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The Foreign Press Association is taking Israel to court to demand that international journalists are allowed to enter Gaza.
Israel has been denying foreign journalists entry into Gaza in an attempt to cover up its horrific crimes against humanity.
Barred from Gaza for 2 years, international journalists are still fighting for access
Israel's Supreme Court has again pressed the government to explain why, more than two years into the war, it still bars independent journalists from entering Gaza.
www.npr.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Israel is attacking Palestinians in the West Bank, firing at homes from Apache helicopters, closing down roads, and forcibly removing Palestinians from their homes.

The Israeli military has no legal right to be in the West Bank. This is ethnic cleansing.
Israel launches major assault in West Bank city as helicopters shoot at homes
Troops forcibly expel Palestinians from their homes in Tubas, turning the properties into temporary military barracks
www.middleeasteye.net
November 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The Israeli military kidnapped and then tortured Palestinian activist Ayman Ghrayeb on an Israeli military base. He is now being held in Megiddo Prison, an Israeli torture camps that has killed at least 7 Palestinians since October 2023.
At settlers’ bidding, Israel arrests prominent Palestinian activist
Relatives say the detention of Ayman Ghrayeb, known for documenting forcible displacement across the West Bank, is intended to quell his activism.
www.972mag.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Over the past 2 years there have been at least 21 cases of Israeli settlers, living illegally on stolen Palestinian land, killing Palestinians with zero consequences.

Thousands of these settlers have been armed by the Israeli military.
B’Tselem: Settlers unpunished for 21 killings in West Bank ‘ethnic cleansing'
With West Bank death toll since October 2023 topping 1,000, Palestinians say ‘death is inevitable’
www.middleeasteye.net
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
In the first 8 months of 2025, a single warehouse in New Jersey shipped over 1,000 tons of military equipment to Israel every week.

“By exposing Interglobal’s role, we can [...] confront the system that turns civilian slaughter into a business opportunity.”
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/jersey-city-warehouse-israel-military-equipment-united-s[…]sraeli-ministry-of-defense-interlogbal-forwarding-services
November 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Annemarie Jacir’s new film Palestine 36, Palestine’s official selection for the Oscars, will hold screenings in 50 cities across the US and Canada on November 29th.

The film follows the 1936 Palestinian revolution against the British Mandate.
‘Palestine 36’, Official Oscar Entry For Palestine, Sets Early Screenings In 50 Cities Next Week
Annemarie's Jacir's Palestine 36, which is Palestine's official selection for Best International Feature at the 98th Academy Awards, will hold special one-day sneak-peek screenings across more than 50...
deadline.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Although the UN adopted the Women, Peace and Security agenda to protect women, the UN has failed to protect the Palestinian women and girls who have faced brutal violence at the hands of Israel in the West Bank and Gaza, says a new briefing from @oxfaminternational.bsky.social.
Arming Injustice with Impunity | Oxfam International
www.oxfam.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Israel has killed at least 339 Palestinians across nearly 500 ceasefire violations since the Trump–Netanyahu ceasefire took effect.

Israel has not ended its genocide—it must be stopped from continuing to kill Palestinians with impunity.
Israel kills over 300 Palestinians in nearly 500 violations of Gaza ceasefire
Palestinian authorities in Gaza say violations have been ‘systematic’ and threaten ‘prospects for stability’
www.middleeasteye.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
A new report from @hrw.org finds that, in the past year, Israel’s attacks on refugee camps across the West Bank have forced 32,000 Palestinians out of their homes, and destroyed or heavily damaged over 850 homes and other buildings.
“All My Dreams Have Been Erased”
The 105-page report, “‘All My Dreams Have Been Erased’: Israel’s Forced Displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank,” details “Operation Iron Wall,” an Israeli military operation across Jenin, Tulka...
www.hrw.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
“Going forward, solidarity must evolve from reactive protests to enduring political power. This means sustained pressure on governments and institutions, making support for Israel’s occupation a liability for politicians rather than an expectation.”
After the Ceasefire: What next for global solidarity with Palestine?
The global Palestine solidarity movement is at a crossroads as traditional forms of advocacy have become too easy for governments to ignore. Moving forward, the movement must shift from reactive prote...
mondoweiss.net
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Israeli settlers, backed by Israel’s military, have been illegally invading Palestinian towns and setting their homes on fire.

These attacks aren’t new. In 2014, an Israeli abducted and murdered a 16-year old Palestinian by burning him alive.
Israeli settlers unleash wave of arson attacks
At least 5 West Bank villages have been targeted as settlers lit homes, cars, and a mosque ablaze, while the army delayed emergency vehicles.
www.972mag.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The University of Houston has been using AI software Dataminr to spy on its own student activists and shut down their support for Palestine.

Dataminr had already been used to surveil Black Lives Matter protesters and abortion rights activists.
How Corporate Partnerships Powered University Surveillance of Palestine Protests
Internal emails reveal U.S. universities’ playbooks for cracking down on the student movement for Palestine.
theintercept.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Israel has been systematically raping Palestinian men, women, and children as a tool of genocide.

“This level of violence and impunity requires massive international intervention.”
Understanding the mindset behind Israel’s usage of rape as a weapon of genocide
Recent testimonies from the Palestinian Center for Human Rights share shocking stories of Palestinian rape victims released from Israeli detention. The stories are horrifying to read but essential for...
ow.ly
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Israel beat and intimidated two Palestinian children in Jenin on October 20.

“Some of the soldiers pressed knives against the throat and stomach of the two boys, threatening them with death and asking them in Arabic, ‘Why should we let you live?’”
"Why should we let you live?": Palestinian children subjected to torture and ill-treatment by Israeli forces near Jenin
17-year-old Wesam and 17-year-old Rami were detained and intimidated by Israeli forces in Jenin. They were released the next day evening, sustained bruises and contusions, after many hours of ill trea...
ow.ly
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Israel is still holding 80 Palestinian medical workers hostage in its torture camps. There, Israeli soldiers and camp guards are beating, abusing, and starving them while denying them medical care.

Israel must be held accountable for its continued war crimes.
The Gazan doctors still languishing in Israeli prisons
While some were released in the ceasefire, Israel still holds 80 Palestinian medical workers without charge. Their families are demanding their freedom.
ow.ly
November 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Less than 48 hours after the UN voted to adopt Trump’s plan for Gaza, Israel bombed tents sheltering homeless Palestinians.

It killed 33 Palestinians and wounded more than 70 in the attacks. The world cannot keep allowing Israel to kill Palestinians with impunity.
Israeli air strikes pummel Gaza less than 48 hours after UN adopts Trump's plan
At least 33 Palestinians killed in latest 'massacre', including 20 women and children, as Hamas warns Israel plans to resume genocide
www.middleeasteye.net
November 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Israel is attempting to steal large portions of Sebastia, a historic Palestinian town in the West Bank.

Illegal Israeli settlers, backed by Israel’s military, have already set up outposts in the area.
Israel plans to seize major Roman-era historical site in occupied West Bank
Anti-settlement group Peace Now says land grab would become Israel's largest of archaeologically significant land.
ow.ly
November 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
“To be Palestinian is to suffer both the injustice of watching your people die and not being able to stop it. But, to be Palestinian is to also never surrender, to carry your name and your country in your blood.”
On the Right to Return, forever and always
Before October 2023, I never imagined that I could come to understand how a child’s skull opens after being crushed by a building, or the way blood pools,
ow.ly
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Israel has brutally tortured and killed so many Palestinians that countless families have been forced to endure the trauma of sorting through numerous images of brutalized bodies in an attempt to identify and bury their loved ones.
In Gaza, a woman searches for her husband and brother among the corpses
Israa al-Areer's searches through bodies returned by Israel for husband and brother missing since start of war on Gaza.
www.aljazeera.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
As temperatures continue to drop in Gaza, Israel is refusing to provide Palestinians in Gaza with the tents & mobile homes it agreed to in the ceasefire.

“There must be swift action to bring in all the necessary supplies to save people’s lives.”
'We hate winter': Palestinians face the rain without shelters as Israel blocks tents
In violation of the ceasefire, Israel continues to block tents from entering Gaza, leaving displaced families to face a harsh winter
ow.ly
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Israel damaged or destroyed 95% of Gaza’s schools, destroying 240,000 books and 16,000 master’s and doctoral theses from The Islamic University alone.

Israel’s attacks on Gaza’s schools amount to scholasticide—it must be held to account.
Gaza’s Students Kept Studying Amid the Rubble. Now Universities Hope to Rebuild.
Palestinian students learned remotely, with flickering internet, through two years of Israel’s genocide. Now universities need funding to rebuild.
ow.ly
November 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The Israeli military broke into the home of a 78-year-old Palestinian woman, assaulted her, and then prevented her from being taken to a hospital for an hour until she was pronounced dead.

Israel shot and killed a 15-year-old Palestinian boy on the same day.
Israeli West Bank raids leave Palestinian boy and grandmother dead
Seventy-eight-year-old Haniyeh Hanoun suffers fatal shock during Israeli storming of her family home
www.middleeasteye.net
November 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The Israeli military and settlers have carried out 2,350 attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank in the last month alone.

This is ethnic cleansing. Israel is attempting to make the West Bank unlivable for Palestinians in order to steal their land.
Israeli army, settlers strike 2,350 times in West Bank last month: Report
‘Cycle of terror’ spikes as Higher Planning Council set to advance plans to build 1985 new settlement units.
www.aljazeera.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Israel’s genocide and illegal blockade have caused a severe water shortage in Gaza.

Even before Israel began its bombardment in 2023, Israel’s blockade ensured only 10% of Gaza had access to clean and safe drinking water.
Gaza Strip faces a severe water shortage, despite ceasefire
Israel's destruction of wells and continued restrictions on fuel supply hinder recovery of Gaza's water system, with the Strip only receiving 15 percent of its water needs
www.middleeasteye.net
November 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
“In targeting Palestine advocates or investigations, Trump and his allies are building on groundwork previously laid by pro-Israel organizations, who have spent decades pushing such moves.”
Trump’s widening war on the left started with Palestine
The Trump administration’s recent efforts to target left-wing groups started with attacks on the Palestine movement, following the strategy established by pro-Israel organizations that worked for deca...
mondoweiss.net
November 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM