(2025-08-28). Israel's killing of Journalists follows a Pattern of silencing Palestinian Media that stretches back to 1967. juancole.com By Maha Nassar, University of Arizona (The Conversation) — Five journalists were among the 22 people killed on Aug. 25, 2025, in Israeli strikes on the Nasser Hospital in the Gaza Strip. Following global condemnation, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement saying Israel "values the work of journalists." But the …
(2025-08-28). Yemen Fires Hypersonic Missile at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The Yemeni Armed Forces launched a hypersonic ballistic missile against Israel's Ben Gurion Airport on Wednesday in retaliation for the Zionist regime's brutal campaign in Gaza.
(2025-08-28). Death toll from Gaza mass starvation hits 313. wsws.org Ten Palestinians have died of starvation or malnutrition over the past 24 hours due to the deliberate famine created by Israel in Gaza, bringing the death toll from the famine to 313, including 119 children.
(2025-08-28). Iran Demands Concrete International Action To End Israel's Genocide. popularresistance.org Abbas Araghchi, Iranian foreign minister, called for more concrete collective action against Israel, asserting that mere verbal condemnations are no longer enough to prevent its "insatiable" Zionist ambitions to ethnically cleanse Palestinians and expand their occupation in the region. | Araghchi reiterated that the Israeli war in Gaza "is not merely a fleeting military conflict or an ordinary humanitarian crisis: it is a systematic, full fledged genocide explicitly intended to achieve ethnic cleansing amid the complicit silence of the US and the West more broadly." | Citing the daily killing of Palestinians seek…
(2025-08-28). 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.
(2025-08-28). Israel and the occupied territories: Intensification of hostilities threatens to worsen catastrophic humanitarian conditions in Gaza. icrc.org
(2025-08-28). Australian pseudo-left conference: Protest politics and reformist electoral fronts to trap anti-capitalist sentiment. wsws.org Socialist Alternative's Sydney conference promoted the fraud of protest politics, that have manifestly failed to halt the Gaza genocide, and sought to justify its creation of reformist electoral fronts.
(2025-08-28). Democratic National Committee Rejects Resolution For Israel Arms Embargo. popularresistance.org On Tuesday, Democratic National Committee (DNC) members at the party's summer meetings rejected Resolution 18, which called for the recognition of a Palestinian state, a ceasefire in Gaza, an arms embargo, and a suspension of military aid to Israel. | Instead, members backed a status quo resolution introduced by DNC Chair Ken Martin, which simply called for more aid to be allowed into Gaza and a two-state solution. Despite the support, Martin went on to withdraw the resolution. | "I know that there are some who are interested in making changes today, but as we've seen, there's divide in our party on this issue,"
(2025-08-28). CAIR Designates UC Berkeley a 'Hostile Campus' for Systematic Suppression of Anti-Genocide Speech. indybay.org August 26, 2025 – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced the designation of the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), a "Hostile Campus" due to its long and escalating pattern of targeting Palestinian, Muslim, Arab, and allied students and faculty who speak out against Israel's genocide in Gaza.
(2025-08-28). 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
(2025-08-28). NZ media workers call for 'decisive action' by Luxon over Gaza journalists. asiapacificreport.nz Asia Pacific Report About 120 journalists, film makers, actors, media workers and academics have today called on Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and two senior cabinet ministers in an open letter to "act decisively" to protect Gaza journalists and a free press. "These are principles to which New Zealand has always laid claim and which are…
(2025-08-28). 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…
(2025-08-28). Thursday 8/28: Behind the Scenes at Rebuilding Alliance— Pinwheels for Peace in the Classrooms of Gaza. indybay.org Zoom | bit.ly/PinwheelsForPeace…
(2025-08-28). Friday 9/19: Gaza Journalists UNDERFIRE Film Showing. indybay.org Unitarian Universalist Church of the Monterey Peninsula | 490 Aguajito Road Carmel, CA 93923…
(2025-08-28). Update from the Red Cross Field Hospital, Rafah: 15-Month Operational Summary. icrc.org Rafah, Gaza Strip – 9 May 2024 to 31 July 2025…
(2025-08-28). 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…
(2025-08-28). Thursday 8/28: Global Strike For Gaza. indybay.org Everywhere…
(2025-08-28). Gaza: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes (HRW). juancole.com Direct participation by US forces in military operations in Gaza since October 2023, including by providing intelligence for Israeli strikes and conducting extensive coordination and plannin…
(2025-08-28). 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…
(2025-08-28). Israel Demolishes All Buildings in Gaza City's Southern Zeitoun Area. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — No buildings remain standing in the southern part of the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City as the Israeli ground operation launched earlier this month demolished more than 1,500 homes.
(2025-08-28). Israel intensifies Gaza City offensive as Trump hosts post-war talks. jagonews24.com The Israeli military pressed operations around Gaza City on Wednesday as US President Donald Trump hosted a meeting on post-war plans for the shattered Palestinian territory.
(2025-08-28). Australia Breaks With Iran; Sign Of A New War Coming? popularresistance.org The Aussies just trashed their relations with Iran based on nothing but obscure say-so. | Australia throws out Iran ambassador over alleged antisemitic attacks | Canberra expelled Tehran's ambassador after accusing Iran of masterminding at least two antisemitic attacks on Australian soil. | Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the country's intelligence services had linked Iran's military to arson attacks in Sydney and Melbourne, throwing out an ambassador for the first time since World War II, a move The Sydney Morning Herald's national affairs editor dubbed "the diplomatic equivalent of the nuclear…
(2025-08-28). The 1619 Project revisited: A retrospective evaluation in light of Trump's assault on democracy. wsws.org It is now clear that the main consequence of the 1619 Project's attack on the American Revolution and Civil War was to disarm the population in the face of the fascist threat.
(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). '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). 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). 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). There's no Such thing as Someone Else's Children*. juancole.com Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) — Medford, a city of 60,000 people in Massachusetts, voted to pass an historic ordinance to divest from weapons companies that contribute to human rights violations. Their vote included Israel's ongoing genocide, starvation and destruction of everything that makes life in Gaza possible. The Medford City Council passed …
(2025-08-27). A Palestinian Mother and Son Starve with Dignity. dissidentvoice.org Like the Virgin Mary, Rawan Aljuaidi speaks with dignity, each word chaste and carefully chosen; only facts and intention are allowed when spoken. Can you do a story about my infant son, Aboud? He suffers from malnutrition. I've known Rawan for almost eighteen months, and this is the first time she's asked me to write …
(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). 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). 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). 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). Western Christendom Fails the Test. dissidentvoice.org Our churches seem quite unconcerned about saving the Christian presence in the Holy Land. They have watched the horror in Gaza day after day for nearly 23 months and the brutal military occupation of the Holy Land for over 7 decades. They surely know about Israel's Zionist-driven ambition to destroy the lives of the Palestinian …
(2025-08-27). Lessons of Katrina today — Another form of U.S. ethnic cleansing. workers.org 
A cry for help during Hurricane Katrina, 2005. For almost two years now, since Oct. 7, 2023, the world has watched in horror the genocide that has taken place in Gaza at the hands of the U.S.-backed Zionist regime. The Palestinian Ministry of Health recorded on August 23 that over . . . |
(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). 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). 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). 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). Israel kills Palestinian journalists to erase the truth. peoplesworld.org 
The killing of seven Palestinian journalists and media workers in a single strike in Gaza on Aug. 10 prompted verbal condemnations, yet inspired little to no substantive action. Even more journalists have been killed in the two weeks since. This has become the predictable and horrifying trajectory of the international community's response to the ongoing …
(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). 'Let The Public See Where Democrats Really Stand': Full DNC Floor Vote Demanded On Gaza. progressivehub.net JON QUEALLY | COMMON DREAMS…
(2025-08-27). Palestinians Call Out Clear Lie in Israeli "Hamas Camera" Hospital Strike Excuse. truthout.org Palestinians are calling out the Israeli military's obvious lie that it was trying to "dismantle" a camera when it targeted a hospital in Gaza this week in a double tap strike that killed 21 people, including five journalists and the rescue team sent to save them. In a statement on the results of its "initial inquiry" into the attack, the Israeli military claimed that troops operating in the… |
(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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). Democracy Now! 2025-08-27 Wednesday. democracynow.org Headlines for August 27, 2025; Gaza Doctor Says Israel's Deadly Attack on Nasser Hospital "Crosses All Red Lines"; DNC Panel Rejects Resolution Demanding U.S. Arms Embargo on Israel; First Black Fed Governor, Lisa Cook, Sues Trump over His Attempt to Fire Her; Katrina Declaration: FEMA Suspends Staff Who Warn Trump Cuts Risk Another Disaster | Headlines for August 27, 2025; Gaza Doctor Says Israel's Deadly Attack on Nasser Hospital "Crosses All Red Lines"; DNC Panel Rejects Resolution Demanding U.S. Arms Embargo on Israel; First Black Fed Governor, Lisa Cook, Sues Trump over His…
(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). Caitlin Johnstone: 21 Questions About Australian Claim of Iran Orchestrating Anti-Semitic Attacks. consortiumnews.com It's hard to see how orchestrating anti-Semitic attacks in Australia would advance Iranian interests more than the interests of some other state, like, say, just for example, Israel. By Caitlin Johnstone CaitlinJohnstone.com.au Listen to Tim Foley reading this article. Australian…
(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). 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). 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…
(2025-08-28). final images show Gaza hospital stairwell where she was killed in Israeli strike. haaretz.com Mariam Dagga, a visual journalist who freelanced for The Associated Press, was among 22 people, including five reporters, killed Monday when Israeli forces struck Nasser Hospital twice in quick succession, in what Israel called a 'tragic error'…
(2025-08-28). U.K., France and Germany to reinstate sanctions on Iran over nuclear violations. haaretz.com
(2025-08-27). Why hypocritical attack on Macron is so dangerous for Israel — and French Jews. haaretz.com The latest episode in the escalating diplomatic clash with France exposes Israel's fundamental misunderstanding of antisemitism in Europe. Macron does what Israel and Netanyahu consistently refuse to do regarding the safety of Jews: take responsibility…
(2025-08-27). Israeli army orders Gaza City residents to evacuate to zones totaling 2.7 square miles in south. haaretz.com Gaza City is home to approximately 1.2 million people, and the IDF estimates evacuating them will take longer than two weeks. There is 'not a single place in Deir al-Balah that is capable of accommodating' them, Mayor Nizar Ayash said…
(2025-08-27). Gaza officials say 76 Palestinians killed in past day, including 18 seeking aid and 10 from hunger. haaretz.com The death toll of the war in Gaza now stands at 62,895, including 2,158 people who were killed while seeking aid and 313 who died of malnutrition, among them 119 children. Meanwhile, the IDF said that the evacuation of Gaza City is 'inevitable' and urged residents to move south ahead of Israel's planned operation to take over the city…
(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). Trump holds Gaza war meeting with Tony Blair, Jared Kushner; White House official: President wants war to end. haaretz.com Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and former top Mideast advisor, has been advising Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff for months; Blair's think tank has drawn controversy for reportedly helping plan Trump's so-called 'Gaza Riviera' project…