Canada bans Irish rap group Kneecap known for its support for Palestine

Canada has barred Irish rap trio Kneecap from entering the country before its scheduled concerts next month, accusing the band of promoting hate and violence and supporting “terrorist” groups, a member of the Liberal government announced.

Belfast-based Kneecap regularly display pro-Palestinian messages during their gigs.

At the Glastonbury Festival in southwest England in June, frontman Liam O’Hanna (Liam Og O hAnnaidh) – known by the stage name Mo Chara – accused Israel of committing war crimes. Israel has denied such accusations.

Vince Gasparro, Canada’s parliamentary secretary for combatting crime, said in a video on X that the members of the group have been deemed ineligible to enter the country because of actions and statements that violate Canadian law.

He claimed the group has amplified political violence and has publicly displayed support for “terrorist” organisations.

White House seeking Congress’ approval to sell Israel $6bn in weapons: Report

The US administration is seeking congressional approval to sell Israel nearly $6bn in weapons, according to a Wall Street Journal report, quoting people familiar with the matter.

The proposed sales include a deal worth $3.8bn for 30 AH-64 Apache helicopters and $1.9bn for 3,250 infantry assault vehicles for the Israeli army, the WSJ reported, citing documents it says it reviewed.

Brazil intervenes in genocide case against Israel at world court

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) said Brazil has filed a formal declaration of intervention in the case brought by South Africa accusing Israel of violating the Genocide Convention in Gaza.

Brazil, a party to the 1948 Genocide Convention, said the interpretation of Articles I, II, and III of the treaty was at stake in the proceedings. Its declaration offers Brazil’s interpretation of those articles and ensures that the ICJ’s eventual ruling will also be binding on Brazil.

South Africa first filed the case on December 29, 2023, and the ICJ has since ordered several sets of provisional measures requiring Israel to prevent acts of genocide and allow humanitarian aid into Gaza.

Brazil joins a growing list of states intervening in the case, including Colombia, Libya, Mexico, Spain, Turkiye, Chile, the Maldives, Bolivia, Ireland, Cuba, and Belize.

Lawyers plan case against senior German officials over support with Israel

A group of lawyers in Germany say they are filing a criminal complaint against the government for delivering arms to Israel.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz and some senior members of his cabinet are named in the case.

Gaza’s hunger toll rises to 441 after child dies of severe malnutrition

A medical source at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza says a nine-year-old child has died from severe malnutrition in the hospital’s paediatric ward.

The death comes amid a worsening famine in the enclave, where hunger-related deaths have been steadily rising as Israel’s blockade restricts the entry of food and fuel.

The latest case brings the total number of deaths from Israeli-induced hunger since the war on Gaza began to 441, according to Gaza Health Ministry figures.

Gaza City under ‘heaviest wave’ of Israeli attacks since war began

This current military operation is completely destroying entire blocks, and there are still families who are trapped under the debris of the targeted houses, particularly in the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood.

We’ve got reports confirming that three civilians were killed in an Israeli air strike that targeted a residential house in Tal al-Hawa, close to the Netzarim Corridor – a key direction that the Israeli military has been following to encircle the entire city.

We are also receiving updates from Gaza’s Health Ministry confirming that 36 Palestinians have been killed since dawn today – 19 of them in Gaza City.

Also, distressing images are coming out of the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Israeli quadcopter drones dropping grenades in the courtyards of UN-run shelters.

Many Palestinian families in Gaza City lack the means to flee Israel’s escalating assault

The Israeli military warned earlier on Friday it would attack Gaza City with “unprecedented force”, telling residents to flee south as it presses its ground offensive on the territory’s largest urban centre. But many Palestinians say the journey is prohibitively expensive and there is no safe place to go.

“For several days, we’ve been trying to evacuate to the south, but we haven’t been able to find any means of transport,” Khaled al-Majdalawi, a displaced Palestinian in western Gaza City told the AFP news agency, describing “intense and continuous” shelling. “We finally found a way to leave early this morning. We packed our belongings and waited for hours, but until now, no one has come, and the driver isn’t answering us,” the 32-year-old said.

Nivin Ahmed, 50, fled south from Gaza City to the central city of Deir el-Balah on Thursday, walking with seven family members. “We walked more than 15km [nine miles], we were crawling from exhaustion,” she told AFP. “My youngest son cried from fatigue. We took turns dragging a small cart with some of our belongings.”

Mona Abdel Karim, 36, said she had been unable to secure transport south and had been sleeping on the al-Rashid road for two nights with her family, waiting for a driver. “I feel like I’m about to explode. We can’t walk on foot – my husband’s parents are elderly and sick, and the children are too weak to walk,” she said.

Toufic Abu Mouawad left a camp for the displaced in Gaza City with nowhere else to go. “The situation is really bad. All night long, the tank was firing shells,” Abu Mouawad told the Reuters news agency. “I want to flee with the boys, the girls, the children. This is the situation that we are living in. It is a very tragic situation. We call on all the Arab countries and the people who have a good conscience to stand with us.”

Gaza Civil Defence says 450,000 Palestinians have fled Gaza City

Gaza’s Civil Defence agency says 450,000 Palestinians have fled Gaza City since Israel began its offensive to seize the territory’s largest urban centre, which has a population of about one million.

“The number of citizens displaced from Gaza to the south has reached 450,000 people since the start of the military operation on Gaza City in August,” said Mohamed al-Mughayir, an official of the rescue force.

The Israeli military, which has called on residents to evacuate as it presses its ground assault, says it estimated “approximately 480,000” people had fled the city.

UNRWA says 90 percent of facilities in Gaza destroyed or damaged

Adnan Abu Hasna, an UNRWA spokesperson, has told Al Jazeera that 90 percent of the agency’s facilities in Gaza have been completely or partially destroyed after more than 300 Israeli attacks targeted its schools.

Abu Hasna also said that 6,000 trucks loaded with aid are waiting for permission to enter Gaza, warning that the humanitarian catastrophe is deepening and that “no family in Gaza can afford the cost of displacement again”.

“There are also no places to set up a single tent,” he warned, as thousands continue to flee intense bombardment in Gaza’s north.

Displaced Palestinians describe ordeal as they attempt to reach Gaza’s south

Al Jazeera spoke to displaced Palestinians on Salah al-Din Street, which appeared empty due to safety concerns despite Israeli claims it was open for forced evacuations from Gaza City, where Israeli forces are intensifying attacks.

Abdallah Natat said the army had blocked the road with cement, forcing people to take the coastal al-Rashid Street on foot. He said his family had left their belongings in a trailer and kept walking south, adding that he started his journey at 4am.

“I’m still on the street … we slept on the street tonight. The rockets and shelling have become a daily routine,” he told Al Jazeera.

‘Greenlight for genocide’: Amnesty slams US veto of Gaza ceasefire resolution

Amnesty International has condemned the United States for vetoing a UN Security Council resolution that called for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and unrestricted humanitarian aid.

This is the sixth time the US has vetoed such a resolution, Amnesty’s Secretary-General Agnes Callamard said, calling it “morally reprehensible” and accusing Washington of “greenlighting Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza”.

Callamard said the veto comes as Israel unleashes “an unprecedented campaign of annihilation” in Gaza City, forcing hundreds of thousands to flee to unsafe areas in the south and accelerating the “erasure of the ancient city, its heritage, and Palestinian identity”.

She warned that the US, by continuing to arm and back Israel, risks complicity in war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, and urged all states to impose an immediate ban on arms transfers, surveillance equipment, and trade or investments that contribute to Israeli crimes.

What do you mean 'risks complicity', USA is fully complicit.



‘Regional killer of journalists’: CPJ slams Israel after deadly Yemen strikes

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says Israel’s September 10 strikes on two newspaper offices in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, killed 31 journalists and media workers, making it the deadliest single attack on the press since the 2009 Maguindanao massacre in the Philippines.

CPJ said the strikes destroyed printing presses, archives, and newsrooms, wiping out one of Yemen’s most important historical records and leaving some victims’ bodies buried under rubble. A child was among the dead, and 22 journalists were injured.

“Since October 7, 2023, Israel has emerged as a regional killer of journalists, with repeated incidents in Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, and now Yemen confirming Israel’s longstanding pattern of labelling journalists as terrorists or propagandists to justify their killings,” said CPJ Regional Program Director Sara Qudah.

The group accused Israel of expanding its “war on journalism” beyond Gaza and called the attacks a grave violation of international law, warning that journalists across the region are now at risk.

Main events on September 19th

• Gaza’s civil defence agency says 450,000 Palestinians have fled Gaza City as Israel intensifies its offensive to seize the urban centre.
• The ICJ says Brazil has filed a declaration of intervention in the case brought by South Africa, accusing Israel of violating the Genocide Convention in Gaza.
• The Trump administration is seeking congressional approval to sell Israel nearly $6bn in weapons, US media reports.
• A medical source in central Gaza says a nine-year-old child has died from malnutrition, increasing the enclave’s death toll from hunger amid Israel’s blockade to 441.
• Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will address the annual gathering of the UNGA in New York next week via video after the US revoked his visa.

Amnesty Int'l: Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Palantir Enable & Profit from Israel's Genocide in Gaza

We speak with the secretary general of Amnesty International about the human rights group's new report on the "global political economy enabling Israel's genocide, occupation and apartheid" against Palestinians. Agnès Callamard says Israel's "24 months of genocide" since October 2023 would not be possible without international support and the continued supplying of Israel's war machine by major arms makers, technology firms and other companies. The report names the U.S. military contractors Boeing and Lockheed Martin, the Israeli arms companies Elbit Systems, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries, the South Korean conglomerate Hyundai and the U.S. tech company Palantir Technologies, among others.

While Israel faces growing international condemnation over its actions in Gaza, Callamard says other states must push for an immediate ceasefire and impose consequences, including an arms embargo on Israel. "You can denounce as much as you want. If you do not take actions, including economic actions, then your words are empty," says Callamard.

"Real Estate Bonanza" Israel MASK OFF On Gaza Plans

Krystal and Saagar discuss Israel admitting their true goals for Gaza's future.

“The Disappearance of Dr. Abu Safiya”: Al Jazeera Film on Israel’s Abduction, Torture of Gaza Doctor

A powerful new documentary produced by Fault Lines on Al Jazeera English tells the story of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the Palestinian pediatrician and director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza whom Israel has detained with virtually no contact to the outside world for almost nine months. He became known to millions of people around the world for his regular video dispatches from inside the hospital describing the toll of Israel's brutal military assault on Gaza and on the hospital itself. In late December 2024, Israel raided Kamal Adwan Hospital and forcibly evicted its staff and patients. Dr. Abu Safiya was arrested by Israeli soldiers and has been held without charge in harsh conditions ever since.

We play clips from the documentary, _The Disappearance of Dr. Abu Safiya_, and speak with director Amel Guettatfi, as well as Dr. Azra Zyada in London, who was in frequent contact with Dr. Abu Safiya before his abduction.

https://www.aljazeera.com/video/fault-lines/2025/9/18/the-disappearance-of-dr-abu-safiya

Shockwave as Houthi drone hits hotel; Qatar attack triggers new Mideast alliance

Two major developments have sent shockwaves across Israel and the US. First, the Houthis managed to bypass the Iron Dome once again and the Israeli attack on Qatar has seemingly forced Saudi Arabia to form a military alliance with nuclear armed Pakistan. Rifat Jawaid looks at the strategic significance of these two huge developments that must worry both Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu.

Muslim NATO is HERE: Gaza Policy Backfires as Nuclear Powers Unite | Mehdi Hasan

In this explosive analysis, we break down the seismic geopolitical shifts happening right now that mainstream media won't tell you about. Yesterday's events have fundamentally altered the global balance of power, and the implications are staggering.

🔥 WHAT WE COVER:

Saudi Arabia & Pakistan's game-changing mutual defense pact - the foundation of a "Muslim NATO"
America's SIXTH UN veto blocking Gaza ceasefire - standing alone against the world
Yemen's successful drone strike on Tel Aviv - shattering Israeli air defense myths
China's masterful diplomatic offensive positioning itself as champion of international law
How American public opinion is finally turning against unconditional Israeli support
Why Secretary Rubio's Israel visit reveals America's complete diplomatic isolation
The technology transfers and nuclear implications that will reshape the Middle East
How China is filling the moral leadership vacuum America created through its Gaza policy

This isn't just about the Middle East - this is about the collapse of American global hegemony and the birth of alternative power structures that will define the next century. From Riyadh to Beijing, from the UN Security Council to American polling data, every piece of evidence points to the same conclusion: America's unconditional support for Israel is destroying American influence worldwide.

The Muslim world is no longer waiting for American protection that comes with impossible strings attached. They're building their own security architecture, their own economic systems, their own technological capabilities. And they're doing it with nuclear powers like Pakistan and economic giants like China.

This is the most important geopolitical story you're not hearing anywhere else. Watch till the end to understand how yesterday's events in Saudi Arabia, the UN, Tel Aviv, and Beijing are connected - and why they represent the beginning of the end for American global dominance.

History can not be erased

Falastin (1911-1947): A Written Record that Destroys Zionism’s Biggest Lie

Since its founding in 1911, the newspaper Falastin gave voice to Palestinian nationalism and identity. It documented the struggle for a homeland as it unfolded—exposing, page by page, the falsehood of Zionist claims denying Palestinian peoplehood.


It mentions this doc from the BBC, a year before Oct 7

The forgotten atrocities: Britain’s history of abuse in Palestine - BBC Newsnight

The UK government is being urged to make a formal apology for alleged war crimes by British troops in historical Palestine nearly a century ago.

The petition, along with 300 pages of evidence, is being brought by an elderly Palestinian - a former politician - who was shot and wounded by UK forces as a boy; in a case set to reopen debate over the UK’s colonial past.

To stick with the origins of the conflict, recap of the Nakba, which is now being repeated in full view.

Ilan Pappé: The Untold Truths of the 1948 Palestinian Nakba

In this statement, delivered at the UN Forum on the Question of Palestine in 2017, Ilan Pappé delves into the events of 1948 that led to the Palestinian Catastrophe. He begins by recounting the role of the United Nations, which appointed the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) in 1947. This committee, comprising members who were largely unfamiliar with the region, "totally misunderstood either the Palestinian position or the general Arab League position on the Palestine question."

Pappé explains how the Jewish community in Palestine initiated a process of ethnic cleansing in early 1948, even before the end of the British Mandate on May 15. By April, over 150,000 Palestinians had been expelled from urban areas, with the massacre at Deir Yassin on April 9 exemplifying the brutality of these expulsions. By the time Arab nations intervened on May 15, 250,000 Palestinians were already refugees. Pappé highlights the systematic destruction of Palestinian villages, stating that "half of Palestine's population was expelled, half of Palestine's villages were demolished, and most of the Palestinian towns were wiped out."

He concludes by emphasizing the need for acknowledgment, accountability, and acceptance in any peace process. Pappé asserts that the international community must recognize the "catastrophe of 1948" and hold Israel accountable for the ethnic cleansing that occurred. Only through this acknowledgment can there be hope for a just resolution and acceptance of Israel as part of the Middle East. "The Israelis can ask both the Palestinians and the Arab world to accept them as an organic part of Palestine," he states, envisioning a future where past wrongs are addressed and true peace can be achieved.

To mark the anniversary of the 1948 War and subsequent uprooting and mass displacement of Palestinians, known in Arabic as Al-Nakba (the Catastrophe), the Committee convened the UN Forum on the Question of Palestine "70 Years after 1948 – Lessons to Achieve a Sustainable Peace" on 17-18 May 2018.

How Palestinians were expelled from their homes

Around the time that Israelis celebrate Independence Day, Palestinians commemorate “The Nakba,” or “The Catastrophe.” The Nakba was a series of events, centered around 1948, that expelled hundreds of thousands Palestinians from their homeland and killed thousands. The Nakba isn’t the beginning of the story, but it’s a key part of Palestinian history — and the root of Israel’s creation.

Prior to the Nakba, Palestine had a thriving population — largely made up of Arabs — that had lived and worked the land for centuries. But with the founding of Zionism, years of British meddling, and a British pledge to help create a Jewish state in Palestine — things began to change drastically. By 1947, with increasing tensions between Jewish settlers and Palestinian Arabs — the British left Palestine, and the UN stepped in with a plan to partition the land into two states. What followed was known as Plan Dalet: operations by Israeli paramilitary groups that violently uprooted Palestinians. An estimated 15,000 Palestinians were killed, more than 500 villages were decimated, and roughly 750,000 Palestinians displaced.

Most who were expelled from their homes couldn’t return to historic Palestine. And today, millions of their descendants live in refugee camps in Gaza, the West Bank and surrounding countries. The history of the Nakba has been deliberately concealed and often ignored in western narratives around the creation of Israel. In this episode of Missing Chapter, we break down how the Nakba happened — and how it defined the future of Palestine.

A historical timeline of Israel's brutality towards Palestinians

The narrative around October 7 often overlooks the deep-rooted history of the Israel-Palestine conflict. This timeline reveals key events dating back to 1897, when the First Zionist Congress was held, through the Nakba in 1948, and decades of subsequent violence. The focus on a single day obscures a much longer story of displacement and systemic injustice that continues to affect Palestinians today.

Britain in Palestine 1917-1948

Britain in Palestine 1917-1948 investigates the contradictory promises and actions which defined British Mandatory rule in Palestine and laid the groundwork for the Nakba (the catastrophe) and the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. The roots of the contemporary social, political, economic, and environmental landscape of Palestine and Israel can be traced back to this period, making it essential viewing for understanding Britain’s legacy in the region and the situation on the ground today.

To access English, Arabic and Hebrew subtitles click on the CC link on the video. For further analysis of the events outlined in the film see the Companion Guide to Britain in Palestine 1917-1948.

Reviews

“A very useful explanation of how we got to where we are today. Fascinating photos I had not seen before. A great resource to show in any classroom or forum to people who want to learn more about this region, and specifically, Britain’s involvement. Afif Safieh, Former Palestinian Ambassador

“…This film brilliantly puts into perspective the role the United Kingdom played in Mandate Palestine from 1917-1948.” Rabbi Howard Finkelstein, Ontario, Canada

“This is an excellent short 18-min video from @BalfourProject explaining briefly but super-clearly how British colonialism has caused a century of war in Palestine.” Matthew Teller, Journalist and author of Nine Quarters of Jerusalem: A New Biography of the Old City (2022)

“Britain in Palestine 1917 – 1948 is a clear, precise and factual explanation of the historical origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict. For anyone who wants to develop a real understanding of the issue but is intimidated by it’s complexity, this film is the place to start.” Judah Passow, Photojournalist

Perhaps this all explains why the UK is still supporting the genocide / ethnic cleansing. Too many skeletons in the closet to come out when a Palestinian state is created.

The UK played a central role at the origin of the ongoing 'conflict', which really has been a genocide from the start, trying to erase the Palestinian identity, trying to erase the people from their land. Genocide is not just about killing members of the group, it's about extinguishing the group as a whole. Cultural genocide or ethocide in particular.

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/human_rights/dignity-rights-initiative/ethnocide-project/what-is-ethnocide-/

In 1944, in Lemkin’s book, Axis Rule in Occupied Europe, “genocide” appeared in print for the first time, and “ethnocide” appeared in the footnotes as an equivalent substitute. Lemkin envisioned that genocide and ethnocide would be interchangeable because the targets for this previously undefined murder (cide) and terror were both a people (genos) with a specific culture, nation, and ethnicity (ethnos). Within the international legal community, however, the concept of ethnocide became subsumed into genocide because when a people are exterminated or forcefully removed from their home, their culture also dies with them. For the rest of his life, Lemkin worked to make genocide an integral concept within international law, yet his second word remained essentially dormant until a new definition emerged.