2025-08-06: Genocide Roundup

So far today: 2025-08-06 3:59pm GMT

Brett Wilkins (2025-08-06). At Hague Group Emergency Summit, 30+ Nations Seek to 'Halt the Genocide in Gaza'. cadtm.org

newarab (2025-08-06). UK's Royal Opera pulls production in Israel over Gaza genocide. newarab.com The Almost 200 staff members had signed a petition calling on the organisation to cancel current and future productions, and boycott institutions that support a state "engaged in the mass killing of civilians" in The decision to pull the production was first reported by the campaign group Artists for Palestine UK, which sa…

Adam Rzepka (2025-08-06). "Out, Damned Spot!" The Actively Complicit Try to Launder a Genocide. counterpunch.org A week ago, a grotesque parade of op-ed writers, pundits, and politicians who have publicly supported, justified, or excused the war on Gaza for more than a year and a half began a series of predictable contortions in hopes of escaping what I am going to call their "active complicity" in a genocide: neither the direct commission of genocide, nor silence or ignorance in the face of it, but publicly supporting, justifying, or excusing it.

WSWS (2025-08-06). Hamburg dockworker demands union action against genocide in Gaza. wsws.org Palestinian dockworker Mohammed Alattar from Hamburg, who has lost more than 80 family members in Israel's massacre in Gaza, has addressed a petition full of anger "to the leadership of the Verdi union."

newarab (2025-08-06). Egypt's Sisi calls Israel's war in Gaza a 'systematic genocide'. newarab.com "The war in Gaza is no longer merely a war to achieve political goals or release hostages," Sisi told a press conference in Cairo along with his Vietnamese counterpart. | Israel has killed more than 61,0…

tn.ai (2025-08-06). EU Lawmakers Urge Action to Halt Israeli Atrocities in Gaza. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Three major political blocs in the European Parliament demanded immediate EU action to end Israel's ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

News Desk, The Cradle. (2025-08-06). 'Largest Civilian Flotilla In History' To Set Sail For Gaza. popularresistance.org Activists from 44 countries plan to launch the largest civilian flotilla in history at the end of August in an effort to break Israel's siege on Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid to the starving population of the enclave. | The Global Sumud Flotilla, along with three allied initiatives, will send dozens of boats from Spanish ports on 31 August and Tunisian ports on 4 September, aiming to establish a humanitarian corridor and confront what organizers call Israel's genocide against Palestinians. | "This summer, dozens of boats, both large and small, will set sail from ports across the world, converging on Gaza in t…

newarab (2025-08-06). Israel lobby chief admits Gaza assault meets genocide definition. newarab.com

newarab (2025-08-06). With Gaza starving and in ruins, Israel seeks total conquest. newarab.com The world is watching as Gaza starves, with famine taking the lives of Palestinians, including children, on a daily basis in the coastal enclave, as Israel continues to Nearly 22 months after the Hamas-led assault on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, the group still holds 20 living Israeli captives and…

albawaba (2025-08-06). Netanyahu eyes full Gaza takeover amid soaring famine and death toll. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly considering a full military takeover of the Gaza Strip for the first time in nearly two decades, as mediation efforts with Hamas collapse and international calls for a ceasefire continue to grow.According to Israeli media reports, Netanyahu was set to meet with Defense Minister Israel Katz, Military Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer on Tuesday to finalize a new strategy in Israel's ongoing 22-month war in Gaza. The decision, sources say, would be presented to the cabinet later this week.Channel 12 cited an officia…

newarab (2025-08-06). Israel has mastered the playbook of famine denial in Gaza. newarab.com

newarab (2025-08-06). Israel is starving Gaza. As in the Bengal Famine, it's by design. newarab.com The July Based on a close assessment of all the available information, the FRC shows that "a risk of Famine was detected in all areas of the Gaza Strip", but that half a million people face "Catastrophe (IPC Phase 5), characterised by an extreme lack of food, starvation, destitution, and death". The IPC refers to the Integrated Food Security Phase Cl…

albawaba (2025-08-06). Bennett breaks ranks Israeli starvation tactics in Gaza turning US against Tel Aviv. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- In a striking admission, former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has warned that Israel's global reputation, particularly in the United States, is rapidly deteriorating. Speaking out amid mounting criticism of Israel's war in Gaza, Bennett said the country's standing in the U.S. is "collapsing," and that Israel is increasingly viewed as a "pariah state."Bennett pointed out that Israel has effectively lost the support of the Democratic Party and is beginning to lose the once-reliable backing of the Republican Party. He added that Israel's starvation policy in Gaza has taken on "enormous proportions…

Stan Cox (2025-08-06). As Gaza Starved, NPR's Coverage Expanded but Didn't Get Any Better. counterpunch.org

WSWS (2025-08-05). Trump administration freezes over $300 million in UCLA research funds in attack on science and dissent. wsws.org The Trump administration's defunding of UCLA is a political attack on scientific research, academic freedom and opposition to genocide.

mondoweiss.net (2025-08-05). International Sociological Association suspends Israeli Sociological Society. mondoweiss.net The suspension of the Israeli Sociological Society marks a significant milestone in the international academic boycott of Israel.

APR editor (2025-08-05). Eugene Doyle: Recognise Palestine? Then free Marwan Barghouti. asiapacificreport.nz COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle The world's most important hostage — must be released. The powerful Western countries have signalled that in the face of the genocide they may recognise the state of Palestine. States need leaders. That's why Marwan Barghouti — often dubbed the Palestinian Mandela — must be freed. A former head of Israel's…

Apurva Chaudhry (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.

EMMY (2025-08-05). In New York City, protest demands end to siege of Gaza. workers.org New York City As hundreds of Palestinians, predominantly children, starve to death every day in Gaza, the rage within the belly of the imperial beast grows. In response to global calls for action to pressure and hold governments complicit in the genocide responsible, Within Our Lifetime, a Palestinian-led coalition founded . . . |

Sonia Boulos (2025-08-05). B'Tselem's flawed report on Gaza names genocide but evades the law. mondoweiss.net B'Tselem's report on the Gaza genocide missed an opportunity to advance a clear and unequivocal legal argument that Israel's actions constitute a textbook case of genocide.

Medjool (2025-08-05). UPP and Fonds FTQ Fund Genocide: A New Analysis on Two Public Pension Plan. justpeaceadvocates.ca An analysis of the University Pension Plan and Fonds de solidarité FTQ reveal more than $1 billion of complicit investments. You can read the full report, download the PDF, or review the text only version below. Introduction In Canada, pensions are a major economic force. In 2021, research by the Canadian Centre for Economic Analysis …

sonar21 (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.

Mark Taliano (2025-08-05). It was never about Hamas. voicesfromsyria.com The current Western-supported Zionist genocide of Palestinians was never about "fighting Hamas." Palestinian author Munther Isaac, author of Christ in the Rubble argues that future historians will record the genocide as a tragic result of politicians who " 'neither feared God nor had respect for people,' " and "whose actions and inactions were fueled by …

Steve Topple, The Canary. (2025-08-05). Yvette Cooper Just Doubled Down On Her Palestine Action Lies. popularresistance.org 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 her lies that Palestine Action are a 'violent threat' to the country. | The controversy over the government's banning of Palestine Action as a terrorist group has continued unabated. | As the Canary previously reported, on Wednesday 30 July the High Court granted permission to Huda Ammori, co-found…

Aseel Saleh (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.

Pavan Kulkarni (2025-08-05). Cholera threatens starved IDPs in war-torn Darfur. peoplesdispatch.org Cholera stalks hundreds of thousands taking refuge in the Internally Displaced People (IDP) camps in the Tawila area of war-torn Sudan's North Darfur state. | Fleeing from its besieged capital, El Fasher, and the famine-stricken IDP camps on its outskirts, they had survived a perilous 70 km journey, often on foot, to reach the relative safety of Tawila, which is now in the grip of a cholera outbreak since July 21. | By Monday, August 4, the cumulative daily cases here exceeded 3,150, including 65 deaths, said Adam Rojal, spokesperson of the General Coordination of Darfur Displaced People and Refugees. Most cases…

cameron orr (2025-08-05). Solidarity with the Freedom Flotilla and people of Gaza! cpusa.org Since 2007, the people of Gaza have lived in what can only be described as an open-air prison, surrounded and blockaded on all sides by the Israeli regime. For nearly two years, the government of Israel has used this blockade to systematically starve Gaza's population. As former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant stated on October 9th, 2023: "There will be no electricity, no food, no water, no fuel, everything is closed." | Today, according to the United Nations and international humanitarian experts, Gaza is entering the most extreme phase of famine. Its people face irreversible harm and a rising death tol…

Staff (2025-08-05). Headlines for August 5, 2025. democracynow.org Eight More Palestinians Starve to Death as Netanyahu Plans to Fully Occupy Gaza Strip, Mike Johnson Visits Illegal West Bank Settlement After Israeli Forces Kill Another U.S. Citizen, Netanyahu's Government Votes Unanimously to Remove Attorney General Prosecuting Corruption, Over 40 Arrested Outside Trump International Hotel in NYC Protesting Israel's Starvation of Gaza, Activists from 44 Countries Plan Largest-Ever Gaza Aid Flotilla in September, Sudan's Army Repels Attack on North Darfur's Capital as Civil War Leads to "Protracted Famine", Over 1 Million Afghans Expelled from…

Alan Robock (2025-08-05). Self-Assured Destruction, The Climate Impacts of Nuclear War. Mass Starvation, Ozone Depletion. globalresearch.ca The greatest threat to humanity is nuclear war. | While public opinion is largely misinformed, US "decision-makers" including president Trump are also unaware and misinformed as to the consequences of their actions. Multi-billion dollar bonanza for the Military-Industrial Complex: "Scientific opinion" …

tn.ai (2025-08-05). Israeli Starvation Campaign Traps Gaza in Death Cycle As Aid Turns into Ambush. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — As Gaza's population faces the deliberate weaponization of hunger by the Israeli regime, thousands of Palestinians are risking their lives at so-called aid sites—many never returning, gunned down or vanished in silence.

Staff (2025-08-05). Labor Leader Chris Smalls Describes Israeli Arrest & Assault After Military Raids Gaza Flotilla. democracynow.org Former Amazon Labor Union President Chris Smalls joins us for one of his first interviews since he returned to the United States after he was beaten, arrested and detained by the Israeli military for attempting to bring aid to starving Palestinians in Gaza. Smalls calls Israel's assault and starvation of Gaza a "working-class issue," and was the only Black member of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition's latest attempt to break Israel's near-total blockade of Gaza. He describes his assault by Israeli soldiers, who "attacked me out of the 21 volunteers because of the color of my skin.

Josiah Mortimer (2025-08-05). Evangelical Christian Festival Condemned as Exhibitors 'Brand Palestinians Savage' and Back Trump's Ethnic Cleansing Plan. bylinetimes.com Protests took place at an evangelical Christian Creation Fest in Cornwall over the weekend, after campaigners discovered a stall which appeared to call for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, with leaflets describing Palestinian people as "savage". | Palestine Solidarity Cornwall took action after literature, which campaigners say amounts to hate speech, was found on the Israeli based 'Maoz Israel' stall at the four-day festival. | One article advocates for Donald Trump's widely condemned 'Riviera' plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza of Palestinians and rebuild it as part of Israel. | The article claims that this is nec…

Staff (2025-08-05). An American surgeon's dire warning from Gaza: 'We're leveling a whole society'. therealnews.com Dr. Feroze Sidhwa is an American trauma surgeon who has served in multiple volunteer medical delegations to war zones around the world, including delegations to Ukraine and Gaza. In this urgent episode of The Marc Steiner Show, Marc speaks with Dr. Sidwha about the unfathomable carnage of Israel's genocidal destruction of Gaza and ethnic cleansing of …

Hassan Abo Qamar (2025-08-05). Division aids Israel's ethnic cleansing plans. electronicintifada.net Lack of unity has weakened Palestinians as they face "darkest moment."

Allison Kaplan Sommer (2025-08-05). How David Grossman got an Israeli lawmaker thrown out of the Knesset. haaretz.com On Tuesday, far-left lawmaker Ofer Cassif was expelled from the Knesset chamber for calling Israel's war in Gaza a genocide, but he was quoting one of Israel's most beloved writers. Other lawmakers didn't even believe it…

Linda Dayan (2025-08-05). Large majority of Israeli Jews untroubled by reports of famine in Gaza, poll finds. haaretz.com Among the Arab public, 86 percent of respondents said they are 'very troubled' or 'somewhat troubled' about the situation in Gaza. The poll also found a much greater degree of concern among left-wing Jews…

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