(2024-07-17). Day 284 Update: Israel Kills At Least 50 in Relentless Bombardment of Civilian 'Safe Areas'. imemc.org 
On Tuesday, July 16th, day 284 of the ongoing Israeli assault on the entire civilian population of the Gaza Strip. At least 50 Palestinians were killed, and many more wounded. The Israeli army committed a new massacre by bombing a school housing displaced people in the Nusseirat camp, which resulted in the death of 23 …
(2024-07-17). Israel massacres civilians to maximize pressure on Hamas. electronicintifada.net Flow of arms, international impunity prolong genocide in Gaza.
(2024-07-17). Biden Says He's Done "More" for Palestinians "Than Anybody" as He Backs Genocide. themaad.org
(2024-07-17). Hamas: Israel's attack on school 'shameful act, scar on humanity'. presstv.ir "This is a brutal and shameful act that is a scar on humanity," the Palestinian resistance movement said.
(2024-07-17). Haredi 'mob' attacks Israeli officers amid anger over draft. newarab.com 
A group of ultra-Orthodox Major General David Zini, head of the Training Command and General Staff Corps, and Brigadier General Shay Tayeb, head of the Ground Force's Personnel Division, were in the ultra-Orthodox area of Bnei B…
(2024-07-17). CODEPINK's Palestinian-American Staff Member ARRESTED on False Accusation of Assault by Member of Congress. dissidentvoice.org 
Milwaukee, WI — In an incident of political thuggery and intimidation at the RNC, CODEPINK's Palestinian campaign organizer, Nour Jaghama, has been unjustly arrested by police on accusation of assaulting a member of Congress. While peacefully waiting in line to enter the event, Nour, a visibly Palestinian woman, was intentionally bumped into by a bald, white …
(2024-07-17). Australian Labor government exploits Trump assassination bid to intensify witch hunt against anti-genocide protests. wsws.org Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and key ministers have maliciously linked the Trump shooting to the ongoing protests in Australia against the US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza.
(2024-07-17). With Media Enamored by Presidential Race, Israeli Massacres in Gaza Get Even Deadlier. scheerpost.com 
(2024-07-17). Present Generations in Gaza to Eradicate Israel: Nasrallah. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The people of Gaza will remove the "cancerous tumor" of Israel, the secretary general of Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement said.
(2024-07-17). Mossad chief urges Gaza deal, informs Israeli ministers Netanyahu truce conditions could prevent hostage release. haaretz.com Israel intensifies central Gaza strikes; ‚ñ Gantz to Netanyahu: 'You delayed Rafah offensive' ‚ñ Hezbollah chief threatens to attack deeper into Israel if strikes on civilians intensify ‚ñ IDF: Forces attacked in Gaza Strip's north as response to Tuesday's barrage toward Sderot ‚ñ IDF spokesman to Al Arabiya: Hamas leaders' obstinacy is preventing us from reaching an agreement…
(2024-07-17). Hezbollah warns will strike new Israel areas if civilians killed. newarab.com 
Five civilians, all Syrians and including three children, were killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon on Tuesday and at least three Lebanese civilians were killed the day before, according to state me…
(2024-07-17). Nasrallah says Israel faces 'worst days', warns military of 'extensive damage' in case of war. presstv.ir Hezbollah's secretary general warns the Israeli regime about an extensively destructive response should it launch a ground invasion of Lebanon.
(2024-07-17). Nasrallah: Israel is cancerous tumor, it will be removed. presstv.ir The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement says the "cancerous tumor" of Israel will be removed by the current Palestinian generation.
(2024-07-17). Hezbollah launches retaliatory attacks against Israeli positions. presstv.ir Hezbollah fighters pound several Israeli settlements and military sites with rocket barrages in response to the regime's attack on southern Lebanon.
(2024-07-17). Three Syrian children killed in 'horrific' Israeli attack on Lebanon. aljazeera.com UN condemns Israeli attack that killed children who were reportedly playing outside their home in south Lebanon.
(2024-07-17). Israel's border with Lebanon remains unsafe, but these families return home anyway. haaretz.com After many long months in hotels, and without expecting a return to normalcy, evacuated families are coming home to a scary reality…
(2024-07-17). Three Syrian children among 5 dead in Israeli strikes on Lebanon. newarab.com 
Lebanese official media said separate "Three Syrian children" were killed "in an enemy raid that targeted farmland in the village of Umm Toot", the Nationa…
(2024-07-17). Israel kills dozens across Gaza, at least five in southern Lebanon. peoplesdispatch.org The Israeli occupation army continues with its genocidal multi-front war despite suffering from a serious shortage of personnel and weaponry, and in spite of the mounting international and local pressure for a ceasefire…
(2024-07-17). Lebanon 'a hell with no return' for Israel if war breaks out, warns Iran. presstv.ir Iran's interim foreign minister has warned that Lebanon will "definitely be a hell with no return for the Zionists," if the Israeli regime attacks the Arab country.
(2024-07-17). Shias in Lebanon and Iraq commemorate Ashura amid Gaza war. newarab.com 
Shia Muslims Wednesday in Lebanon and Iraq commemorated The rift between Islam's two…
(2024-07-17). IDF: Dozens of rockets fired at northern Israel in latest barrages from Lebanon. haaretz.com Defense Minister Gallant says 'window of opportunity created' for hostage deal ‚ñ IDF believes it killed half of Hamas' military leadership ‚ñ Reports in Gaza: 15 killed in strike on UNRWA school; 17 in Khan Yunis ‚ñ Israeli arrested on suspicion of being contracted by Iranian intelligence ‚ñ Palestinian reports: Exchange of gunfire between IDF and militants in the Balata refugee camp, West Bank…
(2024-07-17). Russia Worried about Possible Israeli Aggression against Lebanon. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed Moscow's concern about the escalation of Israeli onslaught on Gaza and a possible spread of fighting into Lebanon.
(2024-07-17). Headlines for July 17, 2024. democracynow.org "Where Is the World?": Gaza Mourns Victims as Israel Continues to Target Humanitarian Refuges, CCR Files FOIA Request for Gov't Communications Around ICC's Israeli War Crimes Case, Israeli Attacks in Southern Lebanon Kill 5 Syrians, Incl. 3 Children, Federal Jury Convicts New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez on All 16 Corruption Counts, Milwaukee Community Outraged After Ohio Police Kill a Black Man, Samuel Sharpe, 1 Mile from RNC, RNC Dominated by Xenophobic Hate Speech on Day 2 as Republicans Line Up Behind Trump, Rep. Adam Schiff Warns Dems Could Lose Presidency and Senate If Biden Remains in t…
(2024-07-17). A brief history of 'human animals': From Peru to Gaza genocide>. newarab.com 
One of the images that haunts modern Peru is that of stray dogs: caught, tortured, strangled, and In propaganda leaflets, the Shining Path insurgency — which waged war on the Peruvian peasantry and the state from 1980 until 1992 — noted that these dogs were meant to These reformist traitors — including Deng Xiaoping, Hu Yaobang and Z…
(2024-07-17). US 'actively assisting' Israel's genocide in Gaza: Jewish peace group. presstv.ir The Jewish Voice for Peace says the Biden administration is "actively assisting" Israel in committing genocide in Gaza.
(2024-07-17). Defending Democracy: When Wars Come Home. counterpunch.org 
The elected majorities of both political parties argue Israel's genocide of Palestinians must be supported because Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East. $175 billion, in just 2 1/2 years, has been appropriated for war in Ukraine to defend democracy. The GOP and the Democrats have brought about a needless and reckless cold
(2024-07-17). Israel in Palestine, Rwanda in DRC. libya360.wordpress.com Ann Garrison Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo: UNICEF/Arlette Bashizi Palestinians and Congolese both find themselves victims of a genocide that they did not commit and that did not take place on their territory. After October 7, 2023, as Israel began bombing Gaza and the world reacted in horror,…
(2024-07-17). Thousands protest GOP agenda at Milwaukee RNC, demanding justice and equality. nationofchange.org Protesters condemned U.S. politicians on both sides of the aisle for sending weapons to Israel amid what they described as genocide in Gaza.
(2024-07-17). Appeals court dismisses case against Biden administration for complicity in alleged Gaza genocide. nationofchange.org The three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco affirmed a lower court's dismissal of the lawsuit against President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
(2024-07-17). No pride in genocide: Disability rights activists demand justice for Palestine. workers.org 
Somerville, Massachusetts — Dozens of disability justice and pro-Palestine activists gathered outside Somerville City Hall, on July 11 to demand an end to U.S support for the ongoing Zionist genocide in Gaza, which has killed and disabled hundreds of thousands of people. Disabled Palestinians are being disproportionately harmed, lacking even . . . |
(2024-07-17). Delas report exposes PSOE-Sumar-Podemos collaboration with Israeli genocide in Gaza. wsws.org It is another devastating exposure of the imperialist militarism and support for genocide of the Socialist Party-Sumar government and of its accomplices in Podemos.
(2024-07-17). Israel displaces more Palestinians amid operations in north, south Gaza. presstv.ir Israeli forces conducted military operations in Gaza City in the north and the cities of Rafah and Khan Younis in the south.
(2024-07-17). Israel attacks 'safe areas' in Gaza again, kills 50 Palestinians. presstv.ir The regime's forces once again attacked a UN-run school in the Nuseirat refugee camp. 23 people were killed.
(2024-07-17). 'They are trying to buy this seat': Can Cori Bush beat AIPAC? mondoweiss.net 
AIPAC spent $15 million to help defeat Jamaal Bowman and now they have their sights set on Missouri's 1st district, where Cori Bush faces a primary challenge. Can she beat the Israel lobby?>
(2024-07-17). US Naval Efforts Falter as Yemen's Blockade Bankrupts Israel's Eilat Port. mintpressnews.com Despite the formation of a multinational naval coalition led by the United States, the Israeli-controlled Port of Eilat has reportedly gone bankrupt and is seeking a government bailout. The situation underscores the failure of U.S.-led efforts against Yemen's Ansar Allah—known pejoratively as the Houthis—blockade in the Red Sea, enforced until Israel ends its war on Gaza. | "It must be acknowledged that the port is in a state of bankruptcy,"
(2024-07-17). Houthi: Yemenis humiliate US, spare no effort in supporting Palestine. presstv.ir The leader of the Ansarullah resistance movement says Yemenis have humiliated the United States.
(2024-07-17). Why Israel's 'Gaza Security Bubbles' Will Fail. libya360.wordpress.com Mohamad Hasan Sweidan Tel Aviv's plan to launch a political phase in its ill-conceived Gaza war is likely to end in strategic disaster, just as US artificial constructs failed in Vietnam. One cannot simply sidestep complex social dynamics and strong local resistance to erect false leaders atop synthetic 'bubbles.' On 23 June, Israeli Defense Minister…
(2024-07-17). West wants to eradicate Palestinians. presstv.ir EU foreign policy Chief Josep Borrell expresses his "utter dismay" at the plight facing Palestinians, but again stops short of indicating any sanction against the Israeli regime.
(2024-07-17). Resisting Israeli Scholasticide and Academic Apartheid. counterpunch.org 
Israel's genocidal war is both massacring Palestinians and destroying their physical and social infrastructure. In particular, Israel has targeted Palestinian educational institutions. In late April, UN experts concluded, "with more than 80% of schools in Gaza damaged or destroyed, it may be reasonable to ask if there is an intentional effort to comprehensively destroy the Palestinian education system, an action known as 'scholasticide'."1 The aim of this settler-colonial project is to eradicate the physical, intellectual, and political reproduction of the Palestinian people. As Maya Wind documents in her new boo…
(2024-07-17). 500 health workers killed in Gaza, including doctors with rare specialisations. muslimmirror.com By Muslim Mirror Staff Israeli attacks have killed 500 health workers in Gaza since October, including several specialised doctors. The specialist doctors killed include a plastic surgeon specialising in wound care, a reconstructive surgeon, an obstetrician/gynaecologist, an orthopaedic surgeon, a fertility doctor, and the only liver transplant doctor in Gaza, according to AP news agency. …
(2024-07-17). 'That amazes me, I didn't know': Netanyahu 'surprised' to hear what happened at Israeli army base on October 7. haaretz.com Channel 12 News aired recordings from Netanyahu's meeting with families of the female IDF spotters who were killed at the Nahal Oz military outpost, showing the prime minister didn't know that the soldiers were unarmed, and that officials visited the families…
(2024-07-17). An 'escalation of measures': Netanyahu, Gallant's rift peaks amid hostage talks. haaretz.com Even members of the most extreme right wing of Netanyahu's coalition see that his policy is just another trick, meant to foil any deal. Officials believe that if Netanyahu indeed foils the deal, Gallant will again face the public to warn against him…
(2024-07-17). Palestinian prisoner lost half his body weight in Israeli prison. newarab.com 
Like someone who emerged from a cave after an eternity, with deteriorating health and a dilapidated body, bodybuilding champion His family, which was waiting for him at the gate of Ofer Military Prison, saw an emaciated man who couldn't walk, supported by another man. | Both appeared exhausted, their shaggy hair and long beards making them look like they had come out of a grave. | Since October 7th, it has become co…
(2024-07-17). Gaza Death Toll Rises As Israeli Strikes Kill 81 in 24 Hours. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — At least 81 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza during the latest 24-hour period, according to the most recent update by health officials in the besieged and bombarded territory.
(2024-07-17). Israel says Hamas still capable of bombing Tel Aviv, al-Quds. presstv.ir The Israeli military says the Palestinian resistance movement can still strike Tel Aviv and the occupied Jerusalem al-Quds.
(2024-07-17). Families demand clarifications after Netanyahu reportedly says hostages 'suffering, but not dying'. haaretz.com Netanyahu's remarks are 'factually inaccurate and dangerously irresponsible,' the Hostages Families Forum Headquarters says…
(2024-07-17). Palestinian-Israeli Choir Moves Judges and Audience on 'America's Got Talent'. themedialine.org 
(2024-07-17). Citing Israel and Iran, Nikki Haley urges Republicans to unite behind Trump. haaretz.com Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations lauded Trump's foreign policy: 'Between Israel and Hamas, Donald Trump is clear who is our friend and who is our enemy'…
(2024-07-17). IDF believes military pressure is paying off, but says Hamas isn't defeated yet. haaretz.com Senior Israeli commanders believe that conditions are now better to strike a deal with Hamas ‚ñ Meanwhile, Netanyahu and the far-right wing of his government are showing no signs of greater flexibility in the negotiations…
(2024-07-17). Gaza: UNSC, UNGA must swing in action to rein in Israel. ummid.com UN Security Council (UNSC), UN General Assembly (UNGA), and all international justice institutions must act swiftly and decisively to compel Israel to cease its frequent, systematic military assaults against shelter centres housing internally displaced people in Gaza.
(2024-07-17). At least 50 Palestinians killed as Israeli air strikes pound Gaza. presstv.ir Israel has ramped up its brutal aggression on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours.
(2024-07-17). Assessing the Flames of Protest. counterpunch.org 
It began with Aaron Bushnell and a visceral response of mine: Why would anyone do such a thing? Bushnell was the 25-year-old active-duty airman who set himself ablaze on February 25th in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., to protest that country's brutal war in Gaza. The first question was tough enough, but
(2024-07-17). Ultra-Orthodox Draft in Israel To Start Next Week, IDF Says. themedialine.org 
(2024-07-17). IDF believes military pressure is paying off, but says Hamas isn't defeated yet. haaretz.com Senior Israeli commanders believe that condition are now better to strike a deal with Hamas ‚ñ Meanwhile, Netanyahu and the far-right wing of his government are showing no signs of greater flexibility in the negotiations…
(2024-07-17). Philadelphia: Health care workers rally against Israel's starvation of Palestinians. workers.org 
Philadelphia Healthcare Workers for Palestine demonstration, July 14, 2024. Philadelphia The Philadelphia chapter of HealthCare Workers For Palestine (HCW4Pal) and Drexel University College of Medicine for Palestine held a rally at Rittenhouse Square in center city Philadelphia on July 14. The purpose was to call attention to the illegal use . . . |
(2024-07-17). Saturday 7/20: Film Plus Food – Palestine-Israel. indybay.org Mukunda Studio walk from Civic Center Bart | 1250 Folsom Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94103…
(2024-07-17). Israel's legalization of settlements in the northern West Bank, explained. themaad.org
(2024-07-17). FIDH International Bureau resolution: in Gaza, act or watch the Palestinian people die. fidh.org
(2024-07-17). Israeli Airstrikes Intensify in Gaza, Claiming 57 Lives Amid Cease-fire Efforts. themedialine.org 
(2024-07-17). Israel bombs Gaza after US criticises high civilian toll. newarab.com 
Authorities in Gaza civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal said the three air strikes killed at least 44 people and wounded dozens within an hour across the war-tor…
(2024-07-17). Human Rights Watch: At least five Palestinian groups committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in Oct. 7 attacks. haaretz.com The group's new report rebuts Hamas' claims that its combatants were instructed not to harm children, women and the elderly and states that the killing of civilians was systematic, premeditated and deliberate…
(2024-07-17). Israel's restrictions on movement in al-Khalil hurdle to 'essential services': ICRC. presstv.ir The ICRC says intensified restrictions imposed by Israel in the southern occupied West Bank city hamper "essential service."
(2024-07-17). 'An almost daily occurrence': UN says Israel keeps attacking Gaza schools. presstv.ir Commissioner-General of UNRWA Lazzarini says Israel has attacked at least eight schools in the last 10 days.
(2024-07-17). Who will stop Israel's illegal annexations of Palestinian land ? fidh.org The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) condemns Israel's plans to annex and expand illegal settlements in the West Bank, actions that constitute war crimes under the Fourth Geneva Convention. Third countries must uphold international law for the Palestinian people, or it will eventually cease to exist. FIDH call on all states to deploy all the necessary efforts in order to end Israel's settler-colonialism and apartheid, and work towards the realisation of the Palestinian (…) | – | /…
(2024-07-17). Labour Friends of Israel backs UK's restoration of Unrwa funding with caveats. middleeasteye.net 
Labour Friends of Israel backs UK's restoration of Unrwa funding with caveats | The influential group wants the UN agency for Palestinian refugees to eventually transfer its functions to the Palestinian Authority | | Palestinians flee from a Unrwa school targeted by an Israeli air strike (Reuters/Ra…
(2024-07-17). Israel charges one, detains two, for Iran intelligence links. newarab.com 
Israeli authorities on Tuesday charged one Israeli and detained two others for The agency said Iran has sought in recent months to recruit Israelis to carry out missions in the country and that the person charged had been asked, but refused, to carry out a murder and set fire to a forest. | "Shin Bet and the police international inquiries unit have arreste…
(2024-07-17). Israeli army to issue thousands of draft notices to ultra-Orthodox men, sparking protests. haaretz.com The Israeli army is expected to send around 6,000 draft notices to ultra-Orthodox men who are working or have dropped out of yeshiva. About 150 men from an extreme ultra-Orthodox sect blocked a highway in protest after the army's announcement…
(2024-07-17). Human Rights Watch Details War Crimes in Hamas-Led Attack on Israel. themedialine.org 
(2024-07-17). Torture, hunger, humiliation: Freed Palestinians recount Israeli jail conditions. presstv.ir The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has treated 13 people, including an elderly woman, who were released at the Kissufim checkpoint in central Gaza.
(2024-07-17). Israel's largest land grab since Oslo sparks annexation fears. newarab.com 
Israel has approved the The declaration of 12.7 square kilometres (almost 5 miles) of the According to…
(2024-07-17). Angered by Palestine recognition, Israel rejects Norway FM visit. newarab.com 
Israel's Foreign Minister In May, Spain, Ireland and Norway Katz said Eide had requested several times to visit since then. | The Israeli ministe…
(2024-07-17). Army Abducts Three Palestinians in Tulkarem and Bethlehem. imemc.org 
Israeli forces abducted three Palestinians, two in Tulkarem and one near Bethlehem, in the northeastern and southern parts of the occupied West Bank, in addition to damaging vehicles near Tubas in the northeastern part. Occupation forces abducted two Palestinian young men in the Shweika neighborhood, north of Tulkarem in the northwestern part of the West …
(2024-07-17). Body of six-year-old found in central Israel, mother suspected of murder. haaretz.com Before the discovery of the body, a 33-year-old woman was arrested at the entrance to the Herzliya mall after she attacked a security guard with an axe and lightly wounded him. The police suspect that she is the boy's mother and that she is mentally disturbed…
(2024-07-17). 'Shameful' BBC story on Israel's killing of disabled man revised. newarab.com 
A BBC report published on Tuesday on the killing of a The
(2024-07-17). As Trump taps America First VP, top Jewish Republican insists GOP is the 'only pro-Israel party'. haaretz.com 'Trump will rebuild the U.S.-Israel relationship after four disastrous years under President Biden,' Republican Jewish Coalition chief Matt Brooks tells cheering crowd at the Republican National Convention, telling reporters he's part of the 'battle' inside the GOP to 'make sure the Tucker Carlson-wing of the party doesn't get a foothold'…
(2024-07-17). Families of Israel soldiers held captive in Gaza plead for peace. newarab.com 
(2024-07-17). Israeli Army Shoots Two Palestinians, Abducts One, Near Nablus. imemc.org 
Israeli forces shot, on Tuesday, two Palestinian young men and abducted another in the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank. Media sources said that undercover Israeli agents (Musta'ribeen) infiltrated the "Al-Tirawiyah" neighborhood in the Balata camp, and surrounded a citizen's home, while firing many live rounds. According to Ahmad …
(2024-07-17). Citing Israel and Iran, Nikki Haley urges Republicans to unite behind Trump. haaretz.com Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations lauded Trump's foreign policy: 'Between Israel and Hamas, Donald Trump is clear on who is our friend and who is our enemy'…
(2024-07-17). Top Jewish Republican uses GOP convention to make case for Trump to U.S. Jews. haaretz.com 'Trump will repair and rebuild the U.S.-Israel relationship that has deteriorated after four disastrous years under President Biden,' Republican Jewish Coalition chief Matt Brooks tells cheering crowd at Republican National Convention…
(2024-07-17). Army Abducts Two Young Men In Jenin. imemc.org 
On Wednesday dawn, undercover Israeli soldiers infiltrated Jenin city, in the occupied West Bank's northern part, surrounded a home before many army vehicles invaded the area, and abducted two young Palestinian men. Local sources said the soldiers infiltrated Jenin in a truck carrying Palestinian license plates, before the soldiers surrounded the home of Aziz Shalabi …
(2024-07-17). Rashid Khalidi: The Neck and The Sword. newleftreview.org Rashid Khalidi and Tariq Ali discuss the political and intellectual history of the Palestinian national movement, its fraught entanglement with neighbouring Arab regimes, the realities of the 'peace process', Israel's grip on the Biden Administration and the strategic calculations—or miscalculations—of Hamas.
(2024-07-17). Israeli Forces Dropped 2,000-Pound Bombs on Gaza "Safe Zone," Killing 90. themaad.org
(2024-07-17). Top court criticizes Israeli army for utilizing 'closed military zones' to prevent West Bank clashes between settlers, Palestinians. haaretz.com The court requested data from the state on the number of closure orders issued, the instructions for issuing them, and the circumstances under which a closed military zone is declared. A Justice said hundreds of such cases indicate that the IDF sees this as a 'magic solution'…
(2024-07-17). UK: Labour MP Zarah Sultana tables amendment calling for end of Israel arm sales. middleeasteye.net 
UK: Labour MP Zarah Sultana tables amendment calling for end of Israel arm sales | Proposed amendment to the first King's Speech under Prime Minister Keir Starmer calls on British lawmakers to uphold international law | | Sultana is considered to be on the left wing of the ruling Labour Party (Briti…
(2024-07-17). Israeli airstrike destroys UN school sheltering displaced Palestinians. presstv.ir An Israeli airstrike has destroyed a UN school building housing displaced Palestinians.
(2024-07-17). Negotiating for American Hostages Overseas and in Gaza. indybay.org Former Israel Defense Forces special operations officer Mickey Bergman, who has been engaged in the delicate art of international high-stake hostage negotiations for the release of Americans being held overseas for the past 18 years, spoke of his experiences at the Stimson Center in introducing his new book "In The Shadows."
(2024-07-17). Watchdog slams families' weeks-long wait for Israel's social services ministry. haaretz.com Families wait weeks or even months to get help from the Social Affairs Ministry agencies where parents considered a risk to their children can hold supervised meetings with them, in part because most of the agencies work fewer hours than required…
(2024-07-17). Netanyahu 'ordered recording turned off' at war cabinet meetings. newarab.com 
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military to turn off recording at the army's command centre where meetings Under normal circumstances, everything that takes place at the army headquarters' command centre is automatically recorded by a system in operation there. | However, Netanyahu order that only his office would be allowed to record war cabinet and othe…
(2024-07-17). Namesake: Imagining Islam's female warrior guiding today's women. newarab.com 
Palestinian-British researcher and writer
(2024-07-17). Inside Artists for Aid London concert for Gaza and Sudan. newarab.com 
(2024-07-17). Biden says he is a 'Zionist' who also 'supports Palestinians'. newarab.com 
United States President Speaking with Complex Networks' Speedy Morman on 360 with Speedy, when asked if he was a Zionist, Biden responded "yes", earlier adding, "You…
(2024-07-17). Ramallah's broken clock: In defence of the Palestinian Authority. newarab.com 
(2024-07-17). Gaza radio director killed, journalist death toll rises to 160. newarab.com 
Mashmash was the director of programmes at Al-Aqsa Voice Radio, a According to some Palestinian news outl…
(2024-07-17). Will the UK King's Speech address Gaza war. newarab.com 
(2024-07-17). With bank infrastructure in ruins, Gaza gets a crypto lifeline. newarab.com 
(2024-07-17). Protesters target sale of stolen Palestinian land. workers.org 
A large group of people gathered in Kew Gardens in Queens, New York, on July 14 to protest the sale of stolen Palestinian land. This sale, held at a private residence, was open only to vetted Zionists who went through an extensive and discriminatory registration process. As PAL-Awda NY, the . . . |
(2024-07-17). Hamas leader denies Netanyahu's claim of assassination. workers.org 
Mohammed Deif The following statement was made by Khalil Al-Hayya, the Deputy Head of Hamas in Gaza, to Al-Jazeera and was published by Resistance News Network on July 13, 2024. [Benjamin] Netanyahu wished to announce a fake victory at his miserable conference. He claimed to have targeted leader Mohammed Deif . . . |
(2024-07-17). Media hypocrisy in Gaza and Ukraine. workers.org 
Truth is the first casualty of imperialist war. The imperialist ruling class owns the corporate media. The government and the military serve that same class interest. It should be no surprise that when the politicians and generals lie, the media repeats it. The contradiction the liars faced this July is . . . |
(2024-07-17). Fatah, Hamas reported to meet in China, 'showing nation's constructive role'. ecns.cn China will work together with all parties within Palestine to promote reconciliation, amid reports that representatives of Fatah and Hamas are due to meet again in Beijing within days.
(2024-07-17). ICRC office in Gaza surrounded by hundreds of displaced civilians, was damaged by nearby shelling. icrc.org
(2024-07-17). Gaza: Civilians must be spared from impact of fighting. icrc.org
(2024-07-17). Wednesday 7/17: Voices of Conscience: Former Government Officials Discuss Failures of US Policy in Gaza. indybay.org Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Z-qI5Nb0QD6veYwETg-drw#/registration | Or go here for recording: | www.facebook.com/dawnmenaorg | www.youtube.com/channel/UChoftMfduSv1l-EFN8XKocA…
(2024-07-17). Wednesday 7/31: Webinar: Reimagining Education in Palestine. indybay.org Zoom | us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1yVVmWJUR0amu3ZVqU_dEg?mc_cid=b0f22221ce&mc_eid=79ecc31bb7#/registration…
(2024-07-17). Wednesday 7/24: Understanding Gaza – 1948: Creation & Catastrophe. indybay.org SEIU 521 Union Hall, 517 Mission St, Santa Cruz…
(2024-07-17). Saturday 7/27: E-Sim Disco Fundraiser. indybay.org Barrios Unidos (back entrance), 1823 Soquel Drive, Santa Cruz…
(2024-07-17). Wednesday 7/17: Virtual Teach-In about Palestine. indybay.org Zoom | http: //tinyurl.com/PalestineWednesday…
(2024-07-17). Thursday 7/25: From Asian America to Palestine: A Teach-In on Zionism, Empire, and Hindutva. indybay.org Zoom | bit.ly/AA2PALI…
(2024-07-17). UAE official calls for international force to provide 'law and order' in Gaza. middleeasteye.net 
UAE official calls for international force to provide 'law and order' in Gaza | Senior Emirati diplomat Lana Nusseibeh said 'temporary international presence' in Gaza could be deployed at invitation of Palestinian Authority | | Lana Nusseibeh speaks during a meeting at UN headquarters in Ne…
(2024-07-17). China to host Hamas, Fatah to resolve their differences. muslimmirror.com Tehran : China will host senior officials from the Gaza-based Palestinian resistance movement Hamas and the occupied West Bank-based Fatah Movement of President Mahmoud Abbas for a meeting next week, media sources reported. IRNA cited a report from New York Times on Monday night, according to which, anonymous Palestinian officials announced that the meeting between …
(2024-07-17). Hamas rejects HRW report citing 'lies and blatant bias'. presstv.ir The Palestinian resistance movement demanded that Human Rights Watch (HRW) withdraw its report and apologize.
(2024-07-17). Hamas committed numerous crimes against humanity on October 7: HRW. aljazeera.com Palestinian armed group slams the Human Rights Watch report as full of 'lies and blatant bias'.
(2024-07-17). How popular is Hamas, in Gaza and outside of it, after nine months of war? haaretz.com Recent polls on support for Hamas vary, but the clear trend is a widening gap between Palestinians depending on where they live and what they've experienced. Here's what's behind the falling support for Hamas in Gaza, and why Hamas' 'resistance' is still viewed positively in the West Bank, the Palestinian diaspora and among pro-Palestinian allies…
(2024-07-17). Biden faces ridicule for saying he's been 'very supportive' of Palestinians. aljazeera.com US president says he has done more for Palestinians than anyone despite mounting death toll and destruction in Gaza.
(2024-07-17). State Library cracks down on pro-Palestine social media content. independentaustralia.net 
(2024-07-17). El apoyo al sionismo se derrumba en todos los frentes. workers.org 
La admisión del ministro de Defensa israelí, Yoav Gallant, el 1 de julio -que el ejército de su país necesitaba 10.000 soldados más de forma inmediata- podría haber conmocionado al mundo incluso hace un año. Pero desde que Hamás lanzó la operación Inundación de Al-Aqsa el 7 de octubre, el . . . |
(2024-07-17). Minuto a minuto del asedio israelí contra la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net En varios países continúan realizándose actividades para expresar apoyo al pueblo palestino y condenar el genocidio que comete Israel.
(2024-07-17). Defensa Civil palestina denuncia crisis en Gaza y ataques israelíes. radiohc.cu La Habana, 17 jul (RHC) El portavoz de la Defensa Civil en la Franja de Gaza, Mahmoud Basal, denunció hoy la crisis humanitaria que golpea al territorio tras nueve meses de ataques israelíes y condenó los más recientes bombardeos contra centros de refugiados.
(2024-07-17). ONU condena más de 500 asesinatos de palestinos en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Más de 500 palestinos han muerto desde el 7 de octubre en actos de violencia en la ocupada Cisjordania vinculados al asedio del Ejército israelí de ocupación en Gaza.
(2024-07-17). Presidente de Siria recibe a canciller de Irán. telesurtv.net Ambos políticos debatieron sobre el estado de las relaciones bilaterales, así como el avance de la agresión de Israel en la Franja de Gaza.
On Monday, Israeli soldiers abducted at least twenty-five, including children, Palestinians from their homes, and military roadblocks in various parts of the occupied West Bank. In Qusin village, west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, the soldiers abducted three children, Mojahed Abdul-Rauf Salman, Mohammad Haitham Yadek, and Mohyeddin Khader, after several military jeeps …
An Israeli air strike on Monday killed Later, Hezbollah said it fired rockets at northern Israel in response. | Israel's military said it had targeted an arms depot and a military installation belonging to the powerful Iran-backed group. | "The Israeli enemy committed a massacre of civilians in the town of Bint Jbeil, with one brother and a sister in the Dagher family ki…
Palestinians have been angered by the coverage of a recent Israeli massacre in Gaza's On Saturday, a series of Israeli strikes killed at least 90 people in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis, which it has previously designated a "safe zone" for Palestinian civilians. | The vast majority o…
Today, July 16, 2024, Samidoun's Europe coordinator, Mohammed Khatib, has been called for a hearing before the Belgian asylum office, after he — a Palestinian refugee born in Ein el Helweh refugee camp in Lebanon — has been targeted for political repression, with the Belgian Minister of Immigration, Nicole de Moor, seeking to withdraw his …
A lawsuit led by Palestinians and Palestinian Americans that accused President Joe Biden and other top U.S. officials of enabling genocide in Gaza was rejected Monday by a federal appeals court, which upheld a lower court's dismissal of the lawsuit. The three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court ruled that courts cannot review the executive branch's decisions on foreign policy, even when there is a risk of breaking domestic and international law. We speak with Katherine Gallagher, senior staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, which helped represent the plaintiffs in the case. She sa…
The near century of oppression and occupation, massive waves of media coverage and the unprecedented damage Israel has done in its war all play a role in people's dissent. Even more so, frustration grows with the fact that the US could take immediate steps to stop this, but instead actively aids and abets a genocide. 
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Ceasefire talks on ending the war on Gaza remained stalled on Monday amid reports that the Palestinians had pulled out of Further negotiations between the two sides are expected to take place this week in Doha, sources involved in the mediation efforts told The New Arab's Arabic langua…
A party at an Israeli hotel triggers anger in Morocco | Youth delegation says its visit was aimed at 'fostering peace', but videos of parties, meetings with Israeli officials and food outings cause unrest at home | | Moroccans wave Palestinian flags during a march in solidarity with the…
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The Israeli army is reportedly running out of In filings submitted to the country's 
War on Gaza: Israeli strike on Nuseirat school kills 23 Palestinians | United Nations-run facility the latest school sheltering displaced families to be targeted by Israel | | A displaced Palestinian woman reacts at a UN school used as a shelter by displaced families, foll…
"Israel has been waging a war of revenge against prisoners within the walls of prisons an…
In 1979, I made the first of what would turn out to be decades of periodic visits to Israel and the West Bank. I traveled there for the New York alternative publication The Village Voice to investigate Israel's growing settler movement, Gush Emunim (or the Bloc of the Faithful). The English-language Israeli newspaper, The Jerusalem Post, then reported 
For seven days in a row, Mohammed Anan, a Palestinian man from the Speaking to The New Arab, the 45-year-old father of five, said, "The surprise military attack on the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood and the industrial area did not allow me to escape with…
Thousands of British imperial and allied servicemen and women from the First World War and the Second World War are buried in the The cemeteries have suffered damages from Israeli air and artillery strikes, according to satellite image evidence. Their caretakers have had to flee or are unaccounted for as Is…
War on Gaza: Palestinians suffering from 'unprecedented mental health crisis' | The Gaza Community Mental Health Programme said Gazans' psychological trauma could endure 'for generations to come' | | Palestinian women react after an Israeli air strike on a UN school sheltering displaced people in Nu…
The CEO of a pro-Israel group in Alon Cassuto, who heads the 
On Monday evening, Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured a Palestinian child in the Shiokh Al-Arroub town, north of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank's southern part. Several Israeli military vehicles invaded the town, leading to protests, and fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, and gas bombs. Medical sources have confirmed that the soldiers shot …
UK ex-minister Alan Duncan cleared of antisemitism allegations | Former foreign office minister says collusion between 'defenders of Israeli extremism' and senior Conservatives led to probe against him | | Former Conservative MP Alan Duncan in London on 1 July 2019 (AFP/Tolga Akmen) | Forme…
A coalition of hundreds of activists led by Palestinian organisers held a rally and marched through downtown Milwaukee on the first day of the In addition to pro-Palestinian activists protesting US support of "I'm here with Te…
A Palestinian flag was laid in front of the Cenotaph and "180,000 killed" spray-painted on the ground in front of the monument, photos and video footage showed. | The Cenotaph is the focus every year of of national events to commemorate Britain's war dead. | "Two women were quickly arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and are in custody," the Metropolitan Police said on X, ad…
Senior officials from the rival Palestinian groups The Hamas delegation is to be headed by its Qatar-based political chief 
"We were given a genocidal man and a fascist man, and that is a terrible decision to pick from," says one of the protesters who joined a broad coalition of progressive groups and unions to march in Milwaukee against the Republican Party Monday on the first day of the Republican National Convention. We speak with people calling for an end to racist policies supported by the GOP; defending the rights of women, LGBTQ people and abortion access; supporting Palestine and more.
DETROIT—The federal government is investigating United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain and his family as part of what many union members believe is an effort to retaliate against the union for its member-supported call for a ceasefire in Palestine. New reporting based on internal documents reveals that the federally-appointed monitor for the UAW, Neil …