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  • The Israeli government has approved the entry of “basic” amounts of aid into Gaza following three months of total blockade that has significantly compounded the humanitarian crisis in the strip, coinciding with the start of Tel Aviv’s new military operation.

    The office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on 19 May that the flow of aid is being renewed “at the recommendation of the IDF and due to the operational need to enable the expansion of intense fighting to defeat Hamas.”

    Netanyahu’s office added that Israel “will allow the entry of a basic quantity of food for the population in order to prevent the development of a hunger crisis in the Gaza Strip,” given that such a crisis “would endanger the continued operation to defeat Hamas.”

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  • On Sunday 18 May, British bulldozer manufacturer JCB was due to celebrate its 80th anniversary at its headquarters in Rocester in the British midlands with a so-called ‘sportive’, a cycle ride which aimed to raise money for the children’s charity NSPCC. However, the sportive did not go according to plan thanks to people highlighting JBC complicity with Israel.

    Activists from the Stop JCB Demolitions Campaign disrupted the event. They turned it into an expose of JCB’s complicity in ethnic cleansing and genocide. On top of this, they shamed NSPCC for accepting funds from a company which has destroyed children’s lives in Palestine, India, and Kashmir, plunging them into homelessness, poverty, and lasting trauma.

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  • Minneapolis, MN – On May 10, Minnesota public sector workers, union members and activists attended the Labor Demands Divestment teach-in and panel at the Minneapolis Federation of Educators Local 59 office. The event was organized by Minnesota Labor for Palestine and the Minnesota Anti-War Committee and was the first event organized by Minnesota Labor for Palestine, a grassroots coalition of union and non-union members based in working class solidarity with Palestine.

    Over 45 members of public sector unions and local advocacy groups joined to learn about Divest MN, the state campaign to get the State Board of Investment to divest public employee pensions from genocide and apartheid.

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  • Israeli officials touted their allowance of five trucks loaded with humanitarian aid into Gaza on Monday, marking the first aid to enter the Strip in nearly three months — and representing less than 1 percent of what humanitarian groups say is needed to fulfill daily needs even under pre-genocide conditions. The Israeli defense ministry said on Monday that officials allowed the entry of five…

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  • Still image of a tattered Palestinian flag hanging above refugee tents in the Gaza Strip. Still image from TRNN documentary report "Gaza after Ceasefire" (2025).

    We asked people in Gaza what their thoughts were on US President Donald Trump’s stated plans to “take over the Gaza Strip” and displace the Palestinian population there. This is what they told us…

    Producer: Belal Awad, Leo Erhardt
    Videographer: Ruwaida Amer, Mahmoud Al Mashharawi
    Video Editor: Leo Erhardt


    Transcript

    Ahed Hisham Raffat Arif: 

    Who is Trump? Who is this? Where did he appear from? This is a crazy, harmful person. We will not leave Gaza, even if it were the last moment of our lives. 

    Donald Trump [CLIP]: 

    The US will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a proper job with it. We’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site, clear the rubble, and remove the destroyed buildings. We’ll level the area and initiate economic development that will provide unlimited jobs and housing for the people of the region.

    Ibrahim Al Fayadh: 

    Trump’s evacuation plans are nonsense. We will stay until the end. We are losing people daily, yet still we say: “Don’t despair, God is with us” and “be strong and it will end,” and we say to Trump: your words are empty, we in Gaza are steadfast and remain until the end. 

    Abu Tha’ir: 

    This plan is new and old. In 1948 they were working on the expulsion of all Palestine from the Gaza Strip and from Jaffa… and everyone knows this. But of course, they weren’t able to empty Gaza City entirely, or erase or remove Palestine. No one would accept this, because it is rejected by the whole world and by the people of Palestine in particular: we refuse it completely. When you pull out a tree by its roots, you kill it. You won’t benefit from it in the future. For a human, who is forced to leave his land, he is being sentenced to death. 

    Mohamed El Kurdi: 

    This is the land of our ancestors. We will remain as long as the thyme and olive trees grow, by the grace of God. 

    Abu Tha’ir: 

    To be present on the land in Palestine—this is your land—you are rooted here. It’s hard to leave it. Even under threat of death, with force. It’s hard. 

    Mohamed El Kurdi: 

    We reject any plan, whether it’s from Trump or Biden—many have tried! God willing, they will fail. They attempted plans with their generals and to evacuate areas, but they have all failed. 

    Jamal Eid Qater:

    We will not leave, because this land is ours. No one can buy or sell us. We are the people of this land. We will not allow anyone to buy or sell us. We won’t leave. Pharaoh himself could come—we won’t leave. 

    Mohamed El Kurdi: 

    What was destroyed will be rebuilt. We will rebuild it better, God willing. Abu Tha’ir: 

    Some left to go to the South but others stayed under fire and death. This shows how strongly people cling to their land. To die and be buried in it is better than to be forced out. The whole world has heard and seen this reality. 

    Ahed Hisham Raffat Arif: 

    To us, Gaza is the best country—and the best city—in the world. Despite all the destruction and the blockade, look at Gaza. Gaza is my whole life. I will rebuild my home, my family, and every stone in Gaza. I will rebuild it. 

    Ibrahim Al Fayadh: 

    Gaza is my life. My blood. My veins, my breath, my soul. My eyes, my vision. Honourable Gaza. 

    Abu Tha’ir: 

    Gaza is the soul, the blood, the body, the breath. Without Gaza there is nothing. Mohamed El Kurdi: 

    Gaza is the heart, is the soul. It’s the veins filled with blood. 

    Jamal Eid Qater: 

    Gaza means everything to me. It’s my mother, my father. She is the loving mother to us. Yes. We won’t leave her.


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  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has praised a top Israeli minister after he vowed that Israel will carry out the “conquering” and “cleansing” of the Gaza Strip, as the military escalates its genocide in order to implement its permanent occupation plan. In a statement on Monday, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that Israel’s goal is “destroying everything that’s left of the…

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  • Palestinians in Gaza are fleeing Khan Younis after the Israeli military issued expulsion orders for the besieged territory’s second-largest city. This comes as Israel’s bombardment of Gaza intensifies, killing hundreds of Palestinians over the weekend, including at least five journalists. Health facilities have been under constant attack. Israel on Sunday announced the start of a renewed ground…

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  • On Saturday 17 May, three Palestine Action activists breached the runway at Ireland’s Shannon Airport, and sprayed a US military aircraft with red paint. One of the women held an Irish flag reading “US MILITARY OUT OF NEUTRAL IRELAND” in front of the war-plane, before authorities apprehended them.

    Palestine Action Éire disrupt the US military industrial complex at Shannon Airport

    Palestine Action Éire coordinated the action, in which activists rendered the plane inoperable with red paint across the cockpit windows:

    The three activists allege that the a plane that landed at Shannon Airport is supplying troops and munitions to active warzones in the Middle East. This includes Israel and Yemen. They claim that this is in direct violation of Ireland’s constitutional commitment to neutrality, and in breach of international law.

    The war-plane that they targeted is N351ax calling CMB564. It refuelled at Shannon on 15 May, and flew on to Kuwait. Then, it proceeded to US and British occupied Diego Garcia Islands in the Indian ocean on 16 May. It returned to Shannon on 17 May, with a refuelling stop at Kuwait.

    The same week as Nakba Day

    Activists carried out the action the week in which Palestinians marked Nakba Day on 15 May. Dhikra an-Nakba remembers the violent, permanent displacement of the Palestinian people from their lands and communities. In the 1948 Nakba (meaning “the catastrophe”), Zionist paramilitaries and, later, the Israeli military violently expelled over 700,000 Palestinians from their homeland.

    Since October 2023, Israel has massively escalated its campaign against Palestinians, especially in Gaza. It has resumed its mass-killing of Palestinian civilians since the breakdown of the ceasefire on the 18 March, 2025.

    A recent ruling from the International Court of Justice (ICJ), as well as a recent report by Amnesty International, concluded that it is plausible that a genocide is taking place against the Palestinian people. One of the markers of genocide used in the ICJ ruling is the deliberate starvation of civilians. In June 2024 the Lancet estimated that Israel has killed over 186,000 civilians in Palestine since October 2023. Since the breakdown of the ceasefire on the 18 March, Israel has blocked all humanitarian aid to Gaza. Many humanitarian organisations on the ground are now reporting that if the international community does not act urgently and demand that Israel stop halting aid from entering Gaza, widespread famine will soon break out, due to shortages of food and water.

    Arms destined for Israel going through Irish airports

    The three women’s claims are contextualised by the Ditch’s investigative reporting.

    The outlet confirmed that US weapons and military personnel regularly travel though Shannon Airport to the Middle East, including directly to Israel. This is in direct breach of Ireland’s constitutional commitment to neutrality, which specifies that Ireland shall not participate in any war. Additionally, they demand that the Department of Foreign Affairs stops permitting flights carrying weapons and military equipment through Irish Airspace. They argue this is another flagrant breach of Neutrality and the ICJ ruling.

    According to the Irish Examiner, in 2024 alone, the Irish government permitted 1,267 times. A recent opinion poll in the Irish Examiner showed that 75% of Irish people across the political spectrum support Ireland’s position of neutrality. The Irish government is thereby acting against the will of the people of Ireland.

    Edward Horgan, who has spent decades documenting activity with ShannonWatch, confirmed that:

    the number of US Military planes coming through Shannon has increased significantly in the last few months as the killing and destruction on the ground in Palestine has ramped up.

    The women who took action today join the legacy of over 40 activists who have taken action against the US Military at Shannon Airport in the last 20 years. A statement from the three women given to Palestine Action Éire said the following:

    Nothing makes me more cynical than to hear Micheál Martin and Simon Harris feign ignorance of the illegal arms being transported through Shannon by the US Military. It’s insulting – verified reports conclude these arms are destined for Israel for the purpose of genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people.

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  • On Sunday 18 May, British bulldozer manufacturer JCB was due to celebrate its 80th anniversary at its headquarters in Rocester in the British midlands with a so-called ‘sportive’, a cycle ride which aimed to raise money for the children’s charity NSPCC. However, the sportive did not go according to plan thanks to people highlighting JBC complicity with Israel.

    Activists from the Stop JCB Demolitions Campaign disrupted the event. They turned it into an expose of JCB’s complicity in ethnic cleansing and genocide. On top of this, they shamed NSPCC for accepting funds from a company which has destroyed children’s lives in Palestine, India, and Kashmir, plunging them into homelessness, poverty, and lasting trauma.

    The company is notorious for profiting from the destruction of homes in all three locations.

    JCB’s bulldozer genocide exposed at 80th anniversary event

    Despite strict security, the activists managed to enter the sportive. When the JCB event began with the cyclists being flagged off, several cyclists revealed striking black and yellow T-shirts with the message: “Stop Bulldozer genocide In Palestine, India and Kashmir”:

    Cyclists and supporters wearing "Stop JCB's Bulldozer genocide In Palestine, India and Kashmir" T-shirts stand at the starting line together, with a group holding a banner reading: "Stop JCB bulldozer genocide in Palestine, India & Kashmir".

    Simultaneously, supporters of the campaign shouted slogans and held banners accusing JCB of complicity in genocide. They also accused the NSPCC of a callous and racist lack of care for children in Palestine, India, and Kashmir:

    Despite the JCB security guards best efforts, activists enacted this scene over and over again across the 50km route of the sportive.

    JCB’s chairman, billionaire Anthony Bamford, or Baron Bamford of Daylesford and Wooton is a ‘super donor’ to the British Conservative party and a close friend of Boris Johnson. The Bamford family trusts control the JCB empire. It has been involved in offshore tax scandals.

    More recently, Bamford has been aligning himself closer to the far-right Reform party. In March this year, party leader Nigel Farage entered a major Reform rally on a JCB machine that Bamford lent to him. Earlier, Bamford had treated him to a £8,000 helicopter flight to tour a JCB site.

    So why is the NSPCC, the children’s charity whose aim is the “prevention of cruelty to children” accepting funds from a company which is complicit in ethnic cleansing in Palestine, India, and Kashmir?

    NSPCC: taking funds from a company wrapped up in children’s rights abuses

    Over the years, the NSPCC has been frequently asked to stop taking funds from JCB. Groups have provided it with evidence of the callous home demolitions JCB has carried out. As the UK Palestine Mental Health network has put it previously:

    It would appear that children’s services provided by the NSPCC in the UK are financed in part by profits from state crime and the abuse and traumatisation of children overseas.

    In India, state governments controlled by Narendra Modi’s Hindu supremacist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have consistently used JCB bulldozers to demolish Muslim homes, shops, and places of worship. It’s part of an ongoing project disturbingly named ‘bulldozer justice’. In fact, JCB is so closely intertwined with this project that it has come to symbolise attacks on Muslims. All the while, the harm to children is incalculable.

    For example, on the 2 February 2024, the demolition of a madrasa and 600 year-old Mosque in Mehrauli, South Delhi, left more than 20 orphaned children who lived in it displaced and traumatised. Authorities gave no notice before moving in the JCB bulldozers.

    In Kashmir, in the name of development drives, authorities have demolished houses using JCB bulldozers across large areas. This has affected whole communities, and of course numerous children, permanently damaging their physical and mental health

    JCB complicity with Israel: ‘hypocritically posing as family friendly’

    The Stop JCB Demolitions Campaign is a coalition of organisations based in the UK. Two of its members – South Asia Solidarity Group and Nijjormanush – previously produced a report titled Stop JCB’s Bulldozer Genocide: A report on human rights violations in Palestine, India & Kashmir. This references a large number of cases where JCB has been involved in serious human rights violations.

    The campaign has also filed a complaint with the UK National Contact Point. This is a government body promoting OECD guidelines on responsible business conduct. The complaint alleges that the manufacturer had failed to address the adverse human rights impacts from the use of its products in India.

    The Stop JCB’s Demolitions Campaign has two main demands. Firstly, it demands that JCB must end its relationship with the Israeli Ministry of Defence. It states that it must cease all activities in occupied Palestine.

    Secondly, it calls on it to commit to ensuring that its products are not used for human rights violations in India and Kashmir. Specifically, it suggests it should do this through robust monitoring and prevention systems. This includes making compulsory the use of its existing LiveLink technology to trace and locate JCB machines. It argues that JCB’s failure to use this technology is a deliberate violation of its human rights responsibilities.

    Stop JCB Demolitions campaign member Mukti Shah said:

    The fact that JCB continues to operate on behalf of the Israeli state in ethnically cleansing Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and that they have also failed to make use of the technology they already have to prevent horrific human rights violations in India and Kashmir, despite an Indian Supreme Court ruling is utterly shameful

    Josh – a cyclist who took part in the sportive – added:

    I am glad to be here exposing the crimes of JCB, a British company which hypocritically poses as family friendly when in fact it is destroying communities in Palestine, India and Kashmir. As for the NSPCC, the fact that they are accepting JCB’s blood-stained money shows that they think only some children matter. This is blatant colonial racism.

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  • Three Youth Demand supporters exposed the sham that is Eurovision’s values of supposed “universality”, “inclusivity”, and “celebrating diversity through music”. The song contest platformed contestant Yuval Raphael from Israel – all as the settler colonial state has launched its latest genocidal assault on Palestinians in Gaza. Unsurprisingly, Swiss law enforcement leapt to Raphael’s aid – swiftly detaining the three activists. Needless to say, the contest’s values clearly doesn’t include colonised and illegally occupied peoples outside its white Western Eurocentric ‘vision’.

    Youth Demand at Eurovision: Israel performs as it rains bombs down on Gaza

    At approximately 9:30pm CEST/8:30pm BST, security forcibly removed three Youth Demand supporters from the St Jakobshalle arena in Basel, Switzerland, during Yuval Raphael’s performance of ‘New Day Will Rise’:

     

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    Security removing Youth Demand supporter.

    The three were then placed behind a screen outside the venue by security. They remained in detention held by armed police:

    Youth Demand supporters behind a Eurovision screen, guarded by two armed police.

    Polizei car and multiple police in surrounding Youth Demand supporters.

    One of those arrested was David Curry, 22, from Manchester, who said:

    After dropping the equivalent of six Hiroshima’s’ worth of bombs on Gaza, Israel has been blockading all food, water and key medical aid from entering Gaza for over three months now. Israel is being armed and aided by UK and European governments, whilst they murder a child every 45 minutes. To top it off, here we are having a party with them on the biggest stage of them all! Help us resist by signing up at YouthDemand.org.

    Since December 2023, the British army has flown over 500 spy flights over Gaza, raising fears of complicity in Israeli war crimes. It continued these flights during and after the ceasefire, despite Israel’s bombing campaign killing over 17,400 children. Youth Demand highlighted that the genocidal state has killed many more than the 6,500 in the St Jakobshalle arena. The UK government has refused to deny the Israeli F-35 fighter jets bombing Gaza have access to the Akrotiri RAF bases in Cyprus.

    The House of the People: a democratic way forward

    The House of the People highlighted by the action takers is a citizens’ assembly being held in July 2025. Any person in the UK is invited to sign up, with it selecting the 100 participants by a Democratic Lottery. Experts will offer them their advice throughout the process, which will culminate in five concrete proposals for the UK government. Part of the campaign’s demand is for the UK to abolish the House of Lords in favour of a House of the People.

    Swiss police also arrested 27-year-old Meaghan Leon from London. She said:

    I cannot not sit back and watch Europe throw a party with the genocidal state of Israel in attendance, especially after Russia was rightfully kicked out for their aggression towards the Ukrainian people. Do Palestinians not deserve the same consideration?

    We need to end all arms sales to Israel. Across the continent and in the UK, all polls show this is what the people want, yet our leaders ignore us. We need to upgrade our democracies and we need a House of the People.

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  • Cairo, Egypt — It is 200 miles from where I am in Cairo to the Rafah border crossing into Gaza. Parked in the arid sands in the northern Sinai of Egypt are 2,000 trucks filled with sacks of flour, water tanks, canned food, medical supplies, tarps and fuel. The trucks idle under the scorching sun with temperatures climbing into the high 90s.

    A few miles away in Gaza, dozens of men, women and children, living in crude tents or damaged buildings amid the rubble, are being butchered daily from bullets, bombs, missile strikes, tank shells, infectious diseases and that most ancient weapon of siege warfare — starvation. One in five people are facing starvation after nearly three months of Israel’s blockade of food and humanitarian aid.

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  • Massive explosions shook the Gaza Strip in the first hours of Saturday morning as Israeli warplanes launched intensive airstrikes on north, south, and central Gaza, in what the Israeli army called “preparations to expand operations” in the Strip.

    Israeli airstrikes hit Khan Younis, Deir al-Balah, several parts of Gaza City, and Jabalia. A resident of the Shati’ refugee camp in Gaza City told Mondoweiss that “the occupation army had issued orders to evacuate Shati’ camp, but they called off the orders — and then they called for an evacuation again, keeping residents in constant anxiety.”

    “Then, yesterday night, they began bombing all over Gaza, including Shati’ camp,” the Shati’ resident added. “It lasted all night.”

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  • More than two months ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a complete blockade of aid—including food, water and medical supplies—from entering the besieged Gaza strip. It’s a severe escalation of Israel’s now 19-month genocide against Palestinians in Gaza—and what the World Health Organization (5/12/25) has described as “one of the world’s worst hunger crises, unfolding in real time.”

    With no replenishing stock, aid groups have begun running out of supplies to distribute to families in need.

    The UN Relief and Works Agency (5/16/25) reports that their “flour and food parcels have run out,” and that “one third of essential medical supplies are already out of stock.”

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  • Jew hatred in Germany, as compared to the Israeli hatred of Arabs, was not as intense or broadly supported.

    The industrial murder of Jews was a late development in Nazi Germany. It was not that well known and took place mostly outside of the country.

    The murder of Arabs is advocated by several Israeli war cabinet members who have publicly declared that they are fascists.

    The genocide carried out against the Palestinians is not covered up. It cannot be. Not in the age of the Internet.

    There’s a long-standing policy of Zionism to overwhelm and displace the native Palestinians. This goes all the way back to Ben Gurion.

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  • You can read the Arabic version of this article here.

    Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip is entering its nineteenth month, while the suffering of the civilian population continues and famine worsens as more than 2.1 million Palestinians face increasing difficulties in securing food due to the continued closure of crossings and the prevention of aid entry since the beginning of March.

    With warnings that the situation is heading towards an unprecedented humanitarian disaster, international reports indicate that 93% of the population suffers from food insecurity, while the Gaza Strip is expected to face a severe famine if the closure of crossings continues and the military operations continue.

    Israel’s blockade and closed crossings

    Since the beginning of March 2025, Israel has imposed a tight blockade on the Gaza Strip, resulting in the closure of key crossings that allow the entry of humanitarian aid and essential goods such as food and medicine. One of the main crossings, Kerem Shalom, which is used to supply essential items to the Strip, has remained closed for several months, further exacerbating the crisis.

    The closure of the crossings has not only affected the flow of commercial goods, but has also contributed to delays in the delivery of humanitarian aid, including medical supplies and basic foodstuffs that the population urgently needs.

    Famine and food security threats

    According to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report of 14 May 2025, more than 93% of Gaza’s population is experiencing severe levels of food insecurity. Projections indicate that the food situation could worsen further if the blockade and restrictions on the Strip continue.

    More than 500,000 are now officially facing starvation, living in dire conditions without access to their basic needs.

    The blockade has led to a dramatic rise in the prices of basic food commodities, with food prices doubling in the markets, including cereals, oils and vegetables. This rise has made it difficult for many families in Gaza to secure adequate meals. At the same time, unemployment rates have continued to rise, reaching more than 60 per cent, further deepening poverty.

    Families in Gaza are forced to look for unconventional ways to obtain food, such as resorting to limited relief aid or rummaging through rubbish bins for food.

    A deteriorating health situation

    The health situation in Gaza is also in a state of collapse, with hospitals and health centres suffering from a severe shortage of medicines and basic medical supplies. Moreover, health conditions in Gaza have become worse as a result of the partial destruction of health sector infrastructure due to airstrikes and ongoing clashes.

    The Red Cross and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have indicated that there is a significant risk to the lives of patients, especially those suffering from chronic diseases or in need of urgent medical care. Due to the blockade, many patients have been unable to travel outside Gaza to receive the necessary treatment.

    Agricultural crisis and destruction of crops

    With the continued bombardment of the Gaza Strip, Gaza’s agricultural land has been severely damaged. Many Palestinian farmers have lost their crops due to shelling or lack of water and fuel to irrigate their crops. Wheat, barley and vegetable crops have been severely damaged, leading to a significant decline in local food production.

    Agriculture is one of the most important sources of income for the people of Gaza, but the current circumstances have led to the elimination of many crops. At the same time, many local food industries have shut down due to the blockade.

    UN and international warnings of famine

    The United Nations has issued repeated warnings that the situation in Gaza could reach the stage of famine if the blockade on the crossings continues. ‘The situation in Gaza is worsening,’ said UN spokesperson John Suit in a press release: ‘The situation in Gaza is rapidly worsening, and if the blockade is not lifted, we face a full-blown famine that could lead to the loss of the lives of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.’

    The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the Red Cross and the World Health Organization (WHO) have all called for a cessation of fighting and unrestricted humanitarian access. ‘The agricultural sector in Gaza is in a state of total collapse, which means that the population will suffer severe food shortages in the coming months,’ said Hania Braz, spokesperson for the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

    Humanitarian efforts and attitudes of the international community

    Despite constant calls from humanitarian organisations and the international community to open the crossings and facilitate aid access, restrictions on humanitarian aid continue to increase, exacerbating the situation and the risk of famine.

    Many humanitarian organisations have launched fundraising campaigns, but they face significant challenges in delivering aid to Gaza due to the blockade and the ongoing clashes. Israel has rejected UN proposals to permanently open Gaza’s crossings for the distribution of aid, prompting many international parties to pressure Israel to end the blockade.

    The situation in Gaza is rapidly deteriorating, and with the ongoing war and restrictions on crossings, the Palestinian population is facing a real threat of famine. Famine is imminent if urgent action is not taken to lift the blockade and urgently provide humanitarian aid.

    The international community’s response to this humanitarian crisis will be crucial in preventing a new humanitarian catastrophe in the heart of the Middle East.

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    By Alaa Shamali

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  • تدخل الحرب في قطاع غزة شهرها التاسع عشر، في وقت تستمر معاناة السكان المدنيين وتفاقم المجاعة مع تزايد الصعوبات التي يواجهها أكثر من 2.1 مليون فلسطيني، في تأمين الغذاء بسبب استمرار إغلاق المعابر ومنع دخول المساعدات منذ مطلع شهر مارس الماضي.

    ومع وجود تحذيرات من أن الوضع يتجه نحو كارثة إنسانية غير مسبوقة، تشير التقارير الدولية إلى أن 93% من السكان يعانون من انعدام الأمن الغذائي، فيما يُتوقع أن يواجه القطاع مجاعة حادة في حال استمرار إغلاق المعابر واستمرار العمليات العسكرية.

    حصار ومعابر مغلقة

    منذ بداية مارس 2025، فرضت إسرائيل حصاراً مشدداً على قطاع غزة، مما أدى إلى إغلاق المعابر الأساسية التي تسمح بإدخال المساعدات الإنسانية والبضائع الأساسية مثل الغذاء والدواء، أحد المعابر الرئيسية، معبر “كرم أبو سالم”، الذي يستخدم لتوريد المواد الأساسية للقطاع، بقي مغلقًا لعدة أشهر، مما زاد من حدة الأزمة.

    إغلاق المعابر لم يؤثر فقط على تدفق السلع التجارية، بل أسهم أيضًا في تأخير وصول المساعدات الإنسانية، بما في ذلك المواد الطبية والمواد الغذائية الأساسية التي يحتاجها السكان بشكل عاجل.

    المجاعة وتهديدات الأمن الغذائي

    بحسب تقرير تصنيف مراحل الأمن الغذائي المتكامل (IPC) في 14 مايو 2025، أكثر من 93% من سكان غزة يعانون من مستويات حادة من انعدام الأمن الغذائي. وتشير التوقعات إلى أن الوضع الغذائي قد يتفاقم بشكل أكبر إذا استمر الحصار والقيود المفروضة على القطاع.

    ويعاني أكثر من 700,000 شخص من “الأمن الغذائي الطارئ”، حيث يعيشون في أوضاع مزرية بدون الحصول على احتياجاتهم الأساسية.

    وأدى الحصار إلى ارتفاع كبير في أسعار السلع الغذائية الأساسية، حيث تضاعفت أسعار المواد الغذائية في الأسواق، بما في ذلك الحبوب والزيوت والخضروات. هذا الارتفاع جعل من الصعب على العديد من الأسر في غزة تأمين وجبات غذائية كافية. في الوقت نفسه، استمرت معدلات البطالة في الارتفاع، حيث بلغت أكثر من 60%، مما يزيد من تعميق الفقر.

    وأصبحت العائلات في غزة تضطر للبحث عن طرق غير تقليدية للحصول على الغذاء، مثل اللجوء إلى المساعدات الإغاثية المحدودة أو البحث في صناديق القمامة للحصول على بعض الأطعمة.

    تدهور الوضع الصحي

    الوضع الصحي في غزة هو الآخر في حالة انهيار، حيث تعاني المستشفيات والمراكز الصحية من نقص حاد في الأدوية والمستلزمات الطبية الأساسية. علاوة على ذلك، أصبحت الظروف الصحية في غزة أسوأ نتيجة للتدمير الجزئي للبنية التحتية للقطاع الصحي بسبب الغارات الجوية والاشتباكات المستمرة.

    وقد أشار الصليب الأحمر ومنظمة الصحة العالمية إلى أن هناك خطرًا كبيرًا على حياة المرضى، خاصة أولئك الذين يعانون من الأمراض المزمنة أو الذين يحتاجون إلى الرعاية الطبية العاجلة. وبسبب الحصار، تعذر على العديد من المرضى السفر خارج القطاع للحصول على العلاج اللازم.

    الأزمة الزراعية وتدمير المحاصيل

    مع استمرار القصف المستمر على القطاع، تعرضت الأراضي الزراعية في غزة لأضرار جسيمة. فالكثير من المزارعين الفلسطينيين فقدوا محاصيلهم الزراعية بسبب القصف أو بسبب نقص المياه والوقود اللازمة لري المحاصيل. تضررت محاصيل القمح والشعير والخضروات بشكل كبير، مما أدى إلى تراجع كبير في إنتاج الغذاء المحلي.

    تعتبر الزراعة من أهم مصادر دخل سكان غزة، لكن الظروف الراهنة أدت إلى القضاء على العديد من المحاصيل. في الوقت نفسه، توقفت العديد من الصناعات الغذائية المحلية بسبب الحصار.

    التحذيرات الأممية والدولية

    أصدرت الأمم المتحدة تحذيرات متكررة من أن الوضع في غزة قد يصل إلى مرحلة المجاعة إذا استمر الحصار على المعابر. وقال “جون سوت”، المتحدث الرسمي باسم الأمم المتحدة، في بيان صحفي: “إن الوضع في غزة يزداد سوءًا بسرعة، وإذا لم يتم رفع الحصار، فإننا نواجه مجاعة شاملة قد تؤدي إلى فقدان حياة مئات الآلاف من الفلسطينيين”.

    منظمات الأغذية والزراعة (الفاو) والصليب الأحمر ومنظمة الصحة العالمية جميعها دعت إلى وقف القتال والسماح بمرور المساعدات الإنسانية بدون قيود. وقالت “هانيا براز”، الناطقة باسم منظمة الأغذية والزراعة، إن “القطاع الزراعي في غزة في حالة انهيار تام، مما يعني أن السكان سيعانون من نقص غذائي حاد في الأشهر المقبلة”.

    الجهود الإنسانية ومواقف المجتمع الدولي

    رغم النداءات المستمرة من المنظمات الإنسانية والمجتمع الدولي لفتح المعابر وتسهيل وصول المساعدات، ما زالت القيود على المساعدات الإنسانية تزداد، وهو ما يؤدي إلى تفاقم الأوضاع.

    من جانبها، أطلقت العديد من المنظمات الإنسانية حملات لجمع التبرعات، لكنها تواجه تحديات كبيرة في إيصال المساعدات إلى غزة بسبب الحصار والاشتباكات المستمرة. ورفضت إسرائيل مقترحات الأمم المتحدة لفتح معابر غزة بشكل دائم لتوزيع المساعدات، مما دفع العديد من الأطراف الدولية إلى الضغط على إسرائيل لإنهاء الحصار.

    الوضع في غزة يتدهور بشكل سريع، ومع استمرار الحرب والقيود المفروضة على المعابر، فإن السكان الفلسطينيين يواجهون تهديدًا حقيقيًا بالمجاعة. المجاعة وشيكة إذا لم يتم اتخاذ إجراءات عاجلة لرفع الحصار وتوفير المساعدات الإنسانية بشكل عاجل. إن استجابة المجتمع الدولي لهذه الأزمة الإنسانية ستكون حاسمة في منع حدوث كارثة إنسانية جديدة في قلب الشرق الأوسط.

     

    By Alaa Shamali

    This post was originally published on Canary.

  • May 15 marked 77 years since the Nakba, which refers to the expulsion, destruction, and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians associated with the creation of Israel in 1948. While we advocate for the colonization of Palestine to be recognized by our leaders and institutions in Canada as an injustice, we are also witnessing the Nakba continue — and even accelerate — in Israel’s genocide in the occupied Gaza Strip and West Bank.

    In Canada, even acknowledging the existence of the 1948 Nakba continues to be rejected. Nakba denial is a form of genocide denial and a mechanism for denying the Palestinian right of return. It is also a key element of anti-Palestinian racism, something that is consistently perpetuated by the Canadian media. In 2023, the Canadian government even boycotted the first ever event held by the United Nations to commemorate the Nakba, sending a message to Palestinians that their ongoing suffering is uniquely undeserving of recognition.

    What makes Nakba denial especially absurd in 2025 is that Israel is currently causing a greater scale of dispossession in Gaza than in 1948, with at least 1.9 million Palestinians forcibly displaced from their homes. This cruelty is not an accident, but by design, as one step in a deliberate plan by Israel to permanently expel Palestinians from Gaza.

    When Donald Trump announced his plan for the United States to take over Gaza and permanently expel the population, Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu praised it — and told lawmakers that forcing Palestinians out of Gaza was the “inevitable outcome” of his military strategy. They are blocking aid from entering Gaza, deliberately using starvation as a weapon of war — a practice strictly prohibited under international law and codified as a war crime — with the genocidal intent of ensuring that Palestinians die, if not by bomb, then by hunger. This is a way of coercing those who survive to leave Palestine.

    In a chilling message to world leaders, UN experts recently warned that we are at a “moral crossroads” in Gaza, and that states “must act now to end the violence or bear witness to the annihilation of the Palestinian population in Gaza.” Similarly, this week the UN Relief Chief challenged states: “what more evidence do you need? Will you act now – decisively – to prevent genocide in Gaza and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law?”

    How will Canada respond to this call? Prime Minister Carney has said that “President Trump’s proposed forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza is deeply disturbing,” but he has taken no concrete steps to address it. No sanctions, no pressure, nothing that could ever hope to stop the genocide that is being openly plotted by US and Israeli leaders.

    Last year, CJPME submitted policy recommendations outlining how Canada can acknowledge and rectify the historical tragedy of the Nakba. Some of our recommendations included:

    1. Canada must officially recognize the Nakba and our role in the partition of the Mandate of Palestine.
    2. Canada must recognize Nakba denial as a form of anti-Palestinian racism and as having a direct impact on Canadians’ right to free speech and academic freedom.
    3. The Nakba is ongoing and Canada must play a role in halting it and reversing its consequences. To halt it, Canada must pressure Israel to change course by implementing boycotts, divestments, and sanctions.
    4. Canada must insist upon the right to return, restitution, and compensation for Palestine refugees, consistent with UNGA Resolution 194 and general principles of international human rights law and refugee law, and acknowledge that these rights are distinct, they are not mutually exclusive and must not be pitted against one another.
    5. Canada must play a role in demanding accountability and reparations for the Nakba (past and ongoing) by calling on the international community to set up an International Criminal Tribunal for Palestine, and by providing support to the International Criminal Court’s open investigation into war crimes committed in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

    Acknowledging the Nakba is not just about the past, it is about the present and the future — and addressing Canada’s complicity in an ongoing genocide. As Israel advances the Nakba in Gaza while annexing the West Bank, what will Canada’s legacy be?

    The post The Nakba Never Ended first appeared on Dissident Voice.


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  • Massive explosions shook the Gaza Strip in the first hours of Saturday morning as Israeli warplanes launched intensive airstrikes on north, south, and central Gaza, in what the Israeli army called “preparations to expand operations” in the Strip. Israeli airstrikes hit Khan Younis, Deir al-Balah, several parts of Gaza City, and Jabalia. A resident of the Shati’ refugee camp in Gaza City told…

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  • Israel’s inclusion in the Eurovision song contest has always been controversial. The geographers among you may recognise that Israel isn’t even part of Europe (much like Australia). Beyond that, the nation of Israel has been repressing and murdering the Palestinian people for decades, and as such there’s a movement to boycott their cultural outputs.

    The Israeli government has likely been very happy with its inclusion in Eurovision. Now, however, it looks like the competition is just another area in which they’re suffering one PR nightmare after another:

    The turning tide against Israel – even at Eurovision

    As pictured above, protesters unveiled Palestinian flags during the performance by Israeli singer Yuval Raphael. Protesters also threw paint, as a spokesperson from the hosting Swiss Broadcasting Corporation reported:

    At the end of the Israeli performance, a man and a woman tried to get over a barrier onto the stage.

    They were stopped. One of the two agitators threw paint and a crew member was hit. The crew member is fine and nobody was injured. The man and the woman were taken out of the venue and handed over to the police.

    Raphael, who attended the Nova Festival which was attacked by Hamas in October 2023, sang a ballad titled New Day Will Rise. As those who support the boycott have pointed out, Palestine is facing one new day after another in which more of Gaza is reduced to rubble while Israel carries on as if that’s all normal:

     

    Back to Europe, another PR nightmare for Israel were the broadcasters who used the opportunity to highlight Israel’s ongoing atrocities:

    As the Mirror reported:

    Belgium’s broadcaster VRT appeared to make a U-turn during Saturday evening’s Eurovision final after their choice to air an anti-Israel, pro-Palestine VT during the semi-finals.

    It comes after Spain risked a huge Eurovision fine by displaying a statement ahead before the show, showing a black screen with white text in both Spanish and an English translation about “justice for Palestine”.

    Prior to the final, the Eurovision Broadcasting Union (EBU) had warned Spain’s broadcaster RTVE of “punitive fines” if their commentators repeated references of the Gaza conflict, as they had done during the semi-final on Thursday.

    Another controversy comes from Israel allegedly running targeted ads for its own entry during the official stream – something which is pissing off people who take Eurovision seriously and people who take genocide seriously:

     

    #With Israel’s entry achieving second place, some are also accusing the nation’s far-right supporters of abusing the voting system:

     

    Another point of interest was the accusation that Eurovision obscured the reaction to the Israeli performance:

    This was allegedly confirmed by Irish host Graham Norton:

     

    ‘Children burnt to death in tents’

    Let’s not forget that Israel is generating far worse headlines than those related to Eurovision. The following is the front page of Al Jazeera’s hub for Israel-Palestine news stories:

    As Al Jazeera reported:

    The Israeli military has killed at least 125 Palestinians, including children sleeping in tents, as it unleashed a wave of air strikes across the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Sunday.

    At least 36 people were killed and more than 100 wounded after Israeli warplanes bombed a tent camp sheltering displaced Palestinians in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, medical sources told Al Jazeera.

    Horrific verified videos from the scene showed many bodies, including some on fire. The dead and wounded were taken to a nearby field hospital and the Nasser Medical Complex.

    At least 125 people were killed on Sunday morning, including 42 in the heavily-bombarded northern parts of Gaza, medical sources told Al Jazeera Arabic. Three journalists were also among the victims.

    The death toll has been rising sharply in the past four days, with hundreds massacred as the Israeli military prepares to significantly intensify its ground invasion of the Palestinian territory despite international criticism.

    The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement provides a clear argument for why it’s important that the world boycotts Israel’s cultural endeavours:

    Israel overtly uses culture as a form of propaganda to whitewash, or artwash, its genocide in Gaza and underlying regime of settler-colonialism, apartheid, and military occupation over the Indigenous Palestinian people. Israel’s genocide has included a deliberate obliteration of archeological sites and cultural heritage across Gaza.

    Just as South African anti-apartheid movements had called on international artists, writers and cultural institutions to culturally boycott South Africa, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) urges international cultural workers and cultural organizations, including unions and associations, to boycott and/or work towards the cancellation of events, activities, agreements, or projects involving Israel, its lobby groups or its complicit cultural institutions.

    International venues and festivals are asked to reject funding and any form of sponsorship from the Israeli government or complicit entities. Since Israel’s cultural institutions are implicated in genocide, apartheid and military occupation, international artists and arts organizations have a profound ethical duty to do no harm to the Palestinian struggle by working to end links of complicity with those institutions. Accountability for Israel’s oppression against Palestinians is more urgent than ever.

    Tens of thousands of artists across the world and a rapidly growing number of arts organizations have publicly endorsed the cultural boycott of apartheid Israel.

    Why?

    The case for a cultural boycott of Israel

    Israeli government officials have summed up how Israel instrumentalizes culture to cover up its grave violations of international law. “We are seeing culture as a hasbara [propaganda] tool of the first rank,” one official admitted, “and I do not differentiate between hasbara and culture.”

    Israel’s cultural institutions are part and parcel of the ideological and institutional scaffolding of Israel’s regime of settler-colonialism, apartheid and military occupation against the Palestinian people. These institutions are clearly implicated, through their silence or active participation in supporting, justifying and whitewashing Israel’s systematic oppression and denial of Palestinian rights.

    According to the BDS movement’s Guidelines for the International Cultural Boycott of Israel, in order for Israeli cultural institutions to end their collusion in Israel’s regime of oppression and become non-boycottable, they must fulfill two basic conditions:

    1. Publicly recognize the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people as enshrined in international law (including the three basic rights in the 2005 BDS Call) and
    2. End all forms of complicity in violating Palestinian rights as stipulated in international law,including discriminatory policies and practices as well as diverse roles in whitewashing or justifying Israel’s violations of international law and Palestinian human rights.

    When international artists perform at complicit Israeli cultural venues and institutions or at events sponsored by Israel, its lobby groups or its complicit institutions, they help to create the false impression that apartheid Israel is a “normal” state. The absolute majority of Palestinian writers, artists and cultural centers have endorsed the cultural boycott of Israel, and there is a growing number of anti-colonial Israelis who support BDS, including the cultural boycott of Israel.

    Israel losing the culture war even at Eurovision

    We’re at a point now where Israel has completely destroyed its reputation internationally. While it still enjoys the support of world government’s and institutions, those relationships are increasingly in peril, with even the United States showing some signs that it’s growing tired:

    It’s clear that history will not look kindly on those who turned a blind eye in this moment.

    Hopefully Eurovision will come to understand this and get back to its original mission of spotlighting the worst music that Europe has to offer – not genocidal Israel

    Featured image via Eurovision Song Contest (YouTube) / The Independent (YouTube)

    By The Canary

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  • A plan reportedly under consideration by the Trump administration to send up to one million Gazans to the divided country of Libya was met with criticism on Friday and Saturday, with several observers calling it part of a plan to carry out ethnic cleansing. On Friday, NBC News reported that the Trump administration has broached the plan with Libya’s leadership, though no final agreement has…

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  • Once a year, activists from Belgium join a solidarity trip to Palestine at the invitation of Viva Salud, bringing students, trade unionists, and movement organizers to the occupied territories to witness the impacts of the Israeli occupation firsthand. This year, half a dozen activists spent a week in the West Bank, learning from local organizations and observing how the situation has further deteriorated since October 7, 2023.

    “In Jerusalem, for example, you can no longer find the word ‘Palestine,’” one of the activists, Victor, told Peoples Dispatch. Two years ago, during a previous visit, shops sold souvenirs such as tote bags, postcards, and “Visit Palestine” posters. “I went to all the same tourist stores, and not a single one had them anymore,” they said.

    The post Belgian Activists Confront Reality Of Occupation During West Bank Visit appeared first on PopularResistance.Org.

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  • In the early hours of Wednesday 14 May, activists from Palestine Action targeted Edwards Accountants in Birmingham, and JP Morgan at Victoria Embankment in London. The action drew attention to the two companies dripping in complicity with Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

    JP Morgan and Edwards Accounting get the Palestine Action treatment

    Activists covered both firms were covered in red paint. The dripping paint splatters were symbolic of the companies’ bloodstained complicity in Israel’s ongoing genocide:

    Pillars and entrance to JP Morgan spattered with red paint.

    Red paint dripping down a window.

    They also completely shattered the front glass doors of JP Morgan:

    JP Morgan front doors completely shattered with glass everywhere.

    Activists sprayed messages to Edwards Accountants across its walls:

    Red graffiti reading: "Accounting for Apartheid"

    Red graffiti on the floor that reads: "Edwards is guilty"

    Financiers and accountants complicit in genocide

    Both firms directly enable the operations of Israel’s biggest weapons producer, Elbit Systems. Edwards Accountants are the listed accountants for Elbit Systems UK and its subsidiaries. Meanwhile, JP Morgan hold Elbit shares worth over $22m.

    On 12 May, financial reports showed JP Morgan had reduced their investment in Elbit Systems by over 53%. However, they still remain a major investor in the company which is a major supplier of weapons for the Israeli military, which is committing genocide in Gaza.

    Elbit supplies over 85% of Israel’s military drone fleet and land based equipment, as well as missiles, bullets, targeting gear, digital warfare and surveillance technology. The Israeli weapons maker also market their weaponry as “battle-tested” on Palestinians, as they are first developed during attacks on Gaza.

    Commenting on both actions, a Palestine Action spokesperson said:

    Palestine Action is committed to the liberation of the Palestinian people. As part of our commitment, it is crucial to disable the operations of Elbit Systems, which involves targeting all those who profit from and enable the Israeli weapons maker. Our actions will cease against JP Morgan and Edwards Accountants once they end their ties to Elbit Systems.

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    By The Canary

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  • New export licensing figures show that the UK Labour Party government approved licenses for £127.6 million worth of military equipment to Israel in single issue licenses between October to December 2024. This is a massive increase, with the figure in this three-month period totalling more than 2020-2023 combined.

    The majority of these licenses are for military radars, components and software as well as targeting equipment. The licenses were granted after the government’s announcement of a temporary arms suspension on 2 September 2024.

    Labour: defending the indefensible

    These new figures come as the Labour government attempts to defend its decision to exclude the open license for F-35 combat aircraft components from its temporary arms suspension in a legal case brought by GLAN and Al-Haq.

    UK industry makes 15% of every F-35 in contracts Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) estimates to be worth at least £500m since 2016, and is the most significant part of the UK arms industry with Israel. It is the only tier 1 partner with at least 79 companies involved in manufacturing components.  For example, BAE Systems makes every rear fuselage for the F-35 and also makes its active interceptor system. Leonardo makes its targeting lasers and L3 Harris makes the weapons release cables. Israel is using F-35s to drop 2000lb bombs on Palestinian people in Gaza.

    Despite the government admitting that there is a clear risk that F-35s could be used to violate International Humanitarian Law (IHL), and that Israel is not committed to upholding IHL, it refused to include F-35 components in its partial arms suspension.

    The Labour government is arguing that “the impact of suspending F-35 components on operations in Gaza is likely to be minimal” given the “IDF is one of the most significant and well-equipped militaries in the world”. Meanwhile, Defence Secretary John Healy claimed that suspending F-35 exports would cause a “profound impact on international peace and security”.

    Nonsense claims

    However, Labour claims that the impact of the suspension would be “minimal” is contradicted by the evidence. Israel is using its 39 F-35s at five times the normal rate which has led to a very high demand for spare parts.  According to Freedom of Information requests obtained by CAAT, the open license for spare parts was used 14 times more in 2023 than in any other year.

    The Labour government is also claiming that  “no evidence has been seen that Israel is deliberately targeting civilian women or children”. It further claims that “there is also evidence of Israel making efforts to limit incidental harm to civilians”.

    These claims come as the impact of Israel’s blockade of aid, imposed since March, deepens. According to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, “71,000 children and more than 17,000 mothers will need urgent treatment for acute malnutrition”.

    According to the UN, 57 children have died from malnutrition since the start of the blockade in March. It has also described the blockade as a “weapon of war”.

    Raza Husain KC told the court that

    On the first of this month, at least 1.9 million people, or about 90% of the population, have been displaced on 10 times or more.

    He continued:

    On 7 May the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that every single one of Gaza hospitals has been damaged or destroyed and, as of this month, only half were partially functional.

    Official reporting from the ministry of health, cited by UN agencies, indicated that between 23 October and 25 April over 50,000 Palestinians [were] killed, including at least 15,000 children and a further 214,000 injured.

    Labour: shameless

    Emily Apple, CAAT’s Media Coordinator, said:

    This is a truly shocking increase in military exports to Israel. This is the Labour government aiding and abetting Israel’s genocide in Gaza. It is sickening that instead of imposing a full two-way arms embargo, Keir Starmer’s government has massively increased the amount of military equipment the UK is sending to Israel.

    The government’s claim that stopping the export of F-35 components is a risk to peace and security is untenable, illegal and immoral. We are watching a genocide. We are seeing Palestinian children blown apart by bombs dropped by F35s. Everyday we see images of starving children, the victims of Israel’s deliberate policy to deny aid into Gaza. These are war crimes.

    Our government is complicit in the death of every Palestinian child. Our government is complicit in genocide. This cannot be allowed to continue. We hope the legal action is successful but these new figures show that we need to increase the pressure and take action to stop the UK’s genocide profiteers.

    Featured image via the Canary

    By The Canary

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  • May 15 marks the 77th anniversary of the Nakba — the destruction of historic Palestine, the catastrophe of dispossession, and the mass ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian population in 1948, which continues to this day.

    The Arabic word ‘Nakba’ means ‘catastrophe’, with this day designated as Nakba Day.

    The Balfour Declaration, a pledge by British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour in November 1917, is regarded as one of the main catalysts for the Nakba.

    The pledge came in the form of a letter written on behalf of the British government by the then Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour to Lord Walter Rothschild, “a figurehead of the British Jewish community, for circulation among the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland,” according to the Geneva International Center for Justice.

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  • The U.N.’s humanitarian affairs chief held nothing in reserve on Tuesday at the U.N. Security Council as he unloaded on the State of Israel for deliberately starving the civilian population of Gaza.

    “The ICJ is considering whether a genocide is taking place in Gaza,” Tom Fletcher said, “It will weigh the testimony that we have shared. But it will be too late.” With the Israel and U.S. representatives sitting opposite him, he demanded:

    “What more evidence do you need now? Will you act – decisively – to prevent genocide and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law? Or will you say instead that ‘we did all we could?’”

    Video: 20min, 12sec. Below is the full transcript of Fletcher’s remarks

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  • In the aftermath of a broken ceasefire, Palestinians in Gaza speak out about the trauma, loss, and fear they live with daily. Families recount the horrors of bombings, life in tents, and the silence of a world that watches but does not act. Through raw testimony and haunting imagery, this short film captures the reality of survival under siege—and the enduring dignity of a people who refuse to be erased.

    Producers: Belal Awad, Leo Erhardt
    Videographers: Ruwaida Amer, Mahmoud Al Mashharawi
    Video Editor: Leo Erhardt


    Transcript

    MAMDOUH AHMED MORTAJA: 

    More than 500 days have passed and this unjust world has watched our bodies being burned alive. 

    SUHAILA HAMED SA’AD: 

    A girl asleep. In a tent, also. An air strike hit, her brain spilled out—she died on her mattress. What did this girl do? What crime did she commit? 

    MUKARAM SA’AD MUSTAFA HLIWA: 

    Two billion Muslims. Two billion Muslims are watching us. They could do something, but they do nothing. Where is the Arab world? Where is the Islamic world? Where is the Western world? While we are being killed daily. 

    MOHAMED DARWISH MUSTAFA SA’AD: 

    Destruction, terror, fear, humiliation. Faith only in God. As for faith in the end of the war—sadly, we’re not hopeful. 

    SUHAILA HAMED SA’AD: 

    We were in the refugee camp, when we heard gunfire, bombs and the chaos that followed. We didn’t need anyone to tell us, at night, we woke up to gunfire and bombs. There were assassinations, and the whole world turned upside down. My feelings when the ceasefire happened: we were truly pleased, we thought it was over and thought we were going to go back to normal life, like everyone else. Or do we not have the right to live? After that, war returned, worse than before. Now our feelings are different from before. At first, when the ceasefire happened, we were happy and thought we could go back to our lives. But for the war to stop and then return? That’s terrifying and fills us with anxiety. We didn’t expect the war to start again, at all. We couldn’t even believe it when it ended. We were waiting for relief, supplies and aid. We heard the promises on the news, about trucks entering—we didn’t expect the war to return. 

    MOHAMED DARWISH MUSTAFA SA’AD: 

    For me? Yes, I expected it. I expected it. Because they are treacherous, they don’t want peace. We had almost finished the first stage, but at the beginning of the second phase, they turned everything around. They don’t want it to succeed. They don’t want it to succeed. It’s not possible for the war to end. It’s not possible. 

    MAMDOUH AHMED MORTAJA: 

    Rings of fire, flying body parts, surprise attacks, abductions—the stuff of nightmares is happening in this war, and now, the resumption of war has renewed our feelings of intense fear. Everyone’s only demand is an end to this war and this curse, so we can have safety,

    and tranquility, so we can rest our heads on our pillows and know that we will wake up the next day without drones, bullets, or artillery strikes. 

    Interviewer: 

    – This is not normal, it’s really loud. 

    MOHAMED DARWISH MUSTAFA SA’AD: 

    – It’s like this 24/7. 

    SUHAILA HAMED SA’AD: 

    Of course, Gaza is used to wars, but not like this. It’s not a war; it’s genocide: the child, the young, the girl, the wealthy, the poor—everyone. I’ll tell you a story: Yesterday, a ten-year-old girl was sleeping in her bed when an airstrike hit and killed her. What did this girl do? She was only ten years old. A girl sleeping. Also, in a tent. An air strike hits, her brains spill out. She dies on her mattress. What did she do? What crime did she commit? It’s a scary thing. The person sitting in his tent is scared, the person in his house is scared. We feel complete exhaustion, there is no stability, and we are mentally drained. When we sleep, we don’t expect to wake up. With the jets and the strikes, no one expects to wake up. We are living day to day, when we sleep, we don’t think about waking up. Death has become normal. What can we do? 

    MUKARAM SA’AD MUSTAFA HLIWA: 

    To me, the war hasn’t stopped. We have been living in destruction since October 7, 2023. I was injured on October 11, 2023, and until now, there’s been complete ongoing destruction in the Gaza Strip. Martyrs, orphans—destruction, destruction, destruction, more than you can imagine. 

    MOHAMED DARWISH MUSTAFA SA’AD: 

    Unfortunately, we expected the war to end, but it didn’t. They don’t want to end it—they want to end us: completely. We don’t want wars, it’s enough. We’re exhasted. Displacement, displacement, displacement. I lost three homes, and I have lost family as martyrs. We’ve been humiliated as you can see, living in a refugee camp and the situation is miserable. A worn out tent, frankly the situation is not good. 

    SUHAILA HAMED SA’AD: 

    The children here, when they hear explosions, develop psychological problems. They wet themselves. If a glass falls, they panic—they’re psychologically broken. They’re still children. What do they know? Anything that moves, they think it’s an airstrike or tank fire. They’re living in fear. 

    MUKARAM SA’AD MUSTAFA HLIWA:

    One of my grandsons has a heart condition, we worry his heart will stop from terror. He screams and cries when he hears a rocket or an airstrike, or the quadcopter fire. The children can’t sleep because of what’s happening here in Gaza. 

    MOHAMED DARWISH MUSTAFA SA’AD: 

    The kids wet themselves. That’s one thing. The second? The fear and terror—like this child next to you. They are terrified and have no reassurance. The children roam the streets. There are no schools, no education. The Jews demolished the schools, they demolished kindergartens, the hospitals, the dispensaries, and the infrastructure. Buildings, houses: there is nothing left. The children are broken. The children? Childhood is over here. 

    SUHAILA HAMED SA’AD: 

    The future? It’s black and bleak. We have no future—our future is with God. What future? We live in tents, and they have followed us even here! The tent is everything—the living room, the kitchen, the bathroom, everything. At the same time, the tent is an oven—not a tent. Even here, they won’t let us stay. They won’t leave us alone. The tents, the fear, the airstrikes—everything is crushing us. 

    MAMDOUH AHMED MORTAJA: 

    More than 500 days have passed, and this unjust world has watched our bodies being burned alive. Today, more than 50,000 human beings killed, burned alive in front of the world, and no one lifts a finger. So it’s normal that we in Gaza feel we face a deaf, blind, unjust world that supports the executioner standing over us, the victims. 

    MUKARAM SA’AD MUSTAFA HLIWA: 

    After losing my son, after what’s happened to Gaza? No. There is no hope, none at all. Only God stands with us. Hope in any country? There is none. I don’t trust the international community. They haven’t helped us. On the contrary. They sit and discuss as they destroy us. They haven’t found a solution for Gaza. They are destroying us here and in the West Bank. No one has stopped the war. Why? Only God knows. The blame is on them. There is a conspiracy against the people of Gaza. 

    MOHAMED DARWISH MUSTAFA SA’AD: 

    Doesn’t the international community see the victims every day? Thirty, forty victims a day, while they watch. No. Only God is our hope. No one else. God will deliver us from this war. He who is capable of anything. As for the international community, the Arab world, the Muslim world? There are 56 Arab and Muslim nations, yet they do nothing. Two billion Muslims. Two billion Muslims are watching us. They could act, but they do nothing. Where is the Arab world? Where is the Islamic world? Where is the Western world? We are being killed daily. They could act, but they are complicit—their hearts side with Israel. In the end, we’re battling the U.S. We are not equals. And the entire world supports Israel. We’re

    exhausted. We are seeing horrors, tragedies, and no one stands with us. The International Court of Justice ruled for us, but where’s the action? We’re alone. 

    Interviewer 

    – Do you think you will survive this war? 

    SUHAILA HAMED SA’AD: 

    – No. Zero chance. I told you: I sleep feeling like I won’t wake up. It’s normal. Thanks be to God. If He wills us to be martyrs, it’s better than this torture. Because, I’m telling you, we are not living—we are dead. These tents are graves above the earth. What’s the difference if we’re buried under it? Nothing. We’re being tortured, watching the explosions, the despair—it’s destroying us mentally and physically. 

    MOHAMED DARWISH MUSTAFA SA’AD: 

    Honestly, it’s difficult. We’ve faced death repeatedly. May God save us. I don’t expect to survive. I’m not optimistic. Destruction, terror, fear, humiliation. Only faith in God. As for faith in the war ending? Sadly, we’re not hopeful. 

    SUHAILA HAMED SA’AD: 

    Who can we have faith in? In whom? There’s no one. We’ve lost everything. Everything. Only our breath remains. And we wait, minute by minute, for it to leave us. 

    MOHAMED DARWISH MUSTAFA SA’AD: 

    Frankly, we are beyond exhausted. We lost our children, homes, livelihoods, work—Gaza has no life left. Life is over. I mean it. I’m 73. I’ve seen many wars, but never like this. This is genocide. 

    MUKARAM SA’AD MUSTAFA HLIWA: 

    I hope to walk again after my injury. I have a broken hip, I need a replacement. They approved my transfer, but I’m afraid if I leave, I’ll be exiled. They’re saying that those who leave can’t return. But why? I’m leaving for treatment—why exile me? I am from this land. I am Palestinian. I want my country. I want treatment, but I must return. I’m not leaving to emigrate. I don’t want to abandon my country. That’s what I fear.

    This post was originally published on The Real News Network.

  • When Palestinian resistance forces broke free from their open-air prison in Gaza on October 7th, 2023, many did not realize the events that would unfold–that we were all about to bear witness to the world’s first live-streamed genocide. Israel thought this would be business as usual, that they could continue their brutalization of the Palestinian people, and the world would go about its business—as it has for decades. Not only did they have to contend with the resistance on the ground in occupied Palestine, but the groundswell of support around the world, and specifically from within the imperial core that is the U.S.

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  • Since the last installment of this newsletter, two students detained by the Trump administration have been released on bail.

    Mohsen Mahdawi, the Columbia University student who was kidnapped by agents during a citizenship interview, was released from a Vermont correctional facility on April 30.

    “The two weeks of detention so far demonstrate great harm to a person who has been charged with no crime,” said U.S. District Judge Geoffrey Crawford.

    Mahdawi addressed a crowd of supporters and reporters upon his release.

    “For anybody who is doubting justice, this is a light of hope and faith in the justice system in America,” Mahdawi told a crowd outside the courthouse after his release.

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