Weekly Recap | 19-01-2025

Gaza ceasefire begins after Israel uses delay to kill at least 19 Palestinians. [1]

Qatar’s Prime Minister reveals that the ceasefire deal has the same points of the one drafted 13 months ago. [1]

"13 months of a waste, of negotiating details that [have] no meaning and aren’t worth any single life that we lost in Gaza, or any single life of those hostages."
– Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Prime Minister of Qatar

Several military vets and protestors disrupted the confirmation hearing of Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick for Defense Secretary in his incoming cabinet. [1]

"Twenty years of illegal war and genocide in Gaza! That’s your recruiting crisis."
– Greg Stoker, US Army Veteran

Journalist Max Blumenthal and Sam Husseini disrupt Blinken last press conference. [1]

"How does it feel to have your legacy be genocide?"
– Max Blumenthal, American journalist, author, blogger, and filmmaker

Illegal settlers keep attacking Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. [1] [2] [3]

London Met police arrests one of the organizers of Gaza rally after imposing restrictions banning protesters from marching towards the headquarters of the BBC. [1]

Veteran UK MPs, Corbyn and McDonnell, are set to be interviewed by police after pro-Palestinian rally. [1]

A Columbia Law School professor, who openly supported students facing repercussions from the university for protesting in favor of Palestinian rights, says she was dismissed after 25 years of service. [1]