“With another #flotilla now en route, it is clear that the idea continues to be reshaped with each new experience …that the cause has not been closed, and that hope — despite its weight — continues to find its way across the sea again and again.“
Israel has been steadily pushing the truce line to take control of more Palestinian territory in the six months since a “ceasefire” was reached. The yellow line drawn on the ceasefire maps had Israeli troops in control of about 53% of Gaza’s territory, but the occupied zone continues to grow.
It’s time to bottom-line this next phase of the Iran War, the one that’s being presented as an extended ceasefire.
Half of American Jewish voters believe Trump is personally antisemitic. Nearly three-quarters believe Trump bears some personal responsibility for the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting.
Meanwhile, Israel is giving him a prize for "special contribution to the Jewish people."
Two people have been killed after Israeli settlers opened fire on a school in the occupied West Bank, including a 14-year-old boy shot in the head. The attack comes amid a surge in violence by settlers and Israeli forces against Palestinians.
Pakistani authorities have sharply escalated abusive raids, arbitrary detentions, and forced returns of Afghan refugees following renewed border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Police operations have left thousands facing serious barriers to essential services.👇
www.hrw.org/news/2026/04...
“ Israeli settlers block Palestinian children from school in the #WestBank
… The community’s struggle was featured in the 2024 Oscar-winning documentary #NoOtherLand, but international attention has done little to halt violence or land seizures in the area …“
"Suicide in Egypt is often underreported or euphemized, even in death records. Families sometimes resist acknowledging it outright, and official data remains unreliable at best."
@chriselkholy.bsky.social on how Passant Soliman's death has broken a silence.
Yesterday, #ALBATROSS spotted a dead body floating in the Central Mediterranean. They had a name, and we will likely never know it. Days after multiple shipwrecks off Libya and dozens of bodies washing ashore, 2026 continues to be deadly.
www.sosmediterranee.org/a-body-at-se...
Sechs Männer sollen eine Flüchtlingsunterkunft im thüringischen Gehren angegriffen haben. Jetzt hat der Prozess vor dem Landgericht Erfurt begonnen.
Israel has been using Palestinians, including children and elderly people, as human shields since 1967.
In 2025, an Israeli soldier told the Guardian that every platoon in the Israeli military keeps a Palestinian as a human shield.
" #Israeli occupation forces continued their aggression against the besieged #GazaStrip on Tuesday...
According... health authorities in the #Gaza Strip, 7 Palestinians were killed and 22 others were injured over the past 24 hours as a result of Israeli attacks."
imemc.org/article/gaza...
#Israel
"This is no brain drain; it's political exile" says to Haaretz a Israeli doctor who left for the UK. Tens of thousands of Israelis left the country in recent years due to political reasons. If Netanyahu's coalition survives in power after the October election, this trend is likely to accelerate.
IDF in occupied south Lebanon: cooking in Lebanese homes after forcing inhabitants out, smashing a statue of Jesus, laughing as they drive through ruins, singing their anthem in front of ruins, and even literally kidnapping a puppy from its mum while giggling
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16 political prisoners executed in one month in #Iran. Maryam Rajavi calls out lack of action from European leaders. #humanRights www.reuters.com/world/middle...
The Army in #Germany has tested electronically controlled cockroaches for reconnaissance. Equipped with sensors, these #AutoBugs from Swarm Biotactics are used to scout buildings. Future versions should carry "AI-supported pattern recognition":
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The Trump administration has signed multimillion-dollar deals with foreign countries to accept non-citizen deportees.
Pretty disturbing how normalized these genocidal threats have become over a period of just two weeks.
The NRC documented gender-based and sexualized violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in Area C of the West Bank in contexts where Israeli forces were present and did not prevent or halt the violence, nor effectively investigate the abuses www.nrc.no/resources/re...
The pro-genocide nation will celebrate a man who took part in the genocide for their national day
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
NEW STUDY: Media coverage of violence against women has reached an all-time low — at only 1.3% of total coverage.
This, at the height of the Epstein scandal.
www.akas.london/globalmisogy...
Jerusalem Post: Despite a “ceasefire” the IDF is giving orders to open fire on everyone in Southern Lebanon trying to go home — “Even if the person is unarmed… based on the idea that there are no civilians left in Southern Lebanon.”
www.jpost.com/middle-east/...
#Spanien will internationale Front gegen die „reaktionäre Welle“ anführen
Ministerpräsident #Sánchez lud linke Regierungschefs zum Anti-#Trump‑Gipfel und zur "Verteidigung der Demokratie" ein. Er verkündete sogar, die Zeit der Ultra-Bewegung sei längst vorbei.
overton-magazin.de/top-story/sp...
A group of Ecuadorian fishermen survived a US drone strike, were detained at gunpoint, hooded, phones wiped, ship blown up, disappeared to El Salvador, then released without charge.
“They knew we were fishermen. Even the Salvadorian authorities said things had been handled very badly.”
Palestinian women, men and children have reported attacks, forced nudity, invasive and painful body cavity searches, Israelis exposing their genitals, including to minors, and threats of sexual violence. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Ali’s story isn’t just his; it could be any 17-year-old fleeing war.
What does that say about our asylum systems? Signing the 1951 Refugee Convention isn’t enough when people still face pushbacks, detention and no access to healthcare or work.
#Kopftuchverbot: Ein Rechtsgutachten bestätigt nun, was wir seit langem sagen: Ein Gesetz, das gezielt NUR muslimische Mädchen trifft, ist diskriminierend und muss aufgehoben werden! www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Gaza flotilla blocks ship carrying steel for Israeli munitions
News, Apr 21st
Internationalist piracy: “Where states have failed to uphold international law, ordinary people have stepped in to enforce it”
~ Contre-Attaque ~
freedomnews.org.uk/2026/04/21/g...
Heute bespricht der Außenministerrat erneut das EU-Assoziierungsabkommen mit Israel. Nach den offenkundigen Verletzungen von Menschenrechten schlug die EU im Juli 2025 eine teilweise Sanktionierung Israels vor - ohne Erfolg. Auch, weil Deutschland die Sanktionierung blockierte. (1/4)
