(2026-01-17). Rally in Sydney urges cancellation of Israeli president's visit. newarab.com 
Hundreds of pro-Palestine demonstrators gathered to protest the planned visit of Israeli Video footage shared showed scores of people waving the Dozens of police were deployed to the march, with many demonstrators also protesting against tougher laws which are set to heavily restrict public assembly in the wake of the December Bondi…
(2026-01-17). The Flotillas To Gaza Are The World's Conscience. popularresistance.org Rome, Italy — There will be a new flotilla in April 2026 that will attempt to break the 18-year-old Israeli blockade of Gaza. The mission is expected to be the largest maritime action for Palestine to date, involving more than 3,000 activists from 100 countries on 100 boats, including a medical fleet of 1,000 health care workers to deliver 500 tons of life-saving aid, equipment and medical supplies that Israel has blocked from entering Gaza. | Once again, activists from all over the world will sail toward Gaza in an attempt to end one of the worst humanitarian crises on the planet.
(2026-01-17). Saturday 1/17: Webinar: From Venezuela to Palestine : U.S. Empire, Genocide, and Our Duty to Fight Back. indybay.org Zoom | us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ITzu……
(2026-01-17). Thursday 1/29: Webinar: Reaching a Milestone: Surpassing 1,000 Apartheid-Free Communities. indybay.org Online | www.mobilize.us/us-palestineactivism/eve……
(2026-01-17). Saturday 1/17: Hikers for Palestine: Walking in Solidarity with Gaza's Orphans. indybay.org Point Isabel Parking Lot, 2406 Rydin Rd, Richmond, CA 94804.
(2026-01-17). Anan Yaeesh sentenced to 5 years and 6 months; Ali and Mansour acquitted: Free all Palestinian prisoners in Italian jails! samidoun.net 
In a case which sets an extremely dangerous precedent for judicial repression of Palestinians and pro-Palestine activists in Europe, the Court of L'Aquila, Italy, has sentenced Anan Yaeesh to 5 years and 6 months in prison for conspiracy to commit terrorism. At the same hearing, Ali Irar and Mansour Doghmosh were acquitted, the three having …
(2026-01-17). Friday 1/23: Virtual Action Hour for Palestine. indybay.org Zoom | afsc.org/events/action-hour-palestine…
(2026-01-17). Friday 1/30: The Settlers: Documentary Screening + Q&A. indybay.org Hillside Community Church, 1422 Navellier Street, El Cerrito…
(2026-01-17). Ceasefire in Palestine? What ceasefire? aljazeera.com While Israeli mass violence continues to kill Palestinians, the UK government continues to choose complicity.
(2026-01-17). LIVE: Gaza death toll rises by Israeli raids, Trump names 'Board of Peace'. aljazeera.com Israeli raids cause rising casualties in Gaza, as attacks persist despite the ceasefire agreement.
(2026-01-17). Trump appoints Tony Blair, US general to shape Gaza's future. tribune.com.pk 
US President Donald Trump on Friday gave a key role in post-war Gaza to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and appointed a US officer to lead a nascent security force. | Trump named members of a board to help supervise Gaza that was dominated by Americans, as he promotes a controversial vision of economic development in a territory that lies in rubble after two-plus years of relentless Israeli bombardment. | The step came after a Palestinian committee of technocrats meant to govern Gaza held its first meeting in Cairo, which was attended by Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law, who plays a key role in the M…
(2026-01-17). Israel demands Hamas disarm within two months in 'final warning'. newarab.com 
Israel has issued a "final warning" to Hamas, demanding that the Palestinian group Israel's Channel 12 cited unnamed sources as saying that Israel had delivered a "final warning to Hamas in the Gaza Strip". | The second phase of the US-brokered October 2025 agreement outlines that Hamas and other militant groups in the Palestinian territory must disarm. | But Israel is also obliged to pull out its forces from Gaza, and there are…
(2026-01-17). Trump asks Türkiye's Erdogan, Egypt's el-Sisi to join Gaza 'Board of Peace'. aljazeera.com The board will supervise the temporary governance of Gaza, which has been under a fragile ceasefire since October.
(2026-01-17). Thursday 1/22: Power Half Hour for Gaza. indybay.org Zoom | http: //jvp.org/gazaph…
(2026-01-17). Photos: Gaza ceasefire brings no relief as Israeli bombings continue. aljazeera.com Over 80 percent of Gaza's infrastructure lies in ruins as residents endure precarious living conditions and limited aid.
(2026-01-17). Israel objects to composition of Trump-led Gaza 'board of peace'. scmp.com Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on ‚Saturday that this week's Trump administration announcement on the composition of a Gaza executive board was not coordinated with Israel and ran counter to ‚Å government policy. | It said Foreign Minister Gideon Saar would raise the issue with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. | The statement did not specify what part of the board's composition contradicted ‚Israeli policy. An Israeli government spokesperson declined to comment.
(2026-01-17). Trump invites Türkiye's Erdogan, Egypt's Sisi to join Gaza 'Board Of Peace'. tribune.com.pk 
United States President Donald Trump has invited Turkish and Egyptian counterparts Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi to join the so-called "Board of Peace" that will oversee post-conflict Gaza, it emerged on Saturday. | The board is set to supervise the temporary governance of Gaza, which has been under a fragile ceasefire since October and lies in rubble after two-plus years of relentless Israeli bombardment. | Trump had named members of the board a day ago. The step came after a Palestinian committee of technocrats meant to govern Gaza held its first meeting in Cairo, which was attended by Jared…
(2026-01-17). Trump's envoy Witkoff announces "phase two" of Gaza ceasefire deal. peoplesdispatch.org The United States Special Envoy to "the Middle East" Steve Witkoff announced in a Witkoff clarified that the next phase will see the establishment of what he called the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG),…
(2026-01-17). White House says Rubio, Witkoff, Blair to join Trump-led of to manage postwar Gaza. haaretz.com Turkish President Erdoƒüan was also invited to sit at the board overnight on Saturday, according to his office. A body tasked with the day-to-day coordination with the Palestinians was also announced…
(2026-01-17). Inside the Somali-Led Resistance to Trump's Assault on Minneapolis. theintercept.com 
Kamal Yusuf doesn't speak English. That hasn't stopped him from getting involved as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents flood his immigrant-heavy Minneapolis neighborhood. | For the last two weeks, he has been on the streets actively looking out for any ICE presence. | From 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Yusuf travels through the Cedar Riverside neighborhood, popularly known as West Bank, on foot in biting cold and on slippery ice. The instant he spots ICE agents, he immediately informs a Signal chat and whistles for several minutes without pause. | Yusuf, with his neon orange vest and black beanie that says "F…
(2026-01-17). Brutal beatings, arson and impunity: A Palestinian plant nursery becomes a target for settler pogroms. haaretz.com After setting fire last fall to one of the largest and oldest plant nurseries in the West Bank, causing millions of shekels in damage, settlers returned to the site this month, torching cars and brutally attacking an older worker…
(2026-01-17). Israeli forces arrest several in West Bank as teen laid to rest. newarab.com 
One Palestinian was injured on Saturday in an attack by Israeli settlers in the West Bank, while the Israeli army arrested four people in the occupied territory. | In the southern West Bank, local sources said a settler used pepper spray on Palestinian resident Issa Atiyat in The sources said the attack came after settlers released their livestock near Palestinian homes in the area. | In the town of Idna, west of Hebron, I…
(2026-01-17). Israeli military helicopter crashes in the West Bank. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Several local and regional news sources say that an Israeli military helicopter crashed on Friday near the town of Kisan, which is east of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.It was confirmed by the Israeli army that the plane crashed while being moved after a technical problem earlier this week in the Gush Etzion/Etzion Brigade area. According to a statement from the army, the chopper broke away from the other plane that was lifting it, which made it fall to the ground.A military spokesperson stated that no injuries have been reported yet and that the commander of the Israeli Air Force has asked for a…
(2026-01-17). 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.
(2026-01-17). Russia to stop US strike on Iran? Putin's secret calls with Netanyahu & Pezeshkian raise big doubts. hindustantimes.com As fears of an Iran—Israel conflict intensify and Washington hesitates, Vladimir Putin has stepped in with a surprise diplomatic push. The Russian president has spoken to both Benjamin Netanyahu and Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian, offering mediation to de-escalate tensions and position Moscow as a key power broker in the Middle East. With Israel rattled by Iranian threats and the U.S. weighing its next move, Russia's intervention is reshaping the regional equation.
(2026-01-17). liberals must recognize their true enemy: Not Bibi supporters, but religious Zionism and the settler. haaretz.com The idea of seeking social 'unity' is a fraud and it's dismantling Israel from within, says political philosopher Assaf Sharon…