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SvennoJ 3 days ago
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Main events on December 2nd

  • An Israeli drone attack in Khan Younis has killed Palestinian photojournalist Mahmoud Wadi and wounded journalist Muhammad Abdel Fattah Aslih.
  • Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says authorities have received “findings” from Gaza, which could be the remains of two captives who have not yet been transferred from the enclave.
  • Qatar says it hopes Israel and Hamas could be brought to a new phase of negotiations for a continued peace deal in the Palestinian territory “very soon”.
  • Healthcare workers in Gaza say they are still facing critical shortages of medication and equipment despite a ceasefire having been in place for seven weeks.
  • Hamas has praised the “heroic stabbing operation” carried out earlier near the illegal Israeli settlement of Ateret, in the occupied West Bank.
  • Two Palestinian teenagers have been killed by Israeli forces in separate incidents in Hebron and Ramallah.

‘It’s a Massive Crime’ — Jeremy Scahill on Extrajudicial Killings in Gaza

In this Dropsite conversation, Jeremy Scahill joins Ryan Grim to break down his new reporting on Trump’s Gaza plan, the Beijing Declaration, and the growing political crisis inside Palestine.

Scahill explains how major Palestinian factions — from Hamas to secular parties — have reached an unusual level of unity around rejecting the colonial terms of Trump’s proposals. He walks through the little-reported changes Mahmoud Abbas just made to Palestinian electoral law, why human rights groups across Palestine are calling it blatantly undemocratic, and how these moves could shape any future elections. Scahill also discusses the power struggle over who speaks for Palestinians, the role China played in hosting the 2024 unity talks, and why the U.S. and Israel have resisted a genuinely representative Palestinian leadership.

Toward the end of the interview, he highlights a story receiving almost no mainstream coverage: Israel’s killing of Palestinian fighters trapped in tunnels during an active ceasefire. It’s a detailed look at the internal Palestinian political landscape, the international maneuvering around Gaza, and the reporting that’s been missing from western media.

Blow to UK MPs, lobby as Birmingham Police vindicated on Maccabi Tel Aviv ban


A group of UK MPs and a section of media owing allegiance to the Lobby did their best to keep the issue of the ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv football fans by the West Midlands police alive. But, Rifat Jawaid explains, this resulted in a spectacular own goal for them as subsequent events established that the Birmingham Police were right to ban the entry of Maccabi fans into the city for the match against Aston Villa on 6 November.

 

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