(2024-12-28). Israeli Forces Kidnap Hospital Medical Staff in Gaza. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Israeli forces have kidnapped the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, along with dozens of medical staff, amid ongoing military operations, according to Gaza's health ministry.
(2024-12-28). Cuba condemns Israeli aggression in the Palestinian strip. plenglish.com "We condemn the Israeli assault on the Kamal Adwan hospital in the north of the Strip, which expelled more than 300 sick and wounded people from the center," the Cuban foreign minister said on the social network X. | According to the head of Cuban diplomacy, in this way Israel violates "International Law in Gaza with impunity." | He also criticizes the permanent attack by Israeli forces on "civilian installations and killing thousands of people."
(2024-12-28). CAIR Calls on Med Groups to Speak Out as Israel Burns Hospital, Murders Medical Staff. indybay.org The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on U.S. and international medical groups to condemn Israel's burning of Kamal Adwan Hospital, one of the last hospitals in northern Gaza, and the murder of five members of its medical staff.
(2024-12-28). Palestinian media: 9 civilians martyred several others injured due to an Israeli airstrike that targeted a residential building in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza Strip. english.almanar.com.lb
(2024-12-28). How research at MIT abets Israel's genocide in Gaza. electronicintifada.net Students, faculty fight administration's repression and censorship.
(2024-12-28). 'This horror must end': WHO condemns Israeli assault on key Gaza hospital. aljazeera.com Israeli forces storm Kamal Adwan Hospital, putting the last remaining medical facility in northern Gaza out of service.
(2024-12-28). Tired of violence and segregation, these asylum seekers are leaving Tel Aviv. haaretz.com The violence in their community and the segregation in their children's schools have driven hundreds of Eritrean asylum seekers to seek greener pastures…
(2024-12-28). Iran: Israeli attack on Kamal Adwan Hospital 'heinous war crime'. presstv.ir Iran's Foreign Ministry describes the deadly Israeli attack on the Kamal Adwan Hospital northern Gaza as "a heinous war crime."
(2024-12-28). Israel detains Kamal Adwan director, hospital 'out of service'. newarab.com 
Gaza health officials said on Saturday that Israeli forces detained the director of the "The occupation forces have taken dozens of the medical staff from Kamal Adwan Hospital to a detention centre for interrogation, including the director,
(2024-12-28). Israeli forces burn Gaza's Kamal Adwan hospital. newarab.com 
Israeli forces on Friday raided the In separate incidents across Gaza, Israeli strikes killed at least 25 people, medics said. One of those strikes on a house in Gaza City killed 15 people, medics and the civil emergency service said. | The Palestinian health ministry said contact with staff inside the facility,…
(2024-12-28). Israeli troops burn Kamal Adwan Hospital, staff evacuate. newarab.com 
Israeli troops stormed one of the The Gaza Health Ministry said troops set fires in several parts of
(2024-12-28). Israel's genocide is making us strangers on our own land. newarab.com 
Since the first day that Israel's war on Gaza began, my family made the difficult decision to leave our home in the Jawazat district, as our neighbourhood has been consistently targeted. We sought refuge in my grandmother's house — she had tragically passed away there just two months prior. We packed essentials like food, clothes, important documents, and identification cards, thinking we would only be away for a few weeks at most. However, as many are now aware, the situation quickly escalated beyond our expectations. | My grandmother's house was in the heart of the Rimal neighbourhood in Gaza City, clo…
(2024-12-28). Palestine Solidarity Coalition Wins Major Local BDS Victory in California. truthout.org Organizers and workers from across Alameda County, California, scored a major victory for the BDS movement on December 10th, successfully pressuring the Board of Supervisors to vote to develop an ethical investment policy that, when implemented, could move tens of millions of dollars in investments out of companies profiting off of Israel's genocide and system of apartheid. |
(2024-12-28). Coalition of labor, community, and faith groups wins victory for the BDS movement in California. mondoweiss.net 
Organizers in Alameda County, CA, scored a BDS victory in December when the Board of Supervisors voted to develop an ethical investment policy that could divest tens of millions of dollars from companies profiting off Israeli genocide and apartheid.
(2024-12-28). Israelis stage nationwide protests for hostage deal, against government. haaretz.com Demonstrations are planned across Israel on Saturday, demanding the return of hostages held in Gaza and opposing the Netanyahu government. Rallies will be held in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, and Be'er Sheva…
(2024-12-28). 'He's preserving Israel's Jewish identity': Conversations with Netanyahu's biggest supporters. haaretz.com They're accused of being irrational, of supporting a tyrant who is destroying democracy. Six proud Bibi supporters explain what they believe the Israeli left is refusing to grasp…
(2024-12-28). Probe against Sara Netanyahu for harassing witness in corruption case. ummid.com After allegations that Sara Netanyahu is harassing a witness in the Israeli Prime Minister's corruption trial and his political opponents, Attorney General of Israel has asked Police to open an investigation.
(2024-12-28). Primer ministro israelí será operado para extirparle la próstata. cubadebate.cu El primer ministro de Israel, Benjamín Netanyahu, se someterá mañana domingo a una operación de extirpación de próstata, según anunció este sábado su oficina, citada por The Times of Israel. Se informa que el mandatario fue diagnosticado con una infección del tracto urinario causada por un agrandamiento benigno de la próstata.
(2024-12-28). Gaza Children Succumb to Cold amid Israeli Blockade, UNRWA Chief Warns. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has issued a dire warning, stating that children in Gaza are freezing to death as the blockade prevents essential winter supplies from reaching the war-torn enclave.
(2024-12-28). Gaza babies 'freezing to death' amid Israel's inhumane blockade: UNRWA. presstv.ir UNRWA is warning that more babies are losing their lives due to a severe temperature drop and lack of shelter in Gaza.
(2024-12-28). Army Shoots Three Palestinians, Abducts Four, in Nablus and Ramallah. imemc.org 
On Friday, Israeli troops shot a Palestinian young man and abducted three others in the northern West Bank governorate of Nablus. Also, the army shot two young men and abducted a woman in the central West Bank governorate of Ramallah and Al-Biereh. Israeli forces shot a Palestinian young man in the Askar al-Jadeed refugee camp, …
(2024-12-28). Sanaa Airport Resumes Operations after Israeli Airstrikes. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Sanaa International Airport has resumed operations following Israeli airstrikes that targeted critical infrastructure, including the airport and nearby facilities, sparking widespread condemnation and disrupting humanitarian and civilian activities.
(2024-12-28). Complaint filed against Franco-Israeli soldier: the French judiciary must open an investigation. fidh.org
(2024-12-28). Video: murdered journalist's first son born on day his father killed. skwawkbox.org Ayman al-Jadi's son Ayman named in his slain father's memory Palestinian journalist Ayman al-Jadi was one of five journalists murdered on Christmas day by Israel in Gaza — as well as at least five medics — as he slept with his colleagues in their clearly-marked press van. Mr al-Jadi's wife was expecting their first child …
(2024-12-28). Gideon Levy on Israel's 'Moral Blindness': Gaza Babies Freeze, Strikes Kill Medical Workers, Reporters. scheerpost.com 
(2024-12-28). Israeli strike endangers World Health Organization director-general in Yemen. wsws.org Israeli fighter jets launched a series of missile strikes on Yemen Thursday, including several that hit Sanaa International Airport near where World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was preparing to board a flight.
(2024-12-28). Missile fired from Yemen triggers sirens in Israeli-occupied lands. presstv.ir A ballistic missile launched from Yemen has triggered sirens in dozens of towns and cities in the al-Quds area as well as the southern Negev.
(2024-12-28). IRGC chief: Yemenis will ultimately emerge victorious. presstv.ir The IRGC chief commander praises the Yemeni nation for courageously defending Palestinians amid the bloody Israeli onslaught on Gaza, emphasizing the Arab nation will finally emerge victorious.
(2024-12-28). Yemeni forces target Israeli Nevatim Airbase in retaliatory missile strike. presstv.ir The Yemeni Armed Forces have targeted the Israeli Nevatim Airbase in the occupied territories in retaliation for the Tel Aviv regime's bloody onslaught against the Palestinians in Gaza.
(2024-12-28). Debt cancellation in the land of Canaan in the first millennium BC. cadtm.org The year 2025 is considered by Christians to be a jubilee year under the banner of debt cancellation. To mark the occasion, the CADTM is republishing a series of articles on debt cancellation, the struggles for debt cancellation and the role of debt in political, social and geostrategic conflicts throughout history.
| Social justice, in particular in regard to the cancellation of debts that keep the poor enslaved to the rich, is a leitmotif in the history of ancient Israel.
| The Deuteronomic (…) | – | / |
(2024-12-28). 20-year-old shot dead in central Israel in alleged family feud. haaretz.com A medic says he found the victim, Qusai Abu Raqayq, unconscious in the street. Police arrested a 19-year-old suspect from the nearby town of Lod…
(2024-12-28). A Palestinian father of eight went up to his roof, and was shot dead by an Israeli sniper in front of his son. haaretz.com A 47-year-old Palestinian man went up to the roof of his West Bank home with his son for a smoke. He was shot to death by an Israeli army sniper for no apparent reason…
(2024-12-28). Israel at war, day 449: IDF says its forces in Lebanon destroyed Hezbollah tunnel. haaretz.com IDF says it intercepted two rockets launched from Gaza that triggered sirens in Jerusalem, central Israel and parts of the West Bank ‚ñ Yemen's Houthis fire ballistic missile at central Israel; intercepted outside Israel ‚ñ WHO: IDF raid on north Gaza hospital left facility out of service, some departments 'severely burnt and destroyed' ‚ñ IDF instructed residents of Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza to evacuate immediately ‚ñ Three Palestinian farmers wounded in West Bank settler attack ‚ñ Here's what you need to know 449 days into t…
(2024-12-28). Missile fired from Yemen shot down outside of Israeli territory, IDF says. haaretz.com Earlier, Arab media reported that strikes by the U.S. and U.K. targeted Houthi military sites in Yemen's capital Sana'a…
(2024-12-28). Ceasefire in Lebanon: One month on, Israel 'preparing to stay'. newarab.com 
One month after the Meanwhile, the
(2024-12-28). Israel's army kills five Palestinian journalists, ending dreams. newarab.com 
On Thursday, the "Ayman Al-Jadi, a cameraman; Faisal Abu Al-Qumsan, a reporter; Fadi Hasouna and Mohammed Al-Lad'ah, both of them video editors, and Ibrahim Al-Sh…
(2024-12-28). Medics 'burnt alive' at Gaza hospital after Israel starts fire. newarab.com 
Medical staff at An Al-Jazeera correspondent in Gaza said that some people had fled the hospital, located in the They said that as a result of the fire which Israeli for…
(2024-12-28). WHO chief 'escaped death' in Israeli strikes on Yemen airport. newarab.com 
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told BBC radio his ears were still ringing following Thursday's attack as he prepared to board a flight in
(2024-12-28). Israeli strike kills 50, including five medics at Gaza hospital. newarab.com At least 50 Palestinians, including five medical workers, were killed after Israeli warplanes targeted a building near the The attack occurred in the early hours of Thursday in the "There are nearly 50 martyrs, including three of our medical staff, under the rubble of a building opposite…
(2024-12-28). WHO denounces Israeli aggression against health system in Gaza. plenglish.com Ramallah, Dec 28 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) condemned the Israeli attacks against this sector in the Gaza Strip and warned of the danger it represents for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.
(2024-12-28). Scenes from Sana'a International Airport, bombed by the Israeli Air Force hours ago. indybay.org Blood stains everywhere in the departure lounge. | x.com/Aldanmarki/status/1872339984331706… | Video: 3m 18s…
(2024-12-28). Israel viola la tregua con el Líbano: Se reportan ataques, bombardeos e incursiones. cubadebate.cu Transcurrida la primera mitad del plazo de 60 días para la retirada israelí del sur de Líbano, las fuerzas de Tel Aviv continuaron este sábado los bombardeos, las demoliciones e incursiones en violación de la tregua. De acuerdo con reportes de prensa, los militares israelíes patrullaron zonas sureñas en Taybeh, Al-Qantara, Aadchit, El Qsair y Deir Seryan.
(2024-12-28). Palestine: The food, land, and water crisis in the context of the Zionist extermination of the Palestinian people in Gaza. cadtm.org
(2024-12-28). 12/23-12/27 NJ Palestine Protests. fightbackbetter.com 
Regular Events: | SJ for Gaza | Changed the | Teaneck for ceasefire | The weekly protest presumably
(2024-12-28). Gaza hospital says four babies die of 'severe temperature drop'. newarab.com 
The chief paediatric doctor at a southern Gaza hospital confirmed that four babies had died of "severe temperature drop" this week as the war-ravaged Palestinian territory grapples with The fourth baby died within 72 hours of the first in Gaza, with medical sources saying the infant died due to exposure to the cold. | Dr.
(2024-12-28). When Homes Were Turned Into Huts. pressenza.com There is something strange about the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, which occurs a few days after Yom Kippur. One is required to leave one's usual home and move to temporary, flimsy huts exposed to the vagaries of the weather. The holiday embodies the memory of protecting former slaves who dwelled in huts on their journey from Egypt. It is the only holiday referred to as "the holiday of our joy." This takes place in the fall, when it can become cold and rainy, especially in northern latitudes. The huts may be elaborately decorated, but they remain vulnerable. It is particularly meritorious to begin building one's sukk…
(2024-12-28). Netanyahu's wife to be investigated for harassing witness. newarab.com 
The Sara Netanyahu, wife of
(2024-12-28). From South Africa to Syria, rising perils for Palestine solidarity. cadtm.org
(2024-12-28). Palestinian Authority officer killed in Jenin Camp clashes. newarab.com 
(2024-12-28). Remembering the pioneering Arab visual artists we lost in 2024. newarab.com 
As we come to the end of 2024, we look back on the distinguished lives and careers of Arab visual artists who passed away this year, leaving behind a legacy of creativity and experimentation. | From Gulf and Levant artists who defended the Palestinian cause to experimenting with abstraction, here are the stories of eight regional artists we lost in 2024. | Hussein Madi (1938 — 2024): | A renowned modernist of the Lebanese art scene,
(2024-12-28). #FreeCaseyNow: On Casey Goonan and the Abandonment of Political Prisoners in the Pro-Palestine Movement. itsgoingdown.org Call for the movement in solidarity with Palestine to support political prisoner Casey Goonan. For more information on Casey's case, go here. Originally posted to Chicago Anti-Report. Casey Goonan is the only US political prisoner from the 2024 pro-Palestine student encampments. They are an abolitionist and anarchist who has dedicated themselves to multiple forms of…
(2024-12-28). Morocco sentences 13 pro-Palestine activists for boycott protest. newarab.com 
A After a year-long trial, the Salé Court of First Instance convicted 12 activists, all members of the Moroccan Front Against Normalisat…
(2024-12-28). CAIR voices concern over anti-Palestine bias at US universities. newarab.com 
The Council on American-Islamic Relations have issued an advisory to prospective students and their families over US universities they consider "institutions of particular concern" due to their treatment of those This comes after repeated instances of clashes between pro-Palestinian student protesters demonstrating against In…
(2024-12-27). The Defiant Last Stand Of The Doctors Of Kamal Adwan Hospital. popularresistance.org Patients are trying to sleep inside the Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip. But just outside, they can see a remote-controlled robot carrying explosives sent by the Israeli army. It's only a matter of time before the bomb is detonated. Tanks and bulldozers move around the hospital and in front of its entrances all day long. The sounds of explosions and bullets do not stop. | Inside the hospital, there is a constant state of panic. With each new explosion or round of fire, patients flee from one wing of the hospital to another, crowding in the narrow hospital corridors to sleep like sardines, hoping t…
(2024-12-27). Gideon Levy on Israel's "Moral Blindness": Gaza Babies Freeze; Strikes Kill Medical Workers, Reporters. democracynow.org 
In northern Gaza, the director of the besieged Kamal Adwan Hospital says five medical workers were among 50 people killed in Israeli strikes near the hospital. Israeli forces then stormed the hospital and forced hundreds, including patients, into the streets. This all comes as The New York Times has confirmed past reporting by +972 Magazine that on October 7, 2023, Israel loosened military rules meant to protect noncombatants in Gaza. Award-winning Israeli journalist Gideon Levy decries the moral decay of Israel, which has gone so far as to open a luxurious rest area for soldiers in northern Gaza: "It’…
(2024-12-27). In Gaza, 4th baby freezes to death, Israel kills 5 Palestinian journalists. imemc.org 
Compilation of news reports — IAK staff Nearly 50 Palestinians were killed Thursday in an Israeli airstrike on a building opposite the headquarters of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip. Among the dead are two ambulance crew members. At least 14 more Palestinians are dead and 50 others have been wounded in Israeli …
(2024-12-27). New York Times reveals Israeli extermination order authorizing killing 20 civilians for each "combatant" wsws.org On Thursday, the New York Times published a detailed account reporting the existence of official Israeli military documents authorizing the killing of 20 non-combatants for every "pre-emptive" attack on a single presumed Hamas supporter, with the ratio in some cases reaching 100 to one.
(2024-12-27). All contact lost with Kamal Adwan Hospital staff and patients as Israel raids north Gaza hospital. mondoweiss.net 
(2024-12-27). Israel Orders Total Evacuation of North Gaza Hospital, Sets Facility Ablaze. truthout.org Israeli forces have totally besieged Kamal Adwan Hospital, one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza, evacuating all staff and patients and setting the facility ablaze, after months of nonstop attacks. On Friday, the facility's director, Hossam Abu Safiya, said that Israeli forces began burning all of the facility's operational departments while staff and patients were still… |
(2024-12-27). Israeli Troops Launch Violent Incursion Into New Areas Of Lebanon. popularresistance.org Israeli forces stepped up their ongoing violations of the ceasefire in Lebanon on 26 December, pushing troops deeper into south Lebanon and kidnapping a Lebanese citizen. | "The Israeli enemy continues to violate the ceasefire agreement, attack Lebanon's sovereignty and citizens, and destroy southern villages and towns," the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) said in a statement on Thursday. | "In this context, on 12/26/2024, Israeli enemy forces penetrated several points in the areas of Qantara, Adshit al-Qusayr, and Wadi al-Hujayr.
(2024-12-27). Israel Is Killing Civilians In Gaza On Purpose, And It's Not Even Debatable. caitlinjohnstone.com.au
(2024-12-27). Palestinians Endure Another Christmas Of Genocide And Displacement. popularresistance.org Over the past 14 months, I have watched in horror as fellow Palestinians in Gaza have been subjected to Israel's relentless bombardment — targeting refugee camps, residential neighborhoods, schools, hospitals, universities and bakeries — and forced to live the nightmare of homelessness in leaky tents without food, water or medical care. I have listened to friends and family in the West Bank and East Jerusalem talk about their despair and describe the daily terror they are subjected to at the hands of the Israeli military and armed settlers, whose aim is to get them to leave their homes and land.
(2024-12-27). Bringing Gaza Home. popularresistance.org In Ft. Wayne, Indiana, this September, I was arrested with a long-time activist friend, Cliff Kindy, for blocking the entrance to a Raytheon Corp. facility. We both requested jury trials and the dates were set for mid-December and early January. Prosecutors dropped the charges in each case and the trials did not happen. | For my defense, I planned to bring Gaza home to jurors from Allen County, home to Ft. Wayne, with wire service photos and by extrapolating the effects of the U.S.-Israeli genocide in Palestine to their own county.
(2024-12-27). Biden Officials Pressured US-Funded Food Monitor to Retract Gaza Famine Warning. truthout.org A key international food insecurity monitor retracted a report warning of imminent famine in Israeli-sieged north Gaza after the Biden administration pressured the group to do so, new reporting finds. Earlier this week, the Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET) put out a report warning that deaths due to starvation were reaching the threshold of famine in north Gaza… |
(2024-12-27). Israeli forces raid Kamal Adwan Hospital after killing 53 in airstrikes. presstv.ir Israel has conducted new airstrikes on Kamal Adwan Hospital in the besieged Gaza Strip, killing at least 50 people, including staff members.
(2024-12-27). Israel bombs Yemen, kills dozens at Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital. newarab.com 
Israeli air strikes hit The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether they knew at the time that WHO chief The strikes targeting the airport, military facilities and power stations in Houthi ar…
(2024-12-27). Israeli forces burn Gaza's Kamal Adwan hospital. newarab.com Israeli forces on Friday raided the In separate incidents across Gaza, Israeli strikes killed at least 25 people, medics said. One of those strikes on a house in Gaza City killed 15 people, medics and the civil emergency service said. | The Palestinian health ministry said contact with staff inside the facility,…
(2024-12-27). As some Israeli officers seem to push systematic destruction in Gaza, Hamas regroups. haaretz.com In tent camps, Palestinian teenagers are undergoing training in firearms, rocket-propelled grenades and explosives ‚ñ Defense Minister Katz is good at undercutting the IDF chief of staff, whose personnel crisis is deepening…
truthout.org (2024-12-27). Israeli Citizenship Has Always Been a Tool of Genocide — So I Renounced Mine
In its genocidal campaign to erase Palestine's Indigenous people, the state has weaponized my very existence, my birth and identity — and those of so many others.
(2024-12-27). 'That Amnesty Is Claiming This Is Genocide Is Profound and Necessary': CounterSpin interview with Iman Abid on Israeli genocide. fair.org 
(2024-12-27). All for his wife: The timing of Netanyahu's latest attack on the media is no coincidence. haaretz.com On behalf of his expat wife in Miami, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at the media – while air force pilots were risking their lives over the skies of Yemen ‚ñ On behalf of Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz was dispatched to thwart the hostage deal and a few other things ‚ñ And who is the minister who gives weaklings a bad name?
(2024-12-27). Probe against Sara Netanyahu for harassing witness in corruption case. ummid.com After allegations that Sara Netanyahu is harassing a witness in the Israeli Prime Minister's corruption trial and his political opponents, Attorney General of Israel has asked Police to open an investigation.
(2024-12-27). Video: "Wiping Gaza Off the Map": Big Money Agenda. Confiscating Palestine's Maritime Natural Gas Reserves. globalresearch.ca There is an unspoken "Big Money Agenda". Netanyahu's objective is not only to exclude Palestinians from their homeland, it consists in confiscating Palestine's multi-billion dollar Gaza offshore Natural Gas reserves…
(2024-12-27). Israeli Forces Kill a Palestinian Near Jenin. imemc.org 
Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian young man, on Thursday night, in the town of Ya'bad, west of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank. Media sources said that occupation forces shot and killed the young man, Zain Ali Tawfiq Atatreh, 18, after invading Ya'bad town and opening fire on citizens. The Palestinian Red …
(2024-12-27). Journalists' Massacre in Nuseirat — Five Killed in Targeted Strike On Broadcast Vehicle. orinocotribune.com The channel said in a statement that the five were killed "while performing their journalistic and humanitarian duty," describing the incident as "a crime added to the series of crimes committed by the occupation against Palestinian journalists." | Five journalists from Al-Quds Today channel were killed at dawn on Thursday in an Israeli airstrike that targeted the channel's external broadcast vehicle in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, coinciding with airstrikes in various areas of the Strip. | In a statement, the channel mourned the five journalists and identified them as Faisal Abu Al-Qumsan, Ayman…
(2024-12-27). Death feels imminent for 96% of children in Gaza, study finds. mronline.org 
Needs assessment by NGO reveals the huge psychological impact of the war with Israel on young people.
(2024-12-27). Suitcases of Qatari Cash: Unpacking Israel's Role in 'Funding Hamas'. mintpressnews.com
(2024-12-27). Israel Is Killing Civilians In Gaza On Purpose, And It's Not Even Debatable: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com Just so we're all clear, it is a fully established fact that the IDF is directly, deliberately …
(2024-12-27). Headlines for December 27, 2024. democracynow.org Israel Forces Evacuation of Northern Gaza Hospital After Attack That Killed 50, Watchdog Finds 75,000 in Gaza at Risk of Famine, Buries Report After U.S. Ambassador to Israel Objects, Israel Bombs Yemeni Capital and Port City of Hodeidah, Killing 6 and Wounding Dozens, Famine Spreads as Fighting Escalates in Sudan, Prompting Exodus of Refugees, More Than 10,000 Asylum Seekers Have Died at Sea Attempting to Reach Spain in 2024, CDC Warns Sample of First Severely Ill U.S. Bird Flu Patient Contains Troublesome Mutations, South Korean Parliament Impeaches Acting President 2 Weeks After Former President's Ouster…
(2024-12-27). Iran Condemns Israeli Attacks on Yemen. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The Iranian Foreign Ministry's spokesperson strongly condemned the Zionist regime's military strikes against Sana'a International Airport, Al-Hudaydah Port facilities, and Yemen's energy production infrastructures.
(2024-12-27). Across the Middle East, the BDS Movement Is Thriving. scheerpost.com 
(2024-12-27). Complaint filed against Franco-Israeli soldier: the French judiciary must open an investigation. fidh.org
(2024-12-27). 'Hypersonic' Yemeni missile hits Tel Aviv after Israeli airstrikes. presstv.ir Air raid sirens have sounded over a large part of the Israeli occupied territories following a missile attack from Yemen which targeted Tel Aviv early Friday, causing Ben Gurion airport to shut down.
(2024-12-27). Yemen pledges 'crushing response' to Israeli airstrikes. presstv.ir Yemeni officials say the Israeli strikes will not make them withdraw their support for Palestine.
(2024-12-27). Israel launches three raids on Lebanon in fresh truce breach. presstv.ir Israeli forces have staged a fresh round of aggression on eastern Lebanon in blatant violation of a truce agreement that went into effect on November 27.
(2024-12-27). UN chief: Israel strikes on Sana'a airport, power plants 'alarming'. presstv.ir The UN Secretary-General has condemned the deadly Israeli airstrikes on Yemen that targeted critical civilian infrastructure, including Sana'a International Airport and power stations.
(2024-12-27). Yemenis rally in massive numbers for Gazans after Israeli strikes. presstv.ir Yemeni demonstrators have reaffirmed their unwavering support for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip amid the bloody Israeli onslaught.
(2024-12-27). Settler fatally stabbed; five Israeli soldiers killed, injured in Jabalia. presstv.ir An Israeli settler has been killed in an alleged stabbing attack in Herzliya in northern Tel Aviv, with the occupying regime's media reporting the apprehension of a Palestinian youth.
(2024-12-27). WHO chief says he was metres away from Israeli attack on Yemen airport. aljazeera.com Houthi media says three people killed in the attacks on the airport and three killed after Israel hit city of Hodeidah.
(2024-12-27). Israel attacks Yemen's main airport while UN health chief boards flight. aljazeera.com Israel attacked Sanaa International Airport in Yemen on Thursday.
(2024-12-27). Debt cancellation in the land of Canaan in the first millennium BC. cadtm.org The year 2025 is considered by Christians to be a jubilee year under the banner of debt cancellation. To mark the occasion, the CADTM is republishing a series of articles on debt cancellation, the struggles for debt cancellation and the role of debt in political, social and geostrategic conflicts throughout history.
| Social justice, in particular in regard to the cancellation of debts that keep the poor enslaved to the rich, is a leitmotif in the history of ancient Israel.
| The Deuteronomic (…) | – | / |
(2024-12-27). Lebanese Army units and UNIFIL forces patrol Wadi Hujeir area, removing the earthen barriers raised by the Israeli enemy during yesterday's incursion: media reports. english.almanar.com.lb
(2024-12-27). Lebanese Brigadier General Warns of New Status Quo as Israeli Enemy Escalates Violations. english.almanar.com.lb Brigadier General Mounir Shehadeh, former Lebanese government coordinator with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), has raised concerns over ongoing Israeli enemy violations since the ceasefire was declared. He warned that these actions reflect Israeli efforts to impose a new status quo on Lebanon and its resistance. Exploiting International Cover In an interview …
(2024-12-27). Israeli media: Israeli Minister of War received two internal investigations from the Israeli army regarding the October 7 operation. english.almanar.com.lb
(2024-12-27). Israeli media: Investigations revealed that the Israeli captain killed in the Netzarim Corridor in central Gaza was wounded during clashes with Palestinian fighters in the area. english.almanar.com.lb
(2024-12-27). Israeli occupation forces carry out an operation of blowing up houses in Naqoura town, South Lebanon. english.almanar.com.lb
(2024-12-27). Israeli occupation forces carry out an operation of blowing up houses in Mays Al-Jabal town, South Lebanon. english.almanar.com.lb
(2024-12-27). US' Hochstein Heads Campaign to Eliminate Flow of 'Iranian Money' into Lebanon: Report. english.almanar.com.lb 'Israel' continues its bombing and destruction in southern Lebanon despite a ceasefire agreement, citing "secret guarantees" from the United States allowing it to maintain security and military dominance in the area, Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reported on Friday. This approach raises political tensions and concerns in Lebanon, as the slow Israeli withdrawal and damage to border …
(2024-12-27). Video| Al-Manar Reporter Inspects Wadi Hujeir Area, South Lebanon, after Withdrawal of Israeli Occupation Forces. english.almanar.com.lb Al-Manar correspondent in South Lebanon, Ali Shoeib, inspected on Friday Wadi Hujeir area, South Lebanon, after the withdrawal of the Zionist occupation forces. The main highway which links several towns in South Lebanon was vandalized and bulldozed by the Israeli occupation forces that destroyed restaurants in the area. 'Israel' continued to violate the ceasefire agreement …
(2024-12-27). Israeli media: The attack in Sanaa now is not Israeli. english.almanar.com.lb
(2024-12-27). Grief and gaslighting: How the raw pain of a fallen soldier's family shocked Israel and exposed IDF arrogance. haaretz.com Gur Kehati, a 20-year-old soldier, was killed in one of the most controversial incidents of the Israel-Hezbollah war, an incident that now haunts the military's senior command and has become the center of a polarizing national scandal…
(2024-12-27). Before Israel can deter the Houthis, it must decide how to act against Iran. haaretz.com Thursday's series of attacks — the second in a week — required planning and resources, but it won't end the Israel's confrontation with the Houthi rebels in Yemen. With Iran, which is unusually weak, the situation is different, but much depends on the policies of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump…
(2024-12-27). Case dropped against women who distributed flyers at Israeli lawmaker's synagogue. haaretz.com The three women were arrested in September on suspicion of trespassing, after distributing flyers calling for the release of the hostages at the Herzliya synagogue. Their lawyer: 'Their false arrest is a badge of shame for the Israel Police'…
(2024-12-27). Israeli officer killed in northern Gaza fighting, IDF announces. haaretz.com Major Hod Shriebman, 27 from Tzofit, is the 823rd fallen soldier since October 7 of last year…
(2024-12-27). 'I have no doubt that captivity shortened Hanna's life … she couldn't take it anymore'. haaretz.com Bracha Shalev, whose husband and son were murdered in Nir Oz on October 7, lost her friend from the kibbutz, Hanna Katzir, this week. ' I have a neighbor who was in captivity and I can't look her in the eye. She hasn't come back; she's still in the tunnels'…
(2024-12-27). Now's the time for Israelis to rediscover Hannah Arendt. haaretz.com The German-Jewish philosopher's concept of practicing inner dialogues and developing skepticism helps to make judgment calls in difficult times — and there is no more difficult time than now…
(2024-12-27). Ceasefire in Lebanon: One month on, Israel 'preparing to stay'. newarab.com One month after the Meanwhile, the
(2024-12-27). Israeli strike kills 50, including five medics at Gaza hospital. newarab.com At least 50 Palestinians, including five medical workers, were killed after Israeli warplanes targeted a building near the The attack occurred in the early hours of Thursday in the "There are nearly 50 martyrs, including three of our medical staff, under the rubble of a building opposite…
(2024-12-27). Israel's army kills five Palestinian journalists, ending dreams. newarab.com On Thursday, the "Ayman Al-Jadi, a cameraman; Faisal Abu Al-Qumsan, a reporter; Fadi Hasouna and Mohammed Al-Lad'ah, both of them video editors, and Ibrahim Al-Sh…
(2024-12-27). Lebanon ceasefire: What dangers do Dahiyeh's residents face. newarab.com 
It's been a month since a Dahiyeh — the Arabic word for suburb and the name given to the area south of the Lebanese capital — was hammered by weeks of Israeli strikes. Streets which once never slept in the densely populated suburbs have been left in ruins, after buildings were reduced to rubble within seconds during the offensive. | Cl…
(2024-12-27). Israel planning 'major attack' on Houthi targets in Yemen. newarab.com 
(2024-12-27). 'Imagined Reality': Bethlehem Pastor tears into Zionist idea of 'Greater Israel'. ummid.com The idea of "Greater Israel" that Israel and its supporters want the world to believe in order to create a Zionist state in Palestine is a case of 'imagined reality' based on incorrect interpretation of Bible, Rev. Munther Isaac said.
(2024-12-27). WHO Chief Survives Israel's Bombing of Sanaa Airport That Killed 4 People. truthout.org As part of Israel's assault on various countries across the Middle East, Israeli fighter jets on Thursday bombed multiple sites in Yemen, including Sanaa International Airport, killing multiple people and threatening the life of a leading United Nations official. World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and colleagues were at the airport, wrapping up a trip… |
(2024-12-27). Partido palestino acusó a Estados Unidos de complicidad en asesinatos israelíes. radiohc.cu La Habana, 27 dic (RHC) El Frente Popular para la Liberación de Palestina (FPLP) acusó hoy a Estados Unidos y a otras potencias occidentales de ser responsables por los asesinatos de periodistas en los territorios ocupados durante ataques israelíes.
(2024-12-27). Palestine: The food, land, and water crisis in the context of the Zionist extermination of the Palestinian people in Gaza. cadtm.org
(2024-12-27). Resist, my people, resist: The Fifty-Second Newsletter (2024). mronline.org 
With a year marked by genocide and conflict almost behind us, we welcome the new year with struggle; may it bring us closer to a socialist world where the dreams of humanity can finally awaken.
(2024-12-27). Gaza hospital says four babies die of 'severe temperature drop'. newarab.com The chief paediatric doctor at a southern Gaza hospital confirmed that four babies had died of "severe temperature drop" this week as the war-ravaged Palestinian territory grapples with The fourth baby died within 72 hours of the first in Gaza, with medical sources saying the infant died due to exposure to the cold. | Dr.
(2024-12-27). Pro-Palestine activists removed from US university government. newarab.com 
For the first time in the school's history, Student president Alifa Anam Chowdhury and Vice President Elias Atkinson, both pro-Gaza activists, were found guilty of dereliction of duty based on Chowdhury's four unexcused absences from assembly meetings and Atkinson's failure to hold the required twice-monthly meetings. | This was after a seven-day student judicial hearing, which lasted over…
(2024-12-27). Biden's National Strategy on Islamophobia Is an Insult to Victims of US Policy. truthout.org On December 12, 2024, the Biden administration released its National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia and Anti-Arab Hate. The document is a moral obscenity that should insult the intelligence and dignity of every self-respecting person of conscience in America. The breathtaking hypocrisy of releasing this document while U.S.-funded bombs obliterate Palestinian civilians in Gaza defies… |
(2024-12-27). Biden Commutes The Sentences Of All But Three On Federal Death Row. popularresistance.org President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the sentences of 37 people on federal death row, reclassifying sentences of all but three men to life without parole. This follows months of activists calling on Joe Biden to commute all federal death sentences. | The three remaining on death row were convicted for mass shootings: Robert Bowers who killed 11 Jewish worshipers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018, Dylann Roof for the 2015 shooting that killed nine people at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, for the 2013 bombing at the Boston Marathon that killed thre…
(2024-12-27). Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution refuses to implode. onlineopinion.com.au The Saudi-based Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution (HKOPS) to end 100 years of conflict between Arabs and Jews refuses to implode – despite the best efforts of the United Nations and world media.
(2024-12-27). Attorney General Orders Probe Into Sara Netanyahu After Corruption Case Report. themedialine.org 
(2024-12-27). 'We Will Leave When the Last Palestinian Leaves': The Defiant Last Stand of the Doctors of Kamal Adwan Hospital. scheerpost.com 
(2024-12-27). From South Africa to Syria, rising perils for Palestine solidarity. cadtm.org
(2024-12-27). Educators sound alarm over ADL presence in schools. mondoweiss.net 
The Drop the ADL from Schools campaign seeks to challenge the role the Anti-Defamation League plays in promoting anti-Palestinian racism in K-12 schools across the U.S.
(2024-12-27). The West Bank's Men of the CIA—Why Is the PA Killing Palestinians in Jenin? scheerpost.com 
(2024-12-27). Palestinian Authority officer killed in Jenin Camp clashes. newarab.com
(2024-12-27). Remembering the pioneering Arab visual artists we lost in 2024. newarab.com As we come to the end of 2024, we look back on the distinguished lives and careers of Arab visual artists who passed away this year, leaving behind a legacy of creativity and experimentation. | From Gulf and Levant artists who defended the Palestinian cause to experimenting with abstraction, here are the stories of eight regional artists we lost in 2024. | Hussein Madi (1938 — 2024): | A renowned modernist of the Lebanese art scene,
(2024-12-27). CAIR voices concern over anti-Palestine bias at US universities. newarab.com The Council on American-Islamic Relations have issued an advisory to prospective students and their families over US universities they consider "institutions of particular concern" due to their treatment of those This comes after repeated instances of clashes between pro-Palestinian student protesters demonstrating against In…
(2024-12-27). Morocco sentences 13 pro-Palestine activists for boycott protest. newarab.com A After a year-long trial, the Salé Court of First Instance convicted 12 activists, all members of the Moroccan Front Against Normalisat…
(2024-12-27). Corporal Hasan: The Last Guard of Al-Aqsa. ummid.com Corporal Hasan stood guard at Masjid al Aqsa for approximately 65 years since the Ottomans retreated from Palestine.
(2024-12-27). Bloodstained hypocrisy: Biden's bombs are louder than his words on Islamophobia. mronline.org 
On December 12, the Biden administration released its National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia and Anti-Arab Hate. But as Biden speaks of "countering hate," he continues to expedite the shipment of weapons that are being used to kill Palestinians.
(2024-12-27). Knesset advances bill banning Palestinian grads from teaching. newarab.com 