2025-08-26: Palestine Roundup

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Albany El Cerrito for Palestine (2025-08-26). Saturday 8/30: Support Gaza Students — Jewelry Sale Fundraiser. indybay.org Jaffa Coffee Roasters, 1701 University Ave, Berkeley.

newarab (2025-08-26). Top UK screenwriter Laverty arrested at pro-Palestine protest. newarab.com Screenwriter Paul Laverty, best known for his collaborations with director "Following a protest outside St Leonards Police Station (Edinburgh) on Monday, 25 August 2025, a 68-year-old man has been arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000 for showing support f…

newleftreview (2025-08-26). 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.

Alec Stefan, Monterey Palestine Solidarity (2025-08-26). Friday 9/5: Interfaith Press Conference for Palestine. indybay.org Monterey County Courthouse and Jimmy Panetta's Office | 1200 Aguajito Rd | Monterey CA, 93940…

Hank Pellissier (2025-08-26). Friday 8/29: Israel! Stop Killing Journalists! Stop Starving Gaza! indybay.org in front of Israeli Consulate – 456 Montgomery…

Mairead Maguire (2025-08-26). Open Letter to President Trump. Forced Starvation and Famine by Israel of People of Gaza. globalresearch.ca Dear President Trump, | The children of Gaza are being starved and killed. Israel has killed 18592 Palestinian children. | In the last two years, there are 39,000 Palestinians children orphaned in Gaza, occupied by Israel. This is forced starvation an …

newarab (2025-08-26). Death toll from Israel's forced starvation of Gaza reaches 300. newarab.com The death toll from Israel's forced starvation of Gaza has risen to 300, including 117 children, Gaza's health ministry announced on Monday. | The ministry said it had recorded "11 deaths due to starvation and malnutrition in the past 24 hours, including two children". | Israel closed all crossings into Gaza on 2 March, preventing all humanitarian aid from entering the enclave. The forced starvation of Gaza's population has plunged it into a state of famine, with aid trucks waiting at the border. | Israel has allowed limited quantities of aid into the territory, however aid agencies and rights groups have said…

Stavroula Pabst (2025-08-26). More US lawmakers publicly blame Israel for starvation, deaths in Gaza. responsiblestatecraft.org U.S. lawmakers who may have been silent for the last 22 months are now speaking out publicly and blaming Israel for the starvation and famine conditions in the Gaza Strip.On CBS's

aljazeera (2025-08-26). LIVE: Israel starves three Palestinians to death in Gaza. aljazeera.com Gaza's hunger-related death toll rises to 303 amid outrage over 'barbaric' Israeli attacks on Nasser Hospital.

Jim Lobe (2025-08-26). Poll: 41% of Americans say Israel committing genocidal acts in Gaza. responsiblestatecraft.org Forty-one percent of Americans, including 67% of Democrats and 14% of Republicans, believe that Israeli military actions in Gaza constitute either "genocide" (22%) or are "akin to genocide" (19%), according to a

WSWS (2025-08-26). Australian workers and youth denounce Israel's genocide in Gaza at mass protests. wsws.org "I'm here today because it's powerful to be here. But I know the protests are not working. In my opinion we need to take concrete actions."

WSWS (2025-08-26). France summons US Ambassador Kushner over claim its call for Palestinian state is antisemitic. wsws.org Kushner's comment highlights how falsely equating anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism criminalizes any and all statements of sympathy for Palestinian victims of the Gaza genocide.

aljazeera (2025-08-26). Norway fund divests from US firm Caterpillar over Gaza, West Bank abuses. aljazeera.com Fund says move against Caterpillar, five Israeli banks due to their contribution 'to serious violations of rights'.

Editor (2025-08-26). Israel Bombs Gaza Hospital, Kills 5 Journalists from AP, Al Jazeera, Reuters, NBC. scheerpost.com In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible By Israeli airstrikes on Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza killed at least 20 people Monday, including five Palestinian journalists. Eyewitnesses say Israel carried out a "double-tap" strike on the hospital…

Norman Solomon (2025-08-26). Dem Leaders Are Pretending that U.S. Weapons Don't Enable the Slaughter in Gaza. juancole.com San Francisco (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) — This week will go down in history as a time when the governing body of the Democratic Party had a chance to oppose the U.S. government's arming of Israel. But with the first Democratic National Committee meeting in seven months getting underway on Monday, the DNC's leadership …

newarab (2025-08-26). Tunisia: People's Movement Party launches hunger strike for Gaza. newarab.com The People's Movement party (El-Tayyar el-Chaabi) in The party issued a statement, reading: "We activists announce the start of our hunger strike, commencing today [Sunday], for a week at t…

WSWS (2025-08-26). Famine and mass murder in Gaza: A crime of Zionism and world imperialism. wsws.org On Monday, the Israeli military carried out two airstrikes, one after another, on Nasser Hospital in the south of the Gaza Strip, killing over 20 people.

The Independent (2025-08-26). GAZA: 20 Palestinians, including 5 journalists, killed in Israeli attack on hospital. independent.co.ug GAZA | Xinhua | At least 20 Palestinians, including five journalists, were killed on Monday in an Israeli attack on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. The Israeli army said it launched "an initial inquiry" into the incident. Gaza-based health authorities said in a press statement that Israeli warplanes targeted the fourth floor …

tn.ai (2025-08-26). World Condemns Israeli Massacre at Gaza's Nasser Hospital. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Israel's latest assault on Gaza has provoked global outrage after its forces struck Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, killing at least 21 people, including five journalists and medical workers.

newarab (2025-08-26). Israel to 'ignore' proposal for temporary Gaza ceasefire. newarab.com Israel is expected to ignore the proposal for a Sources familiar with the discussions told Israel's Channel 13 that the government has sent a message to mediators that it will only end the war when Hamas agrees to all its conditions, including full disarmament as well as release of Israeli captives it is hold…

newarab (2025-08-26). Global outrage after Israeli attack on Gaza hospital. newarab.com World powers and international organisations voiced shock at the Countries including Canada, Egypt, Iran, and Saudi Arabia have denounced Israel's strikes on Nasser Hospital, while global rights and humanitarian groups such as

aljazeera (2025-08-26). Video captures Israeli bombing of Gaza residential building. aljazeera.com Video shows the moment an Israeli air attack hit a residential building in Gaza's al-Mawasi, near Khan Younis.

Norman Solomon (2025-08-26). DNC Leaders Are Pretending That U.S. Weapons Don't Enable the Slaughter in Gaza. indybay.org Resolution for arms embargo on Israel exposes complicity…

tn.ai (2025-08-26). Iran Condemns Israeli Attack on Gaza's Nasser Hospital. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The Iranian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the Zionist regime's military strike on Nasser Hospital in Gaza, which has killed at least 21 people, including five journalists.

newarab (2025-08-26). Famine in Gaza is now official. Will it change anything. newarab.com When the United Nations officially declared on Friday that Gaza had It was a dramatic international recognition that the war-torn, besieged coastal enclave, home to over 2.2 million people, has become For Palestinians, the announcement was both a validation of their lived reality and a chilling reminder o…

newarab (2025-08-26). Israeli rights group accuses general of war crimes in West Bank. newarab.com A leading Israeli rights organisation said Monday that it had requested a military investigation into a senior commander over suspected war crimes in the The request comes days after Major General Avi Bluth, head of the Israeli military in the West Bank, appeared in a video in which he called for curfews and encirclements of Palestinian villages. | Contacted by AFP about the request, the Israeli military did not provide immediate comment. | In a letter to the military advocate-general, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel…

aljazeera (2025-08-26). A day of horror in the West Bank. aljazeera.com How the killings of two young Palestinian men by Israeli settlers unfolded.

newarab (2025-08-26). Israel 'appreciates' Lebanon's disarming of Hezbollah: Netanyahu. newarab.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin A statement from Netanyahu's office said: "Israel appreciates the important step taken by the Lebanese government, led by President Josep…

newarab (2025-08-26). Norway wealth fund excludes Caterpillar and five Israeli banks. newarab.com Norway's $2 trillion wealth fund, the world's largest, said on Monday it has The five banks are Hapoalim, Bank Leumi, Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, First International Bank of Israel, and FIBI Holdings, the fund said in a statement. | The six groups were excluded "due to an unacceptable risk that the companies contribute to serious violations of the rights of individuals in situations of war and conf…

newarab (2025-08-26). Amnesty urges probe into Israeli destruction in Lebanon. newarab.com The 27 November

Editor (2025-08-25). Solidarity with Palestine Action! workers.org In July, the solidarity group Palestine Action was "proscribed" — banned — by the British government for allegedly violating the Terrorism Act, passed by Parliament in 2000. The Act prohibits "serious damage to property" even when no human beings are hurt. In the case of Palestine Action, the fact that . . . |

_____ (2025-08-25). The Gaza Tribunal and Civil Society. transcend.org 1 Aug 2025 – TMS Editorial Committee Member Richard Falk is a Professor Emeritus of International Law and Practice at Princeton University. He is also the former UN Human Rights Rapporteur in Palestine and the Occupied Territories and the president of the Gaza Tribunal, which we will discuss.

_____ (2025-08-25). Why Japan Is an "Accomplice" in the Occupation of Palestine. transcend.org The Similarities between the Colonial Rule in East Asia and the Israeli Settlement…

_____ (2025-08-25). Why Palestine Is Already a State. transcend.org 19 Aug 2025 – The very act of the U.N. Secretary General accepting a Palestinian membership application was an acknowledgement from the U.N. that Palestine is already a state, since only states can apply.

Editor (2025-08-25). Eighteen Palestinians Starve to Death in Gaza Over Three Days Due to Israeli Siege. scheerpost.com Mother cries for her 4-year-old daughter, who lost her life due to malnutrition and lack of treatment due to the war on Gaza, Gaza Strip (by Ashraf Amra) | Wikimedia Commons | By Dave DeCamp / Gaza hospitals have recorded 18 more malnutrition deaths in Gaza over the past three days, according to press releases from Gaza…

Atef Said (2025-08-25). Egypt Has Leverage Against Israel. Why Doesn't Sisi Use It? truthout.org The Israeli occupation has inflicted collective starvation on 2 million displaced Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, as the Israeli military controls all border crossings into Gaza and does not allow aid to enter. Exit and entry into Gaza by sea or air is entirely prohibited; Palestinians are not even allowed to fish along Gaza's shore. The consequences are appalling: "After four months of a… |

_____ (2025-08-25). Is Genocide Happening in Gaza? transcend.org 4 Aug 2025 – As genocide scholars know, genocide is a process, not an event. The genocide process did not begin on 8 Oct 2023. It was prefaced by decades of human rights abuses against the Palestinian people; extensive violations of international law involving discrimination, persecution, apartheid and more…

_____ (2025-08-25). The Case for Military Intervention to Stop the Gaza Genocide. transcend.org 7 Jun 2025 – A powerful new briefing has been published presenting a comprehensive legal, moral, and strategic argument for urgent international military intervention to halt the ongoing genocide by the Israeli state against the Palestinian people.

_____ (2025-08-25). Heartbreaking Gaza Genocide Statistics. transcend.org 17 Aug 2025 – Take as much as you can until your tears stop you.

Pacific Media Watch (2025-08-25). Media analyst slams Israeli killing of four Gaza journalists calls for Western outrage. asiapacificreport.nz Pacific Media Watch A media studies analyst has condemned the latest deadly attack by Israel on journalists in Gaza and challenged Western media over the carnage, asking "where is the outrage" and international solidarity? Four journalists were reported to have been assassinated among 20 people killed in the air strike on the al-Nasser Medical Centre…

_____ (2025-08-25). Gaza's Urgency and Lessons for the Future. transcend.org 17 Aug 2025 – Responses to questions posed by Naman Bakaàß, an independent journalist in Turkey. The interview was published by FOCUS, an independent online media platform…

jagonews24 (2025-08-25). Over 1,000 buildings destroyed in Gaza City: Civil Defence. jagonews24.com Israel has completely destroyed more than 1,000 buildings in the Zeitoun and Sabra neighbourhoods of Gaza City since it started its invasion of the city on August 6, trapping hundreds under the rubble, the Palestinian Civil Defence says.

_____ (2025-08-25). Most Israelis Not Bothered by Reports of Suffering and Famine in Gaza, New Poll Shows. transcend.org 6 Aug 2025 – Vast majority of Israelis said they were not troubled at all by reports, with a majority saying Israel's army was careful to avoid civilian suffering.

Jordan Atwood (2025-08-25). Nasser Hospital bombing in Gaza kills four journalists and other civilians. nationofchange.org Attack on Khan Younis hospital leaves at least 19 dead as rights groups denounce a pattern of systematic targeting of media and medical facilities.

Editor (2025-08-25). Report: Smotrich Told IDF Chief That Anyone Who Doesn't Evacuate Gaza City Can 'Die of Hunger or Surrender'. scheerpost.com By Dave DeCamp / Antiwar.com Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has told the head of the Israeli military that anyone who remains in Gaza City after an IDF evacuation order can "die of hunger or surrender," The Times of Israel reported on Saturday, citing a TV report from Israel's Channel 12. "We ordered you [to carry out] …

aljazeera (2025-08-25). Israel bombs hospital, kills journalists, medics, dozens more across Gaza. aljazeera.com 'Double-tap' attack on Nasser Hospital kills at least 21 Palestinians and draws global condemnation.

geo.tv (2025-08-25). No olive branch for Gazans as Israel bulldozes hundreds of trees in West Bank. geo.tv A Palestinian man looks at olive trees uprooted by Israeli soldiers using a bulldozer in the occupied West Bank village of Al-Mughayyir, north of Ramallah, on August 24, 2025.— AFPIsraeli bulldozers uprooted hundreds of trees in the West Bank village of al-Mughayyir on Sunday, with…

_____ (2025-08-25). Israel's Assassination of Memory. transcend.org 22 Aug 2025 – Israel's razing of Gaza is not only about ethnic cleansing. It is about the erasure of a people, a culture and a history that expose the lies used to justify the Israeli state.

Editor (2025-08-25). Staggering Rate of Civilian Deaths In Gaza Revealed. scheerpost.com In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible |

aljazeera (2025-08-25). Al Jazeera journalist killed documenting Gaza's suffering. aljazeera.com Al Jazeera's Mohammad Salama was described as a courageous journalist who documented the suffering in Gaza.

Bharat Dogra (2025-08-25). Extremely Distressing — Number of Aid Workers Killed at All Time High, Most Killed in Gaza. globalresearch.ca Last year when the data on killings of humanitarian aid workers for the year 2023 was released, there was a widespread feeling of shock as the killings had risen very steeply to an all-time high.

Majd Jawad (2025-08-25). In the West Bank, these mothers all have one thing in common: Israel killed their sons. mondoweiss.net United in grief over their sons, either killed or jailed by Israel, these Palestinian mothers formed a "league" to support one another. But as Israel's violence expands, and new mothers join their league, the group is finding it harder to operate.

_____ (2025-08-25). Awarding Noble Piece Prize to Trump and Netanyahu? transcend.org 25 Aug 2025 – Appropriate Appreciation of Transactional Commodification of Honour in a Fragmenting World – Donald Trump has been formally nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by multiple countries…

english.almanar.com.lb (2025-08-25). Israeli media outlets report interception of an aerial body over occupied Golan. english.almanar.com.lb

english.almanar.com.lb (2025-08-25). Sheikh Qassem calls on the Lebanese government to hold intensive sessions in order to study the defense strategy in order to defend the national sovereignty against the Israeli violations. english.almanar.com.lb

english.almanar.com.lb (2025-08-25). Sheikh Qassem: Exceptional achievements of Hezbollah throughout 40 years may have pushed people to think that the Israeli aggression is a failure for the resistance. english.almanar.com.lb

english.almanar.com.lb (2025-08-25). Sheikh Qassem: Hezbollah Rejects Step-for-Step Proposal, 'Israel' Won't Be Able to Keep Occupation Sites in Lebanon. english.almanar.com.lb Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem on Monday called on the Lebanese government to undo its illegitimate and unconstitutional decisions related to the disarmament of the resistance, maintaining that backing off would be a virtue. "The Lebanese government has taken a wrongful decision to strip the Resistance and its people of weapons while Israeli aggression …

Staff (2025-08-26). Calling for end to Gaza war and release, protesters block roads across Israel. haaretz.com

Amos Harel (2025-08-26). Despite indifference, deadly strike on Gaza hospital could change the course of the war. haaretz.com The IDF has already taken responsibility for killing journalists earlier this month, making it harder to accept its claim that what happened at the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday was an accident…

Yaniv Kubovich (2025-08-26). Israeli army backs down after telling families to wear clothing at graduation. haaretz.com The invitation sent to families for the graduation ceremony of the psychotechical diagnostics course stated that T-shirts and shorts above the knee should not be worn. At the request from the Secular Forum and Haaretz, the army announced that it would change the guidelines…

Josh Breiner (2025-08-25). Israel Police bans anti-Gaza war and anti-government protest signs at Haifa pride parade. haaretz.com Police said a separate 'protest area' would be established, where demonstrations against the government would be allowed. However, displaying Palestinian flags and setting up political booths in that area will be prohibited…

Allison Kaplan Sommer (2025-08-25). Targeting truth: killing of Gazan journalists in Nasser hospital is no. haaretz.com The IDF said it 'regrets harm to uninvolved individuals and doesn't target journalists as such.' As such? This qualification likely points to the fact that journalists have been targeted by Israel in the past, just not, apparently, this time…

Jonathan Lis (2025-08-25). Netanyahu says Israel ready to support in disarming Hezbollah. haaretz.com Lebanon approved earlier this month a U.S.-backed plan for Hezbollah disarmament that includes a phased dismantling of Hezbollah's weapons and an immediate halt to Israeli strikes. Netanyahu called the effort to disarm the group 'an opportunity for Lebanon to reclaim sovereignty'…

Linda Dayan (2025-08-25). Israeli veterans with PTSD are camping outside the Knesset. a protest – and a community. haaretz.com Amid a surge in soldier suicides following October 7 and ongoing war, a group of veterans suffering from PTSD in an encampment outside Israel's parliament is protesting the red tape around mental health care. Can they make their invisible illness seen before it wrecks lives?

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