Revoking Al Jazeera Passes is Harassment – World Press Body

Scott Griffen, the interim executive director of the International Press Institute (IPI), expressed significant concern over the Israeli government’s decision to revoke Al Jazeera’s press passes. He highlighted that this action raises serious issues regarding the harassment of Palestinian journalists and the restriction of their freedom.

Nitzan Chen, the director of Israel’s Government Press Office (GPO), announced the decision on Thursday, accusing Al Jazeera of disseminating “false content” and “incitement against Israelis,” according to the Qudus News Network.

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Netanyahu Acknowledges Hamas Still Rules Gaza

The Yedioth Ahronoth has reported the government of Benjamin Netanyahu has informed the Israeli Supreme Court that Hamas are still the rulers of Gaza and that the occupation army continues to face stiff resistance underground and above it.

The newspaper stated that the Netanyahu’s government was responding in Supreme Court sessions to examine a petition submitted by organizations concerned with the humanitarian situation and the distribution of aid in the Gaza Strip.

In its response the government stated Israel does not maintain effective control over Gaza and the army’s presence in the Strip is limited in a way that does not allow for actual control and activation of the powers of government as reported in Al Jazeera.

The Israeli government stressed Hamas is still able to exercise its powers of government in the Strip, and the occupation army is still facing armed resistance in Gaza from what it described as enemies in the enclave, both in underground tunnels and open lands.

“In the framework of operational activity, IDF forces are still facing armed resistance…underground and above ground, by planting explosive devices, anti-tank fire and snipers, launching rockets and trying to lure our forces into booby-trapped houses, etc,” the government stated.

It pointed out Hamas “is returning and operating in areas from which the IDF withdrew and is trying to rebuild its strength there.”

Supreme Court justices have several sessions over the past months to study the petition submitted by Israeli organizations, and Yedioth Ahronoth explained the judges receive periodic updates on the situation in Gaza but have not yet decided on the fate of the petition.

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Arab States Need to Sever Ties With Israel – Barghouti

Secretary-general of the Palestinian Nåtional Initiative Dr. Mustafa Barghouti called on Arab governments that have relations with Israel to sever their ties with the occupation and withdraw their ambassadors. He described the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli settlers as a very dangerous development.

The Islamic Endowments Dept in occupied Jerusalem said, Tuesday, more than 2,958 settlers and extremists stormed the blessed mosque since Tuesday morning, including two ministers and a member of the Knesset.

Endowments sources confirmed Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Talking to Al Jazeera’s “Gaza What’s Next” program Barghouti said that the Israeli occupation aims to impose temporal and spatial division in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, so that it becomes a place for Jewish prayer as well, as it did before in the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, taking advantage of the state of war in Gaza and the brutality practiced by its army against the Palestinians in the occupied holy city.

He added the Israeli occupation aims to create a new reality whose content is the Judaization of Al-Aqsa Mosque. He pointed out the temporal and spatial division Ben Gvir is trying to impose on the ground was rejected by the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the Camp David talks and led to their collapse.

Barghouti  wondered about the role of countries and governments that have relations with the Israeli occupation in confronting what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his extremist government members are doing, most notably Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.

He said if Arab governments want to impose real pressure on the occupation, they are required to cancel all normalization agreements with Tel Aviv and impose a comprehensive boycott on Israel, and expel their ambassadors and withdraw Arab ambassadors from Israel.

He pointed out this is the simplest of things because the Palestinians are not demanding the Arabs send armies to fight Israel. The Arab peoples are also required to take action and pressure their governments.

Barghouti believes deterring Netanyahu and his government requires immediate action from Arab and Islamic countries alike.

Unified Palestinian leadership

On the Palestinian level, what is required – according to Barghouti – is the formation of a unified leadership in a joint national struggle program and the immediate implementation of what was agreed upon in the Beijing meeting, including the formation of a national consensus government and creation of a unified leadership framework.

Barghouti argues there is an Israeli conspiracy not only to Judaize Al-Aqsa Mosque, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, but also to achieve absolute Israeli hegemony militarily, politically and economically over the Arab world.

For his part, former US State Department official William Lawrence agrees with the Secretary-General of the Palestinian Initiative that the Arab countries that have established relations with Israel are required to withdraw their ambassadors from Israel, noting the idea of ​​normalizing relations with it was a bad one.

Lawrence admitted – in his interview with the program “Gaza… What’s Next?” – that the United States is making statements but is not taking any actual measures to deter Israel.

Barghouti and the former American official agreed that Netanyahu wants to undermine negotiations with the Palestinian resistance and because he does not want to reach an agreement to stop the war on Gaza, he finds excuses every time.

It is noteworthy that the “New York Times” newspaper quoted Israeli documents as saying that Netanyahu secretly added new conditions to Israel’s demands in the ceasefire negotiations in Gaza and the prisoner exchange deal according to Jo24.

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Al Tabi’een Massacre Aims to Force Palestinians to Leave Gaza

Khalil Al-Hayya, Deputy Head of Hamas in Gaza, stated the Israeli massacre in Al-Tabi’een school is part of a deliberate campaign to exterminate the Palestinian people.

Speaking to Al Jazeera, Al-Hayya emphasized the Israeli occupation is intent on forcing Palestinians out of Gaza through continuous, brutal assaults as reported in Al Quds News Network.

Al-Hayya also highlighted that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received the green light from the US during his recent visit to Washington, which has remained silent in the face of ongoing atrocities. He called on the United Nations Security Council to hold an emergency meeting to stop the Zionist massacres against civilians.

According to Al-Hayya, the majority of those killed in the Israeli attacks are women and children, and there is no justification for targeting innocent civilians. He called for decisive international, Arab, and Islamic action to compel Israel to cease its crimes, including measures such as closing embassies and withdrawing ambassadors.

He reaffirmed Hamas’s commitment to resisting the occupation and defending the Palestinian people by all means available.

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Israeli Forces Kill Two More Journalists Spiking Total to 168


Israeli forces killed two Palestinian journalists in Gaza, topping the number of media workers who were killed by Israel to 168.

The first was Palestinian TV journalist Tamim Ma’mmar. He was killed after Israeli forces bombarded his house in Khan Yunis, Friday, killing him and his family instantly.

Their killings are trending on the social media with images.



In a separate air strike Israeli forces targeted the home of Al-Aqsa TV journalist Abdullah Al-Sousi, massacring him and his family.

The Israeli army carried out airstrikes on Khan Yunis, killing Tamim Muammar along with his wife Islam Fayez and two children Mais and Salam. The Israeli strikes also killed Abdullah Sousi along with two of his nephews according to the Quds News Network.

Last week, the government media office announced the death of Al Jazeera correspondent Ismail Al-Ghoul and its cameraman Rami Al-Rifi in an Israeli airstrike that targeted their car in Gaza City.

Despite repeated warnings from Palestinian and international organizations, Israel has continued targeting press teams in Gaza, even those clearly identified with press vests and helmets. This defiance of international warnings has drawn widespread condemnation.


These attacks underscore Israel’s deliberate targeting of Palestinian journalists in Gaza. The number of journalists killed in Gaza is much more than the number those killed during the whole of World War II between 1939 and 1945.

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