Rida Abu Rass

My beautiful life partner wrote an article on accessible design, crafting, modding, and hacking. Check it out:

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2025-10-17 - Rida Abu Rass Under-reported news from Israel, Palestine, the Middle East and North Africa: October 17, 2025

My weekly roundup of under-reported news from Palestine, Israel, and MENA (for free, as always):

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Israeli settlers - backed by soldiers - continue to disrupt the annual Palestinian olive harvest, stealing crops, cutting down trees, and attacking olive-pickers. Every single day.

Morocco: The Gen Z 212 Uprising An interview with participants in the Gen Z 212 movement in Morocco.

A super informative interview about the growing Gen Z 212 movement in Morocco:

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This is incredible. The contrast between the Chilean consul and the Swedes is incredible. The audacity of the Israelis is incredible. I have no words

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Israel is keeping the Rafah crossing closed, limiting aid into Gaza, after Hamas failed to deliver the remaining hostages' bodies.

Israel could use this as pretext for the genocide's resumption. All depends on Trump's willingness to apply long-term pressure.

Israel kills seven Palestinians in violation of Gaza ceasefire Attacks target civilians inspecting their damaged homes

Israeli forces killed at least seven Palestinians across the Gaza Strip today, in violation of the ceasefire agreement.

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Haile Selassie’s Band of Armenian Orphans A bond forged through a common Orthodox faith left a lasting imprint on Ethiopia’s music

Worth a read:

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Israeli forces detained 14 Palestinians in the West Bank town of Deir Istiya early this morning, the day of the Israel-Hamas hostage-detainee swap.

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‘Discriminatory and devastating’: New Ontario rule for medical residency that would exclude most immigrant physicians sparks outrage The province’s health ministry now requires international medical graduates to have attended an Ontario high school for at least two years. This excludes the majority of immigrant physicians from the ...

Baffling, considering Canada's acute shortage of (around 23,000) family doctors.

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2025-10-10 - Rida Abu Rass Under-reported news from Israel, Palestine, the Middle East and North Africa: October 10, 2025

My weekly roundup of under-reported news from Palestine, Israel, and MENA (for free, as always):

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October marks the start of the olive harvest in Palestine, a culturally significant and, usually, joyous occasion.

Israeli settlers - backed by soldiers - have stolen crops, cut down trees, attacked, and in some cases severely injured, Palestinian olive-pickers - *every day* this week.

Marwan Barghouti will not be released in Gaza deal, says Israeli spokesperson Longtime prisoner is the most popular Palestinian political figure, according to polls

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I'm relieved, but whether the cease‑fire can hold in the long run hinges on Trump’s willingness to keep up long‑term pressure on Netanyahu. I’m not optimistic that he will.

The Settlers Bursting Tel Aviv’s Bubble The religious-nationalist right has targeted Israel’s most secular, liberal city

I was surprised during a recent reporting trip to see West Bank settlers living in Tel Aviv. What were they doing in this bastion of liberal secularism? The answer speaks to the triumphalism of the ascendant far right, which has penetrated every level of Israeli society.

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

Children.

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Israel has a long history of illegal orders being given with a nod-and-a-wink - including the 1956 Kafr Qasim Massacre, and the 1948 Nakba itself - but the scope and scale of the cover-up are on a completely different scale, today.

כל החברה מעורבת בפשעים, והם מגובים ומטויחים. קשה לסיים ככה מלחמה | דעה בשלהי מלחמת העולם השנייה כתבה הפילוסופית חנה ארנדט, שבחברה שבה כולם מבצעים פשעים, לא ניתן לאתר פושע אחד. בשנתיים האחרונות בנתה ממשלת בנימין נתניהו את המערך המאפ

In this important article (which will hopefully be translated into English soon - I'll post below if it is), Adam Raz and Assaf Bondi detail the ways in which a criminal, cover-up culture has permeated Israeli institutions at all levels, including (of course) the IDF Military Advocate General.

Manchester synagogue: Two dead in Manchester synagogue attack, with suspect also believed to have been killed - police The suspect was shot by police, who say his condition cannot be confirmed due to

there are simply no words to describe the grief of this happening on yom kippur.

Excellent epi.

Global Sumud Flotilla nears Gaza amid fears of Israeli attack The Sumud Flotilla is nearing Gaza’s shores, but fears over Israeli attacks are increasing as the vessels approach the dangerous ’Orange Line’.

Will be intercepted within the next couple of days, possibly tonight. The situation is more volatile than usual, as the flotilla is monitored by Greek, Italian and Spanish military vessels, as well as Turkish drones.

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All eyes on the Sumud Flotilla.

Morocco sees largest anti-government protests in years.

A youth-led movement called Gen Z 2012 has spread through TikTok and Instagram to at least 11 cities, including Casablanca, Rabat, Marrakesh and Agadir.

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