“Both Israel and America have always forcefully rejected the accusation that they are motivated by a colonial impulse. But both Trump and Netanyahu now embrace the belief that power grants them the right to rule others without their consent.” www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026...

“In the latter half of my student days I chose for myself three Arab friends: a Palestinian, a Sudanese, and the third was a Moroccan. For two years we shared everything” From “A Palestinian, a Sudanese, and the third was a Moroccan” by Monzer Masri. buff.ly/uy4fvBu

“I think it’s wonderful that Mayor Mamdani took measures on day one to reinforce our rights to free speech, which included our right to criticize and oppose Israeli apartheid and genocide,” said YL Al-Sheikh, a Palestinian-American writer

Sorry if this is behind a paywall. The New Yorker doens't give me the option of a free link -- but it's worth reading, as are all voices from Palestine these days www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

'Humanitarian access is not optional, conditional, or political – it is a legal obligation under international humanitarian law." www.haaretz.com/world-news/2...

Gift link www.haaretz.com/us-news/2026...

www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza... Israel has long accused Hamas of exploiting humanitarian aid, despite such claims having repeatedly been debunked, including by senior Israeli military officials themselves.

Denying medical assistance is unacceptable in any circumstances. Israel’s threat to withhold registration from MSF & other INGOs is a cynical and calculated attempt to prevent organizations from providing services in #Gaza and the #WestBank, #Palestine. https://ow.ly/XQwE50XR5OE

Israel’s criminal use of armored personnel carriers: “APCs generally transport troops and equipment on the battlefield. The three military experts consulted by Reuters said use of the vehicles as bombs was highly unusual and risked excessive damage to civilian dwellings.”

Young girl living in tent in Gaza dies of hypothermia - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/young-girl-living-tent-gaza-dies-hypothermia

In #Gaza, tens of thousands of displaced families are sheltering in fragile tents and overcrowded sites, surrounded by destruction. Around 79,000 people are sheltering in UNRWA emergency shelters and nearby areas, many under severe access constraints. Humanitarian needs remain immense. #UNRWAworks

In #Gaza, heavy rainfall has caused flooding across multiple displacement sites, disrupting services and damaging hundreds of tents. UNRWA teams are clearing clogged sewage systems, opening drainage channels, and pumping floodwater to mitigate risks and restore basic services. #UNRWAworks

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in north Gaza (photo credit: Jehad Alshrafi)

Trump’s US is an international pariah. Good test of whether soft power matters I suppose.

UNICEF is deeply saddened by the preventable, tragic death of Ata Mai, 7, who drowned during severe flooding in an improvised camp for internally displaced people near Gaza City. At least 5 other children have lost their lives this month due to the extreme weather and lack of safe shelters.

The official line of smirky hasbara was that the violence against Gaza would “obviously“ end when Hamas released its hostages. Simple! But returning the hostages only removed the last hesitation Israelis had to attempt using maximum violence and cruelty to destroy Palestinian existence.

This began with the Biden Administration and it was the Biden Administration that pressured all other nations into following its lead to defund Gaza in an illegal act of collective punishment aimed at civilians. This was a deliberate crime against i people.

Ten countries warn Israel’s Gaza blockade is worsening as winter deepens - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/ten-countries-warn-israels-gaza-blockade-worsening-winter-deepens

Israel becomes the first country in the world to ban the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders. Let that sink in. File under "Things you do when you are committing genocide"... www.nbcnews.com/world/israel...

The world will also lose more eyewitnesses to the genocide In Gaza.

Even Israel knows you can’t make a genocide worse. “The IDF noted that aid flow to Gaza will not be affected by the change, as the organizations had not been allowed to send aid since the cease-fire announcement.” www.npr.org/2025/12/30/g...

Winter floods wreak havoc on Gaza displacement camps as Israel blocks aid https://aje.io/nu8pwm

End of year recap www.aljazeera.com/news/longfor...

“Our tent flooded while we were sleeping,” she said. “I felt extremely cold.” Palestinian child Samar describes her and her family’s suffering during the storm while living in a fragile tent.

The Israeli regime's conduct of the #GazaGenocide, #WarCrimes [including against aid workers], and #EthnicCleansing has drained any remaining 'legitimacy'. Another attempt to shift its responsibility for denying aid to Palestinians, while trying to co-opt aid agencies into its propaganda effort.

In Al-Mawasi, Gaza's largest displacement camp west of Khan Younis, displaced people's tents have been blown away amid a new winter storm, compounding the already unbearable conditions.

One year ago today, the Israeli occupation abducted Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya. He has been tortured and detained in Israeli prisons ever since. Medical associations, like the AMA, must speak out. Join us to write to them buff.ly/Beqo7nC

🔴 “There’s a killing mechanism that has been created… [by] the U.S. and Israel together. They have made conditions in Gaza so deplorable, so incompatible with human life.. These conditions are completely manufactured. And now, you don’t need a single bomb to... — Dr. Mimi Syed (X: @Memers1st)

"Israel’s assaults on Gaza have shattered the pretense that its violence is episodic or defensive, exposing genocide as a structural feature of its settler-colonial project ...Jewish safety is clearly inseparable from the question of Palestinian freedom." #GazaGenocide www.972mag.com/gaza-genocid...

Those People who Protest Against Gaza Genocide are Heroes👑 Just protesting against the Genocide in Israel can get you arrested, mocked, beaten up, your information can get leaked They're not only self-sacrificing, they're doing something brave that will be remembered for generations to come

Israel kills over 700 relatives of Palestinian journalists in Gaza: Report https://aje.io/ooabxb

I’m only 3/4ths through this book, but I’m wrecked. Lots of people have correctly noted that it feels important, but (a) he’s a damn good storyteller, and (b) it’s hard to read this and not constantly see how the attempt to prop up the violence of western hegemony wrecks all our lives

Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law, is described as an "investor" and "developer" in this project into which more than $91 bn in US taxpayer funds are to be channeled. This is a straightforward violation of US anti-corruption legislation, as the NYC bar has noted in a report.

Treating Ms Rachel as some kind of monster is a truly amazing own goal: it makes it crystal clear to everyone who sees it that there is no form of objection that is acceptable, and the only permissible reactions to the genocide are acceptance, cheerleading or indifference.

Even Sky News can’t unsee it news.sky.com/story/airstr...

Recent videos show settlers on the man’s property, mocking his disability, pushing him, even stealing his crutches. A teen is heard asking, "Where is your leg? Where?” (His leg was amputated after the I.D.F. shot him for entering his own olive grove last April) www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Jasper Nathaniel is an excellent reporter who has lived for a while in the occupied West Bank and he's right on the money here: a lot of people who are naturally predisposed towards the Israeli narrative flip entirely once they actually witness what occupation and apartheid look like with their eyes

International mumbling by Western media over Israel assassinating more than 250 working journalists in Gaza has been shameful enough. Their silence knowing Israel also targeted the families for intimidation and to break Arab journalists mentally is deeply appalling. imemc.org/article/pjs-...

On March 2, 2025, Israel announced Gaza would be put under full siege. Within weeks children began starving. Bari Weiss led a disinformation campaign to pressure US media to deny IsraelI government responsibility.

This is the action of a criminal state www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...

#WATCH | Gaza’s children persevere in their daily struggle to secure water. This image encapsulates the harsh reality of displacement, where rainwater turns into an additional burden, further exacerbating the humanitarian crisis. (Eye on Palestine)