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2025-12-29: Palestine Roundup

So far today: 2025-12-29 4:30pm GMT

Christians for a Free Palestine (2025-12-29). Wednesday 3/25: Virtual Action for Palestine. indybay.org Zoom | zoom.us/meeting/register/tU6krXE_RRGWnxK…

Ramzy Baroud (2025-12-29). Gaza as the Last Moral Frontier against Israel's Policy of Annihilation. counterpunch.org Three dominant narratives contend for the future of Gaza and occupied Palestine, yet only one is being translated into consequential action: the Israeli narrative of domination and genocide. This singular, violent vision is the only one backed by the brute force of policy and fact.

Angela (2025-12-29). Friday 1/2: Virtual Action Hour for Palestine. indybay.org Zoom | afsc.org/events/action-hour-palestine

Hikers for Palestine (2025-12-29). Thursday 1/1: Hikers for Palestine: Walking in Solidarity with Gaza's Orphans. indybay.org Inspiration Point (Tilden Regional Park), Wildcat Canyon Rd, Orinda, CA 94563…

USB (2025-12-29). Italy Meloni Gov Attacks Dockers Unions For Action On Palestine. indybay.org The Italian Meloni government is retaliating against the USB union for taking action against the genocide in Gaza…

Michael Leonardi (2025-12-29). The Body as the Final Weapon: Palestine Action and the Spirit of Bobby Sands. counterpunch.org When the machinery of the state is totally dedicated to the protection of genocide; when the courts act as private security for arms dealers and weapons manufacturers; and when the political class—from Labour to Tory—competes to see who can bow lower to the Zionist lobby, the only territory left to reclaim is the body itself.

Willem Moore, The Canary. (2025-12-29). Hunger Striker Loses Ability To Stand As Strike Hits Day 55. popularresistance.org Prisoners for Palestine have announced that hunger striker T Hoxha has lost the ability to stand. Hunger striker Heba Muraisi, meanwhile, is losing the ability to speak. The hunger strikers have endured 18 months in prison without trial. As a consequence of this and other instances of alleged mistreatment, they recently launched legal action against justice secretary David Lammy. Notably, these activists were imprisoned before the government proscribed Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation.

Editor (2025-12-29). The Gaza Genocide was not a One-Off: The Blueprint is There to be Repeated. scheerpost.com By Ramzy Baroud for the Middle East Monitor The architecture of extermination: Why the Gaza genocide is premeditated and repeatableSuppose we accept the fiction that none of us expected Israel to launch a full-scale genocide in Gaza—a premeditated campaign to erase the Strip and exterminate a significant portion of its inhabitants. Let us pretend that nearly eighty …

Richard Falk (2025-12-29). Shaming the UN by Ratifying Genocide. counterpunch.org In my view, the 15 members of the Security Council, disgracefully voted unanimously in favor of the US draft resolution, adopted as SC Resolution 2803 on November 17, 2025, endorsing the Trump Plan for the stabilization of Gaza. The plan emerged with the approval of Israel, significantly unveiled during a Netanyahu visit to the White House at a joint press conference. The core feature of the plan was to reward the perpetrators of prolonged genocide, preceded by apartheid and resulting in making a wasteland of Gaza. Not only were there no references in the resolution to Israel's defiance of rulings of the Internat…

Editor (2025-12-29). Klarenberg Was Right! Israel Sparks Somalia Fury Over Somaliland. scheerpost.com By Joshua Scheer Somalia has condemned Israel's unprecedented recognition of Somaliland as a sovereign state, warning of a threat to territorial integrity and regional stability. Investigative reporting by Kit Klarenberg earlier this year highlighted the strategic and humanitarian stakes, including potential military bases and the relocation of displaced Gazans, raising alarm over what critics call …

UMMID (2025-12-29). Gaza's Project Sunrise: Cat out of the bag. ummid.com Gaza's Project Sunrise right from the beginning was to get Gaza free of Palestinians, so that it could be redeveloped as a riviera or a Singapore in the desert, leading on AI and modern tech…

Angela (2025-12-29). Tuesday 12/30: Power Half Hour for Gaza. indybay.org Zoom | http: //jvp.org/gazaph…

Dave DeCamp (2025-12-29). Israel Has Killed at Least 414 Palestinians in Gaza Since Signing Ceasefire Deal: Health Ministry. news.antiwar.com Gaza's Health Ministry said on Saturday that Israeli forces have killed at least 414 Palestinians and wounded 1,142 since the ceasefire was supposed to go into effect on October 10, as the IDF continues violating the deal. The Health Ministry said that over the previous 48-hour period, at least four Palestinians were killed by the …

aljazeera (2025-12-29). This is what happened after recent Netanyahu meetings with US Presidents. aljazeera.com Netanyahu is set to meet the US president again, with past meetings since the Gaza war followed by regional escalation.

newarab (2025-12-29). Winter weather drenches Gaza tents as Netanyahu arrives in US. newarab.com Gaza's Government Operations Room has reiterated its calls for more humanitarian housing amid the The operations room said that

tehrantimes (2025-12-29). Israel has committed nearly 1,000 ceasefire violations in Gaza since October 10. tehrantimes.com Gaza officials report that 418 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli ceasefire violations since the truce began on October 10.

aljazeera (2025-12-29). Tents flooded by heavy rains in Gaza amid calls for Israel to let in aid. aljazeera.com Heavy winter rains and strong winds have brought new dangers to displaced Palestinians in a Gaza devastated by Israel.

Wim Laven (2025-12-29). Frozen Aid, Gaza Shivers, and Trump's Deal Melts Away. counterpunch.org Ceasefire? Peace in the Middle East? Ask a Gazan about it (well, not one of the 360 or more that the IDF has killed during the "ceasefire"). Ask the UN, which said 10 days ago that Israel is blocking most of the desperately needed aid (food, shelter, medical) to simply keep people alive as winter

newarab (2025-12-29). Winter storms are battering Gaza's displaced Palestinians. newarab.com

newarab (2025-12-29). Winter rain floods Gaza camps as Netanyahu heads for US meeting. newarab.com Winter rain lashed the

Editor (2025-12-29). Israel's Ceasefire Violations in Gaza Continue to Pile Up. scheerpost.com By International Middle East Media Center Israeli occupation forces continued to breach the ceasefire agreement on Friday and Saturday, carrying out new airstrikes, artillery fire, and machine‚Äëgun attacks across several areas of the Gaza Strip. The renewed violations come as casualty figures climb and rescue teams warn they are unable to reach many of the …

Josh Breiner (2025-12-29). Israel Police chief to promote officer who ordered arrest of Gaza hostage protesters in synagogue. haaretz.com Despite an official reprimand for ordering the arrest of women distributing flyers at a synagogue, Chief Superintendent Yaniv Volvovic is set for promotion to deputy commander of the Jerusalem District. His advancement was approved by Minister Ben-Gvir, sources said…

newleftreview (2025-12-29). 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.

Jasmin Gueta (2025-12-29). top court freezes Netanyahu government move to shutter Army Radio. haaretz.com The freeze follows a request by Attorney General Baharav-Miara, who wrote that the damage that would be caused by taking actions to close the IDF-run station is 'significant and irreversible'…

hindustantimes (2025-12-29). Israel's top court backs David Zini as Shin Bet chief amid Netanyahu turmoil. hindustantimes.com Israel's High Court of Justice has upheld the controversial appointment of David Zini as the new head of the Shin Bet in a closely divided 2—1 ruling, rejecting petitions that challenged his qualifications, conduct, and potential conflicts of interest. The decision comes amid intense political turmoil surrounding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, including ongoing investigations into his aides, the fallout from the October 7 Hamas attack, and accusations that the dismissal of former Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar was politically motivated. Watch the full video to learn more.

Reuters (2025-12-29). War drives Israeli tech workers to seek relocation abroad, report says. haaretz.com Without active government steps to ensure regulatory and geopolitical stability, Israel risks a gradual erosion of its tech ecosystem, the Israel Advanced Technology Industries Association warned in its report…

Ana Vraƒçar (2025-12-29). In Eastern Europe, resistance grows to militarism and Israeli arms production. peoplesdispatch.org Activists from Romania's Elbit OUT! campaign describe how rising militarization and looming austerity impact Eastern Europe's distinct political situation — and in which conditions this could open space for pro-peace, left movements.

| AFP | (2025-12-29). Houthi leader says Israeli presence in Somaliland will be considered 'military target'. tribune.com.pk The leader of Yemen's Houthi rebels warned that any Israeli presence in Somaliland would be considered a "military target", according to a statement published on Sunday. This is the latest condemnation of Israel's move to recognise the breakaway region. | "We consider any Israeli presence in Somaliland a military target for our armed forces, as it constitutes aggression against Somalia and Yemen, and a threat to the security of the region," said the group's chief, Abdulmalik al-Houthi, according to a statement published by rebel media online. | Read: Israel becomes first country to recognise Somaliland as inde…

Staff (2025-12-29). Former hostage says Hamas captors staged unreleased video depicting suicide attempt. haaretz.com Hostage survivor Elkana Bohbot told Israeli news outlet Yedioth Ahronoth that his captors lied to him, telling him his mother had died and that his wife had left him. He also said he had a plan to escape, but was moved to a tunnel before he and other hostages could attempt to flee…

newarab (2025-12-29). Houthi leader: Israeli presence in Somaliland will be a 'target'. newarab.com

en.mehrnews (2025-12-29). Yemen warns of military action against Israelis in Somaliland. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 29 (MNA) — The leader of Yemen's Ansarullah resistance movement has said that any Israeli presence in Somaliland will be considered a military target, as it constitutes aggression against Somalia and Yemen.

Nir Hasson (2025-12-29). Heavy rain, strong winds hit central Israel as tree falls onto moving car in Herzliya. haaretz.com Israeli authorities have warned of flooding and flash floods in streams. Strong winds are expected to persist, with gusts reaching 80 to 100 kilometers per hour…

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