Author: Charlie Jaay

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In a show of commitment to ceasefire, Hamas announces dissolution of its civilian governing body in Gaza

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In a show of commitment to ceasefire, Hamas announces dissolution of its civilian governing body in Gaza

The Islamic Resistance Movement, also known as Hamas, has governed the Gaza Strip since 2007, following its takeover from the Palestinian Authority. Over the years, Hamas has established a range of governmental institutions responsible for providing public services, maintaining internal security and coordinating emergency responses during periods of conflict. Hamas has dissolved its civilian governing body in Gaza Among these institutions was the Government Emergency Committee. This has played a central role in coordinating humanitarian assistance, restoring essential services, managing civil defence efforts and supporting government ministries during times of crisis. The committee was intended to ensure continuity of governance and aid…

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Israeli occupation plans to establish 100 settlement sites in Palestinian controlled area of West Bank

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Israeli occupation plans to establish 100 settlement sites in Palestinian controlled area of West Bank

A settlement scheme has been launched. It aims to establish a settler presence at around 100 strategic locations in Area A of the occupied West Bank. According to the Oslo Accords — which divide the West Bank into areas A, B and C — this area is under the full control of the Palestinian Authority. It has, until now, been considered the safest area for Palestinians. Israeli settler groups have prepared a plan to seize 100 strategic locations in the Palestinian Authority-administered Area A of the occupied West Bank, according to a media report. The Israel Hayom newspaper reported that the…

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Trump’s “Board of Peace” and US administration: No place for UNRWA in the “New Gaza”

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Trump’s “Board of Peace” and US administration: No place for UNRWA in the “New Gaza”

The so-called “Board of Peace” and the US administration have announced that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) “has no place in the new Gaza.” Liquidating the refugee issue They say they are “turning the page on the complex of perpetual aid dependency & conflict.” But “Israel” is the reason why Palestinians in Gaza are reliant on aid in the first place. The occupation has enforced a blockade on the Strip for almost two decades. At the same time, it has inflicted repeated cycles of violence, and persistent destruction of the population. Even before the genocide, 80…

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1000 days of “Israel’s” genocide in Gaza

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1000 days of “Israel’s” genocide in Gaza

2 July 2026 marks 1000 days of Israel’s genocidal war against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. This means one thousand days of killing, forced displacement, systematic destruction and ethnic cleansing. According to a statement by the Government Media Office: 90 percent of the Strip’s buildings and infrastructure have been destroyed, with the support and backing of multiple countries. This has occurred “amid the deafening silence of the forces of global injustice. Israel has continued to rain down destruction More than 223,000 tons of explosives have been dropped on civilians. This has resulted in 73,066 martyrs whose bodies have reached…

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Smotrich announces establishment of three Jewish settlements in north Gaza

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Smotrich announces establishment of three Jewish settlements in north Gaza

Ethnic cleansing genocidaire Bezalel Smotrich, says he is ready to immediately establish three Jewish settlements in northern Gaza. And, he has claimed he is only waiting for Netanyahu to approve his plans. At the same time, Israeli occupation officials are coordinating “voluntary migration” or “Free Movement” campaigns for Palestinians in the Strip. Gaza occupation Smotrich is the occupation’s finance minister and head of the Defense Ministry’s Settlement Administration. He is also an illegal settler and leader of the Religious Zionism Party. Last year he announced plans to annex 82 percent of the occupied West Bank. He has now announced  he has…

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US and “Israel” sign illegal agreement for permanent US embassy compound on stolen Palestinian land in Jerusalem

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US and “Israel” sign illegal agreement for permanent US embassy compound on stolen Palestinian land in Jerusalem

“Israel” and the US have signed a 99-year lease agreement to establish a permanent US embassy compound in Jerusalem. The move is deeply contentious. It not only reinforces Washington’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of the Zionist state; it also involves land that was stolen from Palestinian families. Stolen Palestinian land On 1 July, Israeli occupation foreign minister Gideon Saar, US ambassador to “Israel” Mike Huckabee, and Jerusalem mayor Moshe Lion signed the agreement. But according to Adalah – the Legal Centre for Arab Minority Rights in Israel – the land on which the embassy will now be built was…

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Knesset vote against ICRC ban for political prisoners in Palestine

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Knesset vote against ICRC ban for political prisoners in Palestine

A law to ban visits from the humanitarian organisation, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), to prisoners in Palestine is now off the table for the Knesset. The legislation was unexpectedly defeated by 41-36 votes yesterday, meaning it has been removed from Israel’s political agenda for at least six months. The defeat was in part because the ultra-orthodox parties, United Torah Judaism and Shas, boycotted the vote in protest against the government’s failure to pass other laws important to their own community. These included military draft-related bills. “National security minister” and illegal settler, Itamar Ben-Gvir, blamed the Haredi Shas party leader, Aryeh Deri,…

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West Bank: Land access and illegal settlement growth reshape life in Sinjil

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West Bank: Land access and illegal settlement growth reshape life in Sinjil

In the village of Sinjil, in the occupied West Bank, a combination of land designations, new barriers and expanding nearby settlements is reshaping the landscape and the lives of the people who depend on it. Israeli occupation authorities have recently seized 465 dunums of land belonging to Sinjil, which is north of Ramallah. The land — equivalent to around 115 acres, or 70 football pitches — has been designated as “state land”. It is the area on which the illegal outpost of Givat Haroeh, now known as Karmei Oz, was established in 1998. While the built-up area of the outpost covers…

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The Wall Museum: sumud, survival, and resistance under Israeli occupation in Bethlehem

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The Wall Museum: sumud, survival, and resistance under Israeli occupation in Bethlehem

In northern Bethlehem, a community-led project is preserving Palestinian experiences of life under occupation through public documentation. Centred around the Sumud Story House, the initiative gathers and displays personal testimonies in the shadow of the separation barrier. The separation barrier: creating a ghost town in northern Bethlehem The Sumud Story House of the Arab Educational Institute (AEI) is located in Northern Bethlehem and was opened in 2009. It is close to the sacred site of Rachel’s Tomb, also known as Bilal Bin Rabah Mosque. “Israel” has banned Muslims from accessing Rachel’s Tomb since it occupied the West Bank in 1967. During…

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The Jewish National Fund is trying to displace another Palestinian family from Silwan

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The Jewish National Fund is trying to displace another Palestinian family from Silwan

The Shaludi family are the target of one of the latest disputes in a campaign of ethnic cleansing and forced displacement, carried out by the Israeli occupation in Silwan, East Jerusalem. They have lived in their home in the Wadi Hilweh neighbourhood since 1964, but attempts are now being made to forcibly displace them. And the Jewish National Fund (JNF) are at the centre of these actions. JNF trying to remove Shaludi family from their Silwan home for 62 years The eviction order follows a legal battle of more than three decades over ownership of the property, which is now held…

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Unprecedented urgency to protect Gaza’s 58,550 orphans according to new report

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Unprecedented urgency to protect Gaza’s 58,550 orphans according to new report

A new report titled Lighting the Path for Orphaned Children in Gaza – A Call to Action, has been published by non-profit organisation Taawon. It lays bare the scale of Gaza’s orphan crisis, and the failure of the system which is meant to be responding to it, but which the Israeli occupation has intentionally shattered during the genocide. A social worker at a Gaza-based orphan care organisation said in July 2025: We don’t know if the child sitting in front of us is receiving support from three other organizations or from no one. We have no system to check. We do our…

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Israel is targeting Palestinian education, even in its prisons

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Israel is targeting Palestinian education, even in its prisons

The Palestinian National Prisoner Movement has had a long and proud history. Decades of struggle inside the walls of Israel’s jails and detention centres have seen important advances in basic rights for those incarcerated, including in education. Israel’s tally of abuses against detainees But since the start of the genocide in Gaza, Israeli occupation authorities have reversed and cancelled these gains. Prisoners have been stripped of all their rights by the occupation. Instead, they are systematically humiliated, abused, and tortured. Students of all ages are being arrested and imprisoned by Israeli occupation forces (IOF). These detainees must not only cope with…

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Ahmed Wishah is twelfth Al Jazeera journalist to be assassinated by Israel

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Ahmed Wishah is twelfth Al Jazeera journalist to be assassinated by Israel

Al-Jazeera cameraman, Ahmed Wishah, 25, is the latest journalist to be assassinated by the occupation. On 20 June an ‘Israeli’ airstrike targeted a residential building in Al-Bureij Refugee Camp in central Gaza. Wishah and two other Palestinians were killed. Al-Jazeera journalist targeted Wishah, who was born in the refugee camp, often worked with his brother, correspondent Mohammed Wishah. But two months before Ahmed was martyred, ‘Israel’ also killed Mohammed, by a deliberate targeted double tap strike on his car. Both men worked for the same media outlet Ahmed Wishah has been remembered by his colleagues as “kind and principled”. He cared for…

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Euro-Med Monitor closes offices after threats by Israeli occupation

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Euro-Med Monitor closes offices after threats by Israeli occupation

After 15 years of carrying out essential fieldwork in the Strip, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor (Euro-Med Monitor) has closed its Gaza office. Precautionary measures in place The decision was taken as a precautionary measure, in response to recent Israeli occupation threats, smear campaigns, and actions targeting the organisation and its staff. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor (@euromedhr) Maha Hussaini, Euro-Med Monitor’s head of media, manages the Gaza office. Herself and her Gaza team have received threats, including death threats via social media and phone calls. There have also been multiple hacking attempts of…

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West Bank — continued terror attacks by Israeli settlers and occupation forces

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West Bank — continued terror attacks by Israeli settlers and occupation forces

The town of Deir Dibwan, east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, has long suffered from settler attacks. And since 7 October 2023, these have been occurring on a weekly or sometimes even daily basis. Settlers attempt to burn Palestinian worshippers alive at the mosque Around 8pm on 14 June, a group of around 40 to 50 illegal settlers  set fires in several areas of Deir Dibwan. When they entered the Al-Marah area, near the western entrance, they set alight residents’ vehicles. Flames engulfed parked cars and spread to nearby roadside areas, and across large areas of agricultural land. Two…

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Erasing Anything Palestinian: A new Amnesty International report

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Erasing Anything Palestinian: A new Amnesty International report

Amnesty International has published a new investigation. It has accused Israel of carrying out ethnic cleansing against Palestinian Bedouin and herding communities in the occupied West Bank. It claims the occupation’s ethnic cleansing campaign in Area C is “state-sanctioned, state-driven, and state-implemented.” Settler violence — the goal is ethnic cleansing The report is titled Erasing Anything Palestinian: Israel’s ethnic cleansing of West Bank Bedouin and herding communities. It documents how entire communities have been driven from their land. This has been carried out through a combination of settler violence, home demolitions, land seizures and settlement expansion. Restrictions on access to water…

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Palestinian prisoner dies in notorious Israeli prison

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Palestinian prisoner dies in notorious Israeli prison

Imad Sarhan, 48, was a Palestinian who had been imprisoned for almost 25 years by the Israeli occupation before his death on 14 June. The late Sarhan suffered from a heart attack whilst in the high security Gilboa prison. Repeated tortured in Israeli custody He was abducted from his home in Haifa, on 15 October 2001, and sentenced to life imprisonment plus 10 years. From his first day in prison, until the day he died, he underwent severe and systematic interrogation and torture sessions. He was also subjected to deliberate medical neglect, and regularly kept in solitary confinement, once for a…

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“Israel’s” ban on ICRC visits ruled illegal, but Knesset moves to stop them permanently

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“Israel’s” ban on ICRC visits ruled illegal, but Knesset moves to stop them permanently

On 4 June, Israel’s Supreme Court ordered the government to lift the ban on International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visits to Palestinian detainees. It had been in place since 7 October 2023, and affected all those held in Israeli occupation prisons and military detention facilities. Israeli occupation’s ban on ICRC visits to Palestinian detainees is to be reinstated The court found there was no legal basis to justify the continued restriction. It claimed the “Israeli” government’s ban on ICRC visits violated both “Israeli” law and international humanitarian law. The decision was made following a petition by various human rights…

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French journalist is the latest foreign national to be denied entry by the Israeli occupation

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French journalist is the latest foreign national to be denied entry by the Israeli occupation

“Israeli” authorities have deported French journalist Alice Froussard. Although possessing all necessary paperwork, she was stopped at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport, on the evening of 10 June. She was then interrogated several times and detained for almost ten hours. Then she was expelled from the country, and sent back to France the following day. Deported French journalist said the October 7 massacre must be viewed ‘in context’ Froussard, 33, works for several French media outlets and has covered the occupied West Bank since 2019. She had planned to travel there on assignment for Radio France Internationale (RFI) when she was…

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Ben-Gvir wants to ban Mosque loudspeakers, citing precious “sleep”

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Ben-Gvir wants to ban Mosque loudspeakers, citing precious “sleep”

Ben-Gvir is eagerly sharing cheap content online to fan the flames of incendiary views against Palestinians. In his latest cringe-worthy video, he complains that the Islamic call to prayer disrupts his sleep and threatens to “put an end to the noise.” For Muslims worldwide, the call to prayer — also known as adhan — holds a central place in daily life. It not only invites worship but carries profound spiritual significance, and is now the latest target of Israel’s discriminatory policies. Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir complaining about the volume of the Islamic call to prayer (Adhan) from mosques. "Enough!…

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