When Donald Trump sealed the ceasefire in Gaza, he proclaimed the advent of a "golden age" for the Middle East, a promise of prosperity and peace that was supposed to transform the regionBut the reality on the ground is quite different: four months after the agreement, there have been only 17 days without Israeli attacks against the civilian population. The army has not only failed to withdraw, but is actually advancing along the "yellow line" that demarcates the territory of the Gaza Strip under Israeli control. Meanwhile, leaders and investors are rubbing their hands together at the prospect of turning Gaza, under Donald Trump's lifetime presidency, into a real estate development hub.

Kayed Hammad is a Palestinian actor, filmmaker, and activist. After years of helping to explain the reality of Gaza under Israeli attacks, in 2025 he and his family fled and settled in Spain, from where he continues to fight to raise awareness about the desperate situation in his homeland. On January 29, Hammad will be one of the featured artists at the Act x Palestine concert, which will take place at the Palau Sant Jordi and during which he will speak with actor Eduard Fernández.

On January 29, 2024, the Palestinian Red Crescent emergency service received a call from Layan Hamadeh, a very distressed 15-year-old girl who said that the car she and her family were fleeing Gaza City in had been attacked by the Israeli army, and that her parents were dead. "They're shooting at us! We're in a car, and the tank is right next to us!" the girl was heard saying before a burst of gunfire silenced her voice. When Red Crescent operators called the cell phone, it was answered by a six-year-old girl, Hind Rajab, Layan's cousin, who had also been in the car. Terrified, she explained that all the other occupants of the car were dead: her aunt and uncle and her three cousins. Between sobs, she pleaded for rescue: "I'm so scared, please come. Get me out of here." On February 10, after the Israeli army withdrew, Hind's family was able to enter the city and find the car containing the bodies of the girl, her aunt, uncle, and cousins. A subsequent investigation revealed the vehicle had sustained 355 bullet impacts.

The Gazan journalist Wael Dahdouh has, unwillingly, become a living legend in Palestine. His face – helmeted, wearing a flak jacket marked “Press” – now appears in murals painted by graffiti artists on walls across the world. From the first hours of Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza, the veteran reporter and Al Jazeera’s bureau chief in the Strip was broadcasting live, day and night, on screens throughout the Arab world. With a calm, didactic tone and the precision of someone who knows every inch of the territory and has a deep network of contacts, he narrated the unfolding war.

Israel’s Knesset has taken the first step toward passing the annexation of the occupied West Bank into law, approving a preliminary reading of a proposal that would require Israel to apply “laws and sovereignty in the settlement areas in Judea and Samaria [their term for the West Bank” - the sovereign state of Israel].

"It was the most intense three weeks I can remember." Baxi Manresa president Josep Maria Herms and club manager Carles Sixto have been on the phone for the past three weeks, managing the organization of the match against Hapoel Jerusalem. Talks with both government and police agencies were constant during 21 tense days that culminated in the Eurocup matchday three.

The ceasefire agreement in Gaza remains in place five days after it came into effect, although the facts demonstrate its fragility. Residents of the Gaza Strip are still awaiting the massive influx of humanitarian aid, and the Israeli army has continued to carry out targeted attacks, which have left a dozen dead in the past two days, according to medical sources in the Palestinian enclave.

Silence. This is what we feel for the first time in seven months from the Gaza border. No explosions, no roar of fighter jets and helicopters, no roar of cannon fire. Only the drone of some drone. The sky, clear of smoke. On the other side of the fence with which Israel cages the Strip, we can see the devastated land after two years of indiscriminate bombing. Jabalia, Beit Hanoun, and Beit Lahia are mountains of black rubble, scorched earth. In the background, Gaza City can be seen, where some tall buildings still stand. At twelve noon, the ceasefire went into effect, and the Israeli army withdrew to the yellow line marked on the maps of Trump's plan, and has withdrawn from 47% of Gaza's territory. However, Netanyahu has made it clear that he intends to keep his troops inside Gaza until Hamas has disarmed.

The day before the second anniversary of the Gaza war, indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas resumed this Monday in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh, with Donald Trump's plan on the table. After two years of indiscriminate bombings that have destroyed 98% of the houses, have left hospitals destroyed or understaffed, have destroyed farmland, and with seven months of blockade on the entry of humanitarian aid that has caused the worst hunger crisis on the planet, a prospect opens up not of peace but at least of de-escalation. Trump seems determined to put a stop to Israel's genocidal offensive, but by imposing draconian conditions on the Palestinians. Europe and the Arab countries support him: there is no alternative plan. And knowing he holds the upper hand, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sent a technical delegation with no decision-making power. Sources in Egypt, the mediator and host of the talks, have already warned that "there will be no quick agreement."

The ship Family, where the former mayor of Barcelona, ​​​​Ada Colau, and other activists leading the Global Sumud Flotilla were traveling on their way to Gaza, has suffered technical problems that prevented it from continuing. However, the crew of the vessel have been relocated to other ships in the flotilla so that the mission can continue. In fact, this Friday the Flotilla set sail from Crete to begin its last leg towards Gaza, where they intend to break the Israeli blockade to try to bring in humanitarian aid.

In the historic district of San Sebastián (Alde Zaharra or Lo Viejo, as it is known) is the restaurant La Cepa, where it is likely that the journalists accredited to the San Sebastián Festival have dined at some point because the food is good, it has a good quality/price ratio and it is not far from the Teatro Principal, where the press screenings are held. But surely more than one of you discovered this Wednesday at the screening ofA ghost in battle La Cepa is also where San Sebastián City Councillor Gregorio Ordóñez was eating when ETA shot him in the head in 1995.

Half of Catalans agree or strongly agree with severing trade ties with Israel for the duration of the Gaza war. And nearly half (48%) want to cut ties with Russia for the duration of the war in Ukraine. However, the opinion of maintaining relations with both states is truly a minority one: less than 20% of the population supports it. These are the initial conclusions of the Survey on Coexistence and Security in Catalonia, commissioned by the Catalan International Institute for Peace (ICIP), which confirms that the Catalan population has a similar view regarding Israel and Russia.

Chinese diplomacy is known for adhering to the principle of "non-interference" and maintaining neutrality, regardless of the scale of the catastrophe ahead. Unlike the United States, China has wasted no effort in telling other countries what they should or should not do. Its international action has traditionally focused on another strategic arm: business.

After nearly two years of war, the Israeli army launched what appears to be the final ground assault on Tuesday to conquer Gaza City, the largest urban center in the Strip, with an estimated population of 600,000 people, which has grown to one million in recent months due to the arrival of refugees fleeing the attacks. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made this decision despite knowing that the military operation will cause significant civilian casualties among Palestinians, who no longer have shelter. It is estimated that only 140,000 people have obeyed the Israeli army's evacuation order. In fact, early last morning the city was subjected to intense bombardment prior to the deployment of two tank and infantry divisions. The current death toll for the day is 85 Gazans killed by the bombardments and another three from hunger.

It is certainly moving to read a piece from the diary. The World entitled "Inside story of one of Almeida's saddest days: from the chaos of the Vuelta to the threat to the NFL and Formula 1... and with theenemy Albert of Monaco as a witness." Leaving aside the newspaper's fondness for long, convoluted headlines, suitable only for experts in the field, the truth is that it allows us to grasp how the pro-Palestinian protests of the Vuelta a España have hit the nerve where they do the most damage to the Madrid elites because they have done the most damage to the Madrid elites. business friendly that they have been sculpting for years with their ideological hegemony.

Wearing kippahs and resting their hands on the Western Wall, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sealed their two countries' alliance from Jerusalem. "I think [Rubio's] visit here is a testament to the durability, the strength of the Israeli-American alliance. It is as strong and enduring as the stones of the Western Wall that we just touched," said the Israeli leader from the holiest site for Jews.

More than 1,300 film and audiovisual professionals from around the world have signed a manifesto committing the signatories to not working with Israeli festivals, production companies, distributors, television networks, or other institutions that they consider "implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people." The document, titled Film workers pledge to end complicity, was promoted by the organization Film Workers for Palestine and was made public this Monday.

Hamas released a video this Friday showing two hostages the Islamist group is holding in the Strip's capital, in an attempt to pressure Israel to stop the indiscriminate bombing of the civilian population. The two hostages are Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Evyatar Daviv, who have been held captive for 700 days. But far from achieving even a pause in the punishment against Gaza City, the Israeli army has further intensified the bombing, and this Friday afternoon the armed forces issued a forced evacuation order for the residents of the city's tallest residential building, reported the Al-Jaze television network.

Four days after a demonstration in support of the Palestinian people crossed the streets of the Lido, the Venice Film Festival hosted this Wednesday the premiere of The Voice of Hind Rajab, by Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania, which denounces the murder of six-year-old Hind Rajab at the hands of the Israeli army. The film had generated great expectations, especially due to the comments made by the Mostra's artistic director, Alberto Barbera, who, during the presentation of the program, warned of the film's dramatic force and controversial potential. This concern translated into tightened security controls at the entrances to the festival area. Thus, with a few minutes' delay, the screening of the film that has become the main contender for the Golden Lion of the Festival began.

I walk up from the cove to get the car after a swim. To follow the path, I have to look up. It's been raining for the past few days. Behind the luminous green tops of the pines, the sky is a massive block of blue glass, perfected by the north wind.