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If the Israelis lay down their arms, a genocide ends immediately. If Hamas lays down their arms, Israel’s planned ethnic cleansing of Gaza happens quickly and without resistance.

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Workshops4Gaza @workshops4gaza.bsky.social · 9d

Sameer Project has campaigns in the South, the North, a medical campaign, and a mass displacement response campaign. pick one, set up a recurring weekly donation, and share the links with everyone you know. markets are up since 2023. "help" is not on the way.

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"A decolonised alternative to Trump’s Gaza peace plan
Only a decolonised plan centred on Palestinian sovereignty can bring lasting peace to Gaza."
By Jeffrey Sachs and Sybil Fares
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 10h

Turkish President Erdoğan also said Ankara is working to explain to Hamas “the best approach” for the future of a Palestinian state as part of U.S. President Trump’s Gaza peace plan. Speaking on his return from Azerbaijan, Erdoğan said Trump personally asked Turkey to persuade Hamas to accept the...

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4- We affirm that the enemy's prisoners will not see the light of day except through an honorable exchange deal in which the Zionist entity commits to ending the war, and that no other method will bring them back.*

5- We reiterate that the weapon of resistance is a weapon created to liberate the...

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“On the second anniversary of the Battle of the Flood of Al-Aqsa”

Military statement issued by the Al-Quds Brigades
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O masses of our steadfast and steadfast Palestinian people, today marks the second anniversary of the heroic Battle of the Flood of Al-Aqsa, which coincides with the...

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🟡 Statement Issued by the Media Office of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

A leadership delegation from the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine will arrive tonight in Sharm El-Sheikh to participate in the ongoing indirect negotiations concerning a ceasefire, the withdrawal of the...

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Al Jazeera, citing a Hamas source, says the PFLP (the secular, Marxist-Leninist Palestinian resistance faction) will also have a representative in the negotiating delegation.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 10h

✍️ Statement from Everyone will be in Sharm El-Sheikh. From Hamas’s Izzat al-Rishq:

“We welcome the participation of the Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, the head of Turkish intelligence, and the head of Egyptian intelligence in the round of negotiations in Sharm El-Sheikh...

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 10h

🏆Omar M. Yaghi, born in 1965 to Palestinian refugee parents in Amman, Jordan, has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He shares the honor with Susumu Kitagawa and Richard Robson for their pioneering work in metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) — materials that capture carbon dioxide, store...

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 11h

Breaking: Hamas official says captive and prisoner lists exchanged ⬇️

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 11h

⚡️JUST IN | Media Advisor to the Head of Hamas’ Political Bureau said the resistance exchanged lists of captives today as part of indirect negotiations with Israel.

📌 Full statement from Hamas’ Taher Al-Nunu, from Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt:

“The Hamas delegation presented the necessary positivity...

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 11h

Omar Yaghi, a Palestinian refugee, wins Nobel prize in chemistry - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/omar-yaghi-palestinian-refugee-wins-nobel-prize-chemistry

Omar Yaghi, a Palestinian refugee, wins Nobel prize in chemistry

The scientist was born and raised in a single room he shared with his family and cattle in a refugee camp in Amman

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 11h

Exclusive: Senior Hamas Leader Mousa Abu Marzouk on Trump’s Gaza Plan and the Future of Hamas

Hamas says it wants to make a deal and sees Trump as the key, but will not “raise the white flag.”

By @jeremyscahill.com

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Middle East Monitor @middleeastmonitor.bsky.social · 11h

In the ongoing ceasefire negotiations in Egypt, Hamas has outlined its primary demands. The group's spokesperson, Fawzi Barhoum, stated they are working to "overcome all obstacles" to achieve a deal that fulfills "the aspirations of our people."

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 11h

🟢 On Hamas’s Future:
He dismissed Israeli claims that Hamas could be eradicated. “Hamas is no longer a small organization that any great or small state can remove from Palestine. Hamas is no longer [simply] an organization. Hamas is now hope. Hamas is an idea. So don’t be surprised that most Arab...

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Middle East Monitor @middleeastmonitor.bsky.social · 11h

You can’t outsource a homeland: Gaza and the limits of Trump’s vision

by Tatiana Svorou

You can’t outsource a homeland: Gaza and the limits of Trump’s vision

When the full text of President Trump’s 20-point Gaza plan was announced September 2025, it promised an end to the bloodshed and the release of hostages at once, and a rapid rebuilding under intern…

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 11h

Israeli forces close Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron due to Jewish holiday, says report - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-close-ibrahimi-mosque-hebron-due-jewish-holiday-says

Israeli forces close Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron due to Jewish holiday, says report

<article data-history-node-id="429829" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-close-ibrahimi-mosque-hebron-due-jewish-holiday-says" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-close-ibrahimi-mosque-hebron-due-jewish-holiday-says" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli forces close Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron due to Jewish holiday, says report </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli forces closed the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, to Palestinians on Wednesday until Thursday evening, according to Palestinian media. </p> <p>Amjad Karajeh, the director of the Hebron Waqf (Islamic endowment) criticised the closure - which was under the pretext of security for Israeli settlers celebrating the Jewish Sukkot holiday - deeming it a provocative assault on the right of Muslims to access their places of worship.</p> <p>Israeli troops closed all military checkpoints and electronic gates leading to the mosque to secure the settlers' celebrations, Wafa news agency reported. Markets in the Old City were also closed.</p> <p>A curfew was also imposed in a number of districts in Hebron for a third consecutive day. </p> <p>Students were prevented from reaching their schools amid tightened security, Wafa reported. </p> </div> </div> </article>

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 11h

📺 Watch the full interview:

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Hamas on the Record: Mousa Abu Marzouk on Trump’s Gaza Plan and the Future of Hamas

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⚡️Mousa Abu Marzouk has spent decades building Hamas as a resistance and political movement. After being born a refugee in Rafah in 1951, he studied in the U.S., earning a Master’s in engineering at Colorado State and a PhD at Louisiana Tech in 1991 — the same year he became chairman of the Hamas...

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🟢 “I want to tell you a story that was shared with me by the chief Egyptian negotiator,” Senior Hamas leader Abu Marzouk told Drop Site’s Jeremy Scahill.

Maj. Gen. Ahmed Abdel Khaleq asked his Israeli intelligence counterpart whether he understood the maps attached to Trump’s Gaza proposal...

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Palestine News @palestinenews.smitsky.nl · 11h

Gaza Ceasefire Talks Spotlight Deepening Crisis and Unmet Demands
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Gaza Ceasefire Talks Spotlight Deepening Crisis and Unmet Demands

Negotiations over a ceasefire in Gaza have entered a critical stage, as representatives present a list of conditions they say are essential for peace and recovery. The discussions, taking place in a r

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Palestine News @palestinenews.smitsky.nl · 11h

Israel thwarts Iranian attempt to smuggle ‘advanced weapons’ into West Bank
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Israel thwarts Iranian attempt to smuggle ‘advanced weapons’ into West Bank

Tehran has been arming West Bank fighters in recent years, in line with a 2014 call by the country’s supreme leader to support resistance in the occupied territory

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Middle East Monitor @middleeastmonitor.bsky.social · 11h

In a 2000 critique of the Oslo Accords process, Edward Said observed that at the core of externally imposed models of governance for the Palestinian people was the assumption ‘that after enough punishment and beating.

#OPINION by Shawan Jabarin

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