(2025-08-05). Saturday 8/23: Seeds of Resistance: A Fundraiser to Feed Gaza. indybay.org Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists (1924 Cedar St, Berkeley CA 94709)…
(2025-08-05). Israel and the Occupied Territories: ICRC mourns killing of Palestine Red Crescent Society staff member in Gaza. icrc.org
(2025-08-05). Friday 8/8: Webinar: Palestine Solidarity Announcements. indybay.org
(2025-08-05). "A united call to end genocide" : 300,000 march for Gaza in Sydney, Australia. peoplesdispatch.org 
After police attempted to stop their mobilization, hundreds of thousands of Australians marched across Sydney's Harbour Bridge demanding a ceasefire and for Australia to take concrete action against Israel.
(2025-08-05). Houthis launch hypersonic missile targeting Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- The Yemeni Armed Forces, led by Ansar Allah (Houthis), announced the launch of a hypersonic ballistic missile named Palestine-2, targeting Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv. In a televised statement on Monday, Houthi military spokesperson General Yahya Saree confirmed the strike, claiming it caused widespread panic, forcing millions of Israeli settlers into shelters and disrupting air traffic.ÿ®ŸäÿßŸÜ ÿߟџǟàÿßÿ™ ÿߟџÖÿ≥ŸÑÿ≠ÿ©…
(2025-08-05). Scandal-hit Lord Dannatt now caught lobbying for arms industry against Palestine Action. thecanary.co A Guardian article published on 5 August 2025 has revealed that Lord Richard Dannatt, former head of the British Army and current member of the House of Lords, lobbied UK government ministers on behalf of US defence firm Teledyne, after Palestine Action activists protested — and caused over £1‚ÄØmillion in damage — at Teledyne's Welsh …
(2025-08-05). Complicity in the genocide in Palestine — the day of reckoning will come! sonar21.com Western politicians, propagandists, media lackeys, and others are also complicit in the genocide in Palestine.
(2025-08-05). Australia's FM warns of 'risk there will be no Palestine left to recognise'. aljazeera.com Foreign Minister Penny Wong says Australian recognition of Palestinian statehood 'a matter of when, not if'.
(2025-08-05). August 9, 2025: WORLDWIDE DAY OF ACTION FOR OCCUPIED PALESTINE! wibailoutpeople.org 
Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM)- ÿ≠ÿ±ŸÉÿ© ÿߟÑÿ¥ÿ®ÿßÿ® ÿߟџşÑÿ≥ÿ∑ŸäŸÜŸä GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION: Activists across the world are calling for a Global Day of Action on Saturday, August 9th. Join us in taking to the streets and demanding an end to the brutal US-backed Israeli siege and genocide in Gaza. We call on all people of conscience …
(2025-08-05). 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.
(2025-08-05). Yvette Cooper just doubled down on her Palestine Action lies as mass protest set to go ahead. thecanary.co Defend Our Juries has confirmed that 500+ people have committed to holding 'I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action' signs on Saturday 9 August in central London, as part of the Lift the Ban campaign to end the proscription of Palestine Action. The news comes as Yvette Cooper went in the corporate media to repeat …
(2025-08-05). Israel kills an average 28 Palestinian children daily in Gaza. aljazeera.com Israel has killed more than 18,000 children since the start of its genocidal war on Gaza.
(2025-08-05). When is Genocide in Gaza not genocide? indybay.org GENOCIDE, PROPAGANDA AND MANUFACTURING CONSENT FOR BARBARSIM…
(2025-08-05). Hamas to Witkoff: "We will not disarm unless an independent Palestinian state is established" peoplesdispatch.org The Trump administration has intensified its pressure on the resistance movement to lay down arms to reach a Gaza ceasefire deal, while supporting Israel's plans to continue with its 22-month genocide.
(2025-08-05). At Hague Group Emergency Summit, 30+ Nations Seek to 'Halt the Genocide in Gaza'. cadtm.org
(2025-08-05). U.S.-Backed Occupation: Can the World Stop Israel's Gaza Grab? thinktank.pk The Middle East stands on the brink of a seismic shift as reports confirm Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to pursue a full occupation of the Gaza Strip. This bold move, backed by Israeli media outlets like i24NEWS, The Jerusalem Post, and Channel 12, signals an escalation in the nearly two-year conflict with Hamas, …
(2025-08-05). New Peace Plan increases Pressure on Israel and US as Momentum grows for Palestinian Statehood. juancole.com By Scott Lucas, University College Dublin (The Conversation) — A new vision for Middle East peace emerged this week which proposes the withdrawal of Israel from Gaza and the West Bank, the disarming and disbanding of Hamas and the creation of a unified Palestinian state. The plan emerged from a "high-level conference" in New York …
(2025-08-05). As Gaza Starved, NPR Coverage Grew but Didn't Get Any Better. scheerpost.com
(2025-08-05). 1,500 Killed While Seeking Aid in Gaza Since May: UN. scheerpost.com
(2025-08-05). Israeli ex-security chiefs urge Trump to help end Gaza war. dawn.com • Say conflict is leading Israel to 'lose its security, identity'
| • Aid seekers among 19 more killed over 24 hours | JERUSALEM: More than 600 retired Israeli security officials have urged US President Donald Trump to pressure their own government to end the war in Gaza. | "It is our professional judgement that Hamas no longer poses a strategic threat to Israel," the former officials wrote in an open letter shared with the media on Monday, calling on Trump to "steer" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decisions. | "At first this war was a just war, a defensive war, but…
(2025-08-05). Celebrating Nicaragua's Gains And Feeling Anguish For Gaza. popularresistance.org The image is forever seared in my mind: Francisco was two years old, his thin legs and swollen feet were covered in sores. Straw blond hair stuck to his head as he listlessly nursed from his teenage mother's breast. He weighed 13 Ω pounds. | It was the summer of 1999, and I was weighing babies in Nueva Vida. I'd come to Nicaragua in the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch to help in any way I could through the Jubilee House Community and its project in Nicaragua, the Center for Development in Central America (JHC-CDCA). | With its main office located just a mile down the road from the largest Hurricane Mitch reset…
(2025-08-05). Reports: Netanyahu Orders Israeli Army To Conquer All Of Gaza. progressivehub.net QASSAM MUADDI | MONDOWEISS…
(2025-08-05). Thursday 8/7: Power Half Hour for Gaza. indybay.org
(2025-08-05). Israel and the Occupied Territories: ICRC appalled by harrowing videos of Israeli hostages in Gaza. icrc.org
(2025-08-05). Israel's Netanyahu has decided on full occupation of Gaza, reports say. aljazeera.com Netanyahu's war cabinet set to approve military operations across entire enclave, according to Israeli media.
(2025-08-05). Gaza's Starvation, Israeli Lies and the Tail that Wags the Dog. counterpunch.org 
(2025-08-05). Retired Security Officials Warn Israel On 'Precipice Of Defeat'. popularresistance.org Over a dozen former Israeli security officials issued a joint video statement on 3 August demanding an end to the war in Gaza and warning that Tel Aviv is on the brink of "defeat." Former officials have also demanded that US President Donald Trump pressure Israel to end the genocidal campaign which has raged since October 2023 — in a separate letter accompanying the video and signed by 550 former security officials. | The video statement was made by 19 retired army chiefs, intelligence heads, Shin Bet and Mossad directors, and police commissioners.
(2025-08-05). ICRC mourns colleague killed in Gaza. icrc.org
(2025-08-05). 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…
(2025-08-05). Video: Food aid dropped into Gaza contaminated with mould. aljazeera.com Palestinians collecting food aid parachuted into Gaza report some of the packages are covered in black mould.
(2025-08-05). Tuesday 8/5: Webinar: The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation: Aid as a Weapon. indybay.org Online | www.crowdcast.io/c/gaza-aid-weapon-ghf…
(2025-08-05). Israeli settler seen shooting OWB activist freed from house arrest. aljazeera.com Israeli settler Yinon Levi, who shot and killed Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen in the occupied West Bank,…
(2025-08-05). Community on hunger strike over the murder of Awdah Hathaleen by far-right Zionist. thecanary.co 
More than 60 women have been on hunger strike since last Thursday in the occupied West Bank village of Umm Al-Kheir, Masafer Yatta, to demand the body of community leader Awdah Muhammad Khalil Al-Hathaleen is returned: "You said you'd be back soon. But you never came back" Just 6 hours ago we were together. Now …
(2025-08-05). Chris Hedges Report: This Is Not A Drill. popularresistance.org Fame and fortune are often corrupting forces, ones that beget power and comfort. To stand with the afflicted requires sacrificing this privilege and few embody that sacrifice more profoundly than the legendary musician of Pink Floyd Roger Waters. | For years, through his music and political action, Waters has amplified the voices of the oppressed. | He has championed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, defended attorney Steven Donziger, demanded the closure of Guantánamo Bay, has long stood against the apartheid state of Israel and now unwaveringly against the genocide of Palestinians.
(2025-08-05). Palestinian Peace Activist Killed by Israeli Settler After Being Deported by Trump. indybay.org Awda Hathaleen was described as "a teacher and an activist who struggled courageously for his people."
(2025-08-05). L'assedio israeliano di Gerusalemme. strategic-culture.su
(2025-08-05). Israel Launches Ground Raids In Southwest Syria. popularresistance.org Israeli ground troops have carried out multiple ground raids across southwestern Syria over the weekend, including overnight raids in the Quneitra Governorate overnight Saturday, which led to the capture of multiple "suspects" who have not been conclusively identified and appear to simply be local Syrians. | On Friday, Israeli troops attacked farmers near Jubata al-Khashab, first opening fire on them while they were actively farming their own land then confiscating a tractor in the area because the tractor was trying to haul away trees within the area which Israeli military bulldozers had recently knocked down. T…
(2025-08-05). Israeli strikes kill one, injure four in southern Lebanon amid ceasefire violations. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- One person was killed and four others injured on Monday following an Israeli air raid on the town of Khiyam in Lebanon's Marjayoun district, in yet another violation of the fragile ceasefire agreement that has been in place since late 2024.According to a statement by Lebanon's Public Health Emergency Operations Center, "the Israeli enemy's raid on Khiyam led to the death of a wounded man due to the severity of his injuries," while four others sustained various degrees of wounds.ÿ≥ŸÇŸàÿ∑ 'ÿØÿ±ŸàŸÜ' ÿ•ÿ&g…
(2025-08-04). Pro-Palestine demonstration shuts down Sydney Harbour Bridge. peoplesdispatch.org As the genocide in Gaza enters one of the most devastating phases, pro-Palestine activists in Australia carried out a historic mobilization of hundreds of thousands of people calling for an end to Israel's crimes…
(2025-08-04). Dare To Hope: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com 
At least 100,000 Australians, including WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, It wasn't that long ago when I sincerely wondered if we'd ever see Assange's face again, let alone in public, let alone in Sydney, let alone heading up what had to be one of the largest pro-Palestine rallies ever held in Australia. Dare to be en…
(2025-08-04). The Weekly Round Up: Human Rights reports on Gaza, courts to hear challenges from Palestine Action co-founder and Good Law Project in November. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
In the News Two prominent human rights organisations in Israel, B'Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), released reports contending Israel is committing genocide in Gaza by targeting Palestinians because of their identity. The organisations have been monitoring events in the region for years, preceding the current conflict; however, the reports specifically focus on human …
(2025-08-04). "It Is Our War" : Palestinian American Scholar Rashid Khalidi on U.S. Complicity in Gaza Genocide. democracynow.org 
As Palestinians face dire starvation caused by the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip, at least 181 Palestinians, including 94 children, have now died from hunger-related causes in Gaza. At the same time, in the West Bank, dozens of women are on hunger strike after an Israeli settler killed a Palestinian activist, Odeh Muhammad Hadalin. Israel is now refusing to return Hadalin's body to the family as his alleged killer walks free. Democracy Now! speaks with Rashid Khalidi, author of The Hundred Years' War on Palestine, who has family in the West Bank. "I think it's time for this idealized…
(2025-08-04). Patrick Lawrence: Yes, It's a Genocide. scheerpost.com Palestinians under the rubble after Israeli airstrike of homes in the Gaza Strip. © 2023 UNRWA Photo by Ashraf Amra, CC BY-SA 4.0 In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible By Patrick Lawrence / Orig…
(2025-08-04). Democracy Now! 2025-08-04 Monday. democracynow.org Headlines for August 04, 2025; Prof. Rashid Khalidi Slams "Crushing Repression" at Columbia, Cancels Course over Trump Settlement; "It Is Our War": Palestinian American Scholar Rashid Khalidi on U.S. Complicity in Gaza Genocide; Torture at CECOT: Venezuelan Men Freed from Salvadoran Mega-Prison Describe Brutal Beatings, Humiliation | Headlines for August 04, 2025; Prof. Rashid Khalidi Slams "Crushing Repression" at Columbia, Cancels Course over Trump Settlement; "It Is Our War": Palestinian American Scholar Rashid Khalidi on U.S. Complicity in Gaza Genocide; Torture a…
(2025-08-04). Headlines for August 4, 2025. democracynow.org Six More Palestinians Die of Starvation in Gaza; Hamas and Islamic Jihad Release Videos Showing Two Emaciated Hostages, 600 Retired Israeli Security Officials Urge Trump to Pressure Israel to End War in Gaza, 60 Palestinian Women on Hunger Strike, Demanding the Body of Slain Activist Odeh Hadalin, Far-Right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir Leads Prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sparking Outrage, As Many As 300K People March Across Sydney Harbour Bridge to Protest Israel's Genocide, Texas Gov. Abbott Threatens to Remove Democratic State Legislators Who Fled the State to Block GOP Congressional Ma…
(2025-08-04). Israeli Forces Kill 90 Palestinians in Gaza Over 24 Hours. news.antiwar.com Gaza's Health Ministry said on Monday that Israeli forces killed 90 Palestinians and wounded 439 over the previous 24-hour period as US-backed Israeli strikes and the IDF killing of desperate people seeking aid continue. The Health Ministry said the bodies of four Palestinians killed in previous attacks were also recovered. "A number of victims are …
(2025-08-04). Palestinians distraught over relatives missing at deadly Gaza aid sites. aljazeera.com Many families face agonising wait to find out why loved ones never returned from distribution hubs run by notorious GHF.
(2025-08-04). Survivors of Aid Massacres: Israel Is Eroding Gaza's Social Fabric. orinocotribune.com By Youssef Fares — Aug 2, 2025 | Gaza | Hundreds of thousands of starving Palestinians in northern Gaza make a seven-kilometer journey on foot to reach the Zikim military base in Beit Lahia, where trucks loaded with bags of flour are stopped just meters away from Israeli soldiers. To secure a 25-kilogram sack, people must approach the very area where Zionist forces and private contractors carry out daily killings. | Al-Akhbar met with Mohammad al-Sleibi, a former public school teacher in his thirties, who described surviving stampedes and knife fights to grab a single sack. "The soldiers allow only one or tw…
(2025-08-04). Enabling the Nightmare in Gaza: Defining Criticism of Israel as "Antisemitic" juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com ) In July 2025, the Massachusetts legislature's Judiciary Committee heard testimony on a bill to make it the 38th state to follow the federal government, 45 other countries (almost all of them in the global North), and more than 50 U.S. local governments in adopting a strange definition of antisemitism. In 2016, the …
(2025-08-04). Chris Hedges: The Gaza Riviera. scheerpost.com By Chris Hedges / The Chris Hedges Report This article is read by Eunice Wong, a Juilliard-trained actor, featured on Audible's list of Best Women Narrators. Her work is on the annual Best Audiobooks lists of the New York Times, Audible, AudioFile, & Library Journal. www.eunicewong.actor Text originally published July 26, 2025. NOTE TO SCHEERPOST READERS FROM CHRIS HEDGES: There is …
(2025-08-04). What 'starvation' really means, for the human body and for Gaza. aljazeera.com What does starvation do to the body? And is famine inevitable in Gaza?>
(2025-08-04). Netanyahu Plans Full Israeli Occupation of the Gaza Strip. news.antiwar.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to order the full Israeli military occupation of the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli media reports on Monday, which means a significant escalation of the genocidal war is likely coming. According to Ynet, President Trump has given Netanyahu a "green light to launch a more aggressive military operation …
(2025-08-04). US House Speaker Mike Johnson visits Israeli West Bank settlement. aljazeera.com Johnson becomes the highest-ranking US official to visit an illegal settlement in the occupied Palestinian territory.
(2025-08-04). Israel court halts gov't firing of attorney general investigating Netanyahu. aljazeera.com Baharav-Miara at loggerheads with Israel PM over corruption charges, his 'judicial coup', and sacking of Shin Bet chief.
(2025-08-04). Of Pedophiles and Pedociders. counterpunch.org 
"We have met the enemy and he is us." —Pogo Trump warned of the enemy within — unaware that he and his enablers are that enemy. America's decline was not ushered in by external forces. Rather, it's Trump — or to be more precise those who voted for him and who continue to support his
(2025-08-04). Milei's welcome to Netanyahu will open Pandora's Box in Argentina. responsiblestatecraft.org When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
(2025-08-04). Israel Imposes No-Build Zone in Southern Lebanon. scheerpost.com By Jeremy Loffredo / Dropsite News On July 17, an Israeli drone strike killed at least one person and injured two others in Lebanon's Nabatiyeh governorate, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. The missile struck a civilian vehicle—part of the Israeli military's ongoing aerial campaign in southern Lebanon, carried out in defiance of the declared …
(2025-08-04). Call Your WI Representatives:Release Awdah' body to be laid to rest with dignity in Umm al-Kheir! wibailoutpeople.org 
Awdah Hathaleen — a deeply beloved anchor of resistance and solidarity in Umm al-Kheir, an English teacher, a father — was shot and killed by sanctioned Israeli settler Yinon Levy. Israel police are refusing to release his body. The women of Umm al—Kheir— led by his mother, his wife, and his sister— are on hunger strike. They are asking for the simplest, most human of …
(2025-08-04). Trump Administration Won't Provide Disaster Relief to States and Cities That Boycott Israeli Companies. news.antiwar.com Updated at 7: 02 pm EST on August 4, 2025 The Trump administration has said that states and cities will not receive funding to prepare for natural disasters if they choose to boycott Israeli companies, Reuters reported on Monday, citing a terms document from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published in April. The document says …
(2025-08-04). Two Wounded as Israel Continues to Pound Southern Lebanon. news.antiwar.com Israel continued to carry out attacks across southern Lebanon on Monday, with renewed fears of escalation after several deadly strikes late last week. Today saw multiple towns and villages targeted, and little to no comment from the Israeli side as to why. Multiple attacks targeted the town of Yaroun, with an artillery strike reported as …
(2025-08-05). Hamas-run Health Ministry reports 94 deaths in 24 hours amid worsening crisis. haaretz.com Hunger-related deaths rise as aid shortages persist, with 29 killed seeking aid. A senior doctor warns, 'basic food has disappeared, access to clean water is extremely limited.' Local officials call for urgent international intervention as famine deepens and emergency services falter…
(2025-08-05). Defying Israeli army opposition, Netanyahu pushes to escalate an unwinnable war in Gaza. haaretz.com The prime minister announced an expansion of the fighting in the Gaza Strip, despite opposition from the IDF General Staff, growing fatigue among soldiers, and a lack of public legitimacy. Those close to him have adopted an increasingly wild tone and are now even goading the IDF chief…
(2025-08-05). Israel to allow Gaza merchants to bring aid into Strip for first time since fighting resumed in March. haaretz.com
(2025-08-05). Israel puts down over 250 crocodiles at abandoned West Bank farm, tell owner. haaretz.com The farm, which had been operational for over two decades, closed to visitors during the Second Intifada, which ended in 2005, after a sharp decline in tourism. According to the owner of the farm, the IDF buried the crocodiles in an undisclosed location without notifying him…
(2025-08-05). 2025 military exports to Israel already outstrip record-setting 2024. haaretz.com Serbia exported more ammunition to Israel in the first half of 2025 than the whole of 2024. During Netanyahu ally's investigation in Belgrade this month, a gag order was imposed regarding Serbian aid to Israel…
(2025-08-04). Patriots or propagandists? stir over petitions to end the Gaza war. haaretz.com Some may shrug off the artists who signed, but they know condemning the atrocities unfolding isn't echoing Israel haters or 'inciting against' soldiers. It's a call to save them from a forever war with no end other than destruction…
(2025-08-04). Israeli settlers torch Palestinian farmhouse, tag walls with and. haaretz.com 'We show the army and police where they come from — it doesn't help,' says Palestinian farm owner after settlers torch building and damage orchards. Settler violence has surged across the West Bank in recent weeks, with devastating consequences…
(2025-08-04). international isolation is painful. But it is also necessary. haaretz.com While calling for urgent sanctions on your own country is extraordinary, it must become a key part of Israeli resistance from within against the racist, anti-democratic government. Not because we have nothing left to lose — but because we still have everything to lose…
(2025-08-04). Two Arab-Israeli men were shot dead as the murder rate hits 150. haaretz.com The deaths of two Arab men in northern Israel show rising violence in Arab communities, with 150 murders in 2025 — a sharp rise from past years. This surge follows Itamar Ben-Gvir's 2022 appointment as police minister, raising concerns over growing violence and weak police response…