Amnesty International concludes that, over a month after a ceasefire was agreed upon in Gaza and all living Israeli hostages were returned, the Israeli authorities continue to pursue the textbook definition of genocide “by continuing to deliberately inflict conditions of...

Broken ceasefires, bombing, ground incursions and mounting deaths: Israeli imperialism is now expanding across the region, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

<article data-history-node-id="432113" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-glaucoma-patients-face-blindness-israel-blocks-supplies" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-glaucoma-patients-face-blindness-israel-blocks-supplies" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Gaza glaucoma patients face blindness as Israel blocks supplies</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="318" data-start="107">Almost 4,000 people living with glaucoma in Gaza now face the risk of losing their sight as Israel’s war and siege continue to cripple the territory’s overstretched health system, the Palestinian Health Ministry has warned.</p> <p data-end="541" data-start="320">The ministry said Israeli attacks have damaged vital diagnostic and surgical equipment, sharply reducing the number of procedures doctors can perform and forcing patients to endure longer and more dangerous waiting times.</p> <p data-end="719" data-start="543">Stocks of essential eye medication are now “very limited”, leaving hospitals unable to meet even the most urgent cases as Gaza’s healthcare infrastructure teeters on the brink.</p> <p data-end="927" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="721">In response to the rapidly deteriorating situation, the ministry urged “all relevant authorities to intervene urgently” to allow diagnostic tools and specialised eye medicines to enter the besieged enclave</p> </div> </div> </article>

We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.

<article data-history-node-id="432097" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/athens-protesters-demand-free-and-just-solution-palestinians" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/athens-protesters-demand-free-and-just-solution-palestinians" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Athens protesters demand a free and just solution for Palestinians</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="296" data-start="110">Athens has seen another show of public solidarity with Palestine as hundreds of people rallied in the city centre to mark the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.</p> <p data-end="557" data-start="298">Demonstrators gathered in a central park after civil society groups issued a call for nationwide mobilisation. The crowd demanded an immediate end to Israel’s attacks and urged Europe to back what they described as a “free and just solution” for Palestinians.</p> <p data-end="777" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="559">The march, held annually on 29 November, took on a sharper tone this year, with protesters denouncing Israel’s assault and accusing Western governments of enabling the violence through political and military support.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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Locked away in prison for decades, Marwan Barghouti is a longstanding advocate for a two-state solution A global campaign is being launched to secure the release of Marwan Barghouti, the Palestinian prisoner seen by many as the best hope of leading a future Palestinian state, as negotiations continue in the context of the current Gaza ceasefire. The campaign, being led by Barghouti’s West Bank-based family with UK civil society support, is seeking to put the 66-year-old’s fate at the centre of the next stage of the ceasefire. Continue reading...

The Israeli military said it was investigating the killings, which were captured in two videos shown on Arab TV stations.

This week, the YMCA of Halifax/Dartmouth took away the Peace Medal they bestowed on Rana Zaman—because she dared to speak out against Israel’s genocide against Palestinians.