level within days. This weak response signals a major shift in global power politics: …
(2025-12-06). Israeli military stages new incursion into Syria's Beit Jinn. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 06 (MNA) — Local sources in Syria report that Israeli forces carried out a new incursion into the Beit Jinn area near Damascus, deploying tanks and armored vehicles into an abandoned military site.
(2025-12-06). Israel Weapon Industries To Reinforce India's Defence Arsenal. devdiscourse.com An influential Israeli defence firm has announced its plans to supply the first batch of 40,000 light machine guns (LMGs) to India, beginning early next year.
(2025-12-06). UN: Dec. 5] Security Council Visits Lebanon Syria, Unpaid UN Dues Piling Up Lots More. passblue.com 
This Week @UN: UN crossword, anyone?; Trump targets the Refugee Convention; Slovenia softens on SG race; Russia must return Ukrainian children. Plus: Billions of unpaid UN dues; separate Israeli airstrikes hit Syria and Lebanon; Myanmar #1 in opium; Sudan death spiral; real peace in Congo? • For the first time in six years, the UN …
(2025-12-06). Israel hikes military service to 36 months amid 'corruption and draft-dodging' crisis. tehrantimes.com Israeli War Minister Israel Katz and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced on 5 December a plan to extend mandatory military service to 36 months, The Cradle reported Saturday.
(2025-12-06). Stuttgart calls for calm ahead of Maccabi Tel Aviv Europa League match. haaretz.com German soccer team VfB Stuttgart urged fans to foster a respectful atmosphere ahead of the Europa League match against Maccabi Tel Aviv, as German outlets reported extensive police preparations for the game against the Israeli team…
(2025-12-06). LF outsourcing patriotism to the occupiers: See how it ended in Afghanistan. tehrantimes.com BEIRUT—No contradiction in Lebanese politics is more glaring than the desire of the Lebanese Forces (LF) to see the Israeli enemy resolve their political dispute inside Lebanon. A party that claims to defend state sovereignty routinely seeks foreign intervention against a Lebanese actor with a proven popular and national base.