2026-06-05: Palestine Roundup

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Staff (2026-06-04). Stop the Persecution of the Solidarity Movement for Palestine in Norway! samidoun.net Samidoun is republishing the following statement from Bergen 4 Palestine: Call to Support and defend the 22 arrested! Throughout Europe and North America we have seen numerous cases of police brutality against activists protesting the still ongoing genocide in Palestine. Norway, the ostensibly tolerant social democratic "peace nation", is no exception. On 11 October 2025, …

mediasanctuary (2026-06-04). Friday, June 5th, Naksa Day Rally for Palestine. mediasanctuary.org On Friday, June 5th, the Palestinian Rights Committee and others are holding a Naksa Day Rally for Palestine at 11: 30 AM at the Federal O'Brien Building at Pearl and Clinton Ave. in Albany. Naska refers to June 5th, 1967, when more than 300,000 Palestinians were displaced during its 6 Day War. The rally will protest Senators Schumer and Gillibrand for their ongoing support of Israel's genocide taking place in Gaza. Keren Carmeli of Jewish Voice for Peace talks with Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Angela (2026-06-04). Saturday 6/6: Virtual screening of the documentary film "A Plan for Palestine: Return to a Single State" indybay.org Zoom | us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RSja…

Ed Newman (2026-06-04). Acts of revenge: Israel arrests Palestinian women footballers and students. radiohc.cu By Fayha Shalash in Ramallah, occupied Palestine | The pounding on the door came before dawn. | When Ahmed Safi awoke to the sound of Israeli soldiers storming his apartment building in Birzeit town, he assumed they were there for someone else. | The Palestinian father never imagined the raid would end with the arrest of his 20-year-old daughter, Sama, a psychology student at Birzeit University, north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. | "We were surprised, even shocked. We never expected the raid to be for her arrest," Ahmed told Middle East Eye. | According to the family, soldiers entered the building in th…

Quakers for Peace in Palestine (2026-06-04). Saturday 6/20: Tech & Palestine Solidarity: How to Use Tech Safely in Our Activism. indybay.org Zoom | us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/fE-pkJg…

UUSF Forum (2026-06-04). Sunday 6/14: U.S. Policy Towards Israel/Palestine: How to Change It. indybay.org Unitarian Universalist of San Francisco | 1187 Franklin St. | San Francisco…

Qassam Muaddi, Mondoweiss. (2026-06-04). West Bank Healthcare Workers Go On Strike. popularresistance.org The emergency section of the Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah seems too calm for the city's largest public hospital. Fewer than ten people sit in the waiting hall, the floor tiles still shining clean as an employee mops the floor every five minutes. Inside the emergency hall, four nurses stand behind the central counter, while behind closed curtains, patients lie on beds, some waiting to be transferred to a specialized section or to be seen by the ER nurses. Three of the beds are empty. | Abeer, a woman in her forties, comes from behind one of the curtains and exits to the waiting area, where she sits.

United World International (2026-06-04). "Palestine has become global conscience for millions" uwidata.com By Ghazi Abdulal — Representative of the Youth Wing of The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine — PFLP May 19th, 1919, is the date Mustafa Kemal Atatàºrk arrived in the northern Turkish city of Samsun to start the armed struggle against the imperialist occupation of Türkiye and its collaborators. The date is considered …

newarab (2026-06-04). Clashes test 'ceasefires' in Lebanon, Gaza, and the Gulf. newarab.com This live blog has now ended. You can follow our latest coverage Hello, | If you are just joining us, here are the latest updates: | Lebanese and Israeli delegations in Washington announced that they had tentatively agreed on a ceasefire with conditions. Moments after the announcement, Israeli strikes were reported in the southern regions of the country. Israel has killed more than 3,500 people in Lebanon, including women and children, since this new round of violence began on 2 March
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Dave DeCamp (2026-06-04). Israeli Airstrikes Pound Apartments in Gaza City, Killing Nine, Including Two Women and Two Children. news.antiwar.com Overnight Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City targeted apartment buildings and killed at least nine people as the IDF's constant violations of the US-backed ceasefire deal continue. According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, at least 15 other people were injured by the attacks, which hit four separate apartment buildings. The al-Shifa Hospital, which received the …

Alan MacLeod, MintPress News. (2026-06-04). NDAA: New US Bill Will Fuse Israel And US Militaries Into One. popularresistance.org Amid widespread and growing public opposition to the Israeli genocide of Gaza and South Lebanon, a controversial new bill seeks to formally integrate the U.S. and Israeli militaries like never before, making it difficult to tell where one ends and the other begins. | Section 224 of the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) proposes to join the two forces together at the hip, laying the groundwork for extensive cooperation into "seemingly every manner of U.S.-Israeli military-industrial complex cooperation," according to the Institute for Responsible Statecraft.

LVP (2026-06-04). UAW Members Demand that UAW Rescind Endorsement of Zionist /Billionaire Shill Scott Wiener. indybay.org Rank and file members of UAW 4811 and UAW 2035 are demanding that the UAW 4811, Region 6 and the UAW rescind their support of Zionist billionaire shill Scott Wiener. Wiener who is being funded by the Zionists has played a role in targeting UC faculty and UAW 4811 members who have opposed the genocide in Gaza.

Hend Salama Abo Helow (2026-06-04). Israel Has Engineered a Deadly Shortage of Medications and Health Care in Gaza. truthout.org My mother has been a hypertension patient for the past 25 years. Ever since her initial diagnosis, she has adhered strictly to her prescribed medication. Yet since the genocide broke out, her medicine gradually ran out until it vanished from the markets altogether, with no clinic, pharmacy, warehouse, or stockpile left untouched by the shortage. Eventually, my mother was forced to redraw her… |

Tareq S. Hajjaj (2026-06-04). Israeli restrictions on fuel and supplies have hospitals in Gaza on the verge of shutting down. mondoweiss.net Health officials in Gaza say Israel is waging an aggressive campaign against Gaza's healthcare system by deliberately calibrating restrictions on fuel and supplies to keep hospitals on the brink of collapse.

aljazeera (2026-06-04). Gaza is being offered coercion, not reconstruction. aljazeera.com Mladenov's plan turns rebuilding from a humanitarian obligation into a weapon of political control.

aljazeera (2026-06-04). Israeli strikes on residential buildings kill nine in Gaza City. aljazeera.com Israeli strikes on residential buildings have killed nine Palestinians, setting homes ablaze and leaving destruction.

newarab (2026-06-04). Gaza aid volunteers enter fourth day of hunger strike in Libya. newarab.com More than a week after setting out The activists, part of the Global Sumud Land Convoy, disappeared on 25 May while attempting to negotiate safe passage for hundreds of volunteers and aid vehicles travelling towards Egypt and the Rafah cros…

newleftreview (2026-06-04). Nancy Fraser: Gaza as World Event. newleftreview.org The global reverberations of Israel's destruction of Gaza, understood as world event—an epochal turning point which serves to reveal the changing nature of the times. Philosophical reflections on the rise of a new-era McCarthyism in Germany and the US.

aljazeera (2026-06-04). Rubio distances himself from Netanyahu's Gaza plan. aljazeera.com House Democrats question US Secretary of State Marco Rubio about the lack of progress on Trump's 20 point Gaza plan.

Jane Salmon (2026-06-04). Australian flotilla survivors describe ordeal after Gaza mission. independentaustralia.net

newarab (2026-06-04). 8 in 10 Labour members back UK sanctions on Israel over Gaza. newarab.com

newarab (2026-06-04). Family fears for Palestinian detainee's life in Israeli jail. newarab.com For nearly a year and a half, Nader Abu Hilal has waited for news of his son. | Each update that reaches the family home in Dura, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, brings fresh anxiety. The latest reports suggest that Azmi Abu Hilal, a 31-year-old lawyer with dwarfism, has lost significant weight, suffers from persistent pain and may be battling a serious illness while held in "We want our sons to be free," Nader Abu Hilal, Azmi's father, tells The New Arab. "We were shocked by the violen…

News Desk, The Cradle. (2026-06-04). Tel Aviv Advances De Facto Annexation Of Occupied West Bank. popularresistance.org Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced a new and major illegal settlement project in the occupied West Bank on 3 June, which aims to see the construction of around 2,000 houses on Palestinian land. | According to the minister, 1,006 housing units will be in a new settlement near the occupied holy city of Jerusalem. | Over 920 are planned near occupied Nablus and another 234 near the city of Hebron. "We are continuing to build the Land of Israel in practice," Smotrich said. | The settlements will "strengthen our hold on the land, reinforce Israel's security, and establish clear facts on the ground tha…

newleftreview (2026-06-04). Alexander Zevin: Trump's Gulf War. newleftreview.org Asymmetries of the US-Israeli assault on Iran, as an uneasy balance holds between Tehran's tourniquet on the Strait of Hormuz—and the world economy—and the enormous firepower of the aggressors, at the end of the first round.

geo.tv (2026-06-04). Israel, Lebanon agree to implement ceasefire, boosting hopes for Iran deal. geo.tv Smoke billows from southern Lebanon, following Israeli strikes, as seen from Nabatieh, Lebanon, June 3, 2026. — Reuters Israel and Lebanon agreed to implement a ceasefire to end hostilities, the Trump administration said on Wednesday, in a boost to hopes for a broader deal to…

newarab (2026-06-04). Hezbollah rejects 'humiliating' US-brokered Lebanon truce deal. newarab.com Our coverage has now concluded, here are the updates from today: | Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem on Thursday demanded a comprehensive ceasefire and Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon, as an official from his group confirmed it rejected a truce announced following talks between the two countries in Washington. | This comes as envoys from Israel and Lebanon had held a fourth round of US-brokered talks in Washington on Wednesday, agreeing to implement a ceasefire that hinged on Hezbollah halting its attacks. | Israeli strikes in Lebanon are still ongoing, despite the ceasefire announcement. | Iran's IRGC says Hezbollah…

UMMID (2026-06-04). The Lebanon Glitch: How Multi-Front War is Overturning Trump-Iran Diplomacy. ummid.com Washington and Tehran continue exploring a possible agreement but escalating Israeli military operations in Lebanon threaten to derail diplomacy and deepen regional instability.

Jason Ditz (2026-06-04). Israeli Attacks Kill Four in Lebanon as 'New Ceasefire' Doesn't Stop Strikes. news.antiwar.com On Wednesday evening, it was announced that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to a new ceasefire. Officials, of course, have been reporting that there has been a ceasefire between the two sides since mid-April, but several hundred people have been killed in the fighting that's gone on during that "ceasefire." This latest deal was described …

WSWS (2026-06-04). New York Democrats and Mamdani administration provide platform for Israel Day pro-genocide march. wsws.org The DSA mayor did not attend the Israel Day parade, but his administration provided the permits and police protection for a march featuring Israeli officials implicated in genocide, annexation and ethnic cleansing.

Ryder Glickman (2026-06-04). Here is why we sanctioned Hillel at the New School and why students everywhere should follow our lead. mondoweiss.net In May, the New School's Student Senate sanctioned its Hillel chapter for its ties to Israeli war crimes and violations of international law. With 850 chapters worldwide, students everywhere should join the campaign to "Drop Hillel."

newarab (2026-06-04). How Israel is preparing the expulsion of Palestinians from E1. newarab.com East Jerusalem – From 1997 to 2007, Displaced next to a Jerusalem municipal landfill, these Bedouins not only lost their homes but also their traditional way of life, now living in stone townhouses with limited grazing land for their livestock. | The homes they were expelled from are today a part of the Israeli settlement of Ma'ale Adum…

Center for Constitutional Rights (2026-06-04). CCR Condemns New York Officials' Support of Israeli War Criminals at Israel Day Parade. indybay.org June 1, 2026, New York — Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights made the following statement in response to New York officials marching with Israeli war criminals in New York's Israel Day Parade yesterday.

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