Racist ad on front page of Michigan Gannett newspaper sparks outrage, apologies - Detroit Metro Times A banner ad reading “Diversity is the Trojan horse of terrorism” appeared on the front page of the Sturgis Journal on Tuesday, prompting outrage and accusations of racism across Michigan. The ad, paid...

The ad, paid for by Bowersox Floor Center, was condemned by readers who said it promotes white nationalist rhetoric.

Videos show Israeli authorities demolishing multiple shops owned by Palestinians near Bab al-Amud in occupied East Jerusalem.

It's a continuous disgrace.

Thousands to defy UK ban on Palestine Action in ‘historic’ mass civil disobedience Protests to take place in 18 towns and cities across the UK, while prisoners linked to Palestine Action prepare to launch hunger strike

Thousands to defy UK ban on Palestine Action in ‘historic’ mass civil disobedience - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/campaigners-seeking-lift-palestine-action-ban-announce-uk-wide-historic-mass-civil

Lebanon’s Aoun calls for end to Israeli attacks in meeting with US envoy Israel has repeatedly bombed Lebanon, violating a November 2024 ceasefire agreement to end conflict with Hezbollah.

Israel has repeatedly bombed Lebanon, violating a November 2024 ceasefire agreement to end conflict with Hezbollah.

Complete disregard for human life

Israeli air strikes target Shati camp, Shifa hospital in northern Gaza <article data-history-node-id="430774" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-air-strikes-target-shati-camp-shifa-hospital-northern-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-air-strikes-target-shati-camp-shifa-hospital-northern-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli air strikes target Shati camp, Shifa hospital in northern Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Local reports from northern Gaza say Israel has now launched heavy aerial attacks on the al-Shati camp, and the vicinity of the al-Shifa hospital.&nbsp;</p> <p>This comes as Israeli artillery shells are also fired on Palestinians just east of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza. &nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

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Gaza media office says Israel violated ceasefire 125 times <article data-history-node-id="430757" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-media-office-says-israel-violated-ceasefire-agreement-125-times" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-media-office-says-israel-violated-ceasefire-agreement-125-times" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Gaza media office says Israel violated ceasefire 125 times</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Israeli forces have committed 125 violations of the ceasefire agreement since it came into effect, resulting in the killing of 94 Palestinians and the injury of more than 344 others, the&nbsp;Gaza government media office&nbsp;said.</p> <p>In a press release published on Tuesday, the office said the Israeli "violations have resulted in the martyrdom of 94 civilians and the injury of 344 others, in a flagrant breach of all international laws and conventions."</p> <p>The statement said the military has also carried out 52 shooting incidents directly targeting civilians, 9 incursions of military vehicles into residential areas, 55 bombardments and attacks, and 11 demolitions of civilian buildings, in addition to the arrest of 21 citizens in various areas across the Gaza Strip.</p> <p>"We strongly condemn these repeated acts of aggression and hold the Israeli occupation fully responsible for their humanitarian and security consequences," the media office said, calling&nbsp;on US President Donald Trump and the guarantor countries to exert genuine pressure on Israel.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Gaza media office says Israel violated ceasefire 125 times - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-media-office-says-israel-violated-ceasefire-agreement-125-times

Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in Jenin raid involving air strike <article data-history-node-id="430746" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-kill-three-palestinians-jenin-raid-involving-air-strike" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-kill-three-palestinians-jenin-raid-involving-air-strike" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in Jenin raid involving air strike</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a>&nbsp;forces killed three&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinians</a>&nbsp;on Tuesday during a raid on an&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/occupation" target="_blank">occupied</a>&nbsp;West Bank village that involved air strikes.</p> <p>The attack took place in the early morning hours in the village of Kafr Qud, west of Jenin, when Israeli forces stormed the area and surrounded a house, according to local media reports.</p> <p>The raid sparked heavy exchanges of fire and aerial shelling.</p> <p>The Palestinian General Authority for Civil Affairs has identified the three men as Abdullah Mohammed Omar Jalamneh, 27, Qais Ibrahim Mohammed al-Baytawi, 21, and Ahmad Azmi Aref Nashrati, 29.</p> <p>Israeli media reported that the army had cornered three men inside a cave in the village before snipers shot them, killing two and wounding the third.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-aerial-strike-and-sniper-attack-vehicle-jenin-kills-three">Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in Jenin raid involving air strike</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="People inspect a burnt vehicle at the site where Israeli forces killed three Palestinians in Jenin, occupied West Bank, on 28 October, 2025 (Reuters/Raneen Sawafta)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="5844055e-520d-43e9-b522-151e71ae887b" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/jenin-vehicle-three-palestinians-killed-israel-shelling-sniper-aerial-strike.JPG" width="4035" height="2270" alt="People inspect a burnt vehicle at the site where Israeli forces killed three Palestinians in Jenin, occupied West Bank, on 28 October, 2025 (Reuters/Raneen Sawafta)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>People inspect a burnt vehicle at the site where Israeli forces killed three Palestinians in Jenin, occupied West Bank, on 28 October, 2025 (Reuters/Raneen Sawafta)</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 rise of global boycotts against Israel’s genocide in Gaza From streets to supermarkets, global boycotts for Gaza have grown as a fragile ceasefire holds for now.

From streets to supermarkets, global boycotts for Gaza have grown as a fragile ceasefire holds for now.

Palestinian children in Gaza return to play among the ruins of a home after two years of Israel's war.

'Disappointing': ICJ grants Israel another extension in South Africa genocide case UN's top court once again extends timeline of genocide case, giving Israel until 12 March 2026 to submit its counter arguments to South Africa's evidence

'Disappointing': ICJ grants Israel another extension in South Africa genocide case - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/icj-grants-israel-another-extension-submit-evidence-south-africas-genocide-case

Video shows widespread destruction and flattened neighbourhoods in Khan Younis following Israel’s war on Gaza.

Who are the 95 Palestinian medics held captive by Israel? Israel continues to hold 80 Palestinian doctors and medical workers from Gaza and 15 from the occupied West Bank.

Israel continues to hold 80 Palestinian doctors and medical workers from Gaza and 15 from the occupied West Bank.

This week’s arguments in Shilling v. Trump affirmed what we already knew to be true: there’s no basis for Trump’s trans military ban — just cruelty and discrimination.

The Ninth Circuit must block the so-called “Hegseth Policy” banning trans people from serving in the military.

BREAKING: The ICJ has begun ruling on Israel’s responsibilities toward aid agencies helping Palestinians in Gaza.

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Palestinian director says, 'We just want to live' <article data-history-node-id="430324" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-director-says-we-just-want-live" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-director-says-we-just-want-live" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Palestinian director says, 'We just want to live'</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir told The Guardian in an interview on Friday that she's not interested in a Palestinian state; Palestinians just wants "to live".</p> <p>“There’s a genocide,” Jacir said. “I don’t want a state. I don’t give a shit about a state. We just want to live. That’s what Palestinians want. We want to have a life.”</p> <p>Jacir wrote and directed Palestine 36, a film which tells about the forgotten history of Palestine resisting British colonial occupation in 1936.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

Palestinian director says, 'We just want to live' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-director-says-we-just-want-live

Detroit civil rights leader Malik Shabazz says he is ‘facing death’ amid incurable infection - Detroit Metro Times Minister Malik Shabazz, the longtime Detroit activist and civil rights leader who has spent decades confronting injustice and advocating for his community, said from his hospital bed that he is “facin...

The longtime activist has confronted drug dealers and predatory landlords, led searches for missing people, and organized countless rallies for justice.

UK’s Palestine Action group wins legal bid to challenge ban UK court to hear challenge to the pro-Palestine group's ban under 'anti-terrorism' laws after government loses appeal.

UK court to hear challenge to the pro-Palestine group's ban under 'anti-terrorism' laws after government loses appeal.

Using someone’s correct pronouns is basic respect — period.

People’s identities should not only be recognized but CELEBRATED.

Wear your pronouns with pride: hrc.im/pronouns

“Swear her in! Swear her in!”

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

While Israelis celebrated the return of captives from Gaza, Israel warned Palestinian families against holding celebrations over the return of prisoners – some who had been held for decades. Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh explains.

Plumes of smoke from Israeli attacks were seen rising over Gaza hours after Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a ceasefire plan, brokered by Donald Trump.

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Healthcare should be guaranteed as a human right #MedicareForAll @salaambhattiva.bsky.social

Media Office: 76,600 Palestinians killed, 90 percent of Gaza totally destroyed  <article data-history-node-id="429709" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/media-office-76600-palestinians-killed-90-gaza-totally-destroyed" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/media-office-76600-palestinians-killed-90-gaza-totally-destroyed" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Media Office: 76,600 Palestinians killed, 90 percent of Gaza totally destroyed&nbsp;</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Government Media Office in Gaza on Monday said that Israeli forces have killed at least 76,600 Palestinians in Gaza since the beginning of the genocide.</p> <p>In a statement, the media office said that the number of missing persons has reached 9,500, adding that the percentage of "total destruction" caused by the Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip has reached 90 percent.</p> <p>The occupation has seized control of more than 80% of Gaza's area through invasion, fire, and displacement, after dropping more than 200,000 tons of explosives, it said.&nbsp;</p> <p>"Israeli occupation forces are continuing their genocide in the Gaza Strip despite calls to halt the bombing for the second consecutive day," the statement said, adding "occupation forces have launched more than 131 airstrikes on areas densely populated with civilians and displaced persons."</p> </div> </div> </article>

Media Office: 76,600 Palestinians killed, 90 percent of Gaza totally destroyed  - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/media-office-76600-palestinians-killed-90-gaza-totally-destroyed

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

UN says Israel's interception of flotilla widens its unlawful blockade <article data-history-node-id="429550" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-says-israels-interception-flotilla-widens-its-unlawful-blockade" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-says-israels-interception-flotilla-widens-its-unlawful-blockade" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">UN says Israel's interception of flotilla widens its unlawful blockade</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israel's interception in international waters of civilian aid vessels heading to Gaza widens its unlawful blockade of the territory, the UN rights office has said.</p> <p>"As the occupying power,&nbsp;Israel&nbsp;must ensure food and medical supplies for the population to the fullest extent of the means available, or to agree to and facilitate impartial humanitarian relief schemes, delivered rapidly and without hindrance," spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan told Reuters.</p> <p>He called on&nbsp;Israel&nbsp;to respect the rights of those in custody, including the right to challenge the legality of their detention.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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Gaza death toll rises to 66,225 <article data-history-node-id="429551" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-death-toll-rises-66225" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-death-toll-rises-66225" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Gaza death toll rises to 66,225</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The number of Palestinians killed in Gaza by Israeli forces since October 2023 has risen to 66,225, according to the Palestinian health ministry. The majority of those killed are women and children. At least&nbsp;168,938&nbsp;others have been wounded during that time.</p> <p>The ministry said that 51 bodies and&nbsp;222 wounded individuals were brought to hospitals in Gaza over the past 24 hours.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Gaza death toll rises to 66,225 - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-death-toll-rises-66225

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