#OccupiedPalestine

"‘A violation of our history’: Palestinian uproar over Israel’s plan to seize historic West Bank site

The Byzantine-era church lies half hidden in the shade. Roman columns rise from among the olive trees, even older ruins linked to Israelite kings are overgrown. To the west, the Mediterranean is just visible on the horizon. To the north and south are the hills of the occupied West Bank.

In the small town of Sebastia, a hundred metres or less east of the ruins, everyone is very worried.

In November, Mahmud Azem, the mayor of Sebastia, received a notice from Israeli authorities announcing the seizure of the whole of the sprawling hilltop archaeological site next to the town.

Though there have been reports of an Israeli government project to develop the site for several years, the notice came as a shock. Most of the 3,500 Palestinian residents depend on either tourism at the site or their olive trees for their livelihoods.

The current plans for development of the site involve a visitors’ centre, a car park, and a fence that will separate the ruins from the rest of the town, cutting residents off from the ruins and any olive orchards that survive."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/02/palestinian-uproar-israel-plan-seize-historic-site-sebastia-west-bank

#OccupiedPalestine #Gaza

"The U.S. occupation of Gaza has begun
The plans for Donald Trump’s 'Board of Peace' show that the goal is not just to make Gaza a playground for the wealthy, but to put it under permanent American occupation.

This week, Drop Site News revealed a draft resolution from Trump’s newly christened 'Board of Peace.' The resolution outlines what is, in essence, Phase Two of Trump’s unrealistic peace plan that ushered in a new phase of horror in Gaza under the guise of a ceasefire.

The actions outlined in the resolution ignore realities on the ground and paint a very grim picture of what the United States is planning for Gaza. Far from abandoning the ludicrous and offensive imagery Trump shared in that AI video from last year of himself and Elon Musk on a beach in an unrecognizable Gaza, this resolution is the battle plan to turn Gaza into the playground for the wealthy that Jared Kushner presented to the World Economic Forum at Davos last week. It’s a Gaza where the only Palestinians remaining are those chosen to be the servants in the new regime.

It’s a Gaza under permanent American occupation."

https://mondoweiss.net/2026/01/the-u-s-occupation-of-gaza-has-begun/

#OccupiedPalestine #Epstein

"Newly released Epstein files reveal further ties to Israel

The release of more Jeffrey Epstein files reveals further connections between the late, convicted sex criminal and the state of Israel.

The release of more than 3 million new files connected to the late Jeffrey Epstein reveals further connections between the convicted sex criminal and the state of Israel.

Ehud Barak, the former Israeli prime minister, is mentioned numerous times in the files, with him and his wife seemingly maintaining a close relationship with the financier long after he plead guilty of sex crimes in 2008.

In a September 2016 email sent amid the presidential race, Barak informs Epstein that Democratic nominee Hilary Clinton was set to be interviewed by Israel’s Channel-2 and wonders if Epstein could inquire whether eventual President Donald Trump would have interest in being interviewed by rival station, Channel-10.

Barak tells Epstein that the Trump interview would attract a 'huge percentage of Israelis and most U.S. citizens in Israel.'

The Department of Justice also released audio of a February 2013 conversation between the two men, in which Epstein tells Barak to 'check out' the controversial analytics company Palantir."

https://mondoweiss.net/2026/02/newly-released-epstein-files-reveal-further-ties-to-israel/

#OccupiedPalestine #Nazism #Zionism #racism

"Former Israeli Defense Minister: Israel’s ideology of ‘Jewish supremacy’ resembles Nazi race theory

Former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon says the 'ideology of ‘Jewish supremacy’' has become dominant in Israel, and it 'is reminiscent of the Nazi race theory.

In the late 1980s, Israeli philosopher Yeshayahu Leibowitz made the controversial warning that the 1967 occupation risked turning Israelis into 'Judeo-Nazis.'

Leibowitz recently found a surprising supporter for this opinion – Former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon.

On Friday, Ya’alon tweeted that 'Yeshayahu Leibowitz was right, and I was wrong'. This was no benign reference – it referred directly to the late professor Leibowitz’s 'warnings… concerning the process of bestialization towards us becoming ‘Judeo-Nazis’…”. Ya’alon says that the “ideology of ‘Jewish supremacy’' has become 'dominant in the government of Israel', and that it 'is reminiscent of the Nazi race theory'.

This was said in relation to Ya’alon’s participation in a ceremony to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27. In his tweet, he repeatedly mocks the commonly held reluctance to compare anything that Israeli Jews do today to what the Nazis did during World War II."

https://mondoweiss.net/2026/02/former-israeli-defense-minister-israels-ideology-of-jewish-supremacy-resembles-nazi-race-theory/

#Gaza #OccupiedPalestine

"Israeli air strikes kill at least 32 Palestinians in Gaza, rescue officials say

At least 32 people have been killed in a wave of Israeli air strikes across the Gaza Strip on Saturday, according to local authorities.

The civil defence agency, which is operated by Hamas, says children and women were among those killed. It added that in one attack, helicopter gunships hit a tent sheltering displaced people in the southern city of Khan Younis.

Palestinians have described these strikes as the heaviest since the second phase of the ceasefire, brokered by President Trump in October, came into effect earlier this month."

https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/immigration/lapd-arrests-demonstrators-as-immigration-enforcement-protests-spread-nationwide

#TrumpRegimen #tyranny #Minnesota #colonialism #OccupiedPalestine #Greenland

"Troops stand by to enter Minnesota. And, Trump plans for a Board of Peace

Up to 1,500 active-duty troops in Alaska are on standby for possible deployment to Minnesota, a U.S. official informed NPR. This comes as the Trump administration has escalated pressure on the state, including threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act to suppress protests happening in Minneapolis. Anti-ICE protesters continued to take to the streets over the weekend, even as temperatures plummeted.

(. . .)

Trump's board of peace for Gaza, advertised as a way to aid the region's reconstruction, now appears more expansive and expensive than initially stated. The president would serve as the board's chairman, with representatives from other nations. A copy of its charter, obtained by NPR, shows that the board claims power beyond Gaza. Trump has also asked other nations to pay at least $1 billion for the privilege of permanent representation."

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/19/g-s1-106465/up-first-newsletter-minnesota-troop-deployment-greenland-trump-gaza-peace-board