(2025-08-27). 'Arrest Benjamin Netanyahu': ex-British MP fury over Gaza war. albawaba.com 
ALBAWABA – A former British member of parliament shared a post on the X platform expressing her anger with the deteriorating situation in the Gaza Strip and the ongoing Israeli killing of civilians.Claudia Webbe, former UK MP, shared her fury with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following the latest double airstrikes targeting Nasser Medical Complex, during which 20 people were killed, including five journalists last Monday.She wrote, "If it looks like Genocide. Talks like Genocide. It is Genocide." "Arrest Benjamin Netanyahu."On Monday, Gaza media reported that the first bombing directly targeted the f…
(2025-08-27). Macron hits back at Netanyahu over claims of fuelling anti-Semitism. aljazeera.com French leader responds in diplomatic row that erupted after Macron said France would recognise a Palestinian state.
(2025-08-27). Macron hits back at Netanyahu on antisemitism issue. newarab.com 
President Emmanuel Macron strongly rejected Benjamin Netanyahu's recent criticism over rising antisemitism in France and warned the issue should not be "weaponised", in a letter to the Israeli leader published Tuesday. | The remarks come amid tensions between France and Israel over Paris' decision to recognise Palestinian statehood in September. | "Accusations of inaction in the face of a scourge that we are fighting with everything in our power are unacceptable and are an offence to France as a whole," Macron wrote to Netanyahu, in a letter published in several newspapers. | "The fight against antisemitism mu…
(2025-08-27). Protests sweep Israel as families demand prisoner deal. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- Demonstrators took to the streets across Israel on Tuesday, demanding a deal to secure the release of prisoners held in Gaza, as the government prepared for a Cabinet meeting focused on the ongoing war.In Tel Aviv, protesters blocked major roads, waving Israeli flags and carrying photos of captives. Rallies were also reported outside the homes of ministers and near a branch of the U.S. mission in Israel."Prime Minister Netanyahu is prioritizing the destruction of Hamas over the release of prisoners," said Ruby, whose son was kidnapped during the October 7 attack. "He thinks it is acceptable and legitima…
(2025-08-27). Gaza Genocide Is Also … smoothiex12.blogspot.com the United States' crime. The US is stained forever as a supporter of genocidal Netanyahu regime. It is simple as that. Israel owns the US, precisely because they have to because they are not good militarily. Can Russia destroy Netanyahu regime? Easily. But George is absolutely correct here ⚪ it is simple mathematics, saving 2 million Palestinians may result in killing a couple of billion people outright. As our friend Femi correctly pointed out ⚪ Arabs, where are you? Gaza and Palestine are ARAB issue, first and foremost, not Russia's. Anyone calling on Russia "to do something" about it are people who have no…
(2025-08-27). Israel claims 'Hamas camera' was target of hospital massacre. newarab.com 
The Israeli military on Tuesday claimed its forces were targeting a camera operated by Hamas in two strikes that killed five journalists at a hospital a day earlier, triggering a wave of international condemnation at Tel Aviv's latest attack on a medical centre. | Israel's war on Gaza has been one of the deadliest for journalists, with around 200 media workers killed over the course of the nearly two-year Israeli assault, according to press watchdogs. | Monday's strike in southern Gaza's Khan Yunis killed at least 20 people, including the five reporters who worked for Al Jazeera, the Associated Press and Reute…
(2025-08-27). Israeli protesters call for truce deal ahead of cabinet meeting. newarab.com 
Protesters Demonstrators blocked roads in Tel Aviv, where they waved Israeli flags and held up pictures of the hostages, according to AFP. | Israeli media reported others rallying near a US embassy branch in the city, as well as outside the houses of various ministers across the country. | "Prime Minister (Benjamin) Neta…
(2025-08-27). Yemeni Armed Forces: Ballistic Missile Hits Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. english.almanar.com.lb 
In support for the oppressed Palestinian people and their resistance, and in response to the crimes of genocide and starvation perpetrated by the Zionist enemy against Gaza, the missile force of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a qualitative military operation targeting Lod Ben Gurion Airport in the occupied Jaffa (Tel Aviv) region using a …
(2025-08-27). UNRWA Chief Condemns Israel's 'Shameful' Denial of Gaza Famine. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) denounced Israel's continued denial of famine in Gaza, calling it a "shameful" policy as Palestinians endure mass starvation under siege and bombardment.
(2025-08-27). A Public Call For Accountability At The Harvard Education Publishing Group. popularresistance.org We, the undersigned scholars, educators, and education practitioners write to express our alarm at the Harvard Education Publishing Group's (HEPG) cancellation of a special issue on Palestine and Education in the Harvard Educational Review (HER). Such censorship is an attempt to silence the academic examination of the genocide, starvation and dehumanisation of Palestinian people by the state of Israel and its allies. | As reported by The Guardian, contributing authors of the special issue were informed late into the process that the publisher intended to subject all articles to a legal review by Harvard Universit…
(2025-08-27). 102 Groups Call for Release of Palestinian American Child From Israeli Prison. truthout.org A coalition of over 100 U.S. groups is demanding that Israeli officials release 16-year-old Palestinian American Mohammed Zaher Ibrahim from imprisonment, warning that authorities are starving him and denying him medical care as they've barred the child from seeing his family for over six months. The groups called on Secretary of State Marco Rubio to act to end Mohammed's "unjust"… |
(2025-08-27). Children in Sudan's el-Fasher 'starving' after 500 days of siege: UNICEF. aljazeera.com UN agency warns children in North Darfur city remain cut off from aid and protection as fighting continues to rage.
(2025-08-27). How Western Media Helped Turn Israel's Genocide into 'Fake News'. globalresearch.ca Israel's justification for the mass slaughter of Gaza's people and their starvation — now officially confirmed as a famine engineered by Israel — was built on a parade of easily discredited lies from the start: of beheaded infants, of babies …
(2025-08-27). Friday 8/29: Israel! Stop Killing Journalists! Stop Starving Gaza! indybay.org in front of Israeli Consulate – 456 Montgomery…
(2025-08-27). Starvation strategy: How Israel created famine in Gaza. aljazeera.com Forensic Architecture unpacks the architecture of Israel's genocidal starvation of Gaza.
(2025-08-27). 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.
(2025-08-27). Colombia to progressively impose sanctions on Israel, promote Palestinian rights. colombiareports.com Colombia's President Gustavo Petro ordered all state institutions to end complicity with Israel's apartheid policies and genocide in Palestine. In the directive, Petro ordered government institutions to impose sanctions on Israel and to ensure Palestine is recognized effectively as a nation-state. The revised measures must be "implemented progressively, in accordance with the budgetary, legal, and …
(2025-08-27). Why appearances can be deceiving at Gaza City food market. aljazeera.com Al Jazeera's Hani Mahmoud reports, many products for sale are not nutritious enough for Gaza's population.
(2025-08-27). Christian Priests and Nuns Refuse To Leave Gaza City Despite Israel's Planned Offensive. news.antiwar.com Christian priests and nuns based in Gaza City will remain to help displaced people sheltering at two churches despite the Israeli military's plans to conquer the city, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem said in a joint statement on Tuesday. "At the time of this statement, evacuation orders were …
(2025-08-27). 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…
(2025-08-27). UN warns Gaza famine expanding as aid groups decry Israeli siege. aljazeera.com Aid experts tell UN Security Council Gaza famine is 'manmade' as Israel seeks retraction from hunger monitoring system.
(2025-08-27). Israel announces killing Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Aswad. albawaba.com 
ALBAWABA – The Israeli army announced in a statement on Wednesday that it assassinated Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Aswad.Mahmoud al-Aswad is the Head of Hamas' General Security Apparatus for the West Gaza area. The Israeli Army posted on X, "Al-Aswad was a significant source of knowledge for Hamas and a key figure."The statement also reads, "Additionally, IDF troops are operating on the outskirts of Gaza City and in Khan Yunis to locate and dismantle terror infrastructure sites above and below ground and eliminate 'terrorists'."
(2025-08-27). Aid to famine-struck Gaza still 'drop in the ocean': WFP. newarab.com 
The World Food Programme warned Tuesday that the aid Israel is allowing to enter Gaza remains a "drop in the ocean", days afte The United Nations declared a famine in Gaza on Friday, blaming the "systematic obstruction" of aid by Israel during its nearly two-year war on the enclave. | Carl Skau, WFP's chief operating officer, said that over the past two weeks, there has been a "slight uptick" in aid entering, averaging around 100 trucks per day.
(2025-08-27). Israeli double tap hit on Nasser hospital kills Gaza's truths. newarab.com 
The Israeli strike on It was a moment that seemed to rupture the collective conscience of Palestinians and the world, a double tap airstrike that claimed 20 lives, including doctors, paramedics, and at least five journalists, who died with holding cameras that documented the very war that consumed them. | Speak…
(2025-08-27). Colleague pays tribute to journalist killed in Gaza. aljazeera.com Palestinian journalist Youmna ElSayed recalls the moments she shared with her slain colleague Mariam Abu Daqqa.
(2025-08-27). Saturday 8/30: Support Gaza Students — Jewelry Sale Fundraiser. indybay.org Jaffa Coffee Roasters, 1701 University Ave, Berkeley.
(2025-08-27). Australia: IYSSE at Western Sydney University presents a socialist perspective to fight Gaza genocide. wsws.org The IYSSE provided a powerful counter to the platform of appeals to the Labor government and university management outlined by the pseudo-left organisers of the Special General Meeting.
(2025-08-27). Pope urges end to 'terror, destruction and death' in Gaza. aljazeera.com Pope Leo XIV has called on Israel to end the 'terror, destruction and death' in Gaza.
(2025-08-27). An Israeli journalist just called for the death of all media workers in Gaza. thecanary.co A journalist on Israel's i24 television channel has openly called for the murder of all journalists in Gaza. Zvi Yehezkeli, who served in the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) and worked for Shin Bet unleashed his diatribe after Israel carried out a 'double tap' bombing on a hospital in Khan Yunis. That bombing killed five journalists: […] | By
(2025-08-27). Pope urges end to 'collective punishment' of Gaza Palestinians. newarab.com 
Leo was interrupted twice by applause as he read aloud his latest appeal for an end to the 22-month war during his weekly general audience attended by thousands of people in the Vatican's auditorium. | History's first American pope also called…
(2025-08-27). Israel levels entire neighbourhoods in bid to occupy Gaza City. newarab.com 
(2025-08-27). Israel and the occupied territories: Intensification of hostilities threatens to worsen catastrophic humanitarian conditions in Gaza. icrc.org
(2025-08-27). Top Democrats delay decision on Gaza war stance. newarab.com 
The Democratic National Committee planned to clarify its position on Israel's war on Gaza this week. But after a surprise reversal, it may be several months before DNC officials adopt a formal position on an issue that has divided their party perhaps more than any other. | The debate played out on Tuesday as the DNC gathered in a downtown Minneapolis hotel behind a security checkpoint for its annual summer meeting. | There were two competing resolutions that addressed the war and the related humanitarian crisis in Gaza: The first, introduced by the committee's progressive wing, called for an arms embargo and t…
(2025-08-27). Thursday 8/28: Global Strike For Gaza. indybay.org Everywhere…
(2025-08-27). Greece's Risky Embrace of Israel. fpif.org While much of the international community has recoiled from Israel's military operations in Gaza, Greece has gone in the opposite direction. Once known for its historic solidarity with the Palestinian cause, Athens has emerged as one of Israel's most vocal and dependable allies in Europe—diplomatically, militarily, and rhetorically. | This shift is not driven by ideology alone. Greece's unwavering support for Israel reflects deeper geopolitical ambitions: cementing its strategic position in the Eastern Mediterranean, counterbalancing Türkiye, and securing access to energy and defense partnerships. But…
(2025-08-27). Protest against Gaza war as Venice Film Festival opens. newarab.com 
Protesters against Around 20 people from a regional left-wing Italian political collective held up the hand-drawn banner and Palestinian flags ahead of the opening ceremony later Wednesday. | "We need to use the attention here during the film festival to shift the focus on to Palestine," Giulia Cacopardo, 28, from the North-East Social Centres, told news agency…
(2025-08-27). 'Let The Public See Where Democrats Really Stand': Full DNC Floor Vote Demanded On Gaza. progressivehub.net JON QUEALLY | COMMON DREAMS…
(2025-08-27). Trump to chair Gaza meeting in Washington: Witkoff. newarab.com 
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump would chair a meeting on Gaza at the White House on Wednesday and added that Washington expected Israel's war in the Palestinian territory to be settled by the end of the year. | The U.S. State Department separately said Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar in Washington on Wednesday. It released the information in a regular next-day public schedule that said their meeting at the State Department would be held at 1515 ET (1915 GMT). | Trump had promised a swift end to the war in Gaza during the…
(2025-08-27). From Hitler to Merz: Gaza's Cry Tests Germany's Soul. thinktank.pk As the world marks the 80th anniversary of WWII's end in September 2025, Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz's refusal to recognize Palestine amid Gaza's devastating toll—over 62,686 lives lost by August, per Gaza Health Ministry reports—stirs profound questions about peace versus perpetuated violence. With 145,870 injured and famine gripping the enclave, Merz's August 26 declaration that …
(2025-08-27). Thursday 8/28: Behind the Scenes at Rebuilding Alliance— Pinwheels for Peace in the Classrooms of Gaza. indybay.org Zoom | bit.ly/PinwheelsForPeace…
(2025-08-27). Israel obliterates Gaza City as Trump eyes post-war plan. newarab.com 
The Israeli forces intensified their assault on Gaza City on Wednesday, as Israel faces growing outrage at home and abroad over its nearly two-year campaign in Gaza, where its forces are laying siege to the enclave's
(2025-08-27). Over 36,000 Gazans Uprooted As Israeli Bombardment Escalates: UN. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The United Nations announced on Tuesday that more than 36,000 Palestinians have been forced to flee their homes in the Gaza Strip since Israel unleashed its latest wave of aggression on Gaza City earlier this month.
(2025-08-27). Norwegian Wealth Fund Drops Caterpillar, Five Israeli Banks. popularresistance.org Norway's $2-trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, announced on 25 August that it has dropped US-based construction and mining equipment manufacturer Caterpillar and five Israeli banks over their involvement in rights abuses in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. | The banks — Hapoalim, Leumi, Mizrahi Tefahot, First International Bank of Israel, and FIBI Holdings — were cut after the fund's Council on Ethics warned they posed an "unacceptable risk" of enabling serious violations. | The Council said Caterpillar's machinery has been used by Israeli forces in "extensive and systematic violatio…
(2025-08-27). This is the work of 5 journalists killed at Gaza's Nasser Hospital. aljazeera.com The 5 journalists killed in an Israeli attack on the Nasser Hospital had documented the relentless destruction of Gaza.
(2025-08-27). Catholic, Greek Orthodox clergy to stay in Gaza City to aid weak. newarab.com 
Catholic and Greek Orthodox priests and nuns will remain in Gaza City "At the time of this statement, evacuation orders were already in place for several neighbourhoods in Gaza City. Reports of heavy bombardment continue to be received," the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem said. | "We do not know exactly what will happen on the ground, not only for our communi…
(2025-08-27). 21 Questions About The Claim That Iran Orchestrated Antisemitic Attacks In Australia. thealtworld.com 
Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese As you might expect, not one shred of evidence has been provided for this assertion, much less the gian…
(2025-08-27). Australian government provocatively accuses Iran of antisemitic attacks. wsws.org Prime Minister Albanese announced unprecedented measures, including the expulsion of the Iranian ambassador, based on unsubstantiated and implausible accusations.
(2025-08-27). Melbourne man charged over synagogue arson linked to Iran. newarab.com 
A man charged with torching a Melbourne synagogue, in an antisemitic attack that Younes Ali Younes, 20, became the second suspect last week to be charged for the December arson attack on the Adass Israel Synagogue. | Police allege three masked arsonists dowsed the building's interior with a liquid accelerant before igniting it, causing extensive damage and injuring a worshipper. | Younes, who lives in Melbourne's…
(2025-08-27). Chicago On Guard: Trump's Looming Fascist Invasion. counterpunch.org 
I was talking to a journalist the other day and we were both stumped on what formal legal justification, if any, the demented fascist leader Trump — really Trump's operatives under the direction of the top fascist strategist Stephen Miller — might be using to act on Herr Donald's threat to bring federal troops into
(2025-08-27). War Against Workers In United States Intensifies. popularresistance.org It has been a month-long whirlwind of fascistic maneuvers by President Donald Trump's administration. First came the firing of Erika McEntarfer as director of the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on Aug. 1. Trump then immediately nominated Project 2025's Heritage Foundation chief economist E.J. Antoni as her replacement. Next came the staging of hundreds of National Guard troops in the streets of Washington, D.C. | All of this intensifies the war against workers and oppressed peoples coast to coast. | McEntarger's firing immediately followed the BLS's monthly "jobs report," which claimed tha…
(2025-08-27). The flag shagging, racist bellendery from the far-right is not patriotism. thecanary.co We've had a spectacular bank holiday just gone here in England. As well as blazing sunshine, this weekend saw an ancient English tradition return, that of "we're going to tell you it belongs to us because look at our flag" — dressed up as 'patriotism'. Such custom harks back to the days of the Empire, […] | By
(2025-08-27). DC Against Trump Coalition Shuts Down Racist Curfew Zone. popularresistance.org Washington, DC — Before organizers from the DC Against Trump Coalition (DCAT) even finished setting up for their August 23 rally at 14th and U Streets in Northwest Washington DC, community members began spontaneously chanting "____ Trump!" | Anti-Trump sentiment has been sky-high in Washington, DC since August 11, when Trump issued an executive order sweeping away the city's home rule powers, federalizing the Metropolitan Police Department and flooding the city with federal law enforcement and National Guard troops. | To capture that sentiment and turn it into action against Trump's racist occupation, DCAT…
(2025-08-26). Palestine, genocide, and the imperialist lie of the 'rules-based international order'. therealnews.com 
Israel's US-backed genocidal destruction of Gaza has exploded the fiction of the "rules-based" international order and exposed the violent, people-destroying, land-grabbing imperialism it was always based on. Over the last two years, the US and Israel have carried out a genocidal war in Gaza, officially killing over 60,000 people, bombing Gaza's cities to smithereens, and displacing 90 percent of its 2.1 million people. Their blockade of almost all aid has caused a famine that threatens to kill hundreds of thousands of people. Now, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced plans to invade and…
(2025-08-26). Gaza: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes. hrw.org Click to expand Image | U.S. President Donald Trump with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a joint news conference at the White House in Washington, DC, February 15, 2017. | © 2017 Reuters…
(2025-08-26). In defiance of voter base, DNC rejects resolution calling for Israel arms embargo. mondoweiss.net 
Democratic National Committee members rejected a resolution calling for an arms embargo on Israel, but pressure continues to mount on party leaders to adopt a stronger stance against the Gaza genocide.
(2025-08-26). Mexico Joins Global Call for Immediate Humanitarian Access to Gaza Amid Confirmed Famine. orinocotribune.com The government of Mexico, through its Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE), issued an urgent appeal on Saturday for unrestricted humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip following the United Nations-backed declaration of famine in the region of Palestine. The statement emphasized that "hunger is a grave affront to human dignity" and condemned its use as a weapon of war. | Mexico's position aligns with growing international concern after the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) confirmed that Gaza has entered Phase 5—the highest level of famine. | According to the IPC's latest report, over 514,000 p…
(2025-08-26). Democratic National Committee Deserves More Credit on Gaza. davidswanson.org The Democratic National Committee, the people who run the least popular political party in recorded U.S. polling, do not get the respect they deserve — especially when they take a bold, principled stand for a genocide, as they did on Tuesday, voting down a resolution for an arms embargo on Israel. For one thing, a …
(2025-08-27). Netanyahu sold Trump a quick plan for victory over Hamas, only to collide with reality. haaretz.com All actors in the Middle East are waiting for Trump to realize that the Israeli plan to conquer Gaza City is just more spin, which will only lead to more destruction, ruin and death — and won't convince Hamas to surrender to Netanyahu's terms…
(2025-08-27). For first time, Netanyahu explicitly says he recognizes the Armenian genocide. haaretz.com In podcast interview, the Israeli prime minister was asked whether he recognized the Armenian genocide, replying: 'I just did it'…
(2025-08-27). While the IDF shells Gaza hospitals, these Israelis drive Palestinian families to treatment. haaretz.com Seven volunteers from the Israeli NGO The Road to Recovery were murdered on October 7, leaving the group reeling. But with new members and renewed faith in one-on-one encounters, demand for rides is higher than ever…
(2025-08-27). IDF says Gaza City evacuation urges residents to move south. haaretz.com
(2025-08-27). Sick and elderly shelter in Gaza City churches with nowhere to go amid looming IDF siege. haaretz.com Israel's Greek Orthodox and Latin patriarchates said that clergy and nuns would continue caring for the 600 displaced Palestinians sheltering at their churches, despite IDF bombings and calls to evacuate Gaza City…