One year ago, an iconic photo from Gaza went viral of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya walking through rubble in Gaza to be detained by Israeli forces. Today, Safiya is still being held without charges, but you wouldn’t know it from reading the New York Times.
Netanyahu refuses to reopen Rafah crossing; West Bank settlements evacuated in 2005 make a comeback; Jewish prayer at Haram Al-Sharif?; Ben-Gvir calls for execution of Marwan Barghouti; Gaza Flotilla is back; Paul Singer
Israel begins kicking out aid orgs; fishing in Gaza can be deadly; 12,000 Palestinian children ‘forcibly displaced’ in West Bank; Israeli police kill Palestinian father of 7; Israel applauds Maduro’s capture; Netanyahu’s armies of bots; Trump delays Gaza ‘Peace Council’
Israel refused to meet with NGO before ban; more flooding on the way to Gaza?; headlines that summarize the latest from the region
In 2025, students around the world came together to challenge their schools’ complicity in the Gaza genocide. Despite heavy repression, they won major victories, including divestment and commitments to cut ties with Israeli institutions.
Deaths on New Year’s Day in Gaza – mostly children; the real reason for the NGO ban, and Israel’s lies; 2 Palestinian deaths in West Bank; Israeli takeover of Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque; startling headlines from Israeli news
Gaza’s population drops by over 10%; Israel’s destruction in 2025, by the numbers; Israel seizes Palestinian homes, turns them into military outposts; headlines that expose Israel; World Council of Churches calls for sanctions on Israel
Hepatitis A, gastroenteritis in Gaza; “Palestinians do not negotiate their own extinction”; Israeli forces kill a Palestinian in West Bank; Israel, US set two-month deadline for Hamas disarmament; Palestinian detainees; Netanyahu whitewashes settler violence on Fox interview; Area B expulsions
Palestinian group rejects accusations it committed atrocities and lays out motivation for attack two years ago in 42-page document
Israel’s deadly noncompliance with ceasefire agreement; Israel and Somaliland; medical neglect of Palestinian prisoners growing worse; Tucker Carlson talks Israel and antisemitism; when Palestinian existence is portrayed as hate