2025-08-12: Genocide Roundup

So far today: 2025-08-12 10:10am GMT

Jake Johnson (2025-08-12). UN Experts Demand of US-Backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. indybay.org "We are leaving a state accused of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity in charge of feeding the population affected by the genocide without oversight and with impunity," said dozens of United Nations special rapporteurs.

Jamal Kanj (2025-08-12). The Killing of Journalists in Gaza: Israel's War on the Soul of Humanity. counterpunch.org After sealing Gaza off from international reporters and blocking the world's eyes from its genocide, Israel has moved to the next phase of its blackout strategy: hunting down Palestinian journalists inside Gaza. The goal is obvious: silence the last independent witnesses so that the genocide and starvation of an entire people proceed unseen, unrecorded, and unchecked by the global community.

Phil Pasquini (2025-08-12). Bay Area Rise up for Gaza Targets Consulting Group. indybay.org "Bay Area Rise up for Gaza" protesters nosily occupied the street outside the office of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) located in the massive Two Embarcadero Center building. The protest called attention to the global management consulting firm's complicity in the ongoing Israeli genocide against Gaza…

WSWS (2025-08-12). Australian government to "recognise" Palestine, as it continues to support Gaza genocide. wsws.org The announcement is a cynical attempt to deflect mass opposition to the ongoing war crimes, which will not stop Israel's attempt to exterminate the Palestinians.

Staff (2025-08-12). Venezuela Files Expanded Evidence With ICJ Asserting Essequibo Sovereignty Claims. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez reported Monday, August 11, that a Venezuelan delegation submitted a new document to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) expanding, with additional evidence, the historical truth of the country's rights to Guayana Esequiba. | "This morning, August 11, 2025, a new document was submitted to the International Court of Justice with the absolute and complete truth about Venezuela's rights to Guayana Esequiba," she stated from the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Caracas. | Rodríguez explained that Attorney General Reinaldo Muñoz, Ambassador to the United Nations Samuel Mo…

SKWAWKBOX (2025-08-11). Exclusive: ret'd army Col Chris Romberg, descendant of Holocaust survivors, on genocide and Starmer regime. skwawkbox.org Protester among hundreds arrested last weekend speaks out against UK's hypocritical pro-Israel regime Chris Romberg, 75, is a retired army colonel who served with distinction in 29 Commando Regiment, mentioned in dispatches for his service during Operation Sutton in the Falklands — and a descendant of Holocaust survivors who escaped from Austria during the nazis' …

Juan Carlos Dominguez Taño (2025-08-11). Puerto Rico: Dozens protest against Israeli genocide in Gaza. plenglish.com San Juan, Aug 11 (Prensa Latina) Dozens of people deplored the genocide Israel is committing against the Palestinian people in Gaza, in a demonstration held in front of Puerto Rico Coliseum in Hato Rey, where acclaimed Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny is performing.

Michael Powers (2025-08-11). Hawkeyes boycott genocide: Iowa City resolution condemns investment in Israel. peoplesworld.org IOWA CITY, Iowa— Iowa City may be a relatively small place in the U.S., but it's the latest city to throw its weight behind the movement to boycott genocide. On Tuesday, Aug. 5, the city council here, in a unanimous vote, passed a boycott of public investments in Israeli companies that are "complicit in the …

_____ (2025-08-11). Gaza Genocide-Complicit States' "Conditional Recognition" of Palestine Is "Elastic Words" transcend.org 1 Aug 2025 – Words can't liberate people under oppression in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, much less end Israel's mass extermination in Gaza.

_____ (2025-08-11). Nazis Murdered My Family in the Holocaust—Now Germany Is Punishing Me for Protesting Zionists' Genocide in Gaza. transcend.org 2 Aug 2025 – 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.

_____ (2025-08-11). Catastrophe Capitalism Complicit in Israel's Genocide. transcend.org Mark this down…

Ed Sykes (2025-08-11). Bono fools no one with his 'pompous, insincere' message on Israel's genocide in Gaza. thecanary.co U2 singer Bono says that "uncertainty in the face of obvious complexity" long held him back from commenting on Israel's crimes in Palestine. (It didn't stop him taking Israel's side, apparently.) But as more and more experts call the apartheid state's assault on Gaza genocide, a 'pompous, insincere' message from Bono has impressed few. Back […] | By

Ahmad Ibsais (2025-08-11). The Western media is complicit in Israel's murder of Palestinian journalist Anas al-Sharif. mondoweiss.net Israel murdered Anas al-Sharif and his colleagues because genocide can only proceed without witnesses. Western media outlets have failed to condemn the systematic murder of Palestinian journalists, and in the process have become accomplices.

_____ (2025-08-11). Digitising Statelessness and Genocide in Palestine and Myanmar. transcend.org 3 Aug 2025 – The genocides in Palestine and Myanmar have been facilitated by decades of systematic bureaucratic violence and the misuse of state identification systems. It's high-time to rethink how state IDs and identification technologies are linked to mass atrocities. My new research brief is a small step towards this rethink. Here's the thinking behind it.

_____ (2025-08-11). Genocide Musical… B. Netanyahu Sings: "We Are the Killers!" (Music Video of the Week) 2. transcend.org No description has been added to this video.

albawaba (2025-08-11). 61 killed in Gaza, famine deaths hit 217 as Israeli strikes target aid seekers. albawaba.com ALBAWABA-The Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that 61 Palestinians were killed and 363 injured by Israeli forces in the past 24 hours, amid ongoing bombardment and siege. The ministry said famine-related deaths have risen to 217, including 100 children, describing the crisis as a direct consequence of the blockade.Hospital sources confirmed that 18 of today's fatalities were civilians waiting for humanitarian aid. At least 39 people were killed by Israeli fire in various areas since dawn, including seven in an airstrike on Gaza City's Shujaiya neighborhood, according to Al-Maamadani Baptist Hospital.Obaida Al-…

Xiaolu Sun (2025-08-11). UNSC holds emergency meeting on Gaza Israeli takeover plan. america.cgtn.com The United Nations Security Council called an emergency session on Sunday, Aug. 10, to address Israel's controversial decision to take full control of Gaza City and forcibly evacuate about one million residents. | That as many are frustrated at Israel's latest action and as Palestinians feel overwhelmed by escalating death and famine. CGTN's Karina Mitchell reports.

Alexis Sterling (2025-08-11). Leaked transcript reveals Netanyahu blocked ceasefire and imposed starvation in Gaza. nationofchange.org Israeli cabinet minutes show Prime Minister rejected hostage deal, cut off all aid, and broke ceasefire to force Hamas surrender, triggering mass civilian deaths and famine.

albawaba (2025-08-11). Australia to recognize Palestine at UN in September. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- Australia will formally recognize the State of Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly in September, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Monday.Albanese described the two-state solution as "humanity's best hope to break the cycle of conflict in the Middle East and to end the conflict, suffering, and starvation in Gaza." He said the Palestinian Authority has pledged to disarm, recognize Israel, and exclude Hamas from any future governance.Statement on the recognition of the State of Palestine.

_____ (2025-08-11). Israel's National Security Cabinet Approves Netanyahu's Escalation, Hiding Defeat in the Legitimacy War. transcend.org 8 Aug 2025 – Relations with the Trump presidency seem to be finally fraying and the announced cause seems to be Israel's stubborn refusal to allow food, water, and medicines to reach starving Palestinians rather than the controversy inside and outside of Israel to extend military operation to the yet unoccupied parts of Gaza City.

aljazeera (2025-08-11). UN says families, a generation being 'wiped out' by Israel's war on Gaza. aljazeera.com Malnutrition from Israeli-induced starvation, strikes kill dozens of Palestinians as journalists deliberately targeted.

_____ (2025-08-11). AP Reveals Armed Contractors Fired on Starving Gazans at US-Backed Aid Sites. transcend.org An AP investigation exposes how untrained US security contractors used live fire, stun grenades, and pepper spray on hungry Palestinians at GHF-run food/aid centers in Gaza.

Foreign Policy in Focus (2025-08-11). Why the Gaza War won't End: Israel's Strategic Goal has been Ethnic Cleansing. juancole.com By Seth Cantey | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) — Israel's global standing has deteriorated throughout the war in Gaza, but in recent weeks the decline has been precipitous. The prohibition on foreign journalists entering the strip hasn't prevented images of starvation from flooding social media. Doctors' reports of civilians being used as target …

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