(2026-01-09). Somaliland recognition: Israel's foothold in the Horn of Africa. aljazeera.com Critics view Israel's moves in the Horn of Africa as part of Netanyahu's expansive conflict and influence agenda.
(2026-01-09). As unrest grows in Iran, Trump is unlikely to greenlight an Israeli attack. haaretz.com The U.S. president would not benefit from a war in the Middle East at the present time – and an Israeli attack might only serve to shore up the vulnerable regime in Tehran. Netanyahu, for his part, wants to keep all fronts open and volatile – and the IDF is falling into line…
(2026-01-09). Netanyahu and his poison war against heroic AG is reaching zero hour. haaretz.com Gali Baharav-Miara continues to display rare mental fortitude in the face of attacks by the coalition and the poison machine, while those around her are disappointed that the public hasn't gone out into the streets as it did two years ago…
(2026-01-09). Trump & Netanyahu struggle to agree on future of Judea & Samaria. onlineopinion.com.au Trump promised a West Bank plan, delayed it, then hedged. Israel resists a Palestinian state. Can annexation, Jordan, and old peace plans unlock a Trump-Netanyahu reset?
(2026-01-09). What I learned documenting the genocide around me in Gaza. newarab.com 
After over two years of genocide in Gaza, time has taken on a strange, fractured meaning. Days stretch endlessly, yet months disappear without warning. I lost an entire year of my education, but thankfully journalism filled the gap, providing me with the tools to navigate my reality. It taught me lessons no university ever could, on humanity, silence, faith, survival, and the extraordinary depths of the human spirit. | This genocide has rewritten every part of my life. But it has also rewritten my understanding of the world. | During this genocide, I've seen the best of people. I've seen starved neighbours share…
(2026-01-09). Germany: Large Jewish delegation supports Costantino Ciervo's exhibition "COMUNE — The Paradox of Similarity in the Middle East Conflict" wsws.org "What is already clear is that through the sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians … the Zionist narrative is crumbling, even in Germany."
(2026-01-09). El régimen dominicano, de paria regional a vanguardia de la ola reaccionaria. nacla.org 
Cómo el proyecto de apartheid de la República Dominicana se convirtió en un modelo para la extrema derecha en Estados Unidos.
(2026-01-09). Kevin Cox: South Africa In History's Shadow. newleftreview.org Why is South Africa seemingly still mired in the income and spatial segregation patterns of the apartheid era? Standard explanations focus on the ANC, either as too neoliberal or too statist. Kevin Cox looks instead at the making of classes—and expropriation of African farmers—in conditions of globalization's labour shock.
(2026-01-09). Democracy Challenged: Who Governs Gaza? Who Runs Venezuela? "Who Does New York Belong To?" counterpunch.org 
(2026-01-09). Hamas says Gaza strikes 'cannot happen without American cover'. newarab.com 
A Hamas official said Friday that Since October 10, a fragile US-sponsored truce in Gaza has largely halted the Israeli offensive, but both Israel and Hamas have alleged frequent violations. | Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli attacks across the territory on Thursday killed at least 13 people, including five children. | In a statement on Friday morning, the Israeli military…
(2026-01-09). Coldest winter yet ravages Gazans trapped in shattered tents. newarab.com 
In a tent set up in the courtyard of a school being used as a shelter, Umm Qusai, a woman in her forties, sits watching her five children as they share the narrow space around her. Her eldest child is 16, while her youngest is not yet a year old. | Before being displaced from Rafah at the start of the "By God, I wish we had…
(2026-01-09). "The Voice of Hind Rajab," Shortlisted for Oscar, Uses Audio of 6-Year-Old Girl Killed in Gaza. democracynow.org 
Two years ago this month, the world was gripped by a series of shocking recordings of a 6-year-old girl in Gaza pleading for help as she sat trapped in a car riddled with bullets alongside the bodies of her cousins, aunt and uncle, who had just been killed by Israeli forces as the family attempted to flee the Israeli ground invasion of Gaza City. Emergency responders with the Palestine Red Crescent Society attempted to secure safe passage to rescue the child, an elementary school student named Hind Rajab, but Israeli forces also targeted and destroyed an ambulance as it arrived on the scene, killing medical worke…
(2026-01-09). Israel says Bulgarian diplomat to direct Trump's Board of Peace for Gaza. scmp.com A former UN Middle East envoy has been chosen to direct US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace to oversee the ceasefire in Gaza, Israel's prime minister said on Thursday, as at least eight more deaths from Israeli strikes were reported there. | The appointment of Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov marks an important step forward for Trump's Middle East peace plan, which has moved slowly since delivering an October ceasefire ending more than two years of fighting between Israel and…
(2026-01-09). Going back to broken universities. electronicintifada.net The author narrates her journey accompanying her sister to register at university.
(2026-01-09). Over dozen killed across Gaza as Iran's Khamenei rejects protest. newarab.com 
At least 14 people, including five children, were killed by Israeli forces in separate locations across Four people, including three children, were killed when a drone struck a tent sheltering displaced people in southern Gaza, Civil Defence spokesman Mahmoud Bassal told AFP news agency. | In the north of the Gaza Strip, an 11-year-old girl was killed near
(2026-01-09). Israeli navy fires warning shots at Egypt vessel in Gaza waters. newarab.com 
Israeli forces fired warning shots towards an Egyptian warship that crossed into Israeli navy forces called on the vessel to stop after it "failed to respond," prompting the navy to fire warning shots. | "Upon detecting the vessel, Israeli Navy ships were dispatched from the Ashdod base and issued a call for the Egyptian vessel to return to Egypt. When it continued advancing toward Gaza, the naval vessels carried out warning fire in its direction. Only then did the Egyptian ve…
(2026-01-09). Israel massacres children in Gaza tent shelters. electronicintifada.net Bombings, drone strikes and artillery shellings accelerate.
(2026-01-09). Australian Labor government calls Royal Commission to witch-hunt opposition to the Gaza genocide. wsws.org The Commission has nothing to do with uncovering the truth of the Bondi terror attack. Its role is to witch-hunt mass opposition to the genocide in Gaza.
(2026-01-09). Egyptian student's letter captures plight of pro-Gaza detainees. newarab.com 
(2026-01-09). Israel continues to strike Gaza Strip after 14 killed overnight. newarab.com 
The Israeli army renewed its strikes across multiple areas in the battered Gaza Strip early Friday, with the Citing eyewitnesses, Anadolu Agency said military aircraft and drones carried out air raids in the northern part of Gaza City, while heavy artillery struck the eastern outskirts of the Bureij refugee camp in the Strip's centre, as well as eastern parts of Khan Younis in the south. | It was not immediately clear what the Israeli army was targeting a…
(2026-01-09). "Holding Liat" : Former Israeli Hostage Says "There Aren't Any Conflicts That Are Unsolvable" democracynow.org 
Israeli American Liat Beinin Atzili was taken captive during the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack. Over the next two months, her family members, including film director Brandon Kramer, tirelessly advocated for her release, an endeavor now documented in Kramer's new film, Holding Liat. We speak to Atzili and Kramer about their family's ordeal and Atzili's captivity in Gaza, where she was held in isolation alongside another Israeli woman by members of Hamas until November 2023. "They kept telling us that they had no idea what was going on with other hostages, and that it was their job to keep u…
(2026-01-09). Against U.S. imperial war on Venezuela! counterpunch.org 
On the morning of January 3, U.S. forces, with 150 jets, armed helicopters, and state-of-the-art drones, launched an attack on Venezuela. Strikes hit Venezuela's largest military complex in Caracas along with targets in La Guaira, Miranda, and Aragua. Less than 90 minutes later, Maduro was kidnapped and flown out of the country. In a subsequent
(2026-01-09). Introduction: Ukraine as the Object of World Counterrevolution, by Mikhail Pavlovich. wsws.org We hope that the publication of this translation and the rediscovery of Mikhail Pavlovich will contribute to the political education of the working class, now confronted, once again, with imperialist war and fascist barbarism.
(2026-01-09). An ICE Murder in Minneapolis and its Horrific Aftermath. counterpunch.org 
The fascist Trump Gestapo murder of the 37-year-old legal observer, poet, and mother Renee Nicole Good two days ago is horrific almost beyond words: three or four point-blank head shots from an ICE officer as Ms. Good was trying to move her vehicle away from the Homeland Security gendarmes who were conducting a giant racist
(2026-01-09). Goebbels's Ghost and Miller's Dream of a "Unified Reich." counterpunch.org 
White House adviser Stephen Miller seems torn from the darkest archive of the 1930s. His ideological fever, spittle-laced tirades, compulsive lying, and theatrical rage are not excesses but instruments: performative rituals through which cruelty is normalized and racism is taught. What he stages is not only a ruthless infatuation with power and updated fascist politics
(2026-01-09). Debunked Far-Right Claims In Minnesota Lead To Anti-Somali Hate. popularresistance.org Minneapolis, Minn.—The Trump administration and MAGA are pulling out all the stops in their attacks on Minnesota—the Nick Shirley daycare fraud "investigation," a pause on federal child care funding, the "largest ever" ICE enforcement effort, and unprecedented racist attacks on Somali immigrants. They're all part of a continued effort by the right to push the deportation agenda in a Democratic-governed state, defund programs that working people rely on, and flip Minnesota to the Republican column in the 2026 midterm elections.