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2025-12-12: Palestine Roundup

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newarab (2025-12-12). Nas Daily and Ms. Rachel: A tale of two YouTubers. newarab.com Last week, the news gave us a stark lesson in moral absurdity. Two seemingly unrelated events showed us just how warped the narratives of Western media are and how much effort is being put into policing the discourse on Palestine and Israel. | At the start of December, pro-Israel group Stop Antisemitism announced that Rachel Griffin Accurso – known to children and parents everywhere as Ms. Rachel — had been She managed to make the list ahead of far-right figures lik…

The Canary (2025-12-12). Palestine 36 packs out Leeds Palestinian Film Festival. thecanary.co A film festival in Leeds had to book extra screenings after Palestinian film Palestine 36 sold out in no time. The 11th Leeds Palestinian Film Festival has closed with its biggest audiences yet. Venue partner Hyde Park Picture House had to schedule additional screenings of Palestine 36. The historical drama, from director Annemarie Jacir, is […] | By

Eyewitness Palestine (2025-12-12). Wednesday 12/17: Webinar: Palestine Through My Eyes. indybay.org Online | www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/threads-of…

WiBOPM (2025-12-12). Threads of Resistance Webinar Series by Eyewitness Palestine December 15-19, 2025. wibailoutpeople.org Sign up for this Power Week of Webinars! Don't miss this powerful week-long series uplifting voices across the global movement for Palestinian liberation, featuring artists, organizers, public figures, spiritual leaders, and past Eyewitness Palestine delegates who have witnessed the occupation on the ground firsthand. Each session offers unique perspectives, bringing together stories, experiences, and acts of …

UMMID (2025-12-12). Palestine out of 2025 FIFA Arab World Cup, but wins hearts. ummid.com Palestine National Football Team's dream to play Semi Finals of the 2025 FIFA Arab World Cup ended after it got defeated by Saudi Arabia Thursday.

newarab (2025-12-12). Tucker Carlson visits wounded Palestinian refugees in Qatar. newarab.com American journalist Tucker Carlson released footage of himself visiting Palestinian refugees in Qatar on Thursday, alongside stinging criticism of Israel and the United States' support for it. | The conservative political commentator showed clips of his visit in the latest episode of the The Tucker Carlson Show titled "Why Are We Defending Mass Murder in Gaza? Because Our Greatest Ally Demands It". | "Among so-called 'civilised governments'. No one has behaved like Israel has behaved in Gaza in a very long time – 80 years at least," Carlson said. | "It's almost unbelievable. Tens of thousands of children killed,…

tehrantimes (2025-12-12). Freezing temperatures and floods kill infants and children in storm-battered Gaza. tehrantimes.com At least 11 Palestinians have died in storm-hit Gaza from cold and collapsing buildings within the last 24 hours, Middle East Eye reported Friday.

tehrantimes (2025-12-12). Tucker Carlson condemns 'abominable' human cost in Gaza after visiting maimed children. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — In a landmark episode of The Tucker Carlson Show released Thursday, prominent media personality and political commentator Tucker Carlson issued his most blistering condemnation to date of the ongoing atrocities in Gaza.

newarab (2025-12-12). Gaza: At least 11 killed in 24 hours amid Storm Byron. newarab.com At least 11 people, including children, have been killed in the Gaza Strip by heavy rain and cold conditions caused by On Friday, at least two children died from freezing temperatures. Infant Taim Al-Khawaja, who was living with his family in the ruins of their home damaged by a previous Israeli bombing in the

WSWS (2025-12-12). US government brands DACA recipient Yaa'kub Vijandre a "terrorist" for opposing genocide in Gaza. wsws.org The US government has held Vijandre, a Dallas resident, in immigration detention for over nine weeks despite admitting in court filings that he has committed no crimes and that the only "evidence" of his alleged "terrorism" consists of social media posts protected under the First Amendment.

Susan Abulhawa (2025-12-12). A path forward for Palestinian resistance. workers.org The following remarks were delivered by internationally renowned and award-winning Palestinian author and poet Susan Abulhawa to the Muwatin's 30th Annual Conference, "The Impact of the Genocide in Gaza on the Future of the World and the Reading of the Palestinian Question" on Dec. 3, 2025. I want to talk . . . |

Amos Harel (2025-12-12). Just one thing is stalling Stage Two of Gaza plan: reality. haaretz.com Hamas controls the enclave with an iron fist, no one has volunteered to disarm it and Netanyahu is in no hurry to press on — but the U.S. president wants a win ‚ñ On the northern front, Hezbollah's new motto has become 'Survival is victory'…

____ (2025-12-12). Gaza's Displaced Battle Floods Amid Shelter Shortages. devdiscourse.com Hundreds of thousands of Gazans are grappling with serious flooding as torrential rains swamp the region, severely affecting makeshift shelters. The UN International Organization for Migration revealed on Friday that essential materials like sandbags and timber are unable to reach the enclave.

Joe Lauria, Consortium News. (2025-12-12). Journalist Files Defense In Anti-Semitism Test Case. popularresistance.org Embattled Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis has filed her formal defense against the charge by the Zionist Federation of Australia that she is an anti-semite, telling a federal judge the allegation of racial vilification is really intended to smear legitimate criticism of Israel and stifle free speech. | In her 29-page filing, Kostakidis argues that her reporting on Israel's actions in Gaza did not target Jewish people but the Israeli government. Her posts on X had nothing to do with the "race or national or ethnic origin of Jewish Australians and/or Israeli Australians," she says.

aljazeera (2025-12-12). Flooding destroys few remaining possessions of Palestinians in Gaza. aljazeera.com Palestinians in Gaza fled bombardment with what little they could carry. Those items are now destroyed by flooding.

Sana Khan (2025-12-12). UN warns displaced Gazans at risk of deadly floods as shelter supplies blocked. moderndiplomacy.eu After two years of war, Gaza's infrastructure has been shattered, leaving hundreds of thousands of displaced people living in makeshift tents across rubble-filled areas. A tentative ceasefire has held since October, but conditions on the ground remain extremely harsh. Heavy rains this week swept through Gaza, flooding tents and temporary shelters, and exposing the severe …

Seth Galinsky (2025-12-12). Defend Israel's existence as refuge against Jew-hatred. themilitant.com Hamas leaders make it clear they have no intention of disarming, nor of giving up their brutal stranglehold on Gaza or abandoning their goal of destroying Israel and eliminating the Jews. As the weeks go by with no moves to disarm Hamas, the pro-Nazi thugs are growing emboldened. | If Israel is to survive as a refuge for Jews, sooner or later it will have to go on the offensive to destroy Hamas and incorporate more of Gaza into Israel. No other force is capable of doing this. | With Israel controlling 53% of Gaza and Hamas the rest, the "yellow line" that separates the two has become "a new border line," Israel D…

Ramzy Baroud (2025-12-12). If Gaza Resistance Ends: What History Tells Us About the Palestinian Fate. counterpunch.org US President Donald Trump's 'Board of Peace' is reportedly set to be announced before the year's end. This news coincides with increasing reports that the US administration is serious about pushing forward the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire. However, many critical questions remain unanswered. How can a governing council be superimposed on Gaza when

Mnar Adley, Alan MacLeod, MintPress News. (2025-12-12). Stop The Hate UK: The Shadowy Israel-Aligned Group Targeting Mintpress. popularresistance.org A prolific writer who has penned 28 pro-Israel articles in the past two months alone, Sawer asked the British Palestinian journalist to respond to pro-Israel pressure group Stop The Hate U.K.'s campaign for him to be prosecuted for "anti-Semitic hate crimes." | Abul-Essad's "crime" was attending an October 2024 demonstration in London protesting an event featuring former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert speaking on the future of Gaza — a case that the Metropolitan Police have already looked into and dismissed. | Sawer has previous connections to Stop The Hate U.K.

albawaba (2025-12-12). "Not the Warm Embrace" : Trump-Netanyahu summit poised to redraw Israel's role in Gaza. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – On December 29, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. This meeting is seen as very important for deciding whether Israel will still have a lot of say in Gaza policy or whether it will become a secondary player in an international process that is increasingly shaped by Washington, Doha, and Ankara. Israeli commentators say that Netanyahu is very worried about the meeting because they think Trump will try to get him to make concessions that would make him look like the person standing in the way of what the White House calls a "historic peace.

newarab (2025-12-12). Israel breaks record for killing Palestinian children in WB. newarab.com The family of 14-year-old Jad Jihad, from al-Far'a refugee camp in Tubas, northern West Bank, was devastated when they saw a video of him being shot by The video, which circulated widely on social media, depicts the boy, after being shot in the leg, moving on the ground and raising his head several times. The soldiers stood around Jad, watching him bleed without intervening, and even prevented ambulances from reaching him. | After an hour, with Jad still bleeding, the soldier…

newarab (2025-12-12). Trump signals on accepting West Bank annexation ignite backlash. newarab.com

Staff (2025-12-12). Réquiem por el comandante Raúl Díaz-Argàºelles García. cubadebate.cu Raúl Díaz-Argàºelles García, es símbolo de los cubanos que combatieron en àÅfrica, de manera particular en Angola. En vida contó con el respeto y la admiración de todos con los que compartió trincheras en las guerras contra el colonialismo y el apartheid.

NEOB (2025-12-12). Ex-apartheid police to remain behind bars pending bail decision. sanews.gov.za Ex-apartheid police to remain behind bars pending bail decision | Two former apartheid-era police officers, who were convicted of the premeditated murder of Congress of South African Students (COSAS) member Caiphus Nyoka, will remain in custody pending judgment in their bail application. ⚪ Former Sergeant, Abraham Hercules Engelbrecht and former Sergeant Pieter Stander (60) were convicted of the 1987 murder of Nyoka earlier this month while a third accused, Major Leon Louis Van Den Berg, was acquitted. ⚪ "Following their conviction, the two applied for bail pending sentencing. In affidavits before the court, t…

tehrantimes (2025-12-12). Israel's aggressive blueprint: A rebuttal to Lebanon's pro-Israel propaganda. tehrantimes.com BEIRUT—In early December, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once again peeled back the last veneer of diplomatic pretence.

Yossi Verter (2025-12-12). No confession, no retirement: Why is president even considering pardon request? haaretz.com There can no longer be any doubt: the conduct of Israel's president is a national disgrace ‚ñ Does anyone really believe that after the pardon, Netanyahu will roll back his assault on democracy? ‚ñ Galit Distel Atbaryan a modern-day McCarthy…

H. Scott Prosterman (2025-12-12). Israel is Sinking into the Abyss of Netanyahu's Dictatorship. juancole.com Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) — It appears unlikely that the

tehrantimes (2025-12-12). Israel launches heavy strikes across southern and eastern Lebanon in new ceasefire violation. tehrantimes.com In another ceasefire violation, the Israeli military carried out heavy attacks on southern and eastern Lebanon on Friday, claiming in a statement that it struck Hezbollah military infrastructure and a "training camp," The Cradle reported.

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