(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). 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). Friday 5/1: Weekly Friday Banner Drop for Palestine. indybay.org 598 University Ave, Berkeley, CA…
(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 4/24: Virtual Action Hour for Palestine. indybay.org Zoom | afsc.org/events/action-hour-palestine…
(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). Israel punishes soldiers who desecrated crucifix in southern Lebanon. al-monitor.com JERUSALEM, April 21 (Reuters) – Israel's military removed two soldiers from combat duty and placed them in military detention for 30 days after they destroyed a crucifix in southern Lebanon, it said on Tuesday.A picture that showed an Israeli soldier taking the blunt side of an axe to a fallen sculpture of Jesus on the cross drew widespread condemnation on Monday from Israeli politicians, the United States and church leaders. It was posted by Younis Tirawi, a Palestinian reporter who has also posted images of Israeli soldiers' apparent misconduct in Gaza.
(2026-04-21). Headlines for April 21, 2026. democracynow.org Confusion Reigns Over U.S.-Iran Talks as Trump Says a Ceasefire Extension Is "Highly Unlikely", Military Veterans and Family Members Arrested in Capitol Hill Protest Against Iran War, Lebanese and Israeli Diplomats Prepare for Second Round of Talks as Lebanon Buries Its Dead, Israel Continues Deadly Attacks in Gaza, Reestablishes Evacuated West Bank Settlement, Amnesty International Blasts "Predatory World Order" of Netanyahu, Putin and Trump, Japan Abandons Ban on Weapons Exports in Latest Shift from Postwar Pacifism, Cuba Confirms Meeting with Senior U.S. Officials for the First Time Sin…
(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). Hungarian Prime Minister-Elect Says Country Will Arrest Netanyahu If He Visits. truthout.org Hungarian Prime Minister-elect Peter Magyar said that his government will arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he steps foot in the country, joining roughly a dozen other European countries now off-limits for the man wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity in Gaza. Magyar, who takes office next month, said that he is ending the country's… |
(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). Thursday 4/23: Power Half-Hour for Gaza. indybay.org Zoom | http: //jvp.org/gazaph…
(2026-04-21). Israel hindering Gaza aid access despite court ruling, says NGO. newarab.com 
(2026-04-21). Tuesday 4/28: Human Billboard for Gaza ! indybay.org Adeline-Alcatraz-MLK intersection by Milyar Cafe, Berkeley…
(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). CPJ, partners file emergency motion to Israeli Supreme Court seeking independent media access to Gaza. jpost.com
(2026-04-21). Israeli settler gunfire kills two including teen: Palestinian Authority. al-monitor.com The Palestinian Authority said Israeli settler gunfire killed two Palestinians, including a 14-year-old boy, on Tuesday in the central occupied West Bank, while the Israeli military said it was reviewing the incident.An AFP photographer saw the bodies at the morgue of the hospital in Ramallah where they were taken soon after the incident."Two martyrs were killed by settler gunfire in Al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah… and three others were injured," the Palestinian health ministry said, confirming the deaths previously reported by the Red Crescent.
(2026-04-21). What's Behind the Ceasefire in Lebanon? Rania Khalek. thealtworld.com BT's Rania Khalek breaks down Trump's announcement on April 16 of a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. The news, which was announced just a week after Israel's "Black Wednesday" massacre in Beirut and in Southern Lebanon, has generated mixed reactions, with debates emerging over who was responsible. | Khalek argues that "Iran forced the hand of Trump" and compelled Trump to impose a ceasefire on Israel and Netanyahu which did not want it and was ready to continue its war on Lebanon, no matter what the cost was. Khalek also discusses the details of the ceasefire and the one-sided nature of the terms.
(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…
(2026-04-21). Amnesty slams Netanyahu, Putin, Trump as 'voracious predators'. asiapacificreport.nz By Anealla Safdar in London The heads of Israel, Russia and the United States are leading the destruction of global human rights, says Amnesty International, describing them as "voracious predators" intent upon economic and political domination. "A global environment where primitive ferocity could flourish has been long in the making," Agnes Callamard, the head of…
(2026-04-21). Israel Jails Soldiers in Jesus Statue Incident — After Dropping IDF Rape Case. truthout.org The Israeli military is removing and detaining the soldier who was shown sledgehammering the face of a Jesus Christ statue in a picture taken in a Christian village in southern Lebanon that generated controversy this week — just weeks after dropping charges against five soldiers who were allegedly caught on camera raping a Palestinian detainee. On Tuesday, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released… |
(2026-04-21). People in Mashhad denounce US-Israel attack, back Lebanon. en.mehrnews.com MASHHAD, Apr. 21 (MNA) — Strongly condemning the US and Israeli aggression against Iran, the martyr-fostering people in the shrine city of Mashhad renewed their allegiance with new Leader and showed their unity and solidarity with Lebanese people.
(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). US-Israeli aggression on Iran threatens NPT's regime: Ryabkov. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 21 (MNA) — The unprovoked and illegal attacks by the US and Israel against Iran have dealt a heavy blow to the global nuclear nonproliferation regime and the IAEA's "safeguards" system, Russia's deputy foreign minister said on Sunday.
(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). Who is breaking international law in the Strait of Hormuz? It's not Iran, says scholar. asiapacificreport.nz Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, I'm Amy Goodman. As we continue to look at the US and Israeli war on Iran, we're joined now by Dr Maryam Jamshidi. She is an Iranian American associate professor of law at the University of Colorado Law School and a nonresident fellow at the Quincy Institute.
(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). Iran's Judiciary chief urges readiness on US-Israeli attacks. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 21 (MNA) — Iran's Judiciary Chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei has called for full readiness of all forces against potential US-Israeli 'savage aggression' against the country.
(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). 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). 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). People in Tehran condemns US-Israeli aggression, back Leader. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 21 (MNA) — The martyr-fostering people of the capital Tehran, with their massive presence on streets and main squares of the city, condemned the US-Israeli aggression against the country and voice their unwavering support for new Leader.
(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.