(2026-01-25). US envoys urge Netanyahu to move into Gaza ceasefire's second phase. newarab.com 
(2026-01-25). Trump sent envoys Witkoff and Kushner to ensure Netanyahu delay opening Rafah. haaretz.com One goal of Trump's Board of Peace is to make the lives of Palestinians in Gaza, who are suffering from the ravages of winter, including freezing temperatures, fierce winds and flooding in around their tents, more tolerable as quickly as possible…
(2026-01-25). Israel wants private security firms to operate Rafah crossing. newarab.com 
Israel has asked the United States to deploy private American security companies at The newspaper quoted two sources familiar with the details as saying that discussions are underway between Tel Aviv and Washington regarding the nature of the force that would manage the crossing, amid differing views over the role of the European Union Border Assistance Missio…
(2026-01-25). Ben-Gvir seeks to install associate as top police lawyer overseeing indictments. haaretz.com Ben-Gvir's nominee for Israel Police legal adviser, who is currently the legal advisor for the Israel Prison Service, advanced the minister's policy of slashing Palestinian detainees' food rations during the war to the point of starvation…
(2026-01-25). Chabahar Retreat is Political Cowardice. ummid.com Chabahar retreat was a political cowardicea and, a nation that retreats without protest will eventually discover that there is nothing left to retreat from.
(2026-01-25). Gaza peacekeeping deployment five clear questions Fiji cannot ignore. asiapacificreport.nz 
ANALYSIS: By Jim Sanday The recent announcement by Fiji's Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs that Fiji will consider contributing troops to a proposed international stabilisation force in Gaza imposes a responsibility on all of us to ask the hard questions before the decision is finalised by Cabinet. At the outset, let's all be clear…
(2026-01-25). Gaza: "Palestinians are wondering how they will get through the winter" icrc.org
(2026-01-25). Gaza's tent life between illness and daily despair. aljazeera.com Gaza faces public health crisis amid Israel's war, with waste, sewage and poor sanitation leading to disease outbreaks.
(2026-01-25). Gaza: Severe winter conditions compound humanitarian crisis for displaced Palestinians. icrc.org
(2026-01-25). Week in Pictures: From Minneapolis turmoil to Israeli attacks on Gaza. aljazeera.com
(2026-01-25). Aid by permission: How Israel's NGO ban is reshaping life and survival in Gaza. juancole.com By Hassan Abo Qamar, — | On Jan. 1, Israel revoked the licenses of 37 international and local humanitarian organizations in Gaza, in an attempt to force them to end their operations in the region by March. While organizations are still operating for now, the move is affecting the groups' access to supplies and is already impacting daily life in Gaza. Organizations that have provided the foundations of civilian survival—health care, food distribution, water and sanitation, shelter, education, and psychological support[mdash…
(2026-01-25). Israeli Supreme Court hearing on press access to Gaza looms RSF and CPJ call for action. asiapacificreport.nz 
Reporters Without Borders A decisive hearing before the Israeli Supreme Court on whether the press will have independent access to Gaza is due to take place tomorrow. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) will be participating as amici curiae and call on the member states of the Media Freedom Coalition…
(2026-01-25). Bereaved father in Gaza tries to will his son back from the dead. newarab.com 
The boy was dead, limp and bloodied on the floor of a morgue, the latest casualty in "He's sleeping. He'll wake up now. There's nothing wrong with him. He's fine," Yusuf Zawara said Saturday. "I'm just cleaning his face. He's sleepy. He didn't sleep all night because of the bombing." | There was dust in the bereaved father's hair and blood on his clothes. As he knelt over his son in
(2026-01-25). Protest at Santa Clara Hilton Hotel Calls Out Enabling of ICE. indybay.org On January 23, a protest was held at the Santa Clara Hilton Hotel to call out the company's enabling of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The action was one of many organized across the country in solidarity with the general strike called for January 23 in Minneapolis in response to ICE's fascist takeover of the city, and the killing of Renee Nicole Good on January 7.
(2026-01-24). Trump's Board of Peace for Gaza is Distraction, not Solution. ummid.com Gaza does not suffer from a deficit of ideas, administrators, or plans. It suffers from occupation, siege, apartheid, and genocide.
(2026-01-24). New book 'Complicit' details UK's enabling role in the Gaza genocide. thecanary.co 
Peter Oborne's new book Complicit ends with a cathartic condemnation of all UK actors complicit in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The list is long and contains a broad spectrum of UK institutions and individuals Oborne damns. His analysis spans the political, military, media, and public spheres. Politically, he condemns the leadership of both parties, […] | By
(2026-01-24). U.S. / Israeli attack on Iran fails. iacenter.org By Sara Flounders January 20, 2026 Washington's latest criminal attack, following decades of nonstop efforts to overturn the Islamic Republic of Iran, a country of 92 million people, has failed. Since the powerful 1979 Iranian Revolution overturned the corrupt Pahlavi monarchy, kept in place by U.S. and British imperialism, Washington has used invasions, bombings, assassinations and sabotage to try to reestablish its domination of this resource rich country. The Revolution — and with it the utilization of Iran's own resources — transformed Iran, modernizing industry and providing health care, electrif…