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Ali, 12, “spent the whole night digging sand berms” to keep out the water. #eiGazaDispatches
Winter strikes with a vengeance
Nearly 2 million people have been forcibly displaced in Gaza and 1.3 million are without adequate shelter as the cold bites.
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January 17, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Palestine expert joins think tank funded by Britain's war industry electronicintifada.net/blogs/david-...
January 17, 2026 at 9:15 AM
“The goal is clear. It is about taking over Palestinian resources and cutting off residents from their lands, in order to seize and annex these areas for the benefit of illegal settlers.”
New wall threatens thousands of Palestinian families
The Israeli military has begun the first stretch of a $1.7 billion project to build a wall running from the occupied Golan Heights to Eilat, slicing through the occupied West Bank.
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January 15, 2026 at 9:43 AM
This is an elderly man with a heart condition. There is no conceivable reason for Israel to continue to hold him. #eiGazaDispatches
Detained but disappeared
No information offered about Awad Nofal, a father of seven with a heart condition who was captured by Israeli forces in January 2024.
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January 14, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Israel hinders efforts to determine fate of Gaza’s disappeared | @khpalestined.bsky.social reports
Fate of Gaza’s disappeared remains unknown
Israel refuses to disclose the number of people it has abducted, bodies it still holds or has bundled into mass graves.
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January 14, 2026 at 2:15 PM
“Gaza needs engineers.”
Going back to Gaza's broken universities
The author narrates her journey accompanying her sister to register at university.
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January 9, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Court in Zurich rules EI editor's detention was illegal, violated Swiss constitution and European Convention on Human Rights.
Swiss court rules Ali Abunimah detention was illegal
Zurich authorities violated the Swiss constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:11 PM
The BBC will give answers alright, just not always the truthful ones.
BBC's pro-Israel training is nothing new
I took the BBC's Palestine training course in 2006.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Book review: An exposé on how corporate media distorted, lied and incited a genocide, even as it was being livestreamed for all to bear witness.
Bearing witness to the gruesome end of Western liberalism
Corporate journalism skewered in Omar El Akkad's award-winning book on Gaza genocide.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:04 PM
People in Gaza were deprived of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, but nothing hurt more than seeing al-Omari Mosque fall. #eiGazaDispatches
Israel wreaked havoc on Gaza landmarks
Churches, mosques and markets have all been targeted during the genocide.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:02 PM
We say "fuck Israel" at all our shows -- Kneecap rapper electronicintifada.net/content/we-s...
We say "fuck Israel" at all our shows -- Kneecap rapper
Móglaí Bap believes that small acts of solidarity can have a huge impact.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Israel dictates the pace of Gaza’s decay. This is not a failure of the ceasefire-that-is-not-a-ceasefire. It is its essence.
Two months on, ceasefire feels like siege
For most families, “returning home” means pitching tents beside the ruins of their houses.
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December 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM
"Despite damning evidence of war crimes committed by Israel, Jodie Ginsberg's clever capping of what CPJ can do or say on Gaza is effectively dissipating our evidentiary power which could easily be admissible evidence before the ICC."
Is Committee to Protect Journalists scared of its pro-Israel donors?
Annual awards ceremony brings in big money from Murdoch-owned media.
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December 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Fishers have little choice but to “continue risking their lives just to put food on the table.” #eiGazaDispatches
Gaza’s fishers tempt fate to feed the hungry
Gaza’s fishing sector, once a crucial source of livelihoods, is operating at just 7.3 percent of its pre-genocide capacity.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Israel blends ethnic cleansing and human trafficking | Jared Sacks electronicintifada.net/content/isra...
Israel blends ethnic cleansing and human trafficking
South Africa has taken the wrong decision by withdrawing visa exemptions from Palestinians.
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December 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Von der Leyen and Blair still want to boss Palestinians around electronicintifada.net/blogs/david-...
December 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Refaat showed me how brave Gaza City was, as well as how funny its people were, despite decades of war, isolation and imprisonment.
Refaat Alareer and the online culture war
Western media institutions excused the intellectual's murder by deeming him "controversial."
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December 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
“We realize that, as Palestinian journalists, we are directly targeted because we convey a message that challenges the stereotypes perpetuated by the Israeli media.”
West Bank journalists persevere to be the “voice of our people”
Israel has aggressively moved to further fragment the occupied West Bank. Caught between the military, settlers and a hostile PA, reporters feel the brunt.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Since my brothers were released, they always ask us to pray for the thousands of prisoners still suffering in Israeli detention. #eiGazaDispatches
Two brothers tell tales from detention
My brothers were detained from a checkpoint and subjected to months of torture and ill-treatment without ever being classified as prisoners.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
“Bahjat took the shell instead of me. He stood between me and death. He saved me, but at the cost of his life.” #eiGazaDispatches
A tribute to Captain Bahjat
Bahjat Tantish was a pillar of Palestine’s sports community, an inspiring karate coach, a policeman and a farmer.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Israel stands to benefit from EU weapons funding electronicintifada.net/blogs/david-...
December 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
“We can’t find a bed to put a patient on. We can’t move people out because they have no homes to go to.” #eiGazaDispatches
What to expect when needing surgery during genocide
My operation was routine, but the crowds, the constant danger and the lack of medicine and food made every day a test.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:57 AM
“UN Resolution 2803 puts Gaza in the hands of a puppet administration, with the US as the new manager of an open-air prison, further crushing Palestine's right to self-determination and any path to peace.”
The US bulldozed the prospect of Uniting for Peace in Palestine
UN endorsement of Trump plan a “colonial outrage” that will ultimately implode.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Judge in Palestine Action case worked for pro-Israel law firm
Judge in Palestine Action case has ties to Israel lobby
Victoria Sharp worked for Robert Maxwell and her twin brother sits on charity board with Trevor Chinn.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“The wife of my husband's brother gave birth five times before and never had a miscarriage,” Elmrany, a midwife, said. “In this war, she miscarried.” #eiGazaDispatches
Pregnant women in Gaza face catastrophic scenarios
Israel’s 200,000 tonnes of explosives will continue to harm Gaza’s next generation.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM