(2026-01-25). Prisoners for Palestine slam Met Police over Wormwood Scrubs violence and arrests. thecanary.co 
The group Prisoners for Palestine has hit back at what it calls the "violent" and "wildly disproportionate" response of the Met Police to a peaceful protest at HMP Wormwood Scrubs. It says that Wildly disproportionate response at Wormwood Scrubs As the Canary has reported, on Saturday 25 January evening, at least 86 people were arrested […] | By
(2026-01-25). How Minnesotans became Palestinians: Top 5 Ways they are Occupied. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The people of Palestine are occupied by the Israelis. In my experience most Americans do not even know this basic fact. Ignorance of it makes it impossible to understand what is even going on in the Mideast, and I fear until recently most Americans did not. | I went to see the Oscar-nominated film
(2026-01-25). 86 arrested outside London prison over Palestine Action demonstration. tribune.com.pk 
British police arrested 86 people on suspicion of aggravated trespass after protesters breached the grounds of a prison in west London during a demonstration in support of a Palestine Action activist, authorities said on Sunday. | The Metropolitan Police said the arrests were made Saturday evening outside HMP Wormwood Scrubs, where demonstrators gathered to protest the detention of a prisoner reportedly on hunger strike. | Police said the group refused to leave when ordered, blocked prison staff from entering and leaving the facility, and made threats toward officers. Some protesters also gained access to a st…
(2026-01-25). Across the West, speaking for Palestine is now a crime. electronicintifada.net My arrest in Switzerland a year ago is part of a widening campaign to punish critics of Israel.
(2026-01-25). Gaza — 745,000 students denied their right to education. thecanary.co 
The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, has warned that Palestinian refugee education is under escalating and systematic attack. This is specially true in the case of Gaza. He described the situation as one of the most serious blows to the future of Palestinian generations. Lazzarini […] | By
(2026-01-25). When Jewish moral reckoning overshadows Palestinian liberation. mondoweiss.net 
As Jewish anti-Zionists gain visibility, there is a danger of viewing the Gaza genocide solely as the backdrop for a Jewish reckoning. Instead, we must center Palestinian history and demands, and Jewish anti-Zionists have an important role to play.
(2026-01-25). US special envoys in Israel to discuss future of Gaza, sources tell Reuters. al-monitor.com By Emily Rose and Steve HollandJERUSALEM, Jan 24 (Reuters) – U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were in Israel on Saturday to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, mainly to discuss Gaza, two people briefed on the matter told Reuters. The U.S. on Thursday announced plans for a "New Gaza" rebuilt from scratch, to include residential towers, data centres and seaside resorts, part of President Donald Trump's push to advance an Israel-Hamas ceasefire shaken by repeated violations.
(2026-01-25). Israel to reopen Rafah crossing after search for last hostage body ends. al-monitor.com Jan 25 (Reuters) – Israel will reopen Gaza's Rafah crossing with Egypt for the passage of people only after an operation to locate the body of the last remaining Israeli hostage in the enclave is completed, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said late on Sunday. (Reporting by Hatem Maher, editing by Deepa Babington)…
(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). 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). 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). Israeli fire kills three people in Gaza, US envoys discuss Rafah. newarab.com 
Israeli fire killed three Palestinians in two separate incidents in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, while an Israeli drone wounded four others in Gaza City, local health authorities said. | Medics said Israeli fire killed at least two people in the Tuffah neighbourhood east of Gaza City, while a 41-year-old man was killed by Israeli forces in Khan Younis, in the south of the enclave. | Earlier, medical workers said an Israeli drone exploded on the rooftop of a multi-floor building in Gaza City, wounding four civilians in the street nearby. | Meanwhile, US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner urged Israeli Prime Minis…
(2026-01-25). US envoys urge Netanyahu to move into Gaza ceasefire's second phase. newarab.com 
(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). Israel agrees to of Rafah crossing. al-monitor.com Israel said Monday it would allow a "limited reopening" of the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt once it had recovered the remains of the last hostage in the Palestinian territory.Reopening Rafah, a vital entry point for aid into Gaza, forms part of a truce framework announced by US President Donald Trump in October, but the crossing has remained closed since Israeli forces took control of it during the war in the Palestinian territory.Visiting US envoys had reportedly pressed Israeli officials to reopen the crossing during talks in Jerusalem over the weekend.
(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). Gaza — How does Israel manage local militias from the shadows? thecanary.co 
The Wall Street Journal has revealed what appears to be a hidden layer of Israel's war on Gaza: an undeclared reliance on local armed militias acting as "field agents" to carry out tasks the Israeli army cannot openly perform under the ceasefire. According to the newspaper, this is not a temporary arrangement. It is an […] | By
(2026-01-25). Gaza riviera and the scenario of segregation and exclusion. thecanary.co 
What is today referred to as the "Gaza Riviera" or "New Gaza" is not merely an urban vision or deferred development plan. It is a comprehensive project that redefines land, people, and urban life through the near-total exclusion of Palestinians and their political reality. The project has been promoted through sleek presentations and referenced by […] | By
(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). Masked assailants torch Palestinian cars in West Bank, spraying graffiti of Star of David and. haaretz.com The attack occurred amid rising tensions over the newly established Tarfon Israeli settler outpost in Area B of the West Bank, territory where Palestinians hold civil authority and Israel has pledged not to build settlements…
(2026-01-25). West Bank: Palestinian killed near Ramallah amid settler attacks. newarab.com 
A Palestinian man was killed early Sunday after being shot by Israeli police north of The Palestinian Ministry of Health said it had been informed by the Palestinian General Authority of Civil Affairs of the killing of Ammar Majed Hassan Hijazi, 34, from the city of Nablus. Hij…
(2026-01-25). Kevin Cox: South Africa In History's Shadow. newleftreview.org Why is South Africa seemingly still mired in the income and spatial segregation patterns of the apartheid era? Standard explanations focus on the ANC, either as too neoliberal or too statist. Kevin Cox looks instead at the making of classes—and expropriation of African farmers—in conditions of globalization's labour shock.
(2026-01-25). Netanyahu barred Herzog from 'Board of Peace' unveiling: report. newarab.com 
According to US news site Axios, citing American sources, Netanyahu rejected multiple White House invitations for Herzog to participate in the board's launch ceremony in Switzerland, vetoing the…
(2026-01-25). Israeli soldier kidnaps Palestinian and asks family for ransom. newarab.com 
Israel's military said Sunday it had launched an investigation into a soldier who reportedly fabricated a kidnapping of a The Palestinian man had been detained at a holding facility when a military police guard photographed him and sent the image to his family, falsely claiming he had been kidnapped, the Times of Israel reported. | In a separate report, Israeli Army Radio said the soldier demanded the family transfer money in exchange for his release. | Confir…
(2026-01-25). Israel blocks shipments of football turf for Palestinian FA. newarab.com 
Israeli authorities have prevented the entry of artificial turf shipments from China intended to be used On its official website,
(2026-01-25). Hundreds of artists demand legal review of 2025 culture award cuts. haaretz.com The suspension includes 5 million shekels ($1.6 million) in cash grants which for some artists represent the only available channel for public funding. 'Harming Israeli culture is harming Israeli society and the spirit of the people,'…
(2026-01-25). US CENTCOM chief meets Israeli army head amid Iran tensions. newarab.com 
According to the Israeli daily Israel Hayom, Cooper and Zamir held a bilateral meeting lasting several hours, during which they discussed security and strategic issues. | The meeting was followed by a broader session attended by senior officials from both the US and Israe…