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2026-05-29: Palestine Roundup

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WiBOPM (2026-05-29). Madison: Thursdays 2026 Weekly Vigil Against War Militarism. wibailoutpeople.org Weekly Vigil Against War and Militarism at Willy and Blair 4: 30 — 5: 30 pm Palestine. Venezuela. ICE in Minnesota. Iran. Cuba. Lebanon. All the aggression and harm the U.S. is inflicting and supporting around the world. Bring your sorrow and solidarity and stand with all who are suffering from U.S. unhinged warring and militarism, both …

Robert Freeman (2026-05-29). Ireland fans protest 'unconscionable' Israel fixture during Qatar match. thecanary.co Irish football supporters in Dublin interrupted the national team's match against Qatar by throwing Palestine-themed tennis balls on the pitch. The fans were protesting at the Football Association of Ireland's (FAI) disgraceful refusal to call off the team's October Nations League fixture against the abomination that is so-called 'Israel'. Supporters threw the balls on two […] | By

newarab (2026-05-29). UK theatres urged to end ties with Israel-linked Bloomberg. newarab.com In an open letter published on Thursday via the Artists for Palestine UK platform, the cultural figures said that the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, The Young Vic…

WiBOPM (2026-05-29). Milwaukee, June 7, 2026: Celebrating Palestine. wibailoutpeople.org Sunday, June 7: Milwaukee: Milwaukee Muslim Women's Coalition Presents Celebrating Palestine, Marcus Performing Arts Center929 N. Water Street, Milwaukee12 noon — 8 pm Step into a day bursting with the colors, sounds, flavors, and spirit of Palestine! Last year's Celebrating Palestine festival was filled with the rhythm of dabke dancing, vibrant embroidered cultural clothing, joyful laughter, and …

Albany (2026-05-29). Saturday 6/13: Film Screening: The Palestine Laboratory. indybay.org The Albany Public Library is located at 1247 Marin Ave. in Albany. Free parking available and walking distance from EC Plaza BART. Enter the Edith Stone Room. Doors open at 10: 15…

Hikers for Palestine (2026-05-29). Sunday 5/31: Hikers for Palestine: Walking in Solidarity with the Children of Palestine. indybay.org Strawberry Creek Park, 1250 Addison Street in Berkeley.

WiBOPM (2026-05-29). Historian Ilan Pappe Discusses: Is the Zionist Experiment Unraveling? May 31, 2026 Online. wibailoutpeople.org Esteemed Israeli historian and Palestine liberation advocate Prof. Ilan Pappé will discuss his recent book,

APR editor (2026-05-29). Chris Hedges: Gaza and Iran the rise of the Global South. asiapacificreport.nz COMMENTARY: By Chris Hedges The humiliating defeat of Israel and the United States in their war on Iran, along with the savagery of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, are ushering in a new world order. This order is one where voices of reason and stability emanate not from the West — which spent tens of…

WSWS (2026-05-29). Under cover of US-Iran negotiations, Israel steps up effort to annex Gaza. wsws.org While the US and international press are focused on the terms of negotiations between the Trump administration and Iran, Israel is massively expanding its rampage across the Middle East—moving to permanently occupy Gaza and escalating its bombardment of Lebanon.

Staff (2026-05-29). Headlines for May 29, 2026. democracynow.org Iran Won't Confirm Trump Administration's Claim That a Peace Deal Is "Very Close", Netanyahu Orders Israel's Army to Seize 70% of Gaza Strip, Israel Bombs Beirut and Expands Assault on Southern Lebanon, U.N. Adds Israel to "Blacklist" for Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones, Protesters Target New York Real Estate Expo over Sale of Illegal Israeli Settlements, NATO "Stands Ready to Defend" Its Territory After Russian Drone Strikes Romanian Apartments, Six Arrested as Protests Continue Outside For-Profit ICE Jail in New Jersey, U.N. Warns Global Heating Is on Trac…

APR editor (2026-05-29). How the Israeli military is illegally grabbing land 'everywhere'. asiapacificreport.nz Jewish Voice for Peace The Israeli military is illegally grabbing land across Gaza, Lebanon and Syria — with roughly 1000 sq km under their control, reports Al Jazeera English's Open Source Unit. In Gaza, the Israeli military cemented their most recent land grab following the "ceasefire" agreement signed on October 10, 2025, implementing a "yellow…

Staff (2026-05-29). Netanyahu ordena ocupar el 70% de Gaza y supera la línea naranja fijada en mapas militares. cubadebate.cu Desde el inicio de la guerra de genocidio contra los palestinos en la Franja de Gaza, el 7 de octubre de 2023, Israel ha asesinado a 72 819 personas y ha dejado 172 894 heridas, según el Ministerio de Sanidad gazatí. En el período posterior al alto el fuego con HAMAS, vigente desde octubre de 2025, la cifra de palestinos asesinados asciende a 922 y la de heridos a 2 786.

newarab (2026-05-29). Cancer rises in Gaza as Israel ravages healthcare system. newarab.com Dr Samer Al-Dahdouh, an oncologist working in one of Gaza's hospitals, told The New Arab that he and his colleagues have noticed an uptick in the number of "Ma…

newarab (2026-05-29). Gaza's photo, video journalists to receive 'Golden Pen' award. newarab.com Professional photo and video journalists working in Gaza are to receive an annual press freedom award on Monday for risking their lives to report on the war, an association of publishers has said. | The 2026 Golden Pen of Freedom will be handed to representatives of global news agencies still operating in Gaza—Agence France-Presse, The Associated Press and Reuters—"whose local journalists continue to provide consistent, professional coverage under extremely challenging conditions", said the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). | "For over two and a half years, journalists in Gaza have reco…

newarab (2026-05-29). Netanyahu orders Israeli army to conquer 70% of Gaza's territory. newarab.com With the possibility that the Hamas Three Palestinians were killed, and others were wounded overnight between Monday and Tuesday, 26 May, in an Israeli strike targeting a Palestinian police checkpoint west of Khan Youn…

Charlie Jaay (2026-05-29). Trump and Netanyahu carving up Gaza with expansion of 'yellow line'. thecanary.co Under Phase One of Trump's 20 Point 'Peace Plan' for Gaza, Israeli occupation forces withdrew to a pre-designated line, the 'yellow line'. Gaza 'yellow line' The yellow line separates Gaza into two zones, and has crammed more than two million Palestinians into a narrow coastal strip of land. The land to the West of the […] | By

Tareq S. Hajjaj (2026-05-29). Despite the ceasefire, Israel resumes bombing entire residential blocks in Gaza, displacing dozens of families. mondoweiss.net The Israeli army is targeting Gaza's remaining residential blocks that were left standing after the ceasefire, leaving even more Palestinians homeless. "Fear has become a permanent guest in our homes," one resident told Mondoweiss.

newleftreview (2026-05-29). 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.

Shireen Akram-Boshar (2026-05-29). Trump's "Board of Peace" Has No Funds for Gaza Reconstruction. truthout.org President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" fund has no money for the reconstruction of Gaza, despite raising billions of dollars since January. On Wednesday, the Financial Times reported that "Zero dollars have been deposited" into the board's financial fund — but that the body has received donations directly into its JP Morgan bank account, which allows it to override transparency… |

al-monitor (2026-05-29). Hamas calls plan to expand control in Gaza a dangerous escalation. al-monitor.com By Dawoud Abu Alkas , Haseeb Alwazeer and Nidal al-MughrabiGAZA/CAIRO, May 29 (Reuters) – Hamas said on Friday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's declaration that his country would expand its area of control in Gaza was a dangerous escalation, as residents of the Palestinian territory also voiced alarm at the plan. Under a ceasefire deal in October Israel's military was to remain in control of 53% of Gaza, but Netanyahu said on Friday that it would expand that area to an initial 70%, without laying out details or a timeline.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2026-05-29). Israel commits Gaza massacres on Eid. electronicintifada.net Israel building earthen barriers, military bases inside Gaza during so-called "ceasefire."

Juan Cole (2026-05-29). Netanyahu seeks 70% of Gaza in Israel's own Generalplan Ost. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday According to the ceasefire negotiated by Donald Trump last October, Israel retained 54% of Gaza territory in the first phase, with an eye toward an Israeli withdrawal. Since then, the Israeli army has annexed further territory, coming to 64%. Now Netanyahu wants to squeeze the some 2 million Palestinians of Gaza, alre…

Shireen Akram-Boshar (2026-05-29). Netanyahu Says Israeli Military to Take Over 70 Percent of Gaza. truthout.org Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that he had directed the Israeli military to take over 70 percent of the Gaza strip. In comments at a conference hosted by a "pre-military" academy in an illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank, Netanyahu said that his "directive is to move to… take [Gaza] step by step… first of all 70 percent." "One hundred! One hundred!"… |

al-monitor (2026-05-29). Photo and video journalists in Gaza to receive award. al-monitor.com Professional photo and video journalists working in Gaza are to receive an annual press freedom award on Monday for risking their lives to report on the war, an association of publishers has said.The 2026 Golden Pen of Freedom will be handed to representatives of global news agencies still operating in Gaza ⚪ Agence France-Presse, The Associated Press and Reuters ⚪ "whose local journalists continue to provide consistent, professional coverage under extremely challenging conditions", said the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).

APR editor (2026-05-29). 'He's MƒÅori!' HƒÅhona Ormsby — a New Zealander in the Israeli prison system nightmare. asiapacificreport.nz SPECIAL REPORT: By Eugene Doyle I interviewed several of the New Zealanders who, as members of the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza, were taken hostage by the Israelis in international waters near Cyprus last week and moved to Israel. The sadism and savagery of their mistreatment — clearly designed to intimidate and stop further attempts…

Pacific Media Watch (2026-05-28). Palestinian journalists from Gaza 'treated inhumanely' by Israeli army and Shin Bet, accuses RSF. asiapacificreport.nz Pacific Media Watch Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has accused the Israeli army and internal security agency Shin Bet of repeatedly perpetrating inhumane acts against Palestinian journalists from Gaza. The Paris-based global media freedom monitoring and advocacy movement says it has interviewed five Gazan journalists who were imprisoned in Israel after the 7 October 2023 attack…

Rep. Rosa DeLauro (2026-05-29). This isn't about a few 'bad apples.' Israel is annexing the West Bank. responsiblestatecraft.org In February, we led a week-long congressional delegation to visit Israel and the West Bank, the latest of several trips we have taken in recent years to better understand the region and the needs of the people who live there. What we saw on the ground is clear: annexation of the West Bank is happening before our very eyes. We were planning to visit the village of Ras 'Ein al-'Auja in the northern West Bank. But three weeks before the trip, all 700 residents of the village fled due to violence from nearby settlers. When we drove through the ruined remains of the village, we saw groups of Israeli settlers havin…

al-monitor (2026-05-29). Israeli forces cross key Lebanon river in expanded ground offensive. al-monitor.com By Rami Ayyub and Maya GebeilyJERUSALEM/BEIRUT, May 29 (Reuters) – Israeli forces have advanced to positions north of Lebanon's Litani River, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday, as Israel escalates attacks against Hezbollah militants after warning thousandsmore Lebanese to flee their villages.The Israeli advance came as the U.S. military hosted Israeli and Lebanese defence representatives in Washington on Friday to pursue a U.S.-brokered plan to forge peace between the two countries and disarm Iran-backed Hezbollah.

Ben Caspit (2026-05-29). Trump the circle faults US president for failed Iran regime change, looming deal. al-monitor.com With regime in Iran still standing and a possible US-Iran agreement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands to pay the ultimate political price as elections near in Israel.

aljazeera (2026-05-29). Lebanon Latest: Mass evacuations as Israel expands attacks. aljazeera.com Al Jazeera's Obaida Hitto brings you the latest from southern Lebanon amidst increasing Israeli attacks.

Ella Fassler (2026-05-29). A Grassroots Group in Tucson Is 3D-Printing Tourniquets to Send to Lebanon. truthout.org In late April, the humanitarian aid organization Anera received a peculiar donation of 250 3D-printed tourniquets. Even more unusual was the fact they were manufactured by a small non-hierarchical collective using an open-source design on the other end of the world, in Tucson, Arizona. The shipment arrived in Lebanon after more than 100 Israeli strikes wounded at least 1,000… |

Abdel Bari Atwan (2026-05-29). Israel's third loss in Lebanon is almost certain. thealtworld.com Is the bombing of Beirut Airport the next surprise, following the attack on the nearby Shweifat neighbourhood? And where are the American guarantees? | Israeli forces continued their aggression against Lebanon today with the support of the United States, including President Donald Trump himself. This aggression has resulted in the deaths of 23 people and dozens of injuries in less than 48 hours, as well as more than 3,300 martyrs and 10,000 injured since March 2nd. | Despite American assurances and interventions, Israeli planes bombed the Shweifat area in the southern suburbs near the airport. They targeted a res…

newarab (2026-05-29). Lebanon seeks 'real ceasefire' at Pentagon talks with Israel. newarab.com Lebanese and Israeli military delegations will hold unprecedented, direct talks at the Pentagon on Friday as the US reportedly seeks to establish a new security framework between the two countries and eventually a lasting peace deal. | Lebanese and US military delegations met on Thursday ahead of the talks at the headquarters of the US Department of Defence, sources told The New Arab. | Washington is facilitating negotiations between Beirut and Tel Aviv, which are taking place through parallel political and security tracks. Preparatory meetings began in April, and the first round of full diplomatic talks kicked o…

Beatrice Farhat (2026-05-29). Tyre, Lebanon's 'Queen of the Seas,' devastated by Israeli bombing: What to know. al-monitor.com A series of Israeli strikes near ancient ruins in the Phoenician port city has raised concerns about potential damage to historical landmarks.

al-monitor (2026-05-29). What options as UN Lebanon exit looms? al-monitor.com Lebanon is seeking an international force to replace a decades-long United Nations peacekeeping mission whose mandate ends this year following US and Israeli pressure, even as the latest Israel-Hezbollah war continues.Concerns over the possible exit of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) with no alternative come with Israeli troops occupying south Lebanon's border areas, and as Israel and Lebanon hold direct negotiations seeking to end decades of hostilities.

Revolutionary Chalk Brigade, NAG (2026-05-29). Friday 5/29: Demonstration against genocide at the israeli consulate. indybay.org 456 Montgomery St | San Francisco…

newleftreview (2026-05-29). 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.

newarab (2026-05-29). Iran war impact could 'doubly scar' eurozone consumers: ECB. newarab.com Eurozone consumers, already scarred by Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 caused an energy crisis and inflation from which Europe had largely recovered, but then US-Israeli airstrikes on 28 February on Iran have led to unp…

Ben Freeman (2026-05-29). Congress quietly moves to integrate US and Israeli militaries. responsiblestatecraft.org At a time when the American public is expressing unprecedented levels of distrust in the Israeli government, Congress just proposed tying the U.S. to the Israeli military more than ever before. Buried in the House's

| Reuters | (2026-05-29). UN to place Israel on sexual violence in conflict blacklist, Israeli envoy says. tribune.com.pk Israel's ambassador to the United Nations said his country had been added to a United Nations blacklist of sexual violence in conflict zones, alongside Hamas. | "This is a political decision! Disconnected from the facts and reality!" Danny Danon said in a post on X, referring to a report due to be published soon. Danon was informed about it during a phone call with the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, a post on X by the Israeli mission to the UN said. | ◊î◊ê◊ï◊¥◊ù ◊î◊õ◊ ◊ô◊° ◊ê◊™ ◊ô&lo…

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