(2026-02-02). America's toxic future looks like East Palestine, OH, today. therealnews.com 
It's been three years since a Norfolk Southern "bomb train" carrying toxic chemicals derailed in the small town of East Palestine, OH, on the night of Feb. 3, 2023. Three days later, Norfolk Southern pressured local authorities to make the disastrous and completely unnecessary decision to empty five giant carloads of vinyl chloride into a ditch and set the contents on fire. The "controlled burn" of vinyl chloride released a massive black chemical plume into the air and exposed residents in East Palestine and the surrounding areas to deadly toxins in one of the worst industrial disasters in US history. Three ye…
(2026-02-02). Friday 2/6: Virtual Action Hour for Palestine. indybay.org Zoom | afsc.org/events/action-hour-palestine…
(2026-02-02). Wisconsin: Stand for Peace! Stop ICE! Free Palestine! U.S.: Hand Off of Iran and Venezuela! (City Listings) Feb. 1-8, 2026. wibailoutpeople.org 
ICE Out protest at UW Madison January 30, 2026. | Photo:
(2026-02-02). Epstein and Palantir boss discussed plans to destabilise the Middle East. thecanary.co 
Journalist Sulaiman Ahmed has exposed a deliberate agenda between Palantir's Peter Thiel and convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein to destabilise the Middle East. The latest Epstein File releases included emails referencing Iraq, Iran, Libya, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, and Egypt, suggesting coordinated attempts to advance Western interests in the region. This follows widespread reporting on Palantir weeding […] | By
(2026-02-02). Barcelona Protest Unfurls Giant Portrait of Gaza Child Hind Rajab. thinktank.pk Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Barcelona to honor Hind Rajab, a young Palestinian child killed alongside her family during the war in Gaza. Protesters unfurled a massive 1,000-square-metre portrait while chanting pro-Palestine slogans, as Hind's mother addressed the crowd in an emotional tribute. The protest comes amid a fragile US-brokered ceasefire in Gaza, with Palestinian …
(2026-02-02). Police 'fabricating the law' over Tatchell 'intifada' arrest. thecanary.co 
Police have bailed 74 year-old human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell "under investigation" to attend Charing Cross police station at 1pm on 1 March. His bail condition bans him from attending any Palestine protest. He said: Met Police seem to be acting under pressure from a foreign regime, the Israeli government, and from Netanyahu supporters in […] | By
(2026-02-02). With Desalination Plants Destroyed, Families in Gaza Are Drinking Salty Water. truthout.org Since the beginning of the Israeli genocide and the imposition of a total blockade on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, water desalination plants have almost completely shut down due to severe fuel shortages. According to Gaza's Government Media Office, more than 90 percent of water and desalination facilities have gone out of service. As infrastructure systems collapse… |
(2026-02-02). PATRICK LAWRENCE: AIPAC's Anxieties. consortiumnews.com The Israel lobbies' grip on U.S. politics has slipped beyond restoration since Oct. 7, 2023 due to the Zionist army's own savagery in Gaza. By Patrick Lawrence Special to Consortium News If Charlies Kirk's well-documented defection from the Zionist cause confirmed…
(2026-02-02). LIVE: Wounded Palestinians prepare to leave Gaza as Israel opens Rafah. aljazeera.com Rafah crossing will reportedly operate for six hours a day and allow only 150 patients to exit into Egypt for care.
(2026-02-02). Israel reopens Gaza Rafah border crossing but with strict limits. newarab.com 
Israel But the Israel and Egypt were expected to impose caps o…
(2026-02-02). Gaza's Rafah crossing makes limited reopening after two-year war. newarab.com This live blog has now ended. Make sure to follow us for the latest news on Gaza's Rafah border crossing has reopened to Palestinians, an Israeli security official said, with 150 people due to leave the territory on Monday and 50 Khaled Mogawer, governor of North Sinai – which includes the Egy…
(2026-02-02). Academics call for divestment from NZ pensions fund implicated in Gaza. asiapacificreport.nz COMMENTARY: By Vincent Wijeysingha Will maximising investment returns override ethics? That is the question the tertiary sector posed to UniSaver, the academic equivalent of KiwiSaver, now revealed to invest in Israeli weapons and military intelligence. In 2024, some 400 university staff appealed to UniSaver to divest from such companies. The fund initially ignored the call.
(2026-02-02). Israel Reopens Gaza's Rafah Crossing to Egypt, but Restrictions Remain. moderndiplomacy.eu Israel reopened the Rafah border crossing to Egypt on Monday, allowing Palestinians to leave Gaza on foot and enabling those who fled during the war to return. The reopening comes nearly nine months after Israel seized control of the crossing during its military offensive in Gaza. Israeli authorities and Egypt are expected to impose limits …
(2026-02-02). 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.
(2026-02-02). IDF blocks Palestinian Bedouins from rebuilding their West Bank homes burned by Israeli settlers. haaretz.com Bedouin residents of Mukhmas arrived Sunday to rebuild homes torched by settlers but were stopped by Israeli soldiers, who said the area was a closed military zone. When asked about an Israeli man who photographed the houses, a soldier responded, 'He can do whatever he wants'…
(2026-02-02). Madison, Feb. 7, 2026: "No Appetite for Apartheid!" wibailoutpeople.org 
No Appetite for ApartheidEntertainment & dinnerSaturday, February 76: 30 p.m. — 7: 30 p.m.James Reeb Unitarian UC, 2146 E. Johnson St, MadisonWith Madison area DSA. The goal of the No Appetite for Apartheid campaign is to make Madison a more ethical place to shop by removing all grocery items complicit in the violence against Palestinians. "Shop ethically" …
(2026-02-02). Netanyahu Government Ban on Haaretz Is Unlawful, Attorney General Tells Israel's Top Court. portside.org Netanyahu Government Ban on Haaretz Is Unlawful, Attorney General Tells Israel's Top Court |
(2026-02-02). Headlines for February 2, 2026. democracynow.org Federal Judge Denies Request by Minnesota Officials to Temporarily Block Surge of Immigration Agents, Former CNN Anchor Don Lemon and Independent Journalist Georgia Fort Released from Federal Custody, 5-Year-Old Liam Conejo Ramos and His Father Reunited with Family Members in Minnesota, More Than 300 Anti-ICE Protests Held Across the Country, NYT: Former Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor's Jewish Faith, Chicago Orders Local Law Enforcement to Probe Illegal Activity by Federal Immigration Agents, Justice Department Release Over 3 Million Pages of the Epstein Files, Israeli For…
(2026-02-02). Deni Avdija to make history as first Israeli NBA All-Star. haaretz.com The Portland Trail Blazers forward, enjoying the best season of his career, was not named to the All-Star starting lineup despite finishing with 2,202,605 votes — ahead of players including LeBron James and Kevin Durant — but was chosen as a reserve by the league's coaches…
(2026-02-02). Harari deconstructs the Israeli Narrative from within. juancole.com by ( Yet Yuval Noah Harari—neither a politician nor an agent of state power, but a globally respected social thinker—has done precisely that. He argues that the Israeli—Palestinian conflict is no longer a dispute over land, but over the moral certainties each side…
(2026-02-02). DIRCO declares Israeli Chargé d'Affaires Persona Non Grata. sanews.gov.za DIRCO declares Israeli Chargé d'Affaires Persona Non Grata | The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has informed the Government of the State of Israel of South Africa's decision to declare the Chargé d'Affaires of the Israeli Embassy, Mr Ariel Seidman, persona non grata. | In a statement issued on Friday, DIRCO said the decision follows a series of unacceptable violations of diplomatic norms and practice that pose a direct challenge to South Africa's sovereignty. | "These violations include the repeated use of official Israeli social media platforms to launch insulting attacks against H…
(2026-02-02). South Africa expels Israeli envoy. ummid.com South Africa has expelled Israel envoy in the country Ariel Seidman.
(2026-02-02). Venture Capitalists Are Using Profits From Genocide to Fund AI-Powered Weapons. truthout.org What does it mean for humanity if cutting-edge AI weapons development for the Pentagon is being significantly funded by venture capitalists who are also profiting from the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people? Consider, for example, the X-BAT. On October 21, 2025, in a theatrical unveiling involving a darkened auditorium, a smoke machine, and a black silken shroud that was… |
(2026-02-02). Israel strikes south Lebanon villages, claims it hit Hezbollah. newarab.com 
Israel's military struck several locations in south Lebanon on Monday, including in two villages where it issued evacuation warnings, claiming it was hitting Hezbollah targets. | Despite a November 2024 truce that sought to end more than a year of hostilities including two months of all-out war between Israel and the Iran-backed group, Israel has kept up regular strikes on parts of Lebanon and has maintained troops in five border areas it deems strategic. | The Israeli military said it struck "several Hezbollah weapons storage facilities in southern Lebanon, in order to prevent re-establishment attempts". | It ad…
(2026-02-02). The Iranian Protests Explained. counterpunch.org 
In this interview, international relations scholar Stephen Zunes and Middle East historian Lawrence Davidson help to unpack the Iranian protests and explain their relevance within the context of U.S. and Israeli national interests. Daniel Falcone: Jeffrey St. Clair of CounterPunch, recently cited filmmaker Jafar Panahi's insistence that change in Iran must come from the will of
(2026-02-02). Brain Mapping the Psychosis of Israeli and US Governments. globalresearch.ca When logic and rational thought no longer prevail, the means of containment is to anticipate the criminal mind.
(2026-02-02). Father of Hassan Nasrallah, Abdul Karim Nasrallah, dies. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Abdul Karim Nasrallah, father of the late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, passed away, local media reported on Monday.Lebanese media outlets said that Abdul Karim Nasrallah, the father of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, who died in an Israeli strike on Lebanon on Sept. 27, 2024, died.Abdul Karim Nasrallah is a Lebanese figure from the south, born in Bazouriyeh near Tyre. He grew up in humble circumstances, working in the fruit and vegetable trade.
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