A total of 103 House Democrats voted to block $3.3 billion in planned US military aid to Israel, marking a significant shift in the party’s position on unconditional support.
The amendment was defeated 314–104, with 10 representatives voting present, but it gained support from nearly half of the Democratic House caucus.
Senior Democrats were divided: House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries opposed the measure as overly broad, while Nancy Pelosi and other prominent members supported it, citing growing concern over Israel’s military campaign in Gaza and the Netanyahu government.
The vote also reflected changing electoral pressures within the Democratic Party, as candidates critical of Israel and the pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC have gained ground in recent primaries.
Fergie Chambers, an heir to the Cox family fortune and a major donor to pro-Palestinian and left-wing causes, was arrested in Ibiza on Friday 10 July 2026 at the request of the US Department of Justice.
According to a sealed indictment reviewed by The Grayzone, he faces extradition to the United States on charges of "international money laundering...with the intent to provide material support to and resources to foreign terrorist organisations.” The charges carry a potential sentence of up to 30 years.
The indictment reportedly presents no evidence that Chambers funded such organisations, pointing only to transfers from US banks to Tunisia, where he had relocated and invested in businesses, social initiatives and the Club Africain football team. His partner, Stella Schnabel, describes the case as political persecution linked to his support for Palestinians in Gaza.
Keir Starmer's Labour government is setting a dangerous precedent.
Instead of confronting the collapse in public trust that has driven millions of people away from legacy media and towards independent journalism online, the government appears intent on using the power of the state to prop up the very institutions the public is rejecting.
Confidence in much of the traditional media has been on the decline, while independent journalism has grown because people are actively seeking alternatives they believe better hold those in power to account and cover stories the mainstream too often overlooks or deliberately buries.
And this is exactly what an authoritarian government looks like: using the power of the state to protect a discredited media establishment while making it harder for independent voices to reach the public.
The anonymous collective Israel Exposed has launched a searchable online database designed to preserve and organise evidence from Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
According to the collective, the archive currently contains more than 64,500 videos, 17,900 images, a searchable victim database, geolocation data, an interactive live map, and a source index covering material from more than 300 journalists and documentation projects. Additional material is expected to be added over time.
The collective says the archive is intended to preserve evidence for researchers, journalists, human rights investigators, and legal teams pursuing accountability. Its submission portal states that newly submitted footage is reviewed before being forwarded to organisations involved in documenting war crimes and international legal proceedings, including teams supporting cases before the International Criminal Court and International Court of Justice.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has removed board member Nika Soon-Shiong, publisher of Drop Site News, after she questioned why some Palestinian journalists had been excluded from CPJ’s Gaza death toll. The controversy comes as CPJ reviews its database of journalists and media workers killed in Gaza, with its current count reduced to 209 after 20 Palestinian names were removed.
CPJ says the review began after Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad published obituaries for individuals listed as journalists. CPJ removed eight names for alleged combatant status and 12 others for different reasons, while saying it excludes anyone “engaged in combat” or “inciting imminent violence”.
This comes months after whistleblowers accused CPJ of scrapping its Global Impunity Index because Israel was expected to rank first.
New Slovenian prime minister Janez Janša's has announced that his government intends to relocate Slovenia's embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and suspend the previous government's recognition of a Palestinian state. Janša said the recognition was inconsistent with Slovenian law.
Janša's government has already reversed a previous ban on arms exports to Israel and another ban on Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and two of his ministers entering the country. If the embassy relocation proceeds, Slovenia would become the first European Union member state to establish its embassy in Jerusalem.
Former Prime Minister Robert Golob, whose government recognised a Palestinian state in 2024, said the decision recognised the Palestinian people's fundamental right to self-determination, which he described as being "in the Slovenian DNA."
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says at least six foreign journalists have been denied entry to Israel over the past year because of their reporting.
The press freedom watchdog described the cases as part of a growing pattern that risks deterring independent scrutiny of Israel's policies and conduct in the occupied Palestinian territories, particularly as it continues to bar independent international media access to Gaza.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday announced his resignation as Leader of the Labour Party.
Starmer authorised spy planes over Gaza from the moment he came into office in July 2024 until October 2025. The intelligence gathered was handed to the Israeli military in real-time.
In June 2025, Starmer's government also took the unprecedented action of proscribing non-violent direct action group Palestine Action as a terrorist group, making support for the organisation punishable by up to 14 years in prison.
The Court of Appeal has upheld the UK's ban on Palestine Action, ruling that the government's decision to classify the activist group as a "terrorist" organisation was lawful.
The ruling overturns an earlier High Court judgment that deemed the proscription unlawful and disproportionate.
BREAKING - Four Palestine Action-linked activists will be sentenced with a "terrorism connection”, a judge has ruled.
Leona Kamio, Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner and Fatema Rajwani appeared in Woolwich Crown Court today after having been convicted last month of criminal damage at an Elbit Systems UK factory.
This marks the first time in British history that direct action activists are sentenced under terrorism provisions.
"I am sure each of the defendant's offence involved serious damage to property, was designed to influence the UK government, to intimidate a section of the public, and was for the purpose of advancing a political or ideological cause,” Justice Johnson has ruled.
"It follows I am bound by this legislation to find that the offence in each case had a terrorist connection and apply that as an aggravating factor in increasing the seriousness of the offence".
Elbit Systems is Israel's largest arms company and manufactures a significant proportion of the Israeli military's drone fleet.
Israeli drones are widely used in mass-casualty attacks on Palestinians in Gaza. Data reviewed by campaigners shows Elbit Systems UK exports military equipment to Israel and that shipments have been made from the company's Filton facility.
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A total of 103 House Democrats voted to block $3.3 billion in planned US military aid to Israel, marking a significant shift in the party’s position on unconditional support.
The amendment was defeated 314–104, with 10 representatives voting present, but it gained support from nearly half of the Democratic House caucus.
Senior Democrats were divided: House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries opposed the measure as overly broad, while Nancy Pelosi and other prominent members supported it, citing growing concern over Israel’s military campaign in Gaza and the Netanyahu government.
The vote also reflected changing electoral pressures within the Democratic Party, as candidates critical of Israel and the pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC have gained ground in recent primaries.
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Fergie Chambers, an heir to the Cox family fortune and a major donor to pro-Palestinian and left-wing causes, was arrested in Ibiza on Friday 10 July 2026 at the request of the US Department of Justice.
According to a sealed indictment reviewed by The Grayzone, he faces extradition to the United States on charges of "international money laundering...with the intent to provide material support to and resources to foreign terrorist organisations.” The charges carry a potential sentence of up to 30 years.
The indictment reportedly presents no evidence that Chambers funded such organisations, pointing only to transfers from US banks to Tunisia, where he had relocated and invested in businesses, social initiatives and the Club Africain football team. His partner, Stella Schnabel, describes the case as political persecution linked to his support for Palestinians in Gaza.
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Keir Starmer's Labour government is setting a dangerous precedent.
Instead of confronting the collapse in public trust that has driven millions of people away from legacy media and towards independent journalism online, the government appears intent on using the power of the state to prop up the very institutions the public is rejecting.
Confidence in much of the traditional media has been on the decline, while independent journalism has grown because people are actively seeking alternatives they believe better hold those in power to account and cover stories the mainstream too often overlooks or deliberately buries.
And this is exactly what an authoritarian government looks like: using the power of the state to protect a discredited media establishment while making it harder for independent voices to reach the public.
Watch out latest chat show "How Palestine Mainstreamed Alternative Media": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHYI0...
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The anonymous collective Israel Exposed has launched a searchable online database designed to preserve and organise evidence from Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
According to the collective, the archive currently contains more than 64,500 videos, 17,900 images, a searchable victim database, geolocation data, an interactive live map, and a source index covering material from more than 300 journalists and documentation projects. Additional material is expected to be added over time.
The collective says the archive is intended to preserve evidence for researchers, journalists, human rights investigators, and legal teams pursuing accountability. Its submission portal states that newly submitted footage is reviewed before being forwarded to organisations involved in documenting war crimes and international legal proceedings, including teams supporting cases before the International Criminal Court and International Court of Justice.
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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has removed board member Nika Soon-Shiong, publisher of Drop Site News, after she questioned why some Palestinian journalists had been excluded from CPJ’s Gaza death toll. The controversy comes as CPJ reviews its database of journalists and media workers killed in Gaza, with its current count reduced to 209 after 20 Palestinian names were removed.
CPJ says the review began after Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad published obituaries for individuals listed as journalists. CPJ removed eight names for alleged combatant status and 12 others for different reasons, while saying it excludes anyone “engaged in combat” or “inciting imminent violence”.
This comes months after whistleblowers accused CPJ of scrapping its Global Impunity Index because Israel was expected to rank first.
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New Slovenian prime minister Janez Janša's has announced that his government intends to relocate Slovenia's embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and suspend the previous government's recognition of a Palestinian state. Janša said the recognition was inconsistent with Slovenian law.
Janša's government has already reversed a previous ban on arms exports to Israel and another ban on Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and two of his ministers entering the country. If the embassy relocation proceeds, Slovenia would become the first European Union member state to establish its embassy in Jerusalem.
Former Prime Minister Robert Golob, whose government recognised a Palestinian state in 2024, said the decision recognised the Palestinian people's fundamental right to self-determination, which he described as being "in the Slovenian DNA."
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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says at least six foreign journalists have been denied entry to Israel over the past year because of their reporting.
The press freedom watchdog described the cases as part of a growing pattern that risks deterring independent scrutiny of Israel's policies and conduct in the occupied Palestinian territories, particularly as it continues to bar independent international media access to Gaza.
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday announced his resignation as Leader of the Labour Party.
Starmer authorised spy planes over Gaza from the moment he came into office in July 2024 until October 2025. The intelligence gathered was handed to the Israeli military in real-time.
In June 2025, Starmer's government also took the unprecedented action of proscribing non-violent direct action group Palestine Action as a terrorist group, making support for the organisation punishable by up to 14 years in prison.
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The Court of Appeal has upheld the UK's ban on Palestine Action, ruling that the government's decision to classify the activist group as a "terrorist" organisation was lawful.
The ruling overturns an earlier High Court judgment that deemed the proscription unlawful and disproportionate.
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BREAKING - Four Palestine Action-linked activists will be sentenced with a "terrorism connection”, a judge has ruled.
Leona Kamio, Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner and Fatema Rajwani appeared in Woolwich Crown Court today after having been convicted last month of criminal damage at an Elbit Systems UK factory.
This marks the first time in British history that direct action activists are sentenced under terrorism provisions.
"I am sure each of the defendant's offence involved serious damage to property, was designed to influence the UK government, to intimidate a section of the public, and was for the purpose of advancing a political or ideological cause,” Justice Johnson has ruled.
"It follows I am bound by this legislation to find that the offence in each case had a terrorist connection and apply that as an aggravating factor in increasing the seriousness of the offence".
Elbit Systems is Israel's largest arms company and manufactures a significant proportion of the Israeli military's drone fleet.
Israeli drones are widely used in mass-casualty attacks on Palestinians in Gaza. Data reviewed by campaigners shows Elbit Systems UK exports military equipment to Israel and that shipments have been made from the company's Filton facility.
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