2025-06-20: Palestine Roundup

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Monica Moorehead (2025-06-20). Detainees rebel against horrific conditions in Newark, New Jersey. workers.org Detention centers, just like jails and prisons, are concentration camps for the workers, the poor and oppressed peoples, on a global scale from occupied Palestine to El Salvador to the United States. Our incarcerated siblings face some of the most horrific, inhumane treatment imaginable — usually isolated and invisible from . . . |

WSWS (2025-06-20). Frankfurt/Main: A harrowing speech on the genocide in Gaza. wsws.org A man with family roots in Palestine described the impact of the Gaza genocide on his family: "While the world looks to the events in Iran, Israel is using the silence to continue bombing Gaza undisturbed."

Hikers for Palestine (2025-06-20). Sunday 6/22: Join Hikers for Palestine for a Nature Walk at Huckleberry Preserve. indybay.org Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve, 7087 Skyline Blvd, Oakland, CA 94611…

newarab (2025-06-20). Child violence in conflict hit record high in 2024, Gaza worst. newarab.com Violence against children caught in multiple and escalating conflicts reached "unprecedented levels" last year, with the highest number of violations in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, Congo, Somalia, Nigeria and Haiti, according to a United Nations report released late Thursday. | Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' annual report on Children in Armed Conflict detailed "a staggering 25% surge in grave violations" against children under the age of 18 from 2023, when the number of such violations rose by 21%. | In 2024, the U.N. chief said, "Children bore the brunt of relentless hostilities and indiscriminate a…

WSWS (2025-06-20). University of Sydney announces further attacks on free speech. wsws.org While the immediate target of the new rules is clearly opposition to the intensifying Gaza genocide, they could be used to suppress any opposition to management, the government or the political establishment.

Labor Video Project (2025-06-20). Italian General Strike by Si Cobas & Other Unions Against Genocide, Iran War & Austerity. indybay.org Italian unions including the independent national logistics union SI Cobus will be having a general strike against the genocide in Gaza, the Ukraine war, the US Israel attack on Iran and the austerity policies of the Meloni and capitalist policians in Italy…

newarab (2025-06-20). Israeli fire kills 72 people across Gaza, rescuers say. newarab.com Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 72 people on Thursday, including 21 who had gathered near aid distribution sites as Civil defence spokesman Mahmoud Bassal told AFP that six people were killed while waiting for aid in the southern Gaza Strip and 15 others in a central area known as the

Staff (2025-06-20). Small Acts of Conscience Can Make a Big Impact! indybay.org Sign and Share this Petition to Congressman Panetta in Solidarity with Local Palestinian American Community Members Whose Families are Trapped in Gaza.

WSWS (2025-06-20). Behind the US-Israeli war on Iran: The imperialist drive for global domination. wsws.org The lies about "weapons of mass destruction" used to justify the 2003 US invasion of Iraq are repeated in the face of Trump and Netanyahu's claims of an "imminent threat" by Iranian nuclear weapons.

hindustantimes (2025-06-20). Trump's top envoy goes straight to Iran FM in shocking diplomatic move | Israel. hindustantimes.com The United States has stunned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by holding back on Israel's urgent request for U.S. bombers to strike Iran's fortified nuclear sites. According to three diplomats cited by Reuters, direct talks are underway between the U.S. and Iran to secure a diplomatic resolution to the crisis, with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi holding several phone conversations since the onset of Israeli strikes. Watch for more…

hindustantimes (2025-06-20). Russia fears 'Chernobyl 2.0'? Putin, Xi warn Trump, Netanyahu on Iran war plans. hindustantimes.com Russia has issued a stern warning to the United States, calling any potential U.S. military intervention in the ongoing Iran-Israel war "an extremely dangerous step." The Kremlin also urged Israel to immediately halt strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, particularly the Bushehr nuclear power plant, where Russian specialists are present. Moscow cautioned that an attack on Bushehr could trigger a "Chernobyl-style catastrophe," with severe global consequences. Watch for more…

Paul R. Pillar (2025-06-20). Israel is luring the US into a trap. responsiblestatecraft.org

presstv.ir (2025-06-20). Iran raps IAEA chief for betraying non-proliferation regime, facilitating Israeli aggression. presstv.ir Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei on Thursday lashed out at the UN nuclear chief agency Rafael Grossi for "betraying the non-proliferation regime."

newarab (2025-06-20). Why Western sanctions on Israel are a face-saving manoeuvre. newarab.com The Yet beneath the surface of this headline-grabbing gesture lies a far more calculated and cynical strategy – one that reflects not a principled reckoning with Israeli impunity, but a desperate attempt by Western powers to maintain the appearance of action while enabling the very atrocitie…

newarab (2025-06-20). Israel-Iran war enters second week as Europe pushes diplomacy. newarab.com Israel and Iran's air war entered a second week on Friday and European officials sought to draw Tehran back to the negotiating table after President Donald Trump said any Israel began attacking Iran last Friday, saying it aimed to prevent its longtime enemy from developing nuclear weapons. Iran retaliated with missile and drone strikes on Israel. It says its nuclear programme is peaceful. | Israeli air attacks have killed 639 people in Iran, said the Hu…

newarab (2025-06-20). Iran denies hospital strike as Israel blocks media coverage. newarab.com An A missile struck the Soroka Hospital in the town of Beersheba, lightly wounding some 70 people, according to Israeli reports. | Follo…

presstv.ir (2025-06-20). Iran to pursue legal action against IAEA chief's 'inaction' over Israeli aggression. presstv.ir The head of Iran's atomic agency Mohammad Eslami has vowed to take legal action against UN nuclear agency chief Rafael Grossi's "inaction" over the Israeli aggression against Iran's nuclear sites.

newarab (2025-06-20). Iran appoints new Revolutionary Guards intelligence chief. newarab.com Iran appointed a new chief of intelligence at its Revolutionary Guards on Thursday, the official Irna news agency said, after his predecessor was killed in an Israeli strike last week. | Major General Mohammad Pakpour, the commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), appointed Brigadier General Majid Khadami as the new head of its intelligence division, Irna said. | He replaces

newarab (2025-06-20). Israel claims Iran fired cluster bomb-bearing missile. newarab.com Iran launched a missile at Israel on Thursday that scattered small bombs with the aim of increasing civilian casualties, the Israeli military and its Washington embassy have claimed, the first reported use of cluster munitions in the seven-day-old war. | "Today, the Iranian Armed Forces fired a missile that contained cluster submunitions at a densely populated civilian area in Israel," the embassy said in an email to Reuters that did not identify the area. | "Cluster weapons are designed to disperse over a large area and maximise the chances of a harmful strike," the email continued. "Iran unlawfully fired del…

Staff (2025-06-20). Transcript of 'Redacted,' 18 June. gilbertdoctorow.com Transcript submitted by a reader Redacted: 0: 00Well, what can Russia realistically do about this war between Iran and Israel and the United States on the Israeli side? Well, according to our next guest, Gilbert Doctorow, the answer is nothing. No rescue is coming from Moscow or Beijing, and a US-Israeli victory is not just likely, …

tn.ai (2025-06-20). Speaker Highlights Iranian Armed Forces' Strength Demonstrated against Enemies. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf underscored the success of the country's armed forces to swiftly respond to the Israeli regime's aggression against the country.

Speak Out Socialists (2025-06-20). Saturday 6/21: Banner Drop – No US-Israeli War on Iran. indybay.org Webster Bridge, at the corner of Webster St. and Geary Blvd.

presstv.ir (2025-06-20). Ayatollah Sistani slams Israeli aggression against Iran, threats against Ayatollah Khamenei. presstv.ir Iraq's top Shia cleric, Ayatollah Sistani, has condemned the continued Israeli aggression against Iran and threats against the Leader of the Islamic Revolution.

presstv.ir (2025-06-20). True Promise III: Iran rains down missiles, drones on critical Israeli military targets. presstv.ir Iranian armed forces carried out the new phase of Operation True Promise III on Thursday, unleashing a barrage of ballistic missiles on key Israeli military targets.

presstv.ir (2025-06-20). FM Araghchi to meet European counterparts in Geneva amid Israeli aggression. presstv.ir Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi is set to travel to Geneva on Friday to hold talks with his European counterparts amid the continued Israeli aggression.

presstv.ir (2025-06-20). Strait of Hormuz closure in event of US aggression against Iran to paralyze world economy. presstv.ir As regional tensions escalate amid the Israeli regime's brutal aggression against the Islamic Republic, the possibility of the closure of Strait of Hormuz is a possibility, according to experts.

tn.ai (2025-06-20). Multi-Dimensional Cyber Operation Destroys Israel's Internal Communication Infrastructure. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — An anti-Zionist group named "Cyber Support Front" destroyed the Israeli regime's internal communication infrastructure in a multi-dimensional cyber operation.

Yorgos Mitralias (2025-06-20). Too late for Israel and the Israelis to free themselves from their genocidal demons! cadtm.org

Ed Newman (2025-06-19). Israeli attacks kill at least 81 people including aid seekers in Gaza. radiohc.cu Rafah, June 20 (RHC) ⚪ At least 81 people have been killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip as desperate Palestinians continue to seek food amid an ongoing hunger crisis.

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