(2025-07-15). Israeli ultra-Orthodox party quits Netanyahu government over conscription. aljazeera.com Resignation of United Torah Judaism lawmakers leaves Netanyahu with razor-thin 61-seat majority in the 120 seat Knesset.
(2025-07-15). Netanyahu 'unwilling' to reach Gaza ceasefire deal: Hamas. presstv.ir Palestinian resistance movement says Israel's Netanyahu is not seeking to reach a ceasefire deal to end the ongoing genocidal campaign across Gaza.
(2025-07-15). Netanyahu is the "most dangerous thing" for Jews. aljazeera.com Mandy Patinkin passionately condemns Israel's leadership, calling Benjamin Netanyahu dangerous for Jews globally.
(2025-07-15). A New Far-Right American Party? counterpunch.org 
There are always worse political figures waiting in the wings. In Israel, for instance, Benjamin Netanyahu is a relative moderate compared to some members of his cabinet, like Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who believes that letting two million Palestinians die of hunger in Gaza is "justified and moral." In Russia, ultranationalists to the right of
(2025-07-15). Degel HaTorah withdraws from Israeli government over Haredi conscription dispute. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- Degel HaTorah, a key faction in the United Torah Judaism (UTJ) alliance, has threatened to withdraw from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition unless a bill exempting ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) Jews from military service is advanced. The party, which holds four Knesset seats, demands immediate legislative action before the Knesset's summer recess begins on July 27.The dispute centers on a Supreme Court ruling from June 25 that mandates Haredi enlistment and cuts state funding to religious schools that resist compliance. Ultra-Orthodox leaders reject military service, arguing it threatens their reli…
(2025-07-15). Freedom Flotilla's Handala Begins Its Journey To Gaza. popularresistance.org Siracusa, Italy, July 13, 2025 — Today, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) announces that Handala, our civilian aid boat, has officially set sail from Siracusa, Italy and begun its journey to Gaza. This marks a bold step in our ongoing effort to challenge Israel's illegal, deadly blockade of the Palestinian people in Gaza. The boat carries life-saving humanitarian aid and a message of solidarity from people around the world refusing to stay silent as Gaza is starved, bombed, and buried under rubble. | This mission comes just weeks after Israel's illegal attack on the Madleen, another Freedom Flotilla boat…
(2025-07-15). Michael Burawoy: Palestine through a South African Lens. newleftreview.org In a draft text sent to NLR before his tragically early death, the sociologist reflects on the reasons for the starkly different outcomes of Afrikaner and Zionist settler colonialisms: in South Africa, a unified democratic republic, with all its problems; in Israel, ongoing war.
(2025-07-15). Pezeshkian calls for unity among Muslim nations against Israel. presstv.ir Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has emphasized the need for Muslim nations to present a united front against the Zionist regime.
(2025-07-15). Abbas demands Hamas give up Gaza with Trump 'hopeful' for truce. newarab.com 
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Abbas said the group must also hand over its arms to the PA, engage in political activity "in accordance with the
(2025-07-15). Gaza's health system is on the cusp of collapse. newarab.com 
(2025-07-14). Senior Israeli, Palestinian officials meet in Brussels. ecns.cn "If Hamas is ready to lay down its arms, if they are ready to demilitarize the Gaza Strip, we can do it in a political path," he said.He rejected international criticism that has said Israel's behavior had been disproportionate, comparing it to action taken against the so-called Islamic State group by Western powers in recent years.
(2025-07-15). Low-cost carrier Wizz Air to stop Abu Dhabi operations. newarab.com 
Hungarian low-cost airline The airline will exit its Abu Dhabi hub starting from September. | The seventh biggest European airlines in terms of daily flights operated around 30 routes in the Middle East, which has been hit by repeated airspace closures since the onset of the war on Gaza on 7 October 2023. | "Wizz Air will suspend all locally based flight operations effective 1 September 2025 a…
(2025-07-15). Gaza's genocide has forced many celebrities out of silence. newarab.com 
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(2025-07-15). The Collapse of the Corporate University in the Time of Gaza. counterpunch.org 
Across the globe, we are living in a moment of profound crisis where the very essence of education as a democratic institution is under attack. In the United States, the assault on higher education is part of a broader war waged by authoritarian forces aiming to dismantle the pillars of not only academic freedom, dissent,
(2025-07-15). Over 60 killed in Gaza in one day as Israel escalates strikes on civilians. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- Israeli airstrikes continued relentlessly across the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing more than 60 Palestinians and injuring dozens more, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. The day's escalating attacks included multiple deadly strikes on residential buildings, shelters, and public spaces, bringing the total death toll to 53 by midday, with the number rising throughout the afternoon.In one of the deadliest incidents, at least 14 Palestinians were killed when Israeli warplanes bombed a five-storey residential building in the Al-Rizqa area, northeast of Gaza City.Another 10 people lost their lives, an…
(2025-07-15). Lawyer raises alarm over health of Dr Abu Safiya in Israeli jail. newarab.com 
A top Gaza doctor abducted by Israeli forces is in a critical condition after months in detention, his lawyer said on Monday. | Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, The Palestinian doctor was taken by Israeli forces in December last year, amid the Israeli military's campaign of ma…
(2025-07-15). Fans praise 'anti-Israel' Superman, draw parallels with Gaza war. newarab.com 
(2025-07-15). EU likely violating int'l law over Israel gas deal: campaigners. newarab.com 
The Research conducted by climate-focused NGO Global Witness has found that Israel is likely in violation of international law due to its use of a pipeline that transits Palestinian waters off the coast of Gaza. | The EU's decision…
(2025-07-15). Gaza: ICRC staff member wounded by a stray bullet while on duty at the Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafah. icrc.org
(2025-07-15). Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC alarmed by intensification of Gaza hostilities amid decimated healthcare system. icrc.org
(2025-07-15). Gaza and the West Bank, Two Fronts of Dispossession. counterpunch.org 
While global attention remains fixed—yet helpless—by the horrors of the genocide in Gaza, a quieter but equally bedeviled Israeli plan is being implemented in the occupied West Bank. Under the fog of war, and aided by a willful placid Western media—Israel has intensified a second front of dispossession: bulldozing homes, and displacing families to reshape
(2025-07-15). Inside the haunting work of burying Gaza's unnamed martyrs. newarab.com 
In Gaza, where death enters people's homes without permission, the land has become a silent witness to the tragedy of thousands of Since the beginning of At the Martyrs' Cemetery in eastern Gaza, for example, rows of s…
(2025-07-15). 3 IDF Soldiers Killed in Gaza Tank Blast During Jabalya Operation. themedialine.org 
(2025-07-15). Gaza: It's not "Complicated" juancole.com 
Santa Cruz, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) — HISTORY is always complicated. ELEMENTARY ETHICS is not. "Do not do to others what is hateful to yourself," as Confucius and Rabbi Hillel put it. Every kindergarten kid understands this. Maybe it's because I'm a parent. Maybe it's because I'm a grandparent. Maybe it's because I know …
(2025-07-15). BBC says documentary on Gaza children 'breached guidelines'. newarab.com 
A BBC documentary The broadcaster removed the program, Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone, from its streaming service in February after it emerged that the 13-year-old narrator, Abdullah, is the son of Ayman Alyazouri, a former deputy minister of agriculture in Hamas' civilian administration. | A r…
(2025-07-15). Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC outraged by attack that wounded ICRC staff, PRCS volunteer during Gaza rescue mission. icrc.org
(2025-07-15). What Central Texas and Gaza have in common. workers.org 
Since the flash floods erupted during the July 4 weekend in Central Texas, the official death count is 129 people, including 36 children. Hundreds more are still missing. Most of the deaths occurred in Kerr County, not far from San Antonio along the Guadalupe River, which empties into the Gulf . . . |
(2025-07-15). Video shows shooting at crowded Gaza food collection site. aljazeera.com Video shows Israeli soldiers opening fire towards Palestinians trying to reach a food distribution site in southern Gaza…
(2025-07-15). "I want to heal and go home" : Red Cross Field Hospital in Gaza grapples with unprecedented wave of mass casualty incidents. icrc.org
(2025-07-15). Campaigners prepare to give Trump the welcome he deserves during his UK state visit. thecanary.co Campaign groups are gearing up to give US president Donald Trump the welcome reception he deserves during his upcoming state visit this September. Campaigners and students in their hundreds of thousands will make a stand against the far-right fascist president, with multiple protests and walkouts already planned to coincide with his stay. Trump's state visit: […] | By
(2025-07-14). Japan urged to exercise prudence in military, security fields. ecns.cn China on Monday urged Japan to draw lessons from history, in a bid to exercise prudence in security issues as this year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.
(2025-07-14). Rare 1938 Guangzhou bombing photos to debut in August. ecns.cn A newly-discovered series of photos recording the tragic Japanese bombing of Guangzhou in 1938 will become the centerpiece of an exhibit opening in the end of August commemorating the 80th anniversary of victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45) and the World Anti-Fascist War at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, Guangdong province.