(2026-05-22). Humanitarian Convoy Stuck in Libyan Desert Is Determined to Reach Gaza. truthout.org "We have been here for four days," says South African writer and academic Jessica Breakey in a voice note sent from the Libyan desert where she and hundreds of volunteers are stuck as they attempt to deliver aid to Gaza. In the background is the sound of people chatting, organising, and singing songs for Palestine. "There are no toilets. But this is a really interesting… |
(2026-05-22). Canada CLC Breaks with Zionist Histadrut at Their 2026 Congress. indybay.org The Canadian Labour Congress at their 2026 convention after a struggle ended their relationship with the Israeli Zionists corporate trade union the Histadrut. Hassan Husseini with Labour For Palestine made a report to the Labor For Palestine committee.
(2026-05-22). Israel and Latin American Christian Zionists seek to promote Isaac Accords. electronicintifada.net With a new wave of right-wing administrations and elections in Brazil and Colombia looming, regional solidarity with Palestine is under critical threat.
(2026-05-22). Activists In Bucharest Conference Reject Militarization. popularresistance.org As Romania prepared to host a Bucharest Nine (B9) summit and the Black Sea Defense, Aerospace and Security arms exposition, over 100 people gathered to discuss anti-militarization and solidarity with Palestine at the "From Palestine to the Black Sea" counter-conference. The meeting followed months of work through the Elbit Out! campaign, aiming to unmask and drive Israeli arms producer Elbit System out of the country, where several of its subsidiaries currently operate. | A day before the counter-conference launched on May 9, Palestine solidarity activists organized a protest in front of one of these subsidiaries…
(2026-05-22). Israeli drone strike kills child in Gaza. electronicintifada.net Israel's finance minister Bezalel Smotrich boasts of planned demolition of Palestinian village in occupied West Bank.
(2026-05-22). Karma: commander in murder of 6yo Hind Rajab 'seriously wounded' in Lebanon. thecanary.co 
Israeli military commander Meir Biderman has been "seriously wounded" by Hezbollah during Israel's war of aggression on Lebanon: he commanded a unit during the Gaza genocide that murdered 6-year-old Hind Rajab, her family, and two paramedics sent to try to help them. Palestinian despatchers had agreed safe passage for the ambulance. The Hind Rajab Foundation […] | By
(2026-05-22). Most Democrats now oppose US aid to Israel and war on Iran. thecanary.co 
Israel's genocide in Gaza and US-led war on Iran is pushing Democratic voters to increasingly oppose the sacred economic and military aid pact between Washington and Israel. Democratic voters change tack Results from a New York Times 2026 Siena poll shows that on the question of economic and military support to Israel: 68% of Democratic […] | By
(2026-05-22). Israel's Genocide in Gaza Continues: Hospitals, Water, Bread Lacking. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The raft of What much of the reporting ignores, however, is how necessary the aid flotilla still is, since the Israelis hav…
(2026-05-22). Corbyn presses Burnham to put words into action on Gaza genocide. thecanary.co 
Jeremy Corbyn has written to Andy Burnham, reminding him that in October 2023 the Manchester mayor spoke out against the "widespread suffering" caused by Israel in Gaza, and has called on Burnham to back a Gaza genocide inquiry into the UK's role in the conflict. He also asked whether Burnham would end all military cooperation […] | By
(2026-05-22). Nearly 3/4 of Democrat voters oppose Israel aid: NYT poll. newarab.com 
A poll by The New York Times/Siena found that 74% of voters aligned with This represents a substantial increase in opposition to Israel, compared with the 45% three years ago, before the start of the genocidal war on Gaza. | When asked which side they sympathised with more, Israel o…
(2026-05-22). Sara Ishaq's The Station: A powerful ode to Yemen's women. newarab.com 
Gaza, Lebanon, Iran… Our daily newsfeeds are constantly updated with Since 2014, Yemen has been devastated by
(2026-05-22). Gaza's Palestinian women are fighting for family reunification. newarab.com 
When Safaa Nidal joined dozens of Unlike others at the protest, Safaa barely raised her voice, instead staring at her phone for a message from her husband in Egypt, perhaps news of the Rafah crossing reopening or her name on a travel list after months of failed attempts to le…
(2026-05-22). Freed Gaza flotilla activists allege Israeli abuse including rape. al-monitor.com By Anna Uras, Rami Ayyub and Layli ForoudiROME/JERUSALEM/PARIS, May 22 (Reuters) – Activists released from Israeli custody after being detained on a flotilla trying to bring aid to Gaza were subjected to abuse, organisers said on Friday, with several hospitalised with injuries and at least 15 reporting sexual assaults, including rape.Israel's prison service denied the allegations, and Reuters was not able to verify them independently.
(2026-05-22). 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.
(2026-05-22). Israel's $700m Hasbara fiasco how Ben-Gvir's flotilla abuse video stirred backlash. asiapacificreport.nz 
ANALYSIS: By Mohammad Mansour A video posted by Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, in which he is seen taunting abducted flotilla activists who sought to break the siege on Gaza, has triggered a backlash and dealt a huge blow to Israel's multimillion-dollar public relations campaign, known as "Hasbara". The footage, posted on the…
(2026-05-22). Board of Peace envoy warns Gaza division could become permanent. newarab.com 
The Gaza high representative of In its first report to the UN Security Council, the board called
(2026-05-22). Skin infections rampant in Gaza as Israel cuts off medicines. newarab.com 
Skin infections in A new report from
(2026-05-22). Ben Gvir Sparks Global Outrage After Harassing Gaza Flotilla Activists. popularresistance.org On 20 May, several western countries summoned Israeli ambassadors and issued strong condemnations against Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir after he released a video showing a humiliating "welcome party" for abducted activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla. | The activists are seen zip-tied, kneeling, and forced into grueling stress positions while Israel's national anthem blares over them. | Ben Gvir posted the degrading spectacle with the caption "Welcome to Israel," telling security personnel in the video, "don't be bothered by their screams" as a bound activist cried out in the background.
(2026-05-22). Caitriona Graham recounts violent treatment after Gaza flotilla raid. aljazeera.com Irish activist Caitriona Graham recounts violent treatment after Gaza flotilla raid…
(2026-05-22). "It's Possible to Win Women and Compete with Men" and Other Profound Insights from the DNC's Autopsy. davidswanson.org The Democrats' autopsy doesn't simply not mention Gaza. It doesn't mention anything at all. Kamala Harris's platform doesn't come up. What the candidate said she'd do if elected isn't apparently relevant to why she lost. Therefore, what policy proposals she might have offered that she didn't must be irrelevant too. This is typical political campaignthink. …
(2026-05-22). Released Gaza flotilla abductees raped, signs of torture. thecanary.co 
Content warning: contains graphic images of torture and abuse The first Flotilla volunteers criminally abducted week by Israel as they sailed to Gaza with humanitarian supplies have begun to make their way home after deportation. They show horrific signs of torture and violence at the hands of their evil, supremacist captors. Brazilian activist Thiago Avila […] | By
(2026-05-22). Archives interrupted: Vintage pics show Gaza no longer. al-monitor.com When Kegham Djeghalian photographed daily life in Gaza last century, the Palestinian territory was synonymous with Hollywood-inspired brides, fancy dress parties and excursions to smoke a hookah at the beach.They are images from a time far removed from the rubble and tent cities of the now war-ravaged Gaza Strip."It's a Gaza we no longer know. A joyful Gaza, one full of hope, connected to the world, with trains and an airport," said his grandson, who has curated a show of his work in France's southern city of Marseille.
(2026-05-22). "I Am a Jew" : Jeffrey Wernick's Moral Reckoning With Netanyahu's Israel. scheerpost.com Invoking the words of Jewish prophets, Ahad Ha'am, Martin Buber, Albert Einstein, and Hannah Arendt, Jeffrey Wernick delivers a blistering moral indictment of the Israeli state's transformation from refuge to domination — and warns that silence in the face of injustice is complicity. In one of the most emotionally charged and morally uncompromising statements yet …
presstv.ir (2026-05-19). Report: 80% of Israeli troops leaving military service due to mental distress
A recent report has revealed that 80 percent of Israeli troops are leaving the regime's military due to mental distress.
According to Haaretz, an Israeli daily, the regime's military has declined to publish the grim toll amid fears that the figure could be damaging to public morale.
(2026-05-22). Israeli soldiers say looting, destruction 'primary mission' in southern Lebanon. radiohc.cu Israeli soldiers occupying southern Lebanon have engaged in widespread looting of civilian homes and businesses alongside the systematic destruction of villages, with commanding officers turning a blind eye to the practice, according to testimonies published by Haaretz. | Five soldiers from different units described a battlefield culture resembling that of a "Viking army," where discipline has given way to moral disintegration and a lawless environment prevails, the newspaper reported. | "For most of the senior commanders, it did not matter. Soldiers looted even when the brigade commander came to visit, and he tu…
(2026-05-22). Headlines for May 22, 2026. democracynow.org GOP Leaders Delay Vote on Iran War Powers Resolution Until June, "I'll Be the One That Does It": Trump Says He's Ready to Attack Cuba, Syrian Child and Paramedics Are Victims of Latest Israeli Strikes on Lebanon, Deported Global Sumud Flotilla Activists Describe Torture and Abuse by Israeli Captors, Greenlanders Protest as U.S. Opens New Consulate in Nuuk, Senate Delays Vote on ICE Funding as GOP Revolts over Trump's Ballroom and $1.8B "Slush Fund", Advocates Demand Release of Karla Toledo, Tucson Activist Jailed by ICE, Immigrants at For-Profit ICE Jail in California Lau…
(2026-05-22). 'Intense mediation' between US and Iran, Israel strikes Lebanon. newarab.com 
For those just joining us, here are the latest updates: | Mediated discussions overseen by Pakistan between Tehran and Washington are ongoing, with the two sides exchanging messages and draft texts to create a formal framework to end the war
| Israel continues to pound southern Lebanon overnight, morning, and well into the afternoon, killing at least ten people, while another Israeli strike hit Tebnine Hospital, the last remaining fully functioning hospital in southern Lebanon
| Israel had deported all the activists, amounting to about 430, of the Global Sumud Flotilla. Apparently, there is one single…
(2026-05-22). 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.
(2026-05-22). Israel orders UN food agency to cut ties with Turkish NGO. newarab.com 
"WFP has been instructed by the Israeli authorities to suspend fuel provision immediately and all activities with its partner IHH, cutting off assistance to more than 166,000 people who rely on daily hot meals, bread, and nutrition support to survive," an agency spokesperson…
(2026-05-22). Shameen Suleman: Outrage over the flotilla activists but where were they for Palestinians? asiapacificreport.nz 
COMMENTARY: By Shameen Suleman Britain. France. Canada. Italy. Spain. Belgium. The Netherlands. Poland. Australia. New Zealand . . . The European Union. The United Nations . . . Suddenly they have found outrage because international activists aboard the flotilla were humiliated, abused and tortured by Israeli war criminals under National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's prison…
(2026-05-22). Ireland joins EU push to ban trade with Israeli settlements amid flotilla backlash. al-monitor.com European frustration with Israel intensified this week after a far-right Israeli minister posted a video of the mistreatment of international activists detained in the country.
(2026-05-22). The humiliation of finding secret Israeli bases in Iraq. responsiblestatecraft.org It is difficult to imagine anything more uncomfortable and embarrassing for leaders of Iraq than clandestinely established Israeli military bases on Iraqi territory. Two such bases