(2025-12-08). Friday 12/19: Webinar: Religious Voices for Palestine. indybay.org Online | www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/threads-of……
(2025-12-08). Israel raids UNRWA headquarters in Sheikh Jarrah. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Israeli forces raided the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem on Monday.The Israeli army entered the UNRWA compound, conducted searches, and confiscated the mobile phones of security guards, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA.The Jerusalem Governorate said that reinforced Israeli army forces stormed the headquarters in the early morning hours of Monday, detained the security staff and seized their phones, which led to a cutoff of communication with them and made it impossible to…
(2025-12-08). Palestinian Rights Committee Supporting Farmers and Beekeepers. mediasanctuary.org On Saturday, December 6, the Albany Palestinian Rights Committee did a Joy and Resilence event at the Radix Ecological Sustainability Center in the South End of Albany to raise funds to be directly distributed to beekeepers and farmers in Palestine! Hana and Nora, both of whom will shortly travel to Palestine, talks about the group's effort with Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.b…
(2025-12-08). Thursday 12/18: Webinar: Artists for Palestine. indybay.org Online | www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/threads-of……
(2025-12-08). Go Tell It on the Mountain: Genocide Is Wrong. transcend.org 6 Dec 2025 – While Israel's genocide against Palestinians in Gaza continues, the Israeli government paves the way for a 'Gazafication' of the West Bank.
(2025-12-08). Israel Uses Video from Gaza Genocide to Market Arms to European, Asian Countries. transcend.org 5 Dec 2025 – Israeli defence companies pitched weapons systems to dozens of European and Asian countries by highlighting their role in Israel's onslaught against Palestinians in Gaza. Despite banning Israeli officials from a recent defence show, British officials turned up to check out Israeli weapons deployed in the Gaza genocide.
(2025-12-08). Hamas signals openness on arms freeze as it warns violence could resume | Israel. hindustantimes.com Hamas is using its claim that the October 7, 2023 attack was an "act of defense" to project defiance and signal that renewed violence remains an option if ceasefire arrangements do not meet its conditions. Hamas also signaled it is willing to discuss "freezing or storing" its weapons as part of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire with Israel, with senior official Bassem Naim describing the offer as a way to prevent renewed escalation as the process moves into a more complex second phase. The current truce, which halted a prolonged Israeli offensive in Gaza launched after Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack, has so far focused on…
(2025-12-08). Netanyahu Eyes Second Phase of Gaza Plan Ahead of Trump Talks. moderndiplomacy.eu Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the second phase of the U.S.-brokered plan to end the Gaza war is "close," but warned major issues still need agreement including whether a multinational security force will enter Gaza. Speaking alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Jerusalem, Netanyahu said he will meet President Donald Trump later this month …
(2025-12-08). Netanyahu rebukes Germany's Merz, rejects two‚Äëstate solution for Palestinians. hindustantimes.com Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire is "almost" complete and that he expects to move to the second phase soon, tying that shift to the return of the last hostage's remains and upcoming talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on Trump's multi-stage Gaza plan. Netanyahu made the statement at a joint Jerusalem press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Watch for more…
(2025-12-08). Gaza film 'The Voice of Hind Rajab' nominated for Golden Globe. newarab.com 
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(2025-12-08). In first, an Israeli documentary tackles combat PTSD — from the perspective of women soldiers. haaretz.com Thousands of women combat soldiers have sought help for PTSD since the October 7 attacks. In Nurit Kedar's 55-minute documentary 'I Cried in Gaza,' that will be screened this week in Tel Aviv, seven women — traumatized from recent stints in Gaza and Lebanon — open up in candid and surprising ways…
(2025-12-08). German journalists covering Gaza and Israel decry of. haaretz.com Sophie von der Tann, the German public broadcaster's correspondent in Tel Aviv, has been subjected to what colleagues and press freedom advocates say is a 'pattern' of pressure put on journalists covering Israel's war in Gaza — spearheaded by Israel's ambassador to Germany…
(2025-12-08). A Ceasefire in Name Only: Gaza's Prolonged Purgatory. transcend.org 2 Dec 2025 – A ceasefire can be a strange thing. Especially a Fake Ceasefire.
(2025-12-08). ICC Warrant Chaos: Germany Celebrates Israeli Missiles, Snubs Israeli PM. thinktank.pk In the wake of Gaza's fragile ceasefire and amid whispers of a "historical change," German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's lightning visit to Israel on December 7, 2025, spotlighted the complex dance between Berlin and Jerusalem. Meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, the leaders touted deepening defense ties—like Germany's new Arrow 3 missile shield—while sidestepping …
(2025-12-08). Thursday 12/11: Power Half Hour for Gaza. indybay.org Zoom | http: //jvp.org/gazaph…
(2025-12-08). MSF: Conditions for Gaza medics 'as hard as it's ever been'. newarab.com 
Conditions for Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas agreed in October to a US-backed
(2025-12-08). Israel committed 57 violations against the Palestinian press in November. radiohc.cu Israeli security forces and settlers committed 57 violations against Palestinian journalists in the occupied territories in November, a source in the sector reported on Monday. | The Press Freedom Committee of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate accused the neighboring country of continuing its systematic escalation against the media. | In its monthly report, it indicated that the violations targeted journalistic work and directly endangered the lives of the professionals. | It also accused Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank of playing a key role in the campaign. It specified that the attacks included ph…
(2025-12-08). 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.
(2025-12-08). Netanyahu to meet Trump in U.S. on December 29, office says. haaretz.com It has not been announced whether the two will meet at the White House or in Trump's Mar-A-Lago club. Trump invited Netanyahu during a phone conversation last week, which, according to Israel's Channel 12, also dealt with Netanyahu's pardon request…
(2025-12-08). Israeli Navy holding joint drill with US Navy's 5th Fleet. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 08 (MNA) — The Israeli military announced the start of a weeklong joint naval exercise with the US Fifth Fleet, headquartered in Bahrain.
(2025-12-08). 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…'…"
(2025-12-08). Anti-Genocide Activists Picket Largest Civilian Weapons Warehouse for the Israeli Military in the United States, Demand Arms Embargo. worldbeyondwar.org 
By some opponents of genocide, December 8, 2025 | report by Progressive International and the Palestinian Youth Movement and an (2025-12-08). 'Dangerous precedent': UN condemns Israeli raid on UNRWA. aljazeera.com UN chief Antonio Guterres condemned Israel's raid on the East Jerusalem compound of UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA.
(2025-12-08). Human brains process language much like modern AI models. ecns.cn Israeli and U.S. researchers have found that the human brain processes spoken language in a step-by-step sequence that mirrors the internal workings of advanced artificial intelligence, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem said in a statement on Sunday.
(2025-12-08). top court rules Law of Return not applicable for children whose father converted after birth. haaretz.com In the ruling, reversed from a previous ruling in June 2024, a majority of six out of seven justices ruled it is possible that the children can receive Israeli citizenship under the auspices of other law, but not under the Law of Return…
(2025-12-08). 110 Palestinians killed in Israeli prisons under Ben-Gvir. newarab.com 
More than 100 Palestinian detainees have died in Israeli custody in less than two-and-a-half years, amid New data reveals that at least 110
(2025-12-08). Iran only state to deliver decisive response to Israel. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 08 (MNA) — Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh says that his country was the only state to deliver a decisive and crushing response to the Israeli regime.
(2025-12-08). Mohammed and Avigail top lists of most popular Israeli baby names, latest statistics show. haaretz.com Israel's baby-name charts look familiar at the top, but Elia became the fastest-rising name for babies born in 2024…
(2025-12-08). Israeli Football Association introduces stricter penalties for racist offenses. haaretz.com According to the new rules, fans, players and clubs could face fines, bans and even relegation for repeated offenses. 'Those who want the outcome to be decided only on the pitch must also behave accordingly in the stands,' football association head said…