2025-07-17: Palestine Roundup

So far today: 2025-07-17 3:07pm GMT

Alex Majumdar (2025-07-17). PDF of July 17 print issue. workers.org Download the PDF Trump and politicians' inactions behind Texas flood deaths Union picket defends queer youth Teamsters expand sanitation strike Zohran Mamdani's victory Working class must defend Iran Budget bill = 'Robin Hood' in reverse Free, free Palestine! Teachers union dumps Zionist ADL Hamas condemns Israel's crimes Does Israel have . . . |

News Desk, The Cradle. (2025-07-17). European Union Refuses To Sanction Israel Over Genocide In Gaza. popularresistance.org The EU has decided against imposing sanctions on Israel over its war crimes against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, which have continued unabated on a daily basis. | "The EU Council failed yesterday to take a decision on Israel ¥s violation of the Association Agreement ¥s Human Rights clause. But this is in itself a decision: Europe decides not to punish Israel's continued war crimes and allows the Gaza genocide to proceed unabated," said former EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on 16 July. | Palestinian Authority (PA) Foreign Affairs Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin described the lack of ac…

Orinoco Tribune. (2025-07-17). Brazil To Join South Africa's Complaint Against 'Israel' At International Court Of Justice. popularresistance.org According to Folha de S. Paulo, Brazil will formally request to participate in the lawsuit filed by South Africa against Tel Aviv. The Brazilian news outlet stated that the complaint before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) seeks to have the actions committed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip recognized as genocide. | South Africa filed a case at the ICJ in 2023, accusing Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The complaint, rooted in the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, alleges that Israel's military operations since October 2023 h…

Abdul Rahman (2025-07-17). Socialist Party of Malaysia demands Trump invitation be withdrawn, calls him a genocide enabler. peoplesdispatch.org Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has been vocal against Israeli war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza and even demanded Israel's expulsion from the UN.

Pablo Meriguet (2025-07-17). 12 countries commit to arms embargo on Israel to stop its attacks on Gaza. peoplesdispatch.org In the final document, the signatory countries commit, among other things, to cease arms trade with Israel, review public contracts with that country, and seek accountability for war crimes.

Yossi Verter (2025-07-17). Shas shrank government down to size. According to the polls, at least. haaretz.com Since October 7, Israel's ruling coalition has been one of failure and bloodshed. Shas' cowardly departure, which it hid behind Ashkenazi rabbis, officially turns it into a minority government…

Amos Harel (2025-07-17). Israel plunged headlong into the Syrian storm — and could find itself at odds with Trump. haaretz.com Optimism earlier in the week gave way to widespread violence and chaos on Wednesday but the United States still believes a cease-fire is imminent. The Israeli response, meanwhile, is being governed by Druze anger, government hubris, narrow interests and — of course — populism…

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