Crooked Bough News Round-up

— 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]

— Israel withholds water from Jordan even 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]

— Rahm Emanuel opposes military aid, not weapons sales to Israel

 

at 7/19/26 7:45am

Congressman Ro Khanna urges Palestinians to employ nonviolence against apartheid and genocide, even as he accepts certain forms of Israeli violence.

[Category: Rahm Emanuel, Ro Khanna, Tel Aviv University, Darializa Avila Chevalier, Barack Obama, CNN, Benjamin Netanyahu, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, The Washington Times, J Street, two-state solution, 23-state solution, Mike Huckabee, Fox News, Kathy Manning, Democratic Majority for Israel, Drop Site News, Jeremy Scahill, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, C-SPAN, AIPAC, Gavin Newsom, Gaza genocide, israeli apartheid, Annelle Sheline, Quincy Institute, Akshaya Kumar, Human Rights Watch, NDAA]

— Israel massacres family, wounded child only survivor

 

at 7/17/26 8:55am

Israeli army demolishes home of two families in Masafer Yatta.

[Category: Masafer Yatta, settler violence, Zvi Sukkot, Lebanon, Ahmed Muin Abu Amsha, attacks on Palestinian police]

— In the West Bank, Religious Zionists are realizing long-held vision

 

at 7/17/26 5:17am

Today’s aggressive settlement expansion builds on foundations laid since beginning of 1967 occupation.

[Category: Umm al-Khair, Masafer Yatta, Israeli settlement enterprise, Bezalel Smotrich, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ariel Sharon, Menachem Begin]

— Israel admits it holds Gaza bodies as bargaining chips

 

at 7/16/26 11:05am

State claims it cannot find body of laborer swept up in mass arrest.

[Category: arrest and detention, Withholding of bodies, Gisha, forced disappearance]

— My brother's battle for a better future

 

at 7/15/26 1:42pm

Ameer is sitting for pivotal exams despite missing three consecutive years of school.

[Category: tawjihi, education, children]

— Livestream: Iran reveals America’s weakness

 

at 7/15/26 1:22pm

Millions joined funeral processions for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, proving the US and Israel failed to topple Irans system, Helena Cobban says. Jon Elmer analyzes Iran’s response to US attacks and more.

[Category: livestream, Iran, Helena Cobban, Committee to Protect Journalists, Strait of Hormuz] [Link to media]

— Our engagement photo, hundreds of miles apart

 

at 7/14/26 9:51am

We met at university in Gaza. Genocide changed the plot of our love story.

[Category: eiGazaDispatches, displacement, Gaza genocide]

As of 7/26/26 5:31pm. Last new 7/24/26 11:41am.