(2025-08-06). Israel's expansion of Gaza war risks 'catastrophic' outcomes: UN. newarab.com 
A top UN official warned Tuesday that Israel is risking "catastrophic consequences" in Gaza, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly considered total occupation of the Palestinian territory. | A widening of the war "would risk catastrophic consequences for millions of Palestinians and could further endanger the lives of the remaining hostages in Gaza", Miroslav Jenca, UN assistant secretary-general for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas, told a Security Council meeting. | "There is no military solution to the conflict in Gaza or the broader Israeli-Palestinian conflict," Jenca said. | During a visit…
(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…
(2025-08-06). Netanyahu Orders Israeli Army To Conquer All Of Gaza. popularresistance.org The Israeli war cabinet met on Monday to decide on the next phase of Israel's war on Gaza. The meeting was reportedly to choose between ending the war in favor of ceasefire talks or expanding it to reoccupy the entire Strip. According to initial unconfirmed reports, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has briefed "friendly journalists" that he has ordered the Israeli army to "conquer Gaza" in the face of opposition from the army's Chief of Staff, Eyal Zamir. Netanyahu's office reportedly told N12: "The decision has been made — Israel is going to conquer the Gaza Strip."
(2025-08-06). Netanyahu meets with military leaders on details of Israeli conquest and annexation of Gaza. wsws.org The Washington Post reported that a high-level meeting was held in Tel Aviv on Tuesday to discuss details for the full military occupation of Gaza, including the encirclement and assault on Palestinian refugee camps with hundreds of thousands of displaced civilians.
(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…
(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…
(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…
(2025-08-06). As Gaza Starved, NPR's Coverage Expanded but Didn't Get Any Better. counterpunch.org 
(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…
(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.
(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…
(2025-08-06). German club backs out of signing Israel striker after backlash. newarab.com 
Bundesliga 2 side Fortuna Duesseldorf has pulled out of signing Israel striker Shon Weissman in response to fan anger about his social media posts on the Gaza war, German tabloid Bild reported Tuesday. | Fan furore erupted online on Monday when news emerged Weissman was on the cusp of joining Duesseldorf from Spanish side Granada FC. | On Tuesday, the club tweeted: "We looked into Shon Weissman intensively, but ultimately decided not to sign him". | The club did not reveal the reasons for the decision, but Bild reported the club reacted to fan anger about social media statements from Weissman, who was already…
(2025-08-06). The international rift over Israel and the collapse of Western taboos! uwidata.com By Adem Kƒ±lƒ±àß, Political scientist Israel's military and economic siege of Gaza, which began after October 7, 2023, has reached a point where it is calling into question not only the Middle East but also the moral positions of Western capitals and the legitimacy of the international order. The developments at the United Nations Palestine …
(2025-08-06). Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC calls for an agreement between the parties to enable humanitarian action in Gaza. icrc.org
(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…
(2025-08-06). At Hague Group Emergency Summit, 30+ Nations Seek to 'Halt the Genocide in Gaza'. cadtm.org
(2025-08-06). Israel and the Occupied Territories: ICRC mourns killing of Palestine Red Crescent Society staff member in Gaza. icrc.org
(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.
(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."
(2025-08-06). Gaza: At least 20 Palestinians killed by overturned aid truck. newarab.com 
(2025-08-06). 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…
(2025-08-06). German hesitation could encourage Israeli atrocities: academics. newarab.com 
More than 100 Israeli academics have warned in a letter that a failure by Germany to put pressure on Israel could lead to new atrocities in Gaza. | "Further hesitation on Germany's part threatens to enable new atrocities – and undermines the lessons learnt from its own history," the academics wrote in the letter, addressed to senior Social Democrat (SPD) lawmakers Rolf Muetzenich and Adis Ahmetovic and seen by Reuters on Tuesday. | On July 22, the two men, whose party is in the ruling coalition, had called for Germany to join an international coalition pushing for an immediate end to the war in Gaza, sanctions…
(2025-08-06). Terrible thirst hits Gaza with polluted aquifers and broken pipelines. geo.tv 
(2025-08-06). Israel and the Occupied Territories: ICRC appalled by harrowing videos of Israeli hostages in Gaza. icrc.org
(2025-08-06). Israel has mastered the playbook of famine denial in Gaza. newarab.com 
(2025-08-06). Israel lobby chief admits Gaza assault meets genocide definition. newarab.com 
(2025-08-06). Philadelphia: Movement fights racist censorship of slavery. workers.org 
Philadelphia In May, Trump issued an executive order calling for Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to "ensure" that content which "inappropriately disparages" U.S. individuals past or living ceases to exist at national parks, including Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia. In 2026, this INHP will be at the center of the . . . |
(2025-08-05). Netanyahu Pushing Forward Plan to Occupy All of Gaza, Israeli Media Reports. truthout.org The Israeli war cabinet met on Monday to decide on the next phase of Israel's war on Gaza. The meeting was reportedly to choose between ending the war in favor of ceasefire talks or expanding it to reoccupy the entire Strip. According to initial unconfirmed reports, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has briefed "friendly journalists" that he has ordered the Israeli army to "conquer Gaza"… |
(2025-08-05). Reports: Netanyahu Orders Israeli Army To Conquer All Of Gaza. progressivehub.net QASSAM MUADDI | MONDOWEISS…
(2025-08-05). Dynamics of Israel's Northern Cyprus Threat. Ret. Adm. Cem Gurdeniz. globalresearch.ca On July 30, 2025, the ƒ∞sraeli Hayom newspaper, which is a right-wing nationalist newspaper known for its closeness to Prime Minister Netanyahu in Israel, published an article by Israel Aerospace Industries Vice President for Foreign Relations and Analyst Shay …
(2025-08-05). Netanyahu hints at expanded war in Gaza but former Israeli military and spy chiefs object. whyy.org Israeli Prime Minister The new pressure on Netanyahu came as Gaza's Health Ministry said the Palestinian death toll had surpassed 61,000. Health officials reported new deaths of hungry Palestinians seeking food at distribution points. As desperation mounts, the Israeli defense body coordinating aid announced a deal with local…
(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…
(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…
(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 . . . |
(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.
(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" …
(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…
(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.
(2025-08-05). Free all Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian Prisoners: Lebanon's Captives in Zionist Jails. samidoun.net 
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network calls upon all international solidarity movements, human rights advocates and organizers for political prisoners to advocate for the liberation of all Arab and Palestinian prisoners in Zionist jails, including the 16 Lebanese and at least four Syrian prisoners being held — with no official documentation as to their whereabouts, conditions …
(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 …
(2025-08-05). 'The Depravity of Gaza's Aid Crisis Shows What Happens When Profit Comes Before Human Rights'. bylinetimes.com 
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(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.
(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 …
(2025-08-05). Germany considers sanctions against Israel for Gaza offensive. plenglish.com Berlin, August 5 (Prensa Latina) Zimmie Moller, vice president of the Social Democratic Party parliamentary group in the Bundestag, urged her government to consider sanctions against Israel, including a partial suspension of arms exports.
(2025-08-05). Social Movements Are Physically Reclaiming Spaces to Replace the State. truthout.org From people taking over campus lawns in solidarity with Gaza, to freeway blockades protesting police and immigration enforcement brutality in 2025, to the 2011 Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street protests: the activist takeover of space is an important technique for social change and justice. While many folks refer to these takeovers as "occupations," others (including myself) refer to them as… |
(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). Spain rejects Israel's attempt to annex Gaza. plenglish.com Madrid, August 5 (Prensa Latina) Spain rejected any attempt by Israel to annex Gaza, which would also be illegal with the West Bank, and reiterated the two-state solution with the recognition of Palestine.
(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). It's Not Okay To Be A Grown Adult In August 2025 And Still Believe Lies About Gaza. caitlinjohnstone.com.au It's not okay to be a grown adult with internet access in August 2025 and still believe that what we are seeing in Gaza is not It's not okay to be a grown adult with internet access in August 2025 and still believe this mass atrocity is about self-defense. | It's not okay to be a grown adult with internet access in…
(2025-08-05). Which party is more out of step with its voters on Gaza? stephensemler.com 
IN THIS NEWSLETTER: I compare public support for Israel's actions in Gaza with last week's Senate votes on arms sales to Israel. Share *Thank you, Julian L., for becoming Polygraph's newest VIP member! *Latest VIP content: How senators voted on last week's resolutions to block arms sales to Israel versus how much each accepted from …
(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…
(2025-08-05). Kurdistan oil is the Bermuda Triangle of international politics. responsiblestatecraft.org In May, Secretary of State Marco Rubio A relentless campaign of drone attacks targeting Iraqi Kurdistan's military, civilian, and energy infrastructure escalated dramatically in July, as a swarm of Iranian-made drones
(2025-08-05). Asking the Wrong Questions. progressive.org Middle East scholar Phyllis Bennis weighs in on the recent attacks against Iran.
(2025-08-05). General Mills Sued for Racial Discrimination and Retaliation. unicornriot.ninja 
Minneapolis, MN — As corporations across the United States gleefully regress back to their racist roots with the second Trump term, a fired worker in Minnesota is fighting back. General Mills, headquartered in a western Minneapolis suburb, is facing a lawsuit filed by a Black worker who claims he was fired as retaliation for speaking …
(2025-08-06). declarations of conquering Gaza clash with reality on the ground. haaretz.com Despite briefings insisting that Netanyahu is determined to expand the fighting, the state of the troops and the reinforcements that will be required leave room for skepticism. Fueling the confrontation with Eyal Zamir serves the prime minister — but the IDF chief's departure could lead to a collapse…
(2025-08-06). threats to occupy Gaza could become a blood-soaked reality. haaretz.com The Israeli prime minister's devastating blockade on Gaza backfired and now he's desperately trying to bring Hamas back to the negotiating table…
(2025-08-06). Handcuffed Gaza prisoner 'falls to death' in Israeli detention. newarab.com 
An unnamed According to Haaretz, which reported the incident on Tuesday, the death occurred in January 2024, but the man's identity has been withheld. Israeli sources claim he "fell while attempting to escape" during interrogation. The Shin Bet has refused to…
(2025-08-06). Twenty Palestinians killed after truck in Gaza lost balance, Hamas says. haaretz.com
(2025-08-06). Gaza Health Ministry reports spike in neurological diseases, with 95 new cases in past day. haaretz.com According to the Hamas-run ministry, severe deterioration in nutrition and drinking water quality has led to an outbreak of Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a rare neurological disorder…
(2025-08-05). state prosecutor says Netanyahu decision to fire attorney general illegal. haaretz.com The Israel Business Forum, which is comprised of 200 prominent members of the business community, offered similar comments on Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara's purported ouster…
(2025-08-05). U.S. nonprofit gave over $100,000 to publish autobiography. It reported as a donation. haaretz.com The Tikvah Fund donated the money to translate into Hebrew and publish 'Bibi: My Story,' but the sum was wasn't reported as a political donation even though the book's release was moved up to the eve of the 2022 vote…
(2025-08-05). Netanyahu attacks his top general as he runs out of scapegoats for Gaza failure. haaretz.com IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir was hand-picked by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to lead the military. To get the 'forever war' he wants in Gaza, Netanyahu may now be ready to chuck him under the bus…
(2025-08-05). Netanyahu meets IDF chief amid army opposition to Gaza takeover plans. haaretz.com While the IDF's top brass remains opposed to a full-scale takeover of Gaza, Israel's defense minister said he will ensure the army carries out any directive issued by Israel's political leadership…
(2025-08-05). Tel Aviv fundraiser by Israeli artists for Gazans relocated to secret venue after right-wing threats. haaretz.com All proceeds from the sold-out event were donated to a joint Israeli-Palestinian aid project. 'We're glad the event took place and that we didn't back down, despite the serious threats,' organizers said…
(2025-08-05). Israel summons Polish envoy over Gaza criticism, accuses Warsaw of distorting Holocaust memory. haaretz.com After both the Polish prime minister and his foreign minister invoked the national experience of World War II in reference to 'the hunger and the death of mothers and children,' Israel accused Poland of dishonoring Holocaust victims…
(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…
(2025-08-05). With no governing alternative in Gaza, push for Hamas to disarm is a pretext for forever war. haaretz.com By fostering Hamas as a competitor to the Palestinian Authority, Israel has created an anomaly in Gaza that exists in no other Middle Eastern country. Now that Israel rejects any alternative Palestinian government, it will be forced to step into Hamas' shoes and become the direct and sole occupier of Gaza…
(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…