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Since the Gaza ceasefire, Israel has intensified its operations against Palestinians in the West Bank, conducting military raids in the north and increasing settler attacks on Palestinians harvesting olive groves.

Cartoon by Carlos Latuff.

Remember: what Trump (and Hegseth and Rubio) are doing to people on small boats in the Caribbean and East Pacific is what they will do to everyone else.

Stand up for these murdered people now or join their ranks down the line.

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Surviving the Infamous Flour Massacre in Gaza Our mission with We Are Not Numbers (the NGO) was to create a new generation of Palestinian writers and thinkers, who could harness the power of their words to nonviolently resist their oppression …

Ahmed Dader describes the horrors of surviving the Flour Massacre in Gaza: “I will need years for the scenes of that night to fade in my memory.”

Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al Sharif’s final message before assassination by Israel <article data-history-node-id="426987" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/al-jazeera-journalist-anas-al-sharifs-final-message-assassination-israel" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/al-jazeera-journalist-anas-al-sharifs-final-message-assassination-israel" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al Sharif’s final message before assassination by Israel</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Al Jazeera correspondent Anas Al Sharif left behind a powerful testament before his assassination by Israeli forces on Sunday night.</p> <p>In his final message which he had foreshadowed,&nbsp;Al Sharif vowed to be the unwavering voice for his people, even in the face of death, entrusting the world with the truth of Gaza’s suffering and the hope for freedom.</p> <p>The will was written in April this year and posted by his admin team on X following his killing.</p> <p><strong><em>Middle East Eye is reposting the statement in full and without edits, as&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/anasalsharif0/status/1954670507128914219?s=46" target="_blank">published</a>&nbsp;on his official X account:</em></strong></p> <p><em>"This is my will and my final message. If these words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice.</em></p> <p><em>First, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings. Allah knows I gave every effort and all my strength to be a support and a voice for my people, ever since I opened my eyes to life in the alleys and streets of the Jabalia refugee camp. My hope was that Allah would extend my life so I could return with my family and loved ones to our original town of occupied Asqalan (Al-Majdal). But Allah’s will came first, and His decree is final.</em></p> <p><em>I have lived through pain in all its details, tasted suffering and loss many times, yet I never once hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or falsification - so that Allah may bear witness against those who stayed silent, those who accepted our killing, those who choked our breath, and whose hearts were unmoved by the scattered remains of our children and women, doing nothing to stop the massacre that our people have faced for more than a year and a half.</em></p> <p><em>I entrust you with Palestine - the jewel in the crown of the Muslim world, the heartbeat of every free person in this world.</em></p> <p><em>I entrust you with its people, with its wronged and innocent children who never had the time to dream or live in safety and peace. Their pure bodies were crushed under thousands of tons of Israeli bombs and missiles, torn apart and scattered across the walls.</em></p> <p><em>I urge you not to let chains silence you, nor borders restrain you. Be bridges toward the liberation of the land and its people, until the sun of dignity and freedom rises over our stolen homeland."</em></p> <h3>Read more:<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/al-jazeera-journalist-anas-al-sharifs-final-will-assassination-israel">&nbsp;Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al Sharif’s final message before assassination by Israel</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al Sharif holding his two children, daughter Sham (L) and son Salah (R)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="17fa938c-ede4-4638-91dd-f829d9d2976b" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/Screenshot%202025-08-11%20at%2000.31.30.png" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al Sharif holding his two children, daughter Sham (L) and son Salah (R)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al Sharif holding his two children, daughter Sham (L) and son Salah (R)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

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The federal government is still at war against Los Angeles.

It has not stopped.

To turn this into an effective political movement, let us take the spark of widespread outrage against such acts and organize them into the fire that will burn the terror regime of "papers."

Never has it been clearer that “no one is free until Palestine is free” is not a chant but a warning, as we all stare into the abyss of another world war.

This is retaliation to massive and powerful labor strikes protesting new Panamanian gov policy that dismantles pensions for Banana workers. A reminder that Chiquita is rebranded United Fruit Company.

PLEASE AMPLIFY! Chicago JVP members on indefinite hunger strike calling for the end of the carnage in Gaza.

NO BUSINESS AS USUAL DURING GENOCIDE.

We're deep into the second year of this horror. Not another day. Not another minute.

Israel continues to claim victimhood, even as it slaughters children in Iran We are told, again and again, that Israel is defending itself. But it is only defending its right to act with impunity throughout the Middle East to maintain its supremacy. Israel’s attack on Iran is…

Enough with the myth of Israel-as‑victim. The latest strike on Iran—killing civilians, including children—is not self‑defense. It’s aggression. A decades‑long pattern of impunity. Israel casts itself as wounded, weaponizing narrative to justify regional dominance mondoweiss.net/2025/06/isra...

Protest, Power, and the Violence Debate "We are told we are experiencing peace, so long as everyone is cooperating."

@prisonculture.bsky.social and I have been encouraging people to read chapter six of our book, Let This Radicalize You, which deals with the question of "violence" in social movements. We have decided to share the chapter publicly, to offer some context and grounding for the current conversation.

When We Are All Enemies of the State - Boston Review A recently discovered 1974 speech by Stuart Hall on Walter Rodney—and why fascists fear ideas.

"Today the legacies of both Hall and Rodney demonstrate the imperative of organic intellectuals to confront authoritarian nationalism and forge global solidarity."
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Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously

But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state

Keep that same energy of support for her

First, Israel cut Gaza’s last internet cable—blacking out 2.3 million people.

Then it bombed Iran with no UN approval, no imminent threat.

As eyes shift to Iran, Israel will escalate its ethnic cleansing in Gaza—and create more regional instability.

the fact that people were told “today you are going to an elementary school to lie to teachers and kidnap kids” and didn’t immediately tell their bosses to go fuck themselves is all you need to know about why ICE should be dismantled

In the anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles, "people of all races and backgrounds are putting their bodies on the line to protect their friends, their neighbors, their family members from these arrests," says @jeanguerre.bsky.social. "It is a beautiful thing to see."

Crowds at the LA Football Club chanting Fuck ICE!

Music to my ears!

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If you're a Marine or other service member being mobilized to Los Angeles and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options:

1-877-447-4487

US immigration officers ordered to arrest more people even without warrants Exclusive: Ice officers told to get ‘creative’ with arrests, including of undocumented people encountered by chance

“If you’d like to run something up or if we can help give a push somewhere, please reach out. If it involves handcuffs on wrists, it’s probably worth pursuing."

There is growing consensus that Israel is committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

See @cipolicy.bsky.social’s fact sheet on the experts—including Israelis—calling out these violations of international law, and what can be done in response:

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“Detention Facilitates Deportation”: Trump’s Budget Bill Would Massively Increase ICE Jail Capacity President Donald Trump is pushing Republican senators to back his “big, beautiful bill,” which includes new funding to carry out his mass deportation agenda by hiring additional ICE officers and adding...

"Detention Facilitates Deportation": Trump's Budget Bill Would Massively Increase ICE Jail Capacity

A doctor at nearby Nasser Hospital, which is barely functioning and unequipped to handle an influx of patients, toldThe New York Times that the facility received 19 of those killed in Tuesday's massacre. Most of the victims, according to Dr. Ahmad al-Farra, were children between the ages of 10 and 13, "many with gunshot wounds to the head or chest."

A doctor at Nassar Hospital says most of the 27 aid seekers murdered today by Israel were children between the ages of 10-13 with gunshot wounds to the head or chest.

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The expectation that such acts of abject and deliberate violence would not shock the global population and result in pushback is delusional. Israel is destroying our norms, not Palestine solidarity movements only stating what customary IHL has always stated

“They classify Palestinians as under three categories: Hamas, Hamas supporters, and human shields or potential terrorists.”

‘Genocidio’ author Rula Jebreal joined @naomiaklein.bsky.social to discuss growing up in a Jerusalem orphanage under Israeli violence.

Full episode: zeteo.com/p/an-ongoing...

Aid massacre: Israeli forces kill 75 Palestinians at U.S.-run aid distribution center Another U.S.-run aid center was the site of a massacre in southern Gaza after Israeli forces opened fire on civilians. “The Americans and Israelis set a huge trap for us to lure us here and kill us,” ...

Another U.S.-run aid center was the site of a massacre in southern Gaza after Israeli forces opened fire on civilians. “The Americans and Israelis set a huge trap for us to lure us here and kill us,” an eyewitness told Mondoweiss. mondoweiss.net/2025/06/aid-...

"The hallways...were absolutely lined with ICE agents. And immigrants were scared to leave, even though their cases were still open. What happened was that ICE agents then stormed into the courtroom, kicked out the attorneys, and detained everyone in the courtroom over the judge's objections."

Police in Kent County town rescind ICE partnership following a backlash Police in Camden, Delaware have become deputized to enforce immigration laws, after their department last week signed an agreement to work with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

This is why people across the country need to remain engaged and not give up in the face of oppression