Rapper, who was dropped from tour after his speech in support of Palestine, challenges Robert Kraft to do the same Macklemore has announced that he will donate the $1m salary he was paid as an opening act for Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour to organizations working with Palestinian people and relief in Gaza, after being dropped from the tour following backlash to his onstage comments in support of Palestine. The rapper also challenged Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots and prominent donor to Israel who refused to let Macklemore play at his Gillette Stadium outside Boston, to match his donation. Continue reading...

La organización israelí B'Tselem denuncia en un nuevo informe el "proyecto" que busca desmantelar la sociedad palestina en los territorios ocupados, que se ha acelerado desde la formación en 2022 del ...

Woman’s family says she died of injuries after being shot in the head while sitting inside a tent near Khan Younis A pregnant Palestinian woman died on Saturday from injuries sustained after being shot in the head by Israeli forces south of Khan Younis, according to her family and medical workers, as strikes across Gaza killed at least 10 people in 48 hours. The woman, named as Iman Shalouf, 27, who was nearly eight months pregnant, was sitting inside her family’s tent in the al-Mawasi area when Israeli gunfire struck her, according to paramedics and witnesses. Continue reading...

Troops escort settlers into al-Mughayyir and raze village outside Hebron as ethnic cleansing of West Bank continues Israelis have shot dead two teenagers in a Palestinian village encircled by settlers and Israeli troops have razed an entire village outside Hebron, the latest attacks in a surge of Israeli terror and ethnic cleansing across the occupied West Bank. The shootings targeted Khalil Abu Alia, 16, who was about to start 11th grade at the al-Mughayyir boys school, and 19-year-old Omar al-Nassan, who graduated from the same institution with top marks this summer. Continue reading...

US vice-president says he’s ‘extremely skeptical’ of Iran reports when asked whether US was responsible for deaths The US vice-president, JD Vance, said “sometimes things happen” when asked on Thursday whether an American strike was responsible for killing four people, including a child, at a wedding celebration in southern Iran this week. The strike hit Kuhestak, a town in Sirik county on the strait of Hormuz. The toll was reported not by the Iranian government but by the Iranian Red Crescent, a member of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement that operates independently of Tehran and is generally treated by international monitors as a credible source on casualty figures. Continue reading...

Espainiako “ezkerra”, euskara eta pobrezia intelektuala (1) -  Interneten lehen aldiz irakurtzean, ez nion kasurik egin; pertsona solte baten xelebrekeria

On one side, you face the domination of the Islamic Republic; on the other, the imperialist forces that republic claims to stand against

The US is engaged in a lawless quest to protect American and Israeli officials

Arantzazuk, haitz artean eraikitako dorre espiritualak, beti izan du profetikotik ugari.

Marco Rubio targets ICC’s Tomoko Akane and Abdoulaye Seye, who was investigating Israeli war crimes in Gaza The US has sanctioned the president of the international criminal court (ICC) and a prosecutor tasked with investigating crimes committed by Israel during its war on Gaza. The new sanctions designations were unveiled by Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, who called the Hague-based ICC a “corrupt and fatally politicized supranational court that has maliciously abused its authority and exceeded its mandate”, in a statement. Continue reading...

As chief US diplomat, Rubio could do great good. His pandering and neglect are a disgrace we shouldn’t ignore, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall