(2025-12-21). Beware hubris: Netanyahu risks demanding more from Trump than he can pay back. haaretz.com Netanyahu may raise the prospect of another strike on Iran at Mar-a-Lago, betting that Trump's appetite for U.S. power outweighs his isolationism. But at the start of a midterm election year, backing another attack would be toxic with an already hostile MAGA base…
(2025-12-21). Why criticize Netanyahu when you can complain about the antisemitic Australians? haaretz.com The Israeli media's response to the terror in Australia last week set a new low…
(2025-12-21). Egypt, Israel sign record $35 Billion Gas deal despite deep Gaza rift | El-Sisi. hindustantimes.com Egypt sealed a record $35‚ÄØbillion natural gas agreement with Israel even as ties between the two neighbors hit a political freeze over Gaza and Rafah. President Abdel‚ÄØFattah‚ÄØel‚ÄëSisi refused to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin‚ÄØNetanyahu during the negotiations, underscoring Cairo's fury over Israel's military actions in Gaza and the displacement fears in Sinai. Egyptian officials insisted the deal was strictly commercial, aimed at fortifying Egypt's ambition to become the Eastern Mediterranean's top gas hub. Watch…
(2025-12-21). Netanyahu to meet Prime Minister Mitsotakis, Cypriot president in Jerusalem Monday, PM office says. haaretz.com The last time Cyprus' president came for a diplomatic visit, Israel's Prime Minister used the occasion as an excuse to a cancel a hearing in his ongoing corruption trial…
(2025-12-21). Israel: Polling suggests Extreme-Right Netanyahu Coalition in Trouble, as Tens of Thousands Protest. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — A new opinion poll in Israel, published in Ma'ariv, is summarized in Likud is projected to lose 3 of its 28 seats, falling to only 25. | Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich's Religious Zionism party might not reach the threshold of 3.25% of the vote needed to be seated in parliament. | On the other hand, the even more extremist Je…
(2025-12-21). Hundreds gather in Tel Aviv for Hanukkah ceremony to honor last remaining deceased hostage Ran Gvili. haaretz.com Ran Gvili, who was killed fighting Hamas infiltrators on October 7, and his body was abducted to Gaza, has yet to be returned to Israel, and his relatives and other hostage families are fighting against the pressure to move on to the next stage of the cease-fire…
(2025-12-21). Israeli attacks kill Palestinians across Gaza and West Bank. newarab.com 
Israel's security cabinet approved the establishment of 19 new The decision brings the total number of settlements approved over the past three years to 69, according to a statement from the office of Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. | The latest approvals come days after the United Nat…
(2025-12-21). Israel legalizes 19 West Bank settler outposts, reversing disengagement policy. haaretz.com The move effectively legalizes the repopulation of four northern West Bank settlements that Israel evacuated in 2005 under the Oslo Accords. Far-right Minister Smotrich, who spearheaded the initiative, said Israel has authorized 69 new outposts over the past three years…
(2025-12-21). Killing Jews Israeli false flag op. to exploit anti-Semitism. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 21 (MNA) — The Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi says that killing of Jews is done by the Zionist Israeli regime in a bid to claim anti-Semitism is on the rise to exploit the situation.
(2025-12-21). Fractured fortress: Israel crumbling from within. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — Israel often presents itself as a regional fortress, with its military active from Gaza to Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen, and in confrontations linked to Iran. From the outside, it seems untouchable, disciplined, and in control. But a closer look reveals that the walls are cracking. Every strike, every campaign is like a hammer blow against the world, yet the same blows reverberate inside, shaking Israel itself. The more Israel relies on force, the more the foundations beneath it weaken.
(2025-12-21). Palestinians attending wedding killed in Israeli attack on Gaza school. aljazeera.com Six Palestinians have been killed in an attack by Israeli forces on a school sheltering displaced civilians in Gaza.
(2025-12-21). Egypt reaffirms rejection of expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza. newarab.com 
Speaking at the opening of the second ministerial conference of the Russian-African Partnership Forum in Cairo,
(2025-12-21). Dozens mourn six killed in Israeli shelling of Gaza shelter. tribune.com.pk 
Dozens of Palestinians gathered at a Gaza City hospital on Saturday to mourn six people, including children, that the civil defence said were killed by the Israeli shelling of a shelter for displaced people. | The Israeli military said late on Friday that troops had fired at "suspicious individuals to eliminate the threat", adding that it was reviewing the incident and "regrets any harm to uninvolved individuals". | Gaza's civil defence agency, which operates as a rescue force under Hamas authority, initially said on Friday that the Israeli shelling of a school-turned-shelter killed five people in the Tuffah n…
(2025-12-21). Greta Thunberg tells the Canary why she supports the hunger strikers. thecanary.co 
Greta Thunberg famously joined fellow activists from around the world on a humanitarian flotilla in October, in an attempt to break the illegal Israeli siege on Gaza. At the time, the British Government saw fit to abandon their own citizens who were abducted by Israel, and now it is seen to be abandoning the hunger […] | By
(2025-12-21). Saturday 12/20: Hikers for Palestine – Winter Clothing for Gaza. indybay.org Starting point – Seabreeze Parking Lot, 598 University Ave, Berkeley, CA…
(2025-12-21). US, Egypt, Qatar, Turkey urge restraint in Gaza. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 21 (MNA) — The United States, Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey have urged the parties to the Gaza ceasefire to honour their commitments and show restraint, the chief US envoy said after talks in the US city of Miami.
(2025-12-21). LIVE: Israel continues ceasefire violations; 1 Palestinian killed in Gaza. aljazeera.com One Palestinian killed by Israeli army in Gaza while two Palestinians, including a child, are shot dead in West Bank.
(2025-12-21). Avatar director James Cameron says Palestinian plight is 'existential'. thecanary.co In an interview for his new Avatar sequel, James Cameron showed his understanding of why people in Palestine, Ukraine, and Sudan are standing up to their oppressors like Israel: James Cameron… a surprisingly real interview. t.co/2ArGdLnoOh — Brandon Davis (@BrandonDavisBD) December 19, 2025 Given that the Avatar films are explicitly anti-imperialist, it's not surprising Cameron would think […] | By
(2025-12-21). 'Israel' Arrests 3 Palestinians, Intensifies Bombing in Khan Younis as Hospital Warns of Collapse. english.almanar.com.lb The official Israeli radio station reported that occupation forces arrested three Palestinians from the Gaza Strip in the Bedouin town of Rahat in southern occupied Palestine. The report claimed the three had been hiding since crossing the border during the October 7, 2023 operation, without providing further details about the circumstances of their arrest or …
(2025-12-21). Palestine solidarity in Ukraine is all about shared experiences. juancole.com No strangers to the perils of war, Ukrainian activists and journalists are connecting their struggle to Gaza. | (
(2025-12-21). Saturday 12/20: Holiday Craft Market for Gaza. indybay.org Barrios Unidos Poets Corner, 1817 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz…
(2025-12-21). Satellite imagery reveals Israel consolidating control over half of Gaza Strip. tehrantimes.com The Israeli military is preparing to establish a permanent presence inside the Gaza Strip, The Cradle reported Sunday, citing the new satellite imagery released by Forensic Architecture.
(2025-12-21). 'Project Sunrise': Trump's vision for Gaza. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — The U.S. administration revives its dangerous vision of transforming Gaza into a "Middle East Riviera," sidelining the Palestinians once more.
(2025-12-21). Cuba: Partido Comunista reafirma en una declaración su apoyo a Venezuela. radiohc.cu El Partido Comunista de Cuba (PCC) en una declaración reiteró este sábado su inquebrantable apoyo y solidaridad con el Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV), su dirección nacional y militancia, así como con la fusión popular, militar y policial que lidera el presidente Nicolás Maduro. | Declaración del Partido Comunista de Cuba | El Partido Comunista de Cuba condena, en los términos más enérgicos, la escalada de agresiones del gobierno fascista de los Estados Unidos contra la hermana República Bolivariana de Venezuela y su legítimo presidente Nicolás Maduro Moros. | El amenazante despliegue de fuerzas mili…
(2025-12-21). Why Tucker Carlson's Racist Narrative About Somali Americans Does Not Hold Up. indybay.org Somali Americans are not outsiders waiting to prove their worth. They are already doing so — quietly, persistently, and across every sector of society. The failure, if there is one, lies not with them, but with those who refuse to see what is directly in front of them.