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Turkiye
Jul 20, 2026
Who is Zeynep Sonmez, Wimbledon star with a ‘Palestine’ watermelon racket?
Mohammad Mansour, Al Jazeera, 9 Jul 2026
How the Iran War is Changing the Middle East
JUAN COLE, Informed Comment, 05/09/2026
Trump’s Plan for Gaza
DROP SITE NEWS, NOV 18, 2025
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Wave of Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon; Unprecedented number of settler attacks in the West Bank
DROP SITE NEWS, NOV 7, 2025
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Netanyahu is preparing a way out
Elijah J Magnier, Oct 09, 2025
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UN rapporteur calls for global action to stop ‘genocide’ in Gaza
MANUEL RUEDA, AP, July 15, 2025
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Jenna Martin, Prism, Jun 25, 2025
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Egypt Cracks Down on the “Global March to Gaza”
Emad Mekay, Jewish Currents, Jun 23, 2025
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2025.06.25: ‘Global Palestine: What is Happening to the Middle East and Where is it Headed?’
Online, 12-1:30 pm CT
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Louis Theroux, The Guardian, 10 May 2025
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WATCH: Masked ICE Agents Arrest Tufts Graduate Student
PREM THAKKER, ZETEO, MAR 26, 2025
Israeli bombing kills World Central Kitchen workers and aid-seekers
Meanwhile, a former Israeli defence minister says the army is ethnically cleansing northern Gaza By Ahmed…
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Turkish anti-genocide protesters prevent container shipment to Israel
In Turkey, anti-genocide protesters seized a container set to be shipped from Istanbul to Israel’s…
Israel has all but ended medical evacuations from Gaza
For the past 6 months, only 237 patients have been evacuated out of Gaza AMBA…
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Jonathan Cook, Middle East Eye, 21 October 2024
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Israel Deliberately Blocked Humanitarian Aid to Gaza. Antony Blinken Disagreed.
Blinken told Congress, “We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or…
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Israeli Soldiers Killed 15 Protesters in the Same Place They Shot Aysenur Eygi
Since 2021, Israeli soldiers have met weekly protests in the West Bank village with deadly…
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