(2025-08-16). Ben Gvir storms Barghouti's cell, issues threats amid concerns over his health. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir caused a lot of anger when he broke into the solitary confinement cell of famous Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti and made direct threats. This led to strong criticism from Palestinian officials and human rights activists.Channel 7 in Israel says Ben Gvir told Barghouti, "We will kill anyone who hurts the people of Israel." "You are not going to win." It was said that the visit, which was seen as provocative, was meant to make it harder for Palestinian prisoners to stay in jail. Video from the meeting showed that Barghouti looked weak and sick, wh…
(2025-08-16). Terrifying Numbers: Smotrich revives controversial E1 project over Palestine. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – An expert on Israeli settlement issues has said that the "E1" settlement plan, which was recently brought back to life by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, will split up the West Bank and cut Jerusalem off from the rest of the country. | As part of the E1 project, Smotrich gave the go-ahead for the building of thousands of housing homes east of Jerusalem. This was strongly opposed by the Palestinian Authority, which has asked the rest of the world to step in and stop it. The return of an old project : Abdel Hadi Hantash, an expert on land and settlement issues, told Erem News that "this…
(2025-08-16). Will Israel's new settlement end hopes of a Palestinian state. newarab.com 
Himself a settler, Smotrich added the project will be made up of 3,401…
(2025-08-16). Israel continues to starve Gaza as ceasefire hopes fade. newarab.com 
At least two Palestinians were killed in the Zeitoun area, sources at the al-Ahli Hospital confirmed. | The Palestinian Waf…
(2025-08-16). Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians. juancole.com by (
(2025-08-16). Boeing workers: Organize to expand the strike under rank-and-file control! wsws.org Workers real allies are not warmongering politicians from either party, but the working class of the United States and the world.
(2025-08-16). Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC calls for an agreement between the parties to enable humanitarian action in Gaza. icrc.org
(2025-08-16). Israeli army unit instructed to smear journalists as 'Hamas'. newarab.com 
The An investigation carried out by +972 Magazine, which cited intelligence sources, said that the unit was formed in the aftermath of 7 October 2023 and was tasked with gathering information that could be used for Israeli propaganda.
(2025-08-16). Israel and the Occupied Territories: ICRC mourns killing of Palestine Red Crescent Society staff member in Gaza. icrc.org
(2025-08-16). Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike. indybay.org New York, August 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled by Israel's killing in Gaza on Sunday of four Al Jazeera staff — correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal — and two freelancers Moamen Aliwa and Mohammad al-Khaldi.
(2025-08-16). 'BBC complicit in Gaza genocide', A-level student tells reporter. newarab.com 
A British student has gone viral after telling a The Liverpool student was approached by the BBC when opening the results of his A-Levels, a series of exams that decide which university, if any, students can go to. | "On that note, I just want to say Free Palestine, end the genocide and the BBC is complicit," he says to the reporter. | "We're here to talk about A-Level results…" the reporter interrupts, with the student h…
(2025-08-16). Ben-Gvir threatens Marwan Barghouti after storming prison cell. newarab.com 
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry and the wife of imprisoned leader Marwan Barghouti have condemned what they called a provocative and dangerous raid by extremist Israeli Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Barghouti's prison cell. | On Thursday, Israel's National Security Minister stormed Barghouti's cell at the Ramon Prison, telling him that Israel will win the war in Gaza. | "Whoever messes with the people of Israel, whoever murders our children, whoever murders our women, we will obliterate them. You will not defeat us," Ben-Gvir told the iconic Palestinian figure who has been imprisoned for over two decades. | "Yo…
(2025-08-16). Friday 8/15: Calling Party for Gaza. indybay.org Zoom | www.codepink.org/callgaza251…
(2025-08-16). Arab states don't see 'Greater Israel' erasing Gaza as a barrier. newarab.com 
(2025-08-16). CCR Demands Delaware AG Investigate Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's Legal Status. indybay.org Kathy Jennings urged to enforce law, move to revoke GHF's charter; 1,400 Palestinians killed seeking aid since GHF began operating…
(2025-08-16). Israel continues Gaza attack amid West Bank settlement plan. newarab.com 
Israel has continued with its deadly airstrikes on Gaza City, amid preparations for a ground invasion to take over the city. | Strikes on the Zeitoun neighbourhood of the city killed at least two people this morning. | According to Al Jazeera, Israeli forces have focused attention on the Zeitoun neighbourhood over the last few days, destroying between 300 and 350 homes being destroyed. | Israel's war on Gaza has killed 61,776 Palestinians and wounded a further 154,906 since the start of the war, according to Gaza's health authorities. | As Israel ramps up its attacks on Gaza City, it continues its creeping ann…
(2025-08-16). Israel and the Occupied Territories: ICRC appalled by harrowing videos of Israeli hostages in Gaza. icrc.org
(2025-08-16). Wednesday 8/27: Understanding Gaza Film Series: "The Other" indybay.org SEIU 521 Union Hall, 517 Mission St, Santa Cruz…
(2025-08-15). Gaza children are skin-and-bones, but Netanyahu says no one's hungry. peoplesworld.org 
KHAN YOUNIS, Palestine (AP)—The dead body of 2 1/2-year-old Ro'a Mashi lay on the table in Gaza's Nasser Hospital, her arms and rib cage skeletal, her eyes sunken in her skull. Doctors say she had no pre-existing conditions and wasted away over months as her family struggled to find food and treatment. Her family showed …
(2025-08-15). A Cry from the Ashes: Who Still Has a Conscience? dissidentvoice.org The world—eight billion strong—stands at a precipice. In Gaza, a people are being systematically pulverized, displaced, and erased. And the architects of this devastation—Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the governments that arm him—continue their campaign with brazen impunity. This is not merely a geopolitical crisis. It is a moral apocalypse. Where are the men and …
(2025-08-15). Israeli police make arrests at rally for slain Al Jazeera journalists. aljazeera.com Footage shows Israeli police in Haifa arresting protesters who were condemning the killings of journalists in Gaza.
(2025-08-15). Gaza's 679th Day of Israeli War: Airstrikes, Famine and Devastation Continue. english.almanar.com.lb 
The Israeli occupation forces continued their genocidal war on Gaza Strip for the 679th consecutive day, marked by relentless air and artillery bombardments, the killing of starving civilians and displaced persons, and sustained American political and military support amid what they called unprecedented international silence and failure. Palestinian media reported dozens of airstrikes and further …
(2025-08-15). Israel hunts, then kills, Anas Al-Sharif in Gaza City. electronicintifada.net More than 230 Palestinians in Gaza, including 106 children, have starved to death.
(2025-08-15). Thousands To Join 'Mass March For Humanity' Against Starvation Of Gaza. popularresistance.org On Saturday, August 16, demonstrators are set to march in protest of Israel's starvation of Gaza in a "Mass March for Humanity" through the streets of New York City. Over 200 organizations have endorsed, coming from an array of diverse backgrounds including the Palestinian diaspora, pro-Palestine solidarity groups, labor unions, anti-war groups, faith groups, and others. Buses are set to travel from across the northeastern United States, including from Baltimore, Boston, Burlington, New Hampshire, Philadelphia, Providence and Washington, DC. "Genocide will never stop with…
(2025-08-15). Twenty-Four US-Allied Nations Urge Israel To Lift All Restrictions On Aid. popularresistance.org Twenty-four US-allied nations and three senior EU officials have signed a joint statement calling for Israel to lift all restrictions on aid entering the Gaza Strip, warning that the Israeli-imposed famine has reached "unimaginable levels." | The statement, published by the British Foreign Ministry, comes as Palestinians continue to starve to death every day in Gaza due to the US-backed Israeli blockade. | "The humanitarian suffering in Gaza has reached unimaginable levels. Famine is unfolding before our eyes. Urgent action is needed now to halt and reverse starvation. Humanitarian space must be protected, and ai…
(2025-08-15). Israel is using its manufactured famine of Palestinians as a silent weapon in genocide. thecanary.co 
Israel's manufactured famine is being used, according to Amnesty International, as a "weapon of war." However, public support for the famine amongst Israelis is also disturbingly widespread. During a speech to a large audience on 28 July, which was streamed live on TVs and social media in Israel, Rabbi Ronen Shaulov said: All of Gaza, […] | By
(2025-08-15). Humanity's Fight Against the Perpetrators of Starvation and Extermination. counterpunch.org 
On August 3, 2025, well over 100,000 thousand Australians swept across Sydney's Harbour Bridge, protesting Israel's genocidal starvation of Gaza, stopping traffic for hours. Julian Assange was at the front of the march, and social media was alive with imagery and solidarity. One protester posted, "What struck me at #MarchforHumanity was the awesome diversity of
(2025-08-15). Qalibaf Urges Muslims to Close Ranks against Israel. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf called on the Islamic countries to thwart the Zionist regime's 'Greater Israel' plot, describing Gaza as the "last rampart" in holding back the "rabid Zionist dog".
(2025-08-15). 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.
(2025-08-15). A Landmark Complaint Vs Pro-Israel Group Silencing Dissent. popularresistance.org In February 2023, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital quietly removed a display of artwork from one of its corridors. | The artwork, a collection of decorated plates, had been designed by schoolchildren in Gaza. It depicted symbols of peace and the desire for an independent Palestinian state. | The plates had been on the walls of the hospital for over a decade, but a strongly worded letter from UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) ensured they were promptly taken down. | UKLFI director Caroline Turner was quick to claim victory. "We are pleased that the hospital has responded positively to its patients' complaints," she de…
(2025-08-15). Iranian President Scorns Israeli PM's Interfering Comments. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian condemned the Israeli prime minister's recent interfering comments, saying those who voice concern for the Iranian people should first acknowledge the catastrophic situation in Gaza.
(2025-08-15). Israel told Anas Al-Sharif he could leave Gaza if he stopped reporting he refused. thecanary.co Martyred journalist Anas Al-Sharif's brother has revealed that Israeli authorities offered a sickening deal to Anas just before his death. They told him that if he stopped reporting on Gaza, he and his family could leave safely. Anas refused. Then, Israel killed him for shining a light on Israel's genocide. AJ+ reported that: Anas' brother […] | By
(2025-08-15). Israel targets emergency workers trying to help people trapped in Gaza City. aljazeera.com As military closes in on city, it continues attacks across enclave, targeting al-Shifa and Al-Aqsa hospitals.
(2025-08-15). Dehumanize and Destroy: How Western Media Helped Target Gaza's Journalists. orinocotribune.com By Robert Inlakesh — Aug 15, 2025 |
(2025-08-15). Israeli Soldier Who Served in Gaza Found Dead in Apparent Suicide. english.almanar.com.lb 
Israeli reservist soldier who had taken part in a recent military offensive in the Gaza Strip was found dead Thursday in an apparent suicide, Israeli media reported. The Yedioth Ahronoth daily, citing a military statement, said the body of the soldier was found in Switzerland Forest near Tiberias. The officer reportedly served with the 99th …
(2025-08-15). The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West's Complicity. juancole.com Obliteration and the West's Complicity A Two-Part Q&A on Dr Steinbock's The Obliteration Doctrine DG Team Dr Steinbock's highly topical new book The Obliteration Doctrine is about the genocide in Gaza, the West's complicity and long struggle against genocide prevention. In the Bosnian genocide, mass atrocities took place in just a few days in July …
(2025-08-15). Israeli media reports army facing security incident in Gaza, helicopters landing for evacuation. english.almanar.com.lb
(2025-08-15). Is Israel Committing Genocide In Gaza? International Court Will Take Years To Decide, But States Have A Duty To Act Now. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | South Africa instituted a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague in late December 2023, claiming Israel was violating the Convention …
(2025-08-15). Time works differently in Gaza. electronicintifada.net A bombing takes seconds. It leaves a lifetime of pain.
(2025-08-15). Britain's National Union of Students targets opposition to Gaza genocide amid growing movement for disaffiliation. wsws.org NUS stands exposed as a tool of repression against students. The task is not to reform it, but to build a socialist movement against it.
(2025-08-15). The Deadliest Conflict in History for Journalists. counterpunch.org 
In one night, Israel murdered Al Jazeera's entire media crew in Gaza City. The Israeli military admitted to assassinating the journalists in an August 10 airstrike on a media tent outside Al-Shifa hospital. The strike killed Al Jazeera Arabic correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal. Freelance cameraman
(2025-08-15). OIC to Hold Gaza Meeting on August 25. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is going to hold an emergency ministerial meeting on August 25 to discuss the Gaza crisis, an Iranian deputy foreign minister announced.
(2025-08-15). Al-Quds Brigades Video Shows Israeli Military Vehicles Destroyed in Eastern Gaza. english.almanar.com.lb Al-Quds Brigades military media posted a video that shows the Israeli military vehicles destroyed by the group's fighters in eastern Gaza. The footage shows Al-Quds Brigades fighters planting explosive devices before displaying the destroyed vehicles of the occupation forces. Meanwhile, the Israeli media reported on Friday that the occupation soldiers were facing a serious security …
(2025-08-15). Groups calls on Delaware to revoke Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's corporate charter over complicity in genocide. mondoweiss.net 
The Center for Constitutional Rights is joining local organizations in calling on Delaware's Attorney General to investigate the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation for its complicity in war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Gaza.
(2025-08-15). Ukraine Sinks Russian Cargo Ship In Caspian Sea. twz.com 
Ukraine has carried out an audacious drone strike on the Caspian Sea port of Olya, in Russia's Astrakhan region, hitting one cargo vessel that Kyiv says was being used to transport arms from Iran. U.K.-based maritime security firm Ambrey confirmed to TWZ that this is the first time a direct attack of this kind had been made on Olya and that it resulted in one ship sunk. It also appears to be the first time that Ukraine has successfully targeted any kind of vessel in the Caspian Sea area. | According to
(2025-08-15). IAM bureaucracy appeals to fascist Senator Hawley to intervene in Boeing strike. wsws.org Boeing machinists should set up rank-and-file committees to mobilize other sections of workers behind them, their real allies in this fight, and prepare for a break with the IAM apparatus and political struggle against both big business parties.
(2025-08-16). learned from Begin that peace deals and military wins boost. haaretz.com The aftershocks of Labor's crushing '77 defeat half a century ago still haunt Israeli politics, says historian Eran Eldar…
(2025-08-16). Congress member becomes most senior U.S. Democrat to call actions in Gaza. haaretz.com
(2025-08-15). Top economists warn Netanyahu: Israeli policies risk in Gaza. haaretz.com The 23 three leading economists – including 10 Nobel Prize laureates – sent an open letter to the Israeli prime minister in which they also warned that there could also be 'catastrophic' economic consequences for Israel.
(2025-08-15). Three women subjected to strip-search after arrest in anti-Gaza war protest in Tel Aviv. haaretz.com Despite being detained for disorderly conduct, Israel Police claimed that their goal was to check that they were not carrying dangerous items into their cell. For the men arrested, the police were content to search over their clothing…
(2025-08-15). UN: 13,000 Gaza children treated for malnutrition in July, almost all aid trucks looted. haaretz.com UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says that 420 children were for malnutrition every day in the beleaguered enclave last month; World Food Program: The trucks were looted mainly by starving, unarmed civilians…
(2025-08-15). Gaza health ministry says 51 Palestinians killed by IDF in past day, including 17 waiting for aid. haaretz.com In Khan Yunis, IDF jets targeted a residential compound in the city center, causing severe damage to nearby buildings and sewage systems, whose destruction led to sewage flooding at the Nasser Hospital complex…
(2025-08-15). Even while vacationing abroad, Israelis escape the horrors of the Gaza war. haaretz.com Israelis are taking their summer vacation abroad to escape the malaise of the war and the horrific sights in Gaza. But when they reach their destination, the walls shout reality at them…