2026-05-09: Palestine Roundup

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Eyewitness Palestine (2026-05-09). Thursday 5/28: Virtual Visit: Deaf Relief Gaza. indybay.org Online | www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/deaf-relie…

David Swanson (2026-05-09). Gaza: Canary in the Coalmine. worldbeyondwar.org By Global Solidarity for Peace in Palestine, May 9, 2026 | Israel's war against Palestinians in Gaza and the West bank is a canary in the coalmine. The war illustrates a broader global shift toward technologically driven warfare with implications around the world. Increasingly, conflicts are shaped by artificial intelligence, mass surveillance, autonomous drones, and rapidly expanding military investment. Israeli military operations have demonstrated how AI systems can analyze vast datasets to generate targeting recommend…

Northwest Quaker (2026-05-09). Thursday 5/21: Economic Activism for Palestine. indybay.org Zoom | us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/1Bn7ony…

News Desk, The Cradle. (2026-05-09). Israel-Made Famine Pushes Palestinian Women, Children Into Malnutrition. popularresistance.org On 7 May, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) disclosed data indicating that Israel's genocidal war in Gaza has led to severe malnutrition among pregnant women, newborns, and infants, with a significant increase in deaths and premature births during times of intensified siege. | "The malnutrition crisis is entirely manufactured. Before the war, malnutrition in Gaza was almost non-existent," MSF medical adviser Mercè Rocaspana revealed. | "For two and a half years, the systematic blockade to humanitarian aid and commercial goods, on top of insecurity, have severely restricted access to food and clean water.

aljazeera (2026-05-09). Gaza at the Venice Biennale: Where language falls short, threads take over. aljazeera.com I co-commissioned the Gaza Genocide Tapestry which will be displayed at the Venice Biennale. Here's the story behind it.

WSWS (2026-05-09). Nobel prize winner J. M. Coetzee decries Israel's "genocidal campaign in Gaza" while declining to attend Jerusalem literature festival. wsws.org "For the past two years the state of Israel has been conducting a genocidal campaign in Gaza."

newarab (2026-05-09). Peru opens war crimes probe into Israeli soldier over Gaza war. newarab.com

newarab (2026-05-09). Israel to release Gaza flotilla activists after global pressure. newarab.com

aljazeera (2026-05-09). "Nowhere left to go" : Gaza residents return to rubble after Israeli strike. aljazeera.com Al Jazeera's Tareq Abu Azzoum reports from Al-Shati Refugee Camp after overnight Israeli airstrikes.

aljazeera (2026-05-09). Israel to release two detained Gaza flotilla activists. aljazeera.com Lawyer representing Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Avila tells Al Jazeera they will be 'released to their home countries'.

newarab (2026-05-09). Israeli forces bomb Gaza home after evacuation orders. newarab.com The bombing of the house, belonging to the al-Adham family, came following an evacuation order for the building and others in the area, spreading panic among civilians. | Sources on the ground told The N…

WiBOPM (2026-05-09). ACTION ALERT: Protect the Flotilla, Free Thiago Avila and Saif Abu Keshek! Your calls, emails and petition signatures needed NOW. wibailoutpeople.org FIRST, earlier this week, we conveyed a request from US Boats to Gaza, the US arm of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, for calls to the State Department demanding they secure the release of the two kidnapped Global Sumud Flotilla activists—Spanish-Palestinian Saif Abu Keshek and Brazilian Thiago Avila, whose illegal and brutal imprisonment has been extended to at least …

ICRC (2026-05-09). Two years on: upgrading the Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafah. icrc.org For families in Gaza, the Red Cross Field Hospital has been a lifeline. Now, it is being rebuilt to last.

ICRC (2026-05-09). Gaza: Aseel's journey back to hope. icrc.org

ICRC (2026-05-09). Gaza: Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafah undergoes overhaul to continue addressing urgent health-care needs. icrc.org

al-monitor (2026-05-08). Gaza flotilla activists to be released from Israel detention and deported. al-monitor.com JERUSALEM, May 9 (Reuters) – Two activists arrested last month when Israeli forces intercepted the Gaza-bound flotilla they were travelling on are expected to be deported in the coming days after being released from security detention on Saturday, their lawyers said.Saif Abu Keshek, a Spanish national, and Brazilian Thiago Avila were detained by Israeli authorities on April 29 and brought to Israel.The activists were part of a second Global Sumud Flotilla launched from Spain on April 12 to try to break Israel's blockade of Gaza by delivering aid to the enclave.

aljazeera (2026-05-09). Palestinians run West Bank freedom marathon along separation wall. aljazeera.com Palestinians ran alongside the separation wall today, a structure that cuts them off from their land and their families.

aljazeera (2026-05-09). Israeli settlers force Palestinian family to exhume and rebury their father. aljazeera.com UN condemns confrontation in occupied West Bank as 'appalling and emblematic of the dehumanisation of Palestinians'.

al-monitor (2026-05-08). Settlers force re-burial of Palestinian man in West Bank, family says. al-monitor.com By Mohammed TorokmanASASA, West Bank, May 9 – Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank forced Palestinians to exhume the body of their father from his freshly dug village grave, his family said, near a settlement re-established by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.Hussein Asasa, 80, died on Friday of natural causes and was buried that evening at the cemetery of Asasa village near Jenin, with all the necessary permits from Israel's military, whose forces were at the site, his son Mohammed said.

Barbara Gomez (2026-05-09). Denuncian nuevo plan israelí contra presos palestinos. radiohc.cu El Centro Palestino para la Defensa de los Prisioneros denunció hoy los intentos de Israel de organizar visitas de la Cruz Roja Internacional a las cárceles sin permitir las reuniones con los detenidos y ver sus trágicas condiciones. | En un comunicado, la ONG acusó al gobierno de Benjamin Netanyahu de intentar "embellecer la imagen de la ocupación ante la comunidad internacional". | Las visitas, si no incluyen una reunión directa con los presos, no constituyen una verdadera supervisión y no pueden revelar la verdad sobre las graves violaciones cometidas tras las rejas, afirmó. | Alertó que Israel pretende limita…

newarab (2026-05-09). Israel, Hezbollah clash in south Lebanon as strikes kill 19. newarab.com Israel and Hezbollah have been clashing in south Lebanon, with Hezbollah saying it targeted Israeli troops with drones. | Lebanon's National News Agency reported that Israel had struck targets across the south, killing at least 19 people. Those strikes came after the Israeli army announced new displacement orders on nine villages near Tyre, Sidon, and Nabatiyeh. | Meanwhile,

newarab (2026-05-09). Israeli strikes pound southern Lebanon, hit targets elsewhere. newarab.com

newarab (2026-05-09). Israel orders nine south Lebanon villages evacuated amid strikes. newarab.com The Israeli strikes killed one man and injured his daughter in Nabatiyeh, while another strike killed three people on the Burj Rahhal-Abbasiyeh road, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said.

aljazeera (2026-05-09). Israeli attacks across Lebanon kill at least 19. aljazeera.com No letup in Israeli attacks despite a US-brokered ceasefire, with a new round of talks expected next week.

Toby Blomé (2026-05-09). Friday 5/8: Weekly "NAG" Friday Protest: Israeli Consulate – Noisemakers Against Genocide. indybay.org Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery, San Francisco…

Juan Cole (2026-05-09). How the Iran War is Changing the Middle East. juancole.com Here is my interview on the Kianistan podcast with Tafheem Kiani about the ongoing Israeli-US-Iran War. | Juan Cole on Saudi-Pakistan Defense, UAE Risks & NATO | This is the computer-generated transcript, which I fed through Claude to clean it up. I double checked it as best I could. Caveat Emptor. | Tafheem Kiani: Welcome to the…

newarab (2026-05-09). Israel pushes US to Iran war return, targeting energy sector. newarab.com Israeli officials have conveyed a message to Washington that any future military campaign against Iran should include strikes on the country's energy sector, Israel's Channel 12 reported, citing…

Ed Newman (2026-05-09). Israel releases activists Thiago Avila and Saif Abukeshek after detention in international waters. radiohc.cu The Global Sumud Flotilla has reported the release of activists Thiago Avila and Saif Abukeshek, who had been detained since April 30th. | Their arrest occurred after Israel intercepted the flotilla in international waters. They were interigated, beaten and tortured by Israeli authorities for more than a week before their release on Saturday. | The organization reiterated its demand for the release of all Palestinian and political prisoners and called on Israel to be held accountable. | [ SOURCE: teleSUR ]…

newarab (2026-05-09). Israel police accused of assaulting Palestinian govt prosecutor. newarab.com A Palestinian citizen of Salah Khalil Faisal Na'ameh and two relatives were allegedly assaulted and arrested last week after police entered their apartment in the Israeli city of Beersheba following a complaint about loud music, according to Israeli newspaper Haaretz. | Na'ameh suffered…

newarab (2026-05-09). Israeli settlers force Palestinians to exhume body after burial. newarab.com Extremist Israeli settlers on Friday forced Palestinians to exhume a body and move it to another location after they claimed it was buried too close to an Israeli settlement in the northern The Times of Israel (TOI) said Israeli soldiers stood by and watched as this happened near the settlement of Sa-Nur, which was evacuated 20 years ago and officially reopened last month. | Despite the military acknowledging that the funeral had been coordinated in advance, settlers from Sa-Nur later arrived at the site with digging tools and forc…

newarab (2026-05-09). 'No Other Land' filmmaker warns UN of Israeli settler violence. newarab.com The Oscar-winning co-director of

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