(2026-05-02). From Pokémon to Palestine: How Your Gaming Data Powers Israel's Genocide. muslimskeptic.com Among the different forms of entertainment that have sprung forth in the wake of modern technologies, video games have been at the forefront. Many of these games are aimed towards the male consumer, primarily because they offer men the 'fix' they crave for performing challenging tasks and overcoming obstacles while accruing achievements and also gaining …
(2026-05-02). Understanding the shared ideology behind settler colonialism in Native America and Palestine. mondoweiss.net 
Both the United States and Israel were founded and exist on land taken during ongoing genocides. Settler colonialism drives these genocides, and both nations share an ideology that justifies the theft and rationalizes the killing.
(2026-05-02). Checkpoints, radio shows, and Fairouz. mondoweiss.net 
Morning radio shows in Palestine have a talent for making it sound like a free country, all while reporting on which checkpoints are closed and how many people were killed in Gaza today.
(2026-05-02). UK's Starmer eyes banning some pro-Palestine protests. aljazeera.com PM Keir Starmer says the phrase 'globalise the Intifada' should be 'completely off limits'.
(2026-05-02). Sunday 5/17: Palestine 36 and Pop-UP Exhibit of Rare Traditional Palestinian Costumes. indybay.org Arab American Cultural Center | 3968 Twilight Drive | San Jose, CA 95126…
(2026-05-02). Police raid left-wing club in Arab-Israeli city, seize Palestinian flags on eve of May Day march. haaretz.com The left-wing Hadash party said masked police officers did not identify themselves nor present a search warrant. MK Ofer Cassif demanded that the attorney general open an investigation. Police: The incident will be investigated…
(2026-05-02). Saturday 5/2: Free Palestine/No War with Iran and Lebanon. indybay.org Ocean at Water Street, Santa Cruz…
(2026-05-02). Friday 5/1: May Day Action at Oakland Airport – Stop Fedex from Shipping Killer Cargo to Israel. indybay.org ILUW Local 6 | 99 Hegenberger Rd | Oakland | Oakland Airport…
(2026-05-02). Palestinian Evacuees: Escaping Ordeal in Gaza, Entering Another in France. ummid.com A Palestinian family evacuated from Gaza to France says French authorities have separated three children from their parents after allegations of abuse that the family strongly denies and courts have not substantiated with evidence.
(2026-05-02). The West's Bubble Of Illusion About Israel And About Itself — Is Finally Being Burst. scheerpost.com The genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing in Lebanon exhausted the West's moral legitimacy. Now Iran is slowly exhausting the West's military primacy Jonathan Cook Substack [First published by Middle East Eye] For decades, two irreconciliable narratives about Israel and its motivations have existed in parallel. On the one side, an official western narrative portrays a …
(2026-05-02). The dark side of Gaza's new fancy cafes and restaurants. aljazeera.com The new establishments popping up in the devastated Strip reveal a new genocidal reality.
(2026-05-02). 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.
(2026-05-02). Friday 5/15: Calling Party for Gaza. indybay.org Zoom | www.codepink.org/cp515…
(2026-05-02). Israel detains two Gaza flotilla activists alleging Hamas links. newarab.com 
Israeli authorities have detained two activists who participated in a
(2026-05-02). Former Greek minister slams 'Western complicity' over brutal Israeli kidnap of Gaza flotilla leaders. asiapacificreport.nz 
SPECIAL REPORT: By Brett Wilkins Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has slammed European leaders — and the West at large — for what he said is their complicity in Israel's abduction of two leaders of the Gaza-bound humanitarian aid flotilla seized off the coast of Greece. In what numerous critics have called an act…
(2026-05-02). Flotilla activists return to Istanbul after Israel detains them at sea. aljazeera.com Global Sumud Flotilla activists have arrived in Istanbul after Israel intercepted their Gaza-bound aid convoy at sea.
(2026-05-02). Sunday 5/17: Fragile Crossings: The Pathways, Barriers,&Cost of Pediatric Medical Evacuations From Gaza. indybay.org Zoom | zoom.us/meeting/register/iJ399os-QQSwgD0……
(2026-05-02). Gaza flotilla activists: Israel treated us 'worse than animals'. newarab.com 
(2026-05-02). Gaza: Aseel's journey back to hope. icrc.org
(2026-05-02). Guilty by Association Agreement. newarab.com 
As global attention is held by the US, Iran, and the Strait of Hormuz, in the West Bank, Israeli settlers are running wild and spreading terror. | Settler violence has been a problem for years, but recently it has ramped up, with attacks happening daily. On top of this the Netanyahu government is approving more settlements in West Bank and implementing more legal writs to force Palestinians from their land. | In April, a handful of EU states decided to speak out and called for the suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, on the grounds that Israel was not upholding human rights. | This week, we look at…
(2026-05-02). West Bank village of Mughayyir is alone in the face of settler violence. thecanary.co 
(2026-05-02). 'Drunk' Israeli reservist shoots at Palestinian homes in WB. newarab.com 
A reservist in the Israeli military, who was described as being drunk by soldiers, opened fire at Palestinian homes in the The shooter fired at homes in Al-Aroub refugee camp, located between Bethlehem and Hebron in the southern West Bank. | Soldiers who arrived at the scene after they were informed of the incident said the reservist is a settler from the nearby Har Keren outpost, and said that he was drunk, according to Haaretz. | They said that even at the time of their te…
(2026-05-02). The Israeli army raid that ended a 68-year-old life. haaretz.com Walid Shamasna says one of the soldiers who entered his home in the West Bank village of Jayus shoved his wife, Sabriya, causing her head to strike the wall. The IDF says the soldiers didn't assault the woman and instead tried to help her…
(2026-05-02). Jerusalem nun attacked by Israeli settler. thecanary.co 
In this latest video, published on the occupation's police site and showing us the racism and apartheid of the Jewish supremacist state, an Israeli settler can be seen carrying out a violent attack on a nun, while she was in Jerusalem's old city. The man then walked away, before he stops, goes back to the […] | By
(2026-05-02). Israel strikes several parts of south Lebanon. newarab.com 
Israel carried out strikes across The Israeli attacks have become a regular occurrence, despite In a statement, the Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah targets, adding that "approximately 70 military structures and approximately 50 Hezbollah infrastru…
(2026-05-02). Hezbollah's cheap drones pose challenge for Israel — like 'children's toys'. scmp.com Hezbollah's cheap fibre-optic drones are creating new challenges for Israeli troops in southern Lebanon, forcing the military to adapt its tactics against an increasingly lethal threat. | The Israeli military — considered one of the most advanced in the world — has confirmed two soldiers and one civilian contractor killed in explosive drone attacks in under a week, with several others wounded despite a ceasefire in place since mid-April.
(2026-05-02). Israel army says troops damaged 'religious building' in Lebanon. newarab.com 
The Israeli military said Saturday that its forces damaged a "religious building" The military said troops operating in the village of Yaroun had damaged a structure inside a religious compound while dismantling what it claimed was "terrorist infrastructure" in the area. | "It was determined that during the forces' operations to destroy terrorist infr…
(2026-05-02). More killed, displaced as Israel strikes south Lebanon villages. newarab.com 
The Two people were killed when a strike targeted their vehicle in the village of Kfar Dajjal, while three people were killed in a strike on a house in the village of Al-Louaizeh. An overnight strike on the village of Choukine killed two people. | Artillery shelling was also reported on border villages. | An Israeli strike also targeted the…
(2026-05-02). Three wounded in Israeli settler attack in West Hebron, medics say. haaretz.com
(2026-05-02). 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.
(2026-05-02). Israeli ally UAE quits OPEC, OPEC. ummid.com The United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of the Israeli allies in the Middle East, has announced to quit OPEC and OPEC+ amidst the crisis the world is facing because of the US-Israel led Zionist war on Iran.
(2026-05-02). Will the Iran War Cause a Global Depression? (w/ Prof. Richard Wolff) The Chris Hedges Report. scheerpost.com The US war on Iran is leading the world to a global depression. Professor Richard Wolff places the current crisis in the context of the capitalist system and the decline of US hegemonic power. Chris Hedges The global economic impacts of the American-Israeli war on Iran are already being felt, particularly in Asia, through shortages …
(2026-05-02). Hormuz Crisis: France declares Energy Sovereignty. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Israeli-US war on Iran launched on February 28 has created the biggest energy crisis in modern history, causing gasoline, diesel, fertilizer and fossil gas prices to spike worldwide. Because Asian refineries were attuned to the exact sort of petroleum exported from the Persian Gulf, on which they depended heavily, they have been hit the hardest, though some countries had built up reserves that they are now releasing. | But global petroleum is one big market. It is slightly segmented because there are different types of petroleum and therefore different types of refineries.
(2026-05-02). Chris Hedges Report: Will The Iran War Cause A Global Depression? popularresistance.org The global economic impacts of the American-Israeli war on Iran are already being felt, particularly in Asia, through shortages of fuel and other necessities, the closure of factories and the loss of jobs. We are now on a path heading for a global recession, or even worse, a global depression. To sort out what potentially lies ahead and the likelihood of preventing the worst outcomes, Chris Hedges speaks with economist Richard D. Wolff, professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. | Wolff begins the interview by discussing the weaknesses of the capitalist economic system.
(2026-05-02). Israeli Attack on Flotilla Violated the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. worldbeyondwar.org 
On Thursday, April 29, Israeli military forces illegally attacked vessels of the Global Samud Flotilla (GSF) while they were sailing on the high seas. Israeli commandos unlawfully seized 21 boats and abducted 177 flotilla participants. #WorldBEYONDWar…
(2026-05-02). Two Global Sumud Flotilla participants still in Israeli custody; abducted participants report severe injuries. thecanary.co 
We have received confirmation that most of the abducted Global Sumud Flotilla participants, including the members of UK Global Sumud, have been released from Israeli custody into Greek custody in Crete after 40 hours of sustained, brutal, and illegal containment. The participants report severe injuries including broken bones and bloody wounds caused by beatings received […] | By
(2026-05-02). Country, interrupted: War has triggered clinical mental illness in millions of Israelis. haaretz.com One in five Israelis shows post-traumatic symptoms, alongside sharp rises in OCD, depression and addiction. 'We're dealing with a chronic situation in which the country generates so many stressors that a large part of the population cannot recover,' says one expert…
(2026-05-02). Inside Amir: Tehran, before US and Israeli bombs rained down… wsws.org One can't help but wondering after two months of war and countless waves of bombing, and thousands of civilian deaths: Does that neighborhood still look like this?
(2026-05-02). Video shows Israeli thug slamming nun's head into the pavement. thecanary.co 
Israel — A Zionist criminal has brutally assaulted a Christian nun in Jerusalem, in footage caught on camera. Middle East Eye has the shocking video, which shows the cowardly thug running up behind the woman and shoving her. She is sent hurtling head-first into a nearby kerb, in an attack that could easily have proved fatal. […] | By
(2026-05-02). Thursday 4/30: Community Briefing: Heeding Lebanese Voices – The Human Cost of Israeli Occupation. indybay.org Zoom | us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kD0T……