2025-06-01: Palestine Roundup

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Angela (2025-06-01). Friday 6/6: Virtual Action Hour for Palestine. indybay.org

Angela (2025-06-01). Friday 6/6: Webinar: Palestine Solidarity Announcements. indybay.org

Palestine Info. (2025-06-01). Global Coalition Of 32 Countries To March Into Gaza On Foot. popularresistance.org In an unprecedented move, a coalition of trade unions, human rights groups, and solidarity movements from over 32 countries has launched the "Global March to Gaza", aiming to enter the besieged Strip on foot. The initiative responds to the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where a nearly 20-month Israeli siege has left over two million Palestinians on the brink of famine. | Saif Abu Kishk, president of the International Coalition Against Israeli Occupation, stated the march aims to stop the genocide being carried out by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF), deliver immediate humanitarian aid, and pressure for the…

albawaba (2025-06-01). Video: Elderly couple skip daily meal for Gaza. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – An American elderly couple recently went viral after taking to social media with a video saying that they are skipping their daily meal as part of a partial hunger strike for Gaza. This comes in protest of the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Strip since Oct. 7, 2023. 88-year-old American journalist, June Forsyth Kenagy, alongside her 98-year-old husband, stated that this is the best they can do, since they suffer from ongoing medical issues. The couple received widespread praise from pro-Palestine and human rights activists for their humanity and compassion. During the clip, Kenagy said, "In solidari…

Editor (2025-06-01). UK Palestine Solidarity Campaign Official Admits Working With Former Israeli Spy. scheerpost.com By David Miller / MintPressNews Meet Ben Soffa, the national secretary of the UK-based Palestine Solidarity Campaign. You would think he was a dedicated pro-Palestine campaigner. He has, after all, worked since 2013 at the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, the lead UK group organising the massive demonstrations in solidarity with Palestine over the last two years. …

Carley Riggins (2025-06-01). Local organizers win divestment victory in Summit County, Ohio. liberationnews.org Lessons of a successful campaign in solidarity with Palestine.

greenleft.org.au (2025-06-01). Gaza defines the real values of Labor-Coalition. greenleft.org.au

Barry Sheppard, Malik Miah (2025-06-01). United States: Trump aims to crush the pro-Palestinian movement, but we can defeat him. greenleft.org.au In the United States, an investigation by the New York Times has revealed that far-right think tank, the Heritage Foundation developed a blueprint, named Project Esther, in October 2023 to destroy the burgeoning pro-Palestine and anti-war movement, by claiming "all critics of Israel" are agents of Hamas. Barry Sheppard and Malik Miah report.

greenleft.org.au (2025-06-01). Israel must be sanctioned now. greenleft.org.au

newarab (2025-06-01). Cambridge University students relaunch Palestine encampment. newarab.com

newarab (2025-06-01). Irish MMA fighter shouts 'Free Palestine' as he beats Israeli. newarab.com McCorry, 27, beat Israel's Shuki Farage at Cage Warriors 189 event in Rome, Italy, with a unanimous decision. In videos shared online, McCorry appeared to be the much stronger opponent, hitting at Farage on multiple occasions. |

Contributing Writers (2025-06-01). Heather McPherson MP Canadian Doctors back from Gaza pt 1. marktanliano.net

Lowkey, MintPress News. (2025-06-01). Susan Abulhawa: Censored At Oxford After Witnessing Gaza Genocide. popularresistance.org Few Western voices have braved the gates of Gaza during Israel's ongoing military assault. Fewer still have returned to tell the story. Susan Abulhawa, a Palestinian-American writer and humanitarian, is one of them. | In this sobering episode of "The Watchdog," Abulhawa sits down with host Lowkey to describe the irreversible psychological toll of witnessing Israel's war on Gaza from inside the Strip and the political price of telling the truth in the West. | "I wish I never left," she says, recounting her time in Gaza earlier this year. "I left thinking I was going to come back in a couple of months to resupply a…

News Desk, The Cradle. (2025-06-01). Brazilian Oil Unions Demand Energy Embargo On Israel. popularresistance.org Two of Brazil's largest federations of oil trade unions have called on the country's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to impose an energy embargo on Israel over its brutal war against the Gaza Strip. | The National Federation of Oil Workers and the Single Federation of Oil Workers signed a letter to the Brazilian president and a number of his ministers urging the government to take a firmer stance against the genocidal war against Palestinians. | The federations said Brazil must do more than make public statements and impose a full ban on oil sales to Israel in an effort to actively prevent the "ongoing Nakba"

Pavan Kulkarni, People's Dispatch. (2025-06-01). Colonial Mining Fuels Israeli Genocide: Global Protests Target Glencore. popularresistance.org In a protest against Glencore, one of the world's largest mining conglomerates fueling Israel's genocide in Gaza and devastating the environment of the local communities in the mining towns in Africa and South America, activists organized a global day of action on Wednesday, May 28. | Demonstrations were reported in South Africa, Colombia, Peru, Germany, and Switzerland, where the Anglo-Swiss multinational held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) that day. | The company's shareholders have gathered in Switzerland "to celebrate the record profits" it makes by extracting and transporting coal to "the genocidal state o…

SKWAWKBOX (2025-06-01). Zionists wish for death of Thunberg, Cunningham and other Gaza Freedom Flotilla crew. skwawkbox.org Humanitarian campaigners taking food to Gaza targeted by Israel apologists — one jokes about complaint At least two leading Israel supporters have called or appeared to wish for the deaths of humanitarian activists crewing the Gaza Freedom Flotilla vessel Madleen, which set off for Gaza today from Sicily — including environment and anti-genocide activist Greta …

Abdallah Aljazzar (2025-06-01). The Genocide in Gaza Isn't Just Attacking Our Bodies, It's Erasing Our Memories. truthout.org On the morning of May 6, I walked the dust-choked path to al-Sham Café — a café only in name. It's just a sagging tent like the one I sleep in. Something no one would ever choose, unless life gave them no choice. The air still stank of fear. Ash floated in the breeze, and the sky hung low, gray and heavy with the ghosts of uncertainty. Then I heard it: "Abood." Abood. Only my loved ones… |

Staff (2025-06-01). Gaza 'hungriest place on Earth', all its people at risk of famine, UN warns. defenddemocracy.press May 31, 2025 Calling on Israel to stop its campaign of deliberate starvation, UN says its mission to help Gaza is the 'most obstructed in recent history'. Gaza is the "hungriest place on Earth" and its entire population is at risk of famine, warns the United Nations, as desperate Palestinians are shot at, starved, and …

SKWAWKBOX (2025-06-01). Follow the Gaza Freedom Flotilla's progress through the new 'Madleen tracker'. skwawkbox.org Humanitarian aid vessel is leaving Catania and is en route to break Israel's starvation blockade The Madleen, the Gaza Freedom Flotilla's humanitarian vessel sailing to Gaza with aid to break Israel's starvation blockade of two million civilians after a bombing attack by Israeli drones near Malta badly damaged its predecessor the Conscience, half of them …

SKWAWKBOX (2025-06-01). Video: dozens killed as Israeli tanks, drones open fire on refugees at food distribution centre. skwawkbox.org US-Israeli 'aid' centre claims all went smoothly as at least 50 starving civilians massacred and hundreds wounded At least 50 Palestinians were killed and hundreds others wounded on Sunday after Israeli tanks opened fire on civilians seeking aid at a US-Israeli-run, mercenary-operated 'aid' distribution site in Al-Mawasi, southern Gaza. The so-called 'Gaza Humanitarian Foundation' (GHF) …

Pressenza New York (2025-06-01). Interview with Veterans and Allies: 10 Days into the "Fast for Gaza" at the United Nations in NYC. pressenza.com As international pressure mounts on Israel to end the starvation of Gaza's population, Pressenza speaks with members of In this video, we hear from: | Mike Ferner, former National Director of Veterans For Peace | Phil Tottenham, Marine Corps veteran and VFP member | Joy Metzler, VFP member and conscientious objector | Ken Ashe, VFP member | Russell Brown, Mari…

tn.ai (2025-06-01). Killing Under Aid Camouflage: Gaza Starves Under Israel's Watchful Guns. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — A controversial aid initiative backed by the Israeli regime and the US has come under heavy criticism following deadly violence at a food distribution point in Gaza, raising concerns over the use of humanitarian aid as a tool for control and surveillance.

Ben Norton (2025-06-01). Poll: 82% of 'Israelis' Want To Expel Palestinians From Gaza; 47% Want To Kill Every Man, Woman, Child. orinocotribune.com

tn.ai (2025-06-01). Israeli Strike Kills 26 at Aid Distribution Point in Rafah. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — An Israeli airstrike targeted an aid distribution site in Rafah, the Gaza Strip, killing at least 26 people, Palestinian media reported on Sunday.

tn.ai (2025-06-01). Humanitarian Disaster Deepens As US-Backed Aid Sites Become Killing Grounds. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Gaza's entire population is now facing hunger, while humanitarian access has been slashed to a fraction of its previous capacity, according to the head of a leading medical charity who condemned US-Israeli aid operations as tools of control and murder.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2025-06-01). Israel mató a 30 palestinos e hirió a 150 en centro de ayuda gazatí. radiohc.cu La Habana, 1 jun (RHC) Al menos 30 palestinos murieron y otros 150 resultaron heridos hoy cuando el Ejército israelí abrió fuego contra civiles que se dirigían a recibir ayuda humanitaria en un punto de distribución en el sur de Gaza.

Middle East Monitor (2025-06-01). The Madeleine ship: A Message of Solidarity with Gaza and resolve to break the Blockade. juancole.com by Zaher Birawi ( Middle East Monitor ) — On Sunday, June 1st, a small ship from the International Freedom Flotilla Coalition will set sail from the port of Catania in Sicily (Italy). The coalition named the ship "Madeleine" in honour of Palestinian fisherwoman Madeleine Kullab, the youngest professional fisherwoman in the world and the …

Caitlin Johnstone (2025-06-01). New Painting: Never Forget What They Did To Gaza. thealtworld.com I've done a new painting based on a Never Forget What They Did To Gaza | Oil on canvas. ⚪

Staff (2025-06-01). Israel, US say 'unacceptable' as Hamas gives Gaza truce response. defenddemocracy.press More from Hamas's Basem Naim Despite Steve Witkoff's proposal falling short of Hamas's demands, the Palestinian group "responded positively and in a very responsible manner", Naim says. "We have said, 'OK — based on the dire situation on the ground, the needs of our people, we have to find a way to find common ground …

Staff (2025-06-01). The Catastrophe in Gaza, 600 Days and Counting. defenddemocracy.press By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan May 29, 2025 "Six-hundred days on, the humanitarian situation in Gaza is at its darkest point yet," reads the latest statement by the UN's Humanitarian Country Team of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which coordinates Palestinian aid. Israel has kept Gaza under a near total siege for three months, preventing …

Staff (2025-06-01). Israel's New Campaign in Gaza Has No Legitimacy, No Point and No Restraints. defenddemocracy.press May 8, 2025 Operation Gideon's Chariots in the Gaza Strip is destined to fail. Even before it has begun, it is clear that it will not achieve its goals and that it lacks all legitimacy in the eyes of many Israelis and, of course, in the eyes of the world. Therefore, these chariots must be …

The Media Line Staff (2025-06-01). IDF Probes Alleged Strike Near Gaza Aid Site as Civilian Casualty Claims Mount. themedialine.org

mforinoco (2025-06-01). 'Israel'-Backed Militias Linked to ISIS Loot Gaza Aid Under IDF Watch. orinocotribune.com By Robert Inklakesh — May 29, 2025 | Israeli officials often claim that Hamas has been looting aid heading to Gaza, yet the evidence suggests the opposite. New reports and eyewitness accounts indicate that Israel is backing ISIS-linked militants who are working to replace Hamas security forces and are looting humanitarian aid under the watchful eye of IDF drones. | New

tn.ai (2025-06-01). Only Use of Force Can Halt Israel's Gaza Offensive: Yemeni Official. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — A senior Yemeni official said military pressure is the only way to stop Israeli atrocities against Gaza, emphasizing that Israel responds only to force.

aljazeera (2025-06-01). Israel kills 32 Palestinians waiting for food at US-backed Gaza aid sites. aljazeera.com Troops gun down starving crowds, capping deadly first week of operations for controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

aljazeera (2025-06-01). Gaza doctor dies after Israeli bombing killed nine of his children. aljazeera.com Gaza Doctor Hamdi al-Najjar has died 8 days after being wounded in an Israeli strike that killed nine of his children.

aljazeera (2025-06-01). Why Hamas is seeking to change the US-proposed Gaza ceasefire deal. aljazeera.com Hamas claims the response was positive but with added provisions. Still, they've drawn criticism from the US and Israel.

aljazeera (2025-06-01). Saudi Arabia calls Israel barring Arab ministers West Bank trip 'extremism'. aljazeera.com Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE ministers planned visit to discuss Palestinian statehood and ending Gaza war.

aljazeera (2025-06-01). Anne Frank's relative criticises Netanyahu as "fanatical" aljazeera.com Oliver Elias, the great cousin of Anne Frank, condemns Israel and Benjamin Netanyahu, for its war on Gaza.

aljazeera (2025-06-01). Video: Activist Greta Thunberg and Game of Thrones actor to sail to Gaza. aljazeera.com Activist Greta Thunberg boarded a vessel that she says will try to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza.

greenleft.org.au (2025-06-01). Photos: End genocide, feed Gaza! greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-06-01). Packed forum discusses feminism in the time of Gaza. greenleft.org.au

Jack Khoury (2025-06-01). Hamas: 31 killed, 170 wounded in IDF strike near Gaza aid site; Israeli army denies. haaretz.com The Israeli army released a statement following its initial investigation, saying troops 'did not fire at civilians while they were near or within the humanitarian aid distribution site' ‚ñ The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said no unusual incidents took place during aid distribution on Sunday…

Staff (2025-06-01). Israeli army intercepts missile fired from Yemen that triggered sirens in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem. haaretz.com CEASE-FIRE: Hamas says it did not reject U.S. proposal; Egypt and Qatar say mediation efforts continue ‚ñ GAZA: Hamas says it is ready to start a new round of indirect talks on cease-fire, hostage deal ‚ñ IRAN: Iranian FM stresses Iran's cooperation after report about Iran's increasing uranium stockpiles ‚ñ LEBANON: One killed in drone strike on motorcycle…

Yael Freidson (2025-06-01). is a time of repair; time to make hostages the top. haaretz.com Protesters have gathered in Jerusalem every Saturday since six Israeli hostages were killed in a tunnel in southern Gaza in September. One says many religious Zionists identify with the call to bring home the hostages, but fear being identified politically with the protest…

Jack Khoury (2025-06-01). Gazan Doctor who lost nine children in Israeli strike dies of wounds. haaretz.com Hamdi al-Najjar, father of ten, was severely wounded in an Israeli strike on their Khan Yunis home in May. At the time of writing, only two family members have survived — the mother, Alaa, and her son, Adam, who was also seriously wounded…

Adi Hashmonai (2025-06-01). Arab-Israeli MK to thousands of anti-war protesters: Has Won, and Gaza Will. haaretz.com The protest route was altered at the last minute after police withheld approval, objecting to the call for a Palestinian state and the display of Palestinian flags. Authorities, including the mayor of Haifa, cited concerns that such elements could provoke tensions and disturb public order…

Amir Tibon (2025-06-01). With the eyes on Gaza, Netanyahu hits fast-forward on West Bank annexation. haaretz.com As global attention remains fixed on the Gaza war, Netanyahu's government accelerates settlement expansion and annexation moves in the West Bank — threatening regional stability and dimming prospects for Palestinian statehood…

Amos Harel (2025-06-01). Hamas seeks U.S. guarantees war resume as Trump pushes for Gaza deal. haaretz.com Trump and his emissaries talk directly to Netanyahu, and his envoys are in direct contact with Hamas' leaders outside the Gaza Strip. The question is whether Hamas can be persuaded that the U.S. president will keep his word and force Netanyahu to end the war…

Bar Peleg (2025-06-01). Families of Israeli hostages warn against continued fight in Gaza. haaretz.com In wake of Haaretz expose revealing the extent to which the Israeli mlitary has endangered the lives of hostages in Gaza, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum stated: 'No one can now claim they didn't know the cost of continuing the fighting'…

Jack Khoury (2025-06-01). Israeli army chief orders expansion of Gaza offensive, establishment of more aid centers. haaretz.com IDF chief Eyal Zamir made the statement during a visit to southern Gaza ‚ñ Egypt and Qatar say they are continuing to work to advance a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas…

Liza Rozovsky (2025-06-01). The number of anti-Israel measures are mounting, but this diplomatic tsunami is reversible. haaretz.com Threats of West Bank annexation and the ongoing disaster in Gaza have made Israel's image across the world worse than ever. The damage is still reversible, even though experts say that significant damage has been done…

ICRC (2025-06-01). ICRC grieves two colleagues killed in strike in Gaza. icrc.org

ICRC (2025-06-01). 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 (2025-06-01). PSG fans urge end to Gaza genocide during Champions League final. newarab.com

newarab (2025-06-01). Gaza: Israel kills 31 Palestinians in massacre at aid hub. newarab.com Israeli forces opened fire on crowds of starving Palestinians at two aid sites in Gaza on Sunday, killing at least 32 people and injuring more than 230 others. | The site is operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, an Israel-backed organisation attempting to circumvent the UN-coordinated humanitarian effort. | Israel committed "a new massacre against hungry civilians who had gathered at the so-called 'humanitarian aid' distribution sites", Hamas said in a statement, calling the GHF sites "mass death traps, not humanitarian relief points". | The Israeli military and the GHF have denied that anyone was kill…

newarab (2025-06-01). Gaza doctor dies days after Israel strike killed his 9 children. newarab.com A Palestinian doctor has died of his injuries nearly a week after an Medical and family sources confir…

newarab (2025-06-01). Israeli forces open fire on crowds at Gaza aid hubs, killing 32. newarab.com At least 32 Palestinians were killed and more than 200 were injured on Sunday when Israeli forces opened fire at crowds waiting for food at two Israel-backed aid distribution sites in Israel has faced growing condemnation over the humanitarian crisis in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, where the United Nations has warned the entire population faces the risk of famine after no aid was allowed to enter for almost three months. | Israel recently eased its suffocating blockade and introduced a revamped aid m…

newarab (2025-06-01). Trump: Gaza ceasefire close, Israel warns Hamas of annihilation. newarab.com Israel has said Hamas must accept a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza or "be annihilated", as US President Donald Trump announced that a ceasefire agreement was "very close". | It came amid dire conditions on the ground, with the United Nations warning that Gaza's entire population was at risk of famine. | Defence Minister Israel Katz said Hamas must agree to a ceasefire proposal presented by US envoy Steve Witkoff or be destroyed, after the Palestinian group said the deal failed to satisfy its demands. | "The Hamas murderers will now be forced to choose: accept the terms of the 'Witkoff Deal' for the release…

newarab (2025-06-01). Flotilla to Gaza launches with Greta Thunberg and campaigners. newarab.com Climate activist Thunberg is joined by the likes of 'Game of Thrones' actor Liam Cunningham, Palestinian-American lawyer Huwaida Arraf and EU parliament member Rima Hassan on the current sailing of Ahead of the ship's departure on Sunday, t…

newarab (2025-06-01). Hamas responds to US Gaza truce, will free 10 Israeli hostages. newarab.com In exchange, an agreed-upon number of

newarab (2025-06-01). Italy region to sever Israel relations over Gaza massacres. newarab.com Michele De Pascale, the region's president, called for cutting ties with representatives of the Israeli government unless they openly declare "a will to end to the ongoing massacre until respect for…

newarab (2025-06-01). Rights groups: UK failing to hold Israel accountable over Gaza. newarab.com

newarab (2025-06-01). Conditions in Gaza are catastrophic despite renewed aid, UN says. newarab.com

newarab (2025-06-01). 'No place to flee': 80% of Gaza under Israeli evacuation orders. newarab.com Almost 80 percent of the Israeli officials say the

newarab (2025-06-01). UN: Gaza aid plan is 'collective humiliation' by US and Israel. newarab.com A top UN human rights official has condemned the Israeli-American mechanism for distributing Ajith Sunghay, representative of the UN Human Rights Office in the occupied Palestinian territories, said the aid dist…

newarab (2025-06-01). US hearing to be held for evacuation of Americans from Gaza. newarab.com Attorneys in Chicago will take part in a preliminary injunction hearing on Tuesday related to their lawsuit demanding that the The hearing will take place at a federal courthouse in downtown Chicago with attorneys from the civil rights organisations Project Taha and the This follows a motion filed in March d…

Medjool (2025-06-01). Stop subsidizing Zionist para-military charities in Canada. justpeaceadvocates.ca The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has granted charitable status to Magen Herut Canada (MHC) and Shomrim Toronto, two organization with questionable background, ties and purposes to Israel, a state which actively practices apartheid and genocide.

Ray Hanania (2025-06-01). CAIR Condemns MIT for banning Class President from Graduation Ceremony over Anti-Genocide speech. thearabdailynews.com

greenleft.org.au (2025-06-01). Jews Against the Occupation '48: Labor must act against genocide. greenleft.org.au

hindustantimes (2025-06-01). Iran can make nukes in 2 weeks? Netanyahu goes in panic mode after IAEA's report. hindustantimes.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued an urgent call for global action after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warned that Iran's uranium stockpile has surged by nearly 50% in three months, bringing Tehran alarmingly close to nuclear weapons capability. The IAEA's latest report revealed Iran now possesses over 400 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60% purity—the only non-nuclear-weapon state to reach such levels—enough for several nuclear bombs if further enriched. Watch for more…

Aluf Benn (2025-06-01). While Netanyahu boasted of victory, Tehran leapt toward a nuclear bomb. haaretz.com In December 2024, while Netanyahu prematurely congratulated himself for weakening Iran's 'ring of fire,' Khamenei told engineers in Fordow to speed up the centrifuges. Now Israel and Iran wait to see if Trump will thwart the 'mother of all wars'…

newarab (2025-06-01). US envoy says Hamas response to truce proposal 'unacceptable'. newarab.com The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu echoed US envoy Steve Witkoff's asses…

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