(2026-05-31). Police offered Manchester cafe owner cash, immunity to grass on Palestine Action. thecanary.co 
Greater Manchester Police offered cafe-owner Shams Sadiq cash — and carte blanche to commit 'certain' crimes — if he would inform on anti-genocide group Palestine Action (PA) and his fellow Muslims. Sadiq, from Didsbury, was approached when he went to collect devices the police had confiscated after a 2025 raid connected to the group. The […] | By
(2026-05-31). Revolution Is Female at P21. thecanary.co 
Nearly two years on from Art of Palestine: from the river to the sea, Rasha Eleyan is back at London's P21 with her own solo exhibition: Revolution Is Female. The Palestinian artist explores the vital role women play in the Palestinian liberation movement. Pop-inflected style Eleyan's style is very distinctive. The daughter of Palestinian artist […] | By
(2026-05-31). Sunday 5/31: Hikers for Palestine: Walking in Solidarity with the Children of Palestine. indybay.org Strawberry Creek Park, 1250 Addison Street in Berkeley.
(2026-05-31). Saturday 6/13: Film Screening: The Palestine Laboratory. indybay.org The Albany Public Library is located at 1247 Marin Ave. in Albany. Free parking available and walking distance from EC Plaza BART. Enter the Edith Stone Room. Doors open at 10: 15…
(2026-05-31). "How to Sell a Genocide:" Gaza Reporting's Double Standards. juancole.com
(2026-05-31). Israel Delegitimized Itself With Its Attacks On The Flotilla. popularresistance.org It began as a human rights mission: over 600 civilians on 72 boats from more than 45 countries, seeking to break Israel's 19-year siege of Gaza. It ended with two Israeli-government assaults in international waters, including kidnappings, beatings, torture, sexual abuse, and violations of international law. And crucially, it ended with Israel losing legitimacy, not just with the public but also among its own allies on a scale not seen since South Africa lost its own legitimacy in the Apartheid era. | On April 29, Israeli commandos boarded 22 boats of the Global Sumud Flotilla 80 nautical miles from Greece.
(2026-05-31). Saturday 5/30: Build, Treat, Heal: A Bay Area Fundraiser for Gaza Medical Aid. indybay.org Gray Area / Grand Theater 2665 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94110.
(2026-05-31). Ben-Gvir's French Ban and Washington's Failure of Discipline. moderndiplomacy.eu From Criticism to Consequence France's decision to bar Itamar Ben-Gvir from its territory should not be treated as a diplomatic earthquake. It will not stop the war in Gaza, remake Israel's coalition, or create a united European sanctions policy overnight. Its meaning is smaller but more revealing. Paris has moved, however cautiously, from criticism to …
(2026-05-31). Nancy Fraser: Gaza as World Event. newleftreview.org The global reverberations of Israel's destruction of Gaza, understood as world event—an epochal turning point which serves to reveal the changing nature of the times. Philosophical reflections on the rise of a new-era McCarthyism in Germany and the US.
(2026-05-31). After Lebanon & Gaza, another blow for Netanyahu? West Bank cash incident puts IDF under fire again. hindustantimes.com
(2026-05-31). Israel orders new evacuations as forces push deeper into Lebanon. al-monitor.com Israel's military issued evacuation warnings on Saturday for residents of seven villages in southern Lebanon, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli forces had pushed deeper into the country.The latest warnings came a day after military delegations from the two countries held landmark security talks in Washington and ahead of US-brokered negotiations early next week ⚪ the fourth round since the latest Israel-Hezbollah conflict erupted.
(2026-05-31). Lebanon PM denounces Israeli campaign as fresh strikes hit south. al-monitor.com Lebanon's prime minister accused Israel on Saturday of pursuing a "scorched-earth policy" in his country's south, urging a halt to the fighting as Israel carried out fresh airstrikes and issued evacuation warnings for more than a dozen locations.A day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his forces had advanced deeper into Lebanon, his counterpart Nawaf Salam warned the country was facing a "dangerous" escalation, and called for "a swift and real ceasefire".
(2026-05-31). Israel PM says capturing Beaufort in Lebanon offensive. al-monitor.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to push deeper into Lebanon after his military took over the medieval castle of Beaufort on Sunday, calling it a "dramatic shift" in the campaign against Hezbollah.The Iran-backed militant group, meanwhile, said it targeted Israeli army positions and infrastructure in Shlomi and Nahariya in northern Israel, while air raid sirens blared in the Acre area.
(2026-05-31). Israel troops capture Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon push against Hezbollah. al-monitor.com JERUSALEM, May 31 (Reuters) – Israeli troops have seized the 900-year-old Beaufort Castle and its strategic ridge in southern Lebanon, the military said on Sunday, a major advance against Iran-backed Hezbollah despite a ceasefire announced more than six weeks ago. It comes after Saturday, one of the heaviest days of Hezbollah fire toward northern Israel since the April ceasefire, prompting school closures and restrictions.
(2026-05-31). Israel seizes Lebanon's historic and strategic Beaufort Castle. newarab.com 
Israel on Sunday captured The castle, known in Arabic as Qalaat al-Shaqif, occupies a strategic vantage point overlooking most of southern Lebanon as well as northern Israel. In addition to being a medieval heritage site, it has contemporary strategic significance. | The Israeli m…
(2026-05-31). Lebanon and Israel hold military talks at Pentagon despite Israeli offensive: What to know. al-monitor.com A renewed Israeli offensive in southern Lebanon aims to extract concessions from Beirut in US-brokered diplomatic talks, but Lebanese military officials say there is no path forward until Israel halts its attacks and returns to the April ceasefire.
(2026-05-31). South Lebanon's History of Resistance. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) The Israeli
(2026-05-31). What options as UN Lebanon exit looms? al-monitor.com Lebanon is seeking an international force to replace a decades-long United Nations peacekeeping mission whose mandate ends this year following US and Israeli pressure, even as the latest Israel-Hezbollah war continues.Concerns over the possible exit of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) with no alternative come with Israeli troops occupying south Lebanon's border areas, and as Israel and Lebanon hold direct negotiations seeking to end decades of hostilities.
(2026-05-31). Friday 5/29: Demonstration against genocide at the israeli consulate. indybay.org 456 Montgomery St | San Francisco…
(2026-05-31). Alexander Zevin: Trump's Gulf War. newleftreview.org Asymmetries of the US-Israeli assault on Iran, as an uneasy balance holds between Tehran's tourniquet on the Strait of Hormuz—and the world economy—and the enormous firepower of the aggressors, at the end of the first round.
(2026-05-31). Cry, my beloved New Zealand. Another Kiwi abandoned to the IDF. asiapacificreport.nz 
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle There was only one moment when I was interviewing him last week that Mousa Taher broke down and cried. It was a surprising, pivotal moment in the interview. He had just made it back to Aotearoa New Zealand from Israeli detention. Of course, we covered the ordeal — the beatings, the…
(2026-05-31). New bill proposes unprecedented US-Israeli military cooperation. newarab.com 
(2026-05-30). New York mayor, Zohran Mamdani, to boycott largest Zionist gathering in world outside of Israel. thecanary.co 
Mamdani — New York's (NY) annual Israel Day Parade on Fifth Avenue is the largest gathering of Zionists in the world outside of "Israel". It has been held annually in the city for more than 60 years, and will take place on 31 May. Mamdani: "I've made my views on the Israeli government abundantly clear" Tens […] | By