by Shireen Akram-Boshar | May 20, 2026 | Gaza, Gaza Blockade, Global Sumud Flotilla, Human Rights, Israel, Itamar Ben-Gvir, News, Palestine
On Wednesday, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir posted a video on X showing himself taunting Global Sumud Flotilla activists who had been kidnapped by Israel after attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. The video shows Israeli security agents physically assaulting an activist who says “Free Palestine,” pushing the flotilla member to the ground. Ben Gvir taunts the…
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by Brett Wilkins | May 20, 2026 | Article, Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Politics and Movements: International, Politics and Movements: US, Reprint
by Shireen Akram-Boshar | May 19, 2026 | Flotilla, Gaza, Gaza Blockade, Global Sumud Flotilla, News, Palestine, Sanctions, Trump Administration
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned four Gaza flotilla activists, baselessly smearing them as part of “Hamas support networks.” The four activists — Saif Abukeshek, Jaldia Aueda, Hisham Abu Mahfuz, and Mohammed Khatib — are part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, a flotilla attempting to break Israel’s siege of Gaza in order to deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians.
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by Christine Ahn | May 19, 2026 | Afghanistan, Airstrikes, Bombs, Cambodia, diaspora, diplomacy, Gaza, Iran, iran war, Iraq War, Israel, Korea, Korean War, Laos, Lebanon, Op-Ed, Palestine, Peace, Pentagon, Resistance, Taliban, US foreign policy, Vietnam, Vietnam War, War, war in Afghanistan, war in Iran, Yemen
The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran opened not with a declaration, not with diplomacy exhausted, but with airstrikes. Among the first confirmed casualties were more than a hundred schoolchildren killed in a strike on their elementary school in southern Iran. Within a month, 850 U.S.-made Tomahawk missiles were used to strike Iran. President Donald Trump has delivered on his promise to bomb Iran…
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by Shireen Akram-Boshar | May 18, 2026 | Death Penalty, Gaza, Israel, Knesset, News, Occupied West Bank, October 7, Palestine
Israel’s death penalty law for Palestinian prisoners in the West Bank came into effect on Sunday night, after an Israeli army commander signed a military order applying it to the occupied territory. The law, passed on March 30, applies to those who cause the death of an Israeli citizen “with the aim of denying the existence of the State of Israel,” meaning it effectively applies only to…
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by Jon Queally | May 18, 2026 | Gaza, Global Sumud Flotilla, Israel, News, Palestine
Israel’s raid on a peaceful flotilla of international vessels attempting to bring humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip was described Monday as an act of brazen piracy and condemned by human rights activists and experts who say the world should no longer stand by in the face of such criminality. Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories…
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