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Our Wednesday News Analysis | 'Swimming Against the Tide, but Swimming': More Israelis and Palestinians Now Choose to Grieve Together

dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster) — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:05:39 +0200

Source: Haaretz
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2026-04-20/ty-article-magazine/.premium/against-the-tide-more-israelis-and-palestinians-now-choose-to-grieve-together/0000019d-a690-d834-abbd-ffd0143b0000

By Linda Dayan
Published April 20. 2026

The joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day ceremony is now in its 21st year. One of its organizers says that people are now joining faster after the loss of their loved ones, understanding 'they can't remain indifferent'

Our Wednesday News Analysis | From Palestine to Iran: This is Not a Religious War — It is a War on Religion

dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster) — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:47:41 +0200

Source: Palestine Chronicle
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/from-palestine-to-iran-this-is-not-a-religious-war-it-is-a-war-on-religion/

By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo
Published April 21, 2026

The greatest mistake one can make in trying to understand the violence consuming Palestine and the region is to call it a religious war. It is not.

Our Wednesday News Analysis | ‘LIKE GIVING A DROWNING PERSON A BREATH OF AIR’

dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster) — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:59:07 +0200

Source: Seymour Hersh
https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/like-giving-a-drowning-person-a-breath

By Seymour Hersh
Published January 14, 2026

An eyewitness account of the ongoing devastation in Gaza

Our Wednesday News Analysis | "Gazafication"

dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster) — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:16:38 +0200

Source: Savage Minds
https://savageminds.substack.com/p/gazafication

By Branko Marcetic
Published April 2, 2026

How the US and Israel Are Making Gaza's Brutal Warfare the New Global Standard

Our Wednesday News Analysis | Why Does Europe Invoke International Law on Iran, but Ignore Gaza? – Analysis

dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster) — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:57:10 +0200

Source: Palestine Chronicle
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/why-does-europe-invoke-international-law-on-iran-but-ignore-gaza-analysis/

By Palestine Chronicle Editors
Published March 30, 2026

European leaders invoke international law over the Iran war, exposing a stark contrast with their prolonged silence during the Gaza genocide.

Our Wednesday News Analysis | From Palestine to Iran: What Arab and Muslim Silence Really Reveals

dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster) — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:31:45 +0100

Source: Palestine Chronicle
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/from-palestine-to-iran-what-arab-and-muslim-silence-really-reveals/

By Ramzy Baroud
Published March 24, 2026

Why Arab regimes failed Palestine—and why asking the question obscures deeper structures of power, complicity, and regional political alignment.

Our Wednesday News Analysis | Saving the Middle East: The Map Begins with Palestinian Justice

dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster) — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:29:53 +0100

Source: Palestine Chronicle
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/saving-the-middle-east-the-map-begins-with-palestinian-justice/

By Ramzy Baroud
Published March 12, 2026

Let us imagine a liberated Palestine. Let us consider how justice for the Palestinian people would reshape not only the region but, indeed, the entire globe.

Our Wednesday News Analysis | Iran and Palestine: From Yasser Arafat to Hamas—Is the Balancing Act Over?

dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster) — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:42:46 +0100

Source: Palestine Chronicle
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/iran-and-palestine-from-yasser-arafat-to-hamas-is-the-balancing-act-over/

By Ramzy Baroud
Published March 10, 2026

Will the war on Iran strengthen the Gaza-centered resistance camp and reshape Palestinian alliances across the Middle East?

Our Wednesday News Analysis | Editorial | A Regime Change is On the Rise

dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster) — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 13:40:23 +0100

By Abraham A. van Kempen
4 March 2026

Our Wednesday News Analysis | Rubio declared a return to brutal western colonialism – and Europe applauded

dzamta@gmail.com (Webmaster) — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:10:19 +0100

Source: Jonathan Cook Blog
https://www.jonathan-cook.net/2026-02-21/rubio-brutal-colonialism-europe-applauded/

By Jonathan Cook
Published February 21, 2026

In Munich, the US announced its intent to crush all opposition to its permanent status as imperial top dog, even if that means destroying everything, and all of us in the process