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Many of the figures emerging as key players in the new US-backed administration for Gaza were central to Washington’s Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), the Financial Times (FT) reported.

The GHF was a deadly US-Israeli aid scheme introduced in May, which was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of starving Palestinian aid seekers.

https://thecradle.co/articles/founders-of-deadly-ghf-shaping-new-us-backed-administration-for-gaza-report

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Soumaya Ghannoushi, a British-Tunisian writer and expert on Middle East politics, says that the world has entered “an age of open thuggery”, as the brutality Israel tested on Palestinians is now being normalised elsewhere.

“What was tested on Palestinians is now being normalised elsewhere,” Ghannoushi said, referring to what the Trump administration is doing in Venezuela, and openly planning to do in Cuba, Mexico and Greenland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNvAAreAvkA

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Hunger Strikers’ Demands Met on 73rd Day as Three End Strike

January 14, 2026

Today, Kamran Ahmed, Heba Muraisi and Lewie Chiaramello announce their decision to end their hunger strikes as Elbit Sytems UK was denied a crucial Government contract, a key demand of the hunger strikers.

Heba Muraisi, Kamran Ahmed, Lewie Chiaramello, Teuta Hoxha, Jon Cink, Qesser Zuhrah, and Amu Gib have now all begun re-feeding in accordance with health guidelines. It was announced today that Elbit Systems lost out on a £2 billion contract that would have seen them train 60,000 British troops each year. Since 2012, Elbit have won over 10 public contracts, marking a shift in their popularity amongst officials.

The £2 billion contract, which would have seen Elbit provide training to the British Army over ten years, was lost despite the best efforts of officials both in the Ministry of Defence …

"On 12 January, I filed a criminal complaint with the public prosecutor of the Canton of Zurich against Nicoletta della Valle, the former director of Fedpol, Switzerland’s national police agency.

The complaint alleges abuse of office related to my illegal arrest and detention in Zurich a year ago.

On 24 January 2025, I entered Switzerland legally. The following day, I was abducted off the street by plainclothes officers while I was on my way to speak at a public event about the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza. I was forcibly dragged into an unmarked car and taken to prison.

I was detained for three days, while being deprived of contact with my family and the outside world, then taken to the airport, handcuffed and in a cage, and deported."

https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/why-i-filed-criminal-charges-against-switzerlands-former-top-cop

A new report by Irish independent media outlet the Ditch has revealed that a ship carrying a massive “440 tonnes of munitions” to so-called ‘Israel’ was insured by an Irish company.

NorthStandard EU DAC, a subsidiary of British-based NorthStandard Ltd, provided cover to the Holger G, a Portuguese registered vessel. It is owned by German shipping company Reederei Gerdes.

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2026/01/13/irish-company-insures-ship-arming-israel/

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Over 100 Palestinian children in Gaza have been killed by Israeli occupation forces since the start of the US-sponsored ceasefire that began in early October, UNICEF spokesperson James Elder revealed on 13 January.

Elder described the pace of murders as “roughly one girl or boy killed every day. During a ceasefire,” adding that the deaths occurred despite a reduction in overall violence.

https://thecradle.co/articles/israeli-troops-kill-over-100-palestinian-children-in-gaza-during-ceasefire-unicef

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"'I don’t think about my life, I think about how or when I could die, but despite this, mentally I’ve never been stronger, more determined and sure, and most importantly, I feel calm and a great sense of ease.'"

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/13/uk-hunger-striker-heba-muraisi-i-think-about-how-or-when-i-could-die

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"Israel plans to start work next month on a bypass road that will close off the heart of the occupied West Bank to Palestinians and cement the de facto annexation of an area critical for the viability of a future Palestinian state.

"The road is a key part of the blueprint for a vast illegal new settlement in the E1 area east of Jerusalem, which would fragment the occupied West Bank. The Israeli finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, said the plans were intended to 'bury the idea of a Palestinian state'."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/13/israel-start-construction-bypass-west-bank-illegal-settlement

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