Charlie Jaay, Author at Charlie Alford

New York mayor, Zohran Mamdani, to boycott largest Zionist gathering in world outside of Israel

Post author:Charlie Jaay
Post published:30 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

Mamdani — New York’s (NY) annual Israel Day Parade on Fifth Avenue is the largest gathering of Zionists in the world outside of “Israel”. It has been held annually in the city for more than 60 years, and will take place on 31 May. Mamdani: “I’ve made my views on the Israeli government abundantly clear” Tens of thousands are expected to attend the event as New York has the largest Jewish community outside of Israel. But for the first time in its history, the parade will go ahead without the City’s mayor attending. Zohran Mamdani is honouring the pledge he made last…

Gaza — from the yellow line to forced removal

Post author:Charlie Jaay
Post published:29 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

Under Phase One of Trump’s 20 Point “Peace Plan” for Gaza, Israeli occupation forces withdrew to a pre-designated line, the “yellow line”. During the ‘ceasefire,’ one in every three Palestinians killed were east of the yellow line The yellow line separates Gaza into two zones, and has crammed more than two million Palestinians into a narrow coastal strip of land. The land to the west of the yellow line is controlled by Hamas. That to the east is under the direct control of the Israel occupation’s military and, in October 2025, this area made up approximately 53 percent of the Gaza…

Trump and Netanyahu carving up Gaza with expansion of ‘yellow line’

Post author:Charlie Jaay
Post published:29 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

Under Phase One of Trump’s 20 Point ‘Peace Plan’ for Gaza, Israeli occupation forces withdrew to a pre-designated line, the ‘yellow line’. Gaza ‘yellow line’ The yellow line separates Gaza into two zones, and has crammed more than two million Palestinians into a narrow coastal strip of land. The land to the West of the yellow line is controlled by Hamas. The land to the East is under the direct control of the Israel occupation’s military and, in October 2025, this area made up approximately 53 percent of the Gaza Strip. The area occupied by the military is a no go…

Israel has killed 910 people in Gaza during ‘ceasefire’

Post author:Charlie Jaay
Post published:28 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

Content warning: this article features video footage of graphic injuries to children, and depicts video footage of dead children. Please exercise caution before reading ahead. The so-called ceasefire in Gaza has been in place for 227 days, as of 27 May 2026, but the humanitarian catastrophe is worsening every day. Attacks and killings continue to devastate civilian life while the Israeli occupation evades its obligations regarding entry of humanitarian aid. Martyrs and injured civilians arrive daily to under-resourced hospitals across the Strip. The Ministry of Health and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society report that bodies remain trapped under the rubble and…

Palestinian farmer defies eviction threats

Post author:Charlie Jaay
Post published:27 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

Ayoub Abuhejleh, a 57-year-old Palestinian farmer from the village of Deir Istiya, occupied West Bank, is on a horticultural crusade through his work with the Economic and Social Development Centre of Palestine. Abuhejleh, who is also the village’s former mayor (2011 – 2014) has swapped his suit for farming tools adamant to stay put on his land. Farmer ordered to leave his farmland Since 2023, Abuhejleh has planted 370 olive trees, as well as almonds, figs, and grapes. “I’ve raised these olive trees as my own children,” he tells the Canary. These plants and trees line the agricultural road leading to…

Serious scabies outbreak in Israeli occupation prisons is part of the policy of torture and slow killing used against Palestinian political prisoners

Post author:Charlie Jaay
Post published:24 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

A dangerous and rapidly escalating outbreak of the skin disease scabies is again sweeping through Israeli occupation prisons. This is causing huge suffering to the many thousands of Palestinian political prisoners who, for the past few years, have intentionally had the worst conditions ever inflicted on them. Abdullah al-Zighari, head of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society, told the Canary: The Israeli occupation system is carrying out acts of retaliation against Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, by denying them the necessary medical care, posing a serious threat to their lives. “Intentional health catastrophe” and deliberate deprivation of treatment for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli…

West Bank — They left us our houses and took everything else

Post author:Charlie Jaay
Post published:23 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

The occupied West Bank village of al Mughayyir has again been under attack by the army and the settlers. Non-stop intimidation and harassment from settlers and soldiers Early in the morning of 20 May, the occupation army blocked the entrance, preventing any movement in and out of the village. https://www.thecanary.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/WhatsApp-Video-2026-05-22-at-23.14.56.mp4 It then attacked the boys’ school with tear gas, which led to several injuries and cases of suffocation among students. This was by no means an isolated incident. Students suffer almost daily as a result of the army’s repeated firing of gas canisters towards the school. Then the settlers set fire…