Middle East

Tonight, we received this dramatic video from Stefano Bertoldi, our collaborator and commander of one of the boats of the Global Sumud Flotilla. Below is the transcript of his appeal, with a request for maximum dissemination. I am Stefano Bertoldi,…

All those courageous United Nation delegates triumphantly walking out (gasp!) on a Netanyahu speech on Friday actually had a legal obligation to arrest him and deliver him to the International Criminal Court which has long since issued a warrant for…

A historic precedent shaking Mediterranean geopolitics Italy has taken an unprecedented step by sending a military frigate, the “Fasan,” to protect the Global Sumud Flotilla, a civilian mission with more than 40 vessels carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, seeking to…

The Global Sumud Flotilla, made up of more than 500 volunteers from 44 countries—including doctors, parliamentarians, and human rights defenders—has been attacked thirteen times in recent hours while sailing through international waters between Greece and Libya on its way to…

The general strike for Gaza and alongside the Global Sumud Flotilla, promoted by the Unione Sindacale di Base and other unions, is affecting dozens of cities across Italy, often under pouring rain. Below is a partial photo gallery, which nevertheless…

Dawn in Gaza City did not come calmly; it came with a mandate: evacuate the Jordanian Hospital. The military order fell like a collective sentence over corridors flooded with oxygen, over pulsing incubators, over old people on respirators, over mothers…

In the heart of Gaza City, the Abdelaziz Al Rantisi Children’s Hospital has become an epicenter of resistance and tragedy amid an unrelenting military offensive. This hospital, the only specialized pediatric center in the enclave, has been a direct target…

A new Israeli attack shook southern Lebanon on September 21, 2025, when a drone killed five civilians in Bint Jbeil, including three children and their father, all American citizens according to Lebanese authorities. The prime minister and speaker of parliament…

In Malmö’s Grand Square, on Palestine Day, emotion and courage took the shape of textiles, dolls, banners, and words. There, a group of grandmothers—Latin American, Palestinian, and Swedish—breathed life into a brutal and moving day: “I am overwhelmed by the…