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Posted by: John Phoenix Palestinians carrying bags return from a food distribution point run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation near the Netzarim corridor in the central Gaza Strip on October 5, 2025. (Drop Site News) (Photo) UG Solutions, which provided security for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, has been interviewing ex-soldiers for potential “robust security” operations. by Sharif Abdel Kouddous, reposted from Drop Site News, November 19, 2025 UG Solutions, a leading U.S. military subcontractor that provided security for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), is stepping up its recruitment efforts amid possible plans for several aid distribution sites to be set up in Gaza by next month, Drop Site has learned. A former army officer who applied for a...

Posted by: John Phoenix Israeli Settler Soldiers (Wikipedia) By Jamal Kanj, November 18, 2025 In the occupied West Bank, Palestinian villages have become open fields for illegal Jewish settlers operating under the protection of the Israeli army. In recent weeks, organized Jewish mobs, some armed with rifles and sticks, others carrying torches, have unleashed violence across occupied Palestinian towns and villages. It is not only that Israeli soldiers stand providing cover for the illegal Jewish mobs, but the army also blocks Palestinian farmers from accessing their farms for the annual olive harvest. The Jewish mob’s thuggery follows a clear pattern where settlers attack homes, burn olive groves, beat villagers, and drive ou...

Posted by: John Phoenix (Clarion India.net) The past two years have seen a catastrophic failure by Western journalists to report properly what amounts to an undoubted genocide in Gaza. by Jonathan Cook, reposted from Clarion India, November 17, 2025 This is an adaptation of a talk the writer presented at an event ‘Reporting Gaza: Work, Life and Death’, organized by the South Wales National Union of Journalists, held at the Temple of Peace in Cardiff on 10 November 2025. This has been a low point even by the dismal standards set by our profession, and further reason why audiences continue to distrust us in ever greater numbers. There is a comforting argument – comforting especially for those journalists who have failed so scandalously during this period – that se...

Posted by: John Phoenix The bodies of 14 Palestinians whose identities could not be verified, were handed over by Israel, are buried in a mass grave in the city of Deir al-Balah, Gaza on November 23, 2025. (Mohammed Nassar – Anadolu Agency) Compilation of news reports – IAK staff (While a “ceasefire” is ostensibly in place, Israel has continued its assault on Gaza without interruption. If Americans Knew considers the war to be ongoing, and in its 778th day.) Since the “ceasefire” began on October 11, Israel has killed at least 342 Palestinians. Among them are at least 67 children. Death toll figures are tentative. Israel has so far violated the 11 October ceasefire deal in Gaza at least 497 times. A strike targeting a house near al-Awda ...

Posted by: John Phoenix A general view of the destruction as Palestinians continue their daily life with limited resources among the rubble of buildings destroyed as a result of Israeli attacks in Beith Laiha, Gaza on February 21, 2025. ([Ali Jadallah – Anadolu Agency]) A coalition of pro-Israel groups are pressuring the US Treasury Department to sanction Palestinian human rights groups By Theia Chatelle, Reposted from Truthout, March 14, 2025 As Donald Trump looks for new methods to crush the Palestine solidarity movement some groups allied with his cause are suggesting potential targets. A coalition of 45 pro-Israel organizations, led by the Zachor Legal Institute, have sent a letter to the U.S. Treasury Department, asking that it sanction six Pal...