2025-12-05: Netanyahu Roundup

So far today: 2025-12-05 3:45pm GMT

UMMID (2025-12-05). Pardon Netanyahu only if he leaves office: Israeli leaders. ummid.com Prominent Israeli leaders have asserted that Benjamin Netanyahu should be granted pardon only if he retires as Prime Minister and from public life.

hindustantimes (2025-12-05). Israeli PM Netanyahu names aide Roman Gofman as next Mossad chief | Gaza. hindustantimes.com Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed his close aide and military secretary, Major General Roman Gofman, as the next chief of Mossad, Israel's intelligence agency. Gofman, a decorated veteran and "iron-fist" advocate on Gaza, will replace David Barnea in June next year. The Prime Minister's Office praised Gofman's "courage and professionalism," recalling his actions on October 7, 2023, when he rushed to battle Hamas fighters in Israel's south and was seriously wounded. Watch for details…

Lallan Schoenstein, Struggle, La Lucha. (2025-12-05). International Workers Build 'People's Embargo' Against Israeli Genocide. popularresistance.org From the docks of Oakland to the ports of Morocco, from Italian logistics hubs to South African coal mines, an international movement is taking shape to do what governments have refused: Cut off the flow of weapons and fuel sustaining Israel's assault on Gaza. | On Nov. 22, labor organizers, Palestinian activists, and anti-war campaigners from six countries gathered online to launch the People's Embargo for Palestine — a coordinated effort to leverage workers' power at critical chokepoints in the global military supply chain. The webinar brought together a veteran of the anti-apartheid struggle with a new g…

____ (2025-12-05). Whether it is Pahalgam terror attack or cowardly assault on Crocus City Hall – root of all these incidents is the same: PM Modi. devdiscourse.com

Mike Ludwig, Truthout. (2025-12-05). Microsoft Faces Reckoning For Assisting Israel's Genocide In Gaza. popularresistance.org Ahead of its annual shareholders meeting on December 5, Microsoft is coming under mounting pressure to reconsider its relationship with the Israeli military, which has used the tech giant's products to carry out the genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing of the West Bank. | In an open letter to the company released on Tuesday, December 2, an international coalition of legal aid groups said Microsoft and its executives potentially face legal liability for "aiding and abetting … atrocity crimes" committed by the Israeli military against Palestinian civilians. | "Over the last few months, it has become exceedingly…

Sana Khan (2025-12-05). Israel Boosts 2026 Defence Budget to $34 Billion Despite Gaza Ceasefire. moderndiplomacy.eu Israel has set its 2026 defence budget at 112 billion shekels ($34.6 billion), significantly higher than earlier drafts. The decision comes as the cabinet debates next year's broader national budget a process that must conclude by March to avoid triggering new elections. The increase follows a costly year of military operations in Gaza and along …

en.mehrnews (2025-12-05). Several nations boycott Eurovision over Gaza genocide. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) — Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia announced they would not take part in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, after it was decided Israel would be allowed to compete.

_____ (2025-12-05). 'Not journalism — theater': Inside Israel's press tours to Gaza. Kholod Massalha

Paul R. Pillar (2025-12-05). Israel shredding Gaza ceasefire while US distracted by Ukraine. responsiblestatecraft.org There is no ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, even though an

en.mehrnews (2025-12-05). Talks with US 'useless' after June attack: lawmaker. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) — A member of Iranian parliament has said talks with the United States is 'meaningless and useless', noting the talks took place before 12-day Israeli imposed were "a US deceptive operation."

WSWS (2025-12-05). Royal Oak, Michigan parents oppose fascist high school club. wsws.org A packed meeting of the Royal Oak Board of Education heard parents describe the forming of a Turning Point USA club at the local high school as a threat to their children.

aljazeera (2025-12-04). Netanyahu will win again, because in Israel, 'there is none like him'. aljazeera.com His supporters defend him, his opponents cannot look past him and the centre keeps trying to bargain with him.

en.mehrnews (2025-12-04). Ortagus suggested striking Nasrallah's funeral ceremony. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 04 (MNA) — Israeli media says that US envoy Morgan Ortagus had suggested the Tel Aviv regime strike the funeral ceremony of the late Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.

WSWS (2025-12-04). Zionist lobby groups and the German press attempt to censor pro-Palestinian art exhibition. wsws.org A coordinated campaign is underway by Zionist lobby groups and the German press to censor and/or close the exhibition "Commune — The Paradox of Similarity in the Middle East Conflict", which has been on display in Potsdam since mid-November.

WSWS (2025-12-04). Court rules dissolution of the Palestine Congress 2024 in Berlin was unlawful. wsws.org A Berlin court has ruled that the violent shutdown of the 2024 Palestine Congress was unlawful, exposing the arbitrary political actions behind the police operation. The judgment highlights how the German authorities have trampled on democratic rights to suppress criticism of Israel's genocide in Gaza.

en.mehrnews (2025-12-04). Leader of anti-Resistance militias in Gaza killed. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 04 (MNA) — According to a local report from Gaza, Yasser Abu Shabab—a figure described as the ringleader of anti-resistance factions—has been killed.

Editor (2025-12-04). Watched, Tracked, and Targeted: Inside Gaza's Fight for Privacy and Survival. scheerpost.com Nehemia Gershuni-Aylho By: Joshua Scheer | In Gaza, surveillance has become as relentless as the bombing. In "Watched, Tracked, and Targeted in Gaza," author Mohammed R. Mhawish, describes how Israeli forces use cameras, drones and digital tracking to monitor — and control — every move of Palestinians. The piece pulls back the curtain on a system where daily life, flight and survi…

albawaba (2025-12-04). Yasser Abu Shabab killed in Gaza. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Gaza's militia leader, Yasser Abu Shabab, was killed in the Gaza Strip, Israel's Channel 12 reported on Thursday.According to Israeli media, Yasser Abu Shabab was killed at the hands of unknown armed men.Abu Shabab is a Palestinian militant and the leader of the Popular Forces, which is an anti-Hamas armed group in the Gaza Strip.During the Gaza war, which lasted for two years, the Popular Forces, led by Yasser, worked along with the Israeli army against Hamas.Some sources reportedly said that he was killed at the hands of a Hamas fighter; however, the Palestinian group has not made any announcement re…

_____ (2025-12-04). CPJ's lifeline for Palestinian journalists in Gaza. CPJ Staff

aljazeera (2025-12-04). Gaza militia leader accused of collaborating with Israel killed: Reports. aljazeera.com Yasser Abu Shabab was infamous during Israel's war on Gaza, as his group was accused of stealing desperately needed aid.

Kevin Martin (2025-12-04). There They Go Again in Venezuela. fpif.org Mark Twain allegedly quipped, "God created war so Americans would learn geography." Whether or not he actually said that, it would be a good test—for the world's mightiest military power to be prevented from waging war if a majority of Americans failed to find the alleged enemy on a world map. | This should not need to be said, but the United States has no legal authority to attack Venezuela (or Iran, Sudan, Somalia, or any other country). Nor does it have the legal right to engage in covert action to overthrow any government, including that of Venezuela. Should the United States do so, it will be opposed b…

Mark Gruenberg (2025-12-04). Top Senators expose Trump's fascist playbook. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Even before extremist Republican Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office on January 20, progressives warned of his fascistic tendencies and plans, often citing his platform, and highlighting what former Labor Secretary Robert Reich calls "Trump's playbook of dictators." But too few people, even on the left side of the electorate, listened. After all, those …

ALEX (2025-12-04). Mainstream media is driving bigoted flag bollocks. thecanary.co If you had the misfortune of only reading mainstream media, you might be under the impression that racist bigots putting up flags across the country have mysterious and complex reasons for doing so. Instead of just, you know, being racist bigots who want to intimidate Black and Brown people. Over in the corporate media world, […] | By

WSWS (2025-12-04). The "garbage" in the White House: Trump's racist diatribe against Somalis. wsws.org For the third time in less than a week, Trump, surrounded by cabinet officials and fellow Republicans, denounced all people from Somalia as "garbage."

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