Israeli settlers set fire to the Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Mosque near Nablus before dawn prayers on the first Monday of Ramadan, spraying ‘Price Tag’ graffiti on its walls — as Israeli occupation forces conducted simultaneous raids, arrests, and a home demolition across the West Bank.
In a Tucker Carlson interview, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said it would be ‘fine’ if Israel took all the biblical territory described in Genesis — a comment that triggered condemnations from fourteen Arab and Muslim nations, Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry, and the OIC, while the White House remained silent.
A landmark report by the Committee to Protect Journalists documents how 58 of 59 Palestinian journalists released from Israeli custody since October 2023 describe being subjected to torture or abuse — including beatings, sexual violence, starvation, stress positions, and psychological threats against their families.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the killing of 19-year-old Palestinian-American Nasrallah Abu Siam, who was shot and beaten by Israeli settlers in the West Bank village of Mukhmas while trying to prevent them from stealing his community’s sheep. Three others were wounded in the same attack.
Contracting records reviewed by the Guardian reveal the Trump administration’s Board of Peace is planning a 5,000-person military installation covering more than 350 acres in southern Gaza — complete with armored watchtowers, bunkers, and a firing range — on land whose ownership is unclear and where 1.9 million displaced Palestinians now live.
On the first day of Ramadan, Israeli occupation forces imposed sweeping movement restrictions around Al-Aqsa Mosque — capping West Bank access at 10,000 worshippers and issuing more than 250 expulsion orders — while simultaneously demolishing a residential building housing over 40 Palestinians in Hebron.
Immigration Judge Nina Froes terminated deportation proceedings against Mohsen Mahdawi — a Palestinian Columbia University graduate student and refugee camp-born lawful permanent resident — after the Trump administration failed to properly authenticate the key evidence in its case: a memo by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

A Palestinian Worker Said ‘Free Palestine’ at the Winter Olympics. Italy Fired Him.
A Palestinian worker at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics was dismissed after saying ‘Free Palestine’ toward a group of Israeli fans at the Cortina Sliding Centre, reigniting debate in Italy over free expression and the reach of Olympic ‘political neutrality’ rules.