(2026-02-07). Sunday 2/8: Bees, Land, & Liberation: Storytime from Palestine. indybay.org Zoom | us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/UZiKWMf……
(2026-02-07). How the Middle Powers Cynically left Gaza to be Genocided. juancole.com (
(2026-02-07). Hamas calls for new global actions against ongoing genocide. iacenter.org February 4, 2026 The following press release was posted Feb. 3, 2026, on Hamas Online English Mirror. A Global Call for Protests and Pressure Campaigns Against the Continued Aggression and Genocide Targeting Our Palestinian People in the Gaza Strip In light of the fascist occupation government's continued brutal aggression against our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip through escalating brutal raids and bombardment, committing the most horrific crimes of systematic killing by blowing up and destroying the tents and homes of defenseless civilians, as well as exacerbating their humanitarian suffering: And as the…
(2026-02-07). Israel's Gaza genocide risks global order, leaders warn at Al Jazeera Forum. aljazeera.com Israel's war on Gaza and actions beyond are reshaping global politics and threatening global stability, forum hears.
(2026-02-07). Satellite evidence challenges Gaza ceasefire as new Israeli military sites emerge. albawaba.com ALBAWABA — Newly analyzed satellite imagery suggests that Israeli forces have established additional military positions in both southern and northern Gaza, raising questions about the scope of Israeli troop deployment despite the implementation of the second phase of the ceasefire agreement.Images reviewed by media outlets show that areas near Khan Younis in southern Gaza—specifically close to the so-called "Yellow Line" separating Israeli-controlled zones from civilian areas—were free of military activity before early December. However, imagery captured after the beginning of February reveals t…
(2026-02-07). Israel's war on Gaza decimated transport and even made walking perilous. aljazeera.com Total losses of transport infrastructure estimated at $2.5bn. leaving many areas isolated and basic services suspended.
(2026-02-07). Handcuffs, interrogation, humiliation: Palestinians describe Israeli treatment at Rafah crossing. mondoweiss.net 
The first Palestinians returned to Gaza from Egypt through the Rafah crossing this week, after being stuck outside Gaza for two years or more. They described grueling interrogations, intimidation, and threats by Israeli soldiers at the crossing.
(2026-02-07). Palestinians Returning to Gaza Endure Violent Interrogation at Rafah Crossing. truthout.org Shackled, interrogated, and humiliated. That is how Intisar al-Ekir, a Palestinian woman from Gaza, described her experience as one of a dozen people who returned back to Gaza from Egypt through the Rafah border crossing this week. In a widely circulated video on social media, al-Ekir steps off a bus arriving from the Rafah crossing into Gaza, her outstretched hands showing signs of being… |
(2026-02-07). When Delay becomes Killing in Gaza: Wisdom from the Talmud. juancole.com Silver Spring, Md. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) — In the heat of war, the Torah or Hebrew Bible demands an unexpected restraint: Do not cut down the fruit trees. | The Jewish ecological principle known as Bal Tashchit ('do not destroy') forbids the destruction of fruit-bearing trees — and by extension any source of nutrition — even during a siege — is rooted in Deuteronomy 20: 19, ""If you besiege a town for a long time, making war against it in order to take it, you must not destroy its trees by wielding an ax against them. Although you may take food from them, you must not cut th…
(2026-02-07). Friday 2/6: Calling Party for Gaza. indybay.org Zoom | www.codepink.org/cp26…
(2026-02-07). 'Israel killed international law in Gaza', official tells Al Jazeera. aljazeera.com Mustafa Barghouti, of the Palestinian National Initiative, said steadfastness of Palestinians shows 'failure of Israel'.
(2026-02-07). Trump's 'Board of Peace' to convene in Washington, discuss Gaza: Report. aljazeera.com Report by news outlet Axios says that first meeting of board tasked with governing Gaza will take place on February 19.
(2026-02-07). 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.
(2026-02-07). Between Rafah Ruin: The Unresolved Future of the Trump Gaza Plan. moderndiplomacy.eu The reopening of the Rafah crossing marks an important step in Trump's plan for Gaza, relating specifically to the plan's ceasefire and humanitarian access provisions. The initiative is not without challenge though, it relies on Hamas' disarmament, extremely ambiguous international oversight (including from the nascent 'Board of Peace'), and arguably impractical reconstruction blueprints which risk …
(2026-02-07). 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.
(2026-02-07). Political firestorm as Netanyahu releases 55-page report, opposition cries cover-up. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a 55-page document with his story of what happened during the attack led by Hamas on October 7, 2023. This move has been harshly criticized by members of the opposition and former security officials.The document was sent as Netanyahu's official answer to Matanyahu Englman, who is Israel's State Comptroller and is looking into the political and security problems that led up to the attack. For safety reasons, three pages of the paper were crossed out.There was no admission of guilt.: In the whole report, Netanyahu avoids taking personal blame for…
(2026-02-07). Netanyahu warns over Egypt's growing military strength after Turkey pact. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi signed a landmark framework military cooperation agreement during Erdogan's official visit to Cairo on Wednesday, signaling a major thaw in bilateral relations after years of tension.The pact, formalized by Turkish Defense Minister Ya≈üar Gàºler and Egyptian Defense Minister Abdel Megeed Saqr, covers joint military training, education programs, defense industry collaboration, personnel exchanges, and enhanced security coordination.The leaders also signed agreements spanning trade, investment, health, agric…
(2026-02-07). transit camps determined the fate of Israeli society for decades to. haaretz.com Historian Dr. Hila Shalem Baharad explains how state policy enabled Ashkenazi immigrants to leave the transit camps in the 1950s while Mizrahim were left behind — creating enduring social rifts that Israel has yet to rectify…
(2026-02-07). A Palestinian family with four children lives here. For Israeli settlers, a trash dump. haaretz.com A herd of cattle from a nearby outpost stormed a Palestinian family's yard, munching on everything in sight — including the reeking pile of trash settlers dumped there days earlier. Israeli soldiers palled around with the intruders, while the residents hid indoors. Another day in the Jordan Valley…
(2026-02-07). Israeli President Herzog's visit to Australia: Labor governments embrace mass murder and police state repression. wsws.org The visit has the character of a provocation against the population, aimed at signalling Labor's support for imperialist war and its commitment to suppressing mass opposition.
(2026-02-07). Friday 2/6: Israeli Consulate: Stop Zionist Violence, Stop the Hate! indybay.org israeli consulate, 456 Montgomery – SF…
(2026-02-07). Olympics-Israel team booed at Milan Games opening ceremony. newarab.com 
The four-person Israeli delegation, waving the country's flag and smiling, marched into the San Siro stadium during the parade of participating countries, with the boos quickly drowned out by the loud soundtra…