2025-08-02: Netanyahu Roundup

So far today: 2025-08-02 7:03pm GMT

NONE (2025-08-02). US envoy visits Gaza sites as UN says hundreds of aid-seekers killed. dawn.com • Witkoff holds talks with Netanyahu
| • HRW says Israel using starvation as a weapon of war
| • Author David Grossman calls Israel's Gaza campaign 'genocide' | GAZA CITY: President Donald Trump's special envoy inspected a US-backed food distribution centre in war-torn Gaza on Friday, as the UN rights office reported that Israeli forces had killed hundreds of hungry Palestinians waiting for aid. | Meanwhile, award-winning Israeli author David Grossman called his country's campaign in Gaza "genocide" and said he was using the term with a "broken hea…

Leon Kunstenaar (2025-08-02). Protest at Genocide Enabler BCG. indybay.org Noisy protest counters BCG's (Boston Consulting Group) pr and calls out Netanyahu's former employer as complicit in genocide. See their pledge to "make the world a better place."

Farhang Jahanpour (2025-08-02). Britain, which created the Israeli-Palestinian Mess, will Finally Recognize Palestinian State. juancole.com Oxford (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) — The dam has burst. Netanyahu and his far-right regime have gone too far. Public pressure on politicians in Europe and many other countries has become irresistible, forcing them to change course. Most countries, 147 of the UN's 193 members, have formally recognized a Palestinian state, and last week, …

english.almanar.com.lb (2025-08-02). Families of Israeli Captives Say They "Are Becoming Skin and Bone" , Call for Ending Gaza War. english.almanar.com.lb Families of Israeli captives in Gaza and their supporters gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday to call the Israeli government to reach a deal and end the war in the besieged strip after Palestinian resistance groups issued this week videos of captives. Hundreds of Israeli took part in a protest for the captives in Tel …

newarab (2025-08-02). More than 160 Gazans starved to death, teen latest fatality. newarab.com Another Palestinian minor has starved to death due to Israel's siege on Gaza, making him the latest hunger-related fatality in the enclave due to months of an Israeli siege. | A Palestinian medical source told Anadolu Agency that The source said Abu Khater suffered a sudden deterioration in his health two weeks ago after significant weight loss due to hunger and that he had to be hospitalised, adding that he only weighed 25 kg. | T…

tn.ai (2025-08-02). Human Rights Watch Says Israel Committing War Crimes. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Human Rights Watch said the Israeli regime is committing war crimes through systematic killings of starving civilians at food distribution centers in Gaza, amid a deepening humanitarian catastrophe compounded by Western-backed military control over aid routes.

WSWS (2025-08-02). US Israeli ambassador Mike Huckabee praises IDF and GHF killers in visit to Gaza. wsws.org The visit by Huckabee and Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff was aimed at providing cover for the ongoing genocide and forced starvation campaign.

newarab (2025-08-02). Israel kills dozens in Gaza as starvation claims more lives. newarab.com The continued attacks follow US Middle East Envoy

Khaled Barakat (2025-08-02). Saudi Arabia and France Are Leading a 'Political Genocide'. orinocotribune.com Amid the ongoing Zionist genocide against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, as the siege, starvation, and daily massacres intensify, the dimensions of international and regional complicity are being exposed with increasing brazenness and openness. At the heart of this complicity, both the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the French Republic are playing a suspicious role, attempting to reimpose what is called the "two-state solution" as a political exit, precisely at a time when people are being annihilated, the land is being burned, and homes are being demolished on top of their inha…

newleftreview (2025-08-02). 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.

Rachael Shapiro (2025-08-02). Nazis murdered my family in the Holocaust. Now Germany is punishing me for protesting Israel's genocide in Gaza. mondoweiss.net This week, I faced trial for opposing genocide, Zionism, and for challenging Germany's unconditional support for Israel. The state prosecuting me may have legal authority, but its moral authority has collapsed as it again participates in a genocide.

Institute for the Critical Studies of Zionism (2025-08-02). Tuesday 8/5: Webinar: Anti-Zionism means Abolition. indybay.org Zoom | bit.ly/AZAbolition

tn.ai (2025-08-02). Israel Addicted to Belligerence: Araqchi. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi denounced the Zionist regime's addiction to bellicosity and law-breaking, urging regional countries to remain vigilant in the face of the Israeli plots to upset security in the region.

english.almanar.com.lb (2025-08-02). Government Media Office in Gaza: Only 73 aid trucks entered Gaza Strip yesterday, most of them were looted. english.almanar.com.lb

newarab (2025-08-02). US promises Gaza food plan after envoy visit. newarab.com President Donald Trump's special envoy promised a plan to deliver more food to Gaza The visit by US envoy Steve Witkoff came as a report from global advocacy group

Alina Ramos Martin (2025-08-02). Israel kills another Palestinian journalist in Gaza. plenglish.com According to the source, the body of the journalist, who worked for Gaza Youth Radio, was found dead in her home in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood after a military attack. | The news outlet reported that more than 230 media workers have been killed in the coastal enclave since the beginning of the aggression against the territory in October 2023. | This high figure highlights the serious risks faced by media professionals in Gaza because this conflict is one of the bloodiest in history for journalists, it emphasized. | Recently, the Palestinian Journalists' Union accused Israeli troops of carrying out massacres aga…

english.almanar.com.lb (2025-08-02). Government Media Office in Gaza: Daily needs of Gaza Strip are no less than 600 trucks of relief supplies and fuel. english.almanar.com.lb

ICRC (2025-08-02). Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC outraged by attack that wounded ICRC staff, PRCS volunteer during Gaza rescue mission. icrc.org

aljazeera (2025-08-02). Gaza family's battle for survival as hunger and heat deepen despair. aljazeera.com Palestinians Fadi and Abeer Sobh fight daily battles for food and water, as their six children face hunger and hardship.

Asia Pacific (2025-08-02). Israel backing Gaza 'gangs' to create unlivable chaos, says academic. asiapacificreport.nz Asia Pacific Report While the Israeli government claims it is backing "clans" in Gaza to counter the resistance movement Hamas, the groups it supports more closely resemble criminal gangs, says a British-based security specialist. Dr Rob Geist Pinfold, international security lecturer at King's College London, says: "These are criminal gangs. Many were in prison before…

Hassan Herzallah (2025-08-02). In Gaza, we've resorted to drinking salty water just to keep ourselves from fainting. mondoweiss.net We drink salt and water to stay standing, to keep ourselves from going dizzy and collapsing. This is what we've come to in Gaza, where most people will go without food for three days at a time.

contributors (2025-08-02). Stop the War Now: Middle East Studies Faculty, Ben-Gurion University. juancole.com Stop the War Now! Statement from the Faculty of the Department of Middle East Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev We, the faculty of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, issue this statement to unequivocally call for an immediate end to Israel's war crimes in Gaza. We say this …

Soul of my Soul Exhibit (2025-08-02). Sunday 8/3: Pleasanton: Community Rally/Vigil for Gaza. indybay.org Delucchi Park | 4501 1st Street | Pleasanton, CA…

tn.ai (2025-08-02). Israeli Forces Resume Bombing Displaced Civilians in Gaza despite Global Outcry. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Israeli occupation forces launched renewed airstrikes on tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis on Saturday, killing and injuring several civilians, in what human rights groups are increasingly condemning as systematic war crimes.

newarab (2025-08-02). 'Treated like criminals': Handala crew detail Israeli abuse. newarab.com Activists aboard the Gaza-bound Speaking to The New Arab, several participants described psychological and physical abuse during their captivity, accusing Israel of violating international law and weaponising h…

newarab (2025-08-02). UNRWA chief slams Gaza airdrops as '100 times more expensive'. newarab.com The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of UNRWA, said on Friday that airdrops were an inefficient and insufficient way to respond to the worsening famine in Gaza, stressing that "trucks carry twice as much aid as planes" and that the political will to authorise cost…

newarab (2025-08-02). ICJP seeks arrest of Israeli soldiers in Netherlands over Gaza. newarab.com The The legal action, filed under the ICJP's Global 195 coalition, identifies two individuals believed to be serving members of the Israeli army who are believed to be in Amsterdam. | The Coalition gathered evidence in 18 months of field investigation, including over 130 eyewitness testimonies from Gaza, meeting international criminal sta…

newarab (2025-08-02). US support for Israel's war on Gaza drops to historic record low. newarab.com Public backing among Americans for A recent Gallup survey between 7 and 21 July 2025 revealed that support plummeted to just 32 per cent, the lowest level since the pollster began on the issue in November 2023. | The poll found that 60 per cent of Americans now disapprove of Israel's actions, a 10-point increase since the previous measurement in September. | The data reflect a growing disillusionment with the war as it stretches into its 21st month. I…

aljazeera (2025-08-02). Non-US West lacks "leverage" on Palestine issue. aljazeera.com Professor Rex Brynen says the US is co-funding a calculated famine in Gaza through failed humanitarian efforts.

ICRC (2025-08-02). ICRC mourns colleague killed in Gaza. icrc.org

MAPA (2025-08-02). Tuesday 8/12: Webinar: Gaza Apocalypse. indybay.org Online | masspeace.us/gaza-apocalypse

ICRC (2025-08-02). Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC president calls for urgent collective action by states to end abhorrent suffering in Gaza. icrc.org The following is a statement attributable to ICRC president Mirjana Spoljaric on the humanitarian situation in Gaza…

newarab (2025-08-02). France halts Gaza arrivals amid probe in student's posts. newarab.com

newarab (2025-08-02). Italy to begin Gaza air drops: foreign minister. newarab.com

JANET (2025-08-02). No to fascist austerity! No pride in genocide! iacenter.org July 30, 2025 Over 1,500 demonstrators rallied outside Boston City Hall on July 23 to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). A coalition of Massachusetts disability rights organizations and labor unions, including Boston Center for Independent Living, Dignity Alliance Massachusetts and Service Employees International Union 1199, along with dozens of others sponsored the commemoration. Workers World Boston contingent at 35th anniversary of passage of Americans with Disabilities Act, Boston, July 23, 2025. Decades of protests, sit-ins and shutdowns by disabled…

LVP (2025-08-02). Tariff Trade War Against Brazil, Bolsonaro, Lula, Palestine & the Working Class. indybay.org The fascist Trump government has declared tariff trade war on Brazil demanding that charges against Bolsonaro for organizing an insurrection and the assassination of Lula and other people be dropped. Sà£o Paulo transit worker and a member of Conlutas Fabio Bosco reports on this and also the struggle against the genocide in Palestine and BRICS…

ecns.cn (2025-08-02). China's defense minister reiterates PLA's readiness for national reunification. ecns.cn The Ministry of National Defense hosts a reception at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, July 31, 2025.On September 3, China will hold a military paradein Beijing's Tiananmen Square to celebrate the anniversary of victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.

ecns.cn (2025-08-02). Full text: World Youth Peace Initiative. ecns.cn BEIJING – The World Youth Conference for Peace was held in Beijing on Tuesday.This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the World Anti-Fascist War and the founding of the United Nations.

Abby Zimet (2025-08-02). Defend the Homeland, Get A Brown Shirt! commondreams.org Still insanely claiming they're arresting "the worst of the worst" gardeners, roofers, abuelas and taco-makers – and eager to spend their shiny new billions on more rag-tag thugs to meet their quotas – ICE Barbie et al have launched a new recruitment campaign asserting, "Your country is calling you (to) defend the homeland," a phrase surely inadvertently carrying a crisp whiff of blood-and-soil Nazism. Ditto – right? – an Uncle Sam raging of an America "invaded by criminals and predators – we need YOU to get them out."Of course the urgent call for 10,000 more racist goons with anger issues and zero oversight…

Philip Weiss (2025-08-01). Israel's international isolation has begun. mondoweiss.net U.S. and global politics surrounding Israel are shifting rapidly as the world recoils in horror at Israel's starvation of Gaza. Here are several lessons the left should take note of.

Mitchell Plitnick (2025-08-01). U.S. and Europe play games with a Palestinian state while Israel starves Gaza. mondoweiss.net France, Great Britain, and Canada's recognition of a Palestinian state might matter someday. But, as usual, the Palestinians won't get any immediate help from Europe, much less from North America, in stopping the Gaza genocide now.

Black Alliance for Peace (2025-08-01). The Zionist Brutalization and Detainment of Chris Smalls: Emblematic of the White Supremacy at the Core of Zionism. dissidentvoice.org The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) unequivocally denounces the brutal assault and abduction of Amazon Labor Union co-founder Chris Smalls, who was detained by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Though he is now released, the exceptionally heinous treatment of Smalls by the Zionist state forces demonstrates the historical neurotic fear of any interconnection between Black …

Black Alliance for Peace, Popular Resistance. (2025-08-01). Detainment Of Chris Smalls: White Supremacy At The Core Of Zionism. popularresistance.org The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) unequivocally denounces the brutal assault and abduction of Amazon Labor Union co-founder Chris Smalls, who was detained by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Though he is now released, the exceptionally heinous treatment of Smalls by the Zionist state forces demonstrates the historical neurotic fear of any interconnection between Black / African resistance to white supremacy and resistance to capitalist exploitation. | As part of the 21-member international collective aboard the aid ship Handala, a flotilla that was headed to Gaza to protest and break the blockade on the Palestin…

Charlie Jaay (2025-08-01). TikTok appoints ex-IDF solider as its 'hate speech manager'. thecanary.co TikTok has appointed a former soldier in the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) as its Hate Speech Policy Manager. TikTok: employing Zionists to oversee hate speech Erica Mindel, a 'proud Zionist' is a former instructor in the Israeli army's Armoured Corps, in which she spent two and a half years. From 2022 to 2025 she was […] | By

APR editor (2025-08-01). Bloodshed at GHF-run Gaza aid sites 'a great sin', says former top UN official. asiapacificreport.nz Asia Pacific Report A former senior UN aid official has condemned the bloodshed at the notorious US and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's aid food depots, describing the distribition system as having turned into a "catastrophe". The number of aid seekers killed continues to climb daily beyond 1000. Martin Griffiths, director of Mediation Group International and…

Adam Johnson (2025-08-01). In a Biden-era retread, media push bogus narrative that Trump is helpless to stop Gaza genocide. therealnews.com

CounterSpin (2025-08-01). Ari Paul on Genocide in Gaza, Scout Katovich on Criminalizing Poverty. fair.org

Ed Sykes (2025-08-01). A list of all the experts saying Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. thecanary.co Genocide scholars, human rights groups, and ethical legal experts agree that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. Some reached that conclusion before the end of 2023. Others reached it in 2024. And some took until 2025 to use the word genocide. Below is a comprehensive list of those figures and organisations, […] | By

Bar Peleg (2025-08-02). Serbian firm owned by ex-Netanyahu aide was paid for Qatari PR campaign aimed at Israelis. haaretz.com Haaretz has learned that the prosecutor barred publication of parts of the investigation involving arms deals, citing Serbia's national security. It also examined a conflict-of-interest agreement signed by Netanyahu's former adviser, Israel Einhorn, which Israeli authorities have withheld…

Josh Breiner (2025-08-02). Court approves release of identify of Israeli activist who planned to assassinate Netanyahu. haaretz.com The indictment charges that 73-year-old Tamar Gershoni, who is ill, planned to attack the prime minister with a bomb or rocket. A friend said she never meant to follow through, calling it 'random remarks with no forethought'…

Nir Hasson (2025-08-02). The numbers the main horror in Gaza, but passing 60,000 dead marks a breaking point. haaretz.com Despite Israel's efforts to dispute the death toll in the enclave, the numbers are not an exaggeration, but apparently, an undercount. Comparisons to other global wars only reveal the scope of the disaster we are wreaking in Gaza…

Staff (2025-08-02). Gaza officials say 83 Palestinians killed in past day, including 39 aid-seekers. haaretz.com

Liam Hoare (2025-08-02). Israel policy is slowly changing. Is it enough to make an impact? haaretz.com At a time of mounting international pressure over the carnage in Gaza and regional instability, Berlin's diplomatic strategy remains cautious when in comes to Israel, though no longer immobile. Many argue much bolder steps are needed…

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