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Twenty years ago today, Palestinian civil society launched the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, (BDS), a global call for people of conscience and organizations worldwide to enact boycotts, divestment, and sanctions to pressure the Israeli government to comply with international law.
July 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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World Food Programme runs out of food in Gaza
<article data-history-node-id="421710" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/world-food-programme-runs-out-food-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/world-food-programme-runs-out-food-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">World Food Programme runs out of food in Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The World Food Programme has completely run out of food stocks in Gaza, according to a statement reported by Al Jazeera.</p> <p>“No humanitarian or commercial supplies have entered Gaza for more than seven weeks as all main border crossing points remain closed,” the same source reported.</p> <p>According to the WFP statement, “this is the longest closure the Gaza Strip has ever faced.”</p> <p>In November 2024, the United Nations Special Committee stated that Israel was using “starvation as a weapon of war,” a violation that is “consistent with the characteristics of genocide.”</p> </div> </div> </article>
www.middleeasteye.net
April 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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⚡️NEW at @dropsitenews.com: Israeli Policies and Settler Violence Are Driving Palestinians from the Jordan Valley

Story by Issam Ahmed from the occupied West Bank

www.dropsitenews.com/p/west-bank-...
Israeli Policies and Settler Violence Are Driving Palestinians from the Jordan Valley
In the occupied West Bank, Israeli restrictions on movement for Palestinians, denial of access to resources, and settlement expansion have all ramped up over the past 18 months.
www.dropsitenews.com
April 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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⚡Top Houthi Official Tells Drop Site Yemen Will Cease Attacks on U.S. Ships if Trump Halts Bombing

New report from Shuaib Almosawa and me
www.dropsitenews.com/p/houthi-uni...
Top Houthi Official Tells Drop Site Yemen Will Cease Attacks on U.S. Ships if Trump Halts Bombing
In a wide-ranging interview, Mohammed al-Bukhaiti said Trump can end the battle in the Red Sea by forcing Netanyahu to stop Israel’s genocidal war.
www.dropsitenews.com
April 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM

My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.

The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.

Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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READ: International law wasn’t built to protect Palestine. It was built to contain it.

The system isn’t failing — it’s working exactly as designed.

Colonialism didn’t die. It just learned how to veto.
mondoweiss.net/2025/04/pale...
Palestine beyond the colonial logic of international law
The colonization of Palestine is not an anomaly in the liberal global order but its most glaring indictment. It exposes the hypocrisy of an international system that decries colonialism while institut...
mondoweiss.net
April 4, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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NEW: GlobalX flight attendants were told they would fly rock bands, sports teams and sun-seekers.

Then the company started expanding into deportation flights.

“They didn’t tell us these people were going to be shackled, wrists to fucking ankles.”
Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”
Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and…
propub.li
April 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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President Trump's attempt to strip collective bargaining rights from hundreds of thousands of federal workers is “nothing but retaliation against our union for standing up for its members,” says Everett Kelley, head of the American Federation of Government Employees.
April 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Workers vs. Musk: Federal Unions Resist Attacks on Bargaining Rights & Cuts to Essential Services
Workers vs. Musk: Federal Unions Resist Attacks on Bargaining Rights
As federal unions lead the resistance to cuts by billionaire Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, President Trump has pushed to end collective bargaining rights for nearly half...
www.democracynow.org
April 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court race is a referendum on Musk-ism as well as the GOP's extraordinary steps to rig the political system to maintain power.

“I’ve never seen this much interest in a state supreme court election coming directly from the White House," an expert told @ariberman.bsky.social.
Republicans and Elon Musk are also causing a constitutional crisis in the states
The GOP is going to unprecedented lengths to seize power over state courts in North Carolina and Wisconsin.
www.motherjones.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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NEW: Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
The CDC Has Been Gutted
Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
www.wired.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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1. President Trump has signed an executive order making employees at organizations that support transgender youth care and DEI ineligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

This could impact thousands of schools, hospitals, and nonprofits.

Subscribe to support my journalism.
Trump Makes Supporting Trans People Ineligible For Public Service Loan Forgiveness Via EO
The executive order could impact thousands of civil rights organizations, schools, hospitals, and more.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Constitutional Crisis: Who Is Musk's "DOGE Army," Gutting Gov't Agencies as Courts Question Legality?
Constitutional Crisis: Who Is Musk’s ”DOGE Army”?
We look at how Elon Musk’s executive branch agency, the Department of Government Efficiency, known as ”DOGE,” is wreaking havoc, with young male software engineers slashing government services and...
www.democracynow.org
February 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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The forced displacement of people by Israeli forces in Al-Far’a refugee camp, in Tubas, #WestBank, is appalling and it follows the displacement of already 38,000 people in #Jenin and #Tulkarem.
February 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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🚨 Hundreds *more* USAID staff were locked out of their accounts last night, per sources, leaving aid teams picked apart.

Hours later, Elon Musk (unelected) said President Trump "agreed" with his plans to shut down USAID (they don't have this authority).

Musk's DOGE barred workers from HQ today.
USAID Staffers Locked Out of Accounts, as Musk Says Trump ‘Agreed’ to Shut Agency
The agency’s headquarters were also closed as concerns mounted over what the move could mean for overseas staff and projects.
zeteo.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Israel held Palestinians from Gaza captive and subjected them to torture and inhumane treatment

“We were in graves and we came out. That's all I can say - beatings, hanging, torture, breaking our limbs and endless insults. I was in a grave, not a prison."
Released Gaza prisoners joyous despite torture and loss
More than 100 Palestinians arrive in Gaza following the ceasefire deal and the release of Israeli captives
ow.ly
February 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Israel destroys neighbourhood in Jenin refugee camp, damaging hospital - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-bombards-jenin-more
Israel destroys neighbourhood in Jenin refugee camp, damaging hospital
Local reports said Israeli forces detonated 20 houses in the occupied West Bank camp
www.middleeasteye.net
February 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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"Genocide Bad: Notes on Palestine, Jewish History, and Collective Liberation"

Sim Kern shares the journey behind their new book, published by @interlinkbooks, the only Palestinian-owned publisher in the US

Full episode: https://linktr.ee/sumudpod 
Our hosts: @dredhasan.bsky.social | @ZeinaAshrawi
February 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM