(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). From E. Palestine To Moss Landing & Rosemont Louisiana, Corporate Poisoning & Crimes. indybay.org The criminal poisoning of people in the United States in mass incident casualty sites continues to expand. This program focuses on the East Palestine Norfolk Southern derailment, the Moss Landing battery fire in Monterey County and the massive chemical fire in Rosemont Louisiana, the people who were poisoned and the cover-up by the corporations and the government agencies and politicians who are controlled by the corporations.
(2026-01-09). Venezuela, Palestine, And The End Of International Law. popularresistance.org On January 3, 2026, without provocation, cause, or legal justification, the U.S. bombed Venezuela, invaded its capital, killed dozens of people, and violently abducted the President and First Lady of the country, binding, blindfolding, and spiriting them off to the United States. | Surely, such a blatant violation of a whole raft of international laws, indeed, challenging the very centerpiece of…
(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). 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). 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). Israel massacres children in Gaza tent shelters. electronicintifada.net Bombings, drone strikes and artillery shellings accelerate.
(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). 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). "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). Democracy Challenged: Who Governs Gaza? Who Runs Venezuela? "Who Does New York Belong To?" counterpunch.org 
(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 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). Egyptian student's letter captures plight of pro-Gaza detainees. newarab.com 
(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). Birzeit University students confront fear after Israeli raid. newarab.com 
"It was a terrifying scene," begins 21-year-old Aya Muhasien, recalling Israeli occupation forces' unprecedented "Even though we Palestinians are used to it — I am from a village that is raided all the time — but the university is supposed to be different. It should be a safe space," the student tells The New Arab. | On a bright winter morning, Aya walked up the steep, tree-lined entrance to the occupied West Bank's Birzeit University, mentally reciting her presenta…
(2026-01-09). Israel detains widow of slain Hamas commander in West Bank. newarab.com 
The Israeli army on Friday detained the widow of a Hamas leader killed in the 1990s, accusing her of inciteful language against Israel online. | Citing a local source, The New Arab's sister site Al-Araby Al-Jadeed said Israeli forces raided neighbourhoods in the city, including the Jabal al-…
(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). 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). 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). 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). 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). Israel is on the brink of civil war, says the New Israel Fund chief. what it will look like. haaretz.com The Israeli left has gotten used to fighting small, isolated battles. Mickey Gitzin, head of the New Israel Fund, thinks on a completely different scale — and says leftists can't leave now…
(2026-01-09). The Toxic Innocence of Empire: The US and Israel, Forever Blameless, Always Pure in Motive. dissidentvoice.org 
There is an exact and troubling historical correlation between the Trump administration's imperialist aggression against Venezuela and Israel's perpetual crimes against humanity. Both can be traced to a Western settler-colonialist worldview possessed by a sense of insatiable entitlement, and the psychological carnage concomitant to a citizenry given to the brutality inherent to the pursuit of …
(2026-01-09). never been to Israel, but ready to move here and start from scratch — for. haaretz.com This week at Ben-Gurion Airport: a Russian expat willing to give up the life she built in Italy for an Israeli happy ending, and a couple who bonded in high school over their shared love of navigating the wilderness with nothing but a map…
(2026-01-09). Israeli minister says agents 'operating in Iran' amid protests. newarab.com 
Israel's far-right Heritage Minister Speaking to Israel's Army Radio, Eliyahu said Israel had used on-the-ground agents during the 12-day war with Iran in June last year, adding that similar operatives are active during the country's current crisis. | "When we at…