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Massive Attack Establish Alliance to Protect Musicians from ‘Intimidations’ for Supporting Gaza
Image: Elena Di Vincenzo/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images Massive Attack have launched a new alliance to support musicians who say they are being intimidated from within the music industry for voicing support for Gaza and Palestine. The...

Twelve-nation bloc defies US, enforces law to halt Israeli genocide in Gaza
By Musa Iqbal For almost two years, the world has watched as political institutions, including the United Nations (UN), have failed to meet the moment in the wake of the most horrific crime that can be committed: genocide. The United Nations...

Christian leaders visit Gaza post Israeli strike on church
Tents sheltering displaced Palestinians are seen amid war-damaged infrastructure in Gaza City, on Thursday. (PTI) Deir al-Balah, July 18: Top church leaders visited Gaza on Friday after the Holy Family Catholic Church was struck by an Israeli...

National unity is Iran’s strongest shield against enemy’s aggression: Parliament speaker
Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has emphasized the critical role of national unity in safeguarding Iran against future acts of aggression, particularly in light of the recent joint Israeli-American assault on the country. Speaking during...

Palestine warns of ‘grave repercussions' from settlers' control over Ibrahimi Mosque in West Bank
Palestine warned of “grave repercussions” on Wednesday from an Israeli decision to transfer the authority over the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron to a settler council. According to Israeli media, Tel Aviv had abolished the...

Escalating violence against Palestinians in West Bank, UN reports
GENEVA: The United Nations human rights office has reported a surge in violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, with increased killings, attacks, and harassment by Israeli settlers and security forces. Thameen Al-Kheetan,...

Barry Eisler on Political Thrillers, AOC, and how “The System” Justifies War
Barry Eisler is a former CIA agent and bestselling novelist, known for political thrillers like The Killer Collective and The Chaos Kind. Today, he joins Nathan J. Robinson to discuss his newest book, The System. Eisler discusses how power...

Names and faces of the Catholic dead and wounded from the Gaza parish struck by Israel
As the Catholic world grapples with outrage, mourning, and prayer in the aftermath of an Israeli shell striking Gaza’s only Catholic parish, many will likely want to know the names and faces of the wounded and the dead. Bassem Khoury, a former...

Global divide over Gaza escalates as U.S., BRICS clash on Israelâs plans
U.S.-Israel talks intensify as Netanyahu presents Gaza depopulation plan, facing global condemnation. BRICS nations denounce U.S.-backed military actions, aligning with Global South against Western hegemony. Human rights groups condemn Gaza...

Pope Leo presses Netanyahu for Gaza ceasefire, remedy for humanitarian catastrophe
(LifeSiteNews) — In the wake of the Israeli army’s bombing of the only Catholic church in Gaza on Thursday, Pope Leo XIV spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by telephone on Friday. He urged the Israeli leader to end hostilities,...

Parents of British-born Israeli soldier killed in an explosion while fighting in Gaza say their 'son died a hero'
The parents of a British-born Israeli soldier who was killed while fighting in Gaza have spoken of their grief. Avi Rosenfeld, 60, and his English teacher wife Sam Rosenfeld, 50, told the Daily Mail their son died saving the lives of other Israel...

Israeli settler violence leaves Ramallah-area villages reeling after five Palestinians killed in two weeks
Five lives in two weeks, and dozens of injured and wounded. The toll of Israeli settler violence on Palestinians has been rising in recent weeks as rampages against Palestinian towns and villages continue to escalate, especially in the region east...

Five people charged over alleged break-in of Israeli-owned firm during Palestine Action protest
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Lessons from La Guardia - Can Zohran Mamdani reshape New York—and national—politics like Mayor Fiorello La Guardia once did?
Zohran Mamdani has no shortage of enemies. The Queens assembly member and democratic socialist, who handily beat disgraced former governor Andrew Cuomo in the contest to become the Democratic candidate in New York City’s upcoming mayoral race, can...
In Occupied Palestine – 16 July 2025
In Occupied Palestine Zionism in practice Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land 08:00, 16 July 2025 until 08:00, 17 July 2025 Gaza Strip Merciless blitz on starving Gaza — growing numbers of dead and injured Victims 15 –...
Millions allocated to stimulate businesses in Gaza region
Tel Aviv [Israel], July 18 (ANI/TPS): The Tkuma Administration, which aids communities in the Gaza region, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and the "Poalim for Tkuma" Fund of Bank Hapoalim, is investing...
Hamas offers to release all hostages in Gaza under comprehensive truce deal
GAZA, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said on Friday that Hamas has proposed a comprehensive deal to release all Israeli hostages held in Gaza in exchange for a complete cessation of hostilities and a full...

The Road from Gaza
I had been in Paris for more than a week when Gaza surfaced again, like a scar the body has come to accept. On the train to Argenteuil I sat facing the wrong way—which most people avoid for the dizziness it causes—as my phone lit up with...

Palestinian woman released from detention after Australian visa cancellation
A Palestinian woman detained for over a week following the cancellation of her visa has been released overnight. Maha Almassri was taken from her home in Punchbowl in Sydney's south-west at 5am last Thursday, and initially held in Bankstown police...

WATCH: Andrew Fox dismantles the Gaza casualty narrative used to turn the world against Israel
What if everything you’ve been told about Gaza is a lie? Andrew Fox, a Senior Research Fellow at the Henry Jackson Society and former British Army officer who served in Afghanistan and across the Middle East, joins Elizabeth Farah to blow the lid...