Crooked Bough News Round-up

— Starvation and solitary confinement: 14 months in Israeli prison

 

at 4/3/25 9:27am

Journalist Ahmad Shaqoura was beaten with an iron rod and imprisoned in a black-walled cell. 

[Category: al-Jalame prison, Gaza genocide, prisoner exchange, starvation, torture, attacks on journalists]

— Bringing Palestine's flavors to Egypt

 

at 4/3/25 9:06am

Restaurant owners displaced from Gaza are opening new businesses.

[Category: Majed al-Khozendar, Basem Abu Aoun, Nael Arafat]

— UK legally obliged to stop arming Israel

 

at 4/3/25 7:48am

UK law dictates end to arming Israel.

[Category: Keir Starmer, David Lammy, Israel Lobby]

— The haunting road to Al-Ahli

 

at 4/3/25 6:03am

An early morning walk to visit a parent in hospital brings home Israel’s genocidal intent.

[Category: eiGazaDispatches, Gaza genocide, Gaza war crimes, al-Ahli Hospital, al-Shifa Hospital, Beach refugee camp, Rashad al-Shawa]

— Germany's devotion to Israel becomes more and more sinister

 

at 4/3/25 12:39am

Merkels 2008 pledge is being used as a tool of repression in 2025.

[Category: European Union, Angela Merkel, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, European Leadership Network, Carsten Ovens, Diehl Defence, Elbit Systems]

— Randy Fine of "Gaza must be destroyed" infamy wins US House seat

 

at 4/2/25 4:54pm

Hateful Florida politician has called Palestinians “demonic.”

[Category: Randy Fine, Josh Weil, Donald Trump, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Jacob Ogles, anti-Palestinian racism, anti-Arab racism, Islamophobia, Gaza genocide, Shermichael Singleton, Kaitlan Collins, CNN, Biden-Harris, Betar USA, Laila Al-Arian, Antony Blinken, Sheikh Jarrah, ethnic cleansing, East Jerusalem, AIPAC]

— Palestinians endure another festive season under genocide

 

at 4/2/25 2:20am

The ceasefire brought brief respite, but famine and despair loom again for Palestinians in Gaza.

[Category: eiGazaDispatches, Gaza genocide, Gaza famine, Rafah crossing, humanitarian aid]

— Livestream: Trump goes to war for Israel

 

at 4/1/25 3:58pm

On this weeks program, Ahmed Masoud talks about his novel set in his native Gaza, Helena Cobban on Trumps war in Yemen, the murder of Hossam Shabat and more.

[Category: Syria, Ahmed Masoud, Yemen, Helena Cobban, Turkey] [Link to media]

— Traders determined to reopen despite obstacles

 

at 4/1/25 9:01am

Resilience vital as costs skyrocket, challenges mount.

[Category: eiGazaDispatches, Gaza genocide, infrastructure destruction, property destruction, Gaza City, forced displacement]

— Trump takes support for Israel to new extremes

 

at 3/27/25 10:31am

Palestinians have been pushed beyond the brink of survival.

[Category: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Bezalel Smotrich, eiGazaDispatches]

— At least 830 killed in “more aggressive” Israeli offensive

 

at 3/26/25 5:55pm

Humanitarian aid blocked at Gaza crossings for more than three weeks in longest denial of relief yet.

[Category: forcible displacement, forcible transfer, Gaza siege, UNRWA, Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Ismail Barhoum, Hossam Shabat, Mohammad Mansour, Danny Elagart, Israel Katz, Benjamin Netanyahu, Amos Harel, Hamas, Vicky Cohen, Bezalel Smotrich, Benny Gantz]

— Cooking up steadfastness in Gaza

 

at 3/26/25 4:36pm

People find new ways to prepare familiar dishes as Israel uses food as a weapon of war.

[Category: Gaza siege, famine, starvation, Ramadan, food, cuisine]

— Lawmaker at center of bribery scandal has echoed Israel's lies

 

at 3/26/25 11:42am

Fulvio Martusciello is embroiled in the controversy dubbed Huaweigate.

[Category: European Union, Fulvio Martusciello, Huawei, NGO Monitor, Nuno Wahnon Martins, European Jewish Congress, Hildegard Bentele, European Leadership Network, Roberta Metsola]

— Displacement killed my grandfather

 

at 3/26/25 8:44am

The entire way to the next shelter, my grandfather repeated, “I want to go back to my home.”

[Category: Beach refugee camp, Gaza genocide, Nakba, al-majdal]

— Palestinian child dies in Israeli custody in first recorded case

 

at 3/25/25 3:10pm

Palestinian prisoner deaths rapidly escalating since 7 October 2023.

[Category: Death of prisoners, Walid Khaled Abdullah Ahmad, Palestinian prisoners]

— Asbestos dust threat looms over much of Gaza

 

at 3/24/25 12:12pm

“The war didn’t kill us, but this dust might.”

[Category: asbestos, Gaza genocide, healthcare, pollution, environment]

— Slain journalist mentored Gaza's next generation

 

at 3/24/25 9:46am

Wafa Aludaini trained English speakers to defend the Palestinian cause.

[Category: Wafa Aludaini, Goldstone Report, 16th October Media Group, Refaat Alareer, Basma Al Bayed, Althoraya Training Center, Great March of Return, Julia Hartley-Brewer]

— Livestream: "The gates of hell"

 

at 3/22/25 2:22pm

Craig Mokhiber on Israels accelerating genocide, Eli Clifton on Trump mega-donor Miriam Adelson aiding free-speech crackdown, Abubaker Abed from Gaza and more.

[Category: Craig Mokhiber, Mahmoud Khalil, Israel Katz, Miriam Adelson, Eli Clifton, Abubaker Abed] [Link to media]

— Out of nowhere, an airstrike took Uncle Anwar

 

at 3/22/25 9:13am

Remembering a beloved uncle who loved plants and children.

[Category: eiGazaDispatches, Gaza genocide, indiscriminate bombing, Gaza war crimes, Beit Lahiya]

— Reduced to rubble, danger lurks everywhere in Rafah

 

at 3/22/25 7:40am

Dozens killed, many missing and near total-destruction in Gaza’s border city.

[Category: eiGazaDispatches, Gaza genocide, infrastructure destruction, Rafah, Philadelphi corridor, Gaza missing]

— Universities buckle to authoritarian demands

 

at 3/21/25 4:19pm

Accepting government orders is a losing strategy.

[Category: Mahmoud Khalil, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Columbia University, Dima Khalidi, Palestine Legal, First Amendment, Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, free speech, civil liberties, Trump administration, Biden administration]

As of 4/3/25 3:48pm. Last new 4/3/25 10:43am.