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So far today: 2025-05-03 03:35am GMT

newarab (2025-05-02). On May Day, Morocco's unions march against Israel normalisation. newarab.com Thousands of Moroccan workers flooded the streets of Rabat on Thursday waving Moroccan and Palestinian flags, turning a rally for While demands for higher pay and secure jobs led the march, many protesters raised signs and chanted in support of Palestine. | Banners reading "No to normalisation" and "Worker…

presstv.ir (2025-05-02). Massive wildfires keep raging across Israeli occupied territories. presstv.ir The blaze, which authorities described as one of the largest in the regime's history,continued ranging on Thursday.

presstv.ir (2025-05-02). Israeli report: Netanyahu moving to expand war on Gaza Strip. presstv.ir Critics have accused Netanyahu of abandoning the captives in favor of prolonging the war for his political survival.

Hikers for Palestine (2025-05-02). Saturday 5/3: Hikers for Palestine. indybay.org Point Isabel Parking Lot, 2406 Rydin Rd, Richmond, CA 94804…

english.almanar.com.lb (2025-05-02). Yemeni Missile Triggers Haifa Sirens After US aggression. english.almanar.com.lb Air raid sirens blared across Haifa early Friday as a Yemeni missile targeted northern occupied Palestine, marking an unusual expansion of Yemen's operational reach. The missile strike on Haifa came hours after US warplanes conducted multiple airstrikes on Yemen, hitting several locations in and around the capital Sanaa. The American bombardment struck the Asr area …

greenleft.org.au (2025-05-02). The ICJ, Israel and the Gaza blockade. greenleft.org.au

aljazeera (2025-05-02). Palestine the world's most dangerous place for journalists, RSF says. aljazeera.com US President Donald Trump overseeing 'troubling deterioration' in press freedom in US, Reporters Without Borders says.

SKWAWKBOX (2025-05-02). People of Hastings mount 'empty pot' protest against Israel's starvation blockade of Gaza. skwawkbox.org "We won't be silent as Israel starves Gaza!" Today, members of Hastings and District Palestine Solidarity Campaign (HDPSC) and Hastings Jews for Justice (HJJ) took over the roundabout outside the town council offices to bang empty pots in protest against Israel's deliberate starvation of around two million genocide survivors in Gaza and the UK government's refusal …

presstv.ir (2025-05-02). Humanitarian organizations warn Gaza children starve, suffer from acute malnutrition. presstv.ir As famine tightens its grip on Gaza, hospitals are overwhelmed with starving children.

newarab (2025-05-02). The Gaza genocide is making Pakistan boycott cricket. Here's why. newarab.com It's not the sort of thing you'd see reported by the BBC, but a growing pro-Palestine movement has been mobilising within Pakistan in recent weeks. While the Israeli occupation intensifies its violence and perpetration of genocide against Palestinians within Gaza and beyond, a combination of local factors has influenced the mobilisation within Pakistan. | Since the beginning of the genocide in Gaza, Pakistanis have, for the most part, voiced support for Palestine on social media and raised calls for boycotts of Israeli-supporting brands within the country. The rise in popularity of the Pakistan-made Cola Next…

aljazeera (2025-05-02). ICJ hearing on Israel's obligation to allow aid to Palestine: Key takeaways. aljazeera.com Most states that participated in the rhetorical hearings said Israel has failed to deliver aid to Palestinians.

Democracy Now! (2025-05-02). Democracy Now! 2025-05-02 Friday. democracynow.org Headlines for May 02, 2025; Gaza Aid Flotilla Attacked by Drones in International Waters; Organizers Blame Israel; "Losing Our Democracy": Workers & Immigrants Lead Nationwide May Day Protests Against Trump; "Palestine Is Really the Center of the World": Angela Davis on Gaza, Black-Jewish Solidarity & Trump; Badar Khan Suri Is a Peace Scholar at Georgetown. Now He's Being Held as a High-Risk Threat in ICE Jail | Headlines for May 02, 2025; Gaza Aid Flotilla Attacked by Drones in International Waters; Organizers Blame Israel; "Losing Our Democracy": Workers & Immigrants Lead…

One State Campaign. (2025-05-02). One Democratic State Campaign For Palestine. popularresistance.org In recent years, the idea of a single democratic state in all of historic Palestine has re-emerged as the best solution to the conflict, and it has begun to gain increasing popular support. This idea is not new; the Palestinian national liberation movement, both before and after the Nakba, embraced it, including the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), until its engagement in peace negotiations in the late 1980s, culminating in the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993. The Palestinian leadership envisioned this agreement as a transition to the establishment of an indep…

presstv.ir (2025-05-02). Palestine the world's most dangerous place for journalists: Report. presstv.ir According to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Palestine is currently considered the world's most dangerous place for journalists amid the Israeli regime's genocidal war on Gaza and the unprecedented massacre of individuals in the occupied territory.

Sharon Zhang (2025-05-02). Ship Carrying Humanitarian Aid for Gaza Bombed Off Coast of Malta. truthout.org A ship carrying humanitarian aid bound for Gaza was bombed just off the coast of Malta on Friday, with activists saying that Israel bears responsibility for the attack on the vessel aiming to break Israel's two month-long total aid blockade on the Gaza Strip. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition, an activist group formed in 2010 aiming to break Israel's decades-long blockade of Gaza… |

Kerry Smith (2025-05-02). Freedom Flotilla attacked off the coast of Malta. greenleft.org.au The Conscience, a Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) ship carrying human rights volunteers and humanitarian aid to Gaza came under direct attack by armed drones in international waters on May 2, reports Kerry Smith.

albawaba (2025-05-02). Israel strike targets Gaza-Bound freedom flotilla near Malta. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – According to sources cited by Al Jazeera, an Israeli drone attack targeted one of the Freedom Flotilla ships sailing toward Gaza, resulting in serious damage and a fire. The incident happened in international seas close to Malta late on Wednesday night.Around thirty international human rights activists were on board the ship, "Al-Dameer," which was sailing from Tunisia. A flotilla spokeswoman said that the ship was struck by two drone attacks, one of which damaged its power generator, resulting in a fire in the bow and a breach in the hull.Thankfully, organizers verified that there were no reported inj…

Ed Newman (2025-05-02). Israel attacks Gaza-bound aid flotilla in international waters. radiohc.cu Geneva, May 2 (RHC) ⚪ Israel has carried out a drone attack on a Gaza-bound ship carrying humanitarian aid and activists off the coast of Malta in international waters, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) says.

SKWAWKBOX (2025-05-02). Gaza Freedom Flotilla boat holed, burning after Israeli drone attack in international waters. skwawkbox.org No clear word if anti-genocide activists rescued A 'Gaza freedom flotilla' ship has been holed and set on fire after an attack by drones in international waters as it tried to reach Gaza to bring aid and peacefully protest against Israel's genocide against the Palestinians. The vessel was bombed twice by a number of drones …

aljazeera (2025-05-02). Drone attack on Gaza 'Freedom Flotilla' ship. aljazeera.com Aid workers trying to deliver supplies to Gaza are stranded on a burning ship in the middle of the sea.

aljazeera (2025-05-02). Drones hit 'Freedom Flotilla' Gaza aid ship in international waters. aljazeera.com Freedom Flotilla Coalition demands Israel answer to violations including blockade and 'bombing of our civilian vessel'.

aljazeera (2025-05-02). Freedom Flotilla accuses Israel of alleged drone attack on Gaza aid ship. aljazeera.com

newarab (2025-05-02). Gaza freedom flotilla attacked by suspected Israeli drones. newarab.com

Staff (2025-05-02). A Gangster state: Israelis bomb humanitarian ship outside Malta! defenddemocracy.press Israel Bombs Humanitarian Aid Flotilla on Way to Gaza A similar aid convoy was attacked by Tel Aviv in 2010, killing 10 people and injuring dozens more by Will Porter* May 2, 2025 A ship carrying supplies bound for the Gaza Strip was attacked by Israeli drones in international waters on Friday, according to the …

Staff (2025-05-02). military strikes several targets in Syria. haaretz.com ISRAEL: Soldier killed in car crash in Golan Heights; Druze protesters block roads, call for intervention in Syria ‚ñ GAZA: Flotilla heading to Gaza reportedly sinking after drone strike near Malta ‚ñ SYRIA: Israel hits targets near Damascus' presidential palace after attacks on Druze minority ‚ñ YEMEN: Houthis claim responsibility for second missile launch towards Israel…

Staff (2025-05-02). Israeli Strikes Kill 17 in Gaza as Children Starve Under Blockade. defenddemocracy.press The UN's Palestinian relief agency says it has nearly 3,000 trucks ready to go into Gaza, but Israel continues to block all goods from entering by Dave DeCamp May 1, 2025 Gaza's Health Ministry said Thursday that Israeli attacks over the previous 24-hour period killed 17 Palestinians and injured 77, as health officials are warning …

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2025-05-02). Gaza food stocks depleted. electronicintifada.net Impact of Israeli bomb on Gaza City home throws children onto neighboring roof, tearing 5-year-old girl in half.

tn.ai (2025-05-02). Children Starve in Gaza as Israel Chokes Humanitarian Lifelines. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Red Cross says Gaza is on the brink of humanitarian collapse as Israel's two-month blockade prevents critical food and medical supplies from reaching civilians, with children dying from starvation and dehydration.

aljazeera (2025-05-02). Palestinian children face starvation under Israel's total Gaza blockade. aljazeera.com UNICEF says children face 'growing risk of starvation, illness and death' as Israel bars food and other aid deliveries.

Nir Hasson (2025-05-02). 15 family members killed in Israeli strike on Gaza; only seven-year-old, his mother survived. haaretz.com The likely target of last week's IDF strike in Gaza City was a Hamas Finance Ministry employee. He and his five daughters were killed. 'Everyone was gone — my brother and his kids, my sister and hers, my husband and our children,' his wife said…

newarab (2025-05-02). US man who killed Palestinian child sentenced to 53 years. newarab.com An Illinois man was sentenced on Friday to 53 years in prison after a jury convicted him in the killing of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy and the severe wounding of his mother in an October 2023 hate crime stabbing, prosecutors said. | Joseph Czuba, 73, stabbed and killed Wadee Alfayoumi and knifed Hanan Shaheen days after U.S. ally Israel began its latest war on Gaza. | Prosecutors said the stabbing – one of the earliest and worst hate crime incidents in the U.S. since the start of the war – was sparked by anti-Muslim hatred. U.S. rights advocates have noted rising Islamophobia, anti-Arab hate and anti…

newarab (2025-05-02). Remembering Gaza's brave journalists on World Press Freedom Day. newarab.com Every year, As we observe this day, it is important to reflect on the sacrifices made by journalists worldwide, especially those in Gaza, where the

newarab (2025-05-02). ICJ wraps a week of hearings on Israel blocking Gaza aid. newarab.com

newarab (2025-05-02). Israeli security cabinet backs plans to expand Gaza war: reports. newarab.com Israel's security cabinet approved plans for an expanded war on the Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported on Friday, adding to signs that attempts to stop the onslaught and return captives held by Hamas have made no progress. | The decision came after comments from both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the head of the military, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir this week indicating that Israel intended to step up the war on Gaza. | Since Israel broke and ended the latest ceasefire in March, Israeli troops have been carving out wide buffer zones in Gaza, squeezing the 2.3 million population into an ever narrower…

Adi Hashmonai (2025-05-02). released — she was murdered in Gaza. This must not happen to another. haaretz.com Gil Dickman's cousin Carmel Gat was murdered in Gaza captivity. Despite her body being returned to Israel, he fights for the return of all hostages and slams the gov't for continuing a 'hopeless war, with no direction and no goal'…

Amos Harel (2025-05-02). Netanyahu plays with fire on all fronts as his forever war drags on. haaretz.com Israel is again preparing to mobilize reservists, is threatening to expand its operations in Gaza, and is considering what could be interpreted as a deliberate escalation against the new regime in Syria to help the Druze…

greenleft.org.au (2025-05-02). Labor rejects Thorpe-Payman genocide bills, but they are unlikely to go away. greenleft.org.au

Norman Solomon (2025-05-02). The Vietnam and Gaza Wars Shattered Young Illusions About U.S. Leaders. counterpunch.org Eight years before the U.S.-backed regime in South Vietnam collapsed, I stood with high school friends at Manhattan's Penn Station on the night of April 15, 1967, waiting for a train back to Washington after attending the era's largest antiwar protest so far. An early edition of the next day's New York Times arrived on newsstands with

aljazeera (2025-05-02). Red Cross warns Gaza aid effort on 'verge of collapse' amid Israel blockade. aljazeera.com ICRC says Israel has 'obligation' to meet the needs of Palestinians struggling to survive.

newarab (2025-05-02). Israel strikes on Gaza kill at least 37 as famine intensifies. newarab.com Nine people were killed when an Israeli air strike hit a home in Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, civil defence official Mohammed al-Mughayyir tol…

tn.ai (2025-05-02). Yemeni Forces Strike Israeli Ramat David Airbase with Hypersonic Missile. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Yemen's armed forces announced a ballistic missile strike on Israel's Ramat David Airbase near Haifa in retaliation for Israeli criminal actions in Gaza and US support for Tel Aviv.

tn.ai (2025-05-02). Israeli Drones Strike Gaza-Bound Aid Ship in International Waters. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A civilian aid vessel en route to Gaza was struck by suspicious Israeli drones in international waters off Malta, triggering condemnations for unlawful aggression and renewed demands for accountability over Israel's blockade.

General Federation of Trade Unions, Gaza (2025-05-02). Call from Gaza Unions to US Workers: Put Your Solidarity Into Action to Stop the Genocide. socialistproject.ca To the Free Trade Unions in the United States of America and to every free worker and trade unionist fighting for justice, freedom, and human dignity. | We salute you on the eve of International Workers' Day, a day that embodies the unity and solidarity of workers in confronting oppression and exploitation. We raise to you the voice of Gaza's workers, who today stand at the forefront of confronting the most heinous forms of genocide, siege, and starvation, imposed on our people for decades and continuing to this day with direct support from the US administration under Donald Trump, and previous administrations…

SKWAWKBOX (2025-05-02). Video: Syrian regime militia with ISIS patches threaten to 'drink blood' of Druze/Alawites and Gaza. skwawkbox.org HTS running Syria after help from US, UK, Israel is 'reformed' ISIS, say UK media and politicians UK ministers and UK 'mainstream' media have portrayed the Al-Julani HTS regime in Syria — which took over the country after militant groups aided by the US, UK and Israeli militaries toppled the Assad government last year — …

Édouard Soulier (2025-05-02). We need to talk about Gaza more than ever. internationalviewpoint.org The images keep coming, one after another, more of the same. Explosions, screams, cries and tragedies. Starving people who have had to survive displacement and bombardment. Access to drinking water is once again becoming a problem because Israel has destroyed Gaza's second desalination plant. It feels like we are reliving the horrors of a year ago. | – | / |

Jack Hunter (2025-05-02). Rand Paul blasts away at antisemitism speech bill. responsiblestatecraft.org In President Donald Trump's first 100 days, his administration has arrested and detained, without due process, visa holders and other non-citizens in the U.S. for speaking out against Israel's military actions in Gaza.That's not how the administration frames it, but that is the connective tissue in each of the cases.On Wednesday, the same day Palestinian Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi was

presstv.ir (2025-05-02). Yemen targets Israeli airbase with hypersonic missile after US strike. presstv.ir Yemen says it conducted a missile attack against an Israeli airbase in retaliation for the regime's genocidal war on Gaza.

presstv.ir (2025-05-02). Israel uses water as weapon of war. presstv.ir Tel Aviv has long targeted Palestinian water resources, exacerbating the water crisis in Gaza which has worsened due to a fuel crisis and the destruction of solar panels, reducing water pumping capacity by 90%.

presstv.ir (2025-05-02). Gaza humanitarian work on 'verge of total collapse': Red Cross. presstv.ir The Red Cross warns that the humanitarian response in Gaza is on the "verge of total collapse" as Israel continues a genocidal war and maintains its criminal siege on the Palestinian territory.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2025-05-02). Acusan a Israel de usar el hambre como arma de guerra. radiohc.cu La Habana, 2 may (RHC) Las autoridades palestinas en la Franja de Gaza acusaron hoy a Israel de destruir las fuentes de alimentos e impedir la entrada de ayuda como parte de una política sistemática y deliberada contra la población del territorio.

WSWS (2025-05-02). Supporters of Laaila Irshad speak out against anti-democratic seizure of her personal phone by UCSC police. wsws.org "I'm here because there has been a campaign of police and legal persecution against members of the UC Santa Cruz community who have spoken out against the genocide that Israel is perpetrating against the Palestinian people."

Yossi Verter (2025-05-02). wife stuck a dagger in the hearts of the living families. haaretz.com When the Jerusalem-area wildfires were first spreading, sewage was already spewing from the Israeli prime minister's poison machine against the Shin Bet, the air force and other easy targets ‚ñ Yair Golan has a vision for winning the next vote: a liberal-democratic bloc that could include right-wing parties…

Amos Harel (2025-05-02). Appoint clowns, expect a circus: Jerusalem fire exposes core flaws in government. haaretz.com Most Israeli authorities did not take any preparatory measures ahead of the fire, leaving them to scramble for solutions when the flames ignited ‚ñ The fires capped off a bad week for the Netanyahu government, which included a right-wing mob storming a reform synagogue…

Ramzy Baroud (2025-05-01). Unveiling Nasser's Secrets: Arabs, Palestine, and the Crucial Timing. counterpunch.org For my father's generation, Gamal Abdel Nasser wasn't just another Arab leader; he set the standard by which all others have been measured, and none have quite reached it. For the Arab masses, and Palestinians in particular, Nasser was an icon. His heroic image, in the eyes of Palestinians, took hold in Al-Faluja, a key

Staff (2025-05-01). International Workers' Day 2025: The workers' flood for Palestine, against genocide and imperialism. defenddemocracy.press May 1, 2025 "The sons and daughters of the popular classes of Palestine, the workers, the farmers in the villages, the refugees of the camps, have always been the leaders and the driving force of our Palestinian national liberation movement. The Palestinian popular classes have been the freedom fighters, the strugglers and the resisters on …

greenleft.org.au (2025-05-01). Australia's international challenges: Lessons from the past. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-05-01). Chain of Women take a stand for Palestine. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-05-01). NSW Senate candidate: 'Vote for Palestine, but don't stop there — organise!'. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-05-01). Palestine shows up Australia's disgraceful 'representative democracy'. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-05-01). Protesters call for a vote for Palestine, stop arming Israel. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-05-01). Socialist candidate: genocide in Gaza did not begin on October 7. greenleft.org.au

newarab (2025-05-01). Eurovision overturns ban on Palestine flags in audience. newarab.com The The Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) obtained this year's official policy on national and political emblems, which states audience are members allowed to wave any flag permitted under Swiss law during the grand fina…

tn.ai (2025-05-01). Pro-Palestine Columbia University Student Released from Immigration Detention. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — A Palestinian Columbia University student walked out of immigration detention in Vermont on Wednesday after a US federal judge ordered his release.

tn.ai (2025-05-01). Iran Urges Palestine's Unconditional Full Membership in UN. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Iran's ambassador to the United Nations stressed the need for Palestine to become a full UN member without conditions, saying the establishment of a sovereign state with Al-Quds as its capital remains the legitimate aspiration of the Palestinian people.

aljazeera (2025-05-01). Pro-Palestine activist arrested in Belgium after attending protest. aljazeera.com Mohammed Khatib, who advocates for Palestinian prisoners, believes his detention was meant to silence him.

Staff (2025-05-01). Thousands march for Palestine, call for release of Rumeysa Ozturk, Mahmoud Khalil, and others. defenddemocracy.press Thousands took to the streets of Washington DC on April 5 in a National March for Palestine to protest the continued US support to Israel's genocide April 09, 2025 Thousands of students, workers, and activists marched in Washington, DC this past weekend against Trump's policies, demanding an end to the Israeli genocide in Gaza and …

albawaba (2025-05-01). Netanyahu's son blames Arabs for Jerusalem wildfires. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's son, Yair, recently sparked controversy on social media after blaming Israel's left and Arabs for the raging wildfires in Jerusalem. Despite sounding confident, his claims were proven baseless. He accused the left of trying to cancel Israel's Independence Day in cooperation with the Arabs in occupied Palestine. Netanyahu's son blames Arabs for Jerusalem Hills wildfires: ◊ê◊ ◊ô ◊®◊ï◊ê◊î ◊©◊ô◊© ◊õ◊ê◊ú◊î ◊©◊¶…

Staff (2025-05-01). "I Am Not Afraid of You" : Mohsen Mahdawi's Defiant Message to Trump After Release from ICE Jail in VT. democracynow.org Columbia University student and Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi has been released on bail by a Vermont judge after more than two weeks in U.S. immigration custody. "I am saying it clear and loud to President Trump and his Cabinet: I am not afraid of you," he told supporters as he left a Vermont courthouse. Despite being a legal permanent resident, Mahdawi was arrested by immigration enforcement last month at what he was told would be a citizenship interview, and accused by the State Department of posing a threat to national security over his pro-Palestine campus activism. We get an update from She…

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bwitanek (2025-05-01). War Against Free Speech Escalated Toward UCLA Protesters 4/30 / 5/1. fightbackbetter.com The folowing report is from tweets of the UCLA SLP twitter account regarding an incident sometime late 4/30 or early 5/1: | As of a few minutes ago, police charged into our group of protesters with batons raised, rubber bullets guns, and motorcycles that nearly HIT students. We were gathering to honor Palestine, and to remember the violence that occurred on our very campus one year ago today by screening the Encampments film. Yet we continue to be attacked by UCPD who follow us from location to location with ruthless violence. We are currently gathered at the corner of Westwood and Le Conte to continue Jail su…

Staff (2025-05-01). International Workers' Day 2025: The workers' flood for Palestine, against genocide and imperialism. samidoun.net "The sons and daughters of the popular classes of Palestine, the workers, the farmers in the villages, the refugees of the camps, have always been the leaders and the driving force of our Palestinian national liberation movement. The Palestinian popular classes have been the freedom fighters, the strugglers and the resisters on the front lines, …

SKWAWKBOX (2025-05-01). CPS consulted Israel over prosecution of Palestine Action activists jailed for over a year before trial. skwawkbox.org Email sharing CPS contact info with deputy ambassador shows Israel deeply embedded in prosecution process as Starmer regime wages war on anti-genocide speech and protest The Starmer regime consulted with representatives of Israel over the prosecution of anti-genocide activists who took direct action against an Israeli arms factory in the UK — and are being …

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