‘I hope peace will prevail’: joy and fear in Gaza amid reports ceasefire is...
Malak A Tantesh in Gaza & Jason Burke
The Guardian / January 14, 2025
Hamas and Israel ‘in final stages’ of agreement, with Gazans still reeling from fresh deadly airstrikes.
Hopes rose across Gaza on Tuesday that the war that has devastated the territory, killing more than 46,000 and displacing millions, was...
Genocide has rendered Gaza a space-time exception
Qasem Waleed
Mondoweiss / January 14, 2025
The Israeli onslaught has disfigured space and time in Gaza leaving a physicist like me no other choice but to use my understanding of the universe, as well as the wisdom of the ages, to navigate and survive the genocide.
A couple of weeks ago,...
The Gaza dilemma: can PA replace Hamas and the popular resistance ?
Robert Inlakesh
The Palestine Chronicle / January 14, 2025
As Gaza rebuilds and resists occupation, the question remains: Can the Palestinian Authority overcome popular resistance?
Given the successful implementation of a Gaza-Israel ceasefire, the Palestinian Authority (PA) seeks to play a greater role in the besieged coastal enclave but faces the reality...
Israeli historian Ilan Pappé: ‘This is the last phase of Zionism’
Anealla Safdar
Al-Jazeera / January 14, 2025
Ilan Pappé talks to Al-Jazeera on ‘neo-Zionism’, ceasefire talks, the second coming of Trump and ‘indoctrination’ in Israel.
Copenhagen, Denmark – On a freezing Saturday morning in Copenhagen, Ilan Pappé warmed up in a cinema hall, chatting and joking in fluent Arabic with one of...
Israeli minister boasts about blocking ceasefire deals as media blames Hamas
Sharon Zhang
Truthout / January 14, 2025
US media outlets and officials have repeatedly claimed Hamas is blocking a deal, despite reports to the contrary.
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir boasted on Tuesday about Israel blocking a Gaza ceasefire deal “time after time” for months now, even as Western media and...
Israel admits soldiers used ambulance in raid on refugee camp
Lorenzo Tondo
The Guardian / January 14, 2025
Families seek justice after a raid on Balata camp in the West Bank resulted in the death of an 80-year-old woman and another civilian
Balata refugee camp, Nablus, West Bank - The ambulance pulls up on a narrow street at the Balata Palestinian refugee...
A history of foreign intrigue in Lebanon
As’ad AbuKhalil
Consortium News / January 14, 2025
The U.S. took advantage of a changing regional and domestic environment to make a favourable arrangement for itself this time. But the notion that it can drag Lebanon into the pro-Israeli orbit of the Gulf will prove illusory.
Finally, after two years and two...
Families cautiously optimistic that Israeli hostages may soon be free
Lorenzo Tondo
The Guardian / January 14, 2025
Relatives watch and wait as talks to broker ceasefire between Israel and Hamas continue in Qatar.
Jerusalem – The families of Israeli hostages held captive for 15 months in the Gaza Strip have voiced cautious optimism their loved ones may soon be free as...
Lebanon’s new president faces uphill struggle to steer country away from brink of collapse
John Nagle & Drew Mikhael
The Conversation / January 14, 2025
Lebanon’s parliament elected a new president on January 9 after a two-year political deadlock and 13 failed attempts. Joseph Aoun met the threshold for victory in the second round of voting after his rival, a Hezbollah-backed candidate called Suleiman Frangieh,...
The Biden team is working to spin their foreign policy legacy, but it’s too...
Michael Arria
Mondoweiss / January 14, 2025
In a recent series of speeches and interviews, Biden officials have attempted to put a positive spin on their foreign policy legacy. The reality is that Biden's legacy is, and will remain, one of genocide.
On Monday Joe Biden gave his final foreign policy speech.
The...
