U.S. President Donald Trump announced the formation of a Gaza "board of peace," a key phase two element of a U.S.-backed plan to end the war in the Palestinian territory. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/16/world/trump-gaza-peace-board/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #donaldtrump #israel #gaza #hamas #israelhamaswar #palestinians #middleeast
Israel’s foreign ministry said Tuesday it is severing ties with three international organizations, including two agencies of the United Nations, following the United States’ withdrawal from 66 global bodies last week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/14/world/politics/israel-ties-global-org-us-withdrawal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #us #unrwa
Japan will send personnel to the Civil-Military Coordination Center, established to monitor the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/12/japan/politics/japan-personnel-gaza/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #toshimitsumotegi #gaza #israel #palestinians #israelhamaswar
At a hospital in Gaza, patients fear they will be left without care if Israel bans Doctors Without Borders (MSF) from March. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/11/world/gaza-hospital-msf-israel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #doctorswithoutborders #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians
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History Culture Projects: *The Ancient Languages Hidden Inside Palestinian Arabic*
https://youtube.com/watch?v=TES4v964k30
"This video explores how Canaanite, Aramaic, and Hebrew linguistic layers survived within Palestinian Arabic through agriculture, place-names, tools, and daily life. From ancient toponyms to rural vocabulary preserved by farmers, masons, and olive growers; the Palestinian language is a living archive of the land. A multi-layered record of 5,000 years stretching all the way back to Bronze Age Canaan.
Sources and Further Reading: [see video page]"
#Palestine #Palestinians #languages #Levant #Arabic #history
History Culture Projects: *The Ancient Languages Hidden Inside Palestinian Arabic*
https://youtube.com/watch?v=TES4v964k30
"This video explores how Canaanite, Aramaic, and Hebrew linguistic layers survived within Palestinian Arabic through agriculture, place-names, tools, and daily life. From ancient toponyms to rural vocabulary preserved by farmers, masons, and olive growers; the Palestinian language is a living archive of the land. A multi-layered record of 5,000 years stretching all the way back to Bronze Age Canaan.
Sources and Further Reading: [see video page]"
#Palestine #Palestinians #languages #Levant #Arabic #history
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Israeli forces killed at least 11 Palestinians in separate strikes in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, hours after the military said it had hit the site of a failed militant rocket launch. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/09/world/politics/israel-strike-gaza-ceasefire-fragile/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #israelhamaswar #israel #gaza #palestinians
Israeli forces killed at least 11 Palestinians in separate strikes in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, hours after the military said it had hit the site of a failed militant rocket launch. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/09/world/politics/israel-strike-gaza-ceasefire-fragile/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #israelhamaswar #israel #gaza #palestinians
The Israeli military launched strikes on southern and eastern Lebanon, Lebanese state media reported, after warning it would hit what it called Hezbollah and Hamas targets in four villages. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/06/world/israel-hezbollah-hamas-lebanon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #lebanon #hezbollah
bhaugen
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"As Gaza enters the bleakest period of winter, children are dying of hypothermia, drowning in flooded camps and burning to death as their families try to cook in flimsy tents. Israel destroyed nine out of 10 homes over more than two years of war. Camped amid the ruins, Palestinians struggle against strong winds, heavy rain and freezing temperatures."
~ The Guardian
#Gaza #Palestinians #Israel #Netanyahu #cruelty #winter #WarCrimes
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"As Gaza enters the bleakest period of winter, children are dying of hypothermia, drowning in flooded camps and burning to death as their families try to cook in flimsy tents. Israel destroyed nine out of 10 homes over more than two years of war. Camped amid the ruins, Palestinians struggle against strong winds, heavy rain and freezing temperatures."
~ The Guardian
#Gaza #Palestinians #Israel #Netanyahu #cruelty #winter #WarCrimes
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For decades, Israeli settlers have built outposts on West Bank land without official authorization that, in many cases, end up being accepted by Israel as formal settlements. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/26/world/society/israel-hilltop-settlers-expel-palestinians/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #israel #palestinians #agriculture
Christmas celebrations were in full swing again in Bethlehem in the West Bank, as a fragile truce holds in Gaza. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/25/world/bethlehem-christmas-gaza-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #christmas #middleeast #palestinians #israel #westbank #israelhamaswar
Aral Balkan
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"Since the illusory ceasefire..in #Gaza, the lives of #Palestinians...have been dictated by an imaginary line drawn up by the [shitraeli] army. Crossing this “Yellow Line,” which indicates the boundary of...occupation of ethnically cleansed areas spanning more than half of Gaza, constitutes a death sentence...even for children collecting firewood...a reality in which supposedly safe neighborhoods are transformed overnight into active frontlines, with no warning."
The International Criminal Court on Monday rejected a challenge from Israel, which had argued that the court’s investigation into alleged crimes committed in the Gaza Strip was invalid. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/16/world/politics/icc-israel-war-crimes-probe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #icc
Israel's assassination of a senior Hamas commander threatens the Gaza ceasefire, the chief negotiator of the militant group said, calling on U.S. President Donald Trump to demand Israel comply with the truce's terms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/15/world/hamas-israel-commander-ceasefire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas
Gazans have turned to ripping out iron rods from the rubble to use to prop up tents or sell to scratch out a living in an enclave that will take years to recover from war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/12/world/gaza-steel-rods-living/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israelhamaswar #palestinians #gaza
"Since the illusory ceasefire..in #Gaza, the lives of #Palestinians...have been dictated by an imaginary line drawn up by the [shitraeli] army. Crossing this “Yellow Line,” which indicates the boundary of...occupation of ethnically cleansed areas spanning more than half of Gaza, constitutes a death sentence...even for children collecting firewood...a reality in which supposedly safe neighborhoods are transformed overnight into active frontlines, with no warning."
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Reports indicate that the U.S. President intends to announce the start of the second phase of his Gaza plan before Christmas. Phase One has failed to meet its promises to #Palestinians.
Trump's Phase Two Fantasy for Gaza
https://open.substack.com/pub/mitchellplitnick/p/trumps-phase-two-fantasy-for-gaza?r=23brl&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true