Palestine Affairs

Posted by: John Phoenix A nun inspects the damage at the Church of the Multiplication at Tabgha, Ariel Schalit/AP By Kathryn Shihadah The New Testament records that Jesus Christ took two loaves of bread and five fish, and fed five thousand people. Ancient believers identified the place where they believe this miracle happened and built a church on the site. Today the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes stands in Israel, its 5th century mosaic floors still intact. Outside is a large rock where, legend has it, Jesus placed the bread before he distributed it to the crowd. Since the newest shrine was built in 1984, the site has attracted thousands of pilgrims every day—except for an eight-month period in 2015-16, when it was closed for renovation af...

Posted by: John Phoenix Israeli police stand in front of orthodox Christians at the Via Dolorosa near the Church of the Holy Sepulchre during Good Friday processions, April 2015. (photo) By Sanad Sahelia, Reposted from Catholic News Agency, June 26, 2025 In a disturbing and increasingly frequent pattern, the Palestinian town of Taybeh, located east of Ramallah and known as the last remaining town in the West Bank inhabited entirely by Christians, faces ongoing attacks by Israeli settlers targeting residents, their property, and farmlands. According to ACI MENA, CNA’s Arabic-language news partner, in recent weeks, settlers have established a new outpost on the eastern edge of Taybeh atop the ruins of a farmhouse whose owners were displaced roughly a year ago. ...

Posted by: John Phoenix Wounded civilians receive treatment at Rasoul Akram Hospital and Imam Khomeini Hospital following the latest Israeli attacks in Iran on June 21, 2025. ([Fatemeh Bahrami – Anadolu Agency ] ) By Zahra Alipour, Reposted from Middle East Monitor, June 24, 2025 For two weeks, Iran endured relentless military aggression from Israel and the US. More than 400 civilians have been killed and over 3,000 wounded, according to official figures. But beyond the numbers-beyond the blood-soaked sheets and overwhelmed emergency rooms, lies a deeper, quieter tragedy: children dying not from direct hits, but from fear. Newborns who arrive at hospitals with no vital signs. Children whose lives are cut short not by shrapnel, but by the sheer ter...

Posted by: John Phoenix Nazi army opens inquiry into possible war crimes after deaths near Gaza aid sites Israel Defense Forces to examine growing evidence of shootings of Palestinians trying to obtain food The Israeli military has launched an investigation into possible war crimes following growing evidence that troops have deliberately fired at Palestinian civilians gathering to receive aid in Gaza. Hundreds of people have been killed in recent weeks after being subjected to air attacks, shootings and bombardments by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) while waiting for food to be distributed or while making their way to distribution sites. On Friday the Israeli newspaper Haaretz quoted unnamed Israeli soldiers as saying they had been told to fire at crowds ...

Posted by: John Phoenix The Israeli news outlet, Haaretz, reports that soldiers operating near food aid sites in Gaza have deliberately fired upon Palestinians. Relatives of people killed in an Israeli attack on the Usama bin Zeid School, which was sheltering displaced Palestinians, grieve at al-Shifa Hospital, in Gaza City, on Friday [Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini/Anadolu] Published On 27 Jun 202527 Jun 2025 Israeli soldiers have deliberately shot at unarmed Palestinians seeking aid in Gaza after being “ordered” to do so by their commanders, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports. Israel ordered an investigation into possible war crimes over the allegations by some soldiers that it revealed on Friday, Haaretz said. Recommended Stories: Babies starve to death in Gaza as...

Posted by: John Phoenix Netanyahu Says It's Antisemitic For Israeli Soldiers To Describe Their Own Atrocities ([screenshot]) By Caitlin Johnstone, Reposted from Caitlin’s Newsletter, June 27, 2025 https://youtu.be/bQ6ypM-jDZ4 Sometimes I’ll write a headline that looks odd on its face, but then I’ll lay out facts and arguments that allow the reader to understand the validity of the claim by the end of the essay. This is not one of those times. This headline is just me saying the thing that happened. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz are publicly denouncing a report from an Israeli newspaper quoting Israeli soldiers who describe atrocities they were ordered to commit in the Israeli military, accusing the r...

Gaza Nazi Holocaust Day: 630 Palestinians receive aid supplies after aid trucks enter through Netzarim Corridor under Israeli attacks in Gaza Strip on June 26, 2025. (Ali Jadallah – Anadolu Agency) Compilation of news reports – IAK staff At least 78 Palestinians were killed in Gaza Friday, including 12 aid seekers, as Israel’s genocidal war on the besieged enclave continues unabated. For detail on Israeli attacks in Gaza on Friday, go here. GAZA NEWS, SNAPSHOTS, & HEADLINES: IDF opens inquiry into possible war crimes after deaths near Gaza aid sites The Israeli military claims to have launched an investigation* into possible war crimes following growing evidence that troops have deliberately fired at Palestinian civilians gathering to r...

Posted by: John Phoenix War crimes Between 7 October 2023 and 15 August 2024, the Zionist murder squads – the Israeli armed forces (IDF) – have slaughtered 40,634 Palestinians, of whom 40,005 were in Gaza.  11,445 of the victims (30%) were women, and 16,251 children. 92,000 have been injured, some of them very badly.  10,000 lie under the rubble, presumed dead (4,900 women and children). The world-leading and highly prestigious medical journal, The Lancet, applying a conservative estimate of four indirect deaths for every direct death, has reported that it is not implausible to estimate that up to 186,000, or even more, deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in Gaza. This amounts to over 8% of Gaza’s population that stood at 2.3 million before...

Posted by: John Phoenix “The state is a product and a manifestation of the irreconcilability of class antagonisms. The state arises where, when and insofar as class antagonism objectively cannot be reconciled. And, conversely, the existence of the state proves that the class antagonisms are irreconcilable” (V.I. Lenin, The State and Revolution), Workers within the state machinery, particularly schools, are becoming increasingly aware of the British state’s growing anxiety over pro-Palestine (specifically pro-Palestinian Resistance) sentiments within the UK. The state has ramped up its vigilance regarding such sentiments, culminating in it making updates and adjustments to the PREVENT strategy guidelines in February/March 2024.  The most fundamental changes, are ...

Posted by: John Phoenix By Scott Ritter, reproduced with thanks Yahya Sinwar was killed fighting Israeli soldiers in the ruins of Gaza. His death will serve as an inspiration for Palestinians for years to come. If there is to be a free and independent Palestine, it will be because of the sacrifice made by Yahya Sinwar in the cause of its creation. He is the true father of Palestine. He was a child of the camps, born into captivity in the Gazan Khan Younis refugee camp, the son of Palestinian citizens of Majdal ‘Asqalan (present-day Ashkelon) who were forcibly driven from their homes by Israeli forces in 1948 in what is referred to as the Nakba, or catastrophe. He was one of the first to join Hamas when it broke away from the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood...