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Microsoft has announced that it has stopped providing cloud services and AI tools to a division of the Israeli Ministry of Defense, following an investigation into a report from the Guardian about the IDF’s Unit 8200 building a system for tracking Palestinians’ phone calls.

The 2025 U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) will likely be dominated by the drama over European states unilaterally declaring Palestinian independence, but it will also be an important week for the BRICS economic collective, which has positioned itself as an alternative to the post-World War II international order led by the United States and Europe.

A discussion regarding the Wikipedia article on allegations Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip was closed over the weekend in favor of stating the allegations as fact. The proposal received significant support from pro-Palestinian and socialist editors, but other editors noted a recent discussion had already ruled against claiming genocide as fact. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Sunday that “[t]here will be no Palestinian state west of the Jordan River” after several countries recognized one, despite the war and the lack of signs of statehood.

HBO Max will air its the first the fictional depiction of the horrific October 7 attack on Israel wherein the terrorist organization Hamas killed 1,200 people. 

The government of Chile announced the arrival this weekend of a group of 67 individuals “with close ties to Chile” from the Gaza strip.

The anti-Israel cause made a big splash at the Emmy Awards on Sunday night when actress Hannah Einbinder exclaimed “F**k ICE” and “Free Palestine” from the stage.

The United Nations (UN) General Assembly voted to pass a resolution Friday to establish a Palestinian State — if and when Hamas leaves power in Gaza, which is a condition the UN has no ability to enforce.

“There will be no Palestinian state.” So declared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, upon approving a new housing development east of Jerusalem that will divide the West Bank (Judea and Samaria).

The United Nations General Assembly is set to vote Friday on a controversial proposal to declare a Palestinian state that is “independent, sovereign and democratic,” even as Hamas continues to wage war.

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld had some choice words regarding the Free Palestine movement, comparing it to the Ku Klux Klan. 

A soldier aided by “a number of civilians” returned fire and ended Monday’s terror attack in Jerusalem’s Ramot Junction, according to the Times of Israel.

Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, said Tuesday that what is left of Gaza will be destroyed if Hamas does not release the remaining 48 Israeli hostages, as many as 20 of whom may still be alive.

Palestine 36, a film about the self-destructive Arab Revolt of the 1930s in Palestine under the British Mandate, received a rapturous welcome Saturday at the antisemitism-plagued Toronto International Film Festival.

President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed a last-minute hostage deal that would see all of the remaining Israeli hostages released in exchange for ending the war in Gaza. Hamas has yet to accept it.

Israel and Egypt clashed Friday in a war of words over the fate of Palestinians in Gaza, with Egypt accusing Israel of “genocide” and Israel accusing Egypt of “imprisoning” Palestinian civilians in a war zone.

A Palestinian child who was said by a media-friendly “whistleblower” to have been murdered in cold blood by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Gaza has turned up alive and well, living in hiding with his mother.

Democrat Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) is facing a censure threat over remarks made at a pro-Palestinian conference in Detroit over the weekend.

Sen. Tom Cotton is flagging the FBI on what he describes as the “dangerous” and “almost certainly illegal” activities of the controversial Palestinian Youth Movement.

A pro-Palestinian conference in Detroit, Michigan, over the weekend featured young children in keffiyehs leading the genocidal chant “From the river to the sea/Palestine will be free,” calling for Israel’s destruction.

Coldplay co-founder Chris Martin recognized two Israeli fans as “equal humans on earth” after welcoming them onstage and appearing surprised to learn their country of origin.

At the opening of the autumn session of Parliament, British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper laid out a series of measures to supposedly crack down on immigration, while at the same time announcing plans to bring more alleged refugees into the country, including from Gaza, and to extend the right to stay in the country for Ukrainian asylum seekers.

The Trump administration has directed American consular posts worldwide to halt approvals of nearly all visitor visas for holders of Palestinian passports, a policy that took effect August 31, 2025, and expands recent restrictions targeting Palestinian travel to the United States.

President Donald Trump is reportedly considering a plan to take over Gaza for ten years and to relocate its 2 million Palestinians, paying each $5,000 to leave while the area is redeveloped into a technology hub.

President Donald Trump is reportedly weighing a sweeping postwar plan for Gaza that would place the territory under American trusteeship for a decade, rebuild the enclave through massive public and private investment, transform it into a Middle Eastern tourism and economic hub, and offer Palestinians voluntary relocation packages to help them restart their lives.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed Sunday that an attack on Abu Obeidah, the iconic Hamas spokesman, had been successful, and that he was dead.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed Friday that the U.S. was “denying and revoking” the visas of senior Palestinian leaders who were set to have attended the opening of the United Nations General Assembly next month.

The leftist British government has agreed to a scheme that will allow dozens of Palestinians from Gaza to come to the country as university students with, in some cases, taxpayer funded scholarships.

Ottawa’s annual Pride parade on Sunday was halted by a pro-Palestinian activist group called Queers for Palestine — Ottawa (Q4P), who demanded that the Capital Pride group boycott Israel and declare support for “all oppressed peoples, including Palestinians.”

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Monday that it would conduct an inquiry into an airstrike that hit the Nasser Hospital in Gaza, in which several rescue personnel and journalists were killed in a second strike.

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) took the UK Daily Mirror to task for featuring a front-page photograph of a “starving” Palestinian child who in fact suffers from a genetic disorder — the latest such case.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry on Sunday accused the UK’s Daily Mirror of “spreading Hamas propaganda” after the publication featured a Saturday front-page photo under the headline “Stop Starving Gaza’s Kids” showing a Palestinian child who suffers from a rare genetic disorder rather than starvation.

At least 18 people were arrested Wednesday at Microsoft’s Redmond, Washington, campus during an employee-led protest against the tech giant’s contracts with Israel.

Israeli PM Netanyahu said he is fighting a “battle for civilisation” and accused the UK of “rewarding” Hamas by recognising Palestine. 

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) called up 60,000 reservists for duty in the upcoming assault on Gaza City, the last stronghold of Hamas terrorists, over a six-month period to complete the conquest of the territory.

Richard Gere, a Hollywood actor who starred in The Hoax, has attacked Israel for its war of self-defense in Gaza by citing false and debunked Hamas death statistics.