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Israeli settlers burn 3 vehicles in olive harvest attack near Ramallah

Al Mayadeen | October 16, 2026

Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians harvesting olives in the town of Turmus Ayya, northeast of Ramallah, on Friday, assaulting residents and setting three vehicles on fire, local sources have revealed.

Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces detained three Palestinians during raids on homes in the village of Kafr Dan, west of Jenin, in the early hours of Friday.

In a separate incursion, Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, breaking into accommodation housing displaced residents from the Jenin refugee camp near the Arab American University. Troops also raided the town of Ya’bad and carried out extensive searches.

Israeli military vehicles also raided the town of Tammun, south of Tubas, on Friday. The IOF burst into several homes, with no detentions reported.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) documented more than 1,600 settler attacks affecting 275 Palestinian communities between the beginning of 2026 and September 14, averaging 6.7 incidents per day.

The attacks damaged homes, vehicles, infrastructure, water sources, and agricultural land. Settler violence and restrictions on access also contributed to the displacement of more than 2,600 Palestinians during 2026 alone, according to the supplied information. … Full article

Israeli rabbi permits occupiers to steal Palestinian olive harvest in West Bank

MEMO | October 16, 2026

A prominent Israeli rabbi on Friday issued a religious ruling permitting Israeli occupiers to take olives from Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, claiming that harvesting the crop “demonstrates Jewish ownership of the land,” Anadolu reports.

The ruling was issued by Rabbi Dov Lior, one of the most prominent religious authorities among Israeli occupiers in the West Bank, and was published by Israeli Channel 13.

It comes amid escalating occupier violence against Palestinians and their property, particularly farmers during the olive harvest season.

Lior claimed that Palestinians do not own their land, arguing that they had not purchased it from the “people of Israel” or from any Jewish person and describing the land as “stolen property.”

Citing Jewish religious law, he claimed that ownership of land cannot be transferred through theft and that Palestinian land therefore remains the property of the “people of Israel.” … continue

157 children among 466 Palestinians who starved to death in Gaza

Al Mayadeen | October 16, 2026

466 Palestinians have died from malnutrition and starvation in the Gaza Strip since 2024, including 157 children, accounting for one-third of the total, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced on Friday, marking World Food Day. The announcement comes as the genocide, which has made hunger a daily reality in the strip, continues unabated.

The Ministry noted that malnutrition and starvation rates in the Gaza Strip have reached catastrophic levels, claiming the lives of children, older people, and other vulnerable groups.

The Ministry projected that more than 1.4 million people, or 67% of the population, would face crisis-level food insecurity or worse through the end of 2026, as the Gaza Governorate continues to face the famine officially declared there in August 2025.

According to the statement, 158,001 cases of acute malnutrition among children under five were recorded between 2024 and August 2026, including 28,716 severe cases that pose a threat to life. … Full article

Hezbollah launches housing aid project for war-affected Lebanese

Al Mayadeen | October 13, 2026

Hezbollah has launched a new housing assistance initiative for Lebanese families affected by Israeli aggression, pledging financial support for temporary accommodation and furniture purchases across the country.

Sheikh Ali Damoush, head of Hezbollah’s Executive Council, announced the launch of the “Waad wa Iltizam” (Promise and Commitment) housing assistance project at a press conference in Beirut on Monday. He said assistance would be provided in all Lebanese areas targeted by Israeli hostilities, without discrimination based on political affiliation or sectarian identity.

Damoush stated that the initiative is a fulfillment of Hezbollah’s “religious and moral duty” toward the Lebanese people.

The project follows a similar program implemented in 2024 and covers homes that have been fully or partially destroyed, as well as residential units in buildings slated for complete or partial demolition based on technical assessments.

Eligible households in Beirut and the southern suburbs will receive $14,000, while those outside these areas will receive $12,000.

The overall assistance includes rental payments of $6,000 for residents of Beirut and its southern suburbs, and $4,000 for those living elsewhere.

Damoush said the first installment would amount to $3,500 in Beirut and its southern suburbs, and $3,000 in other areas. He also announced that housing payments related to outstanding checks from the 2024 aggression would be disbursed, while restoration assistance would be postponed.

Damoush called the initiative a demonstration of “the triumph of reconstruction over destruction, and the Resistance over barbarism.” He criticized the Lebanese government for not yet introducing a program to provide direct assistance to affected residents and called for greater solidarity with families displaced from their homes. … Full article

Saudi Arabia under fire… Yemen is burning down the House of Saud

By Finian Cunningham | Strategic Culture Foundation | October 16, 2026

The Saudi kingdom is facing the danger of collapse from soaring war costs as Yemeni air strikes ramp up, hitting its northern neighbor’s capital and industrial centers with impunity.

Yemeni journalist Hussein al-Bukhaiti says the corruption and arrogance of the “House of Evil” is culminating in historic defeat. Its U.S. patron seems unable to avert the coming collapse.

Despite decades of the U.S. selling weapons worth hundreds of billions of dollars to the Saudi rulers, the regime seems shockingly exposed, with no viable defenses. Yemen’s missiles are striking Saudi Arabia at will. The panicky rulers are pleading with the United States and Europe for help. … continue

Spanish firm sells Latvia vehicles equipped with Israeli tech despite arms embargo

The Cradle | October 16, 2026

Spanish arms manufacturer General Dynamics European Land Systems-Santa Barbara Sistemas (GDELS-SBS) is supplying Latvia with infantry fighting vehicles fitted with Israeli-made turrets, despite Madrid’s arms embargo on Israel, Globes reported on 15 October.

The deliveries cast doubt on the reach of Spain’s 2025 arms embargo on Israel, imposed in response to Israel’s genocide in Gaza, which bans the import and export of military equipment, products, and technology to and from Israel.

Yet the ban has not stopped Israeli weapons systems from being mounted on Spanish-made combat vehicles for sale to third countries.

Latvia has ordered 84 Mednieks combat vehicles, each mounted with a UT30 MK2 unmanned turret built by lead Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems, under a contract worth roughly $929 million, with deliveries set to continue until 2029. … continue

Israeli Spy Pollard stole the files, today’s it’s delivered through official channels

By Jamal Kanj | MEMO | October 15, 2026

Espionage novels portray the spy as a person in a trench coat carrying stolen documents and disappearing into a dark alley. Israeli spy, Jonathan Pollard, certainly fit that picture. A Navy analyst who stole American secrets including the complete ten-volume manual of the National Security Agency exposing how the US gathers its signal intelligence and the names of thousands of foreign individuals who worked for US spy agencies. Intelligence officials believe Israel shared stolen documents with the Soviet Union. According to several intelligence assessments, Pollard was one of the most damaging spies in US history.

Pollard received a life sentence in 1987 and was released in 2015. At first, Israel claimed he was a rogue, apologised and did not admit he had been its agent until 1998. In 2007, Israel named a square in Jerusalem after him, honouring him for his services.

Pollard was neither the first nor the last Israeli asset. Lawrence Franklin, a Pentagon analyst, pleaded guilty in 2005 to passing classified information to an Israeli embassy official and two AIPAC staffers. Ben-Ami Kadish, a former Army engineer, pleaded guilty in 2008 to passing secret documents to an Israeli consulate official, and served no prison time. Stewart Nozette from NASA was charged with attempted espionage following an FBI sting operation. In 1970, Richard Perle was caught in an FBI wiretap discussing classified information with an Israeli embassy official.

In 2001, the same Perle chaired the Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board, while two other Israel-firsters, Douglas Feith and Paul Wolfowitz held senior posts in the same building. Franklin had worked in Feith’s policy office when he was indicted for espionage. In 1996, a study group led by Perle, and Feith, prepared a policy paper for incoming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu titled “A Clean Break.” It urged Israel to abandon the Oslo Accords and the peace process with the Palestinians, and it proposed removing Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq as part of a broader Israeli strategy to reshape the region. Five years later, as leaders in the Pentagon, they delivered America’s first made-for-Israel war in Iraq.

The above is in no way intended to insinuate or allege that anyone, least of all these Zionist Americans, has dual loyalties. No. It is so profound, there is only one way to describe it: Israel-first loyalty. … continue

Why Iran Didn’t Walk Away

Trump tore up the nuclear deal in 2018. Tehran kept it alive for another year, and that was not weakness. It was strategy.

By Larry C. Johnson | SONAR21 | October 16, 2026

I’ve had this article sitting in storage waiting for the right moment to publish it. Tonight, Mario Nawfal hosted a debate on Iran that featured Robert Barnes and Matt Tardio. Matt put out so much disinformation and falsities that I believe now is the time to set the record straight about what happened to the JCPOA. … continue

Washington’s war consensus survives the midterms

By José Niño | The Cradle | October 15, 2026

… Regardless of who holds the gavel in January, Congress will not abandon its hyper-interventionist foreign policy agenda during Trump’s lame duck phase as president. Its anti-war bloc lacks the votes to override a veto on binding legislation, its leaders share the White House’s hawkish premises, and both parties have spent eight years ratifying each other’s escalations.

Any durable settlement will come from the region itself, from governments that have stopped waiting for Washington to keep its word and from an Axis of Resistance that will no longer tolerate the Washington-Tel Aviv axis’s flagrant violations of international law and supremacist ambitions in West Asia. – Full article

Syria accuses Israel of arming, funding militias in Suwayda to sow ‘chaos’

MEMO | October 13, 2026

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani on Tuesday accused Israel of supporting armed militias operating outside state authority in the southern city of Suwayda, providing them with weapons and money to carry out an “agenda of chaos” in the region.

Al-Shaibani made the remarks at a joint news conference in Damascus with Sabrina Dallafior, director-general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). … Full article

US arms supplied to Ukraine found in war-torn Sudan – Moscow

RT | October 15, 2026

Weapons supplied to Ukraine from US military stocks have been found in the possession of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a senior Russian diplomat has said, citing markings linking them to deliveries to Kiev.

Yulia Zhdanova, head of Russia’s delegation to the Vienna Negotiations on Military Security and Arms Control, made the statement on Wednesday at a meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s Forum for Security Co-operation.

Sudanese troops recovered MK19 automatic grenade launchers, M72 anti-tank weapons, and Swedish-made AT4 launchers during an operation near Bara, she said, according to TASS. “A preliminary examination of the markings revealed that these weapons were donated to the Ukrainian Armed Forces in December 2024 from US military stock,” Zhdanova said. … continue

The Downfall of a Manufactured Icon

The Political Obituary of Zelensky’s Presidency

By Glenn Diesen | October 16, 2026

President Trump has, over the past days, lashed out against President Zelensky, calling for elections in Ukraine and arguing that Zelensky should have accepted a deal two years ago, when the terms were more favourable. The media has also reported that the US may cut its intelligence-sharing arrangements, which is significant, as this is a proxy war and Ukraine could not fight Russia without US support. How can we analyse this shift in rhetoric from the American president? The immediate significance cannot yet be determined, given Trump’s history of shifting positions. However, if we take a step back, this scolding of Zelensky represents a wider trend: a manufactured democratic icon falling apart. … continue

My Latest Presentation to the UN Security Council

By Larry C. Johnson | SONAR21 | October 14, 2026 

I am back in NYC at the invitation of the Russian delegation to the United Nations. Unlike my previous appearance before the full UN Security Council, this was an Arria session. An Arria-formula meeting is an informal meeting called by one or more Security Council members to hear from people who normally can’t address the Council. These include NGOs, civil-society figures, experts, victims and witnesses, and non-state actors. It isn’t a formal Council meeting and has no basis in the Council’s rules of procedure.

All fifteen members of the Security Council were represented. Their response was quite revealing (I will reveal that below). Here was my statement… continue

Russia accuses France of ‘piracy’ over tanker seizure

RT | October 13, 2026

The Russian Embassy in Paris has accused France of “piracy” after its naval forces seized an oil tanker in international waters near Madagascar, rejecting claims that the operation complied with international maritime law. … continue

Dangerous bet: How Kuwait and Bahrain miscalculated by becoming launchpads for US strikes on Iran

By Mohammad Molaei – Press TV – October 15, 2026

… Small states make difficult choices under duress, caught precariously between a powerful patron’s operational requirements and a large neighbor’s legitimate security concerns.

Experts acknowledge that the constraints on Bahraini and Kuwaiti sovereignty, stemming from their profound dependence on the United States, are genuine and substantial.

But, they insist that acknowledgment of constraint is not the same as absolution from responsibility. Governments bear an obligation to their populations that supersedes alliance loyalties, an obligation to assess, without illusion, the risks that their choices are generating.

The current posture of the Persian Gulf states hosting American military bases and providing a launch pad for ballistic missile operations against Iran is deeply problematic.

It reflects, as per analysts, a perilous combination of structural dependency, institutional inertia, and a dangerous underestimation of Iranian anger, resolve, and military capability.

As one military expert told the Press TV website, these micro-states are not positioned to absorb the consequences of a sustained Iranian retaliatory campaign.

“Their small land masses, concentrated infrastructure, and limited strategic depth render them acutely vulnerable in ways that their larger patron is not. By gambling their national survival on the assumption that Iranian red lines are empty, and that US protection is everlasting, they are making a remarkably poor bet, one that history has rarely rewarded,” he noted. – Full article

White House considers using ‘mother of all bombs’ as ‘symbolic exit’ from Iran: Report

The Cradle | October 15, 2026

The Pentagon is considering deploying the “mother of all bombs” on Iran’s energy infrastructure and nuclear facilities, with officials weighing its use as a weapon of terror that would offer a symbolic exit from a failed war, CNN reported on 15 October.

The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB), the largest non-nuclear bomb in the US arsenal, features explicitly in US military plans to strike Iranian nuclear sites, including the suspected nuclear facility at Pickaxe Mountain (Kolang Kouh), one source told CNN.

Officials question whether the MOAB can penetrate deep enough to destroy the suspected nuclear facilities at Pickaxe, believed to be shielded by layers of granite, or at Iran’s other remaining nuclear sites, according to another source.

“The MOAB is a massive information operation type weapon that is great for huge area clearance but not much else,” one source told the outlet, adding that “It is definitely not designed as a deep penetration warhead.”

Though conceding the weapon would likely fail to deliver a strategic victory or force Iran’s capitulation, US officials pointed to the weapon’s sheer capacity for terror through its ability to inflict massive destruction and civilian deaths while leaving lasting psychological scars on the population.

The MOAB is therefore being weighed as an exit tactic for US President Donald Trump’s failed war on Iran, a resort to a weapon of terror after failing to break the country through military and economic means, and a way to brand his withdrawal as a victory. … Full article

Why Saudi Arabia cannot defend against Yemeni missiles and what it means

By Robert Inlakesh – Al Mayadeen – October 15, 2026

Yemeni missiles and drones have shocked the public – easily bypassing Saudi Arabia’s US-made air defense systems, striking their targets with devastating accuracy. How this was achieved is no mystery, and their allies deploying more anti-air capabilities will have little impact.

Much of the shock over the failure of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to protect its energy and military infrastructure from retaliatory attacks originating from Yemen has been over the fact that modern American-made anti-air capabilities are having little to no impact.

Analysts, in an attempt to explain this, have worked on the assumption that the failure of Riyadh is down to a general depletion of overall air defense munitions during the highest intensity phase of the war on Iran. While it is true that US Patriot Missile and THAAD interceptor missile stockpiles are dwindling, this is not the primary reason for the Saudi failure. […]

Leaving the Arab states aside, when we look at the Israeli example, a number of different factors come into play that make their air defense strategy far superior to anyone else’s in the region, including the strategy for protecting American bases and personnel.

The Israelis not only have US THAAD systems operated by US personnel and historically have used Patriot batteries, but they also have their own air defenses like the David’s Sling, as well as Arrow systems and the Iron Dome that confronts rockets. In addition to this, the Israelis have an entire Western coalition that puts modern fighter jets in the skies in order to help shoot down incoming munitions, in addition to the use of naval assets at sea. […]

Another important element to consider is that the US values the security of the Israelis much more than it cares for the Saudis, which means that they aren’t going to waste resources unnecessarily on defending regimes that they view as client states. The American military has the capability to deploy its own air defenses to aid Saudi Arabia, but is running low on its own interceptors and has to value protecting its own positions before it will look at helping others; with the exception of the Israelis that they will put their own forces at risk to protect. … Full article

Iran to complete reconstruction of US-destroyed tunnels in Hormozgan by late December

Press TV – October 15, 2026

Reconstruction of the Shahid Mirzaei tunnels on the Bandar Abbas–Hajiabad highway in southern Iran is progressing after US missile strikes destroyed the stone structures at their entrances and exits, according to Hormozgan road authorities.

Abbas Sharfi, director-general of Hormozgan’s Road Maintenance and Transportation Department, reported the latest progress during an inspection of the reconstruction project on Wednesday.

Sharfi said the US missile strikes on July 18 had completely destroyed the stone structures at the tunnels’ entrances and exits, prompting authorities to mobilize technical and construction teams to repair the damage.

“Following the incident, reconstruction work was launched, with technical and construction teams mobilized to repair the damaged sections and ensure safe passage along the Bandar Abbas-Hajiabad highway,” he said.

Reconstruction of the outbound route has reached 55 percent, while work on the inbound route is 75 percent complete, Sharfi noted, with both directions expected to be restored by the end of Azar (late December) this year.

The work was continuing “with a focus on repairing the damage to the tunnel structures and restoring safe traffic conditions” along the key route, he stressed.

The damage was not limited to the tunnels. US attacks on July 26 and 27 damaged nine bridge structures on major roads across Hormozgan Province, disrupting several key transport links.

In September, Sharfi said repairs to eight of the nine damaged bridges were expected to be completed by the end of that month, while work on the remaining bridge was scheduled for completion by late October. … Full article

Why Yemen Is Bombing Saudi Arabia’s Airports: The War Behind the Headlines

By Robert Inlakesh | The Palestine Chronicle | October 15, 2026

Yemeni missiles fired at Saudi Arabia are destroying oil facilities and airports across the country – drawing particular international outrage was the ballistic missile attack on Terminal 3 of King Khalid Intl. Airport, an attack that killed 13 and left another 307 injured. As is usually the case, the corporate media starts the clock where it chooses instead of looking at the context, a similar tactic that is used when reporting on Palestine.

On October 10, a missile fired by the Yemeni missile units of Sana’a’s Ansarallah-led government caused a mass casualty event at Riyadh’s main international airport. It then drew broad condemnation from governments around the world, grabbing headlines across the corporate media.

The Saudi-led coalition’s spokesman, Maj Gen Turki al-Maliki, then called the attack a “full-fledged war crime” and said that striking a civilian airport was a “cowardly terrorist attack”. The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also weighed in and expressed his shock at what he called a violation of international law, urging the attacks to stop.

However, Guterres and various government officials never commented on Saudi Arabia’s airstrikes against Sana’a Intl. Airport on July 13, which broke the years-long ceasefire between Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Nor did Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who himself ordered airstrikes on Sana’a Intl. Airport in the Yemeni Capital of Sana’a last year. … continue

Bombs for Tel Aviv, Promises for Riyadh

By Muhammad Hamid ad-Din – New Eastern Outlook – October 15, 2026

The Gaza Ceasefire Is Falling Apart. And So Is the American Plan to Expand the Abraham Accords. … continue

Sally Rooney’s books pulled from UK over support for Palestine Action

Al Mayadeen| October 15, 2026

Irish novelist Sally Rooney has agreed to the withdrawal of her books from the UK market after her support for Palestine Action created legal obstacles to the payment of royalties under British terrorism legislation.

Rooney, the bestselling author of “Normal People” and “Conversations With Friends”, said her publisher, Faber, had concluded that continuing to distribute her work in the UK could expose those involved to criminal liability. The decision was made with her agreement following consultations over the legal implications.

Palestine Action was designated a “terrorist organization” by the UK government in July 2025. The following month, Rooney publicly declared that she intended to continue supporting the group and direct proceeds from her book sales towards it. The organization remains legal in the Republic of Ireland, where Rooney is based. … continue

Israeli ad agency conducted vast global espionage campaign using online ads: Report

The Cradle | October 15, 2026

An Israeli digital advertising agency helped run an espionage campaign using a vast network of online ads to track targets and hack their devices, Reuters reported on 15 October, citing two research groups.

Reports from Canadian cyber watchdog group Citizen Lab and New York advertising security firm Confiant document how the Israeli advertising agency Discover-Tech placed millions of ads online each day for ordinary products such as phones or earpods.

Discover-Tech placed the ads using the advertising services of Google, Comcast, Yandex, and other search engines.

The Israeli ad agency could identify and track internet users who visited websites or used apps with the malicious ads, and at times obtained phone numbers from smartphone users.

Clicking on the ads was not required to allow users to be tracked. … continue

EU Chat Control Reports Processed With Palantir Software

Palantir says little here, while the unanswered questions do plenty of talking.

By Ken Macon | Reclaim The Net | October 15, 2026

Private messages of people in the EU, scanned by tech companies under the temporary “Chat Control” law, end up being analyzed with Palantir’s software, an investigation by Swedish journalist Arvid Grange has found.

The US law requires these companies to send the tips to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), and that organization has now confirmed that it runs every report through Palantir’s Foundry. Not a single one of the lawmakers and experts interviewed for the report was aware that this was the case.

The scanning of private communications in the EU was made possible by a law that was first introduced as temporary in 2021, and that has since been extended twice, most recently in July, to April 2028. The companies that are scanning for images and videos in people’s messages are Google, Microsoft, Snap, and Meta, but the EU law does not specify who these companies can share the data with.

It turns out that it ends up in a US database built on software made by Palantir, a company with roots in the CIA and a history of working with governments. […]

German MEP Lukas Sieper, who voted against the latest extension of the EU law, said he was not surprised that the data ended up being handled by Palantir, which he described as “George Orwell’s worst nightmare.” … Full article

ADL is working with AI companies to suppress alleged ‘antisemitism’

Chris Menaham – X – October 13, 2026

ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt reveals in Israel that he’s been working with all the top AI Frontier Labs to push them to suppress “anti-Semitism.”

“We’ve been working with the Frontier Labs—OpenAI, Anthropic, Alphabet, the company that runs Gemini, Google, Meta, who runs Muse, and others, X, who run Grok—testing their models and using the results to push them to do better.”

“We’ve had excellent collaboration with Silicon Valley.”

“We’ve run the tests and seen where anti-Semitism shows up and helped them develop strategies to tackle it right in the source code.”

Israel operating dedicated social media unit to track, detain Palestinians in West Bank

The Cradle | October 14, 2026

The Israeli army is running a special unit that monitors Palestinian social media across the occupied West Bank and uses social media posts it deems “incitement” as grounds for night raids and arrests, Israel’s Channel 12 reported on 12 October.

Israeli forces have arrested 215 Palestinians through the unit so far in 2026, while more than 600 have been arrested and put on trial since its establishment in October 2023, at the start of the genocide in Gaza, for allegedly spreading “terror content” and expressing “sympathy for terrorists,” including support for Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.

“Whoever praises an attack, lauds an attack, presents Hamas as the solution or raises terror symbols, we know how to get to him,” a source in the Israeli military’s Central Command told the channel.

Over the past week alone, Israeli forces stormed around 70 sites the military brands as “incitement” targets in the occupied West Bank, in operations it says were aimed at so-called “incitement infrastructure.”

Troops also carried out more than 1,000 operations, field interrogations, and warning visits against Palestinians the military accuses of involvement in “terrorism,” while dismantling some 30 signs, symbols, and statues commemorating slain Palestinians. […]

Israeli occupation authorities have extended the campaign to Palestinian charitable and financial institutions, shutting down more than 24 charities it accuses of promoting and financing “terrorism.”

Additionally, Israeli troops shut down more than 40 currency exchange shops and seized large sums of money that the military claims were intended to fund “terrorism.” They also sealed printing presses accused of producing “incitement.” … Full article

Israel demolishes 80 homes in Palestinian village in Negev, displaces around 400 people

MEMO | October 12, 2026

Israeli authorities demolished around 80 homes in the Palestinian village of Al-Dhahiya in the Negev region of southern Israel on Monday, displacing around 400 people, amid accusations that extremist National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is using home demolitions as part of his election campaign.

Israel’s public broadcaster KAN said teams from the Israel Land Authority, accompanied by reinforced police forces under Ben-Gvir’s ministry, demolished around 80 homes on claims that they had been “built without permits” in Al-Dhahiya, an unrecognized village north of the city of Rahat. … Full article

Bishop calls for international action after settlers attack West Bank centre for disabled children

MEMO | October 14, 2026

The head of the Lutheran Church in the Holy Land has called on international governments and faith leaders to take “immediate and decisive action” after illegal Israeli settlers twice broke into a centre for children and young people with intellectual disabilities near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.

In a statement issued from Jerusalem yesterday, Bishop Dr Imad Haddad of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land said his church was “very disturbed” by the attacks on the Starmountain (Sternberg) Support Center. The centre is run by the Moravian Church and serves about 100 children and young people. … Statement

60 Minutes won’t tell the full truth about Israeli settler violence

If Americans Knew | October 14, 2026

60 Minutes cut Leslie Stahl’s interview with a Palestinian American recently beaten by Israeli settlers and ignored by the U.S. Embassy; the segment barely mentioned Palestinians killed by settlers, and said nothing about US citizens killed. … continue

Palestinian prisoners’ office says detained doctor beaten in presence of Ben Gvir

MEMO | October 14, 2026

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Information Office said on Tuesday that detained physician Marwan al-Hams was beaten and physically restrained at Israel’s Ganot detention facility on 7th October in the presence of Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, leaving him with fractures and severe back pain.

In a statement, the office said Al-Hams had been subjected to physical assault and intimidation during Ben Gvir’s visit to the detention facility.

It said the physician had resisted provocations by the minister and remained committed to his professional and humanitarian responsibilities toward sick and injured detainees despite the mistreatment he faced. … Full article

Activists Abused By Israel Return to New Freedom Flotilla Mission

By Elizabeth Murray – Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, November/December 2026

A NEW FREEDOM FLOTILLA, led by the aptly named Tenacity, set sail from Bristol, UK in September and headed for Gaza in yet another attempt to break Israel’s siege and blockade of Gaza.

A significant percentage of the ship’s passengers and crew—whose countries of origin include Denmark, Norway, Spain, Ireland, France, the United Kingdom, the United States and Palestine (currently residing in Sweden)—have been kidnapped, detained and tortured by Israeli soldiers on previous Gaza-bound solidarity missions. Nevertheless, they are determined to challenge Gaza’s isolation.

Captain Tomás Alberto Moraté Serna, who hails from Spain, is the captain of the Tenacity. He was kidnapped, brutalized, tortured and deported by Israel in April 2026. He explained that he is back for the same reasons he joined the Gaza mission in the first place: “I am not happy with what I see in the world, and I need to do my part” to transform it. … continue

Israel’s ruling parties to deploy thousands of ‘activists’ to intimidate Palestinian voters

The Cradle | October 15, 2026

The political parties of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich plan to deploy nearly 2,000 activists as observers at hundreds of polling stations to intimidate Palestinians with Israeli citizenship during the upcoming Knesset elections.

The Likud and Religious Zionism parties announced the measures on 15 October, claiming they wished to prevent fraud in voting and vote counting.

The parties issued a statement claiming “a long series of fraud incidents” occurred in previous election campaigns.

It said party activists will be assigned based on a fraud-risk map and trained to respond to violations of voting procedures and irregularities in the count.

According to the Times of Israel, no previous evidence of widespread voter fraud in Israel has been found. … Full article

In Israeli Election, Helping Palestinian Children Is Seen An A Major Political Scandal

An Insight Into Israel’s Genocidal Society

By Justin K.P. | The Dissident | October 13, 2026

In Israel’s upcoming election, allegations that various candidates supported a charity that supported Palestinian children with cardiac diseases has become a major political scandal.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main propaganda channel in Israel, Channel 14, put out a hit piece on the Israeli parliament candidate, Yoseph Haddad, which claimed he once supported a charity that helped Palestinian children and played this off as a major political scandal.

The article accused Yoseph Haddad of supporting “an Israeli association that worked extensively for Palestinian children, many of them from Gaza, Judea and Samaria, and even from Syria,” which it said “does not correspond with the concept of voluntary immigration”, the Israeli euphemism for genocidal ethnic cleansing of Palestine.

On the TV version of Channel 14, Yishai Friedman, the author of the article, lamented that Haddad apparently “helped children of enemy countries get to the hospital”.

Most disturbingly, Yoseph Haddad responded to the report by boasting about how genocidal he is, boasting that his report on the charity was simply “intended to promote Israeli propaganda” and was part of his effort “to plant messages in favor of Israeli propaganda” and that, in reality, he supports “ the occupation and full military rule of the Gaza Strip”. … Full article

Oct. 7 Forever Marks The Big Reveal: ‘We See You, Israel, We Revile You, We Reject You!’

Truths about Israel

ILANA MERCER’S FPV Resistance | October 13, 2026

What Israel has done, is doing, to Gaza has not sprung ex nihilo from October 7.

Genocide is not a situational counter-response to aggression. It’s a coming-out event of sorts.

Differently put: There are no legitimate antecedents to genocide. Genocide is not a “war crime” to which a set of mitigating or exculpating legal defenses can attach.

Genocide is a stand-alone indefensible crime—“the blackest of all crimes”—for which there are no extenuating circumstances and to which no traditional legal defenses attach.

Ethnocide, depopulation, domicide and daily mass murder can never be explained away or exculpated using argument from law, ethics or history. … continue

Israel’s Straw Widow Protocol: The Kill Zones Where Civilians Were Labelled ‘Terrorists’

By Freddie Ponton – 21st Century Wire – October 13, 2026

Along Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor, Israeli soldiers concealed themselves inside Palestinian homes and established invisible kill zones. Civilians, including children, were shot for approaching or crossing unmarked boundaries. Military records then counted the dead as terrorists “eliminated.” … continue

Meet the US generals and admirals advancing Israeli policy

By Harrison Berger – Responsible Statecraft – October 13, 2026

In August, the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA) publicly took credit for shaping “multiple provisions” now in this year’s defense policy bill, stating that many were “impacted by prior JINSA policy recommendations,” including “proposals to strengthen U.S.-Israel defense industrial base integration” and “renew pre-existing joint U.S.-Israel programs.”

Among the provisions JINSA takes credit for is the controversial Section 219. In the House version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), this section mandates the creation of a single executive agent tasked with “synchronizing cooperative efforts” between the U.S. and Israel across nine basket categories, including AI, quantum technology, biotechnology, and virtually every category of weapons. … continue

Are the United States and Israel in Decline-and-Fall Mode?

The horrors deliverable by Israel that might come next

By Philip Giraldi • Unz Review • October 14, 2026

… we Americans and presumably lots of other people have something to look forward to from an Israel whose leaders including Benjamin Netanyahu and Ariel Sharon have often bragged about how they control “America,” and now it it boasting how it has taken its pound of flesh and then will discard the US donor after it is bled white… Read full article

Leading Israeli Think Tank Publishes Psychotic Israeli ‘National Security’ Doctrine

One of Israel’s Leading Think Tanks Put Out a Disturbing “National Security” Doctrine

By Justin K.P. | The Dissident | October 14, 2026

Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies, one of it’s leading think tanks, put out a psychotic paper written by Tamir Hayman, the former IDF chief of intelligence from 2018 to 2021, which outlined Israel’s current “national security concept”.

Some concepts outlined in the paper include… continue

It’s a Genocide, I’m Into It’: Seinfeld Mocks Protest over Palestinian Children Killed

Palestine Chronicle | October 12, 2026

American comedian Jerry Seinfeld responded with mockery and an onstage dance when pro-Palestinian activists interrupted his Chicago performance on Friday, confronting him over Palestinian children killed in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Footage circulated by Chicago Palestine solidarity groups recorded several interventions during the performance. Protesters challenged Seinfeld’s public support for Israel and accused him of racism and complicity in genocide.

One confrontation occurred while Seinfeld was discussing his frustration with his cellphone service.

A woman interrupted to express her frustration with the genocide, citing 74,000 Palestinians killed, including 22,000 children, and questioning his decision to make jokes while US taxpayers funded Israel.

“I’m racist, it’s a genocide, I’m into it,” Seinfeld responded, according to the Times of Israel.

In the footage, Seinfeld is seen dancing as security removed the woman and guards escorted her out. … continue

Declassified UK exposes British man who fought for ‘Israel’ in Gaza

Al Mayadeen| October 14, 2026

A four-month investigation by Declassified UK has identified a British man who fought with the Israeli occupation army in Gaza and found evidence linking him to a unit involved in the destruction of residential buildings and an incident involving a school that was set on fire.

Jonathan Burman, a Manchester native in his mid-20s, posted photographs on his private Instagram account showing himself serving with the Israeli occupation army in Khan Younis early in the Gaza war, according to the exclusive investigation published by Declassified UK.

Newly obtained photographs show Burman standing beside another soldier in front of a burning primary school in Gaza. The images were posted in January 2024, around six weeks after Israeli forces entered and took control of the school.

The investigation comes after a UN commission said Israeli soldiers who fought in Gaza after October 2023 should be considered potential suspects in war crimes investigations. … continue

Aletho News Posting Disruption Occurs Due To Copper Thieves

October 14, 2026

Internet connection stolen in brazen theft at junction box near vacant rental home which had it’s plumbing removed.

West’s death cult in a theater near you

By Finian Cunningham | Strategic Culture Foundation | October 14, 2026

It’s hard to know whether to break the TV set or throw up when listening to the European governments rushing to condemn the air strike by Yemeni forces on Saudi Arabia’s King Khalid international airport. … continue

Iran summons UK envoy again over airbase sabotage allegations, warns it could ‘reconsider bilateral ties’

Press TV – October 13, 2026

The Foreign Ministry has again summoned Britain’s ambassador to Tehran, demanding that London promptly provide evidence for, what it calls, allegations linking Iran to an alleged security incident at RAF Fairford and warning that Tehran could reconsider bilateral relations if Britain failed to substantiate its claims.

Hugo Shorter was summoned to the ministry on Tuesday, with Alireza Yousefi, Iran’s assistant foreign minister and director general for the ministry’s Western Europe Department, conveying Tehran’s strong protest at Britain’s “irresponsible and damaging approach” towards the Islamic Republic.

Yousefi categorically rejected the allegations, stressing that British officials could not evade accountability or their international responsibilities over London’s anti-Iranian efforts by rather trying to shift blame onto Iran using unfounded accusations.

He cited Britain’s direct involvement in US-Israeli military aggression against Iran – referring, among other things, to Washington’s using the airbase in Gloucestershire to support the aggression – as well as Britain’s longstanding hosting of anti-Iranian terrorist groups and operatives. […]

The development followed remarks by British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who recently claimed that a suspected plot against RAF Fairford was “almost certainly” directed by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC). He also said Britain would “bring further sanctions to restrict the capacity of Iran and the IRGC to do us harm.”

British authorities arrested several men near the military facility in late September on suspicion of “terrorism and explosives offences.” The suspects were subsequently released on bail, while no conclusive evidence linking Iran to the incident had been publicly presented. – Full article

How the Yandex ‘Russian bots’ lie fell apart

RT | October 14, 2026

Did Ukraine’s strikes on Russian data centers destroy the Kremlin’s pro-MAGA bot army? Or are Vladimir Zelensky and his European patrons insulting their citizens with remedial-grade propaganda? RT takes a trip down the rabbit hole.

Ukrainian forces hit three Yandex (Russia’s equivalent to Google) data centers with long-range drones between October 8 and 11. Yandex confirmed that operations were “completely halted” at the facility struck on October 8, and temporarily halted at the center struck on October 11. This much is true, but the story that followed veers into NAFO fiction. … continue

Burnham’s ‘Russia did Brexit’ ruse crumbles

RT | October 14, 2026

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s attempt to blame Russia for the Brexit vote is a crude attempt to undo the referendum and tie the UK back to Brussels. It’s also imploding dramatically.

In an appearance on the ‘The Rest is Politics’ podcast on Sunday, Burnham said that he sought answers about alleged meddling in the 2016 Brexit referendum after taking office this summer.

“I asked the question coming to Downing Street: Well, was there interference in the 2016 referendum from Russia? I’ve had the clear answer that yes, there was.”

Burnham did not identify who had provided the assessment or present any evidence to back it up. Nor did he say whether the alleged interference actually affected the result of the referendum. However, he insisted that anti-establishment movements in Britain, France, and Germany – where Chancellor Friedrich Merz has claimed that the right-wing AfD are “Russian-backed” – are “instigated via our enemies, namely Russia.” … continue

Estonia making movies and games to encourage war against Russia

By Lucas Leiroz | October 14, 2026

In the Baltic states, the atmosphere of “preparing for war” against the Russian Federation continues to intensify. Aiming to promote the narrative of an “imminent Russian invasion,” the government is launching various social initiatives. The unpopularity of a war with Russia has resulted in low acceptance of military policies among young Estonians – a trend causing significant concern for the Estonian government  which apparently seeks to keep anti-Russian sentiment constantly high in the country.

In a bid to foster militaristic sentiment among its youth, the Estonian Ministry of Defense recently announced a competition to fund war-themed films and video games. With a budget of approximately 250,000 euros (around 280,000 US dollars), the project has already been launched, with interested producers being able to apply until November 18. Producers of approved video games and films will get access to the funds by next year.

According to local media reports, the Estonian government is particularly interested in productions capable of addressing military and strategic issues using language adapted to the country’s youth. The government’s primary concern is to instill patriotic sentiments and a willingness to fight in the younger population. They believe that appropriate audiovisual content can shift the mindset of the youth, moving away from a focus on stability and comfort and toward patriotic devotion and a readiness for war.

Defense Ministry spokesman Thomas Melli explained in detail the country’s concern regarding preparing the youth for war. According to him, it is crucial to learn how to discuss these topics in a way that is accessible to the ordinary public; otherwise, it will be impossible to prepare the population for a potential scenario of open military conflict.  … continue

Poland considers reinstating conscription

RT | October 14, 2026

Poland is mulling reintroducing compulsory military service that was abolished in 2009, Deputy Defense Minister Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka has said. Her comments came shortly after an opinion poll indicated that over a half of Poles under 24 were against the reinstatement of conscription.

In an interview with RMF FM radio station on Wednesday, Sobkowiak-Czarnecka revealed that “discussions at the Ministry of National Defense today cover all possible scenarios.” The official said that she personally is a proponent of universal conscription modelled after the Israeli draft system, where both men and women are called up for service. … Full article

The EU’s latest mad plan to save itself

By Martin Jay | Strategic Culture Foundation | October 14, 2026

The most remarkable thing about the rapid demise of the U.S. is that when it hits the bottom of the ocean floor economically, it will be in a better state than the EU. The panic among EU leaders, in particular Ursula von der Leyen, is breathtaking. Barely a week passes before she makes another crackpot policy announcement, gives herself a salary increase, or makes a statement about needing to give even more money to Ukraine. But in recent months these announcements have become more radical and existential, and we are seeing a new dawn now in the EU where the only solution to cover up the feral spending and borrowing is to fabricate a war with Russia and then blame Putin for the whole fiasco.

Every now and again we get a sober reminder about the economic situation of the U.S., EU and Russia. The recent news that Putin is going to sell around 2 million tonnes of diesel oil to “global markets” (as U.S. media phrases it), the lion’s share going to the U.S. before, during and just after the midterm elections in a bid to stabilise the price to help Trump. We will have to assume that countries who buy some of their diesel from the U.S. will continue doing so, but it might, in fact, be Russian oil. … Full article

Poland wants EU military production in ‘war-mode’

RT | October 13, 2026

The EU should shift to “war-mode” military production, Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz has said, arguing that failing to do so would be a costly mistake for Europe.

The defense minister made the remarks at a press conference on the sidelines of the Warsaw Security Forum on Tuesday. The conference has primarily revolved around the supposed threat Russia poses to the EU and the measures the bloc should take.

“I am actually an advocate for war-mode when it comes to production in the defense sector,” he said, claiming that Russia has already taken this approach and the EU “cannot overlook this fact.”

Failing to do so would be a costly mistake and would not only put the EU at a disadvantage now, but would “affect [the bloc] negatively in future generations,” Kosiniak-Kamysz said.

While Russia has expanded its defense budget and ramped up defense industry output, it has not shifted to a full-fledged wartime economy. A number of prominent Russian politicians and public figures have dismissed the idea, citing the implications it would bring. … Full article

The Diesel Deal between Trump and Putin: Hope dies last

By Tim Kirby | Strategic Culture Foundation | October 11, 2026

… Some moronic ‘Putin sold out the BRICS’ counter-narrative is sure to arise from Kiev’s bot accounts soon. Obviously someone is going to say that the Kremlin threw their Iranian brothers to the Zio-lobby machine! But in actuality, it looks like the Iranians are going to just ship their oil through Russia and sell it as ‘Russian’ and everyone will be happy. The Caspian Sea will be even more busy in the near future. If sanctioned accomplished anything they really increased trade between Russia and Iran.

No one in Moscow is planning on selling out Tehran; they want America to join the Multipolar World while still saving face and reduce the global threat level of nuclear war which is vastly too high at present. Iran and China were surely consulted on this issue before any Diesel Deal was finalized. … Full article

Four in five new UK jobs taken by foreigners – report

RT | October 14, 2026

Foreign nationals have filled 80% of new UK jobs over the past decade, while millions of Britons have remained on out-of-work benefits, according to a new report by the Centre for Social Justice.

The UK think tank said on Tuesday that British nationals accounted for just 734,000 of the 3.7 million jobs added to payrolls between 2014 and the end of 2025. EU nationals accounted for 408,000 new jobs, while migrants from the rest of the world filled around 2.5 million.

“Employers have gained unprecedented access to overseas labour while taxpayers have absorbed the growing cost of domestic worklessness,” the report said. … continue