(2025-12-19). Netanyahu hails major gas deal with Egypt, but its political independence remains. haaretz.com While Israel staged a triumphant signing, Cairo's press yawned. Al Ahram said the agreement 'won't affect Egypt's political decisions on Gaza,' as officials quietly stress economic necessity, U.S. pressure and a deal designed to survive wars, crises and diplomatic freezes…
(2025-12-19). To distract from trial, his defense minister will keep force-feeding the poison machine. haaretz.com Every minute people talk about criticism of opposition group Brothers and Sisters in Arms is a minute they're not talking about Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel Katz and the other ministers who failed in the run-up to October 7…
(2025-12-19). Russian migrant worker indicted for spying for Iran on Israeli military ports, oil refineries. haaretz.com A Tel Aviv Opera House cleaner is accused of photographing an American warship, a Dolphin-class Israeli submarine, multiple ports and the Haifa oil refinery for an Iranian handler called 'Roman,' receiving payments via digital wallets. Shin Bet says he knew the missions were intended to harm Israel…
(2025-12-19). Nvidia deepens complicity in Israeli occupation with new 'second home' R&D campus. tehrantimes.com Nvidia, the world's most valuable chipmaker, has announced plans to establish a significant new research and development campus in Kiryat Tiv'on, northern occupied Palestine, near Haifa, calling it a strategic "second home" for the tech giant, Al Mayadeen reported Friday.
(2025-12-19). US Citizens Deported By Zionist State After A Week Of Detention. popularresistance.org New York-based Irene Cho and Boston-based Trudi Frost, who were arrested by Israeli forces last Friday, remain in custody at the Givon prison after Israeli courts have summarily denied all their appeals while refusing to examine the evidence proving they have committed no offense. They are expected to be deported later tonight from Ben Gurion airport. | Cho and Frost were arrested on Friday, December 12, in the West Bank village of al-Mughayyer while staying with the Abu Hamam family, which is threatened with forced displacement by military and settler violence.
(2025-12-19). Proxy theater in the Persian Gulf: Israel scripts, UAE performs. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — Israel's war on Gaza has been marked by mass civilian deaths, starvation tactics, and the destruction of homes, hospitals, and refugee camps. At a time when international courts and human rights groups are demanding accountability, the United Arab Emirates has not stepped back. It has stepped in.
(2025-12-19). be honest: The Israeli mainstream simply has no patience for Arabs. haaretz.com Zionism has always preferred to focus on itself and push aside those who live alongside it. To overcome that tendency, we'll need creative techniques…
(2025-12-19). Ceasefires in the Gaza Genocide: A Historical Perspective. counterpunch.org 
What is new in the current situation and particularly ominous, is that, formerly, even the most exclusivist version of Zionism did not rely on genocide as a tool: generations of Zionists have tried to buy land from Palestinians, to expel them through bureaucratic means, to use violent Apartheid and ethnic cleansing strategies, or to engage in what Palestinian political scientist Saleh Abdel Jawad calls "sociocide" — to make life so legally, financially, psychologically, and physically difficult that Palestinians themselves would choose to leave. In previous writing, I have argued that, while Zionism before…
(2025-12-19). Big Tech and the Architecture of the Israeli Genocide Against Palestinians. counterpunch.org 
History is filled with examples of corporations fueling war machines and global colonization. IBM supplied technology used in Nazi death camps; shipping and trading companies played central roles in the transatlantic trafficking of Africans; and multinational firms helped bankroll South Africa's apartheid regime. The companies that once profited from South Africa's pass laws, today empower
(2025-12-19). Israeli bombardment in southern Gaza prevents recovery of bodies. tehrantimes.com Israel killed four Palestinian civilians, including a woman, as a result of a series of airstrikes carried out by warplanes targeting the town of Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, WAFA reported Friday.
(2025-12-19). Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition Joins Increase Of 2026 Sailings To Gaza. popularresistance.org The 18 national campaigns of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla coalition (Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, International Campaign to Break the Siege, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, United States) met in Dublin, Ireland December 5-7, 2025 to plan for many more vessels to sail to challenge the illegal Israel naval blockade and the genocide of Gaza. | Israel continues to break the ceasefire in Gaza and has escalated the vicious attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians and their land in the West Bank.
(2025-12-19). What will Trump do to protect the Gaza ceasefire deal? aljazeera.com Qatar warns daily Israeli breaches threaten entire agreement put forward by US President Donald Trump.
(2025-12-19). Tragedy in Gaza as winter storm turns family's shelter into rubble. aljazeera.com A devastating roof collapse in Gaza leaves one dead, six injured, and a family struggling for survival amid winter.
(2025-12-19). US vows Hamas disarmament in talks on next Gaza ceasefire phase. newarab.com 
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday urged the disarmament of Hamas but voiced hope for progress on reaching the next stage of a Gaza ceasefire as regional officials met and five more people were killed in the devastated territory. | Top officials of Qatar and Egypt – key mediators of the ceasefire – and regional power Turkey headed Friday to Miami to meet US envoys including Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump's friend and roving envoy. | Rubio acknowledged difficulties in achieving peace in Gaza, saying that the ceasefire that went into effect in October with the release of hostages amounted to a "mira…
(2025-12-19). Israel attacks Gaza by air and sea as mediators meet in US. newarab.com 
Israeli forces carried out a wave of air and naval strikes on In
(2025-12-19). Houthis detain 10 more Yemeni UN staffers. newarab.com 
The Houthis have harassed and detained dozens of UN staff and aid workers in the past years, accusing them of spying for the United States and Israel ⚪ charges that carry the death penalty in Yemen, and that the UN has sharply rejected. | The rebels have stepped up such arrests since the start of the Gaza war more than two years ago, and more rece…
(2025-12-19). The Classroom as a Battleground: Italy's Students Rise Against Genocide. counterpunch.org 
In Italy, the bell that signals the start of the school day has recently sounded like a call to arms—not for war, but against it. While the Italian government actively supports the geopolitical machinery enabling the genocide in Gaza, a different kind of politics is being forged in the corridors of the nation's historic licei
(2025-12-19). Miami summit to address future of Gaza agreement as Israel continues lethal strikes. tehrantimes.com The United States Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, will hold talks in Miami, Florida, with senior officials from Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey as efforts continue to advance the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire, even as Israel violates the truce on the ground.
(2025-12-19). Saturday 12/20: Holiday Craft Market for Gaza. indybay.org Barrios Unidos Poets Corner, 1817 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz…
(2025-12-19). 29-day-old baby boy dies of hypothermia as temperatures drop in Gaza. aljazeera.com Sheltered under a worn-out, nylon tent and four blankets, 29-day-old Saeed could not survive winter in Gaza.
(2025-12-19). Hamas reaffirms objectives on the 38th anniversary of their founding. iacenter.org December 19, 2025 The Hamas Online English Mirror posted the following statement on Dec. 14, 2025On the 38th anniversary of the founding of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), we affirm the following: — The Al-Aqsa Flood Operation is a firmly-rooted milestone in our people's path of struggle and independence. We follow the path of the martyred leaders, committed to the blood and sacrifices of our people until liberation of the land and holy sites, whatever the sacrifices. — Throughout two full years of aggression against our people in the Gaza Strip, the occupation has succeeded only in the crimi…
(2025-12-19). UN chief warns Gaza crisis still dire despite famine being averted. tribune.com.pk 
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday warned that while famine in the Gaza Strip has been averted, the humanitarian situation remains extremely fragile, with more than 75% of the population facing acute food insecurity and critical risks of malnutrition. | "Famine has been pushed back. Far more people are able to access the food they need to survive," Guterres told a news conference at the UN headquarters in New York. "Gains are fragile, perilously so." | He said 1.6 million people in Gaza, more than 75% of the population, are projected to face "extreme levels of acute food insecurity and critical ma…
(2025-12-19). Inside the 5,000-day war on Iran. mondoweiss.net 
(2025-12-19). ILWU Statement of Policy: The ILWU Versus Fascism. wibailoutpeople.org On December 12, 2025, the ILWU's International Executive Board unanimously approved the following Statement of Policy: The ILWU Versus Fascism The December of 1945 issue of the Dispatcher, quoting the late President Philip Murray of the CIO, warned, "it is not impossible for fascist ideas to conquer America."[1] This warning came mere months after the …
(2025-12-19). Pinochetism Returns to Power in Chile. counterpunch.org 
José A. Kast's resounding victory in the runoff election is bound to have a profound influence on Chile. A solid, neo-fascist, extreme right-wing force consolidated as a result of the convergence of two radical variants of Pinochetism —one led by Kast and the other, even more extreme, by Johannes Kaiser— to which rushed to join
(2025-12-19). Why Tucker Carlson's Racist Narrative About Somali Americans Does Not Hold Up. indybay.org Somali Americans are not outsiders waiting to prove their worth. They are already doing so — quietly, persistently, and across every sector of society. The failure, if there is one, lies not with them, but with those who refuse to see what is directly in front of them.
(2025-12-19). Finnish PM apologizes over posts by lawmakers. ecns.cn Chinese netizens have also begun similar petitions, demanding that the politicians involved publicly acknowledge the gesture as racist and formally apologize to the Asian community.