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2026-06-13: Palestine Roundup

So far today: 2026-06-13 09:38am GMT

Kyle Thibodeau, Left Voice. (2026-06-13). Charges Against U Of M Eight Threaten Entire Movement For Palestine. popularresistance.org On the morning of June 10 the FBI raided homes and arrested eight activists associated with the pro-Palestine movement. Local police and the University of Michigan aided the FBI with their investigation ahead of the raids. The activists are facing several charges including "conspiracy to transmit a threat," with some facing up to 20 years in prison if convicted. | This raid and the extreme charges are a tactic to suppress solidarity with Palestine. A fully armed squad of federal government agents raided the homes of college students who spoke out against a live-streamed genocide.

Caitlin Johnstone (2026-06-13). Under The Western Empire You Get Punished For Having A Conscience. caitlinjohnstone.com.au The UK has sentenced four anti-genocide activists to years in prison on terrorism charges, and the US is working to deport a prominent foreign policy analyst for criticizing the war in Iran. | Four members of the group Palestine Action

Eyewitness Palestine (2026-06-12). Wednesday 6/17: Webinar: Fighting For Education Under Genocide. indybay.org Online | www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/akelius-we…

newarab (2026-06-12). Is the UK complicit in Israeli abuse of Gaza flotilla activists. newarab.com Hear no evil, see no evil, punish no evil: The British Government's policy on Israeli aggression against its citizens | I picked up my friend, Cerie Bullivant, from Stansted airport on 23 May 2026. He had arrived there from Occupied Palestine via Turkey. The weeks prior, he was on the latest Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) with hundreds of others from all across the globe, attempting to break Israel's siege imposed on Gaza. | Of course, at arrivals, I wasn't the only one waiting for their friend or loved one. Others had gathered with welcome home banners, flowers and chocolates. That was to be expected. Conspicuously…

Anonymous (2026-06-12). Palestine in Pictures: May 2026. electronicintifada.net A monthly digest of key developments in Palestine showcasing powerful images by photojournalists.

JAY (2026-06-12). There's No Room for Palestine in "Viewpoint Diversity" portside.org There's No Room for Palestine in "Viewpoint Diversity" |

Eyewitness Palestine (2026-06-12). Wednesday 6/24: Virtual Visit: Kufr. indybay.org Online | http: //zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/virtual-visit-kfr-aqab…

American Friends Service Committee (2026-06-12). Wednesday 7/8: Webinar: A Conversation with the First Apartheid-Free University. indybay.org Online | www.mobilize.us/us-palestineactivism/eve…

newarab (2026-06-12). Israeli firm accused of meddling in Scotland, New York elections. newarab.com Israeli firm BlackCore, suspected of interfering in France's local elections in March, is also suspected of meddling in elections in New York City and Scotland, and operating in Angola and Togo, France's disinformation detection service, Viginum, said on Thursday. | Last month, Reuters reported that French authorities suspected BlackCore was behind an online smear campaign targeting three mayoral candidates from the left-wing, pro-Palestine France Unbowed party (LFI) in the local elections. | At a press conference on Thursday alongside French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, Viginum chief Marc-Antoine Brillant s…

Shireen Akram-Boshar (2026-06-12). DOJ Targets Michigan Palestine Solidarity Activists With Federal Charges. truthout.org Eight activists are facing federal charges for their Palestine solidarity activism in Michigan. On Wednesday morning, the FBI raided the homes of seven of the activists, and prosecutors unsealed an indictment against them and another activist following their arrest. The federal government is charging the activists — most of whom attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor — with… |

Shireen Akram-Boshar (2026-06-12). Israeli Firm Accused of Launching Smear Campaigns During US, European Elections. truthout.org An Israeli firm is suspected of orchestrating smear campaigns to undermine left-wing and pro-Palestine candidates in Scotland, New York, and France. On Thursday, France's disinformation detection service Viginum said that BlackCore, an Israeli tech company, targeted candidates in several countries' elections — including in New York City's 2025 mayoral election won by Zohran Mamdani. |

al-monitor (2026-06-12). not over Tel Aviv celebrates Pride but war in back of mind. al-monitor.com Rainbow flags, colourful floats and Bad Bunny on loudspeakers brought a festive mood to Tel Aviv for this year's Pride march, the first in full form since before the October 7 attack and the war in Gaza."I wanted to come last year, they cancelled it at the last minute, and the previous year too," Orion Tree, a nursery employee who joined the march, told AFP under the blazing sun of the coastal Israeli city."I'm 40 years old, and I've been waiting to go to Pride since I was a child. So I'm really happy to be here," he said.

Ryan Black (2026-06-12). Gaza is Not an Aberration Israel Planned This Genocide Decades Ago. progressivehub.net JONATHAN COOK | MIDDLE EAST EYE…

newarab (2026-06-12). Gaza watches 2026 World Cup despite Israel's genocide. newarab.com

newleftreview (2026-06-12). 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.

Richard Ochs (2026-06-12). A Two-State Solution to Prevent a Forever War. covertactionmagazine.com On May 28, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) endorsed a Palestinian state, with the West Bank and Gaza to be connected physically. As an advocate for peace, I do not agree that Israel must be defeated for Palestinians to achieve liberation. That is a forever war. It reminds me of the statement by Russell Means …

Skwawkbox (2026-06-12). 10 humanitarian Gaza volunteers abducted in Libya to be held another month. thecanary.co The Libyan abductors of ten Global Sumud land convoy volunteers kidnapped on 24 May 2026 have extended their illegal captivity for another thirty days. The ten were abducted near Sirte despite having previously agree safe passage with aid bound for Gaza. The extension is the second imposed on them by Libya's Internal Security Agency (ISA). […] | By

Pal2Eire (2026-06-12). Saturday 6/20: Love in the Time of Intifada: A Speed Meeting Fundraiser for Gaza Students. indybay.org The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley…

al-monitor (2026-06-12). Israeli, Palestinian groups urge G7 support for two-state solution. al-monitor.com Palestinian and Israeli civil society groups urged support for a two-state solution, saying "the window of opportunity" was closing, as they met in Paris on Friday.The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, one of the most right-wing in Israel's history, vehemently opposes the emergence of a sovereign and fully independent Palestinian state in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, and is working on the ground to undermine the possibility of a two-state solution.

Codepink (2026-06-12). Thursday 6/25: Calling Party for Gaza. indybay.org Zoom | www.codepink.org/cp625

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2026-06-12). Israel kills young Gaza fisher, infant in West Bank. electronicintifada.net Detained doctor Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, was transferred to solitary confinement in Israeli prison.

newarab (2026-06-12). Palestinian rapper Shamaly's story of survival through music. newarab.com "This is the only thing I still have left from Gaza. Everything else can be taken from me, but my voice can't be taken away. Even if I'm gone, my voice will still speak," Palestinian rapper Ahmed Shamaly — known simply as "I use it to tell people what's happening and to make sure they know." | Born in the UAE and later moving to war-torn Gaza, Shamaly says his 2024 debut EP,

Tareq S. Hajjaj (2026-06-12). Israel continues to violate Gaza ceasefire, killing 13 people in a single day. mondoweiss.net In Gaza, a 'ceasefire' means Israel can kill more than a dozen people in under 24 hours — and over 1,000 people since the ceasefire took effect in October 2025 — while the world remains silent.

Aseel Saleh, Breakthrough News. (2026-06-12). Global Sumud Activists Continue Hunger Strike. popularresistance.org Three weeks after being kidnapped by the Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF), 10 of 11 volunteers of the Gaza-bound Global Sumud land convoy remain unlawfully detained in an immigration facility in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi. | The Global Sumud Flotilla coalition announced that Mehdi Bouzguenda (from Tunisia), was the only volunteer to be released and return to his country on Sunday, June 7. | The fate of the remaining 10 activists is still uncertain. Refusing both food and water, their "dry" hunger strike has continued for around 10 days, while they remain barred from communicating with the outside world. At t…

newarab (2026-06-12). London must not become a marketplace for stolen Palestinian land. newarab.com On Sunday 14 June, the " Among the areas reportedly promoted is Gush Etzion, a settlement bloc in the occupied West Bank. Its inclusion gives the British government…

The Canary (2026-06-12). Polanski question leads Khan to reveal he told police to investigate Great Israeli Real Estate event. thecanary.co London mayor Sadiq Khan has condemned the Great Israeli Real Estate event, scheduled for Sunday 14 June in London. This came in response to a question from Green Party leader and London Assembly member Zack Polanski at Mayor's Question Time. The event promotes the sale of land in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. […] | By

newarab (2026-06-12). Israel releases Hamas co-founder after two years of detention. newarab.com The son of a Hamas co-founder said that Israeli authorities released his father in the occupied West Bank on Thursday after Hassan Yousef, 71, was "freed near the southern West Bank city of Yousef is a senior leader of Hamas in the West Bank, having co-founded the group in the 1980…

Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental Institute for Social Research. (2026-06-13). The World Needs A Living Left. popularresistance.org From 29 to 31 May, forces of the South African left gathered in Johannesburg, South Africa, for the Conference of the Left. It is important to understand the context for this meeting. More than thirty years after the end of formal apartheid, South Africa's people still struggle to meet their basic needs, with unemployment at 32.7% officially and 43.7% when discouraged workers — those available for work but no longer looking — are included. Meanwhile, the country's riches are extracted by multinational corporations.

Jenny Williams (2026-06-12). Lebanon Is Not Netanyahu's Escape Route. moderndiplomacy.eu There is a familiar cruelty in the way Lebanon is treated whenever Israel wants to change the regional conversation. A village becomes a message. A suburb becomes a signal. A border town becomes a lever in someone else's negotiation. Last night's escalation was not an isolated military episode; it was part of a pattern that …

Michael Arria, Mondoweiss. (2026-06-13). Congress Is Pushing To Integrate The Israeli And US Militaries. popularresistance.org Last month, Responsible Statecraft's Ben Freeman reported on a provision buried in the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that seeks to deepen connections between the United States and Israeli militaries. | Section 224, the "United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative", would synchronize efforts between the the two countries "to expand and accelerate bilateral defense technology research, development, testing, evaluation, integration, and industrial cooperation." | "The result could well be a U.S. political system even more susceptible to the whims of an Israeli government that seem…

Aseel Saleh, Breakthrough News. (2026-06-13). Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya Appears In Court For The First Time. popularresistance.org In yet another attempt to break the will of Palestinians and their supporters around the globe, Israeli occupation authorities released new footage of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya in hand and foot shackles. The footage, taken during his first appearance before an Israeli court on Wednesday, June 10, shows his health condition remarkably deteriorating. | My detention is "unjust" and arbitrary and I demand my immediate release, Abu Safiya maintained. | This is the second time that footage surfaced revealing the dire situation of the prominent Palestinian physician under Israeli custody.

newleftreview (2026-06-12). 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.

al-monitor (2026-06-12). Exclusive-UAE to unlock billions of dollars for Iran, sources say. al-monitor.com By Andrew Mills, Marwa Rashad and Ahmad GhaddarDUBAI/LONDON, June 12 (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates has agreed to unlock billions of dollars for Iran, four sources said, in a tactical shift after weeks of Iranian attacks on the wealthy Gulf Arab state during the U.S.-Israeli war with the Islamic Republic.

UMMID (2026-06-12). Israel's Defiance of Trump Shattered 100-Day Truce in US-Iran War. ummid.com Marking exactly 100 days since a catastrophic conflict reordered the Middle East, a fragile, US-brokered truce violently collapsed as Israeli jets struck deep inside Iranian territory.

Staff (2026-06-12). Headlines for June 12, 2026. democracynow.org Trump Claims "Great Settlement" Has Been Reached to End War, But Iran Says Nothing Has Been Finalized, India Condemns Deadly U.S. Strikes on Boats After 3 Sailors Killed Near Oman, Musk Poised to Become World's First Trillionaire as SpaceX Goes Public, Trump Taps Jay Clayton to Head National Intelligence After Bipartisan Opposition to Bill Pulte, Detained Palestinian Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya Appears in Israeli Court with Signs of Torture, Family Says, U.S. Issues New Sanctions on Cuba's Oil & Gas Company, Two Top U.K. Military Officials Resign in Row with Starmer over Military Spending, &#822…

aljazeera (2026-06-12). Is Israel's 'buffer zone' inside Lebanon an attempt to grab gas reserves? aljazeera.com Israeli zone extends into Lebanon's maritime territory, raising fears that it could become a long-term 'resource grab'.

Charlie Jaay (2026-06-12). French journalist is the latest foreign national to be denied entry by the Israeli occupation. thecanary.co "Israeli" authorities have deported French journalist Alice Froussard. Although possessing all necessary paperwork, she was stopped at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport, on the evening of 10 June. She was then interrogated several times and detained for almost ten hours. Then she was expelled from the country, and sent back to France the following day. […] | By

al-monitor (2026-06-12). Israeli, Palestinian civil society groups meet in France as two-state hopes dim. al-monitor.com By John IrishPARIS, June 12 (Reuters) – Israeli and Palestinian civil society groups delivered an appeal in France on Friday to urge the international community not to abandon a two-state solution, as Paris seeks to keep the issue alive amid the Middle East war.

ecns.cn (2026-06-11). Lebanese president outlines conditions for peace with Israel. ecns.cn BEIRUT, June 11 ⚪ Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Thursday that peace with Israel hinges on meeting key Lebanese demands, including an Israeli withdrawal.

Newsroom (2026-06-12). France Says Israeli firm BlackCore Meddled in New York, Scotland Votes. moderndiplomacy.eu Israeli firm BlackCore is under suspicion for influencing local elections in France in March, as well as elections in New York City and Scotland, and operations in Angola and Togo, according to France's disinformation detection service, Viginum. Recently, it was reported that BlackCore may have orchestrated an online smear campaign against three candidates of the …

newarab (2026-06-12). Sadiq Khan opposes London Israeli settlement property event. newarab.com Responding to a question from Green Party London Assembly member Zack Polanski at

Skwawkbox (2026-06-12). Union movement's Beckett's X account hacked. thecanary.co The X account of Howard Beckett, the popular former Unite general secretary candidate, has been taken over by hackers. The culprits may to be aligned with the Israeli occupation, of which Beckett is a staunch opponent. However, they are continuing to put out watered-down versions of Beckett's usual output in an apparent attempt to fool […] | By

The Canary (2026-06-12). ICJP issues Serious Crime Prevention Order letter to Met over Great Israeli Real Estate event. thecanary.co The International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP), in collaboration with the European Legal Support Center (ELSC) and Public Interest Law Centre (PILC), has written to the Metropolitan police asking them to assess the legal issues in relation to a London edition of the Great Israeli Real Estate event under the Serious Crime Act and […] | By

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