30 juni 2026

Fresh off sweeping electoral victories in NYC, will you join us at our JVP Action Mass Call tomorrow, July 1 at 8pm ET to keep up the incredible momentum we've built together?

Palestine is on the ballot across the country — and winning.

Join the call tomorrow to hear from Abdul El-Sayed, the first-ever candidate for Senate to be endorsed by JVP Action, Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez, who just won their primaries in NYC, Chris Rabb, who won his primary in Philadelphia in May, and more.

This is a political earthquake.

In Texas, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and now in New York, JVP Action-endorsed candidates have run and won on platforms calling for an end to military funding and an arms embargo on Israel.

These races are turning establishment politics on their head and showing that candidates who support Palestinian freedom can win.

Midterms are only halfway over. Join us tomorrow to celebrate these wins and get organized for the fights ahead.

Onwards,

Beth Miller

Political Director, JVP Action

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BREAKING THE SILENCE

30 juni 2026

The Gaza Strip has borne the brunt of the unprecedented violence that has marked the past three years between the river and the sea. Even conservative estimates now put the death toll at more than 73,000. This month, the death toll during the so-called 'ceasefire' also surpassed the grim milestone of 1,000. Among those killed were over 253 children and 121 women. The IDF has been killing an average of four people a day throughout the 'ceasefire'.

Importantly, what began in Gaza has not remained confined to Gaza. The gazafication of the West Bank is increasingly evident in the IDF's conduct there.

Photo: Al-Far’a Refugee Camp, West Bank, Wahaj Bani Moufleh, Activestills

While attention was again focused on yet another war with Iran, a major shift has been unfolding in the West Bank. For the first time since the Oslo Accords, the IDF is seizing land in Area A, under PA administration, to make way for a military base. Palestinians living there have already received land seizure orders. The move comes against the backdrop of the IDF’s ongoing operation in the northern West Bank, dubbed “Iron Wall,” which has been underway for more than a year. As part of the operation, the IDF has repeatedly raided the Palestinian refugee camps of Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nur Shams. In many ways, its conduct there resembled practices we have seen in Gaza.

In the course of the operation, 45,000 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced from these refugee camps and, for the most part, are still not allowed to return. According to the UN, this is “the longest and largest displacement crisis in the West Bank since 1967.” The IDF demolished entire residential blocks and streets. According to satellite imagery, 52% of the buildings in the Jenin refugee camp were destroyed or damaged, along with 55% in Nur Shams and 37% in Tulkarm. Furthermore, the IDF loosened its rules of engagement, permitting opening fire at anyone who was deemed to be “messing with the ground”. We spoke with a soldier who described how these permissive rules of engagement have been applied in the Gaza Strip. Since the launch of “Iron Wall,” “messing with the ground” has become a justification for opening fire in refugee camps across the West Bank as well.

“Think of yourself as a civilian: you mess with the ground to tie your shoelaces, pick something up, throw away garbage; you might be looking for something; [...] [But in Gaza,] messing with the ground is a code name for planting an explosive device, always.”

Photo: Tulkarem Refugee Camp, West Bank, Wahaj Bani Moufleh, Activestills

The operation’s declared goal is “strengthening security.” Yet against this backdrop, the Israeli government approved the establishment of new settlements in the Jenin area, some of them planned just a few kilometres from the refugee camp. Settling civilians near what the IDF considers a terror stronghold while conducting a military operation there is hardly a recipe for their safety. If anything, it puts both soldiers and settlers at greater risk. Contrary to official declarations, safety is never the primary objective under occupation. The operational logic in the West Bank mostly works the other way around.

First, a settlement is established near a Palestinian village or city to fragment the West Bank, disrupt Palestinian life, and grab land. Then, because this settlement must be protected, it draws a heavy military presence into the area. Importantly, the IDF is deeply involved in establishing settler outposts, illegal even under Israeli law. Since July 2024, when Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth was appointed head of the Central Command, the IDF has directly coordinated and directed the establishment of settler outposts near Palestinian villages.

These outposts play a central role in Israel’s campaigns of ethnic cleansing and annexation of the West Bank. Since October 2023, 62 Palestinian communities have been completely displaced, including 20 in 2026 alone. Dozens of other communities have been partially displaced. Overall, since October 2023, nearly 4,200 people, including almost 2,000 children, have been forced from their homes by IDF-backed settler violence. Most of the displaced communities were located in Area C, but Israel’s campaign of ethnic cleansing is increasingly targeting Area B and now even Area A. In 2026 alone, five Palestinian communities were forcibly displaced from Area B. Of the more than 150 settler outposts established under the current government, at least 22 were established in Area B.

Photo: New Outpost, Avishay Mohar, Activestills

What appears to drive the IDF in the West Bank, rather than security considerations, is Smotrich's political program, dubbed the "Decisive Plan," which envisions the annexation of all of Area C and much of Area B while confining Palestinians to shrinking, disconnected enclaves in Area A. This plan, apocalyptic as it sounds, appears to be advancing at an unprecedented pace through coordinated action by the IDF and violent settlers. The declared justification is all too familiar: security. What it sows, in practice, is violence, destruction, and ethnic cleansing. What we shall reap, should this policy continue, is perpetual war. There is also another way: end the occupation.

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BREAKING THE SILENCE IN THE MEDIA

• To Call it a Ceasefire is a Joke - The Associated Press

• “What I Did In Gaza” An Israeli Soldiers Reckoning - The Economist

ADDITIONAL READING

Click on the images to read the full texts

HOW WE FIGHT IN GAZA

“The Perimeter:” our new collection of soldiers’ testimonies chronicles the systematic annihilation and expropriation of entire villages and agricultural zones - anything that lay in the newly created Gaza buffer zone, which the IDF “completed” last December.

Since Oct 2023, Israeli officials have been consistently saying that the 238,000 Palestinians who once lived in this zone will not be allowed to return. This collection details the ethnic cleansing of around 16% of the Gaza Strip.

At the time of writing, it seems the perimeter is being expanded further.

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30 juni 2026

Our struggle for a free Palestine and our struggle for queer and trans liberation are intertwined. Nobody knows this as well as queer Palestinians on the ground in Gaza, as they refuse to be erased in the face of ongoing genocide.

Take a moment now to read and share this story from Mohammad, the cofounder of WARD Gaza, who is organizing for queer Palestinian liberation from inside the Gaza Strip:

My name is Mohammad and I am writing to you from Gaza. I want to tell you about the story of how I started WARD Gaza, a platform for queer Palestinian voices in Gaza challenging the dominance of the Israeli narrative, which often monopolizes the representation of queer Palestinians.

- Mohammad, WARD Gaza

Get the No Pride in Genocide Toolkit

Onward to liberation,

CAT KNARR

Communications Director

US Campaign for Palestinian Rights

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28 juni 2026

Over the past two weeks, the Hind Rajab Foundation has secured significant new legal developments across four countries.

Chile: A landmark court ruling has recognized the applicability of universal jurisdiction in an HRF war crimes case.

Greece: Prosecutors have advanced their investigation into Israeli officer Yair Ohana following new submissions by HRF.

Poland: HRF has filed a groundbreaking criminal complaint against NATO's largest TNT producer, Nitro-Chem, for its alleged role in enabling international crimes.

United States: HRF has submitted a criminal complaint to the Department of Justice against Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.

Chile: A Universal Jurisdiction Breakthrough

In Chile, HRF recently secured a historic legal breakthrough. The Santiago Court of Appeal recognized that Chilean courts can exercise universal jurisdiction over war crimes committed in Gaza in the case concerning Israeli-Ukrainian sniper, Rom Kovtun, accused of participating in atrocities committed during the siege of Al-Shifa Hospital. Although procedural issues remain to be resolved on appeal, the court's recognition of universal jurisdiction represents an important precedent. It confirms that national courts can—and should—play a decisive role in prosecuting international crimes when other avenues fail.

Greece: Sustained Pressure in an Active Investigation

In Greece, our legal action against Israeli officer Yair Ohana continues to advance. HRF recently appeared before the investigative judge and submitted additional evidence supporting the ongoing investigation. This development demonstrates that our cases do not end with the filing of a complaint. We remain actively engaged throughout the judicial process, working with local counsel to strengthen investigations and ensure new evidence reaches the courts.

Poland: Extending Accountability to Corporate Actors

Our work is expanding beyond individual perpetrators. In Poland, together with our partners FIDH and ELSC, HRF filed a landmark criminal complaint against Nitro-Chem, NATO's largest producer of TNT. The complaint argues that corporations supplying essential materials used in the commission of international crimes and unlawful military operations cannot evade legal scrutiny. Accountability cannot stop with those who pull the trigger. It must extend to those who knowingly manufacture, supply, and profit from the materials and machinery that make such crimes possible.

United States: Accountability Reaches Senior Israeli Officials Like Itamar Ben Gvir

Finally, in the United States, HRF submitted a criminal complaint to the Department of Justice against Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, urging U.S. authorities to investigate Ben Gvir's alleged role in incitement to genocide, support for war crimes, and violations of U.S. criminal law. It underscores a principle at the heart of HRF's work: justice must reach everyone, from those who commit crimes on the ground to those who incite, enable, or direct them, regardless of their office or status.

Why This Matters

Taken together, these four actions illustrate the evolution of our strategy. We are pursuing accountability at every level: individual soldiers, military officers, political leaders, and corporate actors. We are working simultaneously across multiple jurisdictions, relying on universal jurisdiction, domestic criminal law, and international legal obligations to challenge impunity wherever it exists.

Justice is rarely achieved through a single case. It is built through persistence, coordinated legal action, and the steady expansion of judicial recognition across borders. Every investigation opened, every precedent established, and every complaint filed weakens the architecture of impunity and strengthens the international rule of law.

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Shahaf here. I refused to enlist in the Israeli army as a teenager, considering it the only moral choice after learning about the realities of occupation. Today, I organize with Resistance Solidarity Network, supporting those inside Israeli society who refuse war, occupation, and apartheid. We amplify, support, and fund a wide-range of resistance groups opposing Israeli wars and occupation: anti-war Jewish-Palestinian partnerships, anti-occupation activists, and conscientious objectors. We do this through direct funding, training and organizing support. I want to share with you the political landscape in which our work now takes place, because we are entering a new and dangerous period. And if we are to meet this moment, we need your support.

URGENT: the resistance in Israel/Palestine needs you. Support our mid-year campaign.Resistance Solidarity Network brings you the latest stories from the ground: movement news, refusers' stories, the latest demonstrations. We amplify and fund a wide-range of resistance groups opposing Israeli wars and occupation. Our role is to support resistance from within, and we rely on global support to carry out this work. We've only managed to raise $27,500 thus far. If we do not raise $60,000 by the 5th of July, we cannot continue this vital work: funding, capacity building, legal expenses, media work and more. We need your help to reach our goal.A new regional order is emerging before our eyes. It is being sold to the world as "ceasefire." But for millions of people across the region, ceasefire increasingly means something else: slower violence, normalized occupation, and endless militarized control.

We see this most clearly in Gaza. The bombs may fall less frequently than before, but people are still dying every day. Hunger is widespread. Families remain without adequate shelter, clean water, healthcare, or education. Military control continues to expand even as reconstruction plans are discussed in diplomatic circles. The war has not ended. It has simply entered a new phase. The same dynamic is taking shape elsewhere.
 Support War ResistersIn Lebanon, Israeli forces continue to occupy territory despite ceasefire agreements. In Iran, political leaders openly discuss the next round of military confrontation even before the current one has fully subsided. Across the region, temporary pauses in large-scale warfare are being transformed into a new normal: one in which military domination persists, territorial expansion is accepted, and the suffering of civilians fades from public attention.

This is what makes the current moment so dangerous. When bombs dominate the headlines, outrage is easier to sustain. But when violence becomes slower, more bureaucratic, and less visible, it becomes easier to normalize. Media attention disappears as international pressure weakens and Western media learns to look away.

Inside Israel, this process of normalization is already well underway. Gaza is disappearing from public discourse. Protest is increasingly marginalized, censored, or criminalized, all while the government continues to advance annexation in the West Bank while settler violence escalates daily. Palestinian shepherding communities are attacked, homes are burned, and entire communities live under constant threat. Much of this violence is carried out by settlers armed, trained, and protected by the state.
 Support War ResistersUnder these conditions, internal dissent becomes more important than ever. Israeli activists continue to accompany vulnerable Palestinian communities, document abuses, organize protests, carry out direct actions, and publicly refuse participation in the machinery of occupation. They insist, often at great personal cost, that another future is still possible.

RSN exists to make sure these people do not stand alone. We provide financial support, training in civil resistance, media amplification, psychosocial support, and the infrastructure that allows resistance from within Israeli society to survive and grow.

Intensified political struggle, further attempts to silence dissent, and new efforts to use fear and militarism to squash resistance are expected. We are preparing now because in this new era of permanent war and normalized violence, resistance cannot be improvised. It must be organized. URGENT: the resistance in Israel/Palestine needs you. Support our mid-year campaign.Resistance Solidarity Network brings you the latest stories from the ground: movement news, refusers' stories, the latest demonstrations. We amplify and fund a wide-range of resistance groups opposing Israeli wars and occupation. Our role is to support resistance from within, and we rely on global support to carry out this work. We've only managed to raise $27,500 thus far. If we do not raise $60,000 by the 5th of July, we cannot continue this vital work: funding, capacity building, legal expenses, media work and more. We need your help to reach our goal.


In solidarity,

Shahaf Weisbein
Resistance Solidarity Network

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28 juni 2026

Humanitarian Situation Report

26 June 2026

Palestinian mother and child receiving nutrition support in Gaza through funding from the occupied Palestinian territory Humanitarian Fund. Photo: OCHA

Highlights

• New displacement recorded amid heightened pressure across the Occupied Palestinian Territory for other communities to forcibly leave their areas.
• Two Bedouin communities in eastern Ramallah governorate face a heightened risk of displacement following escalating settler attacks and disruptions to their water supply. Nearly 1,000 Palestinians have been displaced in the area over the past three years.
• Over 2,600 Palestinians in Kafr ‘Aqab area of East Jerusalem were affected when Israeli authorities demolished a residential building and a road, damaging water, electricity and sewage networks and cutting off vehicular access.
• Israeli forces temporarily evacuated at least four families from their homes during operations in Jenin governorate, while 65 families displaced from Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps were granted limited access to retrieve personal belongings.
• In Gaza, families fled from an area of Beit Lahia when Israeli forces advanced, reportedly setting three tents ablaze by dropping incendiary munition from the air, and placing yellow cement blocks that marked further encroachment of the “Yellow Line.”
• Access-restricted areas in Gaza now take up 65 per cent of the land; most of them are off limits for residents, while for humanitarian organizations, all of them require coordination procedures to access; sea access remains prohibited.
• Skin diseases and acute watery diarrhea continue to spread in Gaza, fueled by overcrowding and poor water and sanitation conditions.
• Notwithstanding restrictions and funding shortfalls, relief efforts continue at scale across all sectors.

Overview

Across the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), aid workers continue to respond to people’s needs. For example, they provide food assistance to those who cannot access or afford sufficient, nutritious, and diverse diets. They deliver tents and other shelter items to newly displaced people and to those in protracted displacement whose shelters have been damaged or worn out. They support the local health system by deploying specialized teams and replenishing medical supplies. And they facilitate alternative education for those who have been deprived of schooling opportunities.

However, there are limits to what humanitarian action can achieve. Funding for relief efforts remains insufficient, with less than 25 per cent of the requirements for this year covered so far. Access restrictions on humanitarian partners to people in need and to essential facilities are severe. And above all, the root causes of humanitarian needs remain unaddressed – both in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and in the Gaza Strip.

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26 juni 2026

Afgelopen woensdag demonstreerden Oxfam Novib, PAX en The Rights Forum – de drie organisaties achter de F-35-rechtszaak – vlak bij de Tweede Kamer. Namens The Rights Forum waren directeur Gerard Jonkman en verschillende betrokken volgers aanwezig die hadden gereageerd op onze oproep in de vorige nieuwsbrief.

Vanwege de extreme hitte hielden we de actie beperkt tot een uur. Toch konden Kamerleden die van het station naar de Tweede Kamer liepen niet om ons heen. Met een spandoek van 60 meter, waarop de namen stonden van 60.198 Palestijnen die in Gaza zijn gedood, riepen we hen op een einde te maken aan de Nederlandse betrokkenheid bij de levering van onderdelen voor F-35 gevechtsvliegtuigen aan Israël.

Dankzij onze eerdere rechtszaak is de directe levering van F-35-onderdelen gestopt. Maar via de Verenigde Staten komen nog steeds Nederlandse onderdelen in Israël terecht. Daarom staan we op 10 juli opnieuw voor de rechtbank. We eisen dat ook deze indirecte leveringen worden beëindigd. Dat wilden we de Tweede Kamerleden en andere voorbijgangers laten weten.

Organiseert u een evenement of actie rond Palestina? Laat het ons weten.

Organiseert u een bijeenkomst, demonstratie, lezing, filmvertoning of een andere activiteit over Palestina of de Palestijnse kwestie? Stuur de informatie dan naar ons nieuwe adres agenda@rightsforum.org. We nemen relevante evenementen graag op in onze agenda en – waar mogelijk – in onze nieuwsbrief, zodat meer mensen ervan op de hoogte zijn.

Reportages | Aanhoudend geweld in Gaza: de tol voor kinderen

Terwijl de verwoesting in Gaza voortduurt, worden de gevolgen voor de Palestijnse bevolking steeds schrijnender. Vooral kinderen betalen een onvoorstelbare prijs. Afgelopen week publiceerden we drie artikelen die ieder vanuit een ander perspectief laten zien hoe het geweld hun levens raakt.

Israël gebruikt kranen om Palestijnen in Gaza te bespioneren en beschieten
Israël zet hoge bouwkranen langs de grens met Gaza in voor militaire doeleinden. Uit onderzoek blijkt dat de kranen zijn uitgerust met camera's, sensoren en wapensystemen en worden gebruikt om Palestijnen te observeren en onder vuur te nemen. Wat betekent deze verdere militarisering voor de burgers in Gaza?
The Rights Forum sprak met de Britse chirurg Nick Maynard, die sinds oktober 2023 drie keer naar de Gazastrook is gegaan om daar zorg te leveren. Hij beschrijft hoe kinderen tot de grootste slachtoffers van het Israëlische geweld behoren, en de verwondingen die hij dagelijks behandelde. Maynard: ‘Zoveel dode kinderen; dat is geen collaterale schade, dat is beleid.’
Een nieuw rapport van een VN-commissie schetst de verwoestende gevolgen van de oorlog voor Palestijnse kinderen. Van honger en trauma tot de vernietiging van scholen en gezondheidszorg: het rapport laat zien hoe een hele generatie wordt getroffen. Conclusie: kinderen worden door Israël gericht tot doelwit gemaakt, en dat is onderdeel van de genocide.

Juridische experts: EU heeft plicht handel met nederzettingen te verbieden

De Europese Unie heeft onder internationaal recht de plicht handel met de illegale Israëlische nederzettingen in bezet Palestijns gebied te verbieden. Dat zegt een groep van ruim veertig experts in internationaal en Europees recht in een open brief gericht aan drie topfunctionarissen van de EU: voorzitter van de Europese Commissie Ursula von der Leyen, Buitenlandchef Kaja Kallas en Handelschef Maroš Šefčovič.

Belangrijk is dat de experts stellen dat voor het verbieden van handel met nederzettingen geen unanimiteit nodig is – iets waar politici zich regelmatig achter verschuilen. Een zogeheten qualified majority is genoeg, wat betekent dat minstens 15 van de 27 landen vóór de maatregel moet zijn, en deze 15 landen samen 65 procent van het totale inwonersaantal van de EU vormen.

Israëlische kassen in de Jordaanvallei. Voor Palestijnen gelden zware restricties op toegang tot die vallei, ze mogen er 94 procent van het land niet langer gebruiken. © Alamy

Opiniepeilingen | Israël is het impopulairste land ter wereld

Terwijl Israël de bevolking van de illegaal bezette gebieden in Palestina, Syrië en Libanon met grof geweld blijft terroriseren, is het internationale imago van het land op een dieptepunt beland. Wie daar nog aan mocht twijfelen kreeg eerder deze maand een luide wake-up call. Uit een opiniepeiling van het Amerikaanse Pew Research Center in 36 landen bleek dat twee op de drie respondenten een negatief of zelfs zeer negatief beeld van Israël hebben. Slechts een kwart van de respondenten oordeelde positief of zeer positief.

In de hoop het tij te keren blijft Israël zijn critici van antisemitisme beschuldigen en gigantische bedragen in internationale PR-campagnes pompen.

 Lees meer over de opiniepeilingen en Israëls wereldwijde PR-oorlog

Uit onze agenda
zaterdag 27 juni t/m zaterdag 4 juli
Organiseert u een bijeenkomst, demonstratie, lezing, filmvertoning of een andere activiteit over Palestina? Stuur de informatie dan naar 
CULTURELE EN ANDERE EVENEMENTEN
 DEN HAAG 17 - 30 JUN | Tentoonstelling en dialoogavonden ‘Israël/Palestina: Pijn en Hoop’. Klik hier voor het volledige programma. (Believe Together/Herberg van Menselijkheid, Weimarstraat 300)

 UTRECHT ZA 27 JUN 15.00 - 20.00 | Palestine Queer Cinema (BAK Basecamp, Pauwstraat 13A)

 AMSTERDAM ZA 27 JUN 14.00 - 20.00 | Together for Gaza: een fundraising evenement voor Gaza, georganiseerd door Nour Foundation en Fragments of Palestine. Met een markt en Palestijns diner. (Plantage Dok)

 MAASTRICHT ZO 28 JUN 13.45 | Benefietconcert: Ghanni sings for Palestine. (Voorzijde Lang Grachtje 8)

 EINDHOVEN ZO 28 JUN 14.30 - 17.30 | Palestine Café: Restart the action. Een bijeenkomst van de pro-Palestijnse gemeenschap in Eindhoven. (Esra Abla’s huiskamer, Alard du Hamelstraat 51)

 AMSTERDAM MA 29 JUN 19.00 | Voorstelling: SARAB (“Illusie”) is een voorstelling die de uitdagingen van vluchtelingen wereldwijd belicht. De Palestijnse artiesten van The Palestinian Circus gebruiken circus om hun geschiedenis te weerspiegelen en de herhaling ervan vandaag zichtbaar te maken. (Muziekschool Noord)

 UTRECHT MA 29 JUN 19.30 | The Palestine Book Club: book discussion on short story collections 'Palestine + 100' & 'Palestine -1'. (Bibliotheek Utrecht, Neude 11)

 ROTTERDAM ZA 4 JUL 11.00 - 15.00 | Symposium ‘Profetie, weg van vrede?’ Kan bevrijdingstheologie ons vandaag een weg wijzen waardoor oude bronnen juist dienstbaar zijn aan mensenrechten en een rechtvaardige toekomst in Israël-Palestina? Kosten: € 35.- inclusief koffie/thee en lunch (studenten betalen € 17,50). Aanmelden kan door een mail te sturen naar info@uitgeverijvanwarven.nl o.v.v. ‘Symposium 4 juli’. (Pauluskerk Rotterdam, Mauritsweg 20)

 UTRECHT ZA 4 JUL 18.00 - 22.00 | Palestijns diner en de vertoning van de documentaire Gaza Surf Club. (De Voorkamer, Kanaalstraat 225)


DEMONSTRATIES EN WAKES
 UTRECHT DOORDEWEEKSE DAGEN 08.30 - 09.30 | Dagelijks stilteprotest voor Palestina, tegen genocide en bezetting (Neude, langs het fietspad)

 APELDOORN ELKE MAANDAG, DONDERDAG & VRIJDAG 17.00 - 17.30 | Stilteprotest voor Palestina (Marktplein)

 NIJMEGEN ZA 27 JUN 14.00 - 16.00 | Wake van Mensen in het Zwart (Koningsplein - Marienburg)

 HAARLEM ZO 28 JUN 14.00 - 15.00 | Wekelijkse demonstratie tegen Israëls wandaden (Grote Markt)

 AMSTERDAM ZO 28 JUN 17.00 - 18.00 | Wekelijkse stilteprotest (Spui, bij 't Lieverdje)

 HUIZEN WO 1 JUL 12.00 - 13.00 | Wekelijkse sit-in voor Gaza (Gemeentehuis)

 DEN HAAG DO 2 JUL 12.00 - 12.30 | Sit-in van Rijksambtenaren bij het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, Rijnstraat 8

 STATIONS IN NEDERLAND DO 2 JUL 18.00 | Wekelijkse lawaaidemonstratie op diverse stations in Nederland. De lijst van stations publiceren we begin volgende week in onze agenda.

 HENGELO DO 2 JUL 18.45 - 19.15 | Wekelijks stilteprotest van Hengelo4Palestine (voor de Lambertus kerk)

 AMSTERDAM VR 3 JUL 12.45 - 13.45 | Maandelijkse wake van Vrouwen in het Zwart (Spui, bij ‘t Lieverdje)

 AMERSFOORT VR 3 JUL 09.30 | Wekelijks stilteprotest tegen genocide (Varkensmarkt)

 DOETINCHEM VR 3 JUN 10.00 - 12.00 | Wekelijkse demonstratie van Achterhoek4Palestine (Simonsplein bij de Catharinakerk)

 GRONINGEN ZA 4 JUL 13.00 - 14.00 | Tweewekelijkse wake van Vrouwen in het Zwart (Waagplein)

 MAASTRICHT ZA 4 JUL 16.00 - 17.00 | Maandelijkse wake van Vrouwen in het Zwart (Markt, bij het standbeeld van J.P. Minckelers, aan de kant van de Boschstraat)


 Onze agenda wordt doorlopend aangevuld. Bekijk de hele agenda

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This week, Raghad Ashour was killed by the IOF as she was heading to her final high school exam with the hope of still building a brighter future, and a few days later, the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry released a harrowing report detailing and confirming how the Israeli colonial regime has deliberately targeted children in its genocide; an effort to kill and erase our future as a nation.

The report (whose harrowing testimonies range from soldiers shooting teenagers as a training exercise to young girls amputated without anaesthesia) once again shows that this is not a "tragic humanitarian crisis," a recurring narrative these days that we unpack in Communicating Palestine.

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The House is expected to hold a floor vote on the FY27 National Defense Authorization Act before the end of next week.

The upcoming vote is a key opportunity to rally lawmaker opposition to a terrifying AIPAC-backed measure within the bill, the United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative, which aims to permanently entrench the U.S. and Israel’s military tech and surveillance apparatuses.

Demand your House Rep do everything in their power to oppose the NDAA provision that would fuse the U.S. and Israel’s military tech and surveillance programs.

If passed, this measure would make it much harder to end U.S. complicity in Israeli war crimes and could roll back the enormous gains we’ve made in building public support for an arms embargo.

Although the exact date of the floor vote has not yet been announced, two separate amendments have already been submitted to strip the provision from the bill. The amendments need to be approved by the Rules Committee in order to be included in the floor vote.

We’ve heard from insiders that immense public pressure in the next couple of days is needed to tip the scales on this issue.

Every single member of the House needs to hear from constituents like you about supporting those amendments ahead of the floor vote.

Call your Representative in the House to demand they support any amendments that would strip the deadly US-Israel military merger proposal from the NDAA.

The last few months have proven that the political landscape is shifting rapidly as lawmakers in D.C. start to catch up to their constituents. In April, over 85% of Democratic Senators voted to block the sale of bombs or armed bulldozers to Israel. And this week, upsets in New York Democratic primaries by pro-Palestine candidates have generated massive speculation on radical shifts in the political calculus on U.S. support for Israel’s war crimes.

This will not be our last chance to intervene and pressure our representatives on this disastrous military merger, but it is a critical moment.

We need all hands on deck to build opposition among members of the House ahead of the upcoming floor vote. 

Call your Congressmember to demand they oppose the United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative of the FY27 NDAA.

Call Congress: Reject U.S.-Israeli Military Integration

Thanks for all you do, and we will be in touch soon with updates.

In solidarity,

Izzy Mustafa
Adalah Justice Project

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7 victories against a rampaging Israel.

Delegates to the United Auto Workers labor union’s Constitutional Convention just voted to divest all UAW funds from Israel Bonds. With over 400,000 union members, the UAW will be the first major national labor union to divest from an estimated $400,000 in holdings.

Join us for a mass call to talk about the pro-Palestine, JVP Action-endorsed candidates who have won in the midterms so far, and the fights still to come.

Act now: Reject U.S.-Israeli military cooperation.

While Israel sows death and destruction, Congress is quietly attempting to massively expand U.S. cooperation with the Israeli military, making it a core, legally-binding aspect of U.S. defense policy.

What we’re listening to: First America.

Native people have been written out of the American story. This summer, as the U.S. celebrates its 250-year anniversary, the new podcast First America will tell the true story of how the United States came to be — and how our current political moment is 250 years in the making.

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24 juni 2026

Americans continue to reject AIPAC and embrace Palestine

Last night's resounding victories by Darializa Avila Chevalier, Brad Lander, Claire Valdez, and other pro-Palestine candidates underscore a transformative shift in American electoral politics. Americans are increasingly sympathetic to Palestinians and are done with their tax dollars contributing to genocide, ethnic cleansing, and occupation against the Palestinian people. 

This shift is not limited to New York. Graham Platner (Maine US Senate), Chris Rabb (Pennsylvania US House), and Adam Hamawy (New Jersey US House) also won their respective primary elections. This highlights that supporting Palestinian human rights is increasingly popular among all Americans and not an opinion confined solely to activist spaces. Americans across the political spectrum are increasingly rejecting a foreign policy that is built on the dispossession of Palestinians and endless military intervention in the Middle East carried out in service of the Israeli government's agenda. Instead, we demand a foreign policy rooted in restraint, diplomacy, and a refusal to participate in Israel’s genocide actively. 

Recent polling reflects this change in public opinion. According to Gallup and Pew surveys conducted in February and April 2026, 60 percent of Americans view Israel negatively, while 41 percent sympathize more with Palestinians compared to 36 percent who sympathize more with Israelis. These numbers suggest that public attitudes are shifting in ways that political leaders can no longer afford to ignore.

Given this trend, the leadership of both the Democratic and Republican parties must align more closely with the evolving views of their respective bases. The Republican Party should recognize the growing fractures that unconditional support for Israel is creating within its ranks. The Trump Administration's disastrous war of choice against Iran, undertaken largely in response to Israeli priorities despite broad public opposition, should serve as a stark warning. Democratic leadership, meanwhile, must understand that continuing to support Israel’s crimes to the horror of the large majority of their voters is a losing political strategy. Public officials have a responsibility to pay attention to what Americans are saying, as this is a vital component of our Democracy.

These seismic shifts in public opinion against unconditional U.S. support for Israel highlight another new reality that both parties must recognize: Americans are rejecting the toxic influence AIPAC has on our democracy, and find it absurd that AIPAC has not registered as a foreign lobby for Israel under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), as it is clearly required to do under our laws. U.S. foreign policy should align with the will of the American people and not with dark money from foreign lobbies that ignore Americans’ interests. 

AJP Action congratulates these candidates and is excited to work alongside them to advance freedom, justice, and human rights for all! 

In solidarity,

Americans for Justice in Palestine Action

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24 juni 2026

Last night, New Yorkers made their priorities clear: Stop arming Israel and fund our communities.

In Congress, the pro-Palestine caucus has just expanded, with Darializa Avila Chevalier (NY-13) and Claire Valdez (NY-07) on track to join the ranks of champions fighting for justice and liberation.

And in the New York State Senate, Aber Kawas just made history by winning the primary in District 12. She’s now anticipated to become the first Palestinian state senator in New York.

I was there as all three candidates campaigned days before the election, and I can tell you that New York City was electrified. Tens of thousands of people across NYC took to the streets to support candidates who represent them and who don’t dare allow the establishment to silence us.

The pro-Israel political establishment is breaking down before our eyes. Candidates who support a liberated future are winning. The same candidates who want a free Palestine are also fighting to protect workers’ rights, make rent affordable, abolish ICE, and defend our communities.

They’re fighting for us not only as their constituents, but as neighbors, friends, and loved ones.

This is an enormous win for our movement as we approach the general election in November. It demonstrates the strength of our people power—even up against the $50 million that super PACs like AIPAC dumped into the race, making it one of the most expensive congressional primaries that New York has seen.

USCPR Action is proud to have endorsed all three candidates as part of our first slate of 11 bold progressives. These courageous leaders have chosen to put people over corporations, and are making sure that Palestine is a part of the agenda.

Together we’re driving forward a permanent shift on Palestine in U.S. politics, a shift that will cut off weapons to Israel and end all forms of U.S. complicity in Israel’s massive violence.

As a Palestinian organizer, I know how frustrating it can be to advocate for justice in a political system that has been bought by AIPAC and the anti-Palestinian lobby for decades, as our people fight for their survival under U.S.-funded bombs.

But as someone who has fought for hard-won change from the grassroots, I have seen how each gain we make builds toward the long-haul fight for justice.

If we want to achieve an arms embargo, if we want to pass the Block the Bombs Act in Congress and the Not On Our Dime Act in New York, then we need to grow our pro-Palestine caucus at all levels of government. And our candidates are winning, because of the work of local organizers and people like you in the fight.

Check out USCPR Action’s first slate of endorsements here, and share it with friends and community members you know in these districts.

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23 juni 2026

Can you join us in D.C. from July 5-7 for the Interfaith Action for Palestine?

From July 5–7, Adalah Justice Project will join Christians for a Free Palestine and a broad coalition of faith-rooted organizations in Washington, D.C. to push back against the annual summit of Christians United for Israel (CUFI), the largest pro-Israel lobbying organization in the United States.

This year carries particular significance. As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, we are also confronted with the legacy of 250 years of Indigenous dispossession, slavery, and racial, religious, and colonial domination that continue to shape life on this continent today.

The forces we are confronting did not emerge overnight.

Christian nationalism has long been used to justify conquest, displacement, and violence on this land. Today, Christian Zionism carries that same logic abroad. It is a political project that seeks to sanctify Palestinian dispossession, justify permanent inequality, and secure unconditional U.S. support for Israel's far-right government.

No organization has done more to advance that agenda than Christians United for Israel.

Founded by Pastor John Hagee, CUFI has built a political machine of more than 11 million members to pressure elected officials to support Israel's wars, shield it from accountability, and deepen U.S. military and diplomatic backing regardless of the devastating consequences for Palestinians. Today, CUFI remains among the strongest advocates for Israel's genocide in Gaza, escalating war throughout the region, and the broader project of Christian nationalism at home.

At a moment when Palestinians are enduring genocide and displacement, and religious nationalism is gaining strength both in the United States and around the world, it is imperative to stand up to the overwhelming political power of Christian Zionist institutions.

But we are not gathering only in opposition. We are gathering because another world is possible.

In Washington, faith leaders, organizers, students, clergy, and community members from diverse traditions are coming together to learn, organize, and build lasting relationships across movements.

Together, we are pushing back against CUFI’s ideology of hate and domination. After a weekend of communion, people of faith and conscience will take to the halls of Congress to warn representatives about CUFI’s impending visit and demand: No end times theology in our foreign policy. Stop Christian Zionism. End the deadly U.S.-Israel alliance.

From Gaza to Sudan. From Minneapolis to Memphis to Montgomery. Our struggles are interconnected. The same systems that justify dispossession abroad are often the same systems that undermine justice at home.

Whether you can join for all three days or only part of the programming, we invite you to stand with us.

In solidarity,

Izzy M.
Adalah Justice Project

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23 juni 2026

Tomorrow's events you don't want to miss

Wed 6/24 at 12pm Eastern: Visit Kufr 'Aqab from your computer (or phone) screen with Palestinian architect and researcher Dana Abbas.

Kufr 'Aqab is a neighborhood outside of Jerusalem that locals have described as a "refugee camp with tall buildings," because so many Palestinians have been forcibly displaced there.

Take a sneak peak on our YouTube channel below and register for the virtual visit!

Wed 6/24 at 8:30pm Eastern on Instagram Live, tune in to hear from Tarin Gonzalez about her 2015 trip to Palestine and what she witnessed and experienced there.

Our Witness Wednesdays program happens at the same time every Wednesday, so tune in each week to hear from a different speaker. No registration necessary!

Just be sure to follow us on Instagram at @eyewitnesspalestine.

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23 juni 2026

West Bank Monthly Snapshot
Casualties, Property Damage and Displacement

May 2026

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21 juni 2026

In the past few days, two developments have unfolded simultaneously—together they represent a fundamental and potentially irreversible escalation of Israel's annexation of Hebron. We need you to understand what is happening and hope you will act.

Our founder Issa Amro recorded this urgent statement from Hebron.

"The Hebron redeployment peace agreement was canceled today by the Israeli government and Smotrich. It means that we will face more violence. It means that we live in our own city under Israeli military law while Israeli settlers are under civilian law. It means apartheid. More segregation, more separation, more theft, more ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. They will take more Palestinian houses and more Palestinian land and property.

This step means Israel is causing instability in the West Bank, in Palestine, and in the Middle East. This government is trying to do more destruction to the peace process and more destruction for our future.

We Palestinians call on the international community, the EU, the UN, the United States, Canada, and the UK, to punish this government and not allow them to violate international law and create facts on the ground toward annexing 250,000 Palestinians into the Israeli apartheid state.

I am very concerned about this step. It is a very dangerous step. It is unethical to cancel a peace agreement at this time. We need peace. We need much less violence. We need stability as Palestinians. We don't want more escalation and more fascism and suppression toward the Palestinian people. We are afraid about our future.”

Watch Issa's full statement here.

Background for Settlement Takeover

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced the cancellation of the civil planning provisions of the 1997 Hebron Protocol, transferring planning authority for H2, the area of Hebron under Israeli military control, from the Palestinian municipality to Israeli authorities. He called it a "historic correction." Middle East Eye

The Hebron Agreement, signed in 1997 by Prime Minister Netanyahu and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat as part of the Oslo peace process, had divided Hebron into two zones: H1, about 80 percent of the city under Palestinian control, and H2, where Israel retained security control. But civil powers, including planning, zoning, and construction in H2, had remained with the Palestinian authorities for nearly three decades. That arrangement is now gone. Front Line Defenders

The revocation effectively places the Ibrahimi Mosque, one of the holiest sites in Islam and sacred to Jews and Christians as well, under full Israeli administrative control, and coincides with intensified military raids and imposed curfews in Hebron neighborhoods. Shorthandstories

Analysts say this eliminates any recourse for the Palestinian municipality to challenge Israeli construction plans. As one analyst put it, Hebron has now been turned into "the rest of Area C of the West Bank, where Israelis unilaterally decide what to build, what to expand." International Federation for Human Rights

A New Settlement in the Heart of the Souq

Shortly after the Higher Planning Council assumed planning authority from the Palestinian Municipality, it convened and approved a building permit for a settler dormitory for students at the Shavei Hevron Yeshiva. The project will add two stories, totaling over 1,000 square meters, above a commercial building on Al-Shalalah Street, in the heart of Hebron's historic market district, the Souq.

The architectural plans show a substantial modern structure rising above one of the oldest and most historic market areas in the world, connected to the Beit Romano settler compound, and effectively severing the existing commercial building from the Palestinian market that surrounded it.

This is not on the outskirts of the city. This is in the heart of the ancient souq, steps from where Palestinian families once ran their shops before Shuhada Street was closed to them entirely.

What This Means for the Families We Support

For the community in H2, the families living near settlements whom we have spent years supporting, this is not an abstract political development. It means that the already slim possibility of challenging settler construction in court or through municipal channels has been eliminated entirely. It means the settlement expanding above the soul is the first of many that will follow, with no mechanism left to object. It means that the pressure to leave, already immense, will only intensify.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warned last Friday that violence by Israeli settlers in the West Bank has reached historic highs in 2026, with more than a thousand incidents involving casualties or property damage so far this year, affecting more than 230 communities and causing the displacement of more than 2,000 Palestinians. European Parliament

Our community in Hebron lives this every day. And today, the legal architecture that provided even the thinnest layer of protection has been removed.

Our Work Continues

At Friends of Hebron, we document. We protect. We support families in staying on their land. We train young people in nonviolence. We make sure the world can see what is happening.

Today, that work is more urgent than it has ever been.

We are on the ground. We are documenting what is happening in real time. We are supporting families who face increased pressure and harassment as these announcements embolden settlers and soldiers alike.

What You Can Do Right Now

Watch and share Issa's statement. Share the video widely. The international community needs to hear directly from the people living this.

Make a donation. Every dollar goes directly to protecting families, documenting abuses, and sustaining the community spaces that keep Palestinian life alive in Hebron. [DONATE LINK]

Stay with us. Follow us for updates as this situation continues to develop rapidly.

Friends of Hebron has a U.S.-registered IRS 501(c)3 charity status. Donations are tax-deductible.

During these tense times, please consider supporting our work on the ground in Hebron by donating.

With steadfastness,

Friends of Hebron

Working for Peace and Justice

www.hebronfriends.org/

Friends of Hebron has a U.S.-registered IRS 501(c)3 charity status. Donations are tax-deductible.

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21 juni 2026

Daniel here. As a soldier, I recently refused to serve in the Gaza war, and spent time in military prison for that. Nowadays, I organize fellow refusers in Israel. Every day, I speak with soldiers who are questioning the war, struggling with what they’ve seen, and wondering whether there’s another path. I wouldn’t be able to do this work without Resistance Solidarity Network standing behind me. They provide the resources, the backing, and the help create this great community of international supporters that make resistance possible. As part of RSN’s mid-year campaign, I hope you’ll consider supporting them too. They’re not funding abstract ideas. They’re funding real people on the ground who are taking real risks. And they need our help: if they don't raise the money, they cannot carry on with their work. Support them today.

URGENT: the resistance in Israel/Palestine needs you. Support our mid-year campaign.Resistance Solidarity Network brings you the latest stories from the ground: movement news, refusers' stories, the latest demonstrations. We amplify and fund a wide-range of resistance groups opposing Israeli wars and occupation. Our role is to support resistance from within, and we rely on global support to carry out this work. We've only managed to raise $16,000 thus far. If we do not raise $60,000 by the end of the month, we cannot continue this vital work: funding, capacity building, legal expenses, media work and more. We need your help to reach our goal.When I was drafted in 2012, I never imagined I would become one of those people. I grew up in a humanist family in the 1990s. Peace was always part of the conversation. But believing in peace and refusing military service are two very different things, or at least that’s what I thought at the time. For years, I served in the reserves, mostly in the West Bank, without spotting the dissonance. Believing, every time less and less, in the war ethos and that I am protecting civilians.

The doubts were already there before October 7. It had become harder and harder to ignore that my service was protecting settlements while making Palestinian life impossible. But when October 7 happened, I was swept up like so many others after learning of the magnitude of the Hamas massacres of Israeli civilians. I answered the call and served another round. It took time to admit that something had fundamentally changed.Support War ResistersWhen I received another reserve call-up in 2025, just before Israel expanded its offensive in Gaza, I couldn't convince myself anymore. By then it was obvious that this war had no clear end and no real strategy for bringing the hostages home. I had watched Israeli forces kill three Israeli hostages. I had watched the government repeatedly undermine opportunities for deals that could have saved lives. And of course, I witnessed the endless genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, killed indiscriminately and the overwhelming majority of their homes destroyed. The slogans about security stopped making sense.

So I decided it was time to refuse. Soon after, my picture was shared by a right-wing influencer calling me a traitor. For refusing the draft order, I was sentenced to two weeks in military prison. People often ask me if prison was the hardest part. It wasn't. It was realizing I had stepped outside the consensus I grew up in for refusing to participate in war crimes. Overnight, I was no longer part of the mainstream story Israelis tell themselves about who we are.
 Support War ResistersAnd yet, something surprising happened. The Israeli soldier occupies an almost sacred place in our society. But I've also discovered that many Israelis, including people I never expected, understand refusal more than they admit publicly. Reality is more complicated than politics makes it seem. Sometimes the people who quietly support you are the ones you least expect. That has made me hopeful. While governments can feel immovable, political change rarely arrives the way we imagine. The consensus can crack, and new possibilities can emerge. I have received significant support for refusing, something I could not even imagine ten years ago when I was first drafted.

The war hasn't really ended. Bombs still fall in Gaza and Lebanon. Palestinians continue to face displacement and violence in Gaza and the West Bank. We are governed by leaders who seem convinced that force alone can solve every problem and who speak openly about visions that leave no room for Palestinians at all: transfer, ethnic cleansing, genocide, apartheid and endless militarization.

But even during this age of violent ceasefires and ongoing killing, I think we have an opportunity to build something different, where our compass isn't endless war and death but shared life. That's the future I'm organizing for every day on this path.

And that's why organizations like Resistance Solidarity Network matter so much. They make sure people who choose conscience over conformity don't have to stand alone.

Thank you for standing with us.URGENT: the resistance in Israel/Palestine needs you. Support our mid-year campaign.Resistance Solidarity Network brings you the latest stories from the ground: movement news, refusers' stories, the latest demonstrations. We amplify and fund a wide-range of resistance groups opposing Israeli wars and occupation. Our role is to support resistance from within, and we rely on global support to carry out this work. We've only managed to raise $16,000 thus far. If we do not raise $60,000 by the end of the month, we cannot continue this vital work: funding, capacity building, legal expenses, media work and more. We need your help to reach our goal.


In solidarity,

Daniel Yahalom
War Refuser

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21 juni 2026

Humanitarian Situation Report

19 June 2026

Between 9 and 15 June, 30 people were displaced due to demolitions across the West Bank. A newly displaced Palestinian standing next to what remains of his home, following a demolition by Israeli forces in Barta’a enclave, between the Barrier and the Green Line, 14 June 2026. Photo: OCHA

Highlights

• UN Relief Chief tells Security Council that Gaza civilians cannot wait for diplomacy, while in the West Bank, a decades-long deterioration is accelerating rapidly.
• Further encroachment of the “Yellow Line” triggers new displacement as Israeli troops advance towards populated areas of Gaza city, marking the revised route with cement blocks.
• A reduction in fuel inflows forces humanitarian partners to prioritize the most life-saving services, further limiting overall efforts.
• Over 520 endoscopic and surgical procedures are at risk of being suspended unless new supplies of high-level disinfectant agents urgently enter Gaza.
• In the West Bank, two Palestinian herding families were displaced for a second time since the beginning of 2026 following escalating settler attacks near Birzeit, highlighting a broader trend that has displaced over 2,200 Palestinians, including more than 1,000 children, this year.
• By the end of May, humanitarian partners had reported 230 access incidents across the West Bank, where checkpoints, road closures and other movement restrictions continue to impede aid delivery and humanitarian operations.
• Humanitarian partners continue to report growing protection and psychosocial support needs across the West Bank, while health partners report ongoing access constraints and attacks affecting health-care delivery.

Overview

Across the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), civilians continue to face insecurity, displacement and constrained access to essential services, while humanitarian partners operate under growing access restrictions and operational uncertainty. Essential systems remain under pressure, protection risks are high, and damage to infrastructure as well as poor living conditions are compounding vulnerabilities.

Briefing the Security-Council on 18 June, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher, paid tribute to humanitarian workers who have made progress since the announcement of a ceasefire on 10 October 2025. At the same time, he warned that “Gaza is being held together by humanitarian workarounds and Palestinian perseverance,” which is unsustainable. “Palestinians in Gaza remain deprived of the basics that you would all demand for your own families: safety, shelter, clean water, health care, education,” he said.

UN Relief Chief noted that “Too many Palestinians are being squeezed into an ever-shrinking strip of land. Their lives are shaped by the indignity of constantly shifting ‘yellow’ and ‘orange’ lines that define where they can seek refuge.”

Speaking of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Mr Fletcher warned that “a decades-long deterioration is accelerating rapidly, characterized by calls from Israeli officials for Palestinian ‘voluntary migration’ and an intensification of discriminatory policies and practices.” In this context, he mentioned the high level of settler attacks and their impact so far in 2026.

He called for humanitarian “funding that is timely, flexible and commensurate with the scale of this crisis” and for the cessation of measures that "appear aimed at altering the demographic composition of the Occupied Palestinian Territory in violation of international law,” listing forced displacement, destruction of homes and other property, land confiscation, and movement restrictions.

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19 juni 2026

Last year, the NYC Mayor’s annual Jewish Heritage Month reception was co-sponsored by the ADL, an anti-Palestinian group. This year, the same event was co-sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace. It was our honor — and our responsibility — as the world’s largest pro-Palestine Jewish organization.

This is a political earthquake. But we didn’t get here overnight.

For 30 years, JVP members have built a base of tens of thousands in cities and towns across the country. We are now the world's largest Jewish organization supporting Palestine, and we got there by steadily chipping away at the lie that our Judaism requires blind support for the state of Israel. That lie is how the Israeli government — and its supporters — justified its oppression of Palestinians and shut down anyone who speaks out on their behalf. And now, that lie is cracking under the weight of our movements.

Every donation you make before June 30 will be matched by a group of donors deeply committed to this work, up to $200,000.

By taking action with us, you’ve helped shift public opinion. Now, we’re asking you to contribute any amount to JVP today so we can keep skilling up our base and providing organizing support and resources to the over 100 local JVP formations across the country who are propelling this sea change in public opinion.

We can all sense a massive shift in public opinion.

Today, a whopping 63% percent of American Jews no longer identify as Zionists — but it’s not just Americans Jews who are changing their minds about Palestine.

Across party lines, criticism of Israel is growing: The majority of Democrats and Democratic supporters, and a growing number of Republicans and Independents, are critical of or outright oppose U.S. military funding for Israel, and 50% of all voters know that Israel is committing genocide in Palestine.

For decades, supporters of the Israeli government told regular Americans that they must support Israeli war crimes and apartheid, or risk being labeled antisemites. And for decades, JVP members have been proving them wrong. Cracking open that key piece of propaganda is a major reason why American popular opinion opposes any more U.S. funding and weapons to Israel, and why American support for Palestine is at a record high.

Building an organizing base powerful enough to push back against pro-Israel propaganda — and propel a massive shift in U.S. public opinion — takes real resources, countless hours of organizing staff time, and the dedication of hundreds of volunteer member-leaders.

The only way we keep going is when people like you decide to invest. Contribute any amount to JVP today so we can keep moving public opinion until the vast majority of Americans demand our government stop arming Israel.

We are shifting public opinion by undermining the narrative that being Jewish — and supporting Jews — means supporting Israel’s crimes against Palestinians.

We do that every time our members take to the streets, make headlines, help elect a pro-Palestine candidate to office, or successfully move our representatives to vote to block weapons to Israel. This work is paying off in real ways, and we can't let up the pressure now.

Onwards together,

Sonya Meyerson-Knox

Communications Director, JVP

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19 juni 2026

Ze was zoals ze het zelf zegt een ‘late bekeerling', de opvoeding van Maria Remmerswaal (75) uit Leiden was zeer ‘pro-Israël’. En zestig jaar lang was ze verslaafd aan Coca Cola: ‘Geen Pepsi, ik wilde echt alleen maar Coca Cola.’

Maar toen de werkelijkheid van de onderdrukking van de Palestijnen tot haar doordrong, kwam Maria in actie. Vorige zomer fietste ze door Nederland voor de Palestijnse zaak.

In de fietsbak had ze informatiemateriaal maar ook Palestine Cola en Gaza Cola. Deze zomer zet Maria door. In samenwerking met BDS zal ze proberen Nederland van de Coca Cola af te brengen. Zelf is ze al om. Het was even wennen, zegt ze, maar de alternatieven zijn eigenlijk gewoon lekkerder.

Laten we ze samen een kans geven deze zomer.

Strijdbare groet,
Het BDS team

Bestel of download hier onze flyers en stickers.

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19 juni 2026

In onze vorige nieuwsbrief schreven we over een belangrijke politieke ontwikkeling: een grote meerderheid van de Tweede Kamer sprak zich uit voor een volledig EU-verbod op handel met Israëlische nederzettingen en riep de Nederlandse regering op zich daar in Europees verband voor in te zetten. Dat is een duidelijk omslagmoment. 

Voor ons is dit een bevestiging van iets waar we al ruim tien jaar voor strijden. Al die jaren hebben we campagne gevoerd voor een verbod op handel met de nederzettingen en onderzoek gedaan naar bedrijven die zaken doen met de nederzettingen. Met hun handel, dienstverlening en investeringen dragen deze bedrijven bij aan het in stand houden van de bezetting en kolonisatie van Palestijns gebied, en maken zij zich medeplichtig aan schendingen van het internationaal recht.

Toch is dit niet het moment om achterover te leunen. Integendeel: juist nu is het noodzakelijk om door te pakken. Politieke steun is een belangrijke stap, maar zolang er geen concreet en volledig verbod is, blijven bedrijven en financiële instellingen profiteren van de bezetting.

Daarom zullen wij ons de komende maanden met nog meer inzet richten op de investeringen van Nederlandse pensioenfondsen en banken in bedrijven die betrokken zijn bij de bezetting. Ook hebben we een grotere rol op ons genomen binnen de internationale Don't Buy Into Occupation-coalitie, die financiële betrokkenheid bij de Israëlische nederzettingen blootlegt en aanpakt.

Ons doel blijft onveranderd: een volledig verbod op economische relaties met de nederzettingen, inclusief handel, dienstverlening én financiële investeringen. Dat betekent, gezien de verwevenheid van de Israëlische economie met de nederzettingeneconomie, overigens ook een verbod op economische relaties met bedrijven en instellingen binnen de grenzen van 1967. Alleen zo kan worden voorkomen dat Europese bedrijven en instellingen bijdragen aan een systeem dat in strijd is met het internationaal recht.

Om dit werk voort te zetten hebben we uw steun hard nodig. Onderzoek doen, campagnes voeren en politieke druk opbouwen kost tijd en middelen. Wilt u ons helpen om dit momentum om te zetten in concrete verandering? Overweeg dan een donatie. Samen kunnen we ervoor zorgen dat woorden worden omgezet in daden. Bedankt voor uw steun.

Gerard Jonkman
Directeur The Rights Forum

25 juni | Actie in Den Haag: helpt u mee?

Terwijl Israël doorgaat met de genocide in Gaza, blijft Nederland wapens leveren aan Israël. Waaronder ook F-35-onderdelen. Niet rechtstreeks, maar via de Verenigde Staten.

Samen met onze partners Oxfam Novib en PAX rollen we op donderdag 25 juni om 09.00 uur een banner van 60 meter uit met daarop de namen van de 60.198 mensen van wie we weten dat zij in Gaza zijn vermoord. Om zo onze politici te blijven confronteren met hun medeplichtigheid.

Hiervoor kunnen we uw hulp goed gebruiken! Wilt u meehelpen met het vasthouden van de banner? Meld je dan aan via info@rightsforum.org en kom op donderdag 25 juni om 09.00 uur, gekleed in het rood, naar het Anna van Buerenplein in Den Haag.

Amnesty-rapport bevestigt: geweld van Israëlische kolonisten is staatsgeweld

De internationale gemeenschap is medeplichtig aan genocide én het Israëlische apartheidssysteem. Dat stelt Amnesty International in het vorige week uitgebrachte rapport Erasing anything Palestinian. Het bevestigt opnieuw dat de internationale gemeenschap geen passieve toeschouwer is bij het onrecht dat de Palestijnen wordt aangedaan, maar dat actief mogelijk maakt.

Israël is zich bewust dat het straffeloos misdaden tegen Palestijnen kan plegen. Het uitblijven van maatregelen moedigt Israël aan de Westelijke Jordaanoever etnisch te zuiveren van Palestijnen en te annexeren, schrijft Amnesty.

Israëlische militairen beschermen een groep kolonisten tijdens een provocatieve mars door het op de Westoever gelegen Hebron (Al-Khalil). © Sipa USA via Alamy

Kolonistengeweld is staatsgeweld
In antwoord op kritische media- of Kamervragen werpt het kabinet-Jetten doorgaans op dat het wel degelijk maatregelen tegen Israël heeft genomen. Zo legde Nederland vorig jaar de twee meest extreme Israëlische ministers een inreisverbod op en heeft het zich ‘in EU-verband ingezet voor sancties tegen gewelddadige kolonisten’.

De Europese Unie kondigde vorige maand inderdaad een aantal beperkte sancties aan tegen vier kolonistenorganisaties en drie van hun leiders. Dat is niet alleen een mager resultaat, het impliceert bovendien een onderscheid tussen de acties van kolonisten en die van de Israëlische staat.

Het rapport van Amnesty maakt korte metten met dat onderscheid. ‘Dit is niet het werk van een paar losgeslagen individuen, of van wat de internationale gemeenschap herhaaldelijk bestempelde als extremistische kolonisten, organisaties of één of twee ministers’, zegt Agnès Callamard, secretaris-generaal van Amnesty International. ‘Wat we nu zien is een doelbewuste, door de staat geleide annexatie.’

Met andere woorden: kolonistengeweld is staatsgeweld.

Cursusdag | Pleiten voor Palestina

Op vrijdag 26 juni organiseert Muslim Rights Watch een cursusdag voor advocaten getiteld 'Pleiten voor Palestina'. Gedurende de dag worden lezingen gegeven over juridische procedures die verband houden met het thema Palestina. De lezingen gaan over verschillende rechtsgebieden. De volgende lezingen staan op het programma:

Willem Jebbink – Demonstratierecht
Paris Popescu & Reinout Sterk – Tuchtrecht
Haroon Raza – strafrechtelijke vervolging IDF soldaten
Samira Sabir – mensenrechten

De cursusdag biedt niet alleen inhoudelijke verdieping, maar ook ruimte voor reflectie, ontmoeting en het versterken van ieders professionele netwerk. De bijeenkomst vindt plaats in de Ulu Moskee in Utrecht en wordt afgesloten met een buffet.

 Bezoek de website voor meer informatie

Reportages | Van de EU heeft Israël niets te duchten

De afgelopen dagen publiceerden wij drie uitgebreide reportages over Israëls financiële en politieke banden met de EU.

In het eerste artikel berichtten wij over de bevindingen van het vorige week verschenen rapport Importing Occupation van de juridische non-profitorganisatie Global Echo. Daaruit blijkt dat landbouwproducten uit illegale Israëlische nederzettingen in bezet Palestina tegen de EU-regels in worden gelabeld als ‘Made in Israel’ en daardoor op grote schaal op de Europese markt terechtkomen. Nederland is met 38 procent van het totaal de belangrijkste bestemming voor de producten. 

Ook beschreven wij hoe de Israëlische minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Gideon Sa'ar het contact met EU-buitenlandchef Kaja Kallas heeft verbroken. Kallas zou, meldde de pro-Israëlische website Euractiv eerder deze week, de behandeling van Palestijnen door Israël hebben vergeleken met de behandeling van zwarte Zuid-Afrikanen gedurende het apartheidsregime.  Deze week bleek ook dat de Europese Commissie al in 2017 wist dat zij gerechtigd was om op te treden tegen Israëls schendingen van het internationaal recht op de Westelijke Jordaanoever. Dat meldde EU Observer op basis van een uitgelekt juridisch advies van de toenmalige directeur-generaal van de juridische dienst van de Europese Commissie. Zoals bekend zijn er tot op de dag van vandaag geen noemenswaardige maatregelen genomen.  

Uit onze agenda
zaterdag 20 juni t/m zaterdag 27 juni
CULTURELE EN ANDERE EVENEMENTEN
 DEN HAAG 17 - 30 JUN | Tentoonstelling en dialoogavonden ‘Israël/Palestina: Pijn en Hoop’. Klik hier voor het volledige programma (Believe Together/Herberg van Menselijkheid, Weimarstraat 300)

 AMSTERDAM ZO 21 JUN 13.00 - 15.00 | Café Palestina: how old racist mechanisms are adopted into the present narrative (Cinetol, Tolstraat 182)

 SARAB Tour – The Palestinian Circus
SARAB (“Illusie”) is een voorstelling die de uitdagingen van vluchtelingen wereldwijd belicht. De Palestijnse artiesten van The Palestinian Circus gebruiken circus om hun geschiedenis te weerspiegelen en de herhaling ervan vandaag zichtbaar te maken.
24 juni - Rotterdam
25 juni - Amsterdam
26 juni - Utrecht
29 juni - Amsterdam

 AMSTERDAM DO 25 JUN 15.45 - 17.15 | Lezing | ‘No Humans Involved’ 2.0 in the World after Gaza: Unlearning imperialism and working toward earthy justice (Hoofdgebouw Vrije Universiteit, Aula, De Boelelaan 1105)

 UTRECHT VR 26 JUN 14.30 - 20.30 | Cursusdag: pleiten voor Palestina (Ulu Moskee, Moskeeplein 89)


DEMONSTRATIES EN WAKES
 UTRECHT DOORDEWEEKSE DAGEN 08.30 - 09.30 | Dagelijks stilteprotest voor Palestina, tegen genocide en bezetting (Neude, langs het fietspad)

 APELDOORN ELKE MAANDAG, DONDERDAG & VRIJDAG 17.00 - 17.30 | Stilteprotest voor Palestina (Marktplein)

 DEN BOSCH ZA 20 JUN 12.00 - 14.00 | Wake voor Palestina (Kerkplein)

 GRONINGEN ZA 20 JUN 13.00 - 14.00 | Tweewekelijkse wake van Vrouwen in het Zwart (Waagplein)

 HAARLEM ZO 21 JUN 14.00 - 15.00 | Wekelijkse demonstratie tegen Israëls wandaden (Grote Markt)

 AMSTERDAM ZO 21 JUN 17.00 - 18.00 | Wekelijkse stilteprotest (Spui, bij 't Lieverdje)

 HUIZEN WO 24 JUN 12.00 - 13.00 | Wekelijkse sit-in voor Gaza (Gemeentehuis)

 DEN HAAG DO 25 JUN 12.00 - 12.30 | Sit-in van Rijksambtenaren bij het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, Rijnstraat 8

 STATIONS IN NEDERLAND DO 25 JUN 18.00 | Wekelijkse lawaaidemonstratie op diverse stations in Nederland. De lijst van stations publiceren we begin volgende week in onze agenda.

 UTRECHT DO 25 JUN | Bevrijd de Palestijnse gegijzelden – Sit-in, stille tocht en event (18.00-19.00 sit-in Utrecht CS. 19.00-20.00 stille tocht naar Mariaplaats. 20.00-21.00 optredens en sprekers.)

 HENGELO DO 25 JUN 18.45 - 19.15 | Wekelijks stilteprotest van Hengelo4Palestine (voor de Lambertus kerk)

  AMERSFOORT VR 26 JUN 09.30 | Wekelijks stilteprotest tegen genocide (Varkensmarkt)

 DOETINCHEM VR 26 JUN 10.00 - 12.00 | Wekelijkse demonstratie van Achterhoek4Palestine (Simonsplein bij de Catharinakerk)

 NIJMEGEN ZA 27 JUN 14.00 - 16.00 | Wake van Mensen in het Zwart (Koningsplein - Marienburg)


 Onze agenda wordt doorlopend aangevuld. 

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UN Relief Chief tells Security Council Gaza civilians cannot wait for diplomacy

New York, 18 June 2026

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18 juni 2026

SIGN THE NO PRIDE IN GENOCIDE PETITION

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18 juni 2026

Judge Rules in Favor of Salah Sarsour's Release From ICE Custody, Family Celebrates

The motion for release rested upon Sarsour’s detention as illegal retaliation for free speech in support of Palestinian human rights

A U.S. District Court Judge in Indiana today ordered the immediate release of Salah Sarsour, a Palestinian and Muslim community leader from Milwaukee and board member of American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), held for more than 80 days in immigration custody as part of the Trump Administration’s attack on free speech. A legal resident of the United States for more than three decades, Sarsour has been an outspoken advocate for Palestinian human rights, like others who have been singled out and targeted for engaging in speech the Trump Administration opposes. 

While in custody, Sarsour, who has Type-2 diabetes, lost more than 30 pounds and was not provided necessary health care – including daily monitoring of his blood glucose levels. He was also denied access to religious materials and adequate space for prayer.   

In ordering his immediate release on his own recognizance, U.S. District Judge James P. Hanlon explained in a 29-page order that “Mr. Sarsour has raised a ‘substantial’ First Amendment retaliation claim, which could render his detention unlawful” and that “​​Mr. Sarsour’s speech in support of Palestinian rights is protected by the First Amendment.” The court also noted his “decades of living a law-abiding life in the United States” and that the government previously reviewed Sarsour’s record and approved him for lawful residence. The court also took into account that Sarsour lost more than 30 pounds while incarcerated and was diabetic, but was not provided with daily monitoring of his blood glucose levels.

In response to the judge’s decision, the Sarsour legal team issued the following statement:

We are ecstatic for Salah Sarsour and his family that they will soon be reunited.

In issuing this order, the federal judge made clear that the government cannot detain a lawful permanent resident for speaking out about Palestinian human rights.  Salah Sarsour, who has lived in this country for more than three decades and served as a core pillar in his community without any issues, should never have been detained in the first place.

While we continue to fight these baseless claims in court, today is about celebrating a family being reunited. It is also a sober reminder that, if the government can target Mr. Sarsour, everyone’s free speech rights are at risk

“We’re getting our dad back!” Salah’s son, Kareem Sarsour, said. “This experience has been a nightmare to wake up to every day, with his health at risk in a cruel basement cell simply for speaking up for Palestine. But we know who my dad is, he’s a voice for the voiceless and the heart of our family and our community. I can’t wait to hug him, and I hope everyone like him will be released.”

For more information on the case and continued advocacy, see here: freesalah.info/about

About Salah: 

Salah Sarsour is a successful small business owner, community leader, father of six, grandfather of nine, and caretaker for his elderly mother. Salah Sarsour was arrested on March 30, 2026, because of his advocacy for Palestinian rights; he is one of many Palestinian Americans permanent residents who have been targeted by the Trump Administration for speaking out against the genocide of the Palestinian people. He is an active member of his community, serving as the elected volunteer President of the largest mosque in Wisconsin, the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, and on the board of American Muslims for Palestine, an educational organization focused on Palestinian human rights. On March 30th, he was surrounded by over 10 ICE vehicles and taken out of state to an ICE facility in Indiana.

In solidarity,

American Muslims for Palestine (AMP)

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18 juni 2026

A land grab the size of NYC.

The Israeli military is expanding its illegal occupation of Palestinian, Lebanese, and Syrian land even further.

Take action: Fund people, not bombs.

Simply by making calls and sending emails, you have helped our movement move a historic number of congresspeople to vote to block weapons to Israel.

Take action: NO to expanding U.S.-Israeli military cooperation.

Lawmakers in Congress are trying to massively expand military cooperation between the United States and Israel — and they’re betting on us staying silent. Too late.

Sign up: Socialism 2026 Conference.

Join us in Chicago from September 4-7 for Socialism 2026, a four-day conference bringing together activists, organizers, and communities from around the world and featuring hundreds of participatory discussions, lectures, and workshops.

Whether you’re a seasoned radical or a new activist, come to sharpen your analysis, hone strategy, and build community together.

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17 juni 2026

The dangerous proposal to permanently intertwine the U.S. and Israel’s military defense tech has advanced in the Senate. But it’s not too late to stop it.

Last Thursday, members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) voted to approve their version of FY27 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), closing out the first phase of a months-long process required to pass the bill into law.

We now know that both versions of the bill advanced in the House and Senate contain a disastrous Netanyahu-backed proposal that aims to merge the U.S. and Israel’s military surveillance and tech apparatuses.

If passed, it would move the U.S.-Israel relationship beyond military “aid”, and toward something far more permanent and difficult to track: the integration of military technology, intelligence infrastructure, and the defense industries between both countries.

You made sure the provision wasn’t able to quietly slip into the bill.

Thanks to you, key members of the Senate Armed Services Committee received nearly 6,000 phone calls within 72 hours demanding they reject policies like the U.S.-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative. Multiple staffers shared that their offices were flooded with calls, and our data shows that each Senator on our list got over 450 calls.

Those numbers are an undeniable show of force. By taking action, you put Congress on notice that they will need to account for their position in the fight ahead. We’ve also heard that at least one committee member has changed their mind about the provision.

I wrote more about the ominous plan, how we got here, and how we fight back in a new piece released today on our Substack, The Palestine Connection.

Read it on Substack

I won’t sugarcoat it. The fact that this policy is advancing in both the House and Senate is a worrisome outcome. But on the upside, the fight is far from over.

The next stop for this dangerous proposal is the House floor, where a vote is expected as early as this month. Congress members Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) have submitted an amendment to strip the measure from the House bill during the floor vote.

Our role in the weeks ahead is to ensure that lawmakers are rallying around Massie’s amendment and any other efforts to shut this disturbing policy down.

Each juncture in the process will be an opportunity to forcefully reject the destructive U.S.-Israel military alliance, educating and mobilizing dozens of lawmakers along the way. Once the House and the Senate hold floor votes on their respective versions of the NDAA, the two bills will be reconciled into one bill and voted on by both chambers once again. The growing bipartisan opposition to the toxic U.S.-Israel military alliance means we’re better positioned than ever to block them at every turn.

Stay tuned for an updated call tool next week to connect you to Congress and other ways to take action to stop Netanyahu’s plan from moving ahead.

I’m so grateful to have your support in this fight.   

In solidarity,

Izzy M.
Adalah Justice Project

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16 juni 2026

On Sunday, over 150 Jews and allies traveled from across the Midwest to the Clay County ICE detention facility in Brazil, Indiana.

Together, we held a vigil demanding freedom for Palestinian American green card holder Salah Sarsour, who has been detained for the last two and a half months because he advocated for Palestine.

My name is Michael, and I’m JVP’s Sr. Chapter Organizer for the Midwest. I joined JVP members at Sunday’s vigil, and I’m writing to you now to share how powerful it was — and to ask you to take action to free Salah.

Take action: Free Salah

Chants echoed in front of the detention center: “Free Salah Sarsour!” Our message was clear: You can’t deport a movement. Come for one, face us all.

Protesters wore all white and carried banners reading “Jews say protect Palestinian speech,” as Jewish activists, immigrant rights activists, and Sarsour’s family spoke to the crowd.

"We oppose the state terror done in the name of Jewish Americans against Salah and other Palestinians," _{said Jodi Melamed, a Milwaukee Jewish Community leader and friend of Salah.}

Salah is a beloved community leader and permanent legal resident who has been detained since March 30, when twelve ICE vehicles descended on a Milwaukee neighborhood to arrest him. He has already missed the birth of one of his grandchildren and will soon miss the birth of another if he is not released.

Since his detention over two months ago, Salah’s health has deteriorated as a result of medical neglect and inhumane conditions in ICE detention. Sarsour is diabetic but has not been permitted to test his glucose levels, endangering his health. He has also been denied access to halal food and to a space and materials to pray.

The vigil was organized by a coalition of midwestern Jews and joined by an interfaith group, including members of the Sarsour family, Muslim and Jewish religious leaders, and immigrant rights advocates.

This injustice cannot stand. Take action now to free Salah.

The Trump administration is targeting Salah because he advocated for Palestine. As Jews, we denounce the use of antisemitism as a smokescreen to detain our neighbors and crush our civil liberties. We oppose state terror done in our name against Salah and other Palestinians.

Onwards together,

Michael Wolfe

Sr. Chapter Organizer (Midwest), JVP

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14 juni 2026

The forces of war and genocide have all the money in the world. They have Trump, Netanyahu, and everyone who profits from Palestinian suffering. They are counting on our exhaustion.

We have each other. And we have come further together than they want you to believe.

This is a moment to pause and take stock of where we stand on our long march to justice. Ending U.S. support for Israel’s genocide and apartheid is not a campaign of weeks or months — but of years and decades. The magnitude of what we face demands clarity about the steps we must take, the milestones we must hit — and the stamina to get there requires us to recognize when we have hit them. 

Our road toward building power ran through New York City, where JVP (then called JVP Action) was a part of the coalition that helped power Zohran Mamdani's stunning mayoral victory. We built a street team of volunteers who knocked doors, made calls, and proved that Palestinian rights are a winning, working-class issue.

We fought against the racist and Islamophobic smear campaigns backed by billionaires and Trump supporters. And we won. Now our coalitions are positioned to both work with — and push— the Mayor of the biggest city in the country.

The milestones we've reached together prove our organizing model works. But staying in the fight — at the scale this moment requires — means we need committed people like you with us. Can you contribute today?

Our road toward building power ran through Texas, where our endorsed candidate Reverend Frederick Haynes III — a vocal supporter of ending all U.S. military funding to Israel — won with 75% of the vote. Then it ran through Pennsylvania, where our endorsed candidate Chris Rabb — the only candidate in the race who called Israel’s actions a genocide — beat AIPAC candidates.

Consider this: AIPAC's funders are now bankrolling candidates in some Democratic primaries without putting their name anywhere near the races. Our movement has so thoroughly challenged their standing that even AIPAC is afraid to be AIPAC. That is a political earthquake.

And our road toward building power ran through cities and states across the country, where JVP members spent weeks organizing to get their Senators to vote to block bombs and bulldozers to Israel: meeting with their offices, driving calls and emails, finding them in public places to urge them to vote yes, and protesting in front of their offices. In NYC, the JVP chapter led a sit-in of 300 New Yorkers at the offices of Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand to demand they stop arming Israel. Nearly 100 of them were arrested.

This relentless organizing resulted in 40 Senators voting to block hundreds of millions in sales of bombs and bulldozers to Israel, including 13 Senators who flipped their previous no votes to yes's — a new historic high watermark. It is our job to keep that number growing until we have blocked every single bomb.

None of this means that we have won. The road ahead is long. A genocide is ongoing and expanding beyond Palestine. The suffering is unrelenting. The forces aligned against us — in this country and around the world — are powerful and they are determined.

And they are coming for us. In Trump's America, the Palestine solidarity movement is at the tip of the spear for repression of dissent. But the fact that they are coming for us is also a sign that we are making an impact. They are afraid, and we will not stop.

We need you with us if we’re going to interrupt the U.S. and Israeli war machines. We don’t have corporate sponsors or endowments, we rely on thousands of people like you to fund our grassroots organizing.

Determination is what this moment asks of us. Not despair. Not triumphalism. The long march continues — and because of you, we are further down the road than we were.

Until Palestine is free,

Stefanie Fox

Executive Director

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14 juni 2026

Mattan here. I spent 110 days in prison for refusing conscription into the Israeli army.  As a staff member in RSN, I am writing to tell you what we support today. As part of our mid-year campaign, I am writing to tell you we need $60,000 to continue providing crucial support for the growing needs of the anti-occupation movement. From capacity building and strategising to financial support, legal aid, and amplification, we, the RSN community, are here for them. Let's show them Nico that we are here to support them, the resistance from within.

URGENT: the resistance in Israel/Palestine needs you. Support our mid-year campaign.Resistance Solidarity Network brings you the latest stories from the ground: movement news, refusers' stories, the latest demonstrations. We amplify and fund a wide-range of resistance groups opposing Israeli wars and occupation. Our role is to support resistance from within, and we rely on global support to carry out this work. We value whatever you can spare, and are counting on you, our global supporters, to allow us to carry on with our work.Resisting the genocide in the last few years has once again showed us how poweful it is when many people decide to refuse and how it can force Israel to change direction. Without active soldiers, there can be no occupation nor genocide – which is why we have always supported refusers and will always continue to do so.
Beyond refusal, I am so inspired looking at the different groups we support: a coalition leading street protests against Jewish settlements in Palestinian lands, collectives doing sit-ins and blocking main roads to protest the war, and an embargo campaign.

In the past few years, during the genocide, our activities expanded to support also other forms of nonviolent struggle and civil disobedience against the occupation of Palestinian lands. This happened because only a small part of the population, those in active service or just before it, can refuse military service. During the genocide in Gaza, it was clear to us that resistance by other parts of the society is crucial – and that those undertaking it needed our support, your support. This change happened gradually over the past few years, and recently, as we mentioned in our last newsletter, we have even (slightly) changed our name from Refueser Soldiarity Network to Resistance Solidarity Network – to better reflect this growth.Support War ResistersOne of the amazing coalitions we’re now proud to support is the “Peace Partnership”, a coalition of over 60 Jewish and Palestinian organizations that was able to mobilize the anti-occupation movement after the 7th of October and during the current so-called ceasefire. They organized the largest anti-war protests in recent years, solidarity days with Palestinians, protests against settlers' violence, webinars with Francesca Albanese and took part in many other actions. Additionally, in their protests, there were calls for an arms embargo as the Israeli occupation depends on arms and support from the international community.

We also support other activist groups and initiatives. We support activists who blocked roads and governmental buildings as a protest against the occupation. Their actions disrupt the “business as usual” of the occupation-war machine, making it difficult to continue the status quo, and for people to ignore what’s happening on the other side of the fence. 

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Humanitarian Situation Report

12 June 2026

In Gaza, over 70 per cent of people rely on trucked water, but funding gaps are putting this supply at risk. In the West Bank, people’s reliance on water trucking is increasing. Aid workers repairing a water well in northern Gaza. Photo by UNRWA

Highlights

• The situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is rapidly deteriorating, the UN Secretary-General warns.
• In the West Bank, more than one third of essential medicines is out of stock and over 11,000 surgeries have been postponed since the beginning of 2026, the Palestinian Ministry of Health warns.
• Since January, more than 1,000 settler attacks caused casualties or property damage across more than 230 communities, with over 2,200 Palestinians displaced in this context.
• Since January, more than 100 incidents of demolition or settler violence have damaged or destroyed over 190 structures related to water and sanitation across the West Bank, increasing reliance on emergency water trucking in vulnerable communities.
• In Gaza, over 70 per cent of people rely on trucked water, but funding gaps are putting this supply at risk.
• Displaced families in overcrowded sites, damaged buildings and makeshift shelters will soon be exposed to extreme summer temperatures, while access restrictions and lengthy clearance procedures continue to affect the timely delivery of critical shelter and non-food items and funding shortfalls threaten procurement and pre-positioning of winter supplies. 
• While some 2,000 sites have been treated for pests since mid-May, skin diseases and infections continue to rise owing to limited access to safe water, sanitation and treatment, and access to landfills remaining restricted, causing continuous accumulation of waste in populated areas.

Overview

The situation across the Occupied Palestinian Territory is deteriorating quickly. This was articulated most recently by Secretary-General António Guterres on 10 June in his remarks to the Security Council.

“Despite the ceasefire announced eight months ago,” he said, “Gaza still faces profound uncertainty and immense human suffering. Violence is on the rise, with civilians killed on a daily basis. Humanitarian operations remain heavily constrained. Basic human needs – for clean water, sanitation, food, shelter, health care, and more – are going unmet. And the Israeli Government is declaring its intent to control 70 per cent of the Strip.”

With regards to the West Bank, Mr. Guterres cited “alarming reports ]…[ of settler violence – now averaging six attacks per day. The demolition of homes, destruction of farms, and confiscation of land. The relentless expansion of illegal Israeli settlements. The ongoing displacement of Palestinians at levels not seen since 1967. The threat of an attempted annexation that would – like the decades-long occupation – have no legal validity.”

The Secretary-General warned of a “presumption of impunity” throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory. “These injustices must stop,” he said. “Member States must comply with all their obligations under international law. No exceptions.”

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12 juni 2026

Your Activist Scoop

FREE SAMA SAFI 

TAKE ACTION TO STOP THE FOREVER WARS 

NO PRIDE IN GENOCIDE TOOLKIT

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12 juni 2026

If you find yourself thinking, "What more can I do for Palestine?" We have the answer for you!

Every day, we watch as Palestinians continue to face displacement, genocide, settler violence, and efforts to silence those speaking out for justice. And every day, people across the country ask the same question:

What more can I do?

This September, you have an opportunity to turn your outrage, grief, and hope into action. Palestine Advocacy Days is returning to Washington, D.C. from September 20th-22nd, and we need you there. REGISTER HERE!

Advocates from across the country will come together to build community, sharpen their advocacy skills, and take our demands directly to Congress. Whether you're a seasoned organizer or have never stepped foot in a congressional office before, we'll equip you with everything you need to be an effective advocate for Palestinian freedom. Wherever you are, we need every state represented on Capitol Hill.

We know you might be saying to yourself, “It feels like nothing is changing, what’s the point of doing this?”

And listen, we GET it. The last three years have brought us a lot of hopelessness and have made civic engagement feel frustrating, exhausting, and even pointless.

When the headlines keep getting worse, when Congress fails to create real, tangible change, and when the changes we fight for aren't immediately visible, it's easy to wonder whether showing up, making calls, attending meetings, or advocating for change actually matters. But history tells us that it does! 

The biggest shifts in public opinion and policy don’t happen overnight. The political landscape around Palestine today looks dramatically different from what it did just a few years ago because people refused to give up. More Members of Congress are speaking out. More Americans are demanding accountability. And the Israeli government is becoming more toxified to the masses by the day. 

That progress didn't happen out of thin air, and it won't continue without sustained pressure. We know it’s exhausting, but this is exactly the moment to organize, to advocate, and to make sure Congress hears directly from the people demanding a different future.

This October, let's show up together for Palestine. 

RSVP today and join us in Washington, D.C.

Let's show up, struggle together, and refuse to let despair win. Together, we’ve already moved the needle. Imagine what we can do when we show up in even greater numbers.

In solidarity,

Americans for Justice in Palestine Action

Americans for Justice in Palestine Action (AJP Action) is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization advocating for legislation supporting the human rights of the Palestinian people and endorsing candidates for office who support those rights.

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12 juni 2026

De Nederlandse politiek heeft gisteravond een grote stap vooruit gezet. Een ruime meerderheid van de Tweede Kamer stemde voor een motie die aanstuurt op een volledig Europees verbod op handel met Israëlische nederzettingen in bezet Palestijns en Syrisch gebied. De indieners pleiten daarbij voor ‘actief leiderschap’ van het kabinet binnen de EU. De motie werd ingediend door Kati Piri (Pro).

Volledig handelsverbod
Belangrijk is dat in de motie wordt gesproken van een verbod op handel, zónder verdere beperkingen. In recent door het kabinet aangekondigde wetgeving om de handel aan banden te leggen, wordt alleen de import van producten uit Israëls illegale nederzettingen verboden. Alle andere vormen van handel – export, doorvoer, dienstverlening en investeringen – worden in de wetgeving vooralsnog ongemoeid gelaten.

Opdracht aan kabinet
De nu aangenomen motie roept het kabinet dus op om in de EU het voortouw te nemen voor veel verder gaande maatregelen dan die waar het zelf aan werkt. Dat hoort voor het kabinet het teken te zijn om het bij voorbaat tekortschietende importverbod in te ruilen voor een volledig verbod op alle handel met de illegale nederzettingen.

De motie, die mede werd ondertekend door coalitiepartijen D66, VVD en CDA, werd overigens niet ontraden door het kabinet. Dat lijkt erop te duiden dat het kabinet van plan is de motie uit te voeren.

Op 15 juni vindt de Raad Buitenlandse Zaken van de EU plaats. Daar zullen de Europese ministers van Buitenlandse Zaken onder meer praten over de situatie in Gaza en op de bezette Westoever. Dan zal blijken of en op welke manier het kabinet gehoor gaat geven aan de motie.

 Lees hier meer over de motie.

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Bezoek Israëlische universiteiten | Nederlandse media nemen Israëlische PR kritiekloos over

Een delegatie van Israëlische universiteiten was vorige week in Nederland om te lobbyen tegen maatregelen die zijn genomen vanwege hun rol in de genocide in Gaza. Zover bekend ontvingen Universiteit Leiden, de Vrije Universiteit en de Erasmus Universiteit de Israëlische delegatie.

Opmerkelijk aan het bezoek was dat Nederlandse media, en met name Het Parool, de PR van de delegatie kritiekloos in hun verslaggeving overnamen. Dat terwijl de delegatieleden meerdere misleidende uitspraken deden en onwaarheden verkondigden. Ook miste de juiste context en achtergrondinformatie om de woorden van de delegatieleden op waarde te schatten.

Daarom hebben wij het PR-verhaal van de Israëlische universiteiten wél kritisch tegen het licht gehouden.

 Lees hier ons commentaar.

Studenten demonstreren tegen genocide op de Roeterseilandcampus van de Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA) in september 2024 © ANP / Sem van der Wal

Tentoonstelling | Israël/Palestina – Pijn en Hoop

'De zoektocht naar vrede begint met luisteren'

Van 17 t/m 30 juni is in Den Haag de tentoonstelling Israël/Palestina – Pijn en Hoop te bezoeken. Aan de hand van fotografie en kunstwerken worden bezoekers uitgenodigd stil te staan bij de menselijke gevolgen voor zowel Palestijnen als Israëli’s. De tentoonstelling wil ruimte bieden aan verschillende perspectieven en benadrukt het belang van luisteren, empathie en dialoog. Naast de expositie zijn er diverse dialoogavonden met journalisten, onderzoekers, vredesactivisten en andere betrokkenen over thema’s als vrede, verzoening en de toekomst van Israël en Palestina. Toegang is gratis.

 Meer informatie en het volledige programma: Anna Lindh Foundation Nederland

Voedselhulp aan de ontheemde Palestijnen in de Gazastrook. © UPI via Alamy

Nederland weer ‘bezorgd’ over uitblijven humanitaire hulp Gazastrook

Nederland heeft in een gezamenlijke verklaring met andere landen zijn ‘diepe bezorgdheid’ geuit over het gebrek aan humanitaire hulp dat de ontheemde bevolking in de Gazastrook bereikt. In de verklaring wordt gesteld dat de hulp die de Gazastrook bereikt, grotendeels ontoereikend is gebleven, ‘zowel qua hoeveelheid als qua kwaliteit, terwijl vrijwel de gehele bevolking afhankelijk is van levensreddende diensten’.

De ondertekenaars stellen dat Israël zich aan het internationaal recht moet houden, en dat het mogelijk maken van humanitaire hulp daar onderdeel van is. In de verklaring worden echter opnieuw geen consequenties verbonden aan de gebrekkige toegang van humanitaire hulp.

 Lees meer over de verklaringKomende week staat in de Tweede Kamer een tweeminutendebat gepland over de 'medische capaciteit in de Gazastrook en de regio'. De precieze datum moet nog worden vastgesteld, en wordt hier bekendgemaakt. 

Pakistan | ‘Deal met Israël is verraad van de Palestijnen’

President Trump eist dat Pakistan de banden met Israël normaliseert, maar Islamabad weigert. Erkenning van de Abraham-akkoorden betekent volgens de regering legitimatie van de illegale Israëlische bezetting van zowel de Westelijke Jordaanoever als de verwoeste Gazastrook. Dat ziet verslaggever Wilma van der Maten vanuit Islamabad.

Pro-Palestina demonstratie in de Pakistaanse stad Peshawar. © EPATrump bedacht de akkoorden tijdens zijn eerste termijn in 2020 als ‘historisch vredesinitiatief voor het Midden-Oosten’. Maar net als zes jaar geleden haalt de Amerikaanse president deze plannen opnieuw uit de kast uit economisch belang.

'Wij weigeren met Israël of wie dan ook elk akkoord te ondertekenen, zolang er geen onafhankelijke Palestijnse staat bestaat met Jeruzalem als hoofdstad', zegt de invloedrijke Pakistaanse senator Mushahid Hussain heel beslist. 'Israël moet eerst een einde maken aan de militaire bezetting van de Westelijke Jordaanoever en de Gazastrook. Tot die tijd wordt er überhaupt niet eens gesproken'.

 Lees verder

Uit onze agenda
zaterdag 13 juni t/m zaterdag 20 juni
DEMONSTRATIES EN WAKES
 UTRECHT DOORDEWEEKSE DAGEN 08.30 - 09.30 | Dagelijks stilteprotest voor Palestina, tegen genocide en bezetting (Neude, langs het fietspad)

 APELDOORN ELKE MAANDAG, DONDERDAG & VRIJDAG 17.00 - 17.30 | Stilteprotest voor Palestina (Marktplein)

 DEN BOSCH ZO 14 JUN 11.30 - 16.00 | Plant een Olijfboom: herdenking van 21.000 gedode kinderen in Gaza (De Markt)

 HAARLEM ZO 14 JUN 14.00 - 15.00 | Wekelijkse demonstratie tegen Israëls wandaden (Grote Markt)

 AMSTERDAM ZO 14 JUN 17.00 - 18.00 | Wekelijkse stilteprotest (Spui, bij 't Lieverdje)

 HUIZEN WO 17 JUN 12.00 - 13.00 | Wekelijkse sit-in voor Gaza (Gemeentehuis)

 DEN HAAG DO 18 JUN 12.00 - 12.30 | Sit-in van Rijksambtenaren bij het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, Rijnstraat 8

 STATIONS IN NEDERLAND DO 18 JUN 18.00 | Wekelijkse lawaaidemonstratie op diverse stations in Nederland. De lijst van stations publiceren we begin volgende week in onze agenda.

 HENGELO DO 18 JUN 18.45 - 19.15 | Wekelijks stilteprotest van Hengelo4Palestine (voor de Lambertus kerk)

 AMERSFOORT VR 19 JUN 09.30 | Wekelijks stilteprotest tegen genocide (Varkensmarkt)

 DOETINCHEM VR 19 JUN 10.00 - 12.00 | Wekelijkse demonstratie van Achterhoek4Palestine (Simonsplein bij de Catharinakerk)

 DEN BOSCH ZA 20 JUN 12.00 - 14.00 | Wake voor Palestina (Kerkplein)

 GRONINGEN ZA 20 JUN 13.00 - 14.00 | Tweewekelijkse wake van Vrouwen in het Zwart (Waagplein)


CULTURELE EN ANDERE EVENEMENTEN
 NIJMEGEN ZA 13 JUN | Fundraiser voor families in Gaza, met een performance van Dark Clouds door La Piratesse (LantarenVenster)

 AMSTERDAM ZA 13 JUN 11.00 - 12.30 | Lancering van het nieuwste nummer van tijdschrift ZemZem (WG café, Marius van Bouwdijk Bastiaansestraat 52)

 ONLINE WO 17 JUN 19.00 | Workshop “Talking about Palestine”

 DEN HAAG 17 - 30 JUN | Tentoonstelling en dialoogavonden ‘Israël/Palestina: Pijn en Hoop’. Klik hier voor het volledige programma (Believe Together/Herberg van Menselijkheid, Weimarstraat 300)


 Onze agenda wordt doorlopend aangevuld. Bekijk de hele agenda

2099.

12 juni 2026

Een nieuwe Amsterdamse gemeenteraad, een nieuw geluid. De raad in Amsterdam nam deze week het voorstel ‘mensenrechtenstad in woord en daad’ aan. De gemeente bindt zich daarmee aan een ethisch aanbestedingsbeleid, zodat publiek geld zorgvuldig wordt uitgegeven.

Het is nu aan het nieuwe college in Amsterdam dit voorstel om te zetten in beleid. BDS Nederland kijkt ernaar uit samen met de gemeente dit beleid te realiseren.

We hopen dat meer gemeenten volgen en lokaal verantwoordelijkheid overnemen van de falende staat. Want aan ethisch beleid doet Nederland niet. We zijn als land de grootste afnemer van roofwaar uit de bezette Palestijnse gebieden, zo bleek uit onderzoek deze week.

Tijd voor een nieuw parlement en een nieuw geluid ook daar.

Strijdbare groet,
Het BDS team

Bestel of download hier onze flyers en stickers.

De geweldloze BDS-beweging voor vrijheid, rechtvaardigheid en gelijkheid wordt gesteund door de absolute meerderheid in de Palestijnse samenleving.

2098.

11 juni 2026

As the FIFA Men’s World Cup begins, millions around the world gather to cheer for their favorite teams. Let’s use the occasion to protest host nation the United States, the top supporter of Israel's settler-colonial apartheid regime and financier of its military machine, and the US-Israeli imposed might-makes-right order.

Let’s raise our voices against those who seek to strip us of our right to self-determination and turn Trump's World Cup into a platform for supporting peoples’ struggles. FIFA and Trump believe a World Cup is enough to silence the cries of entire peoples. Force does not make right, and grand stadiums cannot silence history and our ongoing struggles.

Let turn Trump’s World Cup on its head.

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Join our global people-powered social media storm TODAY

Let’s make sure Palestinian rights are front and center during the Men’s World Cup kick off. Let’s call out FIFA’s complicity in sportswashing Israel’s attacks on Palestinians and their sports and its normalization of the US/Israeli might-makes-right order.

Join our Social Media Storm on June 11 from (8-9) PM occupied Palestine time.

» See sample tweets/posts and graphics.

Follow the BDS Movement and PACBI accounts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram throughout the World Cup and tweet with us using the hashtags: #FIFAWorldCup #DisruptFIFA #BoycottReebok #WeAre26 #WorldCup2026

Escalate our calls to Boycott Reebok

During Israel’s genocide, Reebok chose to sponsor the Israel Football Association and its illegal settlement teams, granting sporting legitimacy to an entity that international courts have ruled practices apartheid. Every Reebok product you buy today is implicit support for Israel’s crimes against Palestinians and in Lebanon and beyond.

Let’s boycott Reebok until it explicitly announces the termination of its sponsorship of Israel's settler-colonial apartheid system.

Let sports arenas be free from apartheid, oppression and sportswashing, because right is not measured by the magnitude of power, but by the justice of the cause.

Click below to share our call on social media.

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In solidarity,

The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)

2097.

10 juni 2026

From India to Poland to New York: HRF Expands the Global Pursuit of Accountability

In recent days, the Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) has launched a new series of legal and advocacy actions spanning three continents, further expanding the global effort to hold perpetrators of war crimes accountable. In India, HRF has called for the immediate arrest of Israeli reservist Eitan Gilboa, currently present in the country despite serious allegations linked to crimes committed in Gaza. In New York, HRF has demanded accountability for former senior Israeli Air Force commanders scheduled to appear at a Jerusalem Post conference, highlighting their alleged responsibility for devastating aerial campaigns against civilians. Meanwhile, in Poland, HRF has urgently requested the arrest of Jonathan Barkat, accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Gaza.

Details below.

The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) has launched a new wave of international legal and advocacy actions spanning three continents, reinforcing a growing reality: individuals suspected of involvement in war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Gaza can no longer assume that international travel will shield them from scrutiny.

In recent days, HRF has called for action in India, Poland, and the United States against individuals alleged to bear responsibility for grave violations of international law. While the cases differ in their facts and legal frameworks, they share a common objective: ending the culture of impunity that has long protected those implicated in crimes against Palestinians.

In India, HRF has demanded the immediate arrest of Israeli reservist Eitan Gilboa, who is currently present in the country. The foundation argues that credible evidence linking Gilboa to crimes committed during military operations in Gaza requires urgent action by Indian authorities. HRF has called upon India to uphold its international obligations and ensure that its territory does not become a safe haven for individuals accused of serious international crimes.

At the same time, HRF has turned its attention to New York, where former Israeli Air Force commanders are scheduled to participate in a Jerusalem Post conference. The foundation has demanded accountability for senior military officials who allegedly played key roles in directing aerial campaigns that resulted in widespread civilian casualties and the destruction of homes, hospitals, schools, and other civilian infrastructure in Gaza. HRF argues that command responsibility does not disappear with retirement and that those who planned or oversaw military operations must also face legal scrutiny.

Meanwhile, in Poland, HRF has submitted an urgent demand for the arrest of Jonathan Barkat, who is accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. The foundation maintains that the evidence available against Barkat warrants immediate investigation and that Polish authorities have both the legal authority and the responsibility to act. The case reflects a broader effort to activate national jurisdictions against suspects who travel abroad despite allegations of involvement in grave international crimes.

Taken together, these three actions illustrate the evolving landscape of international accountability. Increasingly, legal complaints are not limited to direct perpetrators on the battlefield but extend to reservists, commanders, and individuals whose actions or decisions may have contributed to unlawful attacks against civilians. The growing use of universal jurisdiction and other accountability mechanisms is creating new avenues for justice where political obstacles have long stood in the way.

These cases are also part of a much wider effort. Over recent weeks, HRF has initiated numerous legal actions across multiple jurisdictions, many of which remain confidential for strategic reasons. Each filing contributes to a broader international network of accountability aimed at ensuring that serious violations of international law are investigated wherever suspects may be found.

The message emerging from India, Poland, and New York is clear: accountability is no longer confined by borders. As more jurisdictions become engaged and more evidence reaches prosecutors and law-enforcement agencies, the space for impunity continues to shrink. Justice may be gradual, but it advances one case at a time, one jurisdiction at a time, until impunity has nowhere left to hide.

2096.

9 juni 2026

Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are facing a rapidly escalating campaign of Israeli military violence, armed settler attacks, forced displacement, land theft, and settlement expansion. It cannot be denied that this is a part of a larger system of occupation and de facto annexation that is being enabled by U.S. weapons, U.S. military funding, and congressional efforts to further deepen U.S.-Israel defense cooperation.

Just yesterday in al-Khalil (Hebron), seven-month-old Sam Fahd Abu Haikal was shot and killed by Israeli occupation forces while riding in a car with his parents.

Take Action Now: Call and Email your Members of Congress

These attacks are part of a deliberate campaign of intimidation carried out by the Israeli government and armed settlers to terrorize Palestinian communities, drive them from their land, and clear the way for accelerating illegal settlement expansion. The E1 settlement plan, along with thousands of new settlement units across the occupied West Bank, would further fragment Palestinian land, isolate East Jerusalem, and make Palestinian freedom and self-determination even harder to reach. Israeli officials have admitted it themselves, settlement expansion is being used to entrench permanent Israeli control and block a Palestinian state.

As Israel continues to wreak havoc across the region, we cannot allow new escalations or political distractions to overshadow the ongoing realities in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Palestinians are still being killed, displaced, detained, and driven from their land every day. 

After calling your members of Congress about the West Bank, consider registering to join advocates from across the country at Palestine Advocacy Days and help ensure Congress hears loud and clear that the American people will not accept continued U.S. complicity in the oppression of Palestinians. 

In solidarity,

Americans for Justice in Palestine Action

2094.

8 juni 2026

Right now, a dangerous new proposal is moving through Congress that threatens to lock the U.S.-Israel military alliance into permanence for decades to come.

On Wednesday, June 10, the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) is expected to review and vote on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a $1.5 trillion war budget that would dramatically expand militarization, surveillance, and corporate profiteering.

Just last week, the House Armed Services Committee passed its own version of the FY27 NDAA, including a measure called the United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative (Section 224). This section outlines a proposal that would effectively merge the U.S. and Israeli military and intelligence apparatuses through a long-term partnership built around data sharing, surveillance systems, AI, cybersecurity, and weapons co-production.

Although the Senate draft of the NDAA has not yet been released, it’s very possible it will contain a measure similar to Section 224.

The prospect of the final Senate NDAA bill containing a proposal like Section 224 is so dangerous for our movements that we need all hands on deck right now to ensure Senators take action to stop it.

Call Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee and tell them to reject the NDAA proposal to merge U.S. and Israeli military technology, intelligence, and surveillance systems.

For years, our movement has fought to end U.S. military support for Israel's oppression of Palestinians. We have challenged weapons transfers, exposed war profiteers, and organized to end U.S. complicity in Israel's violence.

Now, as American public support is *finally* turning against U.S. military “aid” to Israel, they are shifting tactics.

If passed, Section 224 would move the U.S.-Israel relationship beyond military “aid”, and toward something far more permanent: the integration of military technology, intelligence infrastructure, and defense industries between both countries.

If that sounds alarming, that's because it is.

Call Congress: Reject U.S.-Israeli Military Integration

Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised efforts in Congress to advance this vision. In a letter to Representative Marlin Stutzman, Netanyahu thanked him for endorsing what he called, “my plan to shift the framework for U.S.-Israel defense cooperation from aid to partnership,” and celebrated a future of "joint defense cooperation, codevelopment, coproduction and mutual investment" in AI, cybersecurity, unmanned systems, and next-generation military technologies.

In other words, the goal is no longer simply funding Israel's military. It is building a permanent military, intelligence, and tech alliance that becomes increasingly difficult to challenge or unwind.

We have a small window of time to stop this. That’s why I’m asking you to call 13 key members of the Senate Armed Services Committee today. I know that’s a lot of calls. I wouldn’t ask if it wasn’t critical.

The next 48 hours may be our best chance to stop any measures like Section 224 from advancing in the Senate.

Call the Senate Now

The people behind this proposal are counting on nobody paying attention. Last week, efforts in the House led by Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie to remove Section 224 were defeated. Now the fight moves to the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Tell Congress: Don't turn military funding into a permanent military-tech partnership.

In solidarity,

Izzy Mustafa
Adalah Justice Project

2093.

9 juni 2026

2092.

9 juni 2026

This is our moment to turn up the pressure on CAF. On June 13, CAF, a Basque transport company registered in Spain, will hold its shareholders’ meeting. CAF is deeply complicit in Israel’s illegal occupation and apartheid against Palestinians: it maintains and expands Israel’s illegal Jerusalem Light Rail in the occupied Palestinian territory.

This project connects illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank to West Jerusalem. Israeli colonial settlements are built on stolen Palestinian land and are sustained through the ethnic cleansing and forcible displacement of Palestinians. They constitute war crimes under international law. CAF is therefore included in the United Nations database of companies implicated in activities in Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory.

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Pick up the phone and demand CAF gets off Israel’s apartheid train.

• Click here to find location and phone numbers of CAF worksites worldwide.
• Find a sample script here to call CAF worksites.

Recently, a coalition of civil society organizations filed a criminal complaint with Spain’s Public Prosecutor’s Office against CAF’s Board of Directors for their role in maintaining Israel’s regime of colonial oppression.

For years, a global BDS campaign has targeted CAF through factory strikes, peaceful direct actions at construction sites, interventions at shareholder meetings and legal challenges to contracts in countries like Belgium, Mexico and Norway.

CAF’s board has ignored these demands. Instead of disengaging, it has expanded its role — even as Israel carries out genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

2091.

6 juni 2026 e.v.

2090.

7 juni 2026

Mattan here. In 2017 I spent 110 days in a military prison for refusing to join the Israeli occupation forces. Today, I support others who resist as staff at RSN. We live in unprecedented times: years-long genocide in Gaza, the reoccupation of the Gaza Strip, southern Lebanon and parts of Syria by Israeli forces, and a violent regional order that gives Israel free rein to bomb and starve entire populations – even under the cover of a “ceasefire”.

URGENT: the resistance in Israel/Palestine needs you. Support our mid-year campaign.Resistance Solidarity Network brings you the latest stories from the ground: movement news, refusers' stories, the latest demonstrations. We amplify and fund a wide-range of resistance groups opposing Israeli wars and occupation. Our role is to support resistance from within, and we rely on global support to carry out this work. If we do not raise $60,000, we cannot continue this vital work: funding, capacity building, legal expenses, media work and more. We value whatever you can spare, and are counting on you, our global supporters, to allow us to carry on with our work.After October 7th, RSN supported and amplified soldiers who refused to participate in the genocide and who organized others to refuse as well: we knew the best way to stop the assault on Gaza was through mass refusal.

Thanks to you, RSN supporters, the refuser groups and individuals you supported were able to bring refusal to the mainstream. During the genocide, the Israeli government faced the largest refusal wave recorded in history. We have seen massive milestones, yet we find ourselves in a difficult place today.Support War ResistersWhile the Israeli occupation is nothing new today, whatever gap exists between “war time” and relative calm has been totally fused. Today, we are seeing a brutal occupation and settlement expansion, killing, and displacement across the region at the hands of Israel not despite the existing ceasefires that went into effect in Gaza and Lebanon, but under the cover of these ceasefires. We live in the age of the violent ceasefire, the type of slow violence that stifles movements and the urgency around the Palestinian cause that swept the world since 2023.

Since October 7th, 2023, our activities have expanded to support other forms of nonviolence resistance – as anyone reading this newsletter regularly has noticed. We continue to support and update about refusers when they are imprisoned, and as a network, we came to see refusal as part of a larger world of tactics, that of nonviolent struggle, or civil resistance. We came to firmly believe that to end the occupation and genocide, it is important to use an array of tactics that can involve all parts of society: old and young, rich and poor, of all races and genders. After a few years of supporting various forms of civil resistance, we decided to (slightly) change our name to reflect better what our network now does: That is why we are changing our name to Resistance Solidarity Network. We will always continue to support refusers, and in fact, all of our staff are refusers, but we are proud that our work now supports a wider ecosystem of resistance: those who oppose the occupation, war refusers and other civil resisters.

Together, our resistance is going to end the occupation of the Palestinian territories!URGENT: the resistance in Israel/Palestine needs you. Support our mid-year campaign.Resistance Solidarity Network brings you the latest stories from the ground: movement news, refusers' stories, the latest demonstrations. We amplify and fund a wide-range of resistance groups opposing Israeli wars and occupation. Our role is to support resistance from within, and we rely on global support to carry out this work.


In solidarity,

Mattan Helman
Team Manager
Resistance Soldiarity Netowrk

2089.

6 juni 2026

Humanitarian Situation Report

5 June 2026

“It’s heartbreaking when your child wakes up hungry and you can’t find anything to feed them,” says Heba, a mother. Food security partners provide caregivers in Gaza with cash assistance to buy fresh and nutritious food for their children. Photo by WFP.

Highlights

• Health risks posed by pests and rodents in Gaza remain high as restrictions persist on access to landfills and the import of critically needed items, despite ongoing mitigation efforts implemented with pesticides brought in last month.
• For families in Gaza, water shortages mean a daily trade-off between drinking, hygiene and disease prevention, UNICEF warns.
• Zikim crossing closed for two weeks; all aid convoys are being rerouted to Kerem Shalom – the last remaining cargo crossing – through a newly established checkpoint that is congested, slowing down the collection of critical supplies into Gaza.
• Funding shortfalls are forcing humanitarian partners in Gaza to scale down or suspend certain critical services.
• In the West Bank, settler attacks continue to undermine livelihoods, with more than 950 incidents documented across over 230 communities in 2026, resulting in casualties and widespread damage to homes, agricultural assets, and essential infrastructure.
• The closure of Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps has been extended until 31 July. Since January 2025, more than 33,000 Palestine refugees have been displaced from Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps and surrounding areas.
• 73 Palestinian-owned structures were demolished between 19 May and 1 June for lacking Israeli-issued building permits, displacing 126 people, including 57 children, more than 40 per cent of them in Qalandiya village.

Overview

Over the past two weeks, violence, military operations, and movement restrictions have resulted in casualties, damaged homes and infrastructure, driven new and prolonged displacement, and limited access to essential services, livelihoods, and humanitarian aid. Increasingly, they are placing strain on an already fragile economy, as disrupted markets, rising living costs, and declining household incomes make it harder for people to meet their basic needs. At the same time, growing operational and funding constraints are reducing the ability of humanitarian partners to respond at the required scale.

2088.

5 juni 2026

Niets doen terwijl een volk uitgemoord wordt is het ultieme menselijke falen. Doen alsof is erger. De weinige maatregelen die Nederland gedurende bijna drie jaar van genocide tegen Israël nam, zijn te laat en symbolisch. Zo krijgt Israël op last van de Nederlandse rechter geen onderdelen meer voor gevechtsvliegtuigen. Er is daardoor echter geen bom minder op Gaza gevallen, want de onderdelen worden gewoon via een omweg geleverd.

De voorbije maand was de meest dodelijke dit jaar in Gaza. De leefomstandigheden van de in het nauw gedreven bevolking zijn onmenselijk. En Nederland doet alles wat nodig is om hopelijk in de toekomst niet internationaal rechterlijk medeplichtig gehouden te worden. De regering redt niet de Palestijnse bevolking in nood, maar het eigen zitvlees.

Blijf in verzet.

Strijdbare groet,
Het BDS team

2087.

5 juni 2026

Bezalel Smotrich, de Israëlische minister van Financiën, was boos. Hij had eind mei berichten ontvangen dat het Internationaal Strafhof een arrestatiebevel voor hem voorbereidt op basis van oorlogsmisdaden en de misdaad van apartheid.

De extreemrechtse Smotrich kondigde daarom direct vergeldingsmaatregelen aan, en noemde ook meteen zijn eerste ‘doelwit’: het bedoeïendorp Khan al-Ahmar op de bezette Westelijke Jordaanoever. Hij gaf het bevel Khan al-Ahmar te ontruimen en slopen.

Khan al-Ahmar
Khan al-Ahmar is niet zomaar het zoveelste Palestijnse dorp dat van de kaart kan worden geveegd. Het dorp was in westerse hoofdsteden jarenlang een rode lijn. Als Israël dáár aan zou komen, dán zouden er echt sancties volgen. Deze internationale druk heeft lang daadwerkelijke ontruiming en sloop kunnen voorkomen.

Palestijnse bedoeïen in het dorp Khan al-Ahmar op de bezette Westelijke Jordaanoever (archieffoto uit 2017) © Debbie Hill / UPI / Alamy

De reden daarvoor? De strategische ligging van het dorp. Het ligt in het E1-gebied ten oosten van Jeruzalem. De vestiging van kolonisten in dit gebied zou de Westelijke Jordaanoever in tweeën knippen en Oost-Jeruzalem volledig omringen door Israëlische nederzettingen. Een levensvatbare Palestijnse staat zou daarmee definitief onmogelijk worden. En daarmee ook de tweestatenoplossing, waar Europese beleidsmakers nog altijd zo aan vasthouden.

Minder internationale druk
Waar de EU en Nederland in 2018 dreigden met concrete maatregelen tegen Israël als het Khan al-Ahmar zou slopen, is de druk om de ‘rode lijn’ te bewaken nu beduidend minder. Dat terwijl nu de situatie op de grond veel ernstiger en urgenter is.

Naar aanleiding van de aankondiging van Smotrich, schrijft Gerard Jonkman, directeur van The Rights Forum, dat de Nederlandse politiek nu een nieuwe kans heeft om (eindelijk) geloofwaardig over te komen. Het is daarbij niet de vraag of Nederland opnieuw een rode lijn moet trekken: 'Die lijn is jaren geleden al getrokken. De vraag is of Nederland bereid is eindelijk te doen wat het al die jaren heeft aangekondigd: consequenties verbinden aan de overschrijding ervan.'

Aandeelhouders Booking roeren zich

Op dinsdag 2 juni vond de jaarlijkse aandeelhoudersvergadering van Booking Holdings plaats. Daar werd gestemd over een motie die van de Raad van Bestuur verantwoording verlangt voor het aanbieden van kolonisten-accommodaties in illegale Israëlische nederzettingen. Op de website van Booking.com staan 41 van dergelijke accommodaties in 14 nederzettingen, blijkt uit een recent rapport van de Amerikaanse organisatie Ekō.
 
Deze week beschreven we hoe Raad van Bestuur zich radicaal tegen de motie keerde. Desondanks kreeg die steun van tien procent van de aandeelhouders, mede dankzij een ondersteunend betoog van Ben Cohen (van ijsmaker Ben & Jerry’s).
 
Tien procent klinkt als een bescheiden aandeel, maar aangezien de bulk van de Booking-aandelen in handen is van institutionele beleggers geldt dit als een onverwacht sterk signaal waar de Raad van Bestuur een vervolg aan moet geven. Zo loopt de druk op het bedrijf om zijn activiteiten ten gunste van Israëls illegale nederzettingen te beëindigen verder op.
 
 Lees ook ons recente onderzoek: Hoe Booking.com 4,6 miljard euro aan Nederlandse subsidie kon opstrijken.

Interview | ‘Genocide is de onvermijdelijke uitkomst van zionisme’

De Palestijnse historicus Sabri Jiryis schreef vorige eeuw een uitgebreid standaardwerk over de oorsprong van het zionisme. Recent werd het door zijn dochter Fida naar het Engels vertaald. The Rights Forum sprak begin mei via videoverbinding met vader en dochter. Het gesprek verscheen deze week in het Nederlands als interview op onze website, maar is ook in zijn geheel terug te luisteren.

De Palestijnse historicus Sabri Jiryis en zijn dochter, de schrijver en vertaler Fida Jiryis © foto aangeleverd door Fida JiryisUw originele boek is meer dan 40 jaar geleden gepubliceerd. Is een vertaling nu nog wel relevant?
Sabri: ‘Het is historisch materiaal, dat blijft van waarde. Een naslagwerk, voor iedereen die een echt diepgaand inzicht wil krijgen in de oorsprong van het zionisme.’

Fida: ‘Het levert een belangrijke bijdrage als een van de weinige boeken dat de geschiedenis van het zionisme zo diepgaand documenteert, en geschreven is door een Palestijnse auteur. Weinig Palestijnse auteurs hebben dit onderwerp zo gedetailleerd behandeld, en de reden waarom het vanuit Palestijns perspectief belangrijk is, is omdat wij de slachtoffers zijn van dit [zionistische] project.’

Bovendien hebben de recente gebeurtenissen in Palestina het belang van het boek alleen maar vergroot, voegt ze toe. ‘Ik werkte aan de vertaling terwijl ik de praktische manifestatie en onvermijdelijke koers van het zionistische project – de genocide in Gaza – zich voor mijn ogen zag voltrekken.’

VVD grijpt komst Palestijnen uit Gaza aan om migratiedebat aan te wakkeren

Na maanden van intense druk achter en voor de schermen is de evacuatie van 47 Palestijnen uit Gaza naar Nederland op gang gekomen. Afgelopen maandag werd bekend dat de eerste twee evacuees de Gazastrook hebben kunnen verlaten. Het gaat om twee studenten die allebei gaan studeren aan Wageningen University.

Kwalijke rol VVD
De VVD greep de evacuaties aan om het migratiedebat aan te wakkeren. Tweede Kamerlid Ulysse Ellian zei dat door de evacuaties een asielprocedure ‘op een slimme manier wordt omzeild’. Voormalig diplomaat Angelique Eijpe, de drijvende kracht achter de evacuaties zegt daarover: ‘De suggestie dat hoogopgeleide professionals en artsen liever in Ter Apel zouden gaan zitten is een kwaadaardig sprookje.’

Een lange en zeer onzekere asielprocedure is niet logisch; de Palestijnen komen hier om te werken of studeren en kunnen daarna nog een jaar lang proberen hun academische carrière te verlengen of ander werk te vinden. Die regels gelden voor veel studenten en wetenschappers uit andere landen die naar Nederland komen.

Kritiek vanuit de partij
De opmerking van Ellian, en de opstelling van de VVD-fractie in de Tweede Kamer ten opzichte van Israël en Palestina in het algemeen, leiden ook binnen de VVD zelf tot steeds meer onvrede. Partijprominenten als Jozias van Aartsen, oud minister van Buitenlandse Zaken, en Ed Nijpels, voormalig politiek leider van de VVD, spraken zich deze week stevig uit tegen het beleid van hun partij, rapporteert Trouw. Van Aartsen: 'hoe de VVD momenteel omgaat met het vraagstuk van de Palestijnen, met Gaza, dat kan echt niet. We kunnen niet zo aan de kant blijven staan.'

 Lees meer over de evacuaties en de opstelling van de VVD

Evenement | Hoe bouwen we aan een gezamenlijke strategie voor de wereldwijde Palestinabeweging?

Tijdens Solidarity in Sync: Navigating a Unified Strategy komen activisten, juristen, politici, academici en grassroots-organisatoren samen om te verkennen hoe solidariteit, politieke invloed en maatschappelijke actie elkaar kunnen versterken. Een bijzonder onderdeel van de avond is de ontvangst van de deelnemers aan de Global Sumud Flotilla, die hun ervaringen delen en in gesprek gaan over de weg naar een gecoördineerde en effectieve beweging voor rechtvaardigheid en Palestijnse zelfbeschikking. Het programma vindt plaats op 11 juni om 19.30 uur in Pakhuis de Zwijger in Amsterdam en is gratis toegankelijk.

Uit onze agenda
vrijdag 5 juni t/m zaterdag 13 juni

DEMONSTRATIES EN WAKES
 UTRECHT DOORDEWEEKSE DAGEN 08.30 - 09.30 | Dagelijks stilteprotest voor Palestina, tegen genocide en bezetting (Neude, langs het fietspad)

 APELDOORN ELKE MAANDAG, DONDERDAG & VRIJDAG 17.00 - 17.30 | Stilteprotest voor Palestina (Marktplein)

 NIJMEGEN VR 5 JUN 18.30 | Actie tegen Booking.com door Amnesty Nijmegen, Nijmegen for Palestine en Vredesgroep Nijmegen (Gezellig, Ganzenheuvel 56)

 GRONINGEN ZA 6 JUN 13.00 - 14.00 | Tweewekelijkse wake van Vrouwen in het Zwart (Waagplein)

 MAASTRICHT ZA 6 JUN 16.00 - 17.00 | Maandelijkse wake van Vrouwen in het Zwart (Markt, bij het standbeeld van J.P. Minckelers)

 HAARLEM ZO 7 JUN 14.00 - 15.00 | Wekelijkse demonstratie tegen Israëls wandaden (Grote Markt)

 AMSTERDAM ZO 7 JUN 17.00 - 18.00 | Wekelijkse stilteprotest (Spui, bij 't Lieverdje)

 HUIZEN WO 10 JUN 12.00 - 13.00 | Wekelijkse sit-in voor Gaza (Gemeentehuis)

 DEN HAAG DO 11 JUN 12.00 - 12.30 | Sit-in van Rijksambtenaren bij het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, Rijnstraat 8

 STATIONS IN NEDERLAND DO 11 JUN 18.00 | Wekelijkse lawaaidemonstratie op diverse stations in Nederland. De lijst van stations publiceren we begin volgende week in onze agenda.

 HENGELO DO 11 JUN 18.45 - 19.15 | Wekelijks stilteprotest van Hengelo4Palestine (voor de Lambertus kerk)

 ZALTBOMMEL VR 12 JUN 19.00 - 19.30 | Stille Rode Lijn (Waalkade)

 AMERSFOORT VR 12 JUN 09.30 | Wekelijks stilteprotest tegen genocide (Varkensmarkt)

 DOETINCHEM VR 12 JUN 10.00 - 12.00 | Wekelijkse demonstratie van Achterhoek4Palestine (Simonsplein bij de Catharinakerk)


CULTURELE EN ANDERE EVENEMENTEN
 CULEMBORG ZO 7 JUN 14.00 - 17.30 | Actie tegen Booking.com door Culemborg voor Gaza samen met Amnesty International afd. Culemborg, onderdeel van maandelijkse Gaza Café (Kattenstraat 12)

 AMSTERDAM DO 11 JUN 19.30 | Bijeenkomst ‘Solidarity in Sync: Navigating a Unified Strategy’ (Pakhuis de Zwijger)

 ROTTERDAM VR 12 JUN | Palestine Film Day, onderdeel van Arab Film Festival (LantarenVenster)

 NIJMEGEN ZA 13 JUN | Fundraiser voor families in Gaza, met een performance van Dark Clouds door La Piratesse (LantarenVenster)


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5 juni 2026

1. Netherlands officially banned trade with occupied West Bank and Golan Heights settlements
2. HSBC dropped all of its shareholdings in Elbit Systems.
3. The European Union Foreign Ministers agreed on sanctions on some individual colonial settlers and settlers organizations over violence in occupied west bank
4. Italy suspended automatic renewal of its bilateral defence cooperation agreement with Israel
5. New Zealand Sovereign Wealth Fund’s ethical investing policy declared unlawful by High Court in a case showing failure on ties with israeli settlements.
6. Ghent University (Belgium) has withdrawn from the European research project OSTEONET conducted jointly with Israeli research organizations.
7. New York City’s public hospital system announced  it will not renew its contract with Palantir, after activist and union pressure, incluiding pro-Palestinian activists.
8. The Washington State (USA) Treasurer’s office sold off its Caterpillar bond holdings (reported at roughly $53–62m in coverage)
9. The city of Albany (California, USA) reported it no longer holds investments in Caterpillar or Lockheed Martin and has tightened ethical-investment rules to block future holdings in companies implicated in war crimes/crimes against humanity
10. Spain withdrew its ambassador to Israel.

Explore the Map

These are evidence that the mobilizing, organizing and engagement work our movement is investing in, is taking hold. It is yet fare from enough.

In addition, tell us if we have missed any major wins so we can add them to the map!

Keep fighting,

Inès, The PIPD

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5 juni 2026

Poppy flowers in Palestine have long symbolized our people’s sacrifice, resilience and rebirth. Even in the harshest conditions, they continue to bloom, deeply rooted in the land, spreading powerfully.

Across the world, Palestinians and their allies are strengthening solidarity with Palestinian liberation, particularly through BDS campaigning, with renewed determination. From sports arenas and cultural and academic spaces to ports, streets, workplaces and digital spaces, people are organizing strategically to strengthen campaigns targeting states, corporations and institutions that are complicit in Israel’s genocide and underlying apartheid, while demanding accountability from those who are enabling it.­

Our efforts are driving immense impacts because they are collective.­

Like poppies, our work takes root and spreads in clusters across communities and spaces worldwide, even among the “rocks.” Every action, every voice, and every contribution helps expand the space for justice and sustains our struggle, despite the conditions designed to break us.

The Apartheid Free Zones (AFZ) campaign is an important example of BDS campaigns that embody just that. Launched in 2009, AFZ seeks to create spaces free of Israel’s genocide, apartheid and settler colonialism, while connecting broader struggles for justice and equality. By building intersectional people power, AFZ envisions neighborhoods, cities and eventually the whole world free of oppression and of Israel’s grave violations –, one community, church, cafe, library, union, theatre, local store at a time. Today, nearly 1,500 AFZs have taken root across the world, and that number continues to grow every day.

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4 juni 2026

Nobody, let alone a student, should be abducted and detained without charge

On June 2nd, 20-year-old Palestinian-American citizen and Birzeit University student Sama Safi was taken from her family home during a predawn Israeli military raid. Israeli occupation forces entered her home around 3 a.m., abducted her without explanation, and have continued to hold her without charges while withholding information about her whereabouts from both her family and the U.S. government. Sama has a medical condition requiring treatment, making her continued detention even more alarming.

But Sama is not the only one. She was one of four Birzeit University students detained during these raids. While we demand Sama's immediate release and safe return to her family, we must also demand freedom for every student who was taken alongside her and for the thousands of Palestinians who continue to face arbitrary detention under Israel's military occupation system, American or not.

TAKE ACTION: CALL AND EMAIL YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND DEMAND THE RELEASE OF SAMA AND THE REST OF THE STUDENTS

These arrests are part of a decades-long system of control imposed by the Israeli apartheid regime. Palestinian students, academics, journalists, human rights defenders, and ordinary civilians have for generations faced arbitrary detention, military raids, surveillance, harassment, and severe restrictions on their movement and basic freedoms. The targeting of young people seeking an education is part of a system designed to suppress Palestinian life, leadership, and political expression.

For decades, U.S. administrations have provided Israel with diplomatic cover, military funding, and political protection while refusing to hold Israeli authorities accountable for violations of Palestinian rights. That unconditional support has helped create an environment where abuses continue with little consequence.

If the U.S. government is willing to intervene when American citizens are wrongfully detained elsewhere in the world, it must do the same when those violations are committed by Israel. Today, we are calling on Congress to immediately intervene in order to:

• Secure the immediate release of Sama Safi, Jolan Abu Awad, Natalia Abu Dia, and Laila Nail Khalill.
• End U.S. complicity in policies that enable arbitrary detention, collective punishment, and systematic violations of Palestinian rights.
• Press the State Department and U.S. Embassy to actively intervene on behalf of those detained.

Bring Sama and every detained student home.

In solidarity,
American Muslims for Palestine (AMP)

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4 juni 2026

There's no “off” switch on the genocide machine.

Heavy rain floods Khan Yunis, November 25, 2025. Photo: Doaa Albaz.

Today, Representatives Rashida Tlaib and Delia Ramirez are forcing a vote to end U.S. participation in the Israeli invasion and war on Lebanon, which has already killed more than 3,000 people and displaced over 1.2 million.

A new piece in the Intercept reveals that the New York State comptroller’s trip to Israel last year, sponsored by a group with financial ties to Israel Bonds, raised concerns with the state ethics board. This revelation was obtained through research and document requests by JVP-NY, organizing with Break the Bonds-NY State to demand the NY State’s divestment from its hundreds of millions of dollars in Israel bonds holdings.

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3 juni 2026

Now More Than Ever, Palestine Needs Us

Last year, thousands from across the country gathered in Chicago at AMP’s 18th Palestine Convention for what became one of the most powerful and historic Palestine gatherings in the United States. Families, students, activists, scholars, organizers, and allies came together with one shared purpose: to stand firmly for Palestine, amplify the truth, and strengthen our movement for justice. That success was possible because of you.

Because you showed up.

Because you believed in the mission.

Because you refused to stay silent.

As we look ahead to 2026, our responsibility to Palestine has only grown more urgent.

The genocide in Gaza continues to devastate entire families and communities. Across the West Bank, settler violence and attacks on Palestinian towns are escalating at alarming levels. In Jerusalem, threats against Masjid Al-Aqsa and attempts to erase Palestinian presence and identity continue to intensify.

At a time when our people face unprecedented challenges, our communities must come together stronger, louder, and more organized than ever before.

That is why we invite you to save the date for:AMP’s 19th Palestine ConventionNovember 26–28, 2026Tinley Park Convention Center - just south of Chicago, IL

Join thousands from across the nation for a transformative weekend of education, advocacy, inspiration, community building, and collective action for Palestine.

More details, speakers, and registration information will be announced soon, insha’Allah.

Until then, mark your calendars and prepare to once again stand with Palestine. We cannot wait to welcome you back!

With gratitude and prayers,
American Muslims for Palestine (AMP)

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1 juni 2026

We need to send this fearless voice back to Congress!

During her time in Congress, former and hopefully soon-to-return Congresswoman Cori Bush became one of our strongest allies. A true public servant, she never forgot who she was sent to Washington to represent: ordinary people fighting for justice, dignity, and human rights.

While many politicians stayed silent, equivocated, or waited to see which way the political winds were blowing, Congresswoman Bush demonstrated moral courage. She didn’t hesitate to call Israel's assault on Gaza what it was. She spoke clearly and unapologetically about the atrocities unfolding, even when doing so came with enormous political consequences.

Just weeks after the Israeli government's genocidal campaign on Gaza began, Congresswoman Bush introduced H.Res. 786, one of the first congressional resolutions calling for an immediate ceasefire and unrestricted humanitarian access to Gaza. 

Even as powerful special interests poured unprecedented amounts of money into silencing her, Congresswoman Bush remained steadfast. She continued demanding accountability for violations of international law, opposing unconditional weapons transfers, and standing alongside Palestinians fighting for freedom, dignity, and self-determination.

That is why AJP Action is proud to endorse Cori Bush for Congress.

“I am honored to earn the endorsement of Americans for Justice in Palestine Action (AJP Action), an organization working tirelessly to advance Palestinian freedom, dignity, and self‑determination,” said Congresswoman Cori Bush. “AJP Action and our campaign share a mission to end the Israeli government’s oppression and genocide of Palestinians, which is made possible through unconditional funding and weapons transfers from our own government. Together, we’ll continue to fight for the freedom, justice, and universal humanity of all people.”

Our movement needs leaders who are willing to tell the truth, even when it is difficult. Leaders who understand that human rights are not conditional. Leaders who refuse to abandon their principles when powerful interests demand their silence. Cori Bush has proven time and time again that she is that leader.

We are honored to stand with her once again, and we hope you'll join us in helping send Cori Bush back to Congress. Learn more and support the campaign at www.coribush.org. 

Stay tuned for more endorsements. If you’re a current candidate or know of one and are interested in our endorsement, please fill out our questionnaire!

In solidarity,

Americans for Justice in Palestine Action

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