Articles

‘We won’t learn to live with this’: Teenagers block Ayalon in protest for Gaza hostage deal
Uri Sela, The Jerusalem Post, August 31, 2025

Israel kills 88 Gazans in attacks, starves 7 to death; Hamas spox fate unclear after strike
Egypt Today, August 31, 2025

‘If Matan returns in a bag, I will ensure Netanyahu charged with murder,’ Zangauker pledges
The Jerusalem Post, August 30, 2025

EU urges US to reconsider UN summit visa denial for Palestinians
Al Arabiya, August 30, 2025

‘A wild gamble on hostages’ lives’: Defense chiefs to urge cabinet to eschew Gaza op, take deal
Stav Levaton, The Times of Israel, August 30, 2025

Israeli evacuation of Gaza City would be unsafe and unfeasible, Red Cross head says
Reuters, The Jerusalem Post, August 30, 2025

The descent into ‘a massive famine’ in Gaza has begun, relief agencies warn
UN News, August 29, 2025

Israel halts aid pauses in famine-hit Gaza City, calls it ‘dangerous combat zone’
Amr Mohamed Kandil, Egypt Today, August 29, 2025

US says it will ban PA’s Abbas, 80 other officials from attending UN General Assembly
The Times of Israel, August 29, 2025

Israel army says Gaza City now ‘a dangerous combat zone’
Jordan Times, August 29, 2025

Israel Police Block Jerusalem Fundraiser for Gaza, Claiming It Could ‘Serve Hamas’
Nir Hasson, Josh Breiner, Haaretz, August 29, 2025

The Zionist case for Palestinian statehood
Yehuda Kurtzer, The Times of Israel, August 29, 2025

U.S. Bans Visas for Palestinian Authority, PLO Members Ahead of UN General Assembly; President Abbas Reportedly Included
Ben Samuels, Haaretz, August 29, 2025

UN human rights staff urge leadership to declare Israel’s war in Gaza a genocide
Jason Burke, The Guardian, August 29, 2025

Israel Cannot Destroy the Truth of What Is Happening in Gaza by Shelling It
Ahmad Tibi, Haaretz, August 28, 2025

Extraordinary aerial images show Gaza in ruins after nearly two years of war
YNet News, August 28, 2025

UN: Over 1,000 Attacks on Palestinians by Israelis in the West Bank Recorded Since January
Amira Hass, Haaretz, August 28, 2025

AP journalist’s final pics show spot where she was killed by IDF at Nasser Hospital
The Times of Israel, August 28, 2025

‘Rivers of blood’ protest outside IDF chief’s home
Roi Rubinstein, YNet News, August 28, 2025

WSJ: Egypt training hundreds of Palestinians for future Gaza security force
Haaretz, August 28, 2025

Gaza at ‘breaking point,’ UN food chief says after visit to hunger-stricken Strip
Agencies, The Times of Israel, August 28, 2025

Gaza death and destruction ‘without parallel in recent times’: Guterres
UN News, August 28, 2025

Pope demands end to ‘collective punishment’ and forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza
Haaretz, August 28, 2025

Orthodox Church in Gaza City ordered to evacuate by Israeli army
Rossella Tercatin, The Times of Israel, August 27, 2025

Sick and Elderly Shelter in Gaza City Churches With Nowhere to Go Amid Looming IDF Siege
Jack Khoury, Rawan Suleiman, Haaretz, August 27, 2025

UN calls for decisive steps to end conflict as Gaza and West Bank crises deepen
UN News, August 27, 2025

IDF Raids West Bank City of Nablus; 27 Palestinians Wounded, Medics Say
Jack Khoury, Haaretz, August 27, 2025

Hamas won’t be waving a white flag anytime soon, and that’s OK with Netanyahu
Avi Issacharoff, YNet News, August 27, 2025

NGO says starving Gaza children too weak to cry
AFP, Al Arabiya, August 27, 2025

Large crowds fill Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square for rally urging deal to free captives
Charlie Summers, Ariela Karmel, The Times of Israel, August 26, 2025

Hostage’s father: ‘We understand it’s full steam ahead’ regarding IDF operations in Gaza
Linda Dayan, Haaretz, August 26, 2025

Macron urges Netanyahu to reject Gaza reoccupation and embrace Palestinian statehood
Tamar Sebok, YNet News, August 26, 2025

Residents flee as Palestinians report overnight IDF shelling of Gaza City outskirts
Reuters, Jacob Magid, Stav Levaton, The Times of Israel, August 26, 2025

Hundreds of senior diplomats call for EU to take urgent action over Gaza crisis
Tom Ambrose, Aneesa Ahmed, Hamish MacKay, The Guardian, August 26, 2025

Gaza City offensive divides Israeli military leadership
Ron Ben-Yishai, YNet News, August 26, 2025

Ex-IDF Chief Eisenkot: My Son Was Killed in Gaza Due to Netanyahu Government’s ‘Political Cowardice‘
Haaretz, August 26, 2025

Egypt condemns Israeli escalation in Ramallah, warns of regional instability
Egypt Today; August 26, 2025

Palestinians Report Dozens Wounded as IDF Troops Operate in Ramallah in Broad Daylight
Hagar Shezaf, Jack Khoury, Haaretz, August 26, 2025

Inside Gaza’s Hospitals: ‘The Children Were Very Thin. Weak. Glazed Eyes. It Was Devastating’
Haaretz, August 26, 2025

‘Gaza conquest’s madness – living matter most’: Slain Nir Oz founders’ children urge hostage deal
Lihi Gordon, YNet News, August 25, 2025

Israeli strike on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital kills at least 15, including journalists
Al Arabiya, August 25, 2025

Someone should have thought twice before bombing hospital in Khan Younis
Einav Schiff, YNet News, August 25, 2025

Gaza: UN calls for probe following deadly strikes on Nasser Hospital
UN News, August 25, 2025

Last Photos Taken by Gaza Journalists Before They Were Killed in Israeli Strikes
Reuters, Associated Press; Haaretz, August 25, 2025

Four journalists among 15 dead in Israeli strike on hospital, Gaza officials say
Yolande Knell, Raffi Berg, BBC, August 25, 2025

15 said killed in Israeli attack on Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, including 4 journalists
The Times of Israel, August 25, 2025

IDF chief reportedly says there is a hostage deal ‘on the table, we need to take it’
The Times of Israel, August 25, 2025

Ending Gaza war is Israel’s only strategic option
Yedidia Stern, YNet News, August 25, 2025

The War in Israel Over Serving in War
Elizabeth Bumiller, Natan Odenheimer, Johnatan, Riess, The New York Times, August 24, 2025

‘Every Day, We’re Forced to Choose Who Gets Treatment’: Malnutrition Cases Outpace Gaza’s Health System
Nagham Zbeedat, Haaretz, August 24, 2025

Driven by hunger in Gaza, amputees are part of the collateral damage
UN News, August 24, 2025

Carmel and her friends were abandoned to their deaths; we cannot abandon the others
Eshel Gat, YNet News, August 23, 2025

Palestinians despair after UN declares famine in Gaza
AFP, Iraqi News, August 23, 2025

‘Starvation Is Everywhere’: Virtual Tours of Gaza Clinics Expose the Scale of the Horror
Yarden Michaeli, Nir Hasson, Haaretz, August 22, 2025 [contains disturbing images of starving children]

First Person: Gaza, where starving people are trapped in a land reduced to rubble
Jonathan Dumont, UN News, January 6, 2025

Europe and Arab States Are Asleep. Soon, Anything That Moves in Gaza City Will Be Killed
Amira Hass, Haaretz, August 22, 2025

Global Monitors Confirm Famine in Part of Gaza. What Does That Mean?
Ephrat Livni, The New York Times, August 22, 2025

‘My youngest child doesn’t know what fruit tastes like’: Gaza residents on famine
Tom Bennett, BBC, August 22, 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/world/middleeast/famine-gaza-city-israel.html

Gaza City and Surrounding Areas Are Officially Under Famine, Monitors Say
Vivian Yee, The New York Times, August 22, 2025

Saudi Arabia says Gaza war will ‘remain a stain’ on international community
Al Arabiya, August 22, 2025

Famine in Gaza: ‘A failure of humanity itself’, says UN chief
UN News, August 22, 2025

Here’s why the UN-backed report confirms famine in Gaza after months of warnings
Al Arabiya, August 22, 2025

Middle Israel: Israel must sign deal to end Gaza war, bring hostages home
Amos Asa-El, The Jerusalem Post, August 22, 2025

Marching on the Gaza Border, Hostage Families Say: Gaza Takeover Plan Is a Death Sentence
Eden Solomon, Haaretz, August 21, 2025

5 ex-hostage lookout troops finish rehab, as captives’ relatives march to Gaza border
Diana Bletter, Jacob Magid, The Times of Israel, August 21, 2025

Amid massive destruction of Gaza City, UN chief renews ceasefire call
UN News, August 21, 2025

Israel pounds Gaza City after offensive gets green light
Iraqi News, August 21, 2025

Palestinians in Gaza rally with Egyptian flags in support of Cairo’s ceasefire proposal
Egypt Today, August 21, 2025

UN chief calls for immediate ceasefire, warns of casualties from Gaza City takeover
Agencies, Nava Freiberg, Stav Levaton, The Times of Israel, August 21, 2025

He Was the Face and Voice of Gaza. Israel Assassinated Him.
Lydia Polgreen, The New York Times, August 21, 2025

Gazans face a future of pain and prosthetics
UN News, August 21, 2025

Astronomical Costs of Occupation: Israel Set to Shoulder Economic Burden of 2 Million Gazans
Hagai Amit, Nati Tucker, Haaretz, August 21, 2025

‘Studying Torah is what protects us’: Haredi leaders lead prayers against IDF draft
Sam Sokol, The Times of Israel, August 21, 2025

Most Americans believe countries should recognize Palestinian state – poll
The Jerusalem Post, August 20, 2025

‘Nowhere to Go, No Money, No Way to Survive’: Gaza City Residents Await Displacement or Death
Nagham Zbeedat, Rawan Suleiman, Haaretz, August 20, 2025

Ultra-Orthodox protesters block major Israeli highways over army draft arrests
Shilo Freid, Shalev Kachlon, Raanan Ben-Zur, YNet News, August 20, 2025

Dozens of Modern Orthodox rabbis call for ‘moral clarity’ in the face of Gaza humanitarian crisis
Philissa Cramer, The Jerusalem Post, August 20, 2025

As draft crisis escalates, Haredi leaders downplay danger to troops in war
Sam Sokol, The Times of Israel, August 20, 2025

Hundreds of Haredi anti-draft protesters block highways in central Israel
Michael Bachner, The Times of Israel, August 20, 2025

Gaza: ‘Sickening normalisation’ of suffering, amid attacks on people and aid convoys
UN News, December 13, 2024 [Highest number of child amputees worldwide]

After seeing misery up close, the man feeding Gaza says there’s no doubt Strip is starving
Nurit Yohanan, The Times of Israel, August 20, 2025

IDF says it has killed over 2,100 Hamas operatives since resuming Gaza fighting in March
Emmanuel Fabian, The Times of Israel, August 20, 2025

Sisi reaffirms to Macron Egypt’s rejection of any Palestinian displacement
Egypt Today, August 20, 2025

Macron says Israel’s offensive in Gaza will lead to ‘disaster’
Al Arabiya, August 20, 2025

Amid ongoing Israeli attacks, ‘the systematic destruction of Gaza City is already underway’: UN rights office
UN News, August 20, 2025

Israel to respond by Friday over Gaza truce plan accepted by Hamas
Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, August 19, 2025

UN warns Gaza violence behind record humanitarian toll
Iraqi News, August 19, 2025

At Rafah crossing, Egypt presents its grand vision for post-war Gaza
Smadar Perry, YNet News, August 19, 2025

Gaza: Aid insufficient to avert ‘widespread starvation’ as Israeli military ramp-up forces more people to flee
UN News, August 19, 2025

In Israel, One Man’s Hunger Strike Puts His Body on the Line ‘Until Every Gazan Is Fed’
Nagham Zbeedat, Haaretz, August 19, 2025

Palestinians await relief as mediators push for Gaza ceasefire
Iraqi News, August 19, 2025

Haredi leaders call for global day of prayer, fasting to protest arrest of draft dodgers
Sam Sokol, The Times of Israel, August 19, 2025 [‘Jews are persecuting Jews because learning Torah’]

Haredim, police clash during protest on major highway: ‘The state will get prisoners, not soldiers’
Shilo Freid, Roy Rubinstein, YNet News, August 19, 2025 [‘We will die before we enlist‘]

As Gaza war drags on, some reservists increasingly lose faith in Netanyahu’s motives
Reuters, The Times of Israel, August 19, 2025 [turnout less than half of war’s start]

Demolishing Gaza: Never in Israel’s History Were So Many Buildings Leveled
Hagai Amit, Haaretz, August 19, 2025

‘World Humanitarian Day, an opportunity to showcase solidarity among nations’
The Tehran Times, August 19, 2025

Amnesty says Israel deliberately starving Gaza’s Palestinians
Al Arabiya, August 18, 2025

Leaving Gaza is the only way to defeat Hamas – opinion
Nimrod Koren, The Jerusalem Post, August 18, 2025

Israeli controls choke Gaza relief at Egypt border, say aid workers
AFP, Iraqi News, August 18, 2025

Our last chance to stop the madness [ a call for civil resistance ]
Shimon Sheves, The Times of Israel, August 18, 2025

Hundreds of Thousands of Israelis Join Nationwide Strike for Gaza Hostage Deal
Haaretz, August 17, 2025

Nearly 500,000 Israelis rally for the release of the hostages in Tel Aviv
The Jerusalem Post, August 17, 2025

Ex-chief rabbi: Why listen to ‘atheist’ Netanyahu?
Shilo Freid, YNet News, August 17, 2025

Hamas rejects Israel’s Gaza relocation plan
Al Arabiya, August 17, 2025

‘Only the beginning’: Highways blocked amid nationwide strike for hostages
The Times of Israel, August 17, 2025

‘Children in Gaza Don’t Matter Now,’ Said the ‘Moderate’ IDF General
Gideon Levy, Haaretz, August 17, 2025 [‘For every victim of October 7, 50 Palestinians had to die.’]

 ‘You are letting us die’: Matan Zangauker pleads from Hamas captivity in new video
The Jerusalem Post, August 17, 2025

‘Prayers are not enough’: Hostage families urge ceasefire deal on eve of national strike
The Times of Israel, August 17, 2025

Egypt’s FM, Palestinian PM visit Rafah border crossing Monday
Egyptian, Palestinian prime ministers discuss post-war conference
Egypt Today, August 17, 2025

 A Palestinian State Would Rescue Israel. It Would Not Be a Reward for Hamas
Amos Schoken, August 16, Haaretz, August 16, 2025

Western journalists are failing to stand up for their colleagues in Gaza
Mohamad Bazzi, The Guardian, August 16, 2025

European leaders release joint statement after Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska
Al Arabiya, August 16, 2025

Gaza City puts up fierce resistance 
Wesam Bahrani, The Tehran Times, August 16, 2025

‘On Sunday, We Are Pausing Our Daily Lives to Save the Hostages’
Bar Peleg, Haaretz, August 16, 2025

Nobel-winning economists urge Netanyahu to halt Gaza’s growing hunger
Sever Plocker, YNet News, August 15, 2025 22:43

US, European economists urge Israel to halt Gaza policies
Hurriyet Daily News, August 15, 2025 12;52

US, European economists, including 10 Nobel laureates, urge Israel to halt Gaza policies worsening starvation
Ahmet Salih Alacaci, Anadolu Ajansi, August 15, 2025

Top Economists Warn Netanyahu: Israeli Policies Risk ‘Widespread Famine’ in Gaza
Ben Samuels, Haaretz, August 15, 2025 02:24

UN says at least 1,760 killed while seeking aid in Gaza since late May
The Jordan Times, August 15, 2025

Trapped in Gaza: Palestinians with disabilities cannot reach aid
UN News, August 15, 2025

‘Hellish’: heatwave brings hottest nights on record to the Middle East
Ajit Niranjan, The Guardian, August 15, 2025

‘Free the hostages’: Hundreds of Haredim protest outside prison holding draft evaders
Sam Sokol, The Times of Israel, August 15, 2025

Recovery or Domination: How the Arab Plan for Gaza Is Clashing With Israel’s Far-right Vision
Zvi Bar’el, Haaretz, August 15, 2025

Egypt slams approval of 3.4K settlement units near East Jerusalem
Egypt Today, August 14, 2025

Smotrich says he’ll okay 3,000 homes east of Jerusalem, ‘burying idea of Palestinian state’
Sam Sokol, The Times of Israel, August 14, 2025

How the Lebanese Army dismantles weapons caches in southern Lebanon
L’Orient Today, August 14, 2025

Palestinian Authority accuses Ben-Gvir of provocation after threatening Barghouti in prison
The Jerusalem Post, August 14, 2025

Haredi members of ultra-Orthodox burn IDF conscription orders, briefly try to break into military prison
Sam Sokol, The Times of Israel, August 14, 2025

Police raid Rabbi Dov Lior’s home, two grandchildren arrested
Israel National News, August 14, 2025

Senior ultra-Orthodox rabbi: ‘The army is idolatry, bloodshed and immorality’
Shilo Freid, YNet News, August 13, 2025

‘If you took me back to the night I bought my Nova ticket, I’d buy it again’
Hagar Kochavi, YNet News, August 13, 2025

Israel is wiping out Gaza’s journalists – and it’s no longer even hiding it
Jodie Ginsberg, The Guardian, August 13, 2025

Zakaria Zubeidi claims life of terror ‘ultimately futile’ in NYT interview
The Jerusalem Post, August 13, 2025

The Palestinian Who Led a Militia, a Theater and a Jailbreak
Patrick Kingsley, Fatima AbdulKarim, The New York Times, August 12, 2025

Dates Are ‘Luxury’ – and Other Ways Israel Hinders Aid Trucks From Reaching Starving Gazans
Nir Hasson, Sheren Falah Saab, Avi Scharf, Haaretz, August 12, 2025

The Elders group of global leaders warns of Gaza ‘genocide’
The Tehran Times, August 12, 2025

EU and 24 nations including UK, Japan urge action against ‘famine unfolding’ in Gaza
The Times of Israel, August 12, 2025

‘War must be stopped’: Israeli fighter pilots protest outside IDF’s HQ, call for Gaza deal
Amir Bohbot, The Jerusalem Post, August 12, 2025

Gaza: UNESCO condemns ‘unacceptable’ killing of journalists
Gaza: UN rights experts condemn ‘killing and silencing’ of journalists
UN News, August 12, 2025 / February 1 ,2024

Israel steps up Gaza City bombing after Netanyahu vow to expand the offensive
Al Arabiya, August 11, 2025

Deadly strike on Al Jazeera crew sparks outcry over journalist safety
Mai Anati, The Jordan Times, August 11, 2025

‘They Don’t Want Any Voices Left Inside Gaza’: Killing of Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif Stirs Outrage and Fear
Nagham Zbeedat, Haaretz, August 11, 2025

Tributes, condemnation pour in over slain Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza
Al Jazeera, August 11, 2025 [with list of 274 journalists, media workers killed since October 2023]

U2 members speak out on Gaza: ‘A test of our shared humanity’
Lisa Respers France, CNN, August 11, 2025

U2 VOICE SUPPORT FOR GAZA: ‘SILENCE SERVES NONE OF US’
Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, August 11, 2025

Israeli settlers intensify campaign to drive out West Bank Palestinians
Jeremy Bowen, BBC, August 11, 2025

Israel’s march of folly in Gaza: Leadership failures endanger war goals
Michael Milshtein, YNet News, August 10, 2025

U2 letter on Gaza condemns Israeli government and Hamas, asks for a ceasefire and hostages back
Hannah Brown, The Jerusalem Post, August 10, 2025

‘Jews, Rebel!’: Ex-Knesset Speaker Calls on World Jews to Take Israel to ICJ Over Gaza War Crimes
Etan Nechin, Haaretz, August 10, 2025

Families of hostages call for general strike next week over government’s war plan
Charlie Summers, Sam Sokol, The Times of Israel, August 10, 2025

‘There is no military solution’ to end Israel-Palestine conflict, Security Council hears, as starvation stalks the Gaza Strip
UN News, August 10, 2025

‘Either They End the War or They Kill Us’: Gaza City Residents Fear Israel’s Planned Takeover
Jack Khoury, Haaretz, August 9, 2025

Gaza Strip: 98.5 percent of cropland unavailable for cultivation as famine looms
Relief Web, August 9, 2025

This Was One of the Last Bridges Between Jews and Arabs. Israel Demolished It, Too
Ronit Vered, Haaretz, August 9, 2025

Haredi newspapers declare ‘war’ over IDF enlistment efforts
Sam Sokol, The Times of Israel, August 7, 2025

Senior EU official says Gaza war ‘looks very much’ like definition of genocide
The Times of Israel, August 7, 2025

‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
Harry Davies, Yuval Abraham, The Guardian, August 6, 2025

‘We never see kids like this:’ Israeli doctors speak out on emaciated Gazan children
Jeremy Sharon, The Times of Israel, August 5, 2025

‘A Futile War’: Former Israeli Security Chiefs Warn Current Gaza War Has No Strategy
Rachel Fink, Haaretz, August 4, 2025

Hundreds of ex-Israeli security officials urge Trump to help end war in Gaza
William Christou, The Guardian, August 4, 2025

‘On the precipice of defeat’: 19 former defense chiefs demand end to Gaza war
The Times of Israel, August 4, 2025

Operation Gideon’s Chariots ends without achieving main goals, internal disputes over Gaza strategy
Yoav Zitun, YNet News, August 4, 2025 – 5-mn video of Evyatar David in a tunnel

As Piers Morgan Said, if Palestinians Must Leave Gaza, Why Shouldn’t Israelis Leave Israel?
Odeh Bisharat, Haaretz, August 4, 2025

‘I am at death’s door’: Family of hostage Rom Braslavski allows release of PIJ video
The Times of Israel, August 3, 2025

‘You Don’t Understand How Burned Out We Are’: Inside Northern Gaza’s Flattened Beit Hanoun With Israeli Soldiers
Yaniv Kubovich, Haaretz, August 1, 2025

‘Famine silently begins to unfold’ in Gaza, UNRWA chief says
UN News, July 24, 2025

Terror and chaos for Gaza’s people now entering the ‘death phase’
UN News, July 21, 2025

60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names.
Sammy Westfall, Amaya Verde, Julia Ledur, Hazem Balousha, The Washington Post, July 30, 2025

Foreign journalists step up push for access to Gaza, express fear for hungry colleagues
Stav Levaton,Times of Israel, July 30 2025

 If Israelis and Jews Don’t Act Now, We’re Complicit: Here’s How to Stop Gaza’s Starvation
Rabbi Arik Ascherman, Haaretz, July 30 2025

22 ministers, lawmakers demand Katz allow settlement group to tour northern Gaza, check locations for future settlements
Sam Sokol, Times of Israel, July 30 2025

As images from Gaza spread, US rabbis wrestle with war’s morality from the pulpit
Asaf Elia Shalev, Times of Israel, July 30 2025

‘I Don’t Understand What We’re Fighting For’: Freed Hostage Arbel Yehoud Slams Israel’s Prolonged War in Gaza
Bar Peleg, Haaretz, July 30 2025

Almost a third of people in Gaza not eating for days, UN food programme warns
Maia Davies, BBC News, July 29 2025

Palestinian PM says Hamas must disarm, surrender Gaza control to PA
Al Arabiya, July 29 2025

Famine now unfolding in Gaza, says UN-backed monitor – Middle East crisis live
Tom Ambrose, Yohannes Lowe, Hamish Mackay, The Guardian, July 29 2025

In first, two major Israeli human rights groups accuse Israel of ‘genocide’ in Gaza
Nurit Yohanan, Toi Staff & AP, Times of Israel, July 28 2025

Saudi Arabia and France to lead UN push for recognising Palestinian statehood
Andrew Roth,The Guardian, July 28 2025

‘We’re Feeling Their Pain’: Arab Israeli Leaders Declare Three-day Hunger Strike Over Gaza Starvation
Linda Dayan, Nagham Zbeedat, Haaretz, July 28 2025

Hundreds of rabbis demand Israel stop ‘using starvation as a weapon of war’
Ben Sales, Times of Israel, July 27 2025

Israel-Gaza war live: Europe debates recognition of Palestine as starvation spreads in Gaza
Charlie Moloney, The Guardian, July 26 2025

Gaza hospitals say kids without underlying health conditions now dying of starvation
AP and Toi Staff, Times of Israel, July 25 2025

Israel Starved 43 People to Death by Wednesday Afternoon. The Gaza War Is in a Fatal New Phase
Nir Hasson, Haaretz, July 25 2025

‘We faced hunger before, but never like this’: skeletal children fill hospital wards as starvation grips Gaza
Malak A Tantesh, Emma Graham-Harrison, The Guardian, July 24 2025

Top news agencies urge Israel to let foreign press into Gaza, say reporters starving
AFP and Toi Staff, Times of Israel, July 24 2025

Gaza suffering man-made mass starvation, says WHO chief
William Christou, The Guardian, July 23 2025

Starvation in Gaza is destroying communities – and will leave generational scars
Emma Graham-Harrison, The Guardian, July 23 2025

Mass starvation spreading across Gaza, aid agencies warn, as pressure on Israel grows – Middle East crisis live
Joe Coughlan, The Guardian, July 23 2025

‘Peace is a choice’: UN chief urges diplomacy as wars spread from Gaza to Ukraine
Vibhu Mishra, Un News, July 22 2025

Gaza: UN staff now fainting from hunger, exhaustion; WHO worker detained
Un News,July 22 2025

‘We Refuse to See Them Die’: AFP Issues Statement About Journalists’ Risk of Starvation in Gaza
Haaretz, July 22 2025

France’s FM urges Israel to give foreign press free access to Gaza to ‘bear witness’
Toi Staff, Times of Israel, July 22 2025

28 Western nations say Gaza war ‘must end now,’ suffering has ‘reached new depths’
Toi Staff, Nava Freiberg, Times of Israel, July 21 2025

Western nations slam Israel’s ‘drip feeding of aid’ to Gaza as health ministry says 1,000 killed seeking supplies

Catherine Nicholls, Kareem Khadder, Jeremy Diamond, CNN, July 21 2025

Pope condemns Gaza war’s ‘barbarity’ as 93 reported killed by Israeli fire while waiting
Jennifer Rankin, The Guardian, July 20, 2025

Barred from working in Israel, West Bank Palestinians pay a price for Gaza’s war
Nurit Yohanan, The Times of Israel July 19, 2025

US envoy demands ‘harsh consequences’ as he visits Christian town attacked by settlers
Toi Staff, The Times of Israel, July 19, 2025

Under pressure from Trump, Netanyahu says he ‘regrets’ mistaken shelling of Gaza church
Lazar Berman, Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian, The Times of Israel, July 18, 2025

US says it opposed Israeli strikes in Syria
Al Arabiya, July 18, 2025

ToI poll: Gaza war most pressing issue for Israeli public ahead of next election
Tal Schneider, The Times of Israel, July 17, 2025

New Satellite Data Shows: Gaza Devastation Scale Greater Than Estimated, at Least 70 Percent of Buildings Leveled
Nir Hasson, Haaretz, July 17, 2025

Hopes for a quick deal with Syria are gone, but Israel needs a strategy beyond strikes
Lazar Berman, The Times of Israel, July 17, 2025

Israeli Strike on a Gaza Church Kills Three
Natan Odenheimer, The New York Times, July 17, 2025

Statement Of The Latin Patriarchate Of Jerusalem
Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, July 17, 2025

IDF attacks Latin Church complex in Gaza City, two women killed, priest lightly injured
Jack Khoury, Nir Hasson, Rawan Suleiman, Haaretz, July 17, 2025

Telegram Of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV Regarding The Attack On The Holy Family Parish In Gaza
Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem, July 17, 2025

In EU first, Slovenia to ban Ben Gvir and Smotrich over ‘genocidal statements’
The Times of Israel, July 17, 2025

Handshakes or Airstrikes: What Does Israel Want in Syria?
Patrick Kingsley, The New York Times, July 17, 2025

After IDF strikes, Syria’s Sharaa accuses Israel of seeking ‘chaos and destruction’
Reuters, The Times of Israel, July 17, 2025

US says ‘specific steps’ agreed to end Syria violence after Israeli strikes hit Damascus
David Gritten, BBC, July 17, 2025

IDF: Over 100 missiles fired, Syrian military HQ in Damascus damaged or destroyed
Yoav Zitun, YNet News, July 17, 2025

Syria says withdrawing troops after agreeing to ceasefire in Sweida
Al Arabiya, July 17, 2025

War monitor: Israeli strikes killed 15 Syrian defense and interior ministry personnel
AFP, The Times of Israel, July 17, 2025

UN special coordinator says Lebanon needs to make a plan for disarming Hezbollah
Al Arabiya, July 17, 2025

Prosecutor summons MP over post supporting banned Muslim Brotherhood group
The Jordan Times, July 17, 2025

Border chaos as 1,000 Druze breach frontier into Syria; heavy IDF strikes hit Damascus
Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan, The Times of Israel, July 16, 2025

At least 20 Palestinians killed in crush at food distribution site in southern Gaza
Malak A Tantesh, Julian Borger, Sufian Taha, The Guardian, July 16, 2025

At Least 20 Killed in Stampede Outside a Gaza Food Site, Aid Group Says
Lara Jakes, Nader Ibrahim, The New York Times, July 16, 2025

Jordan slams Israel’s ‘E1 Plan’ as ‘blatant violation’ of International Law
The Jordan Times, July 16, 2025

World’s ‘oldest’ marathon runner dies at 114 in hit-and-run
Saurabh Duggal, BBC, July 15, 2025

93 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza, Hamas-run health ministry says
Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan, The Times of Israel, July 15, 2025

What to Know About Israel’s Strikes in Syria
Christina Goldbaum, The New York Times, July 15, 2025

Over 20 countries join emergency summit in Colombia over Israel’s alleged international law violations
Itamar Eichner, YNet News, July 15, 2025

UN’s Albanese hails 30-nation meeting aimed at ending Israeli occupation of Palestine
Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, July 15, 2025

UN says mass displacement of West Bank Palestinians at highest levels since 1967
AFP, The Times of Israel, July 15, 2025

Divided EU weighs action against Israel over Gaza war
Al Arabiya, July 15, 2025

IDF chief said to call Gaza humanitarian city plan ‘unworkable’ at security meeting
The Times of Israel, July 15, 2025

Don’t Stop at a Gaza Cease-fire. Now Is the Time for Israeli-Palestinian Peace
Hiba Qasas, Haaretz, July 14, 2025

In Gaza, we know why Israel wants to herd us all into one camp – our lives are bargaining chips
Nour Abo Aisha, The Guardian, July 14, 2025

PA’s Abbas urges Hamas to free the hostages, cede its arms, says terror group won’t rule postwar Gaza
The Times of Israel, July 14, 2025

117 Palestinians killed by IDF in Gaza in past 24 hours, Health Ministry says
Jack Khoury, Haaretz, July 14, 2025

Three IDF troops killed, officer seriously wounded in northern Gaza fighting
The Times of Israel, July 14, 2025

IDF combat soldier committed suicide in a base in northern Israel, the third case in eight days
Tom Levinson, Haaretz, July 14, 2023

I Accuse: I Oppose Israel’s War and Occupation. Now, Israel’s Parliament Is Trying to Expel Me
Ayman Odeh, Haaretz, July 14, 2025

Israeli government and military clash over proposed camp for Palestinians
Emma Graham-Harrison, The Guardian, July 14, 2025

IDF said to warn against Gaza ‘humanitarian city’; ex-PM Olmert brands it ‘concentration camp’
Nava Freiberg, AFP, The Times of Israel, July 14, 2025

IDF Reiterates Ban on Gazans Entering the Sea, Last Remaining Source of Relief for Many Palestinians
Nagham Zbeedat, Haaretz, July 13, 2025 [Are they going to ban the air next ?]

 The Guernica of Israel’s War of Extermination in Gaza
Gideon Levy, Haaretz, July 13, 2025

Why Is the IDF Sending My Daughter to Guard West Bank Settlements?
Moran Michel, Haaretz, July 13, 2025

Yes to a Palestinian State: A Response to Israel’s Former UN Envoy Gilad Erdan
Amos Shocken, Haaretz, July 13, 2025

‘We Palestinians don’t have anything concrete to support our existence as a nation’
YNet News, July 12, 2025

French-Saudi summit on two-state solution rescheduled to end of July, after delays from Iran war
Amichai Stein, The Jerusalem Post, July 12, 2025

As All Sides Wait for a Cease-fire, Israel’s Pointless War in Gaza Claims More Lives
Amos Harel, Haaretz, July 11, 2025

Nobel laureate Mohammadi says Iran issuing death threats
Iraqi News, July 11, 2025

Gaza officials say 8 children among 13 killed in strike IDF says targeted Hamas Oct. 7 terrorist
The Times of Israel, July 11, 2025

Hamas to Decide on List of Hostages Released in Gaza Cease-fire, Netanyahu Tells Families
Bar Peleg, Liza Rozovsky, Haaretz, July 11, 2025

War doesn’t end on the battlefield: Israel must better support veterans with PTSD
Editorial, The Jerusalem Post, July 11, 2025

After a Lifetime of Quixotic Battles, Israel’s Physicians for Human Rights Founder Has Little Hope for Israelis and Palestinians
Gili Izikovich, Haaretz, July 11, 2025

Gaza plan likened to Nazi camps, sparks condemnation and political storm
The Jerusalem Post, July 10, 2025

Israel Wants to Build the Most Moral Concentration Camp in the World
Editorial, Haaretz, July 10, 2025

At least 23, including eight children, killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza
AFP, Al Arabiya, July 10, 2025

Israeli soldier killed during attempted Hamas abduction in southern Gaza, IDF says
AFP, Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman, Jacob Magid, The Times of Israel, July 10, 2025

The Jewish State Is Building a Ghetto
Gideon Levy, Haaretz, July 10, 2025

PKK disarmament expected to take months to complete
Iraqi News, July 10, 2025

Mahmoud Abbas insists US includes PA in Gaza ceasefire negotiations – report
The Jerusalem Post, July 10, 2025

‘If We Lose Hope, We Lose Everything’: Telling the Life Stories of Jewish and Arab Women Waging Peace in the Midst of War
Rachel Fink, Haaretz, July 10, 2025

Rafah, Gaza: Unrelenting tide of injuries in last fully operational hospital
The Jordan Times, July 9, 2025

Netanyahu’s Victory Is Israel’s Loss
Mairav Zonszein, The New York Times, July 9, 2025

Trump is Israel’s last chance to stop ‘Vietnamization’ of Gaza war
Nadav Eyal, YNet News, July 9, 2025

Five Israelis Who Refuse to Fight in Gaza: ‘This War Had Crossed Every Moral, Security and Ethical Boundary’
Yahel Gazit, Haaretz, July 9, 2025

At least 20 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza: Civil defense
AFP, Al Arabiya, July 9, 2025

Gaza aid workers overwhelmed by ‘mass casualty incidents’ at food distribution sites
Jason Burke, The Guardian, July 9, 2025

While Israel and Iran Swapped Missiles, Palestinians and Israelis Talked Peace in Paris
Yonatan Zeigen, Haaretz, July 9, 2025

US said to tell mediators it won’t let Israel resume Gaza war, as optimism for deal swirls
Jacob Magid, The Times of Israel, July 9, 2025

Trump holds fresh talks with Netanyahu to end Gaza ‘tragedy’
AFP, France 24, July 9, 2025

Israeli troops in West Bank push Palestinians from their homes
Al Arabiya, July 9, 2025

France: US overstated Iran strike impact, nuclear program only set back by months
Reuters, YNet News, July 8, 2025

Israeli officials claim 80-90% of Gaza deal settled, but core issue of ending war unresolved
Nava Freiberg, Lazar Berman, The Times of Israel, July 8, 2025

Trump and Netanyahu Meet Amid Gaza Cease-Fire Negotiations
The New York Times, July 8, 2025

Gazans reject Trump’s displacement plan despite destruction: ‘This is our land’
Reuters, The Times of Israel, July 8, 2025

Israeli defence minister plans to move Gaza’s population to camp in Rafah
Hamas used sexual violence as part of ‘genocidal strategy’, Israeli experts say
Ione Wells, David Gritten, BBC, July 8, 2025

Wartime innovation increases Israeli defense tech growth, drawing global attention
Reuters, Al Arabiya, July 8, 2025

Hamas timed IED blast that killed five soldiers in-between IDF air, artillery fire
Yonah Jeremy Bob, The Jerusalem Post, July 8, 2025

The road to a new Mideast passes through ending the war, will Netanyahu take it?
Nadav Eyal, YNet News, July 7, 2025

BRIC’s joint statement condemns US-Israeli attacks on Iranian soil
Garsha Vazirian, The Tehran Times, July 7, 2025

What’s at Stake as Netanyahu and Trump Meet in Washington
Aaron Boxerman, The New York Times, July 7, 2025

There Is Only One Way to End the Gaza War and Prevent Future Bloodbaths
Dahlia Scheindlin, Haaretz, June 26/July 7, 2025

On the radio and online, Palestinians keep up with Israel’s roadblocks in the West Bank
The Jordan Times, July 7, 2025

Palestinians fear razing of villages in West Bank, as settlers circle their homes
William Christou, Quique Kierszenbaum, The Guardian, July 7, 2025

A look at Israel’s strategy to Balkanize Iran and why it will fail
Xavier Villar, The Tehran Times, July 7, 2025

Why Hamas can keep fighting without Iran, and what that means for Israel
Daniel Freedman, The Jerusalem Post, July 6, 2025

Israel’s Deadly Assault on Iran Prison Incites Fury, Even Among Dissidents
Farnaz Fassihi, Parin Behrooz, Leily Nikounazar, The New York Times, July 6, 2025

Report: Iranian missiles hit 5 Israeli military sites during 12-Day War
YNet News, July 6, 2025

Hamas security officer says group has lost control over most of Gaza
Rushdi Abualouf, BBC, July 6, 2025

‘Now I Understand Why Israel Is Denying Journalists Access to the Appalling Scene in Gaza’
Netta Ahituv, Haaretz, July 5, 2025

Hamas responds ‘positively’ to truce offer, says it’s ready to start proximity talks
Jacob Magid, The Times of Israel, July 5, 2025

‘They’re skin and bones’: doctors in Gaza warn babies at risk of death from lack of formula
William Christou, Malak A Tantesh, The Guardian, July 5, 2025

Thousands rally for hostages with cabinet set to discuss emerging Gaza truce
The Times of Israel, July 5, 2025

Has Gaza’s death toll reached 100,000?
L’Orient Today, July 5, 2025

Dalai Lama says he hopes to live for another 40 years
Al Arabiya, July 5, 2025

Freed hostage Ofer Calderon recounts trauma of learning 2 children also captive in Gaza
The Times of Israel, July 5, 2025

Egypt strives to reach ‘final formula’ for Gaza ceasefire as Hamas submits ‘positive response’
Egypt Today, July 4, 2025

Eternal War: Israel Is Marching Straight Into the Trap of ‘Seizing’ Gaza
Zvi Bar’el, Haaretz, July 4, 2025

As sides await Hamas response to truce deal, Trump said to offer personal pledge to end war
Nava Freiberg, Lazar Berman, The Times of Israel, July 4, 2025

A ceasefire in Gaza appears to be close. Here’s why it could happen now
Jason Burke, The Guardian, July 4, 2025

IDF says 2 soldiers killed in separate incidents in Gaza as toll mounts
Stav Levaton, The Times of Israel, July 4, 2025

Hamas Says It Is Ready to Negotiate Truce Proposal
Adam Rasgon, Ephrat Livni, The New York Times, July 4, 2025

‘We’re not the same people anymore’ What Israelis don’t want to hear after months of fighting in Gaza
Tom Levinson, Haaretz, July 3, 2025

Hamas said happy with US guarantee on talks to end Gaza war as ceasefire momentum grows
Nurit Yohanan, Stav Levaton, The Times of Israel, July 3, 2025

Gaza’s leading cardiologist Marwan al-Sultan killed in Israeli strike
Clémentine Mariuzzo, L’Orient Today, July 3, 2025

Victims of Israeli Strike on Seaside Café: A Journalist, a Star Soccer Player and Gaza’s Youngest Female Boxer
Nagham Zbeedat, Haaretz, July 3, 2025

Where Do Israel-Hamas Truce Negotiations Stand?
Adam Rasgon, Natan Odenheimer, The New York Times, July 3, 2025

Israel steps up deadly bombardment of Gaza before ceasefire talks
Jason Burke, The Guardian, July 3, 2025

UN chief ‘appalled’ by worsening Gaza crisis as civilians face displacement, aid blockades
UN News, July 3, 2025

Anger, protests, tears and courtesy as Netanyahu finally visits Nir Oz, worst-hit Oct. 7 kibbutz
Michael Horovitz, The Times of Israel, July 3, 2025

Israeli forces storm Al Aqsa Mosque 25 times in June — Palestinian ministry
The Jordan Times, July 3, 2025

Gaza hospital director killed in Israeli strike, relative says
Mallory Moench, BBC, July 3, 2025

 I Am a Palestinian Living in Gaza. This Is My Cease-fire Proposal to Israel
Mahmoud Shehada, Haaretz, July 3, 2025

The Unseen Crisis: Childhoods shaped by conflict and poverty in the West Bank
Relief Web, July 3, 2025

Gaza death toll reaches 57,130 amid ongoing Israeli offensive
Egypt Today, July 3, 2025

Israel arms Fatah-linked militias, combatting Hamas in Gaza
YNet News, July 3, 2025

Gaza café attack kills dozens as Israelis use 230kg bomb in possible ‘war crime’: The Guardian
Egypt Today, July 3, 2025

Israel Tried to Stop Iran’s Doomsday Clock – but Ran Out of Time
Yossi Melman, Haaretz, July 2, 2025

Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC alarmed by intensification of Gaza hostilities amid decimated healthcare system
Relief Web, July 2, 2025

BBC visits heart of Tibetan resistance as showdown looms between Dalai Lama and China
Laura Bicker, BBC, July 2, 2025

‘Turns Out You Can Even Kill Cadavers’: Inside the Scientific and Financial Catastrophe Iran Left in Israel
Ruti Levy, Haaretz, July 2, 2025

Israel lost on the battlefield — and also in the diplomatic arena
The Tehran Times, July 2, 2025

Israeli military used 500lb bomb in strike on Gaza cafe, fragments reveal
Jason Burke, The Guardian, July 2, 2025

Chilling Maps Show: Iran’s Missiles Obliterated Israeli Neighborhoods
Bar Peleg, Ran Shimoni, Adi Hashmonai, Haaretz, June 30-July 1, 2025

‘Beyond anything imaginable’: dozens killed at busy Gaza seafront cafe
Witnesses describe grim aftermath of Israeli strike on busy Gaza cafe
Jason Burke, Malak A Tantesh, The Guardian, July 1, 2025

‘Massive response’ needed following Gaza conflict’s ‘horrific toll’ on children
UN News, July 1, 2025

Gaza: Families deprived of the means for survival, humanitarians warn
UN News, June 30, 2025

A shift in our stands ? For years, our sources were the mainstream Western media, from England, France, the US, and Israel, adding Al Monitor for the Palestinian angle. Until it became only too obvious that we needed Eastern sources, to balance. In May 2025 we then started scanning media from Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Egypt. Fair enough, when you’re dealing with the Middle-East.

Begging the question: how come we didn’t open these windows before ? Did you ?

Then came the flood of lies and deception of June 2025. On all sides, from Tehran to Washington. Unsavoury festival of grotesque postures and fake news (in Tehran they claimed they had shot three Israeli F35s down… in Washington, the Boss said he would give it two weeks, and his weeks morphed into days, etc.). Sickening after a while. As Friedrich Nietzsche put it : “I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.”

Bringing us back to all the previous strings of blatant lies used as excuses to start war, from the Tonkin Gulf incident, back in August 1964, used to send troops to Viet-Nam, to the infamous “Weapons of Mass Destruction” hoax in 2003…

The consequence of this accelerated loss of trust in June 2025 has been that we focused increasingly on our basic coexistence identity, and opened ourselves to such sources as United Nations News, UNICEF, Relief Web (Informing Humanitarians Worldwide), and we neglected media that had fallen into propaganda, or that were too state-controlled, lacking in content, analysis (among them some Israeli, Saudi, Jordanian, Lebanese media).

On top you will find two sources from Israel : Haaretz, and The Times of Israel, followed by Egypt Today, the BBC… We don’t care what the political colour of a source is supposed to be. What matters is the quality of the investigations into reality, facts on the ground, and the relevance of prospects opened.

It will be interesting to check how it all evolves in the summer of 2025, daily.

Gaza: Families deprived of the means for survival, humanitarians warn
U N News, June 30, 2025

Enough of the War, Everywhere – Whether in Gaza, Tehran or Tel Aviv
Sheren Falah Saab, Haaretz, June 30, 2025

Defense agencies have lost control over Jewish extremists in West Bank – analysis
Yonah Jeremy Bob, The Jerusalem Post, June 30, 2025

Far Right settlers damage IDF facility worth millions, meant to protect Jewish residents – report
The Jerusalem Post, June 30, 2025

228 journalists killed since Israeli’s genocidal war on Gaza Strip
Egypt Today, June 30, 2025

Dozens said killed in Gaza; IDF admits it has killed several civilians near aid sites
Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan, Lazar Berman, Agencies, The Times of Israel, June 30, 2025

Israel was facing destruction at the hands of Iran. This is how close it came, and how it saved itself
David Horovitz, The Times of Israel, June 30, 2025

Author of ‘Reading Lolita in Tehran’: ‘The Government of Netanyahu, for Me, Doesn’t Represent the Israeli People’
Gili Izikovich, Haaretz, May 30, 2025

Israeli protestors urge action for Gaza hostages after Iran truce
Egypt Today, June 29, 2025

IDF ramps up Gaza strikes, signals new phase of war
Einav Halabi, YNet News, June 29, 2025

Israeli army orders mass evacuations in northern Gaza, says operations will intensify
Egypt Today, June 29, 2025

Smotrich responds to settler riots: IDF shooting at Jews is ‘red line’ [‘The IDF and the settlers are one and the same’]
Hagar Shezaf, Haaretz, June 29, 2025

Haifa oil refinery partly reopens after shutdown caused by deadly Iran strike
Reuters, The Times of Israel, June 29, 2025

From missiles to deals
Muhammad Abu Ruman, The Jordan Times, June 29, 2025

Iran’s judiciary says 71 killed in Israeli strike on Evin Prison
Al Arabiya, June 29, 2025

How Israel Can Overcome Iran – and Netanyahu
Ehud Barak, Haaretz, June 29, 2025

Their labs destroyed by a missile, Weizmann scientists publish innovative blood cancer study
Diana Bletter, The Times of Israel, June 29, 2025

A shared commitment to human dignity and the pursuit of global peace
Archbishop Giovanni dal Toso, The Jordan Times, June 28, 2025

Italy allocates €10 million to support health sector in Gaza
Egypt Today, June 28, 2025

‘Make a brave decision’: Thousands in Tel Aviv demand PM seal Gaza hostage release deal
Noam Lehmann, The Times of Israel, June 28, 2025

Qatar urges Israel, Hamas to seize ‘window of opportunity’ for Gaza truce
AFP, The Jordan Times, June 28, 2025

 Hundreds of U.S. Rabbis, Jewish Celebrities Back Gaza Food Aid Campaign [‘Unbearingly heartbreaking’]
Etan Nechin, Haaretz, June 27, 2025

Guterres calls for immediate Gaza ceasefire as humanitarian crisis reaches ‘horrific proportions’
U N News, June 27, 2025

Netanyahu must use displayed courage vis-à-vis Iran in Gaza war – opinion
Yaakov Katz, The Jerusalem Post, June 27, 2025

 She Protested for the Israeli Hostages Every Day. She Won’t Get to See Them Return : Naomi Shaanan
Eden Solomon, Haaretz, June 26, 2025

Israel’s War in Gaza Has Killed Over 17,000 Children. These Are the Stories of 28 of Them
Sheren Falah Saab, Haaretz, June 26, 2025

‘Tehran is beautiful from above, I hope to visit one day’ Israeli pilot says after strike on Iran
The Jerusalem Post, June 26, 2025

‘Yes, Israel Demonstrated Its Power. But Strategically, the War in Iran Was a Mistake’
Jonathan Jacobson, Hooman Majd, Haaretz, June 26, 2025

‘Iran’s surrender’ — A claim far too big for U.S. president to utter [Khamenei’s post-war speech]
The Tehran Times, June 26, 2025

Khamenei declares victory over Israel, says US strikes on nuclear sites ‘failed to achieve anything important’
Egypt Today, June 26, 2025

100,000 Dead: What We Know About Gaza’s True Death Toll [official figures : over 17,000 children, 9,000 women killed]
Nir Hasson, Haaretz, June 26, 2025

The Lethal Risk of Seeking Food in Gaza
Rawan Sheikh Ahmad, Adam Rasgon, The New York Times, June 26, 2025

Netanyahu Halts North Gaza Aid After Smotrich Threatens to Quit Coalition Over Alleged Hamas Access
Yaniv Kubovich, Noa Shpigel, Jonathan Liss, Nir Hasson, Haaretz, June 26, 2025

After a month, deadly shootings near Gaza aid sites still a near-daily menace
Nurit Yohanan, Jacob Magid, The Times of Israel, June 26, 2025

Credit Where It’s Due: Netanyahu Ended the Israel-Iran War When Trump Ordered Him To
Gideon Levy, Haaretz, June 26, 2025

Israeli Jews Think That Attacking a Hospital Is a War Crime – Unless the IDF Does It
Ahmad Tibi, Haaretz, June 25, 2025

UN condemns Gaza aid ‘death trap’ as dozens reported killed by Israeli fire
Yolande Knell, BBC, June 25, 2025

Trump: After Iran truce breach, 52 Israeli jets were en route before strike was aborted
YNet News, June 25, 2025

‘Fuel for Gaza is a matter of life and death,’ UN warns
U N News, June 25, 2025

How global citizens challenge the official story on Israeli strikes in Iran
Faramarz Kouhpayeh, The Tehran Times, June 25, 2025

Expert says 70% of Israelis show trauma symptoms amid ongoing conflict
Maayan Hoffman, YNet News, June 25, 2025

Israel-Iran War: Israelis Now Understand What It’s Like to Have Ton-and-a-half Bombs Dropped on Their Homes
Sheren Falah Saab, Haaretz, June 24, 2025

US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites only set back program by months, Pentagon report says
Hugo Lowell, BBC, June 24, 2025

War shatters illusions on both sides of the October 7 line
Michael Milshtein, YNet News, June 24, 2025

‘Stop This Eternal War’: Hostage Families Demand Israel-Iran Truce to Include Gaza Deal
Bar Peleg, Yael Freidson, Haaretz, June 24, 2025

Poll underscores deep concern among US public over potential escalation with Iran
Reuters, The Times of Israel, June 24, 2025

Israel Will Always Have Gaza
Zvi Bar’el, Haaretz, June 24, 2025

Likud MKs invoke ‘hanging,’ ‘firing squad’ in hearing on impeaching Arab lawmaker
Sam Sokol, The Times of Israel, June 24, 2025

Trump is not interested in listening to US experts on Iran’s nuclear program
James Risen, The Guardian, June 24, 2025

44 said killed near Gaza aid sites; UN condemns ‘weaponization’ of food distribution
Agencies, The Times of Israel, June 24, 2025

Did Trump have the legal authority to strike Iran?
Jake Horton, Lucy Gilder, BBC, June 24, 2025

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe denounces Israeli attack on Iran’s Evin prison
Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, June 24, 2025

UN: Gaza faces “death sentence”
Wesam Bahrani, The Tehran Times, June 24, 2025

Trump thanks Iran for early notice on Qatar attack, says it helped prevent casualties
Al Arabiya, June 24, 2025

Israel Is Waging War on Iran, While the IDF Is Waging Spin on the Public
Yossi Melman, Haaretz, June 23, 2025

White House Faces Risk of Economic Fallout From Iran Strike
Tony Romm, The New York Times, June 23, 2025

Rafael Grossi’s role in provoking war on Iran
Soheila Zarfam, The Tehran Times, June 23, 2025

Freedom of the Press in Israel Is Under Attack Under the Guise of War With Iran
Haaretz Editorial, June 23, 2025

EU may take action against Israel if conditions in Gaza do not improve
Jennifer Rankin, The Guardian, June 23, 2025

Israel’s Orange Helmets: The Rescue Teams Facing Apocalyptic Sights Caused by Iran
Entire Neighborhoods Gone: The Israeli Rescue Teams Facing Apocalyptic Sights Caused by Iran
Bar Peleg, Haaretz, June 23, 2025

86 wounded by Iranian missile attacks on Israel after US strikes 3 Iran nuclear sites
Emanuel Fabian, Diana Bletter, Naomi Lanzkron, The Times of Israel, June 22, 2025

Thousands of Iranians and Israelis Sign Joint Letter Demanding a Cease-fire
Etan Nechin, Haaretz, June 22, 2025

Trump takes huge gamble putting US at heart of Iran-Israel conflict
BBC, June 22, 2025 [“This is how wars start“]

With Military Strike His Predecessors Avoided, Trump Takes a Huge Gamble
David E. Sanger, The New York Times, June 22, 2025

‘Much More Than Ayatollahs and Nukes’: What You Need to Learn to Understand Iran
Moshe Gilad, Haaretz, June 22, 2025

Turkey says Israel leading Middle East to ‘total disaster’
Al Arabiya, June 21, 2025

China’s vision for peace: De-escalating the Iran-Israel conflict
Jianlu Bi, The Tehran Times, June 21, 2025

32 nations but only one man matters – Nato’s summit is all about Trump
Jonathan Beale, BBC, June 21, 2025

Arab FMs condemn Israeli aggression on Iran, urge de-escalation and return to diplomacy
Egypt Today, June 21, 2025

Over 40 Wounded in Northern Israeli City of Haifa After 20 Iranian Missiles Fired
Haaretz, June 21, 2025

U.S. Military Is Pulled Back Into Middle East Wars
Helene Cooper, The New York Times, June 21, 2025

Iran files complaint against Grossi with UN Security Council
The Tehran Times, June 21, 2025

Trump and the Great Wait for Israelis and Iranians
Jess Bidgood, Patrick Kingsley, The New York Times, June 21, 2025

UN Warns of Water Shortage; Reports: Israeli Forces Kill 202 in Gaza in Last 48 Hours
Reuters, Haaretz, June 21, 2025

UAE warns against prolonged Iran–Israel war
Al Arabiya, June 21, 2025

Its country at war with Israel, Iran’s Jewish community walks a delicate tightrope
Zev Stub, The Times of Israel, June 20, 2025

‘The missiles completely erased decades of research; we will need to start from scratch,’ Weizmann president says
Zeev Avrahami, YNet News, June 20, 2025

Why everything Israelis think they know about Iran is wrong
Orly Noy, +972, June 20, 2025

Fear and shock in Iran: ‘I’m constantly afraid a missile might hit my home’
Jedidajah Otte, The Guardian, June 20, 2025

Science minister writes letter to UNESCO chief over assassination of Iranian scientists
Hossein Simaei-Sarraf, The Tehran Times, June 20, 2025

Gaza faces a man-made drought as water systems collapse, UNICEF says
The Jerusalem Post, June 20, 2025

‘The Hunger Games’: Inside Israel’s aid death traps for starving Gazans
Ahmed Ahmed, Ibtisam Mahdi, +972, June 20, 2025

Grand Imam of Al-Azhar posts in Persian for the first time to condemn Zionist aggression against Iran
Egypt Today, June 20, 2025

The Kirya: The Israeli army’s nerve center in the heart of Tel Aviv
Amelia Hankins, L’Orient Today, June 20, 2025

Analysis: How long can Israel and Iran fight, and how is it impacting US stockpiles?
Al Arabiya, June 19, 2025

Egypt’s Grand Imam of Al-Azhar: True humanity cannot be led by arms trade and economies of destruction
Egypt Today, June 19, 2025

Gaza rescuers say Israeli fire kills 72
The Jordan Times, June 19, 2025

The CIA’s Iran coup: Why Trump may fear regime change in Tehran
Zeev Avrahami, YNet News, June 19, 2025

With Iran war as pretext, Israel suffocates the West Bank
Shatha Yaish, +972, June 19, 2025

Trump approves Iran attack plan but has not made final decision, reports say
Graeme Baker, Helen Sullivan, BBC, June 19, 2025

From heart tissue to DNA samples, Weizmann scientists mourn work vaporized in Iran attack
Rossella Tercatin, The Times of Israel, June 19, 2025

Reverse Exodus? The Israelis and Foreigners Escaping the War Through Egypt
Shany Littman, Haaretz, June 19, 2025

Iran nuclear chief: We will pursue legal action against Grossi for ‘inaction’ after Israeli strikes 
The Tehran Times, June 19, 2025

A U.S. War With Iran Would Be a Catastrophe / How to not be dragged into this war
Rosemary Kelanic, The New York Times, June 18, 2025

Israel’s attack has exposed Iran’s lack of firepower – but conflict could yet turn in Tehran’s favour
Dan Sabbagh, The Guardian, June 19, 2025

Regime Change: Why Iranians Warn Israel’s Fantasy Could Turn to Nightmare
Dahlia Scheindlin, Haaretz, June 18, 2025

Israeli Strikes Kill Civilians Across Iran
Farnaz Fassihi, Leily Nikounazar, Parin Behrooz, The New York Times, June 18, 2025

A Fatal Failure: Israel’s Gaza Aid Policy Leaves Dozens Killed Daily as They Seek Food
Nir Hasson, Haaretz, June 18, 2025

Neglect of shelters in Arab towns a ‘grave failure that puts lives at risk,’ report warns
Hila Tsion, YNet News, June 18, 2025

Egypt’s UN Envoy: What happens in Gaza stains int’l community
Egypt Today, June 18, 2025

MK Tibi equates Beersheba hospital strike with hospitals hit in Gaza fighting
Sam Sokol, The Times of Israel, June 18, 2025

Who’s steering the ship? Navigating America’s conflicted approach in the Middle East
Ramzy Baroud, The Jordan Times, June 18, 2025

The farcical March to Gaza debacle shows it’s time the woke wake up – comment
Mathilda Heller, The Jerusalem Post, June 18, 2025

‘What are these wars for?’: Arab Israeli city of Tamra shattered by Iran strike
AFP, The Times of Israel, June 17, 2025

‘What if the strikes hit us on the highway?’: Thousands flee Tehran amid bombardment
William Christou, Deepa Parent, The Guardian, June 17, 2025

‘Don’t let beautiful Tehran become Gaza’: Iranians tell of shock and confusion
Caroline Hawley, BBC, June 17, 2025

Ancient Iranian Jewish community publicly backs Tehran’s call for ‘crushing’ reply
The Jerusalem Post, June 17, 2025

Hamas officials claim IDF killed at least 50 people near aid site; army checking
Nurit Yohanan, Emanuel Fabian, The Times of Israel, June 17, 2025

How did Israel fall into its own self-developed trap?
Sondoss Al Asaad, Tehran Times, June 17, 2025

Days before the Iran strike: Trump received a briefing and gave green light for preemptive attack
YNet News, June 16, 2025

Iranian president says Tehran does not seek nuclear weapons
Reuters, June 16, 2025

 No War With Iran Will Erase Israel’s Crimes in Gaza. Don’t Get Distracted
Michael Sfard, Haaretz, June 16, 2025

At least 37 Palestinians killed in Gaza food site shooting, local authorities say
Jason Burke, The Guardian, June 16, 2025

Israel-Iran: ‘This conflict poses a dire threat to the very foundations of human civilization’
Shirin Ebadi, Narges Mohammadi…, Le Monde, June 16, 2025

‘A bloodbath’: doctors describe carnage at Iran’s hospitals after Israeli strikes
William Christou, Deepa Parent, The Guardian, June 16, 2025

Iranian Nobel laureates, Cannes winner urge halt to Iran-Israel conflict
Iraqi News, June 16, 2025

Israel’s Gains in Iran Are Noteworthy, but the Nuclear Threat Still Looms Near
Ehud Barak, Haaretz, June 16, 2025

Iran has no intention of developing nuclear weapons: Iranian President
Al Arabiya, June 16, 2025

Interceptions Don’t Come Cheap: Iran’s Missile Barrage Spikes Israel’s Air Defense Costs
Hagai Amit, Haaretz, June 16, 2025

ET report: What roles Egypt played to support Palestinians in their fight for justice, freedom
Egypt Today, June 16, 2025

Netanyahu admits Gaza Humanitarian Foundation was Israeli initiative
Lazar Berman, Stav Levaton, The Times of Israel, June 16, 2025

Iranian strike on Haifa oil refinery plant kills three
Amichai Stein, The Jerusalem Post, June 16, 2025

Iranian president reiterates country’s stance against developing nuclear weapons
Tass Com, June 16, 2025

Projections of Thousands of Dead Civilians Prove Israeli Lives Don’t Matter to Netanyahu
Rogel Alpher; Haaretz, June 16, 2025

• Egypt’s Sisi: Ongoing Israeli military approach will inflict grave harm on peoples of the region, with no exception
  Egypt Today, June 15, 2025

From Deterrence to Desperation: Has Israel Already Lost to Iran in the War for Our Safety?
Eitay Mack, Haaretz, June 15, 2025

Iranian missile barrage sparks fires in Haifa, Kiryat Gat; eight people hurt
Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan, The Times of Israel, June 15, 2025

From Tehran to Tel Aviv, Bombs Fall. But What Netanyahu Calls Victory Feels Like Collapse
Etan Nechin, Haaretz, June 14, 2025

In Pictures: Aftermath of Iran’s retaliatory missile attacks near Tel Aviv |Rishon Le Zion]
BBC, June 14, 2025

Photos show heavy destruction in Ramat Gan after overnight missile strikes [Ramat Gan]
The Times of Israel, June 14, 2025

Iranian Media: 78 Killed, Over 200 Wounded in Israeli Strikes on Tehran
Haaretz, June 13, 2025

Security Council meets in emergency session over Iran-Israel conflict, amid strikes and counterstrikes
UN News, June 13, 2025

Shahed 129, Shahed 136: How Iran’s drones threaten Israel
The Jerusalem Post, June 13, 2025

Global oil prices soar after Israel attacks Iran
Peter Hoskins, BBC, June 13, 2025

Ben Gurion Airport evacuated, schools to remain closed as Israel braces for Iranian retaliation
YNet News, June 13, 2025

Live Updates: Israel Wipes Out Iran’s Top Military Chain of Command
The New York Times, June 13, 2025

Humanitarians must be able to deliver aid in Gaza, UN agencies insist
UN News, June 13, 2025

UN says Gaza humanitarian foundation has failed in its mission
Al Arabiya, June 13, 2025

 UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopts resolution demanding immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire [149/19 abst./12 against : US, Israel, Argentina, Hungary, Fiji, Tonga, Tuvalu, Micro…]
UN News, June 12, 2025

Egypt deports foreign nationals arriving for march to Gaza
Egypt Detains Hundreds of Activists Planning to Join Global March to Gaza
Haaretz, June 12, 2025

Israeli forces kill at least 60 Palestinians seeking food in Gaza, health officials say
Julian Borger, The Guardian, June 12, 2025

US pulls staff from embassies in Iraq, Kuwait, and Bahrain
Iraqi News, June 12, 2025

Rafah Is Gone. Razed to the Ground. And It’s Not the Only City Wiped Out by the Israeli Army
Nir Hasson, Yarden Michaeli, Avi Scharf, Haaretz, June 12, 2025

Statement on Gaza by Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
Relief Web, June 12, 2025

Gaza death toll tops 55,000 as calls grow for ceasefire and accountability
Salam Fayyad, Yossi Kuperwasser, Denis Macshane, Al Arabiya, June 11, 2025

Gaza-bound land convoy arrives in Libya, headed to Rafah to defy Israel’s aid blockade
Agencies, The Times of Israel, June 11, 2027

An Israeli Soldier Killed a Palestinian Asleep in His Bed. His Fellow Troops Asked: ‘Are You Crazy?’
Weeks Later, No One Can Explain Why Israeli Troops Killed Yet Another Unarmed Palestinian Boy
Alex Levac & Gideon Levy, Haaretz, June 11 / March 7, 2025

Israeli army withdraws from Nablus after brutal military operation in West Bank city
Qais Abu Samra, Betul Yilmaz, Anadolu Ajansy, June 11, 2025

Boy who survived Gaza strike that killed his dad and 9 siblings goes to Italy for care
AFP, Emanuel Fabian, The Times of Israel, June 11, 2025

Foreign ministry stresses need to comply with Gaza border visit regulations
Egypt Today, June 11, 2025

‘It’s a Disaster’: Gazans Describe Chaos, Violence at Food Aid Distribution Sites
Sheren Falah Saab, Liza Rozovsky, Rawan Suleiman, Haaretz, June 11, 2025

Video shows crowds in Gaza scale fence to rush for aid
BBC, June 11, 2025

Trump administration urges other countries to skip UN conference on Israel-Gaza war
Reuters, The Guardian, June 11, 2025

IDF: 2 Palestinians killed, 4 troops injured during attempt to snatch soldier’s gun in West Bank
Emanuel Fabian, The Times of Israel, June 10, 2025

Two Palestinians killed as Israeli forces storm West Bank city
France24, June 10, 2025

IDF is besieging Nablus’ old city, Palestinian sources call it the largest Israeli operation in over two decades
Jack Khoury, Haaretz, June 10, 2025

More Israelis want the war to end – driven by fears for hotstages, rather than Gaza
Lucy Williamson, BBC, June 10, 2025

Independent UN commission says attacks on Gaza’s schools, religious sites amount to crimes against humanity
AFP, The Times of Israel, June 10, 2025

UK sanctions far-right Israeli ministers over Gaza comments
James Landale, Thomas Mackintosh, BBC, June 10, 2025

Palestinian President Abbas says supports demilitarization of Hamas
AFP, Al Arabiya, June 10, 2025

Abbas tells Macron he supports demilitarization of Hamas, commits to holding PA elections within year
AFP, The Times of Israel, June 10, 2025

Trump on Gaza flotilla: ‘Israel has enough problems without kidnapping Greta Thunberg’
The Jerusalem Post, June 10, 2025

Gaza: Search for food puts lives on the line
UN News, June 9, 2025

Top Israeli Military Analyst Has Horrifying Vision of Eternal War in Gaza
Odeh Bisharat, Haaretz, June 9, 2025

There’s No Way to ‘Explain’ This War Away
Hagai El-Ad, Haaretz, June 9, 2025

Gaza: Search for food puts lives on the line
U N News, June 9, 2025

Death toll in Gaza rises to 54,927 martyrs since beginning of war
Egypt Today, June 9, 2025

Statement from the Administrator on the Killing of UNDP Staff Member and his Family in Gaza
Achim Steiner, ReliefWeb, June 7, 2025

The Occupation Is Destroying Israel From Within, and Liberals Can’t Ignore It Anymore
Or Asher, Haaretz, June 7, 2025

Open letter from media and press freedom organizations on Gaza access
ReliefWeb, June 6, 2025

Act now to save lives in Gaza, ICRC head urges world leaders
BBC, June 6, 2025

The Gaza Starvation Experiment
ReliefWeb, June 6, 2025

Gaza rescuers say 37 killed in Israel attacks, as aid group reopens centres
AFP, The Jordan Times, June 6, 2025

FRANCE 24, RFI among 130 press groups calling for ‘immediate’ access to Gaza, journalist protection
France24, June 5, 2025

Number of aid workers killed in Gaza conflict, highest in UN history: Guterres
UN News, June 5, 2025

Mossad’s Former Chief Calls the War in Gaza ‘Useless’
Hana Rosin, The Atlantic, June 5, 2025

Citizen journalists are the eyes of Gaza’s people, says war reporter
UN News, June 4, 2025

Israel no longer has international legitimacy to conduct the war
Itamar Eichner, YNet News, June 2, 2025

Gaza doctor who lost nine children in Israeli airstrike dies from wounds in same attack
Lorenzo Tondo, Malak A Tantesh , The Guardian, June 1, 2025

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Lettre de Liaison 138

Complément au 11 avril 2025

Lundi de Pâques. Symbole de renaissance, de retour à la vie… S’agit-il de « vouloir réveiller les foules », comme dit une amie, de la Génération Silencieuse, qui nous rappelle combien « l’individualisme est tellement ancré » ?

Les foules, on s’y perdrait. Appeler au réveil, à la sortie de l’hibernation, ce serait le moment. Pour dire quoi ? Sortir du cube, du cocon, de la routine.

Le passage, peut-être, le plus extraordinaire du dernier livre de Sylvain Tesson, Les piliers de la mer, c’est lorsqu’il se trouve sur l’Ile de Pâques, à 3.700 kilomètres de la côte africaine, et qu’il va escalader un stack de cinquante-cinq mètres, avec son fidèle compagnon, et le gardien de la mémoire de l’île des Rapa Nui, âgé de soixante-dix ans, qui n’a jamais grimpé ! On vous laisse découvrir Le domaine des dieux, pp. 41 à 48, pour les plus curieux.

Un stack ? C’est un « pilier d’érosion », « un mâchicoulis de la mer séparé de la falaise », comme l’Aiguille d’Etretat. Cinquante-cinq mètres, et descendre en rappel… à chacun son talent, chacun sa quête (pour ma part, j’en serais incapable par moi-même), mais Sylvain T. le dit bien : « S’en aller sur les pointes est la seule façon de rester joyeux. »

Ayant inventé le « stackisme », il nous confie qu’il « consiste à repousser la mélancolie en se portant aux bords du monde. On préfèrera partir plutôt que de se morfondre. (…) Ainsi échappera-t-on au pire des maux, la lassitude. »

Une amie de la génération Après-Guerre, qui élève des volailles, me demandait, intriguée, ce que j’éprouvais, en me rendant dans ces destinations difficiles, au Proche-Orient, du plaisir ?

Partir là-bas, du plaisir ? Jamais. Mettons que ce soit de la volcanologie. Jusqu’où aller, pour comprendre les risques réels de ces géants explosifs, si proches ? Certains soldats, comme des rôdeurs en armes, ont la gâchette bien facile… On le sait depuis octobre 2000, où je me retrouvai au chevet de Jacques-Marie Bourget, grand reporter à Paris-Match, intubé de partout, incapable de parler, aux urgences de Ramallah. Le sniper militaire lui avait placé une balle à deux centimètres du cœur.

Pour les plus curieux, on trouve un entretien récent de Jacques-Marie Bourget sur le net : « Le journalisme de terrain disparait, et la presse perd sa raison d’être. » Dont acte.
Mettons que ce soit du journalisme de terrain, depuis la Bosnie Centrale en 1993 jusqu’à la Cisjordanie, et aux portes de Gaza, en 2025.

Une volonté jamais étanchée de savoir, de voir de ses yeux, de vérifier sur place, de faire table rase des anciennes opinions, attrapées comme on attrape des puces avec certains animaux. Cartésien jamais assez, « j’avais toujours un extrême désir d’apprendre à distinguer le vrai d’avec le faux, pour voir clair en mes actions, et marcher avec assurance en cette vie. » Et pour cela, « tant en déracinant de mon esprit toutes les mauvaises opinions que j’y avais reçues (…) qu’en faisant amas de plusieurs expériences… » Discours de la Méthode.

Après tout, Tesson ne dit pas autre chose, avec son invention d’une « discipline, le stackisme. » « Si on l’applique à la vie quotidienne, le stackisme consiste à repérer préalablement dans l’existence toute personne, lieu, activité ou état offrant de se désarrimer de la marche commune, des injonctions ordinaires, de la force des masses.»

Il ajoute, « Rejoindre ces endroits fragiles, confirmer leur permanence, relever leur position, saluer leur constance… » La Palestine, Israël : ces endroits fragiles, à travers leur permanence, leur constance.

Une manière d’être. A la recherche de l’humanité, comme le dit Charles Attonaty, dans le titre de son récit sous-titré Voyage sans argent. « Le lundi 27 juillet 2020, j’ai pris une décision impulsive et suis parti… ». Lui, il avoue sans gêne que ce sont ses pieds qui l’ont guidé, non sa tête. Qu’est-ce qui nous guide, lorsque l’on rompt les amarres, lorsqu’on se désarrime de la marche commune ?

Sylvain Tesson, Charles Attonaty, ont osé le tour du monde. Chapeau bas pour la vision, l’envergure. On pense à Maud Fontenoy, qui a traversé les océans à la rame. A Geoffroy Delorme, qui a vécu seul au fond des bois, sept ans, sans cabane, sans rien, dans la forêt de Bord-Louviers en Normandie, avec les chevreuils. On pense à Nans et Mouts, avec leurs équipées nus et sans argent, « Nus et culottés ».

A propos d’argent, justement. Notre dernière Lettre prévenait les lecteurs fidèles qu’il nous restait 129 euros en caisse. Et 260 euros non dépensés pour les frais de séjour, du dernier voyage. Or nous venons, à deux, de trouver un billet d’avion à 207 euros seulement, pour la prochaine enquête aux portes de Gaza et en Cisjordanie, sur une dizaine de jours, en mai. Deux cents euros, l’aller-retour en vols directs, c’est exceptionnel. Il fallait foncer (on a connu des tarifs de 500 € en 2024).

En toutes choses, être aux aguets, et veiller au budget. Voyager sans argent, comme Nans et Mouts ou d’autres, c’est bel et bon, cela part d’une excellente mise au point : ce n’est pas l’argent qui détermine nos désirs – mais pour se rendre en Palestine, là-bas, en Israël, en admettant le principe, il faudrait un temps « fou » à l’aller, autant au retour. Dans une autre vie, qui sait ?

Refaire les comptes : réduire les frais de séjour au strict minimum ? Avec la gratuité de l’hébergement, chez les amis palestiniens et israéliens. Condition sine qua non. On n’aura jamais de factures d’hôtel aux Messageries. On n’en a jamais eu.

Ce n’est ni la charité, ni le tourisme. Aller là où l’on est connu, accueilli, oser le mot : aimé, utile. Elle est là, la recherche de l’humanité. La quête de ce qui manque tant ici : l’écoute, la disponibilité, la concertation, la solidarité, le partage.

« Les gens, il conviendrait de ne les connaître que disponibles… »

Alors, partir (« plutôt que de se morfondre »), c’est déjà se mettre sur Arrêt. Juguler toute cette frénésie routinière de gestes automatiques et de petites pensées, incessants, qui nous rendent tels une mouche enfermée dans un bocal.

Faire le silence intérieurement. Pause. La petite cloche bouddhiste.

On arrête tout. On réfléchit. « Et-c’est-pas-triste » !

Consulter les sites connus de vols à bon marché. Liligo. Edreams. Kayak. Opodo. Choisir une destination. Comparer les prix, selon les dates. Vols directs. Une escale ? Deux escales ?

Question de méthode, d’organisation, de décision.

Comme une évasion. Sortir du train-train quotidien, de l’usante répétition des mêmes corvées, mêmes nouvelles, toujours centrées sur soi, à huis clos, sur les comptes.

D’abord débrancher radio, télé, réseaux « sociaux », flashes en rafale sur le portable.

Les anciens savent : « Radio-Paris ment… ». Les mass media ne mentent pas par perversion personnelle de leurs éditeurs. Il serait vain de les traiter de « menteurs ». Pour un espace limité, un volume de temps donné, contre argent comptant, ils trient, ils sélectionnent, selon des critères de rentabilité, de consensus souhaitable, ce qu’il est bon de donner en pâture aux auditeurs, aux abonnés.

Ne jamais oublier les aveux de celui qui fut PDG du groupe TF1 durant vingt ans, jusqu’en 2008 : « Passer une émission culturelle sur une chaîne commerciale à 20 h 30, c’est un crime économique ! »

« Nous vivons de la publicité (…) que vendons-nous réellement à nos clients ? Du temps d’antenne. La logique de TF1 est une logique de puissance. Nous vendons à nos clients une audience de masse… » « Or pour qu’un message publicitaire soit perçu, il faut que le cerveau du téléspectateur soit disponible. Nos émissions ont pour vocation de le rendre disponible: c’est-à-dire de le divertir, de le détendre pour le préparer entre deux messages. Ce que nous vendons à Coca-Cola, c’est du temps de cerveau humain disponible. » (2004).

Et ainsi de suite pour tous les media, tous les supports de stratégies mercantiles, non-stop. Leur but constant est bien de conquérir notre disponibilité, de nous occuper les méninges 24/24, nous amuser, nous anesthésier – nous enfumer, nous endormir.

Huxley nous prévenait, dans sa Préface au Meilleur des Mondes, dès 1946 :

« Dans un état totalitaire réellement efficace, l’exécutif tout-puissant de dirigeants politiques et leur armée de managers contrôle une population d’esclaves qui n’ont aucun besoin d’être contraints, puisqu’ils aiment leur servitude. La leur faire aimer est la tâche (…).

Grande est la vérité, mais plus grand d’un point-de-vue pratique est le silence sur la vérité. »

Concrètement, guerres, « économie de guerre », crises, tarifs, « Ukraine », « Poutine », etc., il faut déjà échapper au rouleau compresseur de l’information « lisse » et massive – lisse, comme « l’âme lisse d’un obus de 120 mm » pour les chars allemands ou israéliens, quand il est question de « l’âme des obus », cette âme étant la partie creuse d’un tube !

Donc, débrancher, définitivement, pour réentendre le son cristallin de la petite cloche intérieure, se retrouver, et faire son sac. Pas plus de quarante litres, le sac à dos. Partir avec moins de cinq kilos sur les épaules pour une dizaine ou quinzaine de jours. Voyager léger.

La destination ? On y vient.

Il s’agit de voir le monde réel, tel qu’il est, ailleurs, de ne pas s’enfermer dans encore une autre bulle stérilisée, affaiblis par des infos aseptisées, des séries conçues pour nous assoupir, nous immobiliser, ankyloser.

Alors, partir, pour… les Ardennes, le Jura. Jérusalem. Le Pérou. La forêt de Bord-Louviers. Le Népal. Eragny de Pissarro, Petra et Amman… Pour nous, chercheurs de paix, d’humanité, l’idée est de découvrir la réalité du monde, ce que vivent les autres – que ne disent guère les media.

Nous avons tous entendu parler de guerre entre Israéliens et Palestiniens. Le sujet qui dérange ? Alors, en cherchant, on trouve des chiffres. Une guerre, c’est toujours du profit, énorme, pour certains (fabriquants de chars, d’obus, de drones…), et des pertes, effroyables, pour tous les autres.

Ne pas tourner autour. Notre petit pays est devenu le deuxième marchand d’armes au monde, à partir de 2023, devant les Russes, grâce à « l’Ukraine ». Un autre petit pays, Israël, est passé de la neuvième place en 2023 à la huitième en 2024, grâce à la guerre tous azimuts.

Dans le même temps, de la fin 2023 au début 2025, trente-six enfants israéliens ont perdu la vie dans ce conflit. Et quinze mille enfants palestiniens. A l’échelle de la France, cela représenterait un demi-million d’enfants morts. Au 1^er avril 2025, 322 enfants palestiniens de plus avaient été tués depuis la rupture unilatérale du cessez-le-feu ce 18 mars.

Vous savez sans doute que Gaza (dont la surface totale est, en gros , celle de Strasbourg et sa banlieue) est totalement assiégée depuis le 2 mars : plus aucun secours de farine, de vivres, de médicaments, n’y entre. Depuis octobre 2023, plus personne n’y entre, sauf dérogations exceptionnelles – et alors, à leurs risques et périls. Plus de deux cent journalistes ont été abattus à Gaza. Ainsi qu’un millier d’ambulanciers, secouristes, urgentistes, brancardiers, humanitaires.

Faute de pouvoir aller y retrouver des amis de longue date, qui survivent dans les ruines, on peut se rendre aux portes de Gaza – où des communautés rurales de gens tous profondément pacifiques ont subi la violence de l’assaut palestinien du 7 octobre 2023 – ce que nous faisons depuis février 2024.

Il n’y a aucun rapport décent de proportions entre les deux sortes d’horreur, mais pour les gens de Nir Oz, à un kilomètre et demi de Gaza, tout a été dévasté, détruit, incendié, en quelques heures, et un quart d’entre eux ont été soit tués de sang froid, soit emportés de force comme otages.

Nir Oz, Re’im, Nahal Oz, Gaza, Rafah, Khan Yunis… abysses de la douleur sur Terre.

Alerte : le virus de la violence aveugle se répand en Cisjordanie, à Jénine, Naplouse où des commandos de l’armée abattent à bout portant un homme sans défense dans sa chambre (Balata, fin février), mettent le feu, de nuit, à la mosquée la plus connue de Naplouse, l’historique An-Nasser (église sous les Croisés), début mars. L’état-major, débordé, prend des mesures, mais si peu.

Un peu d’histoire, de géographie.

En France, l’enseignement de l’histoire s’arrête à 1945, avec de rares incursions dans la période de décolonisation. Les cours de géographie, eux, sont sacrifiés, réduits à la portion congrue – quels souvenirs ont-ils laissé à la plupart d’entre nous ? Le résultat de cette double désinformation systématique, par les media et par les écoles, c’est une forme généralisée d’ignorance continue, d’inappétence pour la curiosité, la recherche, avec le repli sur soi et ses semblables comme conséquence, l’auto-confinement à perpétuité. L’inoculation de la paresse mentale et de la peur à grande échelle.

A l’autre pôle, « Partir où personne ne part…» (Brel, 1968)

Ces voyages des Messageries au Proche Orient, depuis octobre 2000, c’est pour chacun de nous rouvrir les passages condamnés, nous remettre en mouvement intérieur, quelles que soient nos convictions, nos limites propres. Que le monde soit « déraisonnable de plus en plus », comme le dit un ami en Meuse, et, implicitement, qu’il l’ait toujours été, ne nous suffit pas.

Dès septembre 1946, l’auteur d’Actuelles nous avertissait : « C’est ainsi que les gens qui n’ont pas envie de penser trop longtemps à la misère humaine préfèrent en parler d’une façon très générale. »

Aussi n’est-ce pas de façon très générale que nous partageons avec vous ce que nous avons appris de la misère humaine à Nir Oz, à Gaza, à Naplouse.

A la famille de notre ami qui enseignait la littérature anglaise à l’université de Gaza (rasée), nous avons fait parvenir 1.340 euros en 2024, soit 37% de notre budget de 3.614 €. Nous continuons à les soutenir, face au dénuement qui est le leur, et au blocus total qu’ils subissent depuis sept semaines.

Une autre famille, à Naplouse, nous a demandé notre aide, pour réparer ce que les soldats ont détruit chez eux, le jour de la fin février où ils ont tiré à bout portant sur leur fils de vingt-cinq ans, dans sa chambre. Dans moins d’un mois, je serai de retour face à eux. Combien pourrai-je leur remettre ?

A Nir Oz, aux portes de Gaza, ce n’est pas d’un soutien matérel qu’ils ont besoin. L’état s’est engagé à tout reconstruire. C’est autrement difficile. Je vous avoue que je suis parfois dans le doute. Je ne me suis jamais trouvé face à une souffrance telle que celle du doyen survivant de Nir Oz – qui a toujours la bonté naturelle de me donner des arachides, des avocats, de leurs plantations, lorsque je repars.

Soyons clairvoyants : nous ne pourrons pas indéfiniment subvenir, dans la mesure de nos maigres moyens, aux catastrophes déclenchées par les extrémistes palestiniens et par les quelques dix-huit cent chars Merkava de soixante à soixante-dix tonnes qui dévastent Gaza – sans compter les quatre-cent chasseurs-bombardiers, les bulldozers géants, et deux centaines d’hélicoptères de combat, une myriade de drones d’observations et de drones tueurs. Cela n’aurait aucun sens.

Aussi avons-nous lancé une nouvelle campagne de Prix Nobel, au début de l’année, pour appeler à la fin de cette guerre. Nos précédentes tentatives, en 2024, n’avaient recueilli, au mieux, que quatre soutiens. Celle-ci en est à vingt-six, à Pâques. Dont onze doyens (âgés de 84 à 96 ans), de sept pays, et sept Nobel de la Paix, de sept pays (Costa-Rica, Etats-Unis, Inde, Irlande, Iran, Iraq, Yémen).

Parmi eux, nous avons choisi de vous présenter Oscar Arias Sanchez.

Buona Pasqua !…  [nous apprenons la mort du pape François au moment de boucler cette Lettre – voici quelques extraits de ses dernières pensées publiques le dimanche de Pâques ; auriez-vous une objection ? revoir le film documentaire de Wim Wenders, en 2018 : Le pape François, Un homme de parole] L’amour a triomphé de la haine, la lumière, des ténèbres, et la vérité de la fausseté. Le pardon a triomphé de la vengeance. Le mal n’a pas disparu de l’histoire ; il restera jusqu’à la fin, mais il n’a plus le dessus ; il n’a plus de pouvoir sur ceux qui acceptent la grâce de ce jour. Quelle grande soif de mort, de tuerie, nous constatons chaque jour avec tous ces conflits qui font rage dans différentes parties du monde ! De combien de violence nous sommes témoins, souvent même au sein des familles, contre les femmes et les enfants ! De quel mépris sont accablés les plus vulnérables, les marginalisés, et les migrants ! En ce jour, je voudrais que tous nous retrouvions l’espérance et que renaisse notre confiance en autrui, y compris vis-à-vis de ceux qui sont différents de nous, ou qui viennent de terres lointaines, qui apportent avec eux des coutumes, des modes de vie et des idées peu familières ! Car tous nous sommes enfants de Dieu ! Je veux dire combien je suis proche des souffrances des Chrétiens en Palestine et en Israël, et de tout le peuple israélien, de tout le peuple palestinien. Le climat croissant d’antisémitisme de par le monde est un vrai problème. Toutefois, en même temps, je pense au peuple de Gaza, et à sa communauté chrétienne en particulier, là où le terrible conflit continue de causer mort et destruction, et de créer une situation humanitaire dramatique et déplorable. J’en appelle aux parties en guerre : déclarez un cessez-le-feu, libérez les otages, et venez à l’aide d’un peuple affamé qui aspire à un futur de paix ! Il ne peut y avoir de paix sans liberté de religion, liberté de penser, liberté d’expression et respect pour les points-de-vue des autres. La paix n’est pas davantage possible sans un véritable désarmement ! L’exigence pour chaque peuple de veiller à sa propre défense ne doit pas se transformer en course aux armements. La lumière de Pâques nous impose de briser les barrières qui créent la division et qui sont lourdes de conséquences politiques et économiques graves. Elle nous impose de prendre soin les uns des autres, d’accroître notre solidarité mutuelle, et de travailler à un développement intégral de chaque personne humaine. J’en appelle à tous ceux en position de responsabilité politique dans notre monde, qu’ils ne cèdent pas à la logique de peur qui conduit seulement à l’isolement par rapport aux autres, mais plutôt qu’ils utilisent les ressources disponibles pour aider ceux qui sont dans le besoin, pour combattre la faim et encourager les initiatives en faveur du développement. Telles sont les « armes » de la paix : des armes qui construisent le futur, au lieu de semer des graines de mort ! Puisse le principe d’humanité ne jamais manquer d’être la signature de nos actions quotidiennes. Face à la cruauté de conflits qui impliquent des civils sans défense, et l’attaque d’écoles, d’hôpitaux, de volontaires humanitaires, nous ne pouvons pas nous permettre d’oublier que ce ne sont pas des cibles qui sont frappées, mais des personnes, chacune en puissance d’une âme et de dignité humaine. En cette année de Jubilée, puisse Pâques être une occasion idéale pour la libération de prisonniers de guerre et de prisonniers politiques !

The siege is very tight. Not enough food or water. No electricity at all. The lucky ones use solar systems to charge mobiles. We walk four miles to get water to our building.

Bakeries are closed due to lack of flour. Last week I bought some flour and paid 300 shekels (75 €).

[In December 2024 one kilo of flour was 35 shekels, about 8 €]

Indeed miserable and hard times.

No medications as well for my high blood pressure.

Top Israeli Military Analyst Has Horrifying Vision of Eternal War in Gaza
Odeh Bisharat, Haaretz, June 9, 2025

UN warns of Gaza famine risk, as Israel vows to build ‘Jewish state’ in West Bank
AFP, The Jordan Times, May 31, 2025

Gaza subjected to forced starvation, top UN official tells BBC
Fergal Keane, BBC, May 30, 2025

Macron: Europe should ‘harden position’ against Israel if it doesn’t ease humanitarian crisis in Gaza
The Times of Israel, May 30, 2025

Reports of looting in Gaza as food shortage continues
BBC, May 30, 2025

Egypt condemns Israel’s decision to establish 22 settlements in West Bank
Egypt Today, May 30, 2025

What To Know About Israel’s Major Expansion of Settlements in Occupied West Bank
Callum Sutherland, Time Magazine, May 30, 2025

Israel announces major expansion of settlements in occupied West Bank
David Gritten, Yolande Knell, BBC, May 30, 2025

As IDF raises reservist call-up cap to 450,000, weary troops decry low Haredi enlistment
Deborah Danan, The Times of Israel, May 30, 2025

‘600 days of failure’: Thousands join nationwide rallies urging hostages’ release
Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel, May 29, 2025

‘What is it if not a war crime?’: Ehud Olmert says he can’t defend Israel anymore – CNN
The Jerusalem Post, May 29, 2025

Israel announces major expansion of settlements in occupied West Bank
BBC, May 29, 2025

Israel’s new settlements plan, a response to European push for two-state solution
Elisha Ben Kimon, YNet News, May 29, 2025

An American Doctor Visited Gaza and Saw the Horror Up Close. Five Cases Haunt Her
Nir Hasson, Haaretz, May 29, 2025

Witkoff’s new proposal: 10 hostages and half the fallen to be released within a week
YNet News, May 29, 2025

Low-cost carrier Ryanair follows British Airways in dropping Israel flights until August
Sharon Wrobel, The Times of Israel, May 29, 2025

What Is Genocide? A breakdown of the international legal definition
Egypt Today, May 28, 2025

Smotrich: ‘I will not allow signing a partial deal that gives Hamas oxygen and a lifeline’
The Jerusalem Post, May 28, 2025

UN calls for immediate opening of all crossings into Gaza Strip
Egypt Today, May 28, 2025

Gaza: Top UN envoy calls on Israel to end devastating strikes, starvation of civilians
United Nations News, May 28, 2025

‘The World Is Against Us’: How Israel’s Media Is Censoring the Horrors of Gaza
Anat Saragusti, Haaretz, May 28, 2025

Four people killed after starving Palestinians burst into UN food warehouse in Gaza
Lorenzo Tondo, Manisha Ganguly, The Guardian, May 28, 2025

Performance, Punishment or Policy: What Would Recognizing Palestine Really Mean?
Dahlia Scheindlin, Haaretz, May 28, 2025

Education minister unveils ramped-up Jewish, Zionist studies, mandatory Bible class
The Times of Israel, May 28, 2025

Families of hostages stage protests on 600th day of Israel-Gaza war
Lorenzo Tondo, The Guardian, May 28, 2025

Yes to Transfer: 82% of Jewish Israelis Back Expelling Gazans
Shay Hazkani, Tamir Sodek, Haaretz, May 28, 2025

U.N. Condemns Israel’s New Aid Program in Gaza, After Chaotic Start
Aaron Boxerman, The New York Times, May 28, 2025

Indonesia Willing to Recognize Israel, Macron Reiterates Bid for Two-state Solution
Reuters, Haaretz, May 28, 2025

Thousands rush into new aid distribution centre in south Gaza
The Jordan Times, May 28, 2025

Netanyahu at IHRA Conference: Israel fights civilization’s war against barbarism
Israel National News, May 28, 2025

Activists turn Paris fountain red to denounce Gaza ‘bloodbath’
Iraqi News, May 28, 2025

‘One of the Most Severe Blows’: Could Israel’s Gaza War Cost It Staunch German Support?
Liza Rozovsky, Haaretz, May 28, 2025

Enough Is Enough. Israel Is Committing War Crimes
Ehud Olmert, Haaretz, May 27, 2025

In harshest rebuke yet, Germany’s Merz calls Gaza war ‘incomprehensible’
Reuters, YNet News, May 27, 2025

Security Cabinet secretly approved establishment of 22 West Bank settlements
Itamar Eichner, YNet News, May 27, 2025

‘Unimaginable horrors’: more than 50,000 children reportedly killed or injured in the Gaza Strip
Unicef.org, May 27, 2025

Germany shifts tone on Israel over ‘massive military strikes’ in Gaza
Reuters, May 27, 2025

A family digs through trash for bits of food, showing Gaza’s growing desperation
Al Arabiya, May 27, 2025

Diaries from Gaza: ‘No one should be sentenced to death for where they were born’
Noor Alyacoubi, L’Orient Today, May 27, 2025

Israeli strikes kill at least 52 in Gaza as Netanyahu vows to intensify attacks
Al Arabiya, May 27, 2025

UN says images of Gaza aid rush ‘heartbreaking’
L’Orient Today, May 27, 2025

Gaza’s youngest influencer aged 11 among children killed by Israeli strikes
Lorenzo Tondo, Malak A Tantesh, Aseel Mousa, The Guardian, May 27, 2025

 Jerusalem Day Flag March Reached a New Low: Mocking the Dead Children of Gaza
Nir Hasson, Haaretz, May 27, 2025

Gaza humanitarian group is a ‘distraction’ from what is needed, UN says
Al Arabiya, May 27, 2025

UNRWA says only 6 out of its 22 centres in Gaza operating
The Jordan Times, May 27, 2025

Israeli troops open fire as aid group loses control of distribution centre
Emma Graham-Harrison, The Guardian, May 27, 2025

Hopes of motherhood crushed after IVF embryos destroyed in Israel’s Gaza offensive
Ethar Shalaby, BBC, May 27, 2025

Anti-war protester says prison guards threatened to tattoo Star of David on his face
The Times of Israel, May 27, 2025

Gaza’s agricultural infrastructure continues to deteriorate at alarming rate
Relief Web, May 26, 2025

Gaza aid center remains closed due to ‘logistical difficulties’ as controversy grows over its funding
Yossi Yehoshua, Elisha Ben Kimon, YNet News, May 26, 2025

Far-right Israelis confront Palestinians, other Israelis in chaotic Jerusalem march
Reuters, Al Arabiya; May 27, 2025

Jordan condemns Israeli minister’s storming of Al Aqsa Mosque
The Jordan Times, May 26, 2025

‘Killing People Needs to Have Some Justification’: Why IDF Reservists Are Choosing Jail Over War
Linda Dayan, Haaretz, May 26, 2025

Gazans’ suffering goes on amid intensifying Israeli strikes
UN News, May 26, 2025

In Gaza, Hunger is used as a weapon of war – Doctors of the World Report
Relief Web, May 26, 2025

Hamas agrees to US proposal on Gaza ceasefire, Palestinian official says
Al Arabiya, May 26, 2025

Chants of ‘death to Arabs’ amid clashes in Old City’s Muslim Quarter ahead of Jerusalem Day march
The Times of Israel, May 26, 2025

Families of slain hostages speak out against Gaza escalation: ‘Military pressure kills hostages’
Joanie Margulies, The Jerusalem Post, May 26, 2025

Germany says Gaza war ‘no longer justified as fight against Hamas’
Daniel Bettini, Ze’ev Avrahami, YNet News, May 26, 2025

Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza school as global criticism mounts
Al Arabiya, May 26, 2025

We must all raise our voices to stop the horror in Gaza
The Guardian, May 26, 2025

European and Arab nations gather in Spain to urge an end to Israel’s war in Gaza
AFP, Le Monde, May 26, 2025

Ex-hostage Naama Levy tells rally her greatest fear in captivity was IDF airstrikes
Noam Lehmann, The Times of Israel, May 25, 2025

Nine out of Gaza doctor’s 10 children killed in Israeli airstrike
Ibrahim Dahman, Abeer Salman, Tim Lister, CNN, May 25, 2025

Hamas victory is fracturing the once-celebrated Israeli solidarity
Avi Issacharoff, YNet News, May 25, 2025

‘I had nothing left, not even water; then it started raining—that’s what kept me alive’
YNet News, May 24, 2025

Tel Aviv anti-government protesters rage at PM; Silent vigil for Gaza’s slain children swells in size
Noam Lehmann, The Times of Israel, May 24, 2025

Israeli strike kills nine of Gaza doctor’s children
Mallory Moench, BBC, May 24, 2025

Diary of an Israeli sniper: War, routine and the human cost
Amihai Attali, YNet News, May 24, 2025

‘I’m afraid to be a Jew in New York’
YNet News, May 24, 2025

Disarming Palestinian camps to start mid-June: Lebanon govt source
Al Arabiya, May 23, 2025

Historic turning point: Lebanon nears first major victory in war against terrorism
Lior Ben Ari, YNet News, May 23, 2025

Gaza is a pulverised city, doctor tells BBC, as explosions hit nearby
BBC, May 23, 2025

Time is running out, Israel must seek new paths to end war
Ron Ben Yishai, YNet News, May 22, 2025

Julian Assange Makes Bold Statement at Cannes with Shirt Honoring Thousands of Palestinian Children
Egypt Today, May 22, 2025

 What Will It Take for Israelis to Acknowledge the Suffering in Gaza?
Dahlia Scheindlin, Haaretz, May 22, 2025

Gaza Is Starving, but Aid From Israel and the U.S. Won’t Arrive Anytime Soon: ‘Not in a Week, Not in a Month’
Hagai Amit, Haaretz, May 22, 2025

Rally held in Tel Aviv to show support for Jewish-Arab coexistence, Gaza ceasefire
The Times of Israel, May 22, 2025

France and Saudi Arabia said to propose plan to disarm Hamas, but allow it limited political power
Nava Freiberg, The Times of Israel, May 22, 2025

‘The mood is changing’: Israeli anger grows at conduct of war
Tom Bennett, BBC, May 21, 2025

Why Israel Is So Determined to Keep the World’s Media Out of Gaza
Dahlia Scheindlin, Haaretz, May 21, 2025

Bill Expanding State Control Over Media Passes First Hurdle, Despite AG’s Objection
Jasmin Gueta, Nati Tucker, Haaretz, May 22, 2025

Palestinian paracyclist who lost leg in 2014 airstrike killed in Gaza
Kaamil Ahmed, The Guardian, May 20, 2025

British surgeon’s ‘high anxiety’ operating in Gaza
BBC, May 20, 2025

Standing Together Director, Six Others Released to House Arrest After Anti-war Protest
Eden Solomon, Haaretz, May 20, 2025

Yair Golan defends ‘baby killing’ remarks: ‘Ministers celebrate death and starvation’
Dan Raban, Israel Moshkovitz, Gal Ganot, YNet News, May 20, 2025

Elbit Systems secures $53 million contract to upgrade IDF attack helicopters
Navit Zomer, YNet News, May 20, 2025

Netanyahu vows to ‘take control’ of Gaza as UK, France and Canada threaten action against Israel
Emma Graham-Harrison, Quique Kierszenbaum, The Guardian, May 19, 2025

Village where Israelis and Palestinians live together to promote peace faces planned tax on funds
Chris Osuh, The Guardian, May 19, 2025

9 arrested at hundreds-strong anti-war protest along the Gaza border
Charlie Summers, The Times of Israel, May 18, 2025

‘People Are Eating Weeds’: Israel’s New Gaza Offensive Intensifies Humanitarian Disaster
Nir Hasson, Haaretz, May 18, 2025

Israel to divide Gaza into 3 troop-sealed zones: report
Niv Shaiovich, YNet News, May 18, 2025

Egypt presses to end systematic killing of Gaza civilians, allow swift aid resumption
Egypt Today, May 16, 2025

Former Shin Bet head says Gaza war ‘no longer serves Israel’s national objectives’
Al Arabiya, May 16, 2025

Trump Says ‘a Lot of People Are Starving’ in Gaza and the U.S. Wants to Help
Luke Broadwater, Erika Solomon, The New York Times, May 16, 2025

France says conference on two-state solution to Mideast conflict set for June
Al Arabiya, May 16, 2025

1000 health workers, 200 journalists died in Gaza since beginning of war: report
Egypt Today, May 16, 2025

Eliminating the most dangerous man in Gaza is not the end of Hamas
Avi Issacharoff, YNet News, May 14, 2025

PM said to tell MKs: Israel destroying homes in Gaza, so Palestinians have nowhere else to go but outside the Strip
The Times of Israel, May 13, 2025

Food security experts warn Gaza at ‘critical risk of famine’ amid Israeli blockade
Jason Burke, The Guardian, May 13, 2025

Chinese ambassador: Hamas attack was ‘outrageous,’ but peace requires two states
Maayan Hoffmann, YNet News, May 12, 2025

From May 12 until May 25, the author of this section was in the West Bank, and Jerusalem, Sderot, Nir Oz,
in rather difficult conditions. Hence, there is now an update above, of the most essential news.

Trump will meet in Saudi Arabia with Abbas and al-Sharaa, report reveals
Einav Halabi, Lior Halabi, YNet News, May 11, 2025

Hostages’ families warn of ‘lost opportunity of the century’ as Hamas airs new clip of captives
Noam Lehmann, The Times of Israel, May 11, 2025

Annihilating Hamas Is Tantamount to Destroying the Entire Gaza Strip
Gideon Levy, Haaretz, May 11, 2025

Israeli airstrikes kill 23 in Gaza as outcry over aid blockade grows
Al Arabiya, May 10, 2025

UNRWA stops providing childbirth and maternity services in Gaza following economic crisis
Haaretz, May 10, 2025

‘I vowed to speak for those who can’t’: Ex-hostage urges Israel, US to push for deal
“We can’t let military momentum override moral clarity”
Tal Shoham, The Times of Israel, May 10, 2025

I Am a Former Hamas Hostage. Here’s My Message to Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu
Tal Shoham, TIME Magazine, May 10, 2025

Hostage forum warns: Israel on brink of historic failure
The Jerusalem Post, May 10, 2025

Hamas releases video of two Israeli hostages alive in Gaza
Al Arabiya, May 10, 2025

If you were shocked by my film on Israeli settlers in the West Bank, you haven’t been paying attention
Louis Theroux, The Guardian, May 10, 2025

In Jerusalem, a peace conference presents a two-state solution plan
L’Orient Today, May 10, 2025

‘Gaza is Palestinian; not Israeli,’ former Israeli PM Olmert says
Hannah Rozenblat, The Jerusalem Post, May 10, 2025

Thousands demand end to Gaza war, two-state solution at Jerusalem ‘peace summit’
The Times of Israel, May 10, 2025

‘My child waits for his father’: Hostage’s wife joins fight to release all Hamas captives
Hagar Kochavi, YNet News, May 10, 2025

Israel committing genocide in Gaza, says EU’s former top diplomat
Sam Jones, The Guardian, May 10, 2025

The Bar Is Open, the Fields Are Plowed: The New Pioneers Bringing Gaza Border Kibbutzim Back to Life
Shany Littman, Hilo Glazer, Haaretz, May 10, 2025

Ben Jennings on Israel’s plans for a new offensive in Gaza
Ben Jennings, The Guardian, May 9, 2025

‘Gaza Is Unlivable’: One Palestinian Man’s Struggle to Feed His Family as Prices Soar
Nir Hasson, Haaretz, May 7, 2025

‘No food when I gave birth’: Malnutrition rises in Gaza as Israeli blockade enters third month
Fergal Keane, BBC, May 6, 2025

UN committee warns against ‘another Naqba’
AFP, L’Orient Today, May 9, 2025

Gaza: UN agencies reject Israeli plan to use aid as ‘bait’
UN News, May 9, 2025

Regev meets with Israeli airline heads as cancellations strand citizens abroad
Sharon Wrobel, The Times of Israel, May 9, 2025

How Did Israelis Become So Indifferent to Children Killed in Gaza?
Carolina Landsmann, Haaretz, May 9, 2025

UN Palestinian agency says irreplaceable in Gaza
Iraqi News, May 9, 2025

As the War Drags On, More Israeli Soldiers Are Alarmed by the Scale of Killing in Gaza
Amos Harel, Haaretz, May 9, 2025

Panic in Tel Aviv as missile attack from Yemen triggers sirens in central Israel
Egypt Today, May 9, 2025

President Sisi meets with Abbas, affirms Egypt’s firm stance towards Palestinian cause
Egypt Today, May 9, 2025

What Matters Now to bereaved mother Elana Kaminka: End the Gaza ‘forever war’
Amanda Borschel-Dan, Elana Kaminka, The Times of Israel, May 8, 2025

Israeli plan to evacuate Gaza would be illegal forceful displacement: Norway and Iceland
Al Arabiya, May 8, 2025

Israel threatens to do to Tehran what it ‘did to Hezbollah in Beirut and Hamas in Gaza’
L’Orient Today, May 8, 2025

Mother of hostage Elkana Bohbot fumes over mixed signals on how many captives dead
Melanie Lidman, The Times of Israel, May 8, 2025

92 dead in 24 hours: An ordinary day of horror in the Gaza Strip
Marie Jo Sader, Le Monde, May 8, 2025

At least 33 killed including children in Israeli strikes on restaurant, market in Gaza
Egypt Today, May 8, 2025

First responders in Gaza run out of supplies
Iraqi News, May 8, 2025

‘Certainly alive’: These are the 21 hostages that have shown signs of life
YNet News, May 8, 2025

Red Cross says Israeli aid blockade of Gaza ‘unacceptable,’ humanitarian situation on ‘razor’s edge’
The Times of Israel, May 8, 2025

 Israel’s New Campaign in Gaza Has No Legitimacy, No Point and No Restraints
Editorial, Haaretz, May 8, 2025

Leading agency shuts its Gaza soup kitchens amid continued Israeli aid ban
AP, The Times of Israel, May 8, 2025

Macron on Gaza: the situation is unacceptable; Israel cannot act without respecting rules
Haaretz, May 7, 2025

 My Friend in Gaza Is Down to His Last Few Drops of His Insulin
Gideon Levy, Haaretz, May 7, 2025

World Central Kitchen says it is forced to halt aid operations in Gaza
Reuters, The Times of Israel, May 7, 2025

Palestinian PM urges halt to ‘deliberate humanitarian crime’ of ‘famine’ in Gaza
Al Arabiya, May 7, 2025

Verification of damages to schools based on proximity to damaged sites – Gaza, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Update # 9 (May 2025)
ReliefWeb, May 7, 2025

Egypt, Qatar assert full commitment to mediation efforts till resolving Gaza crisis
Egypt Today, May 7, 2025

UN experts demand action to avert ‘annihilation’ of Palestinians in Gaza – as it happened
Amy Sedghi, Tom Ambrose, The Guardian, May 7, 2025

Saudi Arabia condemns Israeli plan to expand Gaza offensive
AFP, Al Arabiya, May 7, 2025

New horror in Gaza as double strike on school shelter kills 30
UN News, May 7, 2025

‘Gaza Is Unlivable’: One Palestinian Man’s Struggle to Feed His Family as Prices Soar
Nir Hasson, Haaretz, May 7, 2025

‘Desperate, traumatised people’: Gaza faces wave of looting, theft and violence
Jason Burke, Malek A Tantash, The Guardian, May 7, 2025

We Cannot Look Away From the Images of Children Killed in Gaza
Editorial, Haaretz, May 7, 2025

Syrian’s al-Sharaa meets Macron in first European visit
Al Arabiya, May 7, 2025

Why Occupying Gaza Could Lead Israel Into an Economic Morass
David Rosenberg, Haaretz, May 7, 2025

Against core principles, Israel is leaning on reservists to fight its endless war
Lazar Berman, The Times of Israel, May 6, 2025

France ‘very strongly’ condemns plan to conquer and hold Gaza, says Israel ‘in violation of humanitarian law’
AFP, The Times of Israel, May 6, 2025

Famine in Gaza: Will we continue to watch as Gaza starves to death?
Ramzy Baroud, The Jordan Times, May 6, 2025

Displaced Palestinians scuffle for a portion of hot food at a charity kitchen at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on May 5, 2025.
AFP, Al Arabiya, May 6, 2025

‘Let the IDF Mow Them Down!’: In Israel, Violence Saturates Everyday Life
Josie Glausiusz, Haaretz, May 6, 2025

Israel Believes It’s Fighting a Holy War in Gaza, and Dissenters Are Deemed Heretics
Zvi Bar’el, Haaretz, May 6, 2025

Israeli rights group accuses Israel of using starvation as ‘war tactic’
Yusra Asif, Al Arabiya, May 6, 2025

Unexploded Israeli Bombs in Gaza Gift Hamas Firepower Worth Millions – and Cost Soldiers’ Lives
Hagai Amit, Haaretz, May 6, 2025

Israel sets deadline for Hamas: Deal by end of Trump visit or we take Gaza
Itamar Eichner, Yoav Zitun, YNet News, May 5, 2025

Window open for Gaza deal during Trump Middle East visit, Israeli defense official says
Al Arabiya, May 5, 2025

Norwegian NGO decries Israel plan to take over Gaza aid
The Jordan Times, May 5, 2025

Children in Gaza need life-saving support
Unicef.org, May 2025

Netanyahu says new offensive in Gaza focused on consolidating seizure of territory
Announcement of Israel’s Gaza occupation plan is carefully timed
Jason Burke, The Guardian, May 5, 2025

Failure and moral collapse of the international legal order in Gaza
Najla M. Shahwan, The Jordan Times, May 5, 2025

Israeli Security Cabinet Approves Plan to Escalate Gaza Campaign
Michael D. Shear, The New York Times, May 5 , 2025

Israel cabinet approves plan including Gaza ‘conquest’ — official
AFP, The Jordan Times, May 5, 2025

The shadow of the caliphate: Daesh and Syria’s unfinished battle
Mohammad Abu Rumman, The Jordan Times, May 5, 2025

Who will stop Israel in Syria?
Anthony Samrani, L’Orient Today, May 5, 2025

Top UN court rejects Sudan’s bid to sue UAE for genocide
Anna Holligan, BBC, May 5, 2025

‘Depopulation,’ ‘Kill Zone,’ and ‘Second Nakba’: The Lexicon of Brutality Exposes How Israelis Talk About the War
Sheren Falah Saab, Haaretz, May 4, 2025

Ex-security chiefs, Nobel laureates urge IDF to reverse dismissal of reservists who called to free hostages by ending war
The Times of Israel, May 4, 2025

Two Months Into Israel’s Blockade, Gazans Are Nearly Out of Food
Nir Hasson, Haaretz, May 4, 2025

Former hostage says ‘evil’ government ‘led us like sheep to the slaughter’
The Times of Israel, May 4, 2025

From surge to strain: Why Israel’s reservists are no longer rushing back – analysis
Herb Keinon, The Jerusalem Post, May 4, 2025

Houthi rebels threaten ‘aerial blockade’ on Israel; flights canceled en masse
Roy Rubinstein, YNet News, May 4, 2025

In ‘massive failure,’ troops abandoned civilians at Zikim Beach on Oct. 7, IDF probe finds
Emanuel Fabian, The Times of Israel, May 4, 2025

Houthi missile hits Ben Gurion international airport | Watch
YNet News, May 4, 2025

Airlines cancel Israel flights after Houthi missile strike at Ben Gurion Airport
Israel National News, May 4, 2025

Protesters in Morocco block strategic ports to force end to normalization with Israel
YNet News, May 4, 2025

The fine line between truth and misinformation: What to know before you hit ‘share’
Judith Segaloff, The Jerusalem Post, May 4, 2025

Israel calls up tens of thousands of reservists for expanded Gaza offensive
Al Arabiya, May 4, 2025

IDF calls up tens of thousands of reservists ahead of expanded Gaza offensive
Emanuel Fabian, The Times of Israel, May 3, 2025

‘Psychological warfare within me’: Israeli captive in Gaza says survived death twice
Amr Mohamed Kandil, Egypt Today, May 3, 2025

Gaza rescuers say three babies among 11 killed in Israel strike
The Jordan Times, May 3, 2025

China Confronts Israel at ICJ, Demands End to Gaza Siege!
Times New World, May 3, 2025

‘Sending Soldiers Into a Needless War’: Israelis Protested Nationwide for Gaza Hostage Deal, Against Gov’t
Bar Peleg, Adi Hashmonai, Eden Solomon, Linda Dayan, Haaretz, May 3, 2025

Jordan condemns Israeli strike near presidential palace in Damascus
The Jordan Times, May 3, 2025

FPA calls on Israel to allow journalists ‘without restriction’
L’Orient Today, May 3, 2025

Hamas says it offered 5-year Gaza ceasefire, release of all captives
Egypt Today, May 2, 2025

Statement from UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the situation for children in the Gaza Strip after two months of aid blockade
ReliefWeb, May 2, 2025

Reporters in Gaza bear witness and suffer tragic consequences
UN News, May 2, 2025

Gaza: ‘Worst-case scenario’ unfolds as brutal aid blockade threatens mass starvation
UN News, May 2, 2025

Gaza humanitarian work on ‘verge of total collapse’: Red Cross
Al Arabiya, May 2, 2025

Gaza humanitarian operations ‘on the verge of total collapse,’ warns ICRC
Muntasser Abdallah, Renee Davis, Marguerita Sejaan, L’Orient Today, May 2, 2025

$2.3 B losses: How Israeli economy is affected by a shortage of military personnel
Egypt Today, May 2, 2025

Why Israel isn’t winning the war Hamas started
Maayan Hoffman, YNet News, May 2, 2025

In raw speech, Rachel Goldberg-Polin tells foreign envoys they can get hostages freed
Lazar Berman, The Times of Israel, May 2, 2025

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Newsletter n°116

June 2023

« Who can make the muddy water clear ? Let it be still, and it will gradually become clear. »

Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching 3

« Those sharp weapons are instruments of evil omen, and not the instruments of the superior man ; he uses them only on the compulsion of necessity. Calm and rest are what he prizes ; victory by force of weapons is to him undesirable. To consider this desirable would be to delight in the slaughter of men ; and he who delights in the slaughter of men cannot get his will in the kingdom. » Tao Te Ching 31

Of course, I am just like you. This book, I had found it in a lovely bookstore, for students and scholars, on the right side of the road, after Qalandiya, on my way to a bilingual school, with pupils on both sides, Jews and Arabs. Was it Hand in Hand, in Katamon, with its 1,350 Muslim, Jewish, and Christian students ? I don’t think so, Katamon is in the South of Jerusalem. Anyway, the thing is, there is not just one open educational place for both Jews, Muslims, and others, in the Land. You should investigate.

https://www.handinhandk12.org/i-want-to-study-something-that-will-help-me-make-change-alma-alumna-of-the-max-rayne-hand-in-hand-jerusalem-school

Of course, people don’t know, flooded as we all are by these social networks and systems of depressing or irrelevant news, night and day. And, of course, once I got lucky enough to walk into this heavenly, unexpected place on my way, I read the book rather fast, and then forgot about it.

I had not been informed. As if this was a non-subject, of zero importance. As if such a Chinese endeavour, in the West, did not matter. Well, you should keep an eye open for the Chinese foray into the Middle East at least.

Does anybody remember the horrific war in Yemen, between Iran-supported Yemeni Houthis, and the Arabia-backed Yemeni loyalists, which left 400,000 dead in its bloody wake ?

And who remembers, for that matter, the 600,000 dead in Ethiopia, from « the most murderous conflict of the 21st century » ?

One million human beings wiped out from the surface of the Earth, all in the same limited sector of Africa/Arabia. Not to mention the 300,000 killed in Syria.

Reminding us of the moonwalker’s dismay and despair, when he was watching it all from up there.

This « feeling of deep despair – the darkest, deepest despair. The most agonizing emotional pain I had ever felt, as I contemplated man and his condition on Earth, behaving like ancient warring tribes fighting over food and territorial rights ».

The good news : these three wars are now over. Leaving us with the tantalizing question : what did these 1,300,000 persons die for ? Since all wars stop in the end.

Take it back to our two previous Newsletters, 114 and 115. What are we driving at ?

What was it we stated in May 2023 ? That we had other burning concerns than the antediluvian quarrel of the « Arabs » and the « Jews », when the Islamic Jihad in Gaza fired hundreds of rockets at its neighbour, suddenly.

First concern, the Rising Global Heat. Second, the current Threat of World War (US & Euros vs Russia).

And what do we have now, as of June 7, 2023 ?

On one hand, that heavy orange smoke all over New York, that spreads as far North as Quebec to South of Washington, D.C., due to the two hundred forest fires in Canada out of control.

On the other hand, this liquid mass of water, over four times the Sea of Galilee, flowing furiously through that broken dam, since 2 :50 in the night of Monday to Tuesday. June 7, 2023. Thrusting tens of thousands of people out of their homes, wading through muddy waters, saving what they can in bags and suitcases. On the Eastern coast of the US, tens of millions are gasping for breath, wearing masks again to survive, as the new virus is this monster manmade warming that sets countless extents of woods ablaze, like never before. Like some insane rerun of September 11, 2001, this time on a much wider scale. People will not die in a few minutes, but from respiratory diseases and distress, through the weeks, and months. Where to go ? Where to live ?

https://twitter.com/i/status/1666550214302347267

https://twitter.com/i/status/1666508242959081490

Please watch the videos taken in Manhattan.

September 11 was a concerted attack aimed at three specific targets, taking three thousand lives. From a precise enemy, leading to the American invasion of Afghanistan, with a toll of over 160,000 killed – and what results, after twenty years of warring and military occupation ? The victory of the reviled talibans, and the restoration of the Islamic State of Afghanistan. Afghanistan, much like Viet-Nam…

Speaking of Viet-Nam now, record temperatures of 44°C were registered in early May, last month, as well as in Laos, Thailand, Burma, Bengla Desh… At mid-day cities like downtown Hanoi were empty, their inhabitants confined inside until the evening.

This is where we’re at. Now. Much faster than we might have thought.

Take it to zones of temperate climate, in Western Europe, the middle Northern part of it. The grass is all dried and yellowish-white, like in August, and the earth bursts with deep crevices, cracks, just like during the worst of droughts. Hay is becoming sparse. Water in wells is getting low and dirty. Every drop of water counts.

Whether by water or by fire, whether by explosives or by neglect and carelessness, the small spaceship we all live in is leaking, reeling and rolling.

Whether you call it Eretz Israel or Falastine, temperatures of 40°C to 50°C will become the new norm. In that tiny piece of land, there were some 200 fires in early June, « like » in Canada.

« In other words, things are happening much faster than we feared. »

https://www.ynetnews.com/environment/article/h1xtd11r9ln

https://www.jpost.com/environment-and-climate-change/article-745343

« What was it you wanted ? …What’s happening in there ?… We can start it all over, get it back on the track… » (Shadow Kingdom). We better get our priorities straight, in the big picture as in details.

 Since the summer of 2014, 8 European Heads of Foreign Affairs have been to Gaza.

The 1st one was Borge Brende, from Norway, on September 8, 2014. Then came George Vella, from Malta, on October 29. Followed by Martin Lindegaard, from Denmark, on November 4, 2014.  A few days later, the Head of External Affairs for Europe, Federica Mogherini, made it to Gaza in her turn.

In 2015, the first one to enter the Gaza Strip was José Garcia-Margallo from Spain, on January 13, 2015. On February 16, 2015, Charles Flanagan, from Ireland, was the 6th European Minister of Foreign Affairs to see for himself. Then came Frank-Walter Steinmeier, from Germany, on June 1st, and Bert Koenders, from the Netherlands, on July 15.

To each of them go our appreciation and gratitude. They represent the Europe that we believe in, standing for awareness and responsibility.

  “We cannot wait until talks about a two-state solution are back on track, to improve living conditions.

 We are sitting on a powder keg here. We must make sure it doesn’t ignite.”

 German Foreign Minister  Frank-Walter Steinmeier upon his visit to Gaza, on June 1, 2015 GermanyForeignOffice   @GermanyDiplo

 FM Steinmeier in Gaza: I take the hope from my Talks in Jerusalem + Ramallah, that the danger of a burning powder keg is being seen.

 FM Steinmeier : Need opening of  Gaza borders + economic development. Gaza must not become launch pad for rocket attacks on Israel again.