2025-08-19: Netanyahu Roundup

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Hank Pellissier (2025-08-19). Friday 8/22: Stop Starving Gaza – protest at Israel Consulate. indybay.org Israel Consulate – 456 Montgomery…

newarab (2025-08-19). Amnesty: Israel 'deliberately' starving Gaza's Palestinians. newarab.com In a report citing testimonies of displaced Palestinians and medical staff who treated

Council on American-Islamic Relations (2025-08-19). CAIR Comments on UN Report that Israel Slaughtered 1,760 Forcibly-Starved Palestinians Seeking Food. indybay.org CAIR Calls UN Report that Israel Slaughtered 1,760 Forcibly-Starved Palestinians Seeking Food 'Moral Indictment of Western Governments'

newarab (2025-08-19). Israeli-made famine starving animal companions alongside humans. newarab.com In the makeshift displacement camps scattered across 31-year-old Mahmoud Zidan, a Palestinian man from al-Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, shares those precious crumbs with his two cats, Loza and Sahaba, who have followed him across the bombed-out streets ever since Israel's war began last October. | "I put them in a cardboard box…

newarab (2025-08-19). Tarantino moves to London from Israel. Was Gaza war responsible. newarab.com

Angela (2025-08-19). Thursday 8/21: Power Half Hour for Gaza. indybay.org

newarab (2025-08-19). Egypt 'ready' to take part in int'l force for post-war Gaza. newarab.com Egypt has repeatedly called for Palestinian unity under the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), an umbrella group that dominates the Palestinian Authority but excludes Ha…

newarab (2025-08-19). Israeli MK barred from entering Australia for 'spreading hate'. newarab.com A far-right extremist The provocative politician, Simcha Rothman, has previously referred to Palestinian children in Gaza as "enemies" and called for Israel to totally control the occupied West Bank. He has shown support for

WSWS (2025-08-19). Sri Lankan government fails to condemn Israel's planned seizure of Gaza. wsws.org Notably absent from this month's government statement is any mention of genocide or the ethnic cleansing accompanying the planned takeover of the territory.

newarab (2025-08-19). Hamas accepts new Gaza truce plan with 'no changes': official. newarab.com But after receiving a new proposal fro…

Caitlin Johnstone (2025-08-19). Israelis Understand That Trump Can End The Nightmare In Gaza. Americans Should Know This Too. caitlinjohnstone.com.au

WSWS (2025-08-19). A socialist perspective for mass student meetings in Australia against the Gaza genocide. wsws.org The IYSSE will be urging students at the meetings to take up a fight for the mobilisation of the working class against the Gaza genocide and the Labor government.

newarab (2025-08-19). Tens of Gaza children to evacuate to UK 'in coming weeks'. newarab.com

newarab (2025-08-19). To stand with Gaza, solidarity movements must isolate Israel. newarab.com The birth of the The world has had a front seat t…

newarab (2025-08-19). Egypt, Qatar hand Gaza truce proposal to Hamas ahead of assault. newarab.com

newarab (2025-08-19). What to know about Israel's planned assault on Gaza City. newarab.com Israel's defence minister is expected on Tuesday to green-light military plans for a full-scale assault on the largest city in Emptying the city<...

WSWS (2025-08-19). Australian Labor government maintains military exports for Israeli war machine. wsws.org The Defence Department has admitted that 31 "active" export permits allow the sale of military-specific items to Israel, giving the lie to Labor's claims that it is not materially supporting the Gaza genocide.

WSWS (2025-08-19). Armed National Guard troops to begin patrols in Washington, D.C. wsws.org Trump is stepping up the militarization of US capital, with his top fascist adviser, Stephen Miller, supervising the command headquarters of the DC police.

tehrantimes (2025-08-18). Businesses close as Israel's economy drops 3.5% after war with Iran. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — A new report shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's much-ballyhooed decision to drag Israel into a direct war with Iran cost the regime the partial or total shutdown of countless businesses, as well as dents in consumer spending, export, and investment.

Staff (2025-08-18). In Largest Israeli Protest to Date, 1 Million Israelis Demand Gaza Ceasefire to Free Hostages. democracynow.org Massive protests have erupted in Israel, with about 500,000 people marching in Tel Aviv Sunday to demand an end to the war in Gaza. Organizers say 1 million took part in demonstrations across the entire country. Most of the Israelis who were out on the streets "blame Netanyahu" for prioritizing his political survival over an end to the war, says Oren Ziv, reporter and photographer for +972 Magazine. Ziv notes that most Israelis are "not speaking directly on the suffering in Gaza, on the killings, on the children, on the starvation," but instead focus on the survival of the hostages held in…

tehrantimes (2025-08-18). Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemns Netanyahu's 'provocative' West Bank visit. tehrantimes.com The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned what it describes as a "provocative colonial incursion" by Netanyahu into the illegal Ofra settlement in the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera reported.

_____ (2025-08-18). Israel's Biggest US Donor Now Owns CBS. transcend.org 7 Aug 2025 – After reaching an agreement with Trump, David Ellison—the son of the second-richest man in the world, Larry Ellison—has acquired CBS News. He is the largest private funder of the IDF, is deeply tied to the Israeli national security state and counts Netanyahu among his closest friends.

WSWS (2025-08-18). Nearly one million Israelis demonstrate, calling for hostage deal and end to Gaza war. wsws.org No progressive struggle can be taken up against the Israeli government without opposing the genocide which has so far claimed at least 61,000 Palestinian lives and threatens the remaining 2.1 million with starvation. It means rejecting the ethno-religious exclusion that forms the basis of the Israeli state.

Alaa Shamali (2025-08-18). 40,000 babies are at risk of starving to death in Gaza thanks to Israel. thecanary.co Amnesty International has accused the Israeli occupation of committing a systematic crime by pursuing a deliberate policy of starvation against the residents of the Gaza Strip, as part of a clear strategy aimed at destroying the health of Palestinians and undermining the fabric of their society. Gaza: tens of thousands of children at risk In […] | By

Tareq S. Hajjaj, Mondoweiss. (2025-08-18). Gazans Go On Hunger Strike In The Midst Of Famine. popularresistance.org Wadea Abu Soud, a reporter for Yemen TV in Gaza and father of four, declared his hunger strike on July 20 alongside two of his colleagues. He says his hunger strike is a message to the world about the famine in Gaza, where most families can't feed their children. | "I am a starving journalist who is attempting to convey the suffering of his starving people," Abu Soud says. | Abu Soud is one of a growing number of journalists and first responders in Gaza who have declared that they are going on hunger strike in the midst of a famine. Their demand is that all of Gaza's children must be fed. | "Our voices are reachi…

Samuel Karlin, Left Voice. (2025-08-18). New Yorkers Mobilize For Gaza As Protests Grow Around The World. popularresistance.org This month has been an especially horrific one in the nearly two-year-long genocide of Gaza. Israel is intentionally starving Gazans, threatening total occupation, and expanding their ethnic cleansing of Palestinian land to the West Bank. But this has all only fueled greater support for the movement for Palestine. The passive sympathy for Palestine which has been growing for a long time has begun to show more publicly. This was apparent in the August 16 rally for Gaza in New York City. | The action was initially called by Palestinian Youth Movement and the Party for Socialism and Liberation, groups which have reg…

Staff (2025-08-18). Headlines for August 18, 2025. democracynow.org Trump to Host Zelensky at White House After Alaska Summit with Putin Fails to Secure Peace Deal, State Dept. Halts Visas for Children in Gaza Seeking Urgent Medical Care, Amnesty Accuses Israel of Waging "Deliberate Campaign of Starvation" in Gaza, Ex-Israel Military Intel Chief: Palestinians "Need a Nakba Every Now and Then to Feel the Price", Over a Million Protest in Israel Calling for End to War and Hostage Deal, Three States to Send National Guard to D.C. as Trump Expands Takeover of City, ICE Detains 7-Year-Old Student in NYC, Report: U.S. Deploys 4,000 Marines & Sailors to Southern…

tn.ai (2025-08-18). No Doubt about Peaceful Nature of Iran's Nuclear Program: Spokesman. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baqaei dismissed recent remarks by Cypriot officials against Iran's nuclear program, describing them as part of a "stale narrative" promoted by the Zionist regime and European governments.

newleftreview (2025-08-18). 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.

_____ (2025-08-18). The Assassination of Palestinian Journalists. transcend.org 15 Aug 2025 – The 10 Aug 2025 Israeli airstrike that killed four Al‚ÄØJazeera journalists and two others in Gaza: Falk argues that discrediting truth-tellers and murdering the press is consistent with the apartheid worldview that dominates Zionist ideology.

_____ (2025-08-18). Israeli Occupation of Gaza and Who Would Be the Next King of Arabia? transcend.org 11 Aug 2025 – Israeli Occupation and How Leaders Mislead the Masses…

_____ (2025-08-18). The Death of EU Values in Gaza. transcend.org 15 Aug 2025 – The EU likes to think of itself as a community of values, committed to international law, peace, protecting civilians and a rules-based global order. But with the brutal destruction of Gaza and the illegal occupation of Palestine, these principles have become hollow rhetoric.

newarab (2025-08-18). Gazan woman dies after medical evacuation to Italy. newarab.com A 20-year-old Palestinian woman described as being in a "state of severe physical deterioration" has died after being The patient was admitted to Pisa University Hospital late Wednesday and died on Friday. She was removed from the Gaza Strip as part of a

newarab (2025-08-18). Egypt, Qatar preparing new proposal for temporary Gaza ceasefire. newarab.com

newarab (2025-08-18). Israel kills more Gaza aid seekers, bombs hospital. newarab.com

Joe Glenton (2025-08-18). From Gaza to Iraq: the British establishment are allergic to accountability. thecanary.co Imagine a world in which we didn't have to see Iraq war criminal Alistair Campbell's face or hear his voice. A world in which the almost-always incorrect views generated on his smug, shit, Centrist Dad podcast never landed in your algorithm. I'd say the same for arch-Tory Rory Stewart who, bizarrely, governed an Iraqi province […] | By

Alaa Shamali (2025-08-18). Palestinian journalists urge international press to get into Gaza, before it's too late. thecanary.co Almost two years after the outbreak of Israel's war of extermination in the Gaza Strip, journalists on the ground have issued urgent calls to their international colleagues to enter Gaza and witness the violations and crimes on the ground for themselves. This comes amid continued bombing and destruction of infrastructure and media institutions, and the […] | By

newarab (2025-08-18). UK MPs urge government to evacuate Gaza children for treatment. newarab.com A group of 96 MPs from different parties penned a letter to the government urging them to bring wounded and sick children in Labour MP Dr Simon Opher organised the letter, highlighting how

_____ (2025-08-18). Eighty Years after Hiroshima: The American Bombs Have Turned Gaza into Hiroshima 2.0. transcend.org 7 Aug 2025 – Israel's genocidal patron, namely the leaderships of the United States, have shown an utter and complete lack of human empathy, conscience or regard for…

_____ (2025-08-18). "Israel Has Succeeded in Killing Me" transcend.org 13 Aug 2025 – The Israeli military just assassinated six Palestinian journalists in a targeted strike, among them beloved Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif. Israel has killed nearly 270 journalists and media workers since it launched its genocidal assault on Gaza.

tn.ai (2025-08-18). Israel's Forced Eviction of Gazans Aimed at Complete Destruction of Palestinian Identity: Iran. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounced the Israeli regime's decision to force Palestinians from their homes and shelters to southern Gaza, saying it is aimed at complete destruction of the national identity of the Palestinians in the enclave.

WSWS (2025-08-18). Pseudo-left Socialist Alliance seeks to divert opposition to Gaza genocide behind Australian Labor government. wsws.org As the protest politics they have peddled for the past two years is increasingly exposed, the pseudo-left groups have doubled down on their insistence that opposition to the genocide must orient to the very parties complicit in the war crimes.

newarab (2025-08-18). Calls grow for UEFA 'hypocrites' to expel Israel. newarab.com Calls are growing for The match between Tottenham Hotspur and Paris Saint-Germain was located at the Blue Energy Stadium in Udine, Italy. | Refugee children were invited to feature at the opening ceremony by the UEFA Foundation for Children. | Two of the children were evacuated from Gaza, amid Israel's brutal war and heavy restrictions on food and emergency aid ente…

tehrantimes (2025-08-18). AFP report: Hamas confirms receiving new Gaza truce plan. tehrantimes.com Hamas negotiators in Cairo have received a new proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza calling for an initial 60-day truce and captive release in two batches, a Palestinian official said on Monday.

_____ (2025-08-18). Malnutrition Deaths Mark 'Latest in the War on Children' in Gaza: UNRWA Chief. transcend.org 13 Aug 2025 – At least 100 children in Gaza have died from malnutrition and hunger, underscoring the need to speed up medical evacuations. – These young deaths are "the latest in the war on children and childhood in Gaza," the head of UNRWA said today.

newarab (2025-08-18). Israel bombs Gaza City hospital, expands displacement plan. newarab.com The bombing hit the medical facility's courtyard, and is not the first time the Israeli army has struck the area. | The attack on the hospital comes as at least six other aid-seekers in the enclave were killed by Israeli fire, near the

tn.ai (2025-08-18). Mexicans Rally against Israel's Genocide in Gaza. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Thousands of people in Mexico City took to the streets to denounce Israel's ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

Alaa Shamali (2025-08-18). Suleiman Al-Obaid obituary: the Pelé of Palestine, murdered by Israel. thecanary.co At a time when bread is more expensive than cups, Suleiman Al-Obaid, one of the most prominent football players in Palestinian history and the Palestinian national team's all-time leading scorer, left his tent in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, not in search of a new goal in the opponents' net, but for a […] | By

_____ (2025-08-18). The Responsibility to Protect and the Crisis in Gaza: A Call for Direct Nonviolent International Action. transcend.org Gaza today constitutes a textbook case for invoking the United Nations' Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine.

newarab (2025-08-18). Protests held across Israel calling for end to Gaza war. newarab.com

newarab (2025-08-18). Tens of thousands converge on New York City in support of Gazans. newarab.com Tens of thousands of people from across the US gathered in New York City on Saturday for a After

newarab (2025-08-18). Iran forces kill seven militants in raid in restive southeast. newarab.com Iranian security forces on Sunday killed seven members of a jihadist group in the southeastern province of Deputy provincial governor Ali Velayatipour said the gunmen, all members of the Ansar al-Furqan group, were killed in the early hours of Sunday, according to the official news agency IRNA. | The militants "intended to attack sensitive centres and military and law enforcement bases", Velayatipour said. | Iran has designated Ansar al-Furqan a "terrorist" organis…

Merawi Gerima, Fight Back! News. (2025-08-18). DC Stands Tall Against Trump's Racist Police Invasion. popularresistance.org Washington, DC — On the evening of Wednesday August 13, the DC Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (DCAARPR) organized a demonstration in Ward 7, a primarily Black ward, and one of the most overpoliced sections of the city. | As organizers set up their table and speakers, a police agent in an unmarked car across the street tried to discreetly photograph attendees and license plates. As soon as he was approached by organizers with cameras, he covered his face and sped off. This encounter foreshadowed a pattern that would be repeated throughout the night of police fleeing when confronted by the p…

Staff (2025-08-18). Qatar paid Netanyahu aides some $1 million over two years, report says. haaretz.com According to Israel's Kan 11, Doha paid $45,000 per month to Perception Media, owned by former Likud campaign advisor Israel 'Srulik' Einhorn. $18,000 of that went directly to Netanyahu advisor Yonathan Urich, bringing the total payments to approximately $1 million…

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