‘Profound generational shift under way’: How US public views Israel

While the US government remains a staunch supporter of Israel, views among the American public – including members of President Trump’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) base – have shifted dramatically amidst Israel’s war on Gaza.

“There is a profound generational shift underway,” said Shibley Telhami, a professor at the University of Maryland and director of the Critical Issues Poll.

“Just as we had the Pearl Harbor generation and the Vietnam generation, now we have the Gaza generation, which sees Israel as a genocidal villain,” Telhami told Al Jazeera.

“That’s a generation of young people who saw these horrors unfold on their screens in real time, and I don’t think Israel gets how deep the shift is,” he said.

“Israelis probably feel that this is just a media problem, especially social media, and that if they can just counter that narrative, people will come back to them. They won’t. This is a profound change, one that will determine US public perceptions for years to come.”

_{Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met pro-Israel social media influencers at an event in New York on September 28}

US group urges Israel arms embargo after report finds hundreds of potential abuses

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is urging the Trump administration to apply the US’s own laws and cut off weapons transfers to Israel over its military assault in Gaza.

CAIR’s call comes a day after The Washington Post reported on a US government watchdog report that found “many hundreds” of possible human rights violations by the Israeli military. The report said it would take years to investigate those potential breaches.

Under what’s known as the Leahy Laws, the US government must cut off assistance to foreign military units that commit gross human rights violations. But Washington has refused to apply the rules to Israel.

“Our nation has been stained by the support of administrations of both major parties for these atrocities and the fact that many of them were carried out with American weapons. This must end,” CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad said in a statement.

“The Leahy Law must be applied to the genocidal Israeli government. No more American weapons should be used to slaughter innocent men, women and children.”

Pro-Palestine UK journalist’s detention sparks US legal battle

Soumaya Hamdi was planning for the family holiday she would soon be taking with her husband when she received a text message that changed everything. “Is it true that Sami is being abducted?” a friend asked.

She had called her husband, British-Tunisian commentator and journalist Sami Hamdi, earlier that day to check in on him, as he travelled around the US on a speaking tour discussing Israel’s war on Gaza.

When he didn’t answer, Soumaya had assumed he was at a speaking engagement. Instead, he had been detained by US immigration authorities, news that came as “a complete shock”, she told Al Jazeera.

Sami had been stopped at San Francisco International Airport. Unbeknown to him, his visa had been revoked by US authorities two days earlier after a pressure campaign by anti-Muslim and pro-Israel social media influencers.

The detention of the 35-year-old critic of Israel’s genocide in Gaza has sparked a legal battle. His case is also the latest in what Muslim advocacy groups describe as a campaign to silence pro-Palestinian voices in the US through immigration enforcement.

How Israel infiltrated America's Big Tech Companies At Scale

Murtaza Hussain breaks down alarming new reporting on how Israel has infiltrated America's Big Tech companies that are crucial to security and national defence. Hussain explains:

• Over 1,400 publicly-identified veterans of Israel’s Unit 8200 — the country’s signals-intelligence agency — now work inside major American tech companies such as Google, Microsoft, and Palo Alto Networks
• How these networks developed through buyouts that bring more intelligence-linked Israeli founders into U.S. firms
• Documented cases of collaboration between Unit 8200 and leading American executives
• Regulatory gaps — including exemptions under the Foreign Agents Registration Act — that shield pro-Israel influence networks
• The national-security implications of AI-powered surveillance and data control

This conversation explores what is currently known through public records and whistleblower testimony — and what remains obscured from public view.

“Israel is a master at torture: they severed my spine!”

“What people need to understand is that the trauma of the past two years — not only for the people of Gaza, but for the entire world — is unlike anything we’ve experienced in our lifetimes.” In this searing episode of The Tea with Myriam Francois, we speak with Ashira Darwish — a Palestinian trauma healer and a survivor of Israeli detention — about what this moment means for our collective nervous system, and how healing itself can be an act of resistance.

In a world where social media algorithms are engineered to keep us numb to genocide — where images of amputated children are livestreamed between cat memes and bikini thirst traps — self-care becomes an act of political warfare.

Ashira explains how liberation psychology begins with understanding where we come from — the lineages we carry, the traumas we inherit, and the ancestral keys we also hold for healing. Together, we unpack:

🚨 Israel’s torture system in detention
🚨 How algorithms turn genocide into background noise
🚨 Why our nervous systems go numb — by design
🚨 Somatic work: healing intergenerational trauma
🚨 What fuels Israeli society’s capacity for violence
🚨 Liberation psychotherapy: healing as resistance
🚨 Why Western media misreads Palestinian resistance

This episode is about remembering that both trauma and healing are inherited. It’s about choosing not to go numb.

Colombia’s president promises help for Gaza in talks with Egypt’s el-Sisi

Gustavo Petro has pledged to support reconstruction efforts in Gaza, saying the South American nation wants to help with prosthetics for injured Palestinian children and adults.

In a social media post after talks in Cairo with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the Colombian president also thanked Egypt for its role in Gaza mediation efforts.

“We will help Egypt and the mediating countries, including the United States, in the effort to achieve peace in Palestine,” Petro said.

Dialogo con el presidente de Egipto en El Cairo, Abdelfatah Al Sisi, sobre:

1. La participación de Colombia con su fuerza pública y sus recursos en la reconstrucción de Gaza. Queremos que Colombia ayude a través de su estado y su sociedad con prótesis para extremidades de… pic.twitter.com/jTwyuTg21q

— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) October 31, 2025

Estonian FM calls for ‘significant pressure’ on Israel to alleviate humanitarian crisis in Gaza

Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna has condemned the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as “truly catastrophic”, adding that “significant pressure must be applied on Israel”.

During a joint news conference following his meeting with Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan in Ankara, Tsahkna thanked Turkiye for its efforts regarding the situation in Gaza.

Tsahkna reiterated that Estonia continues delivering humanitarian assistance to Gaza through the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) and other organisations.

He added that to sustain peace efforts in Gaza, other countries must also continue to apply pressure.

Tulkarem governor calls on international community to hold Israel accountable for aggression

Tulkarem Governor Abdullah Kmeil says Israel’s decision to extend its violent raids in the Tulkarem and Nur Shams refugee camps in the occupied West Bank until January 31 reflects a disregard for international law, Wafa reported.

According to a statement, Kmeil said that the extension of the operation only prolongs crimes against residents of the camps that have endured forced displacement.

The governor called on the international community and human rights organisations to stop Israel from continuing its attacks in the governorate and its camp, and to hold them accountable for their ongoing assaults.

Heavy Israeli tank fire, artillery shelling east of Khan Younis

We’re getting reports that the Israeli army is carrying out demolition operations along with artillery shelling and heavy tank fire east of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza.

Main events on October 31st

• Israel returned the bodies of 30 Palestinians to health authorities in Gaza, completing an exchange after Hamas handed over the remains of two captives.
• Despite the ceasefire, the Israeli army carried out air strikes across Gaza, killing at least three people across the Strip.
• Israel has carried out two air strikes on southern Lebanon despite an ongoing ceasefire there, killing at least one person.
• The United Nations was able to deliver 840 pallets of “life-saving medical supplies” to Gaza, including insulin and surgical kits, but a senior official said the health system in the enclave “continues to face a significant challenge in addressing the immense need faced by people in Gaza”.
• Ahmed Radwan, the Palestinian Civil Defence’s media officer in Rafah, southern Gaza, told Al-Aqsa TV that more than 10,000 Palestinians were trapped under the rubble.
• The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that this year’s olive harvest season in the occupied West Bank has seen the “highest level of damage” by settlers in five years.
• Hamas official Mahmoud Mardawi condemned far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir for reiterating his call for the death penalty for Palestinian prisoners detained by Israel.
• The US’s highest-ranking military officer met his Israeli counterpart and took a helicopter tour over Gaza, US military sources told Al Jazeera.

JD Vance grilled by supporters on Trump’s questionable America first policy

US Vice President JD Vance has had to face considerable pushback from her own MAGA supporters on Donald Trump’s support to a foreign country despite winning elections on America First pledge. The question on the growing power of Palantir and conflict of interest surrounding Miriam Adelson also dominated the Q&A session at the Turning Point tour event.

Don't be silly, it's Trump first of course.

Are Israelis illegally harvesting organs from Palestinians?

The Gaza Health Ministry says bodies of some Palestinians found in mass graves are missing organs and skin. Why? Are some Israeli soldiers aiding organ harvesting and Israel-led illegal organ trade?

Doesn't have to be trading, med students practicing on dead bodies. Or more psychological torture since they're not hiding the evidence in any way.

HUNDREDS Of IDF Human Rights Violations Identified By U.S.

A report has found that Israel committed “many hundreds” of potential violations of human rights.

What’s happening in the occupied West Bank?

Israeli settlers attack more Palestinian olive farmers, spoil harvest

We are getting reports of more attacks on Palestinian olive farmers in the occupied West Bank during the short harvest season.

One attack, perpetrated by Israeli settlers, took place in the town of Sinjil, near Ramallah, according to the Wafa news agency. The armed settlers assaulted a family as they picked olives and forced them off their land, before stealing some of their farm equipment, according to local sources.

A second attack took place near the village of Huwara, south of Nablus, as a gang of Israeli settlers assaulted farmers and dumped olives they picked onto the ground.

Attacks on Palestinian olive farmers have escalated this year, with more than 120 incidents of violence since early October, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Palestine.

October most violent month for settler attacks in West Bank: UNWRA

The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has condemned a surge in Israeli settler violence against Palestinian olive harvesters.

“October 2025 is on track to be the most violent month since UNRWA began tracking settler violence in 2013,” the agency stated.

UNWRA’s director for the occupied West Bank, Roland Friedrich, said attacks on olive farmers “threaten the very way of life for many Palestinians” as it is the primary livelihood for many.

Year of settler violence has changed landscape of occupied West Bank

Having been absent for a year, I almost didn’t recognise the road from Jericho to Ramallah. Entire communities in the Jordan Valley, Bedouin communities, have disappeared. All I saw was what remained of their homes and barns. They were torn down and burned by Israeli settlers.

I did see several young Israeli settlers, armed, taking over the land, putting up fences to mark their new claimed territory, setting up an outpost with an Israeli flag. When I tried to pull out my phone and take pictures or capture this on video, the driver I was with asked me not to do that because he didn’t want to be marked by the Israeli settlers, who roam the area freely and who can call the Israeli army. He lives in the Jordan Valley, and he feared retribution.

So really, it’s quite remarkable in the span of 12 months how much has changed and the freedom with which Israeli settlers roam.

While Netanyahu now has to play nice with Trump and adhere to the ceasefire, as far as Israel is concerned, in the occupied West Bank, the agenda of this government is of taking over land, of allowing settlers to not only take up more arms, but to use them quite freely and to assist them by deploying the Israeli army.

Israeli settlers and security forces attack Palestinians across the occupied West Bank

Over the past few hours, we have received reports of attacks by Israeli settlers and the Israeli military on Palestinians across the occupied West Bank.

Israel assesses latest remains transferred by Hamas do not belong to captives: Reports

Last night, the Red Cross said it transferred the remains of three people to Israel, which is still seeking the bodies of 11 deceased captives in Gaza.

But after forensic analysis, Israel now assesses none of the remains belong to abductees, according to Israeli media reports, including Israel Army Radio and Channel 12.

On several occasions, Israel has accused Hamas of returning remains that do not match any of the captives. Hamas has accused Israel of impeding search efforts, including by blocking the entry of heavy machinery needed to clear rubble-strewn areas.

Search for bodies in Gaza complicated by lack of forensic testing

Israeli media reports say body parts transferred to Israel yesterday do not belong to any of the people taken by Hamas on October 7, 2023.

The search for the remains of deceased captives is part of the greater challenge on the ground in the war-torn Gaza Strip. It is taking place in some areas where the Israeli military is technically in control, and is constantly deploying heavy artillery and drones.

The reality is that many of the Israeli captives were held in the proximity of guards. Some of their remains have been beneath rubble for a long time, near the remains of those guards. On top of that, there’s no forensic or DNA testing whatsoever here in Gaza to properly identify bodies.

So it’s possible the remains of captives’ bodies were commingled or mixed up.

And the team of Turkish forensic experts, 80 strong, is still waiting to enter at the Rafah crossing...

Hamas calls for more equipment, personnel to retrieve captive bodies

Hamas’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, says it offered to give Israel samples from unidentified remains, but it refused and demanded the bodies for examination.

As a result, the Red Cross transferred the unidentified bodies of three people to Israel on Friday after they were handed over by Hamas.

“The Qassam Brigades affirm the readiness of its teams to work on retrieving the bodies of enemy prisoners inside the Green Line simultaneously and in all locations, as part of closing this file,” the Palestinian group said in a statement, referring to the generally recognised boundary between Israel and the occupied West Bank.

“The Qassam Brigades call upon the mediators and the International Committee of the Red Cross to provide and equip the necessary equipment and personnel to work on retrieving all the bodies simultaneously.”

Gaza death toll rises despite ceasefire with Israel

Five people have been killed and 17 bodies recovered over the past 24 hours, Gaza’s Health Ministry said in a statement. The overall death toll from Israel’s two-year war on the Strip has risen to 68,858 with 170,664 wounded, the ministry said in a statement.

“A number of victims remain under the rubble and in the streets as ambulance and civil defence teams have been unable to reach them so far,” it said.

Since the ceasefire started on October 11, at least 226 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza, with 594 wounded and 499 bodies recovered from the vast debris.

Overnight explosions hit Khan Younis and Gaza City

Israeli forces have carried out a series of overnight attacks in the Strip despite the ongoing ceasefire, report our colleagues on the ground. They include air raids to the east of southern Khan Younis, and explosions targeting residential homes near eastern Gaza City.

No casualties have been reported from the latest Israeli attacks.

‘It’s a massacre in slow motion’

Even if Israel’s bombs stopped dropping and aid flooded into Gaza, Israel’s famine would keep killing Palestinians.

Alex de Waal has spent more than 40 years studying famine and war crimes. He spoke to AJ+ about how Israel purposely kept Gaza on the edge of famine for months on end.

He explains how Israel’s starvation will be felt by Palestinians for generations – physically, biologically and societally.

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