(2026-05-08). Filton 24's Jordan Devlin: 'we did the right thing'. thecanary.co 
Jordan Devlin was part of the 'Filton 24' Palestine Action activists who damaged Israeli arms-maker Elbit's factory in Bristol. Devlin was — repeatedly — acquitted despite the stubborn efforts of the Starmer regime to criminalise him and his comrades as terrorists. Now he has spoken out and says that he and his comrades against genocide […] | By
(2026-05-08). 'Stop bankrolling genocide': Palestine activists target Barclays. newarab.com 
Pro-Palestine activists disrupted Barclays' Annual General Meeting in London on Thursday in protest against Demonstrators accused the banking giant of "bankrolling genocide" and demanded it end its role as a "primary dealer" in Israeli government bonds and halt investments and loans to arms companies supplying Israel. | According to reports from inside the meeting, Barclays chairman Nigel Higgins was repeatedly interrupted during his opening rema…
(2026-05-08). Subjects of empire: Breaking cycle of Arab dependency on U.S. elections. peoplesworld.org 
Much of the current discourse on the Middle East remains fixated on the U.S. midterm congressional elections this coming November. This vote, in particular, is being framed as a pivotal turning point for everything from the survival of Gaza and Lebanon to the future of Iran and beyond. To a large extent, one can understand …
(2026-05-08). Thursday 5/21: Economic Activism for Palestine. indybay.org Zoom | us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/1Bn7ony……
(2026-05-09). Israel-Made Famine Pushes Palestinian Women, Children Into Malnutrition. popularresistance.org On 7 May, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) disclosed data indicating that Israel's genocidal war in Gaza has led to severe malnutrition among pregnant women, newborns, and infants, with a significant increase in deaths and premature births during times of intensified siege. | "The malnutrition crisis is entirely manufactured. Before the war, malnutrition in Gaza was almost non-existent," MSF medical adviser Mercè Rocaspana revealed. | "For two and a half years, the systematic blockade to humanitarian aid and commercial goods, on top of insecurity, have severely restricted access to food and clean water.
(2026-05-08). Palestinian Evacuees: Escaping Ordeal in Gaza, Entering Another in France. ummid.com A Palestinian family evacuated from Gaza to France says French authorities have separated three children from their parents after allegations of abuse that the family strongly denies and courts have not substantiated with evidence.
(2026-05-08). Remembering 262 Palestinian Journalists Israel has killed since Oct 2023. ummid.com On World Press Day, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip commemorated more than 262 journalists killed by Israeli forces since the start of the genocide on Oct 7, 2023.
(2026-05-09). Nobel prize winner J. M. Coetzee decries Israel's "genocidal campaign in Gaza" while declining to attend Jerusalem literature festival. wsws.org "For the past two years the state of Israel has been conducting a genocidal campaign in Gaza."
(2026-05-09). Israeli forces bomb Gaza home after evacuation orders. newarab.com 
The bombing of the house, belonging to the al-Adham family, came following an evacuation order for the building and others in the area, spreading panic among civilians. | Sources on the ground told The N…
(2026-05-09). Israel to release Gaza flotilla activists after global pressure. newarab.com 
(2026-05-08). Two years on: upgrading the Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafah. icrc.org For families in Gaza, the Red Cross Field Hospital has been a lifeline. Now, it is being rebuilt to last.
(2026-05-08). home for Gazans stranded in West Bank since Oct 7. al-monitor.com Under the bleachers of a West Bank stadium, a dozen men from Gaza live in a former changing room, blocked from returning home by the war that erupted more than two and a half years ago.Among those stranded is Sameer Abu Salah, 54, who had been working odd jobs in Israel's commercial hub of Tel Aviv, where wages are far higher than in his home city of Khan Yunis in Gaza.He had then gone to Nablus, in the north of the occupied West Bank, where he is now trapped.
(2026-05-08). World's top media outlets urge Israel to "Let Us Into Gaza" ummid.com Senior leaders from more than two dozen global news organizations signed an open letter calling for Israel to allow international media to independently enter the Gaza Strip.
(2026-05-08). Gaza flotilla activists to be released from Israel detention and deported. al-monitor.com JERUSALEM, May 9 (Reuters) – Two activists arrested last month when Israeli forces intercepted the Gaza-bound flotilla they were travelling on are expected to be deported in the coming days after being released from security detention on Saturday, their lawyers said.Saif Abu Keshek, a Spanish national, and Brazilian Thiago Avila were detained by Israeli authorities on April 29 and brought to Israel.The activists were part of a second Global Sumud Flotilla launched from Spain on April 12 to try to break Israel's blockade of Gaza by delivering aid to the enclave.
(2026-05-07). Amid global conflict-disruption cycle, China's reliability has enduring economic appeal. ecns.cn Disruption has become the name of the game for the world economy in the 2020s. The COVID pandemic, Russia-Ukraine conflict, Gaza war, Trump tariffs and now the Middle East conflict, have highlighted the flipside of globalization, which is that physical separation from a crisis is no longer a buffer from its economic fallout. Whether it be lockdowns, supply shocks, financial contagion, mobility bottlenecks, or erratic foreign policies, the butterfly effect is likely to be felt in multiple forms far from the epicenter.
(2026-05-09). Israel orders nine south Lebanon villages evacuated amid strikes. newarab.com 
The Israeli strikes killed one man and injured his daughter in Nabatiyeh, while another strike killed three people on the Burj Rahhal-Abbasiyeh road, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said.
(2026-05-09). Israel pushes US to Iran war return, targeting energy sector. newarab.com 
Israeli officials have conveyed a message to Washington that any future military campaign against Iran should include strikes on the country's energy sector, Israel's Channel 12 reported, citing…
(2026-05-09). Israel police accused of assaulting Palestinian govt prosecutor. newarab.com 
A Palestinian citizen of Salah Khalil Faisal Na'ameh and two relatives were allegedly assaulted and arrested last week after police entered their apartment in the Israeli city of Beersheba following a complaint about loud music, according to Israeli newspaper Haaretz. | Na'ameh suffered…
(2026-05-09). 'No Other Land' filmmaker warns UN of Israeli settler violence. newarab.com 
The Oscar-winning co-director of
(2026-05-08). Headlines for May 8, 2026. democracynow.org Trump Downplays Renewed U.S. Strikes on Iran as "Just a Love Tap" and Claims Ceasefire Is Holding, UAE Expels Pakistani Workers as Strait of Hormuz Crisis Leaves 20,000 Sailors Stranded, Israeli Attacks Kill 12 in Lebanon, Including Paramedic and Two Children, U.S. Imposes More Sanctions on Cuba as Brazil's President Says Trump Ruled Out Military Action, Dozens Killed as al-Qaeda-Linked Insurgents Attack Villages in Mali, Tennessee Republicans Approve New Congressional Map Diluting Power of Black Voters, New York to Ban ICE Agents from Wearing Masks and Raiding Schools, Hospitals or Churches, Ch…
(2026-05-08). Lebanon says Israel kills 8 in south, strikes reported outside Beirut. al-monitor.com Authorities reported eight people killed in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Saturday, with more raids targeting a highway south of Beirut outside Hezbollah's traditional strongholds and far from the centre of ongoing fighting.The fresh attacks came in spite of a three-week-old ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah that has done little to halt daily exchanges of fire, mostly in south Lebanon.Hezbollah said Saturday that it had targeted troops in northern Israel with a drone in response to the continued strikes.
(2026-05-08). 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.
(2026-05-08). Trapped seafarers traumatised by Gulf fighting: charities. al-monitor.com Isolated and traumatised by drones and missiles, seafarers in the Gulf face grave mental suffering after more than two months stuck on board in the Middle East war, maritime charities warn.From captains to cooks, engineers and other officers, the workers who keep global freight flowing have found themselves not just stranded but in some cases right in the firing line of the US-Israeli war with Iran.
(2026-05-08). Over 300 Christian leaders urge Congress to stop funding Israel. newarab.com 
Over 300 Christian leaders from New York, California, New Jersey, Virginia, and Maryland, among others, joined the campaign and raised the alarm over the treatment of Palestinians by Israeli forces. | Dozens of Christian organisations also took part in a demonstration in front o…