Monthly Archives: May 2024

2024-05-10: News Headlines

Tareq S. Hajjaj, Mondoweiss. (2024-05-10). Rafah Invasion: Everything That's Happened So Far. popularresistance.org It's a scene that has played over and over again in the southern Gaza city of Rafah since the beginning of the war: mothers with sad and pale faces carrying their children on their shoulders and in their hands, balancing many bags on their backs, surrounded by more children carrying bags and belongings, and men and elderly people pulling carts and pieces of luggage. The remnants of their homes and possessions now follow them throughout their displacement. Even with no place to go, they took to the streets looking for a safe place in Rafah. The only safe place left. | Now those same scenes play out again in Rafah,…

Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. (2024-05-10). US Senators Play Schoolyard Bully Against International Criminal Court. popularresistance.org Despite the fact that the United States is not a member nation of the International Criminal Court (ICC), that organization has been under its sway from its inception. The ICC has only prosecuted Africans and a few Serbians who were accused of war crimes during the NATO-engineered breakup of the former Yugoslavia. The ICC has never issued an arrest warrant for Israel's many documented war crimes. | After Israeli officials publicly expressed concern that the ICC might issue arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and other high-ranking Israeli officials, U.S. pressure began in earnest. Recently a letter to the ICC…

John Zangas, DCMediaGroup. (2024-05-10). DC Police Raid George Washington University Student Gaza Campus. popularresistance.org Washington, DC – The student led Gaza solidarity protest at George Washington University Yard was raided in the predawn hours of Wednesday, May 8. Police arrested 31 and charged them with unlawful entry while four were additionally charged with assault of a police officer. All those arrested were released by the early afternoon of the same day. Jail supporters waited for each student's release and provided emotional support, food, drink, and comfort to them once they were released. Nearly all those arrested were students and none of those arrested were reported as being "outside agitators" as the University Admin…

Ryan McCarty, Left Voice. (2024-05-10). University Of Michigan Protestors Keep Focus On Genocide In Gaza. popularresistance.org It's hard to believe that the encampment at the University of Michigan where students are protesting the university's financial complicity in the ongoing genocide in Gaza is only two weeks old. Since establishing the encampment, the broad coalition, led mostly by graduate student organizers but supported by undergrads, faculty and staff, and community members, has grown tremendously. Over the last two weeks they have increased their actions, demanding the University divest from companies that profit from Israel's occupation of Palestine and war on Gaza. | Over the last two weeks, camp activity has prioritized edu…

News Desk, The Cradle. (2024-05-10). European Campuses Erupt In Protest Over Gaza Genocide. popularresistance.org More European college campuses have erupted in protest over Israel's war on the Gaza Strip, as the massive pro-Palestine movement at US universities continues to inspire students worldwide. According to a police statement, 169 people were detained on Monday evening and early Tuesday at the University of Amsterdam. | Clashes with police and arrests have taken place as campuses in the Netherlands, Germany, France, and Austria broke out this week. | Hundreds of protesters resumed a demonstration at the University of Amsterdam on the evening of 7 May, a day after Dutch riot police stormed the protest site and violent…

Caitlin Johnstone (2024-05-10). Protest And Dissent Can Absolutely Push The Empire To Retreat On Gaza. caitlinjohnstone.com.au It is entirely possible for the surging anti-genocide protest movement and its accompanying zeitgeist in the general public to push the empire to retreat on Gaza. The imperial murder machine has many strengths, but it also has weaknesses. | The globe-spanning power structure that is loosely centralized around Washington has invested in perception management more heavily than any other empire in history&…

Leon Kunstenaar (2024-05-10). All Out for Rapha Rally at UCB. indybay.org Thousands answer call as Israel continues the genocide with attack on starving and bombed out Palestinians…

WSWS (2024-05-10). Australia: Unions at May Day rally cover up Labor's complicity in Gaza genocide. wsws.org Speakers at the Sydney rally once again promoted the fraud that the federal Labor government that has backed Israel's barbaric war for seven months can be pressured to change course.

MEE staff (2024-05-10). Mandela's grandson rebukes Labour's Lammy for Gaza protest criticism. middleeasteye.net Mandela's grandson rebukes Labour's Lammy for Gaza protest criticism | Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela says the UK shadow foreign secretary should stop being 'an apologist for the ongoing genocide' and heed his grandfather's words | | David Lammy addresses delegates on the second day of the annual Labour P…

WSWS (2024-05-10). Australian political, media establishment threatening pro-Palestinian student encampments. wsws.org Labor government figures and media commentators are increasingly explicit that their denunciations of the small student encampments are only part of a broader campaign to ban all protests against the genocide.

Editor (2024-05-10). 'Never Again' Must Apply to the Genocide of the Palestinians. scheerpost.com

Angela (2024-05-10). Sunday 5/19: Voices from the Holy Land Online Film Salon: "Behind US and Israeli Headlines" indybay.org Zoom | Tinyurl.com/VFHL-May2024…

Anshel Pfeffer (2024-05-10). Israel's foundational conflict is playing out in the Gaza war. haaretz.com Next week, Israel somberly marks its independence, a triumph of Zionism that should have settled its meaning. So why do the arguments persist?

Richard Strubben (2024-05-10). Monday 5/13: Israel Out of Rafah – Demonstration in Monterey. indybay.org Monterey Conference Center plaza. Gather at the plaza in front of the Conference Center, 1 Portola Plaza, corner of Del Monte and Alvarado St. in Monterey, CA.

newleftreview (2024-05-10). Richard Beck: Bidenism Abroad. newleftreview.org Panoramic survey of US foreign policy as Washington attempts to maintain its global hegemony in conditions of faltering growth. Containing China, confronting Russia, driving decarbonization: each of Biden's stated aims has been beset by insoluble contradictions from the outset, Richard Beck argues, now compounded by Israel's punitive war on Gaza.

Tom Hussain (2024-05-10). Israel-Gaza war: will US decision to withhold weapons supplies stop assault on 'red line' Rafah? scmp.com Israel's vow to 'go it alone' masks the potentially decisive impact delays in weapons delivery will have on Gaza war and ability to mount an offensive against Hezbollah.

Arjun Singh (2024-05-10). Why Does America Provide So Much Support To Israel? levernews.com

bwitanek (2024-05-10). MIT Students Arrested Protesting Hosting of $11M Israel Drone Program — 23 Suspended — Press Release from SAGE @ MIT 5/9/2024. fightbackbetter.com Press Release from organizers of SAGE @ MIT | Published Thursday, May 9 @ 11PM MIT suspends, evicts, and arrests their…

Reuters (2024-05-10). Who are Israel's main weapons suppliers and who has halted exports? scmp.com The wartime destruction of Gaza and killing of thousands has highlighted the role of the United States, Israel's biggest arms supplier.

Melvin Goodman (2024-05-10). Washington Post's David Ignatius Remains Clueless About the Middle East. counterpunch.org It's difficult to imagine an Israeli war in the Middle East that allowed any Arab country to claim victory. The history of the Middle East over the past 75 years has been a history of war, and the Israelis have been the overwhelming victor in each and every one of them. Israel's War of Independence in 1948 marked an overwhelming victory for the Israelis; it created the profound antagonisms that have marked Israeli relations with the Arab states over the past 75 years. The United States and Israel over the years have indulged in a dialogue about a "peace process," but Arab refugees have known neither "peace" nor "

Agence France-Presse (2024-05-10). Israel-Gaza war: Trump accuses Joe Biden of siding with Hamas over US president's warning to halt arms shipments. scmp.com Donald Trump said "What Biden is doing with respect to Israel is disgraceful," in reference to the president's threat to stop sending weapons to Israel as it wages war against the Palestinian militant group in Gaza.

WSWS (2024-05-10). American military planners declare: "War is peace" wsws.org In a roundtable discussion this week, former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley and Palantir CEO Alex Karp defended Israel's massacre of Palestinian civilians by advocating military brutality as a general principle.

Nir Hasson (2024-05-10). Israeli demonstrators torch UNRWA East Jerusalem compound; 'extensive' damage reported. haaretz.com Police say children likely below the age of criminal responsibility committed the act, and said they'd investigate further as UNRWA demands Israel restore 'proper security'; The agency's chief instructed to shutter the compound, saying its workers' lives are at risk…

Yael Freidson (2024-05-10). In first, Israel's High Court orders police to investigate illegal settlement activity in West Bank. haaretz.com The decision was made in response to a petition from 2018 demanding that a regional council in the West Bank investigate illegal construction in its jurisdiction; the government didn't deny that illegal construction was carried out…

Agence France-Presse (2024-05-10). Gaza war: Israel qualifies for Eurovision final amid protest about its participation. scmp.com Singer Eden Golan secured her spot with a performance of 'Hurricane', as thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators rallied in Sweden's Malmo.

MEE staff (2024-05-10). Rocks, looting, protests: How Israelis are blocking Gaza-bound aid trucks. middleeasteye.net Rocks, looting, protests: How Israelis are blocking Gaza-bound aid trucks | Israeli groups are laying down stones, organising sit-ins and attacking humanitarian convoys to prevent supplies reaching besieged enclave | | Israelis gather at the Nitzana border crossing in southern Israel on 18 February 2…

Peoples Dispatch (2024-05-10). Israel reacts with fury as Biden halts some weapons shipments to Zionist state. peoplesdispatch.org The US has finally begun to halt weapons shipments to Israel, marking a notable policy shift, in response to the Israeli Occupation Forces' ground incursions in Rafah and continued threats of a full-blown invasion. Last week, Biden halted shipments of 1,800 2,000-pound bombs and 1,700 500-pound bombs to Israel over concerns that they would be used in an invasion. Biden has threatened to halt "the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah," if Israel "enters Rafah," Biden said on Wednesday, despite the fact that Israel has already entered Rafah and has been conducting airstrikes on civilians in R…

Yaniv Kubovich (2024-05-10). State comptroller: Israeli military's demand to delay October 7 probe is unreasonable. haaretz.com Matanyahu Englman warned that accepting the defense establishment's position could preclude 'any oversight of the IDF for a very long time' and impede access to critical evidence…

MEE staff (2024-05-10). War on Gaza: Hamas steps up fighting as aid runs out under Israeli blockade. middleeasteye.net War on Gaza: Hamas steps up fighting as aid runs out under Israeli blockade | UN agencies 'scrape bottom of the barrel' while humanitarian operations face imminent closure due to fuel shortages | | A man looks on as smoke rises from a fire caused by Israeli bombardment in Rafah on 10 May 2024 (AFP)…

Amos Harel (2024-05-10). Biden's 'doomsday weapon' threat to Israel is no false alarm. haaretz.com The U.S. president's threat to halt shipments of offensive arms to Israel may erode the army's prowess in the north ‚ñ The gaps in the talks on a hostage deal aren't immense but largely depend on political considerations ‚ñ Netanyahu is playing into Sinwar's hands, and Hamas is regaining control of the Strip…

teleSUR (2024-05-10). Swedes Reject Israeli Participation in Eurovision Song Contest. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, thousands of Swedes marched through the streets of Malmà∂, the venue for the 2024 edition of Eurovision, to demand the expulsion of Israel from the music festival. | RELATED: | Hours before the Israeli participant took the stage in the second semi-final of the competition, citizens gathered in downtown Malmà∂ called by "Stop Israel For Peace and For a Free Palestine," a platform that brings together o…

Yossi Verter (2024-05-10). Netanyahu boasts about Israel standing alone, then loses America. haaretz.com 'If we don't defend ourselves, nobody will. And if we must stand alone, we'll stand alone,' the prime minister said this week. The arrogance of these remarks, as if Israel could 'stand alone,' is comparable only to his inherent ungratefulness to America…

WSWS (2024-05-10). Israel expands attacks throughout Rafah, intensifying catastrophic humanitarian conditions. wsws.org Media reports provided extensive coverage to comments by US President Joe Biden late Wednesday that the US would not provide large bombs or artillery shells for offensive operations in Rafah. However what is at stake are merely tactical differences over how best to proceed with the onslaught.

(2024-05-10). Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war. cpj.org

Jeffrey St. Clair (2024-05-10). Medicide in Gaza: the Killing of Dr. Adnan al-Bursh. counterpunch.org Adnan Al-Bursh was intelligent, humane, and committed. He could speak multiple languages. He saw and could explain the ravages of the occupation and the horrors of the war. He was exactly the kind of person, like the still imprisoned Marwan Barghouti, Israel has always feared might become a leader of the Palestinian people. For that reason, he was also exactly the kind of person Israel has been targeting for elimination under the cover of its bombardment and invasion of Gaza.

latintimes (2024-05-10). No More Bear Hugs: Biden Gives Up On Netanyahu Embrace. latintimes.com Days after the October 7 attack, Joe Biden walked onto the tarmac in Tel Aviv and offered a warm bear hug to Benjamin Netanyahu, a sign both of solid support for Israel and the US president's long relationship with the prime minister. Seven months into the devastating conflict, the gentle approach is over.

MEE staff (2024-05-10). Netanyahu vows to 'fight with fingernails' after Biden's arms supply warning. middleeasteye.net Netanyahu vows to 'fight with fingernails' after Biden's arms supply warning | Israeli prime minister says his country can 'stand alone' in the war on Gaza as his forces enter Rafah | | Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day on 5 May (AFP…

Pablo Ruiz Espinoza (2024-05-10). USA: Between war and the courage to negotiate. pressenza.com President Joe Biden's recent decision to approve a $95 billion military aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan is very bad for the world because it assures us that conflicts and military escalation will continue, with undoubted consequences for everyone. | Before this presidential approval, DW News reported that the US House of Representatives had approved the military aid package, showing a representative speaking on the floor of the US Congress with a picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin, China's Xi Jinping, and Iran's Ebrahim Raisol-Sadati on a lectern behind him. | The image more than eloquently s…

Sonoma County for Palestine, Marin County DSA (2024-05-10). Monday 5/13: Protest Congressman Huffman's Lavish Support of Israel's War Crimes. indybay.org Outside of Lagunitas Brewery, 1280 N. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma…

(2024-05-10). Attacks, arrests, threats, censorship: The high risks of reporting the Israel-Gaza war. Mohamed Mandour

latintimes (2024-05-10). Thwarted By US, Palestinians Look To UN General Assembly. latintimes.com After a US veto foiled the Palestinians' drive for full UN membership, the General Assembly is expected on Friday to grant them some additional rights in the global body — a symbolic win that has already irked Israel.

bwitanek (2024-05-10). CUNY $4M Contract Outsourcing Security to Israeli Trained Goon Service — Modern Day High Tech Pinkertons! ARMED GOONS FOR HIRE OFF OUR CAMPUSES! No to Privatized Campus Fascism! fightbackbetter.com An insidious development that CUNY is expending $4 million in a contract just announced today. They hired an armed security…

Associated Press,Reuters (2024-05-10). Israel-Gaza war: 110,000 have fled Rafah as Netanyahu vows to widen assault despite Biden's warning to withhold arms. scmp.com The UN says more than 100,000 people have fled Rafah in recent days, as the southern Gaza city is under threat of a full-scale Israeli ground invasion.

Staff (2024-05-10). Report: Israeli army tanks surround east Rafah, forces capture city's main road. haaretz.com Netanyahu: We hope to overcome disagreements with Biden, but we will protect our country ‚ñ Israel-Hamas cease-fire talks in Cairo end without deal, CIA chief leaves Egyptian capital ‚ñ Three Israeli soldiers wounded in explosion near Rafah ‚ñ White House: U.S. not abandoning Israel, 'smashing into Rafah' won't help defeat Hamas ‚ñ Netanyahu admits Israeli government failed on Oct. 7: 'People weren't protected'…

Reuters (2024-05-10). Israel ready to stand alone in Gaza, Netanyahu says in veiled Biden rebuff over weapons delay. scmp.com Israel's prime minister struck a defiant tone against US President Joe Biden after the US withheld a shipment of bombs as a warning to its top Middle East ally not to invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah.

Danna Frank (2024-05-10). 'For the first time I don't want to speak Hebrew on the streets of Vienna'. haaretz.com This week at Ben Gurion Airport: An Austrian biblical archaeologist travels to Israel for business and pleasure, and two Russian pilgrims head to Jerusalem to celebrate a birthday in a holy way…

WSWS (2024-05-10). 33 people arrested as George Washington University pro-Palestinian encampment is broken up by police. wsws.org The crushing of the GWU encampment is part of a nationwide counter-offensive against student protests as the Israeli government prepares to enter and annihilate the remnants of survivors in the city of Rafah.

latintimes (2024-05-10). Israel Hits Gaza After Truce Talks End. latintimes.com Israel launched fresh strikes in the Gaza Strip Friday after negotiators pursuing a long-stalled truce agreement left talks in Cairo without having secured a deal.

tn.ai (2024-05-10). Yemeni Forces Strike Israeli-Linked Ships in Support of Palestine. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The Yemeni Armed Forces spokesperson said on Thursday that the army's naval, air, and missile units have initiated strikes on three vessels associated with the Israeli regime, as part of a maritime operation in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Editor (2024-05-10). Reproductive Justice is an International Human Rights Framework, So Why Are Groups Getting Pushback for Supporting Palestine? scheerpost.com

Editor (2024-05-10). Pulitzer Snubs Palestinian Journalists' Gaza Coverage. scheerpost.com

Editor (2024-05-10). Gazans Salute University Students' Uprising for Palestine. scheerpost.com

A Guest Author (2024-05-10). Oregon, coalition supports Palestine Resistance on May Day. workers.org By Jey Clayton Portland, Oregon On May Day, months of struggle and organization among a diverse group of organizations and parties bore fruit with a rally that defied expectations. At least 15 distinct groups brought out 200 people. They formed new collective bonds and built relationships in order to strengthen . . . |

Artists (2024-05-10). Sunday 5/12: Bay Area Fundraiser for Gaza. indybay.org La Peña Cultural Center | 3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705…

Occupy 4 Palestine (2024-05-10). SJSU Sit-In in Solidarity with Palestine. indybay.org Students at San Jose State University are organizing a sit-in in solidarity with Palestine beginning today, May 9 from 10am to 8pm on Clark Lawn. SJSU For Gaza, an autonomous and anonymous group of students not affiliated with any clubs, announced the sit-in on social media and has released a set of demands of the university. Students also announced that Imam Amir Abdul-Malik Ali is scheduled to speak at 6: 30 PM during day one of the sit-in.

Union of Agricultural Work Committees (2024-05-10). UAWC in Palestine Letter to Student and Youth Movements. indybay.org 30 April 2024…

Phil Pasquini (2024-05-10). GW Encampment Shut Down by Police; Students Arrested. indybay.org Pro-Palestinian student protesters and others at the George Washington University tent encampment were arrested after failing to leave university property in an early morning coordinated police action. Around 03: 30 after having been warned to leave the university property and threatened with arrest for failure to do so, a coordinated police action by campus police and 500 Metro DC officers began clearing the area at University Yard (U-Yard).

Angela (2024-05-10). Saturday 5/11: Free virtual screening of the documentary film "Palestine is still the issue" indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

Union of Agricultural Work Committees (2024-05-10). Palestinian CSO Message to Student Movement. indybay.org 6 May 2024…

South Bay Salute (2024-05-10). Olympic Black Power Statue is Site of San José State Students Protest for Palestine. indybay.org Photos by Len and Nancy…

Vijay Prashad (2024-05-10). Will Palestinian Groups Create a New Palestinian Political Project? counterpunch.org

Imran Mullah (2024-05-10). UK: Cambridge University academics and staff endorse Gaza student encampment. middleeasteye.net UK: Cambridge University academics and staff endorse Gaza student encampment | More than 1,700 Cambridge staff, alumni, and students have signed an open letter expressing support for the Cambridge students who have launched an encampment | | A Gaza solidarity encampment was set up outside Ca…

MEE staff (2024-05-10). General Assembly endorses pathway for full Palestinian statehood at UN. middleeasteye.net General Assembly endorses pathway for full Palestinian statehood at UN | UN General Assembly delivers near-unanimous approval of Palestine's qualification for full UN-member status
| | The United Nations General Assembly has voted in favour of granting 'new rights and privileges' to the state of…

Katherine Hearst (2024-05-10). British-Palestinians struggle to help families trapped in limbo after fleeing Gaza. middleeasteye.net British-Palestinians struggle to help families trapped in limbo after fleeing Gaza | Despite having evacuated families from Gaza, British-Palestinians are still struggling to bring them to the UK without a Ukraine style visa scheme | | Yousef Alkhatib is battling to bring his nep…

Imran Mullah (2024-05-10). UK: Cambridge University academics and staff endorse Gaza student protest. middleeasteye.net UK: Cambridge University academics and staff endorse Gaza student protest | More than 1,700 Cambridge staff, alumni, and students have signed an open letter expressing support for the Cambridge students who have launched an encampment | | A Gaza solidarity encampment was set up outside Cambr…

Areeb Ullah (2024-05-10). Ghassan Abu Sittah: HRW calls on Germany to explain Europe travel ban on surgeon. middleeasteye.net Ghassan Abu Sittah: HRW calls on Germany to explain Europe travel ban on surgeon | In past weeks, the British-Palestinian doctor has been barred from entering Germany, France and The Netherlands | | Ghassan Abu Sittah's lawyers said the surgeon was placed on the Schengen Information System and…

Luis Linares Petrov (2024-05-10). UN General Assembly reopens debate on Palestine's accession at the UN. plenglish.com United Nations, May 10 (Prensa Latina) The UN General Assembly will vote on a draft resolution that calls for the accession of Palestine as a full member, which could position the issue again within the Security Council.

teleSUR (2024-05-10). UCLA Professors Demand Amnesty for Pro-Palestine Protesters. telesurenglish.net Members of University of California faculty and staff have been calling on Gene Block, chancellor of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), to resign over the university's response to pro-Palestinian protests on campus. | RELATED: | "We will not stand by as our students are assaulted and silenced. We remain committed to protecting our students' safety and their right to protest, assemble, and speak f…

teleSUR (2024-05-10). The New School Faculty Join Pro-Palestine Encampment. telesurenglish.net Faculty members of The New School, a private university in Manhattan of New York City, the United States, set up their own pro-Palestine encampment in the lobby of the campus building near Union Square. | RELATED: | The faculty members involved in the action called for, among others, divestment from weapons manufacturing companies, dismissal of charges against student protesters and the removal of New York police on cam…

WSWS (2024-05-10). 'Strikes and industrial labor action … can actually make a difference,' student at Cal State Los Angeles Gaza encampment tells WSWS. wsws.org Jake, a history student at California State University, Los Angeles, recently spoke with the World Socialist Web Site about the Gaza solidarity encampment established on campus last week.

Rowan Cahill, Bianca Rodriguez-Mora (2024-05-10). Several protestors arrested at Faculty Solidarity Encampment Rally. newschoolfreepress.com A New School student was arrested outside of the University Center after two counter-protesters pepper sprayed multiple protesters today at a rally to support the Faculty Solidarity Encampment. Protesters then sat in front of a New York Police Department car that held the arrested TNS student, leading to the arrest of over eight more people….

(2024-05-10). Palestinian journalist Rula Hassanein charged with incitement for social media posts. wattan.net

Jessica Le Masurier (2024-05-10). Biden's Gaza War Policy 'Has Failed': Why a US Diplomat Quit the State Dept. passblue.com Welcome to a special episode of PassBlue podcast series UNSCripted. I'm Jessica Le Masurier, and I'm joined by Hala Rharrit, the Arabic language spokesperson for the Mideast-North Africa region for the United States State Department who recently resigned in protest over US policy on the war in Gaza. (The text part of the interview, below, …

Sharon Smith, Various (2024-05-10). United States: Political repression backfires as pro-Palestinian campus protests grow (plus: Open letter from US Students for Justice in Palestine to universities). links.org.au Sharon Smith — There is nothing like a war to expose the brutality of imperialism, and a massive anti-imperialist movement has returned to U.S. campuses, after decades of absence.

tn.ai (2024-05-10). Europe Must Raise Voice in Support of Palestine: Amirabdollahian. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Describing the Gaza crisis as a test for the legitimacy of the values the Europeans have been always advocating for, the foreign minister of Iran called on Europe to raise its voice for justice on the issue of Palestine.

tn.ai (2024-05-10). UN Warns of Worsening Emergency in Gaza as Aid Operations Face Shutdown. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) – United Nations agencies have issued a dire warning, indicating that critical aid operations in the Gaza Strip are at risk of halting due to diminishing food and fuel supplies amidst continued closure of key crossings.

teleSUR, idg, DRL (2024-05-10). Universidades españolas se suman a protestas antisionistas. telesurtv.net Las protestas contra el genocidio israelí en Palestina que comenzaron en universidades de Estados Unidos se extienden por todo el mundo.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2024-05-10). EE.UU. reconoce uso de sus armas para asesinar civiles en Gaza. telesurtv.net Sin embargo, el jefe de Estado precisó que su país no proveerá armamento a Israel si invade a gran escala a la ciudad fronteriza de Rafah, localizada al sur de la Franja de Gaza.

teleSUR, DRL (2024-05-10). Exigen desde la Universidad Católica de Chile romper con Israel. telesurtv.net En otros países de América Latina se han producido acciones similares, en particular luego de la violenta represión de las acampadas que tenían lugar en los campus de Estados Unidos.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2024-05-10). Unrwa: casi 80.000 palestinos se han desplazado de Rafah en tres días. telesurtv.net La agencia de la ONU subrayó que los palestinos en la Franja de Gaza se afrontan nuevamente a un desplazamiento forzado.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-05-10). Asamblea General reabre debate para adhesión de Palestina en ONU. radiohc.cu La Habana, 10 may (RHC) La Asamblea General de la ONU votará hoy un proyecto de resolución que pide la adhesión de Palestina como miembro pleno del organismo, lo que podría posicionar el tema nuevamente dentro del Consejo de Seguridad.

teleSUR, ahf, YSM (2024-05-10). PMA alerta que alimentos y combustibles en Gaza solo durarán tres días. telesurtv.net A raíz el cierre del cruce sur, la ONU había dejado claro que la zona norte de Gaza está en "situación de hambruna total".

teleSUR, idg, JDO (2024-05-10). Unrwa cierra temporalmente su sede en Jerusalén tras ataque israelí. telesurtv.net Este es el segundo incidente en menos de una semana. El martes, manifestantes bajo la vigilancia de la policía israelí arrojaron piedras contra personal de la ONU y las instalaciones.

teleSUR, JDO (2024-05-10). Resistencia de Líbano e Irak ataca instalaciones israelíes. telesurtv.net Hezbolá y Kataeb Hezbolá reivindicaron sus ataques en solidaridad con el pueblo de la Franja de Gaza y su firme resistencia ante los ocupantes.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-05-10). Unos 110 mil palestinos huyeron de Rafah por ataque israelí. radiohc.cu La Habana, 10 may (RHC) Unos 110 mil palestinos huyeron en los últimos días de la ciudad de Rafah, sur de la Franja de Gaza, tras el inicio de la reciente ofensiva terrestre del Ejército israelí, denunció hoy la ONU.

teleSUR, JCM, MER, JGN, SH, JDO (2024-05-10). Minuto a minuto del asedio israelí contra la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net La OMS ha alertado sobre la grave situación sanitaria en Gaza y la falta de recursos para atender a la población afectada por los ataques israelíes.

teleSUR, lvm, JGN (2024-05-10). Bolivia envía 90 toneladas de ayuda humanitaria a Gaza. telesurtv.net Las autoridades bolivianas enviaron a la Franja de Gaza arroz, aceite, leche en polvo, agua y medicamentos, entre otros artículos.

teleSUR, ahf, YSM (2024-05-10). CRUE romperá relaciones con quienes no estén a favor de la paz en Gaza. telesurtv.net La junta también decidió "intensificar la cooperación con el sistema científico y de educación superior palestino".

newarab (2024-05-10). Israel minister 'gets most of his Gaza news from Al-Jazeera'. newarab.com

newarab (2024-05-10). Netanyahu says Israel ready to 'stand alone' after US threat. newarab.com

newarab (2024-05-10). Trump: Biden siding with Hamas for halting Israel arms sale. newarab.com Former US President President Biden warned that he could halt some weapons supplies to Israel if it went ahead with its long-threatened ground offensive…

newarab (2024-05-10). UNRWA closing East Jerusalem HQ after arson by Israelis. newarab.com The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Thursday it was temporarily shuttering its headquarters in "This evening, Israeli residents set fire twice to the perimeter of the

newarab (2024-05-10). 'Ball is completely' in Israel's hands in Gaza talks: Hamas. newarab.com Palestinian group "The negotiating delegation left Cairo heading to Doha. In practice, the occupation (Israel) rejected the proposal submitted by the mediators and raised objections to it on several central issues," the group said in a message to other Palestinian factions, adding it stood by the proposal. | "Accordingly, the ball is no…

newarab (2024-05-10). Spain universities say ready to suspend Israel ties. newarab.com Spanish universities expressed willingness Thursday to suspend ties with any Israeli educational institution that failed to express "a clear commitment to peace" as Students protests have gathered pace across Western Europe in recent weeks with protesters demanding an end to the Gaza bloodshed and to cut ties with Israel, taking their cue from demonstrations that have In a state…

newarab (2024-05-10). UK's Cameron calls for Israel to produce Rafah 'clear plan'. newarab.com

newarab (2024-05-10). Palestinians banned from remembering Nakba at Tel Aviv Uni. newarab.com Palestinian students at Tel Aviv University have said that Israeli authorities refused to grant them a permit to Students at the university told The New Arab's Arabic-language site, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that their application for a license to hold the commemoration was denied by the police under "false pretexts," including the claim of an "inability to protect the ceremony from extremist demonstrations". | In a statement, the Student Front at Tel Aviv…

newarab (2024-05-10). Behind Fairuz's powerful force in Macklemore's Hind's Hall. newarab.com As a member of the Palestinian diaspora globally watching the brutality in Gaza, I can confirm that none of us are the same as before October 7, 2023. | But the world has also shifted, with chants in solidarity with Gaza being amplified outside of the region to the West — where regional proximity is no longer a barrier in standing up for humanity. | Student movements in the United States and Europe against their countries' support for Israel's brutal onslaught of Palestinians have been moving mountains. | newarab (2024-05-10). Belgium TV union hacks Eurovision coverage with Gaza protest. newarab.com The transmission of the The protest took place just before Israel's participation in the semi-final of the competition following the killing of at least 34,904 Palestinians in Gaza and destruction of much of the enclave. | Israel's candid…

newarab (2024-05-10). Behind Fairuz's powerful force in Macklemore's Hind's Hall. newarab.com As a member of the Palestinian diaspora globally watching the brutality in Gaza, I can confirm that none of us are the same as before October 7, 2023. | But the world has also shifted, with chants in solidarity with Gaza being amplified outside of the region to the West — where regional proximity is no longer a barrier in standing up for humanity. | Student movements in the United States and Europe against their countries' support for Israel's brutal onslaught of Palestinians have been moving mountains. | newarab (2024-05-10). Israel bombs Rafah despite US warning on arms transfers. newarab.com Israeli warplanes struck Gaza's crowded southern city of It was the starkest warning yet from the United States, An AFP correspondent and witnesses on Thursday reported Israeli strikes on several parts…

newarab (2024-05-10). Israel says US Gaza uni protests 'threaten' its 'existence'. newarab.com A committee of the Dan Diker, president of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, spoke at a meeting of the Knesset's Immigration and Absorption Committee.

newarab (2024-05-10). UN set to back Palestinian bid for membership. newarab.com The United Nations General Assembly on Friday is set to back a The Palestinians are reviving their bid to become a full UN member – a move that would effectively recognise a Palestinian state – after the United States

newarab (2024-05-10). 800 Jewish scholars urge Biden to reject antisemitism bill. newarab.com

newarab (2024-05-10). The keffiyeh: Globally catalysing Palestine's liberation. newarab.com The keffiyeh started as a protective head and face covering, only for it to become a working-class Arab symbol against British colonialism in the 1930s. | Nearly 100 years later, it is now a transnational staple for those who yearn for Palestine's liberation. | More than eight months into the

newarab (2024-05-10). Spain and Ireland to recognise Palestinian state on 21 May. newarab.com Spain, Ireland, and other European Union member countries plan to recognise a Spanish Prime Minister

newarab (2024-05-10). University of Amsterdam staff condemn Gaza protest crackdown. newarab.com Staff members at the In a public statement shared on Thursday, staff members say they are "horrified" by the actions of the executive board, who allegedly authorised police violence on staff and students engaging in non-violent protest. | "Today, once again, we witnessed our Univ…

newarab (2024-05-10). Are Irish Republicans shunning Sinn Féin over Gaza. newarab.com The prominent Irish author The description resonated with me as an Irish Republican growing up in West Belfast — a stronghold of the political party Sinn Féin. | The party's tight political and economic

newarab (2024-05-10). There are 2.3 million Palestinian 'hostages' in Gaza. newarab.com Once again, the delegation for Palestinian Islamic Izzat al-Rishq, a senior leader in Hamas, said in a statement that "the Hamas' delegation headed to Doha after a round of negotiations in Cairo," stressing his movement's adherence to i…

presstv.ir (2024-05-10). Houthi: Yemen to target Israel-linked ships regardless of destination. presstv.ir Yemen's Ansarullah leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi says the country's forces will target ships of any company related to supplying or transporting goods to Israel regardless of their destination.

presstv.ir (2024-05-10). Hamas: Ball in Israel's court after rejecting Gaza truce proposal. presstv.ir Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says the Israeli regime has rejected a proposal for ceasefire in Gaza, stressing that the "ball is now completely" in Israel's court in the truce talks.

presstv.ir (2024-05-10). Iran warns of human disaster in Rafah if Israel continues terror, genocide. presstv.ir The Iranian foreign minister warns that the continuation of Israel's acts of terror and genocide in Rafah will lead to another human disaster.

presstv.ir (2024-05-10). May 9: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation. presstv.ir Amid Israeli genocide in Gaza, Palestinian and regional resistance groups continued their operations against the regime and its Western backers on Thursday, May 9.

presstv.ir (2024-05-10). Gaza aid operations at risk of imminent shutdown, UN agencies warn. presstv.ir Dwindling food and fuel stocks could force aid operations to grind to a halt within days in Gaza as vital crossings remain shut, forcing hospitals to close and leading to more children dying of hunger, United Nations aid agencies warned on Friday.

presstv.ir (2024-05-10). UN: 100,000 Palestinians displaced from Rafah amid Israeli invasion. presstv.ir The United Nations says more than 100,000 Palestinians have been forced to leave Rafah, amid intensified Israeli strikes on the southern city in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2024-05-10). Wounded Gazans rushed to hospital following airstrike on Rafah. presstv.ir Injured Palestinians are rushed to Kuwait Hospital following an Israeli bombardment of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2024-05-10). UNRWA closes al-Quds HQ after Israeli settlers torch it twice. presstv.ir The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has closed its east al-Quds headquarters after Israeli settlers set fire to the perimeter in the presence of the regime's forces.

presstv.ir (2024-05-10). French university students set up tents, protest against Israel's attack on Rafah. presstv.ir Dozens of student protesters demonstrated in front of Sciences Po University in Paris, denouncing Israel's recent attack on Gaza…

presstv.ir (2024-05-10). Iran: US threat of sanctions on ICC over Israel arrest warrants 'shameful'. presstv.ir Iran has hit out at the US over reports that American lawmakers are preparing legislation to sanction International Criminal Court officials if they issue arrest warrants against Israeli officials.

presstv.ir (2024-05-10). US halt to arms shipment to Israel too little too late: Rights advocates. presstv.ir The regime's relentless air and artillery strikes continue to claim civilian lives in the besieged Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2024-05-10). Families of Israeli captives press for swap deal with Hamas. presstv.ir Families of Israeli captives step up pressure to reach a swap deal with Hamas.

presstv.ir (2024-05-10). Yemeni forces target 3 Israeli-linked ships in Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean. presstv.ir The spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces says the army has launched attacks on three ships linked to Israel.

presstv.ir (2024-05-10). Hezbollah hits group of Israeli soldiers at military post. presstv.ir Hezbollah resistance fighters have carried out an operation against the Israeli al-Malkia military outpost in the northern side of the 1948 occupied territories.

presstv.ir (2024-05-10). Iraqi resistance targets vital Israeli sites in Eilat in support of Gaza. presstv.ir The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has conducted two separate drone strikes against two strategic targets at the Port of Eilat in the southernmost part of the 1948 Israeli-occupied territories in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2024-05-10). May 8: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation. presstv.ir Resistance groups in Palestine and across the region continue their operations against the Tel Aviv regime and its Western backers.

presstv.ir (2024-05-10). Gazans mourn over bodies of loved ones at al-Najjar hospital in Rafah. presstv.ir Relatives mourn over the bodies of their loved ones at al-Najjar hospital in Rafah in southern Gaza Strip after Israeli airstrike.

presstv.ir (2024-05-10). Major Rafah invasion won't defeat Hamas: White House. presstv.ir The White House says Israel's potential full-scale invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah will not defeat the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas.

presstv.ir (2024-05-10). Funeral of mother, son killed in Israeli strike on south Lebanon. presstv.ir Mourners carry the coffins of May Youssef and her 12-year-old son, who were killed in an Israeli strike against a southern Lebanese village.

presstv.ir (2024-05-10). Mossad admits for first time: We were surprised by Hamas operation. presstv.ir The Israeli spy agency Mossad admits that it was "surprised" by the operation conducted by the Palestinian Hamas resistance group in early October.

presstv.ir (2024-05-10). Venice: Police clash with pro-Palestine protesters at G7 Justice meeting. presstv.ir Clashes erupted between police and demonstrators in Venice during a protest against the G7 Justice meeting.

presstv.ir (2024-05-10). Thousands attend pro-Palestinian protest in Bangladesh. presstv.ir Thousands of Bangladeshi students march in Dhaka in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza and with pro-Palestinian student protests around the world.

hindustantimes (2024-05-10). 'Israel Stronger Without…': Netanyahu's Fiery Speech After Biden's Weapons Threat | Watch. hindustantimes.com Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has given a 'We Don't Need You' indirect message to U.S. after Joe Biden threatened to halt offensive weapons transfer to Israel over planned Rafah invasion. In a fiery speech, Netanyahu said that Israel will stand alone against Hamas if forced to. He vowed to fight tooth-and-nail to destroy Hamas in Gaza. Netanyahu along with Israel's ambassador to the U.S. said that Biden had committed a big mistake. Watch. INTERNATIONAL NEWS…

hindustantimes (2024-05-10). India Thanks Iran For Releasing Five More Sailors From Seized Israel-linked Ship | Watch. hindustantimes.com

hindustantimes (2024-05-10). Hamas' Al Qassam Brigades Ambush Israeli Soldiers In Rafah, Several Killed | Watch. hindustantimes.com

hindustantimes (2024-05-10). NATO Nation Turkey Fumes At Israel's FM Over Trade Ban 'Manipulation' | Details. hindustantimes.com

hindustantimes (2024-05-10). On Israel Weapons, UK Minister's Big Remark After US' Threat Of Halting Supply Over Rafah Op | Gaza. hindustantimes.com

hindustantimes (2024-05-10). Rafah Revenge: Iran-Linked Islamic Resistance In Iraq Attacks Israeli Air Base With Drones | Watch. hindustantimes.com The Islamic Resistance In Iraq has claimed four attacks on Israel since IDF began its 'limited' operation in Rafah on May 7. The Iran-linked group said the latest attack targeted the Ovda Air Base in southern Israel. The militants said that they attacked the Israel Air Force base with drones. It also claimed attacks on Eilat, Ephilat Air Base and Leviathan Platform. The strikes come amid a non-stop retaliation by Hamas and its allies on IDF bases and soldiers in the past few days. Watch this video for more details. INTERNATIONAL NEWS…

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2024-05-09: News Headlines

Mayssoun Sukarieh, Mondoweiss. (2024-05-09). How Israeli University Presidents Are Proving The Case For Boycott. popularresistance.org On April 26, 2024, the presidents of Israel's nine research universities — Ben-Gurion, Weizmann Insitute of Science, Hebrew University, the Open University, Ariel, Tel-Aviv, Haifa, and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology — issued a collective statement in response to the Palestinian solidarity student encampments that were spreading across university campuses throughout the United States and beyond. The statement was a remarkable condemnation of student protestors in the U.S. as engaging in "severe violence, antisemitism [and] anti-Israel sentiment," characterizing these students as "incited and h…

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2024-05-09). US Politicians Threaten To Invade International Criminal Court. popularresistance.org US government officials have threatened the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Hague, telling its Prosecutor Karim Khan that if he issues arrest warrants against Israeli officials over their war crimes in Gaza, the US government could impose sanctions on him, other ICC personnel, and their family members. | US senators even threatened to invade the Hague if it tries to prosecute Israeli officials. | This April, Israel's extreme-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a prominent member of the state security cabinet, called for "total annihilation" of Gaza.

News Desk, The Cradle. (2024-05-09). Dutch Police Smash Pro-Palestine Protest Camp. popularresistance.org Riot police bulldozed barricades and temporarily detained 125 people to break up a pro-Palestine student protest at the University of Amsterdam in the early hours of 7 May, Reuters reported. | Four of the protesters are still being held on charges of public violence and insulting an officer, while the remainder have been released. | Organizers said they were "taking back this campus" in solidarity with Palestine and "in the spirit" of student protests that began in the US in response to Israel's genocide in Gaza. | Along with pro-Palestine demonstrators at universities in the US and Europe, the Dutch students are…

Nashwa Bawab, In These Times. (2024-05-09). It's A Statement About Who The University Belongs To. popularresistance.org Students and faculty on campuses across the country are facing repression and violent attacks from police and racist mobs for establishing "Popular University for Gaza" encampments that have become some of the latest sites and frontlines in the U.S. and international resistance to the genocide in Gaza. More than 2,000 students and others have reportedly been arrested since the encampments began. | The students who are organizing the encampments‚Äâ—‚Äâoften with faculty support and assistance from justice groups‚Äâ—‚Ä&ac…

Andrea Levy, André Frappier, Canadian Dimension. (2024-05-09). The Student Intifada Rises At Montréal Universities. popularresistance.org Students from all four Montréal universities came together over the last week to express their solidarity with the Palestinian people and pressure their institutions to cut ties with Israel. Following the lead of the camps protests in the United States, they set up an encampment on the grounds of McGill University on April 27, calling for a ceasefire and demanding that Montréal's halls of higher learning disclose their investments in companies complicit with the genocide in Palestine and divest from those companies, in addition to cutting ties with Israeli academic institutions. | In the specific case of McGill U…

The Peoples Art Institute, Left Voice. (2024-05-09). The People's Art Institute Denounces Police Attack On Student Encampment. popularresistance.org The People's Art Institute, constituted by SAIC students, announced our encampment situated in the AIC's North Garden, on Saturday morning, May 4, at 11: 30 A.M. The goals of the encampment were clear: to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people and to demand SAIC and AIC divest from entities profiting off of the occupation and genocide in Palestine. | Students began setting up and by 12: 05 P.M., CPD was onsite and an arrest warning was issued. CPD started kettling protestors on the sidewalk at the corner of Monroe and Michigan and removed them from the North side of the garden with extreme force.

Reuters (2024-05-09). Hamas says it will not compromise further with Israel to win Gaza ceasefire. scmp.com Talks are still under way in Egypt as negotiators seek a pause in Israel's seven-month-old offensive.

latintimes (2024-05-09). Pro-Palestinian Campus Protests Spread To UK Universities. latintimes.com The grass outside SOAS University of London has been dotted with a handful of tents since the start of this week, with Palestinian flags and slogans calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Paul Larudee (2024-05-09). Will a Gaza ceasefire be as successful as the two-state solution? dissidentvoice.org Who proposed a two-state solution? Not the Palestinians. Not Israel. It was conceived in the young United Nations, and proclaimed there in November, 1947. But it was never successfully implemented, despite on-and-off negotiations continuing for the better part of a century. The Zionist leadership briefly promoted it prior to the 1947 UN vote, but only …

Rachel Hu, Chris Garaffa (2024-05-09). CovertAction Bulletin: As Rafah Invasion Looms, Students and Workers Boost Solidarity & Resistance. covertactionmagazine.com Hamas on Monday accepted a ceasefire deal that Israel has effectively rejected, instead moving forward with their invasion plans for Rafah, taking control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah gate that separates Palestine from Egypt, and making incursions into Rafah with tanks and shelling from the air. Over 100,000 Palestinians have been told to evacuate from Rafah, but are left with very few places to go…

Donya Ahmad Abu Sitta (2024-05-09). Unwanted gifts from Israel. electronicintifada.net A homecoming without joy.

WSWS (2024-05-09). Bangladesh students protest Israeli genocide in Gaza. wsws.org "What Israel has been doing to the people of Gaza is clearly a war crime and genocide. The Netanyahu administration has violated all the humanitarian laws." —Bangladeshi student.

Leon Kunstenaar (2024-05-09). All Out for Rapha Rally at UCB. indybay.org Thousands answer call as Israel continues the genocide with attack on starving and bombed out Palestinians…

Pressenza New York (2024-05-09). Detroit Will Host People's Conference for Palestine From May 24-26. pressenza.com The conference comes as Israel's brutal genocide in Gaza completes seven months, with the United States and its other western backers showing no signs of cutting off support even with a death toll of over 35,000 Palestinians killed by Israel. However, as Israel and the west refuse to back down, hundreds and thousands of people across North America have been disrupting business as usual to demand an end to the genocide, the lifting of the siege of Gaza, an end to all US aid for Israel, and a free Palestine. Organizers of the conference say that it seeks to provide an opportunity for organizations to come together…

WSWS (2024-05-09). Australian youth and students call for immediate release of Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk. wsws.org "Alongside Bogdan's arrest, students protesting against Israel's genocide in Gaza are being suppressed around the world."

Ramzy Baroud (2024-05-09). Israel Wants to Destroy Gaza, Annex the West Bank: But What Does Gaza Want? counterpunch.org What is taking place in occupied Palestine is not a conflict, but a straightforward case of illegal military occupation, apartheid, ethnic cleansing and outright genocide. Those who insist on using 'neutral' language in depicting the crisis in Palestine are harming the Palestinian people beyond their seemingly innocuous words. This morally non-committal, middle-ground language is now

WSWS (2024-05-09). University students protest against Gaza genocide across Europe. wsws.org Inspired by anti-genocide protests on campuses across the United States defying a nationwide crackdown coordinated by the Biden administration that has led to thousands of arrests, students are occupying university halls and facilities across the continent.

WSWS (2024-05-09). The working class must take up the fight against the genocide in Gaza and in defense of democratic rights. wsws.org The ruling class is terrified of the student protests because it can arouse the working class. A strike vote by graduate students in California shows there is a growing recognition that the methods of class struggle are required.

Vijay Prashad (2024-05-09). Youth rebellion over Gaza illuminates the wretchedness of capitalism. peoplesworld.org It was inevitable that global North governments' full-throated support for Israel's genocide against Palestinians would result in furious retribution from their citizenry. That this retribution began in the U.S. is also not a surprise, given the ongoing cycle of protests that, since October 2023, have contested the U.S. government's blank check to the Israeli government. …

WSWS (2024-05-09). At House hearing on "antisemitism," school officials placate GOP fascists, back suppression of anti-genocide protests. wsws.org While paying lip-service to independent thought, every school district official declared support for the Zionist state of Israel.

Editor (2024-05-09). Israeli Forces Hit the Main Fertility Clinic in Gaza. Legal Experts Ask, Is It Genocide? scheerpost.com By Dawn Clancy / PassBlue For more than a decade, Mohammad Ajjour helped Palestinian couples in Gaza facing infertility to achieve their dreams of parenthood. But in a single missile attack launched by an Israeli tank in December 2023, the Al Basma IVF center was destroyed, along with the potential future use of thousands of embryos, specimens of …

Martha Grevatt (2024-05-09). May Day hits bank for investment in genocide. workers.org The Cleveland May Day Coalition held a demonstration on May 1 outside Key Bank's downtown headquarters, protesting the bank's $30 million investment in Israel bonds. The theme was "Divest from genocide, invest in our community. Workers' rights + human rights = key to a just future." The Coalition kept the . . . |

unitedEditor (2024-05-09). 'We are in danger because of NATO membership': Turkish Vatan Party is sounding the alarm. uwidata.com By Abbas Djuma The chairman of Türkiye's Vatan Party speaks about the influence of the US, Palestine, and Israel, and the future of NATO When I told some of my colleagues and experts on Türkiye that I was going to Istanbul to visit the chairman of Türkiye's Patriotic Party (Vatan Partisi), Doƒüu Perinàßek, the reactions …

Areeb Ullah (2024-05-09). UK government to fund chaplaincy service that 'advocates for Israel' on campuses. middleeasteye.net UK government to fund chaplaincy service that 'advocates for Israel' on campuses | £500,000 grant for University Jewish Chaplaincy comes as students around UK set up encampments to oppose war in Gaza | | A passerby wearing a kippah pushes his bicycle past an encampment protesting against t…

latintimes (2024-05-09). Biden Threatens To Stop Arm Shipments If Israel Invades Rafah. latintimes.com President Joe Biden said Wednesday he would stop US weapons supplies to Israel if it attacks Rafah in southern Gaza, his most direct warning to date over the prosecution of the war against Hamas. His fresh warning came after the US last week halted a shipment of huge American bombs to Israel.

teleSUR (2024-05-09). Israeli Airstrikes Target Syrian Sites Near Damascus. telesurenglish.net In the early hours of Thursday morning, Israeli warplanes conducted an aerial assault targeting sites on the outskirts of Damascus, causing property damage. | RELATED: | The Syrian Ministry of Defense informed that the attack originated from the direction of the occupied Golan Heights. | The Syrian air defense forces responded, intercepting several missiles launched by the Israeli jets. Despite their efforts, some projectiles…

MEE staff (2024-05-09). Ireland: Trinity College Dublin divests from firms involved in Israel's occupation of Palestine. middleeasteye.net Ireland: Trinity College Dublin divests from firms involved in Israel's occupation of Palestine | Ireland's top university says it shares the horror its students feel over the ongoing assault on Gaza | | Trinity College Dublin said it had one contract with an Israeli company set to expire in 2025 (AFP…

mforinoco (2024-05-09). US Politicians Threaten To Invade Int'l Criminal Court if Israel Faces War Crimes Charges. orinocotribune.com US Senators sent a letter to the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor, threatening to impose sanctions and even invade the Hague if it issues arrest warrants for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Biden administration is also pressuring the ICC not to charge Israeli officials over their war crimes in Gaza. | US government officials have threatened the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Hague, telling its Prosecutor Karim Khan that if he issues arrest warrants against Israeli officials over their war crimes in Gaza, the US government could impose sanctions on him, other ICC personnel,…

Zvi Bar'el (2024-05-09). Taking control of the Rafah crossing means that Israel is once again occupying Gaza. haaretz.com The move, which has military justification from an Israeli perspective, could have implications according to international law – and could complicate Jerusalem's relationship with Cairo…

Sydney Allen (2024-05-09). Israel's war on Gaza takes center stage at Eurovision 2024. globalvoices.org The performance has kicked off and so have the protestorsOriginally published on While the annual Eurovision Song Contest is best known for its gaudy glitz and glamour, the…

Yossi Melman (2024-05-09). Israel's Mossad admits for the first time: we were surprised on October 7. haaretz.com Even though the intelligence agency's responsibility for the catastrophic failure of October 7 is marginal compared to that of other organizations, it was involved in various ways in Israel's activity in Gaza, primarily in the flow of Qatari funds to Hamas…

David Hill, Christine Whit (2024-05-09). Cozy with lobbyists: Ohio county negligent in managing $33 million Israel Bonds debt. peoplesworld.org Read earlier articles in this series: > Bad investment: Ohio county treasurer sinks public money into Israeli government bonds > Ohio: Franklin County treasurer attends Netanyahu meeting, steps up Israel Bond purchases COLUMBUS, Ohio—Representatives of Israel Bonds maintain frequent and close contact with Franklin County Treasurer Cheryl Brooks Sullivan and members of her staff, according …

Staff (2024-05-09). Pulitzer Winner Nathan Thrall on Israel's "System of Domination" and Biden Pausing Bomb Shipment. democracynow.org Jerusalem-based journalist and author Nathan Thrall has been awarded the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for his book, A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy. It tells the story of Israel's occupation of the West Bank through one Palestinian father's quest to seek answers and accountability after his 5-year-old son is involved in a deadly accident. We speak to Thrall about President Biden saying for the first time that he would not supply certain weapons to Israel to be used in an all-out invasion of Rafah. "It is too little, too late," Thrall says. &#8…

Rachel Fink (2024-05-09). Netanyahu reportedly followed by disguised ambulance following recent health issues. haaretz.com While sources who worked in former Israeli PM's offices indicated ambulances were only part of a PM's convoy in exceptional cases, sources told Israeli news outlet Walla that Netanyahu's ambulance is present even when traveling near major hospitals…

Editor (2024-05-09). US Politicians Threaten To Invade Int'l Criminal Court If Israel Faces War Crimes Charges. scheerpost.com US Senators sent a letter to the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor, threatening to impose sanctions and even invade the Hague if it issues arrest warrants for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Biden administration is also pressuring the ICC not to charge Israeli officials over their war crimes in Gaza.

Alma Elliott Hofmann (2024-05-09). Scenes from an Israeli relationship during a war in Gaza. haaretz.com When Rotem Codish's partner returned from serving in Gaza, she found she couldn't talk to him like before, so she started drawing illustrations of what they were experiencing. This daily series documented their most intimate problems, highlighting how couples cope in times of war…

WSWS (2024-05-09). Israeli assault on Rafah creates humanitarian catastrophe. wsws.org The launch of Israel's long-planned assault on Rafah has created a humanitarian catastrophe, displacing tens of thousands of Gazans and threatening the entire population with starvation.

Arturo Desimone (2024-05-09). The Last Regime Change and the Left's Lateness in Opposing Biden's Wars. counterpunch.org Around the world over the past six months, many ordinary and horrified spectators of the Gaza catastrophe have been left wondering why the US acts as if handicapped in its efforts to rein in its client state Israel, even as North America's international standing dwindles abroad, while Biden loses popularity at home and elections loom.

Partido Lakas ng Masa (2024-05-09). Partido Lakas ng Masa (The Philippines): Defend Rafah! End the siege on Gaza now! Stop Israel's fascist and genocidal invasion! links.org.au Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM) condemns in the strongest terms the recent wave of bombings of Rafah by the settler-colonial and fascistic Zionist project of Israel.

Bar Peleg (2024-05-09). Over 5,000 Israeli civilians murdered in terror attacks since 1851, National Insurance Institute data shows. haaretz.com A total of 822 Israeli civilians have been murdered the start of the Israel-Hamas war on October 7, leaving 630 children orphaned, 177 people widowed, and 693 parents bereaved…

unitedEditor (2024-05-09). Tehran and Riyadh's efforts to fill void left by US inability in the region. unitedworldint.com Following Iran's missile strike on Israel's military and security zones, the regime was left with no choice but to remain silent in the face of Iran, paving the way for an event on which many political experts agreed upon, namely the redefinition of Middle Eastern political structures. By acquiescing to Iran's harsh response to the …

latintimes (2024-05-09). Israel Shells Rafah As Biden Vows Arms Suspension. latintimes.com Israel shelled Rafah on Thursday as US President Joe Biden offered his starkest warning yet over the conduct of its war against Hamas, vowing to cut off arms transfers if an offensive into the southern Gaza city goes ahead.

teleSUR (2024-05-09). Gaza Offensive to Continue Even Without US Support: Netanyahu. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the Israeli forces will continue their attacks in Gaza despite the U.S. threat to halt some weapon shipments. | RELATED: | "If Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone," said Netanyahu in a public speech made on Sunday's Israeli Holocaust Memorial Day and posted on his X account on Thursday. | The Israeli prime minister added that "no amount of pressure" will stop Israe…

Ofer Aderet (2024-05-09). Israel's population reaches 9.9 million on eve of Independence Day, data reveals. haaretz.com According to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics, Israel and its West Bank settlements population is expected to reach over 10 million by next year's Independence Day…

Reuters (2024-05-09). Joe Biden says US will withhold weapons from Israel if it invades Gaza's Rafah, in warning to ally. scmp.com US President Joe Biden publicly warned Israel for the first time that the US would stop supplying it weapons if Israeli forces make a major invasion of Rafah, a refugee-packed city in southern Gaza.

Staff (2024-05-09). Former IDF chief: Israel must halt Gaza war to secure release of hostages. haaretz.com In an interview aired Wednesday, Aviv Kochavi also admitted that Israel failed to recognize that Hamas was an existential threat before October 7…

Reuters (2024-05-09). Israel strikes eastern Rafah, as Biden says US will withhold weapons if major Gaza assault proceeds, in warning to ally. scmp.com Israeli forces massed tanks close to built-up areas of Rafah, after US President Joe Biden vowed to withhold weapons from Israel if its forces launched a major invasion of the southern Gaza city.

Ben Samuels (2024-05-09). Biden: U.S. will halt arms shipments to Israel if it continues with Rafah invasion. haaretz.com In CNN interview, U.S. president said that he told PM Netanyahu that Israel would not have America's support if it enters Gaza population centers…

unitedEditor (2024-05-09). Tehran and Riyadh's efforts to fill void left by US inability in the region. uwidata.com Following Iran's missile strike on Israel's military and security zones, the regime was left with no choice but to remain silent in the face of Iran, paving the way for an event on which many political experts agreed upon, namely the redefinition of Middle Eastern political structures. By acquiescing to Iran's harsh response to the …

The Independent (2024-05-09). Stanbic boosts Vumbula Uganda festival. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanbic Bank Uganda is the platinum sponsor of the popular Vumbula Uganda Festival, a 3-day extravaganza that showcases Uganda's rich tourism attractions, art, heritage, music, and culture. This year's edition takes place between May 31st and June 3rd at the spacious Nile Nest resort in Jinja. Israel Arinaitwe, the Stanbic …

Staff (2024-05-09). Headlines for May 9, 2024. democracynow.org Israel "Chokes Off Aid" to Gaza, Rains Down More Bombs on Rafah as Families Have Nowhere to Go, Biden Says U.S. Will Cut Off Some Weapons to Israel If It Goes Further into Rafah, Protesters Greet Biden During Chicago Campaign Stop; Hostage Families Clash with Police in Tel Aviv, Health Workers Uncover 49 More Bodies at Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital, Israel Demolishes 47 Bedouin Homes in Negev Desert, Rashida Tlaib, Cori Bush Hold Press Conference with Students Amid Police Crackdown on Gaza Protests, Professors at The New School Launch First Faculty Encampment for Gaza, Universities in Barcelona, Dubl…

Staff (2024-05-09). Dozens of Israeli protesters blocked convoy of humanitarian aid to Gaza. haaretz.com WHO: Rafah's hospitals will run out of fuel in 3 days ‚ñ Israeli president says far-right minister's comments against Biden 'hurt Israel's national security interests' ‚ñ Reports in Lebanon: Four Hezbollah members killed in Israeli strike in country's north ‚ñ Syria: Israeli missiles headed for Damascus area shot down…

tn.ai (2024-05-09). Iran to Keep Up Efforts for An End to Israeli War on Gaza: FM. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian vowed the country's continued efforts aimed at bringing an end to the Israeli regime's crimes in the war on Gaza.

Staff (2024-05-09). Aid Worker in Gaza: "To Say There's Not an Incursion in Rafah Right Now Is Patently False" democracynow.org Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians are fleeing Rafah as Israeli airstrikes and shelling hammer the eastern part of the city. Fuel, food, medicine and other supplies have been cut off following Israel's seizure and closure of the border crossing with Egypt. The main hospital in the area has also been shut down. Over 1.4 million people are seeking shelter in Rafah, the southernmost city of the Gaza Strip. Tent camps in some parts of Rafah have now vanished, springing up again as displaced families head back north. Over 60 Palestinians were killed across Gaza, many of them in Rafah, over the past 24 h…

Tom Hussain (2024-05-09). Israel-Gaza war closes door on plans for India-Europe connection, paves way for Iraq-Europe road via Turkey. scmp.com Success of the US$17 billion Iraq Development Road depends on Iraq-Turkey ties, which have been fraught over oil exports and militant issues, analysts say.

David Rosenberg (2024-05-09). Israel, isolated? Don't believe everything you read. haaretz.com It was news that Turkey severed trade relations with Israel, but not news that 120 other countries didn't. The hard facts are still waiting to emerge, but Israel shouldn't be complacent…

Chaim Levinson (2024-05-09). Israeli defense employee incarcerated for over a decade for severe sexual offenses. haaretz.com The former defense establishment employee was prosecuted over a decade ago for abusing his power and authority in a way that harmed other employees sexually, and was convicted of serious sexual offenses…

Dave DeCamp (2024-05-09). Biden Says He Will Stop Sending Israel Heavy Bombs If It Attacks 'Population Centers' in Rafah. news.antiwar.com President Biden told CNN on Wednesday that the US would stop sending heavy bombs to Israel if its military launched a major invasion of Rafah and acknowledged that Israel has been killing civilians with US-provided munitions. The comments marked the first time Biden appeared to put conditions on US military aid to Israel, but it …

Alon Pinkas (2024-05-09). Netanyahu ignored every warning. Now Biden is telling Israel: 'Enough is enough'. haaretz.com With a shipment of some 3,500 bombs currently on halt, U.S. President Joe Biden is sending a clear message to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about a ground operation in Gaza…

Prem Thakker (2024-05-09). As Biden Warns Against Rafah Invasion, AIPAC Pushes Congress to Support Israel's Operation. theintercept.com In the face of increasing skepticism in Washington around Israel's planned invasion of Rafah, where some 1.4 million displaced Palestinians take refuge, the America Israel Public Affairs Committee spent this week lobbying Congress to support the operation. | In talking points sent to congressional offices on Tuesday and reviewed by The Intercept, AIPAC argued that invading Rafah is the only way to take out Hamas, and that Israel had "no other option." | "There is no example in recent military history of defeating a force like Hamas in Rafah without entering the city," read the talking points. "Commando raids a…

Argiris Malapanis, Geoff Mirelowitz (2024-05-09). The Iran-Israel shadow war and its role in the broader Mideast conflict. links.org.au Argiris Malapanis & Geoff Mirelowitz — Recent developments in the shadow war between Israel and Iran have shed light on Tehran's "support" for the Palestinian liberation struggle.

unitedEditor (2024-05-09). 'We are in danger because of NATO membership': Turkish Vatan Party is sounding the alarm. unitedworldint.com By Abbas Djuma The chairman of Türkiye's Vatan Party speaks about the influence of the US, Palestine, and Israel, and the future of NATO When I told some of my colleagues and experts on Türkiye that I was going to Istanbul to visit the chairman of Türkiye's Patriotic Party (Vatan Partisi), Doƒüu Perinàßek, the reactions …

newleftreview (2024-05-09). Richard Beck: Bidenism Abroad. newleftreview.org Panoramic survey of US foreign policy as Washington attempts to maintain its global hegemony in conditions of faltering growth. Containing China, confronting Russia, driving decarbonization: each of Biden's stated aims has been beset by insoluble contradictions from the outset, Richard Beck argues, now compounded by Israel's punitive war on Gaza.

Avi Scharf (2024-05-09). Top Israeli arms maker unwittingly reveals its largest foreign customer: India. haaretz.com It turns out that India accounted for a quarter of Israel Aerospace Industries' export revenues last year. Details on Azerbaijan and Morocco are also revealed in the Israeli company's annual report…

tn.ai (2024-05-09). 3 Israeli-Affiliated Vessels Attacked by Yemeni Forces in Support of Gaza: Spokesman. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Yemeni forces have attacked three ships affiliated to Israel as part of a maritime campaign in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, a spokesman said.

Yaniv Kubovich (2024-05-09). Disdain, denial, neglect: The deep roots of Israel's devastating intelligence failure on Hamas and October 7. haaretz.com After the 2021 Gaza war, Israeli military intelligence made a series of fateful decisions about what constituted the real threat from Hamas in Gaza. From the silencing of divergent opinions to the culling of units, this is how a 'chain of failures' happened…

Graham Liddell (2024-05-09). Palestinian Writers Have Long Explored the Horrors of Amputation. counterpunch.org Words fail as 2,000-pound bombs shred lives and limbs. The sheer number of children killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza is devastating — at least 13,000 children in the first six months of the war. But somehow I am even more dumbfounded by the headlines, piled one after another, about children who have managed to

Staff (2024-05-09). Ben-Gvir tweets Hamas 'loves' Biden as president mulls halting U.S. arms shipments to Israel over Rafah. haaretz.com While Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said Ben-Gvir's tweet endangered 'every IDF soldier and every Israeli citizen', Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said 'we will achieve complete victory in this war despite Biden's pushback'…

Angela (2024-05-09). Sunday 5/19: Voices from the Holy Land Online Film Salon: "Behind US and Israeli Headlines" indybay.org Zoom | Tinyurl.com/VFHL-May2024…

tn.ai (2024-05-09). Lebanon's Hezbollah Attacks Israeli Targets in North of Occupied Palestine. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Hezbollah has launched a multipronged attack on Israeli targets in the north of occupied Palestine, the Lebanese resistance movement said.

(2024-05-09). Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war. cpj.org

(2024-05-09). Attacks, arrests, threats, censorship: The high risks of reporting the Israel-Gaza war. Mohamed Mandour

Yaniv Kubovich (2024-05-09). U.S. decision to delay arms shipments to Israel could impact IDF's readiness on other fronts. haaretz.com Defense officials have warned the political leadership of the seriousness of the crisis and urged them to reach an understanding with Washington as soon as possible…

tn.ai (2024-05-09). Iranian Spokesman Calls US Attempt to Provide Immunity for Israeli War Criminals 'Shameful'. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry described as shameful and heinous the attempts by US lawmakers to provide immunity for the Israeli regime's officials sought by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over their war crimes in Gaza.

Paul James Kearns (2024-05-09). When Israelis find out I'm from Ireland, they ask: 'Why do you hate us?'. haaretz.com As an Irish-born, Israeli journalist living in Tel Aviv, I am forced to navigate the deteriorating, often publicly antagonistic relationship between Ireland and Israel regarding the war in Gaza. But there is one question posed by my friends and family in Dublin that I struggle to answer…

Jordan Atwood (2024-05-09). US senators threaten ICC with sanctions if Israeli officials are targeted. nationofchange.org This stern admonition, aimed directly at the ICC's prosecutor, comes as the court contemplates charges against Israeli officials for alleged war crimes in the Gaza Strip.

Ofer Aderet (2024-05-09). IDF names Israeli soldier killed by mortar shell near Lebanon border. haaretz.com Staff Sargeant Haim Sabach, 20, initially served in a back-end role in the army, and later requested to be transferred to another position. He received a certificate of excellence for his service during the Gaza war…

Abayomi Azikiwe (2024-05-09). IDF Enters Rafah Blocking Aid to the Gaza Strip. globalresearch.ca

Free Palestine! (2024-05-09). Friday 5/10: South Bay: Hands Off Rafah! indybay.org De Anza Park, 1150 Lime Dr, Sunnyvale…

Editor (2024-05-09). Dutch Police Smash Pro-Palestine Protest Camp. scheerpost.com

A Guest Author (2024-05-09). Humboldt and Gaza — Berlin Bulletin #222. workers.org By Victor Grossman Berlin This is No. 222 of the Berlin Bulletin, which Victor Grossman has been writing for decades. Grossman left the U.S. Armed Forces in the early 1950s by swimming to the Soviet Zone from the U.S.-occupied zone of Vienna, Austria. The Soviet authorities took him to East . . . |

Martha Grevatt (2024-05-09). Solidarity with Palestine at Kent State shooting commemoration. workers.org May 4 marked the 54th anniversary of the killing of four students at Kent State University by the Ohio National Guard during a 1970 anti-war demonstration, part of countrywide protests after the U.S. expanded the Vietnam war with the bombing of Cambodia. Every year, activities on the KSU campus honor . . . |

Artists (2024-05-09). Sunday 5/12: Bay Area Fundraiser for Gaza. indybay.org La Peña Cultural Center | 3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705…

Union of Agricultural Work Committees (2024-05-09). UAWC in Palestine Letter to Student and Youth Movements. indybay.org 30 April 2024…

South Bay Salute (2024-05-09). Olympic Black Power Statue is Site of San José State Students Protest for Palestine. indybay.org Photos by Len and Nancy…

Phil Pasquini (2024-05-09). GW Encampment Shut Down by Police; Students Arrested. indybay.org Pro-Palestinian student protesters and others at the George Washington University tent encampment were arrested after failing to leave university property in an early morning coordinated police action. Around 03: 30 after having been warned to leave the university property and threatened with arrest for failure to do so, a coordinated police action by campus police and 500 Metro DC officers began clearing the area at University Yard (U-Yard).

Climate Justice Street Mural Arts Project (2024-05-09). Saturday 5/11: VIGIL for Shireen Abu Akleh & All Journalists Killed in Palestine. indybay.org Ferry Building (Harry Bridges Plaza), San Francisco…

Union of Agricultural Work Committees (2024-05-09). Palestinian CSO Message to Student Movement. indybay.org 6 May 2024…

Phil Pasquini (2024-05-09). GW President Calls for End to Protest; Students Vow to Continue. indybay.org Student protest leaders at George Washington University (GW) held an afternoon news conference today in the aftermath of an email letter sent out yesterday to the GW community from President Ellen M. Granberg regarding the ongoing campus encampment for Gaza protest.

latintimes (2024-05-09). South Gaza Hospitals Have Only Three Days' Fuel Left: WHO. latintimes.com Hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip have only three days of fuel left due to closed border crossings, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.

MEE staff (2024-05-09). UK: Labour's David Lammy suggests Mandela would oppose Gaza student protests. middleeasteye.net

MEE correspondent (2024-05-09). Iranian press review: Universities welcome Americans, silence opposition at home. middleeasteye.net Iranian press review: Universities welcome Americans, silence opposition at home | Meanwhile, another dissident sentenced to death, and an asylum seeker's suicide draws attention to pressures Iranians face in Turkey
| | Protestors wave Palestinian flags on the West Lawn of…

Edward Hunt (2024-05-09). The United States is an obstacle to peace in Gaza. nationofchange.org "What we are doing today is very bad policy," Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said on April 23. "We are aiding and abetting the destruction of the Palestinian people."

teleSUR (2024-05-09). Slovenia Prepares to Recognize Palestine as a State. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the government of Slovenia began the procedure of recognizing the State of Palestine to help end the violence in Gaza. | RELATED: | "Atrocities that we see in Gaza every day are inadmissible and have to stop," Prime Minister Robert Golob told a news conference following a government session. | Slovenia's government coalition, which is composed of three center-left parties, is united on the plan to recognize the State of Palestine, he said, adding th…

bwitanek (2024-05-09). Immediate Release: CAIR-NJ Welcomes Teaneck Arrest of Man Who Allegedly Threatened Pro-Palestinian Protester with a Knife. fightbackbetter.com CAIR-NJ Welcomes Teaneck Arrest of Man Who Allegedly Threatened Pro-Palestinian Protester with a Knife (NEWARK,‚ÄØNJ, 5/08/2024) —‚ÄØThe New Jersey chapter of…

bwitanek (2024-05-09). Teach Palestine Week May 13 — 17. fightbackbetter.com Integrating lessons about Palestine into our curriculum is vital for challenging the narratives propagated by mainstream media that often demonize a people struggling for survival and dignity on their own land. We must remember that Palestine has endured continuous attacks and systematic destruction for 76 years, and we must never forget the original and ongoing Nakba. | YOUR STUDENTS deserve an honest & truthful understanding of Palestine. We strongly urge educators to incorporate lessons about Palestine into their teaching every day from May 13th to May 17th. We will provide simple 20-minute activities that…

(2024-05-09). Palestinian journalist Rula Hassanein charged with incitement for social media posts. wattan.net

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2024-05-09). Israel vuelve a cerrar el cruce de Kerem Shalom al sur de Gaza. telesurtv.net La Unrwa alertó que no estaba siendo provista de ayuda humanitaria la Franja de Gaza.

teleSUR, idg, DRL (2024-05-09). Universidades españolas se suman a protestas antisionistas. telesurtv.net Las protestas contra el genocidio israelí en Palestina que comenzaron en universidades de Estados Unidos se extienden por todo el mundo.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-05-09). Ejército israelí intensificó ataques aéreos y terrestres contra Gaza. radiohc.cu La Habana, 9 may (RHC) El Ejército israelí intensificó en las últimas horas sus bombardeos y amplió su ofensiva terrestre en Gaza, en medio de temores globales por un asalto a la superpoblada ciudad de Rafah, reportaron hoy medios de prensa.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2024-05-09). Israel bombardea zonas civiles en Gaza con saldo de decenas de muertos. telesurtv.net En Rafah, al sur de la Franja de Gaza, ocho civiles fueron asesinados por aviones de la ocupación en una casa de la familia Eid al oeste de la ciudad.

teleSUR, JCM, MER, JGN, SH, JDO (2024-05-09). Minuto a minuto del asedio israelí contra la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net La OMS ha alertado sobre la grave situación sanitaria en Gaza y la falta de recursos para atender a la población afectada por los ataques israelíes.

teleSUR, idg, JCM (2024-05-09). OMS alerta situación en Gaza tras el cierre del cruce de Rafah. telesurtv.net En Gaza, la OMS es quien coordina el trabajo de los 179 especialistas extranjeros y 800 trabajadores locales, quienes integran los veinte equipos médicos de emergencia.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2024-05-09). Movilizaciones universitarias en España en apoyo a Palestina. telesurtv.net La acampada dentro de la Universidad continúa y se mantendrá hasta después de las elecciones, según los organizadores.

teleSUR, dcdc, DRL (2024-05-09). Más de 34.900 palestinos asesinados en Gaza por Israel. telesurtv.net El número total de heridos aumentó a 78.514 personas tras los constantes ataques del ejército de ocupación.

teleSUR, ahf, YSM (2024-05-09). Siria reitera apoyo a Gaza frente a genocidio de Israel. telesurtv.net Las muestras de apoyo por parte de Siria a la Franja de Gaza ocurren a 215 días del inicio del asedio de las fuerzas de Israel en el territorio.

teleSUR, JCM (2024-05-09). Desalojan campamento propalestino en Universidad George Washington. telesurtv.net "Vinieron con equipo antidisturbios completo: cientos de policías", dijo un manifestante en la Universidad George Washington la madrugada de este miércoles.

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-05-09). Al-Manar correspondent in south Lebanon reports Israeli drones target a car on a road in Bafliyeh, South Lebanon. english.almanar.com.lb

newarab (2024-05-09). Israel, Hamas resume talks in Cairo for Gaza ceasefire deal. newarab.com Israeli and Hamas delegations are back in Cairo to Hamas announced on Monday evening that it agreed to a proposed deal presented by mediators

newarab (2024-05-09). Israel Rafah attack may be south Gaza famine 'tipping point'. newarab.com An Israeli forces seized southern Gaza's Rafah border crossing with

newarab (2024-05-09). Trapped in Rafah, I'm witnessing genocide with my own eyes. newarab.com Monday already feels like a lifetime ago. | Outbursts of joy from But now it's clear this false dawn — the most painful of all — may well be our last. Israel has begun evacuating the eastern part of Rafah and strangled aid routes. Now they are shelling us with impunity. | Israel's politici…

newarab (2024-05-09). Majority of Democrats believe Israel is committing genocide. newarab.com A new poll published on Wednesday found a majority of According to the poll carried out by

newarab (2024-05-09). Palestinian academic freedom case argued in US federal court. newarab.com A decade-old case on academic freedom and the right to boycott was The issue is whether or not academics committed a violation by participating in an anti-Israel boycott. The defence has argued this is their constitutional right, noting that this case has been dismissed multiple times. | "His advocacy is protected, his communicating views to members of the public in connection with an i…

newarab (2024-05-09). Israel says Biden threat to stop arms 'very disappointing'. newarab.com Two top Israeli officials criticised "This is a difficult and very disappointing statement to hear from a president to whom we have been grateful since the beginning of the war," Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, said on public radio in Israel's first reaction to Biden's warni…

newarab (2024-05-09). Netanyahu 'pushed for Rafah attack now' at cabinet meeting. newarab.com Israeli Prime Minister According to a Haaretz source, everyone present at the war cabinet meeting apart from Netanyahu opposed the immediate offensive and it was voted down. | The source told Haare…

newarab (2024-05-09). Israel pounds Gaza as truce talks resume. newarab.com Israel bombarded Rafah on Wednesday as the military said ground troops conducted "targeted raids" in the southern Gaza city's east, with negotiations to halt the seven-month war underway in Cairo. | Israel has defied international objections and sent tanks into Rafah, which is crowded with Palestinian civilians sheltering near the Egyptian border, seizing early on Tuesday a crossing that is the main conduit for aid into the besieged territory. | The White House condemned the interruption to humanitarian deliveries, with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin later confirming reports that Washington had paused a shi…

newarab (2024-05-09). Belgium university to quit project with Israeli institutions. newarab.com A It comes after a negative assessment by Vrije Universiteit Brussel's ethics commission, the Belga News Agency reported. | The university said it would start discussions with the The Vrije Universiteit Brussel said on Tuesday tha…

newarab (2024-05-09). Barclays 'increased financing' of Israel-linked arms firms. newarab.com The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) and War on Want found a significant increase in shareholdings in loans to nine companies known to be producing weapons used by Israel. | The repo…

newarab (2024-05-09). How Nur Shams camp became Israel's West Bank battleground. newarab.com Tulkarem, occupied West Bank – Since the start of the war on Gaza, Israel has "Israel has executed 22 military operations in the camp since the war began, the first of which was on October 19. This number is notably high when compared to preceding months," Sulaiman Al-Zuhairi, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Khadouri University in Tulkarem and a researcher on Palestinian refugee camps, told…

newarab (2024-05-09). Israel bombs Rafah as Biden threatens arms suspension. newarab.com Israel has already defied international objections by sending in tanks and conducting "targeted raids" in the border city, where an estimated 1.4 million displaced Palestinian civilians. | Israel on Thur…

newarab (2024-05-09). How will Israel's attack on Rafah impact the Lebanese front. newarab.com On Monday, 6 May,

newarab (2024-05-09). Son of Shoah survivors: Israel has become 'Nazi society'. newarab.com

newarab (2024-05-09). Biden: US to withhold weapons from Israel if Rafah invaded. newarab.com President "I made it clear that if they go into Rafah, I'm not supplying the weapons t…

newarab (2024-05-09). Israel to 'give private US firm control of Rafah crossing'. newarab.com According to Haaretz, negotiations are ongoing with the unnamed company, which employs former elite US soldiers and specializes in securing strategic sites in Africa and the Middle East. | Israel and the US will help the firm if needed, the report added. | However, US officials have refused to confirm this. | US National Security Cou…

newarab (2024-05-09). Gaza: 49 bodies found in 3rd mass grave at Al-Shifa hospital. newarab.com Gaza health workers uncovered on Wednesday at least 49 bodies at The Israeli military has repeatedly targeted

newarab (2024-05-09). Lebanon security source says five killed in Israeli strikes on south. newarab.com A Lebanese security source said five people including two Hezbollah fighters were killed on Wednesday in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, with a Palestinian group reporting three fatalities among its ranks. | Israel and Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, have stepped up cross-border exchanges that have been ongoing following Israel's onslaught on Gaza on 7 October. | According to the Lebanese security source, "two Hezbollah fighters" were killed in an Israeli air strike on the border town of Adaisseh. | Hezbollah later said two of its fighters had been "martyred on the road to Jerusalem", the phrase it uses to refer…

newarab (2024-05-09). Half of Gaza's water sites destroyed or damaged by Israel. newarab.com More than half of Gaza's According to the BBC, 53 percent of the 603 water facilities in the Gaza Strip have either been damaged or destroyed during Most of the sites that are affected are in…

newarab (2024-05-09). Video of Israeli businessman's murder in Egypt goes viral. newarab.com A video has gone viral over the past hours, allegedly showing In 'Shalom' is a Hebrew word idiomatically used to mean "hello" or "goodbye"

newarab (2024-05-09). South Gaza hospitals have only three days' fuel left: WHO. newarab.com Hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip have only three days of fuel left due to closed border crossings, the head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday. | Despite international objections, Israel sent tanks into the overcrowded southern city of Rafah on Tuesday and seized the nearby crossing into Egypt that is the main conduit for aid into the besieged Palestinian territory. | WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said fuel that the UN health agency had expected to be allowed in on Wednesday had been blocked. | The Israeli authorities control the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza. | "The clo…

newarab (2024-05-09). Trinity College Dublin and UB set to divest from Israel. newarab.com Two European Trinity College The action saw the…

newarab (2024-05-09). Empty streets and 'fear' in Gaza's Rafah since Israeli incursion. newarab.com Displaced More than 1.4 million people had crammed into Rafah, a city on the Gaza Strip's southern border with Egypt, as Israeli forces pushed their way southward from the coastal territory's north dur…

newarab (2024-05-09). US delays report on whether Israel broke international law. newarab.com US President The State Department had been working for months on the review, which was set to determine whether Israel violated international humanitarian law since the war on Gaza started in October. | If it was found that Israel was indeed violating in…

newarab (2024-05-09). Lebanon body puts Israeli bombardment damage at $1.5 bln. newarab.com Seven months of Israel and

newarab (2024-05-09). Video shows Egyptian soldiers assaulting Palestinian boy. newarab.com A video showing a violent attack on a Palestinian boy fleeing the Israeli war on Gaza by Egyptian soldiers has triggered outrage across Egypt. | In the video in question, several Egyptian army soldiers are seen beating up a teenage boy believed to have attempted to illegally cross into Egypt. | One Egyptian soldier told his colleagues as he attacked the boy: "Let me teach the kid a lesson." The dialect of the soldier in the video seemed to be Egyptian Arabic; but the timing or the exact location of the incident remains unclear. Neither is the identity or the nationality of the boy. | üö®&…

newarab (2024-05-09). Ecocide in Gaza: The environmental impact of Israel's war. newarab.com In the place of orchards, sandy beaches, and strawberry fields that were once the pride of Gazans, the coastal territory is now a "In northern Gaza, two-thirds of the land was agricultural – now there's nothing left," says Samar Safiya, a Gazan environmental activist. | Her voice notes, sent by WhatsApp to The New Arab, paint a

newarab (2024-05-09). Switzerland proposes $11 million UNRWA donation in Gaza. newarab.com The government's proposal, announced Wednesday after weeks of procrastination, represents half of the amount which was initially set to be paid to the UNRWA agency in 2024. | "Switzerland's 10 million Swiss francs contributio…

newarab (2024-05-09). Macklemore pro-Palestine song faces YouTube 'shadow ban'. newarab.com US rapper Macklemore's The song, titled 'Hind's Hall', paid tribute to

newarab (2024-05-09). Extremist rabbi's cousin charged with ramming Gaza protester. newarab.com A New York real estate developer was charged with felony assault after police said he hit a woman with his car during a pro-Palestine demonstration led by students connected to the Reuven Kahane, 57, was arrested Tuesday morning after driving his car into a 55-year-old safety marshal for the protest, according to witnesses and a New York police department spokesperson. | The woman, who was treated at a hospital for minor injuries, was also arrested, but charges of criminal mis…

newarab (2024-05-09). Ghassan Abu Sittah receives honorary doctorate from AUB. newarab.com British-Palestinian doctor and activist The prestigious university chose Abu Sittah for his efforts treating the wounded around the region over the last decade. | Joining Abu Sittah as recipients of the award are Indian author Arundhati Roy and American philanthropist Darren Charles Walker. | The honorees will be inducted into this year's Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters category at…

newarab (2024-05-09). Nationwide student-led movement grows in France for Gaza. newarab.com

newarab (2024-05-09). 'Awful': Gaza aid worker reveals dire conditions for women. newarab.com Gazans are feeling the toll of "In my 25 years of experience, I've never seen a conflict where people must run around in circles with nowhere to go," Hairhound Lahna said. | A gynaecologist, Lahna was head of mission for Rahma Worldwide, an American non-governmental organisation, and…

newarab (2024-05-09). Gaza campus protests 'moral imperative', says Rashid Khalidi. newarab.com With the dust still settling from protests at Some speakers at the two-day retirement conference drew a line between Khalidi's scholarship and the student protest movement, noting that the now-shuttered Columbia encampments included those who had studied…

presstv.ir (2024-05-09). Iran warns of human disaster in Rafah if Israel continues terror, genocide. presstv.ir The Iranian foreign minister warns that the continuation of Israel's acts of terror and genocide in Rafah will lead to another human disaster.

presstv.ir (2024-05-09). Oxford students protest against Gaza genocide. presstv.ir Students at Oxford University protest against the war in Gaza, demanding divestment from, and a boycott of, Israeli institutions that profit from the genocidal war.

presstv.ir (2024-05-09). US halt to arms shipment to Israel too little too late: Rights advocates. presstv.ir The regime's relentless air and artillery strikes continue to claim civilian lives in the besieged Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2024-05-09). Iran: US threat of sanctions on ICC over Israel arrest warrants 'shameful'. presstv.ir Iran has hit out at the US over reports that American lawmakers are preparing legislation to sanction International Criminal Court officials if they issue arrest warrants against Israeli officials.

presstv.ir (2024-05-09). Funeral of mother, son killed in Israeli strike on south Lebanon. presstv.ir Mourners carry the coffins of May Youssef and her 12-year-old son, who were killed in an Israeli strike against a southern Lebanese village.

presstv.ir (2024-05-09). West asked Iran 'don't hit Israel hard', lower intensity of True Promise: FM. presstv.ir Iran's foreign minister says the West had called on the Islamic Republic to exercise restraint and mitigate the severity of its retaliation.

presstv.ir (2024-05-09). May 8: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation. presstv.ir Resistance groups in Palestine and across the region continue their operations against the Tel Aviv regime and its Western backers.

presstv.ir (2024-05-09). Greek May Day demos condemn Israeli savagery in Gaza. presstv.ir A few thousand protesters held flags, banners, and placards in support of Palestine and the protests taking place on university campuses in the States.

presstv.ir (2024-05-09). Op. True Promise 'source of national pride', consensus builder: Raeisi. presstv.ir Raeisi has praised as a source of national pride the Islamic Republic's daring strikes last month on the Israeli-occupied territories.

presstv.ir (2024-05-09). French university students set up tents, protest against Israel's attack on Rafah. presstv.ir Dozens of student protesters demonstrated in front of Sciences Po University in Paris, denouncing Israel's recent attack on Gaza…

presstv.ir (2024-05-09). Iran president urges global action for Gaza humanitarian aid. presstv.ir President Raeisi called on international organizations to intensify efforts to overcome obstacles created by the Israeli regime.

presstv.ir (2024-05-09). Israel keeps bombing Rafah as truce talks resume in Cairo. presstv.ir The bombardment of Rafah comes despite Hamas agreeing to the proposed truce deal put forward by mediators.

presstv.ir (2024-05-09). Palestine urges global action against Israel's planned Rafah assault. presstv.ir Palestine's UN ambassador calls on the international community to intervene to stop Israel's planned invasion of the Gaza city of Rafah.

presstv.ir (2024-05-09). Families of Israeli captives press for swap deal with Hamas. presstv.ir Families of Israeli captives step up pressure to reach a swap deal with Hamas.

presstv.ir (2024-05-09). Gazans mourn over bodies of loved ones at al-Najjar hospital in Rafah. presstv.ir Relatives mourn over the bodies of their loved ones at al-Najjar hospital in Rafah in southern Gaza Strip after Israeli airstrike.

presstv.ir (2024-05-09). Irish college agrees to divest from Israeli firms following student protest. presstv.ir Students at Dublin have ended their pro-Palestine rally after college authorities agreed to divest from Israeli firms.

presstv.ir (2024-05-09). Israel uses negotiations as cover for Rafah invasion: Hamas. presstv.ir Hamas official says the Israeli regime is prolonging truce negotiations so it can carry out a full-scale invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah.

presstv.ir (2024-05-09). Yemeni forces target 3 Israeli-linked ships in Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean. presstv.ir The spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces says the army has launched attacks on three ships linked to Israel.

presstv.ir (2024-05-09). AIPAC censures Biden for pausing arms shipment to Israel. presstv.ir The powerful Israel lobby has hit out at the Biden administration for delaying arms shipment to Israel.

presstv.ir (2024-05-09). Hezbollah says it hit Israeli targets in 'multipronged attack'. presstv.ir Lebanon's Hezbollah says it launched a multipronged attack on targets controlled by the Israeli regime.

presstv.ir (2024-05-09). Wounded Gazans rushed to hospital following airstrike on Rafah. presstv.ir Injured Palestinians are rushed to Kuwait Hospital following an Israeli bombardment of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2024-05-09). Another mass grave uncovered in Gaza, bodies 'without heads' found. presstv.ir Palestinian medical teams recovered 49 bodies from the mass grave at Shifa Hospital.

presstv.ir (2024-05-09). War crime concerns grow after discovery of another mass grave in Gaza hospital. presstv.ir Concerns of potential war crimes have been raised after the discovery of a third mass grave in the remains of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

presstv.ir (2024-05-09). Washington police clear pro-Palestine encampment, arrest dozens. presstv.ir Students had been inside the George Washington University Yard since April 25.

presstv.ir (2024-05-09). Thousands attend pro-Palestinian protest in Bangladesh. presstv.ir Thousands of Bangladeshi students march in Dhaka in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza and with pro-Palestinian student protests around the world.

hindustantimes (2024-05-09). Iran-linked Houthis Strike Again; Rain Missiles & Drones On Three 'Israeli' Ships In Three Days. hindustantimes.com The Houthi rebels have claimed three missiles attacks on three different ships in three days. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said that two Panama-flagged container ships, MSC Gina and MSC Diego, were attacked in the Gulf of Aden. Though Saree said that they were hit accurately, there was no reported damage to both ships. Meanwhile, MSC Vittoria was struck twice, once in the Indian Ocean and then in the Arabian Sea. Houthi rebels said that the second attack was successful. Watch. INTERNATIONAL NEWS…

hindustantimes (2024-05-09). Israel Pays Heavy Price For West Bank Raids; Inspector Killed After Fighting Palestinian Gunmen. hindustantimes.com An elite commando of Israel's border police succumbed to his injuries, suffered in a deadly West Bank raid. Chief Inspector Yitav Lev Halevi, a border police officer and the commander in elite Yamam counter-terrorism unit was wounded during an operation in West Bank town of Dayr al-Ghusun, near Tulkarem, on May 4. Five gunmen, members of a Hamas cell responsible for the murder of an Israeli and the injury of others in recent terror attacks in the West Bank, were also killed in the IDF and Border police joint operation. Watch. INTERNATIONAL NEWS…

hindustantimes (2024-05-09). Biden's Final Threat To Israel Over Rafah Invasion Plan; 'U.S. Won't Give Artillery, Offensive Arms'. hindustantimes.com

hindustantimes (2024-05-09). Israeli Soldier Killed As Hezbollah Pounds Army HQ With Burkan Missiles, Drones; IDF Fumes | Watch. hindustantimes.com The IDF has announced that an Israeli soldier was killed in Hezbollah's Burkan missile and explosive drone attacks on Army headquarters and Biranit Barracks near the Lebanon border on May 8. The Iran-backed group targeted Israel Army position in 10 different attacks on Wednesday. The IDF hit back with air strikes that left 7 people dead, including Hezbollah and Al-Quds Brigades fighters. Meanwhile, Israel's defence minister warned of a "hot summer" ahead as he met with Israeli troops at the northern border with Lebanon. Watch. INTERNATIONAL NEWS…

hindustantimes (2024-05-09). Rafah Invasion Plan Lands Netanyahu In A Soup; Israeli Minister & Hamas Mount Attacks. hindustantimes.com

hindustantimes (2024-05-09). IDF Soldier Caught In Hamas Rocket Fury Over Rafah; Al-Qassam, Al-Quds & Al-Aqsa Brigades On Rampage. hindustantimes.com Hamas continued to launch attacks towards southern Israel since IDF seized the eastern side of Rafah crossing. Last night too, massive rocket barrages were fire from Rafah. Hamas' armed wing, Al-Qassam Brigades, alongwith Islamic Jihad's Al-Quds Brigades, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades launched 16 joint attacks on May 7. Watch. INTERNATIONAL NEWS…

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