2025-05-30: Palestine Roundup

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presstv.ir (2025-05-30). Israeli strikes kill scores of Gazans amid US-backed aid 'mockery'. presstv.ir Gaza's Civil Defense Agency says new Israeli strikes have killed dozens of people since early hours of Thursday morning.

newarab (2025-05-30). Israeli officials fear Palestine recognition at UN conference. newarab.com An increasing number of Israeli officials are also concerned that the conference, set to be held at the

newarab (2025-05-30). Without a Palestine strategy, the cause has 'fuel but no engine'. newarab.com From Brazil to Nearly as many UN nations Yet the occupation of Palestinian territories continues — expanding, more violen…

CUNY for Palestine, Popular Resistance. (2025-05-30). City University Of New York Hunger Strike for Gaza! popularresistance.org Starting May 27, 2025, students, faculty, and staff from the CUNY Graduate Center, School of Labor and Urban Studies, Baruch, and Brooklyn Colleges launched an indefinite hunger strike on the steps of the Graduate Center. Our demand is clear: that Chancellor Félix Matos Rodríguez and the CUNY Board of Trustees divest immediately from the zionist settler colonial state and from all weapons and tech manufacturers supporting the ongoing Israeli-US genocide in Gaza. | As Gaza faces mass starvation under total siege—with over 300 already starved to death, 14,000 babies at risk in the next 48 hours, and nearly a…

Staff (2025-05-30). Children, Civlians Burned Alive as Israeli Warplanes Target School, Home in Gaza. defenddemocracy.press By Palestine Chronicle Staff May 26, 2025 Eyewitnesses described a hellish scene of flames and screams after Israeli warplanes struck sites sheltering civilians. At least 50 Palestinians were killed on Monday morning in two Israeli airstrikes that targeted a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza City and a residential home in Jabaliya, northern Gaza. A medical …

Editor (2025-05-30). Students Achieve Israeli Divestment Victories on US College Campuses. scheerpost.com University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Pro Palestine students occupy the Arts West building at Melbourne University, renaming it 'Mahmoud's Hall', in honour of a Palestinian would-be Melbourne University student who was killed in Gaza. Matt Hrkac from Melbourne, Australia, CC BY 2.0 By Nora Barrows-Friedman / Two sig…

Daragh Cogley (2025-05-30). Ireland's Double Game: Anti-Colonial Rhetoric Meets Neoliberal Imperialism. counterpunch.org Ireland's political class loves to parade its progressive credentials, recognising a Palestinian state, condemning "illegal occupations," and delivering soaring declarations about human rights, but look beyond the speeches and into the trade figures, and the a much darker picture emerges. Despite being widely viewed as Europe's most "pro-Palestine" country, Ireland is, per person, the single

Palestine Justice Coalition (2025-05-30). Saturday 5/31: Free Palestine Protest. indybay.org Ocean at Water Street, Santa Cruz…

UMMID (2025-05-30). Eid al Adha 2025 Moon Sighting in Saudi Arabia Today: Live Updates. ummid.com The Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia and the Moon Sighting Committees in United Arab Emirate (UAE), Kuwait, Qatar, Iraq, Bahrain, Jordan, Palestine and other Arab states have appealed Muslims to spot the new moon of the Holy month of Dhul Hijjah today i.e. Tuesday 29th of Dhu al-Qadah 1446 AH, corresponding to May 27, 2025, to confirm the date and time of Eid al Adha 2025, and Hajj 2025 and Arafat Day.

greenleft.org.au (2025-05-30). Gaza defines the real values of Labor-Coalition. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-05-30). Israel must be sanctioned now. greenleft.org.au

Editor (2025-05-30). Jeremy Scahill: Shadowy Israeli-U.S. Aid Plan Is Weapon in 'Netanyahu's War of Annihilation' in Gaza. scheerpost.com By "The point of this is to lure Palestinians as though they're animals going into a cage, lure them with the bait of promise of aid, and then entrap them in the south of Gaza." As starving Palestinians in Gaza compete for the limited trickle of supplies admitted into the enclave by a new U.S.- and Israeli-backed humanitarian aid scheme, journalist Jeremy Scahill of Drop Site News says the sparse aid is actually another Israeli military tactic "meant to serve as part of Netanyahu's war of annihilation.

Tareq S. Hajjaj, Mondoweiss. (2025-05-30). Reports Of Killings, Abductions, And Missing Persons At US-Run Aid Center. popularresistance.org Muhammad Imad Abdel Hadi traveled from Khan Younis to Rafah on May 27 to obtain food after hearing that the American and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) was distributing aid in the Tal al-Sultan area. Amid the chaos that erupted at the distribution point, starving Palestinians desperate for food stormed the site and forced the American mercenaries manning it to retreat. | Muhammad was one of the people who managed to secure a food parcel for his family. He was on his way back with the joyful news when the Israeli army killed him before he could deliver it. | Muhammad's mother, Rehab Abdel Hadi,…

Ed Newman (2025-05-30). International doctors barred from entering Gaza and U.S. surgeon testifies that child protections in Gaza are gone. radiohc.cu United Nations, May 30 (RHC) ⚪ International doctors and healthcare workers report they're increasingly being blocked by Israel from entering Gaza, with specialists approved for exits but denied new entry visas in what advocates are calling an "undeclared medical siege."

Staff (2025-05-30). Inside Trump's New Gaza "Ceasefire" Proposal. defenddemocracy.press Jeremy Scahill, Sharif Abdel Kouddous, and Jawa Ahmad May 29, 2025 Drop Site obtained the "term sheet," circulated by Steve Witkoff. It would allow Israel to resume war after 60 days. A new proposal for a Gaza ceasefire spearheaded by Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, includes a 60-day initial truce, a "redeployment" of some …

Patrick Howlett-Martin (2025-05-30). A Minute of Silence for 25,000 Palestinian Children Killed and 17,000 Orphaned… is That Too Much? counterpunch.org On March 26, 2025, a physics and chemistry teacher at the Janot-Curie High School in the city of Sens (Yonne, France)) held a one-minute's silence to honor Palestinian children killed by Israeli bombings in Gaza with her sophomore class (students aged 16-17). She was immediately suspended and is now subject to disciplinary proceedings. The Dijon rectorate (regional education authority) deemed her

Max Blumenthal (2025-05-30). Israeli Mossad named as funder of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. thegrayzone.com Top Israeli lawmakers have accused their government of laundering massive sums through a shadowy network of US humanitarian and mercenary orgs. The weaponized aid initiative is the linchpin of Israel's plan to ethnically cleanse northern Gaza by forcing the starving population into concentration camp-like hubs. Israel's scheme to commandeer aid distribution in Gaza ended in chaos on May 27, with Israeli soldiers reportedly opening fire on stampeding crowds of hungry Palestinians after just 8000 boxes of rations were handed out …

Ed Newman (2025-05-30). Israel kills journalist Moataz Rajab ⚪ the 221st media worker killed in genocide. radiohc.cu Gaza City, May 30 (RHC) ⚪ Israeli attacks over the past two days have killed at least 55 people across Gaza. Among the dead is Palestinian journalist Moataz Rajab, who was killed along with four other civilians in an Israeli strike on his vehicle in Gaza City.

Ben Norton (2025-05-30). Poll: 82% of Israelis want to expel Palestinians from Gaza; 47% want to kill every man, woman, child. geopoliticaleconomy.com A poll found that 82% of full citizens of Israel want to expel Palestinians from Gaza. 47% want to kill every single man, woman, and child in Gaza. Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert wrote that Israel is waging a "war of extermination: the indiscriminate, unrestrained, cruel, and criminal killing of civilians".

aljazeera (2025-05-30). Climate activist Greta Thunberg to join aid ship effort to break Gaza siege. aljazeera.com The Freedom Flotilla Coalition plans second sailing after earlier attempt saw ship targeted in drone attack.

Caitlin Johnstone (2025-05-30). Gaza's Hospitals ARE The Target. caitlinjohnstone.com.au It's a relatively well-known fact that Israeli forces have attacked the Whenever anyone mentions this fact publicly they'll get Israel apologists babbling about "human s…

presstv.ir (2025-05-30). Houthi: Israel hell-bent on decimating Palestinian children in Gaza. presstv.ir Houthi says the Zionist regime is hell-bent on decimating Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip.

Ed Newman (2025-05-30). Scores of Gazans killed in Israeli strikes amid U.S.-backed aid mockery. radiohc.cu Gaza City, May 30 (RHC) ⚪ More than five dozen Palestinians have been killed in the latest Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip as the regime presses ahead with its brutal military campaign across the besieged Palestinian region.

presstv.ir (2025-05-30). Yemeni forces fire hypersonic missile at Ben Gurion Airport. presstv.ir The Yemeni armed forces have carried out another anti-Israel operation, targeting the regime's Ben Gurion Airport in response to the ongoing aggression against Palestinians in Gaza.

aljazeera (2025-05-30). Hamas says US ceasefire proposal means 'continuation of killing' in Gaza. aljazeera.com Israel has agreed to the deal, according to the US, but Hamas said it does not meet its demands and is under discussion.

_____ (2025-05-30). 'Murder weapon': Hunger ravages Gaza journalists under Israeli siege. Doja Daoud

Henry Giroux (2025-05-30). Against the Erasure Machine: Scholasticide, Memory and the Power of Pedagogy. counterpunch.org In an age where culture is the primary battlefield, authoritarianism thrives on ignorance, historical amnesia and the brutal aesthetics of cruelty, all normalized as common sense. This is a policy of scholasticide — a full-scale assault on the past — one that aims to erase not only history but the very capacity to critically engage with it. We witness this in Israel's genocidal war in Gaza, where education is methodically destroyed, universities obliterated and unimaginable violence becomes the foundation of daily life.

Seth Sandronsky (2025-05-30). Between Judaism and Zionism. counterpunch.org I began to read Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza by Peter Beinart (Knopf, 2025) as the governments of Canada, France and the UK publicly declared that the Palestinian people's suffering under Israel's 19-month onslaught is intolerable. A cynic might say that this recent opposition is more about public relations to shield the global public from

aljazeera (2025-05-30). Ending the "unjustified violence" in Gaza is a "US political decision" aljazeera.com Israeli onslaught in Gaza is shattering the medical system.

aljazeera (2025-05-30). Macron threatens sanctions on Israelis over Gaza aid crisis. aljazeera.com French president calls establishment of a Palestinian state 'a moral duty and a political necessity'.

greenleft.org.au (2025-05-30). Photos: End genocide, feed Gaza! greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-05-30). Packed forum discusses feminism in the time of Gaza. greenleft.org.au

Bar Peleg (2025-05-30). Actions by army endangered the lives of at least 54 Gaza hostages. haaretz.com The IDF claims it's doing everything in its power to prevent harming hostages held by Hamas. Yet, from the start of the war, Israeli military operations have repeatedly placed their lives at risk, killing at least 20. 'Where there is no information [about hostages' presence], the attack proceeds,' according to one IDF source…

Staff (2025-05-30). Senior Hamas official: Group to reject latest Gaza cease-fire proposal. haaretz.com GAZA: Hamas-run Health Ministry says one killed, 48 wounded during distribution of aid by Gaza Humanitarian Fund, who halted distribution ‚ñ ISRAEL: Hostage families call for end of war, hostage deal on day 600 of the war ‚ñ IRAN: Might allow U.S. inspectors to visit nuclear sites if deal is reached, nuclear chief says…

Jack Khoury (2025-05-30). As Israel awaits response, IDF intensifies offensive in northern Gaza. haaretz.com The military declared five locations in northern Gaza as 'dangerous combat zones' and called on residents to immediately move westward, towards the neighborhoods in Gaza City near the sea. Six people were killed overnight in an airstrike on a residential building in Jabalya…

Amos Harel (2025-05-30). Iran and the Gaza cease-fire expose deep rifts between Trump, Netanyahu and the IDF. haaretz.com Netanyahu is busy with trying to create distractions that will divert the conversation away from his failures, and Trump is tired of the antics…

Chaim Levinson (2025-05-30). The Gaza deal Israel agreed to: Trump to guarantee there will be talks to end the war. haaretz.com According to the cease-fire agreement — a copy of which has been obtained by Haaretz — Hamas will provide full information about the condition of the remaining hostages after releasing 10 of the living hostages and 18 bodies ‚ñ Israel has backed down from its demand to start negotiations to end the war only after the release of all the hostages…

Yossi Verter (2025-05-30). Trouble in Trumpland: From Gaza and Iran to a court date, dark clouds hover over Netanyahu. haaretz.com On every possible front, the Americans make have made it clear to Netanyahu that they have had enough of his foot-dragging ‚ñ According to our prime minister, Israel recorded zero achievement from the War of Independence to the Six-Day War ‚ñ The opposition has an alternative scenario for a transitional government…

Eden Solomon (2025-05-30). Far-right group block Gaza aid trucks at border for second time this week. haaretz.com The group, sanctioned by the U.S. and EU, vows to halt aid until all hostages are freed. 'We demand that no aid will enter for Hamas. Period,' said one activist, whose son was recently released from captivity…

Reuters (2025-05-30). France may toughen stance on Israel if it continues blocking Gaza aid, Macron says. haaretz.com 'The humanitarian blockade on Gaza is creating a situation that is untenable on the ground,' Macron said during his visit to Singapore, adding that 'If no response that meets the humanitarian situation in the coming days, we'll have to toughen our position'…

ICRC (2025-05-30). ICRC grieves two colleagues killed in strike in Gaza. icrc.org

ICRC (2025-05-30). Israel and the Occupied Territories: ICRC urges respect and protection of civilians, unhindered flow of humanitarian assistance as intolerable suffering mounts in Gaza. icrc.org

newarab (2025-05-30). As Gaza starves, Israel sends sheep to Senegal in 'PR stunt'. newarab.com Every year ahead of Tabaski, Senegal's But this year, "This isn't charity… It's a genocidal PR stunt", said Salio…

newarab (2025-05-30). Egypt struggles for relevance as Israel moves to conquer Gaza. newarab.com The catastrophic humanitarian crisis in Gaza has led to unprecedented pressure on Israel from even its staunchest Western allies, including the UK, France, and Canada, with the European Union (EU) considering Since Israel escalated its offensive in March 2025, the death toll in Gaza has surged. Earlier this month, Israel launched a

newarab (2025-05-30). Gazan refugees speak out on navigating life after October 7. newarab.com When Triggering

newarab (2025-05-30). 20-year-old quits top UK Jewish body over Israel's war on Gaza. newarab.com A 20-year-old member of the Student Daniel Grossman was one of 36 deputies of the 300-plus board who wrote an open letter condemning the w…

newarab (2025-05-30). Italy urges Israel to stop war on Gaza, respect humanitarian law. newarab.com Israel's Foreign Minister

newarab (2025-05-30). New Gaza ceasefire proposed as aid distribution system collapses. newarab.com

newarab (2025-05-30). Trump expected to announce Gaza truce under Witkoff plan. newarab.com Details have emerged of the amended ceasefire proposal forwarded by US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, after he announced on Wednesday his intention of securing a "long term solution" in Gaza. | The proposal states that On the first day of the deal coming into force, five…

WSWS (2025-05-30). Genocide in Gaza: Chancellor Merz gives himself an alibi. wsws.org The chancellor is trying to create an alibi for a crime against humanity that he has supported more unconditionally than almost any other German politician for a year and a half—without changing his policies in the slightest.

Leon Kunstenaar (2025-05-30). Senators Schiff and Padilla Go AWOL as Code Pink Tries to Deliver Petitions. indybay.org Schiff delivers Senate lecture on Trump's lawlessness and corruption as he funds bombs for genocide…

greenleft.org.au (2025-05-30). Jews Against the Occupation '48: Labor must act against genocide. greenleft.org.au

Editor (2025-05-30). Netanyahu Threatening To Upend US-Iran Talks By Attacking Iran. scheerpost.com Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Israel, May 25, 2025. (DHS photo by Tia Dufour) | By Dave DeCamp / The New York Times The report said that the threat from Israel led to a…

Ed Newman (2025-05-29). Deliberate Israeli mismanagement of desperately needed aid is killing more Palestinians in Gaza. radiohc.cu Gaza City, May 30 (RHC) ⚪ In Gaza, at least two people were crushed to death and two others fatally shot Wednesday as thousands of starving Palestinians rushed a United Nations humanitarian aid distribution warehouse in Deir al-Balah, tearing open its metal walls in a desperate attempt to find food.

Ed Newman (2025-05-29). Namibia marks first National Genocide Remembrance Day with calls for reparations from Germany. radiohc.cu Windhoek, May 30 (RHC) ⚪ Namibia has issued fresh calls for reparations from Germany as Namibia marked its first national Genocide Remembrance Day on Wednesday.

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