Crooked Bough News Round-up

— Abdul El-Sayed deals record-breaking loss to Israel lobby

 

at 8/6/26 11:30pm

“Truly catastrophic loss for the geniuses at AIPAC” also hits Democratic establishment.

[Category: Abdul El-Sayed, Haley Stevens, Gretchen Whitmer, Chris Coons, James Clyburn, AIPAC, United Democracy Project, Medicare for All, The New York Times, Lis Smith, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Patrick Dorton, Mike Rogers, Islamophobia, AdImpact, Harry Enten, CNN, Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Gaza genocide, Jewish Voice for Peace Action, Beth Miller, Ted Cruz, Emgage, CAIR, Muslim Brotherhood, Kyle Shideler, Frank Gaffney, Center for Security Policy, Anti-Defamation League, Jonathan Greenblatt, Zohran Mamdani, anti-black racism, Dearborn, Rania Khalek, BreakThrough News, McCarthyism, House Ways and Means Committee, St. Louis, Wesley Bell, Cori Bush, anti-Palestinian racism, Donavan McKinney, Shri Thanedar, William Lawrence, Sunrise Movement, Lansing, Jesse Helms, israeli apartheid, Darializa Avila Chevalier, Claire Valdez, Melat Kiros, Jim Crow]

— Need a divorce? Go to the hospital.

 

at 8/6/26 7:43am

Divorced women in Gaza must wade through a destroyed judicial system to obtain their rights.

[Category: divorce, women, judicial system, courts, Gaza genocide, Khan Younis]

— Gaza students “terrified” over spike in Irish student visa rejections

 

at 8/5/26 11:00am

Even with fully funded scholarships, Ireland is turning away a growing number of students desperate to continue their education and escape genocide.

[Category: Gaza genocide, ireland, University College Dublin, freedom of education]

— How complicit media tried to sell a genocide

 

at 8/5/26 10:21am

Two new books expose the failed attempt to win public support for Israels brutality in Gaza.

[Category: media bias, Robin Andersen, Adam H. Johnson, Rashid Khalidi, Noura Erakat, CNN, The New York Times, Hannibal Directive, BBC, MSNBC, Noam Chomsky, Joy Reid]

— Livestream: Why Israel has no "right to exist"

 

at 8/4/26 10:39am

[Category: livestream, Craig Mokhiber, Iran, Karim Khan, International Criminal Court] [Link to media]

— Israel expands extermination zone in Gaza

 

at 7/31/26 9:25am

Israeli soldiers prevent ambulance carrying pregnant woman in medical emergency from crossing West Bank checkpoint.

[Category: attacks on Palestinian police, yellow line, forcible displacement, settler violence, Israeli settlers, jordan valley]

— Settler violence is state violence in the West Bank

 

at 7/30/26 2:25pm

Israel is advancing de facto annexation at an unprecedented pace.

[Category: settler violence, Peace Now, Israeli settlements, settlement outposts, annexation, West Bank]

— Livestream: Deadly Iranian missiles devastate US bases

 

at 7/27/26 5:17pm

Dorotea Gucciardo of GLIA talks about creativity and resilience in Gaza. Ali Abunimah on Zohran Mamdanis statement about Netanyahu. The war on Iran and more.

[Category: livestream, Iran, Glia project, Dorotea Gucciardo, Zohran Mamdani, International Criminal Court] [Link to media]

— McCarthyism in Massachusetts

 

at 7/24/26 10:38am

Historian of Iranian descent sues university over politically motivated "firing."

[Category: University of Massachusetts Amherst, Mohammad Ataie, Shaheed Abraham, Rüya Hazeyen, Smith College, Kevin Young, Eric Ross, City University of New York, Middle East Studies Association, Daniel Chard, Western Washington University, Ellen Schrecker, Radhika Sainath, Palestine Legal, Donald Trump, Joe Biden]

— Israel is erasing entire Gaza families from the civil registry

 

at 7/24/26 9:38am

Satellite images show the establishment of at least three new Israeli military bases in eastern Gaza.

[Category: forcible displacement, yellow line, settler violence, Israeli settlers, Deir Jarir, al-Mughayyir, al-Tuwani, Jenin]

— Danger is never distant in Gaza's orange zone

 

at 7/23/26 8:47am

My family’s latest displacement was unlike all our previous ones.

[Category: yellow line, orange zone, Khan Younis, Gaza genocide]

— UNRWA terminations leave many struggling in exile

 

at 7/23/26 7:08am

US-Israeli pressure on the refugee agency has resulted in a financial crisis that has affected not just those dependent on UNRWA services but those delivering them.

[Category: UNRWA, Gaza genocide, international donor aid, right of return]

— Lawsuit challenges Trump threat to imprison Americans for Gaza advocacy

 

at 7/22/26 2:29pm

US sanctions have forced human rights groups to halt evidence-sharing with the ICC as Marco Rubio vows to dismantle the court “brick by brick.”

[Category: DAWN, Taxpayers Alliance Against Genocide, International Criminal Court, sanctions, Marco Rubio, Omar Shakir, free speech, Francesca Albanese, Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, Palestinian Center for Human Rights] [Link to media]

— Cheering the World Cup through genocide

 

at 7/22/26 3:32am

The soccer tournament positioned the United States as a convener of global joy at the precise moment it is facilitating mass death.

[Category: World Cup, FIFA, sportswashing, Gianni Infantino, Donald Trump, Gaza genocide]

— The right to disappear

 

at 7/21/26 1:59pm

Occupation demands visibility. So does the world. Between surveillance and testimony, ordinary life in Palestine begins to vanish.

[Category: surveillance, daily life, biometric, checkpoints, Internet]

— The closer the yellow line, the closer our displacement

 

at 7/21/26 1:05pm

The yellow blocks that mark Israel’s “yellow line” are a new way to measure how close we are to a new round of displacement.

[Category: yellow line, Gaza genocide, forced evacuation, displaced, Displaced in Gaza, eiGazaDispatches]

— Does Israel really have a right to defend itself?

 

at 7/21/26 12:58pm

Progressive Congressman Ro Khanna insists on nonviolence for Palestinians enduring genocide, while justifying the bombing of Gaza.

[Category: US aid to Israel, Democratic Party, Ro Khanna, Thomas Massie, livestream, AIPAC]

— Why EU-Israel talk of "responsible innovation" is perverse

 

at 7/21/26 12:37am

Diplomat ignores role of Microsoft in mass surveillance.

[Category: European Union, Michael Mann, Microsoft Israel, Erez Einav, Oded Sacher, University of Haifa, Itamar Ben-Gvir, FIFA] [Link to media]

— Israel withholds water from Jordan as it takes center stage in US-Iran war

 

at 7/20/26 1:10pm

Jordanians live in one of the worlds most water-starved countries.

[Category: Jordan, Wadi Araba agreement]

— Livestream: How Israel targets the small bodies of Palestinian kids

 

at 7/19/26 5:16pm

Dr. Mimi Syed and Wes J. Bryant on Israel’s targeting of children. Ali Abunimah on Democrats and Ro Khanna. Jon Elmer on Iran and news from across Palestine and Lebanon.

[Category: livestream, Mimi Syed, Wes Bryant, Ro Khanna, US aid to Israel] [Link to media]

— Hear the speech Swiss authorities tried to prevent me giving

 

at 7/19/26 8:11am

Back in Zurich, I dissected the propaganda used to justify genocide and the political shift now rattling Israels defenders.

[Category: Switzerland, Zurich, Watermelon University, free speech, 7 October, Pascal Lottaz]

As of 8/9/26 11:54am. Last new 8/7/26 1:58am.