(2026-04-21). Senior RCN member accused of racism against Palestinians. thecanary.co 
A senior member of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) reportedly walked up to a fellow member opposing Israel's genocide in Gaza and said "all Palestinians are terrorists". And this instance of vile racism adds to other examples in the RCN of discriminatory attitudes towards people suffering war crimes in occupied Palestine. Racist member spat […] | By
(2026-04-21). Friday 4/24: Virtual Action Hour for Palestine. indybay.org Zoom | afsc.org/events/action-hour-palestine…
(2026-04-21). DOJ fires U.S. immigration judges who ruled for pro-Palestine activists. mronline.org 
The firings occurred following rulings by each judge on separate deportation proceedings involving student-activists Ràºmeysa àñztàºrk and Mohsen Mahdawi.
(2026-04-21). Thursday 4/23: Virtual Town Hall with Jeff Fauntleroy Sr. for Congress. indybay.org Zoom | www.drjefffordistrict13.org/events.html…
(2026-04-21). Friday 5/1: Weekly Friday Banner Drop for Palestine. indybay.org 598 University Ave, Berkeley, CA…
(2026-04-20). Hope In The Data: Can Palestine Explain America's Moral Shift? popularresistance.org In the Middle East, the perception of ordinary Americans has long followed a familiar script: detached, uninformed, inward-looking, and politically shallow— a society of "gas guzzlers," with little grasp of global realities beyond their immediate geography. | This perception did not emerge from thin air. It was cultivated—reinforced, even—by American political and media institutions themselves. Politicians claimed to speak on behalf of "the American people," while mainstream media shaped what those people knew, and, crucially, what they did not know.
(2026-04-21). US veterans occupy Congress building in protest over Gaza/Iran. thecanary.co 
Over 120 former US military personnel have occupied the Cannon House Office Building of the US Congress, in a demonstration against Israel's genocide in Gaza and its joint war with the US on Iran. US veterans take action The US Veterans against Genocide group, some of them holding folded US flags signifying fallen comrades or […] | By
(2026-04-21). Israeli tanks open fire towards the eastern areas of Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip. ecns.cn Israeli tanks open fire towards the eastern areas of Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip.-Palestinian media.
(2026-04-21). Israel hindering Gaza aid access despite court ruling, says NGO. newarab.com 
(2026-04-21). New Book by Anarchist / Anti-Imperialist Political Prisoner Casey Goonan. indybay.org Lines in the Sand: Writings on the Gaza Solidarity Encampment & Campus Flood at U.C. Berkeley from an Anarchist Pris ≠oner of War by Casey Goonan…
(2026-04-21). Thursday 4/23: Power Half-Hour for Gaza. indybay.org Zoom | http: //jvp.org/gazaph…
(2026-04-21). Israeli strikes kill five in Gaza, Hamas clashes with Israeli-backed militia. tribune.com.pk 
Israeli strikes killed at least five Palestinians in separate incidents in the Gaza Strip on Monday, Palestinian health officials said, and fighters from Hamas clashed with gunmen from an Israeli-backed militia, witnesses said. | Medics said one man was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Bureij camp in the central area of the enclave, while another strike killed one person and wounded others in Gaza City. | Later on Monday, an Israeli airstrike killed at least three people in western Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, health officials at the territory's Nasser Hospital said. | The five deaths were the la…
(2026-04-21). Tuesday 4/28: Human Billboard for Gaza ! indybay.org Adeline-Alcatraz-MLK intersection by Milyar Cafe, Berkeley…
(2026-04-21). EU must suspend agreement with Israel over Gaza, West Bank violations. CPJ Staff
(2026-04-21). CPJ, partners file emergency motion to Israeli Supreme Court seeking independent media access to Gaza. jpost.com
(2026-04-20). Israel Is Racing To Expand West Bank Settlements. popularresistance.org The Israeli cabinet approved the construction of 34 new West Bank settlements last week, bringing the total number approved by the ruling coalition led by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu up to 103. The cabinet decision is the largest batch of new settlements approved in decades, breaking the record set by a previous landmark decision in June 2025, which approved 22 new settlements. | While the latest decision has been overshadowed by the regional conflagrations related to the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, its timing indicates that Israel perceives a closing window for its ability to entrench its colonial pr…
(2026-04-21). Iran is sending mixed signals as Trump threatens war to advance cease-fire talks. haaretz.com If no breakthrough is reached in negotiations, the cease-fire is expected to expire on Tuesday night — and Trump has already warned of the consequences of renewed fighting. Meanwhile, reports are surfacing of a growing internal rift in Tehran between the Revolutionary Guard and the political leadership ‚ñ Netanyahu continues to leak his assessment, or perhaps his wish, that the talks are on the verge of collapse…
(2026-04-20). Watch: Netanyahu's new comms director admits making stuff up for propaganda. thecanary.co 
Eli Hazan has reportedly just moved from running communications for Benjamin Netahyahu's extremist Likud party to direct Netanyahu's own press office. He's well qualified for the position, even admitting to supporters that he "fabricat[es] fake news" for propaganda purposes. Speaking in Hebrew, Hazan claimed Israel needs to be (even) more like Trump in its shameless […] | By
(2026-04-21). Global fallout grows over Israeli soldier smashing Jesus statue in Lebanon. aljazeera.com Outrage continues to grow over the Israeli soldier who was photographed desecrating a statue of Jesus Christ in Lebanon.
(2026-04-21). Melania Trump sabotages hubby, WILL attend press dinner that will humiliate him. thecanary.co 
Donald Trump's wife Melania has doubled down on her weird speech earlier in April 2026 that put his co-crimes with serial child-rapist and Israeli spy Jeffrey Epstein squarely back in the spotlight — by sabotaging hubby. Melania Trump: what now? Donald Trump had already said six weeks ago he would attend the White House's annual […] | By
(2026-04-21). Iran denounces Israeli violation of Somalia's sovereignty. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 21 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has strongly condemned the Israeli regime's continued violation of Somalia's national sovereignty.
(2026-04-21). Tehran warns US and Israel 'preparing surprise attack'. thecanary.co 
The Iranian government in Tehran has said that it has intelligence indicating that the US and Israel are preparing a surprise attack as they go through the motions of a 'temporary ceasefire' that they have never honoured and supposedly aim to negotiate a permanent truce. Tehran: US-Israeli attack imminent? Tehran's announcement came as US forces […] | By
(2026-04-21). Iran's Remarkable Resilience Against US-Israeli Joint Aggression. ummid.com As tensions intensify between Iran, Israel, and the United States, one thing has become increasingly clear: Iran has managed not only to respond to sustained pressure but to endure it far longer than many analysts had anticipated.
(2026-04-21). Ervand Abrahamian: Iran Under Fire. newleftreview.org One of modern Iran's leading historians provides a critical anatomy of the power structures of the Islamic Republic, on the eve of war—and a scathing denunciation of the long-incubated American-Israeli assault on the country, calculated to bring about Syria-style disintegration and civil war.
(2026-04-21). Israeli man stabs wife to death, seriously wounds her 9-year-old son. haaretz.com Police say the 39-year-old suspect stabbed his wife to death and seriously wounded her son, calling emergency services afterwards. According to a Haaretz tally, 95 people have been murdered in Israel since the start of 2026, including eight women.
(2026-04-21). Global Sumud Flotilla disrupts cargo ship bound for Israel. aljazeera.com Activists with the Global Sumud Flotilla have disrupted a cargo ship they say carried materials for Israeli weapons.
(2026-04-21). Israeli police arrest two ultra-Orthodox Jews for removing Israeli flags. aljazeera.com Two ultra-Orthodox Jews tore down Israeli flags in Beit Shemesh, before being arrested by Israeli authorities.
(2026-04-20). Hezbollah leader vows to retaliate against Israeli ceasefire violations, seeks fresh start with Lebanese government. ecns.cn Hezbollah's leader Naim Qassem said on Saturday the ceasefire with Israel must mean a complete halt to aggression, warning the group will retaliate against Israeli violations in southern Lebanon.
(2026-04-20). The BBC runs cover for Israel (again) over destruction of Christ statue in Lebanon. thecanary.co 
The BBC has, yet again, tried to provide cover for Israeli criminality and mitigate damage to its already appalling reputation. Support among the misguided 'Christian' right for the US-Israel war on Iran had already been rocked by Trump's self-indulgent post of himself as Jesus. Images of an Israeli soldier attacking a statue of the crucified […] | By
(2026-04-20). Memorial Day 2026: 174 IDF soldiers, 79 Israeli civilians killed in past year. haaretz.com According to National Insurance Institute data, since 1851 — the date chosen as the beginning of the pre-state Jewish community in what is now Israel — 5,313 civilians have been killed. Of these, 3,762 have been killed since the War of Independence in 1948, including 1,017 who were killed since the October 7 attack…