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The US Announced ‘Phase 2’ Of The Gaza Ceasefire

January 16, 2026 Qassam Muaddi, Mondoweiss. , , , ,
Phase 2 of the tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has started, and it will involve “the full demilitarization and reconstruction of Gaza,” U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff declared on Sunday. Israel has opposed advancing to a second phase, which would include a larger Israeli withdrawal from the Strip, the start of reconstruction, and the transfer of control over Gaza’s institutions from Hamas to a provisional authority of Palestinian technocrats This technocratic committee, tasked with day-to-day governance, will answer to a U.S.-mandated “Board of Peace” as part of Trump’s 20-point “peace plan.”

Founders Of Deadly GHF ‘Shaping’ US-Backed Administration For Gaza

January 15, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. , , ,
Many of the figures emerging as key players in the new US-backed administration for Gaza were central to Washington’s Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), the Financial Times (FT) reported. The GHF was a deadly US-Israeli aid scheme introduced in May, which was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of starving Palestinian aid seekers. According to the FT report, the Gaza executive committee set to be announced soon – which will operate directly under a Trump-led ‘Board of Peace’ – is being “shaped” by several people close to Israel.

Leaked Documents Reveal US Plan To Bankroll New Israeli Tank Factory

January 13, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. , , , ,
Washington may bankroll the construction of a new Israeli armored vehicle plant with up to $2 billion from military aid funds, according to US documents cited by Haaretz newspaper. Last year, an Israeli ministerial panel for defense procurement approved the “Armored Vehicle Acceleration Project,” an initiative aimed at boosting the production rate of Israel’s Merkava tank, as well as its Namer and Eitan personnel carriers. The initiative is meant to span a five-year period. Two US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) presentations cited by Haaretz show that Washington is likely to take part in financing, designing, and constructing the “Joint Systems Manufacturing Center.”

Australian Writers’ Festival Cancelled After Disinviting Palestinian Author

January 13, 2026 Middle East Eye. , , , , ,
One of Australia’s largest art festivals has axed its writers’ week amid a boycott by more than 180 authors and guests after the cancellation of Randa Abdel-Fattah, a prominent Palestinian-Australian author and scholar. In a statement published on Tuesday, the Adelaide Festival’s board said its “decision has created more division and for that we express our sincere apologies”. It also added that its three remaining board members would also be stepping down. Four board members - including the chairperson of the festival - had resigned over the weekend. The board also added that it “apologise(d) to Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah for how the decision was represented”.

The West Bank Is Being Pushed Into A New Nakba

January 11, 2026 Penny Green, Middle East Eye. , , , ,
Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people has never been confined to Gaza alone. Nowhere is this more evident than in the shattered, bomb-scarred, ghostlike refugee camps of Jenin, Nur Shams and Tulkarm, destroyed and emptied by Israel as a stark warning to Palestinians of the consequences of resisting occupation and genocide. This decades-long settler colonial project in Palestine has multiple planes of erasure. While the world has, albeit through a distorted lens, focused on the catastrophe wrought upon Gaza, Israel has ensured that its plans for Palestinian elimination proceed apace in the West Bank.

Venezuela, Palestine, And The End Of International Law

January 8, 2026 Craig Mokhiber, Mondoweiss. , , , , ,
On January 3, 2026, without provocation, cause, or legal justification, the U.S. bombed Venezuela, invaded its capital, killed dozens of people, and violently abducted the President and First Lady of the country, binding, blindfolding, and spiriting them off to the United States. Surely, such a blatant violation of a whole raft of international laws, indeed, challenging the very centerpiece of the post-World War II legal framework that prohibits acts of aggression, would be met with universal condemnation. Instead, it has been followed by equivocal whimpers by several Western leaders, a hyper-cautious response from the UN Secretary-General, rhetorical condemnation by members of the Security Council, but no action whatsoever, and enthusiastic cheerleading by U.S. and Western corporate media.

EU Bankrolls Israeli Arms Makers Via Civilian Research Programs

January 7, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. , , , , ,
The EU has diverted millions in funding meant for civilian research programs over to Israeli arms manufacturers, according to public data cited by Middle East Eye (MEE).  The data shows that Israeli firms crucial to Tel Aviv’s military industry have repeatedly taken part in EU-supported research, including as part of the Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020 programs. Horizon Europe is a major EU research and innovation funding program that builds on its predecessor Horizon 2020. Both aim to boost science and address issues such as climate change.

International NGOs Warn Israel’s New Measures Impede Humanitarian Aid

January 2, 2026 Middle East Monitor. , , ,
International humanitarian organisations operating in the occupied Palestinian territory warn that Israel’s recent registration measures threaten to halt INGO operations at a time when civilians face acute and widespread humanitarian need, despite the ceasefire in Gaza. On 30 December, 37 INGOs received official notification that their registrations would expire on 31 December 2025. This triggers a 60-day period after which INGOs would be required to cease operations in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. INGOs are integral to the humanitarian response, working in partnership with the United Nations and Palestinian civil society organisations to deliver lifesaving assistance at scale.

Major Actions In Support Of Palestine Mark The New Year

January 1, 2026 Middle East Monitor. , , , ,
Over half a million people gathered early Thursday at Istanbul’s Galata Bridge for a massive march in support of Palestine, organized under the umbrella of the Humanity Alliance and the National Will Platform, Anadolu reports. The New Year’s Day demonstration, held with the participation of more than 400 civil society organizations and led by the Turkish Youth Foundation (TUGVA), was carried out under the slogan “We won’t cower, we won’t keep quiet, we won’t forget Palestine.” At the event, around 520,000 participants called for an end to the genocide in Gaza.

A Moment Of Hope In Gaza

December 31, 2025 Kathy Kelly, Antiwar.com. , , , , ,
On Thursday, December 25th, 2025, during Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians, 168 students graduated from medical school, in Gaza. Wearing their white coats, they stood in front of the ruined façade of what was formerly Gaza’s largest hospital, the Al-Shifa Medical Complex. As a backdrop, the destroyed building realistically conveys perils the graduates faced while earning their medical degrees. Throughout the last two years of their studies, they risked assassination, injury, arrest, imprisonment, and torture, as well as attacks on their own family members.

Israel Suspends Dozens Of Major Aid Groups Operating In Gaza

December 31, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. , , , , ,
Israel has announced the suspension of over three dozen humanitarian groups working in Gaza, citing their failure to meet new requirements demanding that the organizations hand over the personal details of staff members. The list includes some of the most prominent international groups such as Doctors Without Borders, Action Aid, and Defense for Children International. "The message is clear: humanitarian assistance is welcome – the exploitation of humanitarian frameworks for terrorism is not," said Israeli Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli. The new requirements were announced earlier in 2025.

Denver Anti-War Protests Target New Palantir Headquarters

December 31, 2025 Lucy Blick, Fight Back! News. , , , , , ,
Denver, CO – On December 21, protesters gathered at the Cherry Creek Financial House in Denver for a noise rally to protest at the new headquarters of Palantir. The tech and AI surveillance company has plans to move into the new Cherry Creek location after months of community organizing have made their downtown headquarters untenable. Palantir, whose technology is widely used by ICE to track immigrants and by Israel to facilitate genocide in Gaza, was invited to place its headquarters in Denver by Colorado Governor Jared Polis, after protests drove them out of California in 2020.

The Gaza Genocide Was Not A One-Off

December 29, 2025 Ramzy Baroud, Scheer Post. , , ,
The architecture of extermination: Why the Gaza genocide is premeditated and repeatable. Suppose we accept the fiction that none of us expected Israel to launch a full-scale genocide in Gaza—a premeditated campaign to erase the Strip and exterminate a significant portion of its inhabitants. Let us pretend that nearly eighty years of relentless massacres were not a prelude to this moment, and that Israel had never before sought the physical destruction of the Palestinian people as outlined by the 1948 Genocide Convention.

Germany: Imprisoned ‘Palestine Action’ Activists Face Harassment

December 29, 2025 Leon Wystrychowski, Middle East Monitor. , , , , ,
For years, Palestine activists in Germany have looked to Britain with a sense of astonishment. The state that promised Palestine to Zionist settler colonialism in the 1917 Balfour Declaration is scarcely less pro-Israel than the Federal Republic of Germany, with its so-called Staatsräson (‘reason of state‘) that proclaims unconditional solidarity with Israel – albeit without ever having been codified into law. And yet, solidarity in Britain appears – at least from this vantage point – to be more vibrant, broader, and above all more effective.

Understanding The Relationship Between Zionism And Fascism

December 28, 2025 Alana Lentin, Mondoweiss. , , , ,
Despite the mutual admiration of Zionists and fascists, both historically and in the present, it is generally considered unhelpful to characterize Zionism as fascism. However, viewing fascism from the perspective of the Black radical tradition, with its emphasis on racialism, colonialism and imperialism, rooted in supremacist ideas of western civilization, helps make fascism a useful concept for understanding Zionism. In popular definitions of fascism it is detached from nationalism and associated most strongly with authoritarianism. Israel’s self-presentation as a liberal democracy, the result of a national self-determination project, and even an anticolonial Indigenous manifestation, conflicts with dominant ideas of what fascism is.
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