Palestine

Mile after mile of grey rubble - the view from a plane dropping aid to Gaza (Sally Lockwood | Sky News, 2025-07-28)

https://news.sky.com/story/mile-after-mile-of-grey-rubble-the-view-from-a-plane-dropping-aid-to-gaza-13403242
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>> Sky News goes on board a Royal Jordanian Air Force plane for one of the first aid drop flights since Israel announced they could resume.

>> As land approaches, I look down. The ground is modern and built up - we're still over southern Israel.

>> Then a few short minutes later, it's clear we've crossed Gaza's border.

>> The ground turns grey, the shapes of buildings disappear, there are no cars, no people.

>> You can see the outline of communities and villages that are now flattened…

>> And Monday's flight came with strict media conditions.

>> We were told the Israeli side had warned that any shots of Gaza filmed from the air could result in these aid flights being cancelled.

>> But Israel's tight grip has not stopped the images from Gaza getting out …

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A court in Israel has released to house arrest an Israeli settler accused of fatally shooting a Palestinian activist in the occupied West Bank.

The suspect, identified as Yinon Levi, was placed under house arrest on Tuesday after a Magistrate Court in Jerusalem declined to keep him in custody.

Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that Levi faced charges of manslaughter and unlawful firearm use in connection with the killing of 31-year-old Palestinian activist and English teacher Awdah Hathaleen, who was shot dead on Monday night in the village of Umm al-Kheir, south of Hebron.

Hathaleen was well known for his activism, including helping the creators of the Oscar-winning film No Other Land, which documents Israeli settler and soldier attacks on the Palestinian community of Masafer Yatta.

As the world watches Gaza starve, Republicans in Congress quietly advanced a new ban on funding a United Nations agency that delivers food aid to Palestinians.

The GOP-dominated House Appropriations Committee last week voted to bar financial support for the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East, long the main hub of aid distribution in Gaza. If passed by Congress, the ban would reinforce a financial blockade on UNRWA that began last year as Israel subjected the agency to an intense pressure campaign.

Congress first banned funding for UNRWA in March 2024 as Israel pushed allegations that the agency’s employees were involved in the October 7, 2023, attacks. Democratic President Joe Biden had already paused funding for the agency.

The $46 billion bill would slash funding for many foreign aid programs and ban funding for UNRWA, while handing Israel $3.3 billion to buy more American arms.

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Activist [Awdah Hathaleen*] Who Helped Film “No Other Land” Shot and Killed by Israeli Settler | Truthout (2025-07-28)

https://truthout.org/articles/activist-who-helped-film-no-other-land-shot-and-killed-by-israeli-settler/
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*) His name romanized also “Odeh Hadalin”; in Arabic عودة هدالين.

>> “... My dear friend Awdah was slaughtered this evening. He was standing in front of the community center in his village when a settler fired a bullet that pierced his chest and took his life. This is how Israel erases us — one life at a time,” said Basel Adra, activist and Palestinian co-director of #NoOtherLand.

>> [Israeli co-filmmaker Yuval] Abraham said that local residents identified Hathaleen’s killer as Yinon Levi, who lives in an illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied #WestBank. Levi was sanctioned … under the Biden administration in April 2024, ...

>> President Donald Trump lifted the U.S. sanction on Levi and other Israeli settlers and settler groups on his first day in office this January.

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Activist Who Helped Film “No Other Land” Shot and Killed by Israeli Settler

“Israeli settlers have murdered our beloved hero, Awdah Hathaleen, from the Um Al-Khair community in Masafer Yatta,” Amro wrote on social media. “Awdah stood with dignity and courage against oppression. His loss is a deep wound to our hearts and our struggle for justice. May he rest in peace. We will never forget him.”

https://truthout.org/articles/activist-who-helped-film-no-other-land-shot-and-killed-by-israeli-settler/

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Commission pushes to partially suspend Israel from EU research fund – POLITICO (2025-07-28)

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-research-fund-european-commission-horizon-europe-israel-gaza-genocide/
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>> The European Commission wants to partially suspend Israel from participating in its flagship research and development program, Horizon Europe.

>> The proposed suspension follows the EU's review of its association agreement with Israel, which opens up advantageous bilateral relations. In June the review found Israel in breach of its human rights obligations under the deal, with EU foreign ministers slated to discuss potential consequences during a meeting next month …

>> Israeli universities and researchers funded through the more traditional Horizon Europe programs would be unaffected.

>> The decision still needs backing from a qualified majority of #EU countries. 🤔

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As a Palestinian in Gaza, I can’t imagine a hopeful future, even if a ceasefire is announced soon. What lies ahead feels even more terrifying than what we’ve already endured, not only because of the vast destruction but because our genocide has become background noise to “peace talks.”

After 21 months of slaughter, in which more than 59,000 Palestinians have been killed, Arab governments appear to still be moving toward normalizing relations with Israel. It is hard to believe that Israel is being rewarded after ruining our lives, instead of being held accountable.

This feels like a betrayal.