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Special Report Global Sumud Flotilla October 2-1, 2025 September Trench stories are now embedded in the daily news August 27, 2025 “When Life becomes Cheaper than Bread.” Call for Justice August 26, 2025 Cease fire? Where, when? And by the way, we are not hamas, idf i.e. terrorists, we are civilians i.e. humans. Question is... are the (western) genociders too? TRIBUTES TO MOTHERS AND CHILDREN

Dec 28 - 16, 2025 “The blood of the journalists’ families will remain a living witness to the crime of trying to silence the Palestinian voice,” & Journalists do not die - They are killed but "Where there is Light there's always a Shadow… so Truth finding is to Reveal its Dark Face and have the voices of Palestinians - who stay Resilient - and Hold Ground… be heard Shireen Abu Akleh and many others intentionally killed by israeli forces the World knows what’s happened in Gaza in the last two years thanks to ‘remarkable’ local journalists and stories of the Fallen or Wounded which demands Justice... Nov 15 - 5, 2025 Attacks on Journalists continues but... risking Limb and Life they keep Revealing the Plain Truth and more actual news Overview of journalists killed in action in Gaza Journalists keep Revealing the Truth despite All Shireen Abu Akleh In commemoration of Shireen Abu Akleh, the 'voice of Al Jazeera' killed while revealing the true face of israel Updated: December 6, 2024: Attacks, arrests, threats, censorship: The high risks of reporting the Israel-Gaza war   Click here for earlier stories/news

Day 2 day update: In Today's Factual News Jan 12, 2026 In Today's Factual News “Blessed are those who hunger for justice.” the echoes of the voices of Palestinians - stays Crystal Clear and Resilient no matter the darkness that threatens their lives and land they Hold Ground… to be heard Loud and Clear Israel is deliberately blocking and killing foreign journalists But no worries: the free word cannot be killed! And more updates Jan 1, 2026 Dec 31, 2025 On how israelis understand an act of Human Kindness: Banning of all Aid Groups Dec 29, 2025 Heavy Storm Batters Gaza And Dec 12 - 11, 2025: Gaza families struggle with Storm Byron 2 Gaza families struggle with Storm Byron

Israel is deliberately blocking and killing foreign journalists and unfortunately it means that for now there are no Live Updates But We'll be Back!! Click here for an overview of Live Updates since Oct 9 October 7, 2025 Special Report About 2 years of Genocide

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 When one hurts or kills a women
one hurts or kills hummanity and is an antrocitie.
Gino d'Artali
and: My mother (1931-1997) always said to me <Mi figlio, non esistono notizie <vecchie> perche puoi imparare qualcosa da qualsiasi notizia.> Translated: <My son, there is no such thing as so called 'old' news because you can learn something from any news.>
Gianna d'Artali.

 
VICTORY is on its way to the sea  -- Screengrab Al Jazeera: Wanted for genocide - Guilty as Charged - rubio virus

  
 Olive tree - Symbol of Palestine
- Did you eat today  - Boy shouts FOOD and PEACE NOW - GO AWAY you mercenaries of the usa/isr/idf/ghf devils!!!!


Torture at israeli prisons
Quds news - Jan 12, 2026
{New Testemonies by Freed Palestinian Hostages Describe Israeli Prisons as “Graves for the Living”
Newly released Palestinian hostages have shared testimonies detailing severe abuse, torture, and degrading conditions inside Israeli prisons, describing the facilities as “graves for the living” as emotional reunions unfolded in Gaza.
Gaza (QNN)- Newly released Palestinian hostages told Al Jazeera that Israeli prisons subject prisoners to horrific conditions, describing the detention centers as “graves for the living.” Their testimonies emerged as groups of released hostages arrived at Shuhada' Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, where emotional scenes of tears and long embraces unfolded between former hostages and their families. One freed hostage said he spent three months in Sde Teiman detention camp in the Negev, but the period felt like decades because of the torture he endured. He said he witnessed many forms of abuse inside the prison. During the interview, he opened his mouth to show several missing and broken teeth, which resulted from beatings by Israeli guards. Another freed hostage, Ghith Aliyan Mohammad Abu Aoun, said he works as a fisherman and that Israeli forces kidnapped him in March while he and his colleagues were attempting to fish at sea. He said conditions inside Israeli prisons are extremely harsh and continue to deteriorate. Former female hostage Reem Abu Jazar, from the West Bank, said Israeli authorities deported her to Gaza, forcing her to leave behind her sick daughter and ill husband in Ramallah. She said Israeli forces detained her in December at a crossing, accusing her of possessing a knife and affiliating with Hamas. Abu Jazar said Israeli authorities denied her access to a lawyer and never brought her before a court. She said guards subjected her to strip searches, interrogated her during the night, and deprived her of sleep. She added that the 20 days she spent in detention felt like years due to constant humiliation and beatings by both male and female guards, along with continuous surveillance by cameras. She also revealed that Israeli prisons hold a large number of detained little girls who were kidnapped over social media posts related to Gaza during the genocide. She said these girls suffer severely inside detention centers. Abu Jazar said female detainees face degrading treatment, verbal abuse, and physical assault, adding that denial of food and water becomes minor compared to the daily humiliation. She explained that many women are held under administrative detention without formal charges, with Israeli authorities renewing detention orders every six months. She called on the international community to pressure Israel to release abducted children held in Damon Prison. She described the facility as “the largest prison of torture” and once again referred to Israeli prisons as “graves for the living.”} Video - Source: https://qudsnen.co/post?id=67049&slug=new-testemonies-by-freed-palestinian-hostages-describe-israeli-prisons-as-graves-for-the-living

Quds news - Jan 12, 2026
{Israeli Judo Team Disqualified in Poland After Coach Attacks Referee
The Israeli judo team was disqualified in Bielsko-Biała after their coach attacked the referee, yet Israeli authorities portrayed the minor athletes as victims, even though video evidence clearly shows the coach was the only one acting violently.
Bielsko-Biala (QNN)- The Israeli judo team was disqualified from a tournament in Bielsko-Biała, Poland, after their coach physically attacked opponents and the referee. Video footage shows the coach’s violent behavior, prompting organizers to expel the entire delegation. The tournament was livestreamed, and no evidence has emerged showing any violence against the Israeli minors. Bielsko-Biała’s website reported that the Israeli coach became aggressive after disagreeing with a referee’s decision. The coach shouted insults, entered the competition ring, and “violated the physical integrity of the referee.” Police were called, and the team was officially disqualified. Tomasz Chmielniak, president of the Janosik Club in Bielsko, told TVN24: “Young Israeli players were certainly not attacked. If someone was attacked, it was the person refereeing (…) by a coach from Israel.” Bielsko police spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Sławomir Kocur confirmed that the coach made "physical contact". “We asked the parties (…) and informed them about the possibility of filing a report. None of them did. The parties calmed down, and no one had any complaints against anyone,” he said. Despite this, the Israeli embassy in Poland issued a statement, claiming that the Israeli team “was attacked verbally and physically” during the competition. The embassy called for Polish authorities to investigate and ensure the safety of Israeli athletes.} Video - Source: https://qudsnen.co/post?id=67050&slug=israeli-judo-team-disqualified-in-poland-after-coach-attacks-referee


Videoscreen grab: Israeli quadcopter kills
Al Jazeera - Jan 12, 2026
{Israeli quadcopter kills three in Gaza’s Khan Younis; police chief slain
Despite a ceasefire that began on October 10, the Israeli army continues daily attacks on the enclave. Three Palestinians have been killed in the southern Gaza Strip in Israel’s latest violation of October’s ceasefire in its genocidal war on the besieged enclave, according to sources in Gaza, as an anti-Hamas militia has claimed an attack that has killed a senior security officer. An Israeli quadcopter drone struck down three Palestinians in Khan Younis on Monday, the sources told Al Jazeera. According to the sources, a Palestinian woman was also wounded by Israeli gunfire in the al-Batn al-Sameen area of Khan Younis. The attacks came after Israeli army forces carried out air strikes and shelling across several parts of the enclave on Monday. The three people killed were identified as Wissam Abdullah Salem al-Amour, Mahmoud Subhi Breika and Atef Samir al-Bayouk, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. The Israeli army has killed more than 71,400 people, mostly women and children, and injured over 171,000 in its war, which began in October 2023. It has left the enclave in ruins with its homes, hospitals, schools and civilian infrastructure decimated. Despite a ceasefire that began on October 10, the Israeli army has continued its attacks, killing more than 440 Palestinians and wounding over 1,200 since then, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health. Israel has violated the ceasefire at least 1,193 times from October 10 to Friday through the continuation of attacks by air, artillery and gunfire, the Government Media Office in Gaza said.
Police chief killed
The Gaza Ministry of Interior said the police chief of Khan Younis, Lieutenant Colonel Mahmoud Al-Astal, was killed by gunfire from a car that fled the scene in the al-Mawasi area along Gaza’s coast, west of Khan Younis. The ministry said Al-Astal’s killing was carried out by “agents of the occupation”. Security services have opened an investigation into the assassination and are working to track down the perpetrators, who are likely to be in an anti-Hamas militia working with the Israeli military, the ministry suggested. The 40-year-old was killed in “a shooting carried out from a vehicle occupied by several agents” of Israel who fled the scene, a statement by the ministry said. A militia leader active in areas under Israeli occupation claimed responsibility for the assassination. The shooting comes about a month after the killing of Ahmed Zamzam, an officer in Gaza’s Interior Ministry. Zamzam was shot dead in the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza. Gaza authorities said at the time that their investigation showed the involvement of collaborators with Israel in his killing.} Video - Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/12/israeli-quadcopter-kills-three-in-gazas-khan-younis-police-chief-slain


Israeli-Backed Gang Assassinates Palestinian Police Officer
Quds news - Jan 12, 2026
{“Collaborators With Occupation”: Israeli-Backed Gang Assassinates Palestinian Police Officer in Gaza
Immediately after the assassination, Hussam Al-Astal, head of an Israeli-backed gang based in an area under Israeli control east of Khan Younis and known for collaborating with Israel, claimed responsibility for the killing in a video he posted on his Facebook page.
Gaza (QNN)- An Israeli-backed gang assassinated a Palestinian police officer in southern Gaza on Monday. The Palestinian Interior Ministry described the militia as “collaborators with the occupation.” On Monday, the Palestinian Interior Ministry confirmed gunmen opened fire from a passing car, killing Mahmoud Al-Astal, head of the criminal police unit in Khan Younis, in the south of the enclave. It described the gunmen as "collaborators with the occupation”. Immediately after the assassination, Hussam Al-Astal, head of an Israeli-backed gang based in an area under Israeli control east of Khan Younis and known for collaborating with Israel, claimed responsibility for the killing in a video he posted on his Facebook page. Al-Astal is among other leaders of Israeli-armed militias in Gaza who are based behind the so-called “Yellow Line”, a non-physical demarcation line separating the Israeli occupation forces from certain areas of Gaza, while maintaining control of roughly 53 percent of the Strip. They are known among Palestinians for collaborating with Israel, looting much-needed aid, and gathering intelligence. Yasser Abu Shabab’s militia is the most notorious, with its members openly carrying weapons under direct Israeli oversight in eastern Rafah. The assassination occurred despite the ceasefire that took effect earlier in October, as Israel continues to violate the agreement by killing hundreds and blocking aid. ICC-wanted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed last year that Israel is arming gangs in Gaza to “strengthen opposition groups in the Strip”.} Video - Source: https://qudsnen.co/post?id=67046&slug=collaborators-with-occupation-israeli-backed-gang-assassinates-palestinian-police-officer-in-gaza


Videoscreen grab: Hungerstrike
Al Jazeera - Jan 12, 2026
{Writers declare solidarity with prisoners on hunger strike for Palestine
Global writers and scholars have shown their support to hunger striking prisoners from the Palestine Action group. Dozens of global writers and scholars have signed a declaration of solidarity to support hunger-striking prisoners from the proscribed Palestine Action group. Author Naomi Klein, novelist Sally Rooney, activist and academic Angela Davis, philosopher Judith Butler and journalist George Monbiot are among the signatories backing three British activists in the United Kingdom who are refusing food until their demands are met.

Heba Muraisi and Kamran Ahmed
Heba Muraisi and Kamran Ahmed have been on hunger strike for 71 and 64 days, respectively, as part of a protest that began in November. A third prisoner, Lewie Chiaramello, is also refusing food on alternating days due to type 1 diabetes.
The activists are being held in different prisons over their alleged involvement in break-ins at the UK subsidiary of the Israeli defence firm Elbit Systems in Bristol and a Royal Air Force (RAF) base in Oxfordshire. They deny all the charges against them, which include burglary and violent disorder. The hunger-striking prisoners are demanding bail and the right to a fair trial, as well as a reversal of the UK government’s designation of Palestine Action as a “terrorist organisation”. They are also calling for the closure of all Elbit sites in the UK and an end to what they describe as censorship inside prison, including the withholding of mail, phone calls and books. Five of the eight people who took part in the initial protest have ended their hunger strikes due to health concerns. All eight of the activists will have spent more than a year in custody without trials, exceeding the UK’s usual six-month pre-trial detention limit. There is growing international pressure on the UK government to take action to preserve the lives of the Palestine Action prisoners. Former hunger strikers from Ireland, Palestine and Guantanamo Bay have issued an urgent appeal calling on British ministers to meet families and legal representatives of the activists. Friends and relatives of the prisoners have told Al Jazeera that they are determined to continue refusing food until all of their demands are met, despite their rapidly deteriorating health. On New Year’s Eve, hundreds in Belfast gathered in solidarity with the Palestine Action activists on hunger strikes. Their chants echoed past murals that do not merely decorate the city, but testify to its troubled past. Along the Falls Road, Irish republican murals sit beside Palestinian ones. The International Wall, once a rolling canvas of global struggles, has become known as the Palestinian wall. Poems by the late Palestinian writer Refaat Alareer, killed in an Israeli air attack in December 2023, run across its length. Images sent by Palestinian artists have been painted by local hands. More recently, new words have appeared on Belfast’s famed walls: “Blessed are those who hunger for justice.”} Video - Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/12/writers-declare-solidarity-with-prisoners-on-hunger-strike-for-palestine

Quds news - Jan 12, 2026
{New York Times Analysis: Israel Destroyed Over 2,500 Structures in Gaza Despite Ceasefire
Satellite imagery analyzed by The New York Times reveals that Israeli forces destroyed more than 2,500 structures in Gaza after the ceasefire took effect, with entire neighborhoods in eastern Gaza leveled despite the truce remaining in force.
Gaza (QNN)- A New York Times analysis based on satellite imagery shows that Israeli forces destroyed more than 2,500 structures in Gaza after the ceasefire took effect. The report says the destruction never stopped, even during the ceasefire. The analysis includes nighttime video recorded on October 30, while the ceasefire was in force. The footage appears to show a large, controlled demolition in Shujaiya, a neighborhood east of Gaza City. The area remains under Israeli control. Under the ceasefire agreement reached earlier that month, Israeli forces pulled back to a defined line inside Gaza. Israeli military maps marked this boundary with a yellow line. According to the New York Times, most demolitions since the ceasefire took place in areas under Israeli control along this line.
Satellite images taken shortly after the ceasefire show clusters of intact buildings in Shujaiya on both sides of the yellow line. Images captured months later reveal the same areas reduced to barren land. The images also show that dozens of buildings were destroyed outside the yellow line. The newspaper notes that many of the destroyed structures likely suffered heavy damage during two years of Israeli bombardment. A United Nations assessment found that by October 11, more than 80 percent of Gaza’s buildings had sustained damage or were destroyed. Most residents of these buildings had already fled due to repeated evacuation orders and intense fighting. Still, the New York Times reports that Israeli forces continue to level entire neighborhoods without regard for the people who once lived there or owned the property. The ongoing demolitions also place what remains of Gaza’s infrastructure at further risk. The scale of destruction remains striking. In eastern Gaza, within areas under Israeli control, satellite images show entire neighborhoods erased since the ceasefire began. The images also reveal widespread damage to farmland and greenhouse structures. An Israeli military official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the army does not demolish buildings randomly. The official acknowledged that demolitions take place on both sides of the yellow line. He claimed the army targets structures it considers a threat to Israeli soldiers, including buildings near the boundary. Shaul Arieli, a former Israeli commander who led forces in Gaza during the 1990s, described the scale of destruction in stark terms. “This is absolute destruction,” he said. “It is not selective destruction. It is everything.”} Video - Source: https://qudsnen.co/post?id=67048&slug=new-york-times-analysis-israel-destroyed-over-2500-structures-in-gaza-despite-ceasefire


Videoscreen grab:  ‘fatal’ settlement plan
Al Jazeera - Jan 12, 2026 Mohammad Mansour
{Israel advances ‘fatal’ settlement plan for occupied East Jerusalem
Israel’s plan for 9,000 units at Jerusalem airport is a move to sever the city from the West Bank, analyst says. Israel is set to advance two major illegal settlement plans for occupied East Jerusalem, which Palestinian officials and experts warn will serve as the final blow to hopes for a contiguous Palestinian state. The Jerusalem governorate announced on Sunday that Israeli authorities will discuss approving 9,000 settlement units on the ruins of the Qalandiya airport, also known as Atarot, and a separate project in Sheikh Jarrah to displace 40 families. To understand the strategic implications of these moves, Al Jazeera spoke to Suhail Khalilieh, a political analyst and expert on illegal Israeli settlements.
The Trump factor
The Atarot plan was briefly shelved in December 2025 but has now returned to the table. According to Khalilieh, the timing is directly linked to the shifting geopolitical landscape following the recent meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and United States President Donald Trump. “The meeting … served as a green light for continued settlement expansion,” Khalilieh told Al Jazeera. “The American position, which treats Jerusalem as being outside any negotiation process … has encouraged the occupation to put this project into direct implementation,” he added, noting that international criticism has been reduced to mere “verbal objections without any deterrence”.
Severing the north
The airport project is not just about housing; it is a strategic chokehold, Khalilieh said. He explained that the Atarot settlement is one of the three major axes designed to complete the “Greater Jerusalem” vision:
North: The Atarot project will link East Jerusalem with the Givat Zeev settlement bloc, effectively severing the city from Ramallah.
East: The E1 plan aims to create a bridge between East Jerusalem and the Maale Adumim bloc.
South: Expansions in Har Gilo and the new Nahal Heletz settlement will connect the city to the Gush Etzion bloc.
“This will increase the area of Jerusalem … by adding 175sq km [68sq miles],” Khalilieh said. “The current area of East Jerusalem, according to the Israeli definition, is 71sq km [27sq miles]. With these additions, Greater Jerusalem under Israeli control will reach 246sq km [95sq miles], 4.5 percent … of the West Bank’s area, aiming to abort any possibility of establishing a Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem.”
Encirclement of the Old City
In parallel, the “Nahalat Shimon” plan in Sheikh Jarrah targets the historic “Holy Basin” area north of the Old City. “This falls under the old-new Israeli efforts to expand the settlement ring around the Old City,” Khalilieh said. The goal, he argued, is to dismantle geographical continuity between Palestinian neighbourhoods like Silwan, the Mount of Olives, and Sheikh Jarrah, transforming them into “isolated population islands”. “Today, the takeover of the Old City has begun through this ring … aiming to empty these areas gradually through intensified demolitions.”
‘Silent transfer’
Khalilieh warned that Israel is using neutral planning terms like “urban renewal” and “land settlement” to camouflage a policy of forced displacement. “Development for Israelis means demolishing Palestinian homes under the guise of ‘building without a permit’,” he said, noting that more than 300 Palestinian homes were demolished in East Jerusalem in 2025 alone. He also pointed to the unification of the “Arnona” property tax, which forces residents of neglected Palestinian neighbourhoods to pay the high rates as those in affluent Israeli areas. “This puts them under cumulative pressure to leave Jerusalem … it constitutes a silent forced transfer.”
Is it too late?
Khalilieh stressed that legal and diplomatic intervention must happen “before construction begins”, as reversing facts on the ground is politically “nearly impossible”. He called for activating provisional measures at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and targeting international companies involved in the projects. “The problem, first and last, is a political dilemma, not a legal one,” he concluded. “Early intervention is crucial … to freeze these projects until the political situation can be addressed.”} Video - Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/12/israel-advances-fatal-settlement-plan-for-occupied-east-jerusalem


BDS boycots israel
Quds news - Jan 12, 2026
{UK: Labour Minister Warns Local Councils They Could Be Sued for Boycotting Israel
The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement, founded in 2005, works to end international support for Israel's oppression of Palestinians.
London (QNN)- The UK Communities Secretary has warned Labour-run councils that they could be sued for boycotting Israeli businesses, after several local authorities voted in 2025 to boycott companies complicit in Israeli war crimes, involved in arms supplies to Israel, or benefiting from the occupation of Palestinian territory amid the genocide in Gaza. "Councils should stay out of foreign conflicts and get on with the job of delivering local services," Communities Secretary Steve Reed said, Middle East Eye reported. The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement, founded in 2005, works to end international support for Israel's oppression of Palestinians. In opposition, the Labour Party opposed a bill brought by the Conservative government in 2024 banning public bodies from divesting in Israel. But speaking over the weekend, Reed pointed local councils to government guidance published in 2016 which prohibits procurement boycotts against Israeli firms and firms which trade with Israel. Reed said that councils could be sued under the Procurement Act 2023 over their boycotts by suppliers who lose money, and could be required to pay damages. Under this legislation, councils are required to robotically follow the guidance of the Procurement Review Unit (PRU) — attached to the cabinet office — rather than the consciences of their elected councillors. The PRU can add suppliers to a debarment list, forbidding trade with them.  In March, Oxford City Council passed a motion supporting the BDS movement against Israel, citing International Court of Justice (ICJ) rulings. The council resolved to avoid trade and investment relations and cooperation with entities complicit in violations of human rights and international law. Labour-run Cumberland council also said it would withdraw investments from companies supplying weapons to Israel. In December, Labour-run Newcastle council passed a motion committing to review its financial ties with companies "complicit with the genocide and/or illegal occupation" in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.  And the pension funds of numerous councils - including Islington, Lewisham, Wandsworth and Caerphilly - have excluded companies on the United Nations list of businesses involved in the occupied Palestinian territories. Reed's warning comes amid a crackdown on pro-Palestine activism in Britain.} Source: https://qudsnen.co/post?id=67044&slug=uk-labour-minister-warns-local-councils-they-could-be-sued-for-boycotting-israel


Abdel-Fattah
Quds news - Jan 12, 2026
{Board Chair and Three Board Members Resign, 70+ Participants Withdraw From Adelaide Festival Over Removal of Palestinian-Australian Writer
The departures follow the withdrawal of more than 70 participants of next month’s festival events over the removal of Abdel-Fattah from its lineup over the Bondi attack, despite her having no link to the incident.
Adelaide (QNN)- Three board members, along with the board chair, have resigned following what they described as the board’s “blatant and shameless” decision to remove Palestinian-Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah from the 2026 Writers’ Week program. More than 70 participants have also withdrawn from next month’s festival events. The journalist Daniela Ritorto, the Adelaide businesswoman Donny Walford and the lawyer Nick Linke stepped down at an extraordinary board meeting on Saturday following the board’s decision.  Separately on Sunday evening, festival board chair Tracey Whiting confirmed that she had decided to resign, “effective immediately”. She did not detail her reasons for resigning, saying only in a statement: “Recent decisions were bound by certain undertakings and my resignation enables the Adelaide Festival, as an organisation, to refresh its leadership and its approach to these circumstances.” “My tenure as Chair has been immensely enjoyable, as has working with the terrific AF team. I look forward to the future success of the Adelaide Festival,” she added in the post on LinkedIn. The departures follow the withdrawal of more than 70 participants of next month’s festival events over the removal of Abdel-Fattah from its lineup over the Bondi attack, despite her having no link to the incident. The festival covers arts, music, talks and theatre and includes Adelaide’s annual Writers’ Week next month, where Abdel-Fattah was due to appear for the second time after hosting a number of panels and sessions in 2023. In a Thursday statement, the festival’s board said it had been “shocked and saddened by the tragic events at Bondi” and the “significant heightening of both community tensions and the community debate”. “As the Board responsible for the Adelaide Festival organisation and all Adelaide Writers’ Week events, staff, volunteers and participants, we have today advised scheduled writer Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah that the Board has formed the judgment that we do not wish to proceed with her scheduled appearance at next month’s Writers’ Week,” it added. Within hours of the board’s announcement, Abdel-Fattah issued her own statement, slamming the festival board’s “blatant and shameless anti-Palestinian racism and censorship.” She said the board’s attempt to associate her with the Bondi massacre was “despicable”. “The Adelaide Writers Festival Board has stripped me of my humanity and agency, reducing me to an object onto which others can project their racist fears and smears,” she added. “The Board’s reasoning suggests that my mere presence is ‘culturally insensitive’; that I, a Palestinian who had nothing to do with the Bondi atrocity, am somehow a trigger for those in mourning and that I should therefore be persona non grata in cultural circles because my very presence as a Palestinian is threatening and ‘unsafe’.” Abdel-Fattah also took aim at Australian arts and cultural institutions in general, accusing them of displaying “utter contempt and inhumanity towards Palestinians” since 7 October 2023, when Israel launched its genocidal war on Gaza. “The only Palestinians they will tolerate are silent and invisible ones,” she said. The board said while it did not suggest “in any way” that Abdel-Fattah or her writings had any connection with the tragedy at Bondi, it claimed that the decision was made “given her past statements”. “We have formed the view that it would not be culturally sensitive to continue to program her at this unprecedented time so soon after Bondi,” it said. “We understand these Board decisions will likely be disappointing to many in our community. We also recognise our request to Dr Abdel-Fattah will be labelled and will cause discomfort and pressure to other participants. These decisions have not been taken lightly.” “Our only request is that our community is respectful to our staff and volunteers who have not formed part of our decision-making process and deserve nothing but ongoing support for their excellent work.” Abdel-Fattah said she was confident that the writing community and public would respond with “principle and integrity, as they did when I was singled out in the same racist way during the Bendigo Writers Festival”. “In the end, the Adelaide Writers Festival will be left with panellists who demonise a Palestinian out of one side of their mouths while waxing lyrical about freedom of speech from the other.” By Thursday afternoon, statements of withdrawal from fellow writers and sponsors started appearing. The Australia Institute announced the withdrawal of its sponsorship for the 2026 event, which in the past had “promoted bravery, freedom of expression and the exchange of ideas”, it said in a statement. “Censoring or cancelling authors is not in the spirit of an open and free exchange of ideas.” A former director of Adelaide Writers’ Week, Jo Dyer, posted on Bluesky that she was “appalled” at the Adelaide festival board’s decision – “a shocking decision that will and should have far-reaching consequences”. The Stella prize-winning poet Evelyn Araluen was one of the first writers to publicly withdraw. The Dropbear and The Rot author said the board’s decision was a “devastating betrayal’ of the democratic ethos that has defined the festival. “I am so disappointed to witness yet another absurd and irrational capitulation to the demands of a genocidal foreign state from the Australian arts sector,” she posted on Instagram. “Erasing Palestinians from public life in Australia won’t prevent anti semitism. Removing Palestinians from writers festivals won’t prevent anti semitism. I refuse to participate in this spectacle of censorship.” The First Nations academic and writer Chelsea Watego posted an Adelaide Writers’ Week list of 2026 confirmed writers on Instagram with her name crossed out. Abdel-Fattah had faced sustained criticism for her pro-palestine, anti-genocide comments. The Adelaide-based publisher Pink Shorts Press said it “strongly condemns” the removal of Abdel-Fattah from programming and was now considering whether it would continue its collaboration with the festival.
Last year, Abdel-Fattah was among about 30 participants who pulled out of the Bendigo writers’ festival after it issued a last-minute code of conduct that one said requires “complete self-censorship” over Israel’s war in Gaza. On Sunday, the Sydney legal firm Marque, acting on behalf of Abdel-Fattah, wrote to Whiting, demanding she provide each and every statement made by the academic that had played a part in the board’s decision to axe her from the 2026 program.
 “Your letter notified Dr Abdel-Fattah of the board’s decision to exclude her from participating as a speaker at Adelaide Writers Week in 2026,” said the letter, from Marque’s managing partner, Michael Bradley. “Your letter was the first indication she received that her participation was in question. There was no communication or consultation of any kind with her prior to the decision to exclude her.” Bradley said the notification his client received from the board had provided no reason for its decision other than “it would not be culturally sensitive to proceed with [her] scheduled appearance”. But in the public statement it issued on Thursday, Bradley noted, the board said it was her past statements that had informed the board’s decision that it would be culturally insensitive to allow her participation, so soon after the Bondi terror attack. “As a matter of basic procedural fairness to Dr Abdel-Fattah, please identify with specificity, each of the past statements made by her on which the board relied in making the decision,” the legal letter said. “She is entitled to this information.” The board was given until 14 January to respond, along with a request to Whiting and her diminished board to retain all documents relating to the matter, for the purposes of possible litigation.} Video - Source: https://qudsnen.co/post?id=67043&slug=board-chair-and-three-board-members-resign-70-participants-withdraw-from-adelaide-festival-over-removal-of-palestinian-australian-writer

Quds news - Jan 12, 2026
{Pro-Palestine Fans Call to Boycott Disney’s Live-Action Tangled Over “Zionist Actor”
The announcement has sparked anger on social media with pro-Palestine fans slamming the casting of Manheim over his pro-Israel stance.
California (QNN)- Disney’s live-action Tangled casting has drawn backlash online, with pro-Palestine fans slamming Milo Manheim, cast as Flynn Rider, as a “Zionist actor,” citing his public support for Israel. The studio confirmed on Wednesday that Teagan Croft will portray Rapunzel, while Manheim has been cast as Flynn Rider in the remake of the 2010 animated film. The announcement has sparked anger on social media with pro-Palestine fans slamming the casting of Manheim over his pro-Israel stance. In response to the Palestinian resistance operation on October 7th, Manheim shared a post on Instagram stating, "My heart goes out to everyone affected by the attacks in Israel". Fans have noted he has not shared anything in response to the two-year Israeli genocide of Palestinian people in Gaza where more than 71,000 Palestinians have been killed since October 2023. Fans have also slammed him for comments and likes supporting pro-Israel content shared on social media. Reactions included statements such as "Not our Flynn thank you", "we will NOT be watching ", and " Flynn Rider would never." One widely shared post read brought up a similar controversy surrounding Disney's Snow White which contributed to its failure at the box office. It said, "Disney really didn’t learn a thing from the Snow White mess. They hired Zionist Gal Gadot and the movie flopped hard.”} Video - Source: https://qudsnen.co/post?id=67047&slug=pro-palestine-fans-call-to-boycott-disneys-live-action-tangled-over-zionist-actor

Quds news - Jan 12, 2026
{Former New Zealand PM Latest to Withdraw From Adelaide Writers’ Week After Removal of Palestinian-Australian Academic
100 of 124 writers programmed have withdrawn from the high-profile literary festival, which runs from February 28-March 5, in response to the board’s move.
Adelaide (QNN)- Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has become the latest figure to withdraw from the 2026 Adelaide Writers’ Week in protest over the Adelaide Festival board’s decision to remove Palestinian-Australian academic Randa Abdel-Fattah. More than 70 participants have also withdrawn from next month’s festival events. Ardern had been scheduled to discuss her memoir A Different Kind of Power with the ABC’s host of 7.30, Sarah Ferguson, on 3 March. The journalist Daniela Ritorto, the Adelaide businesswoman Donny Walford and the lawyer Nick Linke also stepped down at an extraordinary board meeting on Saturday following the board’s decision. Separately on Sunday evening, festival board chair Tracey Whiting confirmed that she had decided to resign, “effective immediately”. She did not detail her reasons for resigning, saying only in a statement: “Recent decisions were bound by certain undertakings and my resignation enables the Adelaide Festival, as an organisation, to refresh its leadership and its approach to these circumstances.” “My tenure as Chair has been immensely enjoyable, as has working with the terrific AF team. I look forward to the future success of the Adelaide Festival,” she added in the post on LinkedIn.
Ardern joins a growing list of international writers and commentators who have decided to boycott the event, along with more than 70 participants over the removal of Abdel-Fattah from its lineup over the Bondi attack, despite her having no link to the incident. Bestselling author Zadie Smith, Pulitzer prize-winning writer Percival Everett, Greek economist and politician Yanis Varoufakis, Irish novelist Roisín O’Donnell and Russian American journalist M Gessen have all confirmed their withdrawal in recent days. According to Daily Mail, 100 of 124 writers programmed have withdrawn from the high-profile literary festival, which runs from February 28-March 5, in response to the board’s move. The festival covers arts, music, talks and theatre and includes Adelaide’s annual Writers’ Week next month, where Abdel-Fattah was due to appear for the second time after hosting a number of panels and sessions in 2023. In a Thursday statement, the festival’s board said it had been “shocked and saddened by the tragic events at Bondi” and the “significant heightening of both community tensions and the community debate”. “As the Board responsible for the Adelaide Festival organisation and all Adelaide Writers’ Week events, staff, volunteers and participants, we have today advised scheduled writer Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah that the Board has formed the judgment that we do not wish to proceed with her scheduled appearance at next month’s Writers’ Week,” it added. Within hours of the board’s announcement, Abdel-Fattah issued her own statement, slamming the festival board’s “blatant and shameless anti-Palestinian racism and censorship.” She said the board’s attempt to associate her with the Bondi massacre was “despicable”. “The Adelaide Writers Festival Board has stripped me of my humanity and agency, reducing me to an object onto which others can project their racist fears and smears,” she added. “The Board’s reasoning suggests that my mere presence is ‘culturally insensitive’; that I, a Palestinian who had nothing to do with the Bondi atrocity, am somehow a trigger for those in mourning and that I should therefore be persona non grata in cultural circles because my very presence as a Palestinian is threatening and ‘unsafe’.” Abdel-Fattah also took aim at Australian arts and cultural institutions in general, accusing them of displaying “utter contempt and inhumanity towards Palestinians” since 7 October 2023, when Israel launched its genocidal war on Gaza. “The only Palestinians they will tolerate are silent and invisible ones,” she said. The board said while it did not suggest “in any way” that Abdel-Fattah or her writings had any connection with the tragedy at Bondi, it claimed that the decision was made “given her past statements”. “We have formed the view that it would not be culturally sensitive to continue to program her at this unprecedented time so soon after Bondi,” it said. “We understand these Board decisions will likely be disappointing to many in our community. We also recognise our request to Dr Abdel-Fattah will be labelled and will cause discomfort and pressure to other participants. These decisions have not been taken lightly.” “Our only request is that our community is respectful to our staff and volunteers who have not formed part of our decision-making process and deserve nothing but ongoing support for their excellent work.” Abdel-Fattah said she was confident that the writing community and public would respond with “principle and integrity, as they did when I was singled out in the same racist way during the Bendigo Writers Festival”. “In the end, the Adelaide Writers Festival will be left with panellists who demonise a Palestinian out of one side of their mouths while waxing lyrical about freedom of speech from the other.” By Thursday afternoon, statements of withdrawal from fellow writers and sponsors started appearing. The Australia Institute announced the withdrawal of its sponsorship for the 2026 event, which in the past had “promoted bravery, freedom of expression and the exchange of ideas”, it said in a statement. “Censoring or cancelling authors is not in the spirit of an open and free exchange of ideas.” A former director of Adelaide Writers’ Week, Jo Dyer, posted on Bluesky that she was “appalled” at the Adelaide festival board’s decision – “a shocking decision that will and should have far-reaching consequences”. The Stella prize-winning poet Evelyn Araluen was one of the first writers to publicly withdraw. The Dropbear and The Rot author said the board’s decision was a “devastating betrayal’ of the democratic ethos that has defined the festival. “I am so disappointed to witness yet another absurd and irrational capitulation to the demands of a genocidal foreign state from the Australian arts sector,” she posted on Instagram. “Erasing Palestinians from public life in Australia won’t prevent anti semitism. Removing Palestinians from writers festivals won’t prevent anti semitism. I refuse to participate in this spectacle of censorship.”
Abdel-Fattah had faced sustained criticism for her pro-apalestine, anti-genocide comments.
The Adelaide-based publisher Pink Shorts Press said it “strongly condemns” the removal of Abdel-Fattah from programming and was now considering whether it would continue its collaboration with the festival. Last year, Abdel-Fattah was among about 30 participants who pulled out of the Bendigo writers’ festival after it issued a last-minute code of conduct that one said requires “complete self-censorship” over Israel’s war in Gaza. On Sunday, the Sydney legal firm Marque, acting on behalf of Abdel-Fattah, wrote to Whiting, demanding she provide each and every statement made by the academic that had played a part in the board’s decision to axe her from the 2026 program. “Your letter notified Dr Abdel-Fattah of the board’s decision to exclude her from participating as a speaker at Adelaide Writers Week in 2026,” said the letter, from Marque’s managing partner, Michael Bradley. “Your letter was the first indication she received that her participation was in question. There was no communication or consultation of any kind with her prior to the decision to exclude her.” Bradley said the notification his client received from the board had provided no reason for its decision other than “it would not be culturally sensitive to proceed with [her] scheduled appearance”. But in the public statement it issued on Thursday, Bradley noted, the board said it was her past statements that had informed the board’s decision that it would be culturally insensitive to allow her participation, so soon after the Bondi terror attack. “As a matter of basic procedural fairness to Dr Abdel-Fattah, please identify with specificity, each of the past statements made by her on which the board relied in making the decision,” the legal letter said.
“She is entitled to this information.”
The board was given until 14 January to respond, along with a request to Whiting and her diminished board to retain all documents relating to the matter, for the purposes of possible litigation.} Video - Source: https://qudsnen.co/post?id=67045&slug=former-new-zealand-pm-latest-to-withdraw-from-adelaide-writers-week-after-removal-of-palestinian-australian-academic


Rafah
Quds news - Jan 11, 2026
{Rights Group: Israel Destroys Evidence of War Crimes Through Mass Demolition in Rafah
Israel is bulldozing large areas of Rafah while hundreds of bodies remain under the rubble, prompting rights groups to warn that the destruction is erasing evidence of war crimes and blocking the recovery and identification of victims.
Gaza (QNN)- Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has urged urgent international action to stop Israeli rubble removal and land levelling in Rafah, southern Gaza, warning that the operations are destroying evidence of crimes and preventing the recovery of victims’ bodies. The rights group said Israeli forces, along with contractors working under their authority, have evacuated areas under full Israeli control in Rafah and launched large-scale bulldozing. The Israeli army has confirmed that at least 70 percent of rubble removal in the city is complete. Euro-Med warned that these operations continue despite strong indications that hundreds of bodies remain buried under destroyed homes, streets, and farmland. It said bulldozing risks damaging human remains, erasing their locations, and making recovery and identification impossible. The group said it had previously documented the bombing of homes while residents were inside and attacks on civilians as they tried to flee. Rescue teams could not reach many victims due to Israel’s military control and blocked access. It added that rubble removal now extends this obstruction and raises the risk of wiping out evidence linked to the victims’ fate. Euro-Med also warned that heavy machinery may fragment remains or mix them with debris that contractors could move to unknown sites or landfills. It said this would violate the dignity of the dead and the rights of families to know, mourn, and bury their loved ones. The organization said around 8,000 people remain missing across Gaza, with hundreds believed to be buried under rubble, especially in Rafah. It stressed the urgent need to allow search and rescue teams, forensic experts, and specialized equipment to enter the area. Euro-Med strongly rejected Israeli plans to reshape Rafah under the name of a “Green City,” warning that the project aims to forcibly concentrate Palestinians into a military-controlled zone. It said the plan would deepen displacement, block return to homes, and turn the area into a population ghetto. The group said the plan violates international humanitarian law through forcible transfer, severe deprivation of liberty, discriminatory policies, mass property destruction, and the removal of rubble before bodies are recovered. It warned that the project would lock Palestinians into life-threatening conditions under military control. Euro-Med called for immediate international pressure to halt all rubble removal in Rafah until a binding humanitarian mechanism is established. It also urged the creation of an independent international body to oversee body recovery, documentation, and identification across Gaza. The group further called for banning the transfer of rubble outside Rafah before forensic surveys end and for providing technical support such as mobile DNA labs and a unified database for missing persons. Finally, Euro-Med urged states to move beyond statements and take concrete action, including suspending military and security cooperation with Israel, imposing a full arms embargo, and halting any activities that enable ongoing violations against Palestinians.} Video - Source: https://qudsnen.co/post?id=67042&slug=rights-group-israel-destroys-evidence-of-war-crimes-through-mass-demolition-in-rafah

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