(2026-02-14). UN Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese: A Noble Woman. juancole.com Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) — Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories and two Gaza Doctors, Dr. Hassam Abu Safiya and Dr. Sara Al-Saqqa, have been nominated for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. Nearly 300 qualified proposers from 33 countries signed the petition, including countries from the West and the Global South. | More than anyone today, they deserve this prestigious peace prize for laboring with inestimable integrity and courage to gain a Palestinian-led peace in Gaza and the West Bank amidst a genocide perpetrated by Israel. For Al…
(2026-02-14). Top Japanese school faces backlash over Palestinian poetry in entrance exam. scmp.com During an entrance exam for a top middle school in Japan in January, students were asked to read two poems depicting life in Palestine and write responses to key passages. | Controversy soon followed on Japanese social media over the use of the material related to war and displacement.
(2026-02-14). I wanted was to kill How a Palestinian sniper became an advocate for peace — and a one-state solution. haaretz.com Burning with hatred for Israelis after his family was forced to leave Palestine in 1948, Taysir Abu Saada joined Fatah and carried out attacks against them. What led him to become an evangelical Christian — and to believe Palestinians must live in peace within a Jewish state?
(2026-02-14). Jailed Barghouti's writings to be published in new book. newarab.com 
Writings and correspondence from jailed Palestinian leader Unbroken: In Pursuit of Freedom for Palestine will be published in November and feature "private letters to his family, letters to public figures, press interviews, public statements, important historical documents", and personal photos, according to publisher Penguin Random House's Vintage division. | It will also incl…
(2026-02-14). High Court Rules UK Terrorism Ban on Palestine Action Unlawful. consortiumnews.com The judgment on Friday is a major blow for former Home Secretary Yvette Cooper as well as the Israeli arms companies who lobbied for a crackdown on the group, John McEvoy, Dania Akkad and Martin Williams report. By John McEvoy,…
(2026-02-14). Saturday 2/14: Virtual screening of the documentary film "A Plan for Palestine: Return to a Single State" indybay.org Zoom | us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Tm_k……
(2026-02-14). Friday 2/27: Virtual Action Hour for Palestine. indybay.org Zoom | afsc.org/events/action-hour-palestine…
(2026-02-14). UK Supreme Court Strikes down Gov't Ban on Palestine Action Group. juancole.com by (
(2026-02-14). Northern Irish police caution Palestine Action activist, despite High Court victory. thecanary.co 
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) on Friday morning detained and cautioned a pro-Palestine activist under anti-terror law. This happened despite a judicial review that very morning ruling the group's ban is unlawful. Máire Mhic an Fhailí was held by police for around 30 minutes at Laganside Courts in Belfast. This was for wearing […] | By
(2026-02-14). German Parliament President Klà∂ckner "embedded" in Gaza: Berlin endorses Israel's genocide. wsws.org Berlin has provided political cover and actively supported with arms deliveries the genocide that has turned the Gaza Strip into a wasteland and cost the lives of well over 70,000 people. Now Klà∂ckner has openly declared her solidarity with the fascist Netanyahu regime and travelled to the scene of the crime.
(2026-02-14). Thursday 2/12: Webinar: Ramadan in Gaza: Food and Nourishment for Families. indybay.org Zoom | us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lnzk……
(2026-02-14). Indian writer Arundhati Roy quits Berlin Film Festival over Gaza row. tribune.com.pk 
Award-winning Indian writer Arundhati Roy said Friday she was withdrawing from the Berlin International Film Festival after jury president Wim Wenders said cinema should "stay out of politics" when asked about Gaza. | Roy said in a statement sent to AFP that she was "shocked and disgusted" by responses from Wenders and other jury members to a question about the Palestinian territory at a press conference Thursday. | Roy, whose novel The God of Small Things won the 1997 Booker Prize, had been announced as a festival guest to present a restored version of the 1989 film In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones, in whic…
(2026-02-14). Arundhati Roy pulls out of Berlin Film Festival over Gaza war. newarab.com 
Award-winning Indian writer Roy said in a statement sent to AFP that she was "shocked and disgusted" by responses from Wenders and other jury members to a question about the Palestinian territory at a press conference on Thursday. | Roy, whose novel The God of Small Things won the 1997 Booker Prize, had been announced as a festiva…
(2026-02-14). ICRC president: States must harness momentum to improve Gaza's dire humanitarian situation in next phase of ceasefire. icrc.org The following is a quote attributable to ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric on the urgent need to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
(2026-02-14). Indian author Arundhati Roy quits Berlinale after 'stay out of politics' Gaza comments. scmp.com Award-winning Indian writer Arundhati Roy has said she is withdrawing from the Berlin Film Festival over jury president Wim Wenders' comments that cinema should "stay out of politics" when asked about Gaza. | Roy said in a statement on Friday that she was "shocked and disgusted" by responses from Wenders and other jury members to a question about the Palestinian territory at a press conference the day before.
(2026-02-14). Friday 2/20: Calling Party for Gaza. indybay.org Zoom | www.codepink.org/cp220…
(2026-02-14). Arundhati Roy 'shocked' by jury's Gaza remarks, quits Berlin film festival. aljazeera.com Jury chair Wim Wenders said filmmakers 'have to stay out of politics' when asked about German support for Israel's war.
(2026-02-14). Outgoing UNRWA chief warns of black if U.S. renew funding. haaretz.com Philippe Lazzarini said his organization does not foresee any more cuts in the immediate term and urged Gulf Arab countries to increase their financial support…
(2026-02-14). Thursday 2/26: Power Half Hour for Gaza. indybay.org Zoom | http: //jvp.org/gazaph…
(2026-02-14). Board of Peace: Why Putin and Lukashenko Refused to Attend. moderndiplomacy.eu Russian president Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko have planned to skip the first meeting of the Board of Peace, established by US President Donald Trump during the World Economic Forum in Geneva, Switzerland. The Board of Peace, established by US President Donald Trump to settle the conflict in Gaza, is set to …
(2026-02-14). Trauma and defiance: Life and death of 17-year-old killed fighting Israel. aljazeera.com Wael Mesheh, from the West Bank, had wanted to study. But his life took a turn after being imprisoned by Israel.
(2026-02-14). troops have nothing else to do, so they shoot our children. They come here to. haaretz.com Israeli soldiers opened fire from an ambush on two Palestinian teenagers in the West Bank. One was killed, and his cousin was wounded. The IDF says the two had thrown stones and a firebomb, but eyewitnesses claim otherwise…
(2026-02-14). 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.
(2026-02-14). Netanyahu unethical, Sara kleptomaniac: Israeli PM's Ex-Security Chief. ummid.com Benjamin Netanyahu has never been ethical whereas Sara Netanyahu is kleptomaniac, Israeli Prime Minister's Former Security Chief Ami Dror has claimed.
(2026-02-14). Ex-Israeli PM apologizes for Epstein ties, denies seeing or joining any abuse. hindustantimes.com Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has apologized for his yearslong friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that included regular correspondence, multiple visits to the disgraced financier's Manhattan apartment and one to his private island. The former Israeli leader has not been implicated in Epstein's sexual abuse of underage girls and faces no accusations of wrongdoing. In an exclusive interview with Israel's Channel 12 on Thursday, he said, "I have never, in all the 15 years that I have known him, have not seen any inappropriate event, any improper behavior. Clearly, I also did not partic…
(2026-02-14). Friday 2/13: Noisemakers Against Genocide. indybay.org üîªLocation: 456 Montgomery – israeli Consulate…
(2026-02-14). Israeli nuclear weapons are a threat to the Middle East. indybay.org Dimona Nuclear Plant Facility In Israel.
(2026-02-14). Not Arabs, this time USA betrayed by NATO ally on Iran; pro-Israel talks agenda sabotaged? | Nuclear. hindustantimes.com Turkey openly sides with Iran over missile talks, warning that forcing Tehran's missile program into nuclear negotiations could trigger "another war." As Fidan signals growing distance from Washington, regional powers like Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar push de‚Äëescalation while refusing to host any U.S. or Israeli attack on Iran.
(2026-02-13). Israeli settlers destroy over 15 Palestinian homes using bulldozers. haaretz.com A village resident told Haaretz that the demolitions were carried out throughout Tuesday, from morning until dark. '30 settlers arrived in the morning, accompanied by several soldiers in uniform and carrying weapons … Most of my family, about 60 people, were left homeless'…