2025-10-11: Palestine Roundup

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JANET (2025-10-11). The world is determined: Free Palestine! iacenter.org October 7, 2025 People all over the world are protesting Israel's attack on the Global Sumud Flotilla. Over 40 boats were attempting to reach Gaza, deliver material aid and break the siege. According to the flotilla's website, 161 of the kidnapped crew members had been released as of the morning of Oct. 6, while 301 were still "held captive" by Israel under conditions amounting to torture. The boats had all been illegally seized in international waters by Oct. 3. Captured crew members reported being forced to drink toilet water, going for days with no food, violent threats and being treated "like monkeys." (Aljaz…

Maxime Duriez (2025-10-11). Interception of the Sumud Flotilla for freedom. fidh.org

aljazeera (2025-10-11). Which artists are speaking up about Palestine? aljazeera.com From letters to pins to concerts to boycotts, artists risk roles and deals to back a Gaza ceasefire.

Maxime Duriez (2025-10-11). Israel subjects Flotilla participants to abuse and mistreatment. fidh.org Alexis Deswaef and Aziz Rhali, both vice-presidents of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), are among the 470 members of the Flotilla who were abducted by Israel in international waters on October 1 and 2, 2025. The two men have begun a hunger strike to protest their imprisonment, the mistreatment they are subjected to, and the ongoing genocide in Gaza. FIDH is calling for their immediate and unconditional release, as well as that of all the Flotilla participants still (…) | – | /…

Peoples Dispatch (2025-10-11). Within the US, pro-Palestine movement vows to continue struggle for lasting peace. peoplesdispatch.org Pro-Palestine organizers gather across the country to mark the start of the ceasefire, stand in solidarity with Gaza, and pledge to keep fighting for full liberation…

Yasmine Louanchi (2025-10-11). Israel/Palestine: The Observatory condemns the arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla in Israeli prisons. fidh.org

Leon Kunstenaar (2025-10-11). UC Berkeley Again Blasts US-Israel Genocide of Palestine. indybay.org Hundreds in yet another Sproul Hall demonstration against the US-Israel attempted destruction of Palestine.

Yasmine Louanchi (2025-10-11). Israel/Palestine : Illegal interception of the Sumud Flotilla and arrest of peaceful activists. fidh.org Today, the Sumud Flotilla for Freedom, carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza and composed by international human rights defenders and activists committed to non-violent action, was violently boarded in international waters by the Israeli army. Hundreds of peaceful activists on board were kidnapped and illegaly arrested, including two International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) Vice-Presidents. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (a partnership of FIDH and OMCT) (…) | – |

Joe Piette (2025-10-11). Philly rage and resistance Oct 7 rally. workers.org Hundreds rallied under the theme of "Reject normalization. honor the martyrs, uplift resistance!" on Oct 7 in Philadelphia. Organized by the Philly Palestine Coalition, protesters started the march at arms-supplier-to-Israel Day & Zimmermann at North 15th and Spring Garden streets. As some activists held up signs in Arabic, Chinese, English . . . |

Human Rights Watch (2025-10-11). Israel/Palestine: Microsoft Should Avoid Contributing to Rights Abuses. juancole.com Further Due Diligence Needed After Suspension of Some Cloud and AI Services Human Rights Watch — (New York, October 10, 2025) — Microsoft should suspend business activities that are contributing to grave human rights abuses and international crimes by the Israeli military and other Israeli government bodies, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Access Now, and …

JANET (2025-10-11). Seattle youth tell arms makers: "Stop aiding genocide!" iacenter.org By Jim McMahan October 10, 2025 Hundreds of youth walked out of schools on Oct. 7 to join a mid-day march in Seattle. The students came from high schools, colleges and community colleges. They held a feeder march into the Palestine solidarity march in the downtown area that traveled through the towers of the hi-tech weapons manufacturers, which have played a huge role in the attempted genocide of the heroic Palestinians of Gaza. In front of Amazon's headquarters, Seattle, October 7, 2025. (Photo: Jim McMahan) Amazon's imperialist international headquarters was especially targeted, along with Microsoft and Google.

Maxime Duriez (2025-10-11). Two years of captivity for Hamas hostages, a genocide in Gaza: International justice trampled. fidh.org

Christians for a Free Palestine (2025-10-11). Wednesday 10/15: Virtual Action for Palestine. indybay.org Zoom | zoom.us/meeting/register/tU6krXE_RRGWnxK…

jagonews24 (2025-10-11). Shahidul returns home from Israel captivity. jagonews24.com Bangladeshi photographer and human rights activist Shahidul Alam, who was released by Israeli authorities on Friday after joining a Free Palestine campaign, returned home in the early hours of Saturday, October 11.

aljazeera (2025-10-11). What children in Gaza are saying about the ceasefire. aljazeera.com After two years of devastating war, Gaza's children speak of fear, loss and relief as the ceasefire takes hold.

Phil Pasquini (2025-10-11). Peace at Hand? Protesters Keep up the Pressure. indybay.org Activists protest the Gaza genocide outside the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco even though a tentative peace deal has been reached between Israel and Hamas.

Tareq S. Hajjaj (2025-10-11). Gazans march north again, returning to homes made of rubble. mondoweiss.net As Palestinians return to the rubble of their homes, the effects of the genocide are being felt amid heightened social unrest. "This war broke us," one returnee to Gaza City told Mondoweiss. "It damaged our souls. We need decades to heal."

JANET (2025-10-11). The world economic and political crisis deepens — warmongering intensifies. iacenter.org October 6, 2025 By Jorge Cadima The author, a regular contributor to the media of the Portuguese Communist Party, published the article below in the September/October issue of O Militante, the PCP magazine. We are maintaining Cadima's notes listing sources. The article was written before the mass protests and strikes in France and Spain and the general strike in Italy against the genocide in Gaza. Translation: John Catalinotto From the front page of O Militante, magazine of the Portuguese Communist Party. Although we live in the nuclear age and existing weapons could wipe out human life on the planet, the discour…

Haymarket Books (2025-10-11). Thursday 10/16: Virtual Book Launch: Displaced in Gaza: Stories from the Gaza Genocide. indybay.org Online | www.tickettailor.com/events/haymarketboo…

tehrantimes (2025-10-11). The war that blew 'Hasbara' away. tehrantimes.com As an agreement to implement the first phase of a peace plan for Gaza was reached in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, and the initial steps to carry out that phase have already been taken, it is timely to examine the consequences and dimensions of the bloody Gaza war over the past two years.

albawaba (2025-10-11). Gaza under fire again after Israel approves ceasefire and withdrawal plan. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Even though a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement was officially approved, Israeli forces kept bombing multiple parts of the Gaza Strip with air and artillery on Friday. This made people worry that the deal might fall apart before it even starts. | Local emergency services said that one Palestinian was killed and several others were hurt when Israeli shells hit the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in northern Gaza City. Al-Shifa Hospital staff said that since early this morning, they have found 35 bodies in different parts of the city. | Al Jazeera's reporter says that Israeli forces attacked Gaza City…

ICRC (2025-10-11). "Humanity hollowed out" : Gaza, two years on. icrc.org The below is a statement by Sarah Avrillaud, head of the ICRC sub-delegation in Gaza:…

Newsroom (2025-10-11). Playing the Trump Card: The Untold Strategy Behind Hamas's Hostage Release. moderndiplomacy.eu Hamas has criticized Donald Trump, calling him a racist and expressing concerns over his vision for Gaza. However, a significant phone call last month shifted Hamas's perspective on Trump, leading them to believe he could facilitate a peace deal between Israel and Hamas, even if Hamas gave up hostages that currently give them leverage. During …

ICRC (2025-10-11). ICRC president: Gaza ceasefire critical to saving lives and reuniting families. icrc.org

geo.tv (2025-10-11). Trusting Trump: Why Hamas gambled on giving up Gaza hostages. geo.tv Hamas fighters stand guard during a handover of deceased hostages, in the southern Gaza Strip, February 2025. — Reuters Hamas has called Donald Trump a racist, a "recipe for chaos" and a man with an absurd vision for Gaza.But one extraordinary phone call last month…

Jonah Valdez (2025-10-11). Did Qatari Money Drive Trump's Push for Gaza Ceasefire. theintercept.com

SKWAWKBOX (2025-10-11). Israel refuses to release abducted Palestinian doctors, will not let foreign medics enter Gaza either… skwawkbox.org

ICRC (2025-10-11). Israel and the occupied territories: Civilian suffering in Gaza on a devastating scale after two years of conflict. icrc.org

dale Pankhurst, Phd Candidate, Tutor in the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy, Politics, Queen's University Belfast (2025-10-11). Hamas at a crossroads as the Gaza ceasefire deal comes into force. | Dale Pankhurst

Staff (2025-10-11). Gaza hostages expected Monday as Middle East summit plans move forward, says Trump. haaretz.com

geo.tv (2025-10-11). Major win for US president on Gaza, but will it stand test of time. geo.tv US President Donald Trump has undeniably scored a diplomatic victory by helping to broker a truce for Gaza, but the path to the lasting peace he says he wants for the Middle East is littered with obstacles.And it remains to be seen whether the 79-year-old Trump — who is not…

albawaba (2025-10-11). Hamas trapped by secret clauses: The "Emergency Mechanisms" that could reignite the war. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Sources in the diplomatic community say that U.S. President Donald Trump's ceasefire plan for Gaza, which got Israel and Hamas to agree to stop fighting, may have secret clauses that could start the fighting again under certain conditions.Western diplomats say that the public version of the plan only talks about three official phases: the exchange of hostages and prisoners, a gradual Israeli withdrawal, and reconstruction. There are also unreleased appendices that are informally called "emergency mechanisms." These secret parts are said to be meant to punish Hamas if it breaks any of the terms of the d…

Sheren Falah Saab (2025-10-11). Posting without a hand: teenage girls turn survival into online diaries. haaretz.com While girls their age across the world post videos of themselves opening gifts, girls in Gaza document a different reality — which includes hunger, loss and shortages. This documentation, beyond being a tool for collecting donations, also has a therapeutic effect…

Editor (2025-10-11). Yemen's Houthis To 'Monitor' Israel Compliance With Gaza Ceasefire Deal. scheerpost.com

United World International (2025-10-11). Egypt Wins the War and the Peace. uwidata.com By Islam Farag, from Cairo / Egypt In the early hours of last Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas had reached the first phase of a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip. As the ceasefire took effect, ending a two-year war, cautious optimism mixed with deep apprehension prevailed. Observers continue to …

dana El Kurd, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Richmond (2025-10-11). Gaza peace plan risks borrowing more from Tony Blair's failures in the Middle East than his success in Northern Ireland. | Dana El Kurd

Saeed Minhas (2025-10-11). Is the White House's Nobel Outrage Justified or Just Sour Grapes? thinktank.pk The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize announcement on October 10 has unleashed a storm of controversy, with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado taking the honor for her bold stand against dictatorship. Yet, the spotlight swiftly shifted to U.S. President Donald Trump's omission, especially hot on the heels of his Gaza ceasefire breakthrough. European media reports …

newleftreview (2025-10-11). Susan Watkins: Israel after Fordow. newleftreview.org Netanyahu is building on the obliteration of Gaza to launch an external offensive across multiple fronts, aiming at cantonization in Lebanon and Syria, and regime change, if not state break-up, in Iran. What explains the West's political investment in an Israeli-centric Middle East, on conspicuous display during June's Twelve-Day War?

Associated Press (2025-10-11). 'Nothing left': Palestinians return to rubble in Gaza as truce takes effect. scmp.com Tens of thousands of Palestinians headed back to the heavily destroyed northern Gaza Strip on Friday as a US-brokered ceasefire came into effect in a deal that raised hopes for ending the Israel-Hamas war. All the remaining hostages were set to be released within days. | Questions remain over who will govern Gaza as Israeli troops gradually pull back and whether Hamas will disarm, as called for in US President Donald Trump's ceasefire plan.

Newsroom (2025-10-11). The Long Walk Home: Gazans Return to Rubble as Truce Holds. moderndiplomacy.eu Thousands of displaced Palestinians began returning to their destroyed homes in Gaza after a ceasefire took effect and Israeli troops started to withdraw as part of a broader agreement to end the conflict. Many walked along the coastal road toward Gaza City, which had recently faced heavy attacks. Ismail Zayda expressed gratitude that his house …

aljazeera (2025-10-11). Tens of thousands return to shattered Gaza homes after ceasefire. aljazeera.com

ICRC (2025-10-11). Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC forced to temporarily suspend operations in Gaza City office as hostilities escalate. icrc.org

aljazeera (2025-10-11). Palestinians search Gaza rubble for loved ones in ceasefire, return home. aljazeera.com Displaced Palestinians return to the ruins of homes, driven by loss, defiance and the will to rebuild.

aljazeera (2025-10-11). LIVE: Israel-Hamas ceasefire holds, Palestinians return to north Gaza ruins. aljazeera.com US President Donald Trump says Israeli captives held in Gaza will be released on Monday.

aljazeera (2025-10-11). US President Trump says Israeli captives to be released from Gaza on Monday. aljazeera.com The US president told reporters that the bodies of Israelis who died in captivity in Gaza are 'being unearthed'.

Editor (2025-10-11). Israeli Government Votes to Implement Trump Peace Plan for Gaza as Hamas Pledges to Uphold It. scheerpost.com Israeli Knesset. Clema12, CC BY-SA 4.0 In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible By Juan Cole /

Rawan Suleiman (2025-10-11). Palestinian factions say they will implement Gaza cease-fire despite refusal to release high-ranking prisoners. haaretz.com Earlier Friday, the Israeli government revised a list of Palestinian prisoners slated for release under the cease-fire deal: Eleven Hamas members would be released instead of 11 members of Fatah. 'We have made great efforts to ensure the release of all prisoners,' Hamas and two factions said…

JANET (2025-10-11). Hamas announcement on the ceasefire agreement. iacenter.org October 9, 2025 The following statement from Hamas was released on Oct. 9, 2025: Following responsible and serious negotiations conducted by the Movement and the Palestinian resistance factions regarding President Trump's proposal in Sharm El Sheikh, aimed at achieving a halt to the war of extermination against our Palestinian people and the withdrawal of the occupation from the Gaza Strip, the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) announces reaching an agreement that stipulates ending the war on Gaza, the withdrawal of the occupation from it, the entry of aid, and the exchange of prisoners. We highly appreciate th…

newleftreview (2025-10-11). Kevin Gray: Old Wine in New Bottles. newleftreview.org Though brandishing 'Stop the Steal!' placards, along with US and Israeli flags, nationalist mobilizations in South Korea draw on a different lineage to that of Trump, Bolsonaro or Farage. The latest NLR study of rising new rights locates the RoK's conservative bloc in its history of collaboration with Japanese and American imperialism, now re-gearing against the PRC.

Chen Maanit (2025-10-11). Former Israeli Minister: of hostages is a prerequisite for rebuilding the. haaretz.com Haim Oron, formerly of the Zionist left Meretz party, believes that the continued captivity of the hostages, two years after October 7, reflects the fracture within Israeli society. Despite all that, he has not lost faith in the two-state solution and peace between Israelis and Palestinians…

Ed Newman (2025-10-10). Cuba demands end to imperialist aggression against Palestine. radiohc.cu A representation of more than 100,000 residents of the capital once again took center stage at the Anti-Imperialist Tribune — Cuba's response to the world in solidarity with Palestine and in condemnation of the ongoing genocide against its population. | The event in Havana included the participation of Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, and was replicated throughout the island in other demonstrations reaffirming Cuba's support for this cause. | Also joining the Cubans' outcry were members of the Political Bureau,…

jagonews24 (2025-10-10). Shahidul set to return to Dhaka early Saturday. jagonews24.com Renowned Bangladeshi photographer and human rights activist Shahidul Alam, who was released by Israeli authorities on Friday after joining a Free Palestine campaign, is expected to arrive in Dhaka in the early hours of Saturday, October 11.

Mitchell Plitnick (2025-10-10). Now that a Gaza ceasefire has been reached, will Trump force Israel to end the genocide? mondoweiss.net Donald Trump's "20-Point Plan" could provide a path to end the Gaza genocide, but it is limited by a lack of details and the uncertainty of whether the U.S. is willing to enforce it on Israel.

Josh Breiner (2025-10-10). Israel finalizes list of Palestinian prisoners to be released under Gaza cease-fire. haaretz.com Israeli defense officials warned that many of those released could rise to senior positions in Hamas and Fatah in the coming years. 'We are essentially releasing the next Yahya Sinwar,' a senior defense official told Haaretz. 'These are extremely intelligent and dangerous individuals — we must know who they are and what they're capable of'…

Nir Hasson (2025-10-10). Three Israeli citizens on Gaza-bound flotilla still detained over refusing to pledge not to enter Gaza again. haaretz.com The three are still being held at Shikma prison in Ashkelon, and their lawyer claims that their detention is unjustified since they are all Israeli citizens who were brought into the country by force…

Ed Newman (2025-10-10). Israel bombards various parts of Gaza despite announcement of ceasefire deal. radiohc.cu Israeli attacks have continued in the besieged Gaza Strip despite an announcement by mediators that a ceasefire had been reached to end the two-year aggression on the besieged Gaza Strip. | Local media reports said Thursday Israeli forces carried out intense bombardments across several areas of the Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens in recent hours. Heavy airstrikes and artillery shelling were reported in Gaza City and Khan Younis overnight. | Israeli quadcopters were also reported to have dropped bombs on civilians in Gaza City, the largest urban center in the Palestinian territory. Health officials said th…

geo.tv (2025-10-10). US to deploy 200 troops for Gaza stability task force. geo.tv Military personnel from the 82nd Airborne Division and 18th Airborne Corps board a C-17 transport plane for deployment to Eastern Europe, amid escalating tensions between Ukraine and Russia, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, US, February 3, 2022. — ReutersWASHINGTON: The United…

Democracy Now! (2025-10-10). Democracy Now! 2025-10-10 Friday. democracynow.org Headlines for October 10, 2025; After Gaza Ceasefire, "Massive Political Pressure" Needed to Prevent Israel from Restarting the War; 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for Anti-Maduro Leader María Corina Machado "Opposite of Peace": Greg Grandin; "Enshittification": Cory Doctorow on Why Big Tech Sucks, Keeps Getting Worse & What to Do About It | Headlines for October 10, 2025; After Gaza Ceasefire, "Massive Political Pressure" Needed to Prevent Israel from Restarting the War; 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for Anti-Maduro Leader María Corina Machado "Opposite of Peace": Greg…

Ryan Cristián (2025-10-10). The Illusion Of Comey/James Indictments, The Gaslit Antifa Roundtable The Fake Gaza Ceasefire. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, an in-depth investigatory show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (10/10/25). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the

C.J. Atkins (2025-10-10). Peace forces welcome Gaza ceasefire, demand accountability and Palestinian self-determination. peoplesworld.org The people of Gaza have begun their long march home from the concentration camps in the southern part of the besieged strip, as a ceasefire agreement finally appears to be taking hold and Israeli troops have partially pulled back from cities in the north. The more than 70,000 Gazans killed by U.S.-supplied Israeli bombs and …

Qassam Muaddi (2025-10-10). The Israeli media is reporting on a 'secret clause' in the Gaza ceasefire deal that no one is talking about. mondoweiss.net Hebrew-language Israeli media reports say there is a "secret clause" buried in the Gaza ceasefire agreement that would allow Israel to resume the war. Palestinians worry this is the pretext Netanyahu needs to get out of completing the deal.

ptcnews.tv (2025-10-10). Violent clashes in Lahore as TLP pro-Gaza protesters march toward US Embassy. ptcnews.tv PTC Web Desk: Violent clashes erupted on Friday between police and Islamists in Lahore as security forces attempted to stop thousands of protesters from leaving for Islamabad. Protesters, led by the Islamist Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party, staged a pro-Gaza rally outside the US Embassy in the capital.The unrest, which began on Thursday in the Punjab province, escalated as the police used batons and tear gas to disperse demonstrators, who retaliated by throwing stones. According to TLP, two of its supporters have been killed and around 50 injured since Thursday. The Punjab provincial government, headed by…

The Associated Press (2025-10-10). Indonesia to block Israeli team from competing at gymnastics world championships in Jakarta. haaretz.com The decision to deny visas to the Israeli athletes comes after their planned participation had sparked intense opposition in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation, which has long been a staunch supporter of Palestinians…

newarab (2025-10-10). What are the 'secret clauses' in the Israel—Hamas truce deal. newarab.com Israeli media outlets have revealed new details of what they describe as "secret clauses" in the The New Arab looks into what exactly these clauses are and what the ramifications of them could be on the long-term prospects for peace. | Secret humanitarian framework: | According to Israel's Army Radio, the "secret humanitarian framework" allows,…

newarab (2025-10-10). UN rapporteur labels Israel's 2023 Lebanon attack a war crime. newarab.com A United Nations rapporteur on Friday said an Morris Tidball-Binz, UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, told a press conference in Beirut that it was "a premeditated, targeted and double-tapped attack from the Israeli forces, a clear violation, in my opinion, of IHL (international humanitarian law), a war crime". | The attack killed Reut…

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