(2025-08-23). Saturday 8/23: All Out for Palestine. indybay.org Ocean at Water St. Santa Cruz…
(2025-08-23). Sunday 8/24: Hikers for Palestine: Walk in Solidarity, Walk for Water. indybay.org Strawberry Creek Park, 1250 Addison Street, Berkeley.
(2025-08-23). UK pro-Israel lawyers probed for 'intimidating' Gaza supporters. newarab.com 
A pro-Israel lawyers' group in the UK is being probed after a complaint that it threatened to take legal action against individuals for showing support for Palestine. | Complainants have accused UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) of sending eight letters to individuals and organisations between January 2022 and May 2025. | These letters "demonstrate a seeming pattern of vexatious and legally baseless correspondence aimed at silencing and intimidating Palestine solidarity efforts", according to the complainants, lodged with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) by the Public Interest Law Centre (PILC) and the Eu…
(2025-08-23). Within France Recognition of Palestine as a State: Is Disarming Hamas the Sole Answer? moderndiplomacy.eu Last July, on the 25th to be exact, Emmanuel Macron announced his stance to finally recognise the state of Palestine on his social media account X, making it an official public statement. There, Macron stated that he will declare the recognition formally this September, during the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York. …
(2025-08-23). 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.
(2025-08-23). Israeli attacks kill 51 in Gaza as more Palestinians die from starvation. aljazeera.com Health authorities say eight more people, including two children, die from malnutrition after famine declared in Gaza.
(2025-08-23). Starvation in Gaza and Our Global Shame. independent.co.ug 
COMMENT | BINAIFER NOWROJEE | Starvation is the slow, silent unmaking of the body. Deprived of basic sustenance, the body first burns through sugar stores in the liver. Then it melts muscle and fat, breaking down tissue to keep the brain and other vital organs alive. As these reserves are depleted, the heart loses its …
(2025-08-23). Why it took Palestinians starving for many to finally admit Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. mondoweiss.net 
Why has starvation been so crucial in getting some to finally admit Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, as compared to deadlier atrocities? The answer lies in the dehumanization of the Palestinian people and the desire to find "innocent" victims.
(2025-08-23). Starmer claims his 50% increase to bus fares has "cut costs for families" skwawkbox.org 
How shameless and out of touch can the 'son of a toolmaker' be? Keir Starmer can't make it to his social media to criticise Israel's confirmed overwhelming slaughter of civilians in Gaza or its use of banned weapons on Palestinian children. He can't resist keeping children hungry in this country, waging war on the poor, …
(2025-08-23). Israeli Forces Kill over 70 in Gaza As UN Warns of Famine 'Survival Crisis'. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said "a real child survival crisis" exists in Gaza as famine was officially declared, warning that it is "already too late" for many children.
(2025-08-23). Video: music teacher teaches Gaza kids to harmonise to the sound of Israeli drones. skwawkbox.org 
"In these moments, we forget the war" — heartbreaking and inspiring A music teacher in Gaza is teaching children how to harmonise over the sounds of the Israeli spy and bomb drones that constantly infest the air over Palestinian civilians, as a way to lift their minds out of the horror of war for a …
(2025-08-23). Terrorist pots and pans banned from Gaza protest. skwawkbox.org 
Proscription of kitchen implements soon to follow? The Met Police banned demonstrators taking part in last night's anti-genocide protest outside the embassy of fascist Israeli ambassador Tzipi Hotovely from bringing pots and pans to the protest, apparently on the basis that the noise might stop the embassy from carrying on its usual genocidal — and …
(2025-08-23). Lord, help and forgive us all/ By Reverend Andrew Ashdown. voicesfromsyria.com Andrew Ashdown 18h ∑ The genocide and ethnic cleansing continues in Gaza and the West Bank while the world watches and does nothing. I have lost all confidence that words or people of conscience will make the slightest difference to the outcome whilst our leaders and those with power and ability to make a difference have …
(2025-08-23). Israel kills scores in Gaza as Katz threatens total destruction. newarab.com 
On Saturday morning, Israeli forces killed at least 34 Palestinians across Gaza, with eight of them queuing up to urgently see…
(2025-08-23). 'World has failed Gaza': Global outcry as Gaza famine announced. newarab.com 
An announcement that famine has hit Gaza as a result of Israel's war and siege is a shameful global failure, the Islamic Relief charity said on Friday, with multiple international organisations also condemning the Israel-manufactured crisis. | The UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said Friday that famine has struck an area of Gaza and will likely spread over the next month. | It said 514,000 people — nearly a quarter of Gaza's population — are experiencing famine, and that number was expected to rise to 641,000 by the end of September. | The famine declaration comes as I…
(2025-08-23). Thursday 8/28: Power Half Hour for Gaza. indybay.org
(2025-08-23). Israel bars doctors from entering Gaza after giving testimony. newarab.com 
Israel's American physician Dr. Mimi Syed and Dr. Catherine Le Scolin-Quere from France were set to return to Gaza this week on Thursday to volunteer in hospitals amid the famine caused b…
(2025-08-23). Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Political Scientist and liberal Zionist Michael Walzer gave an interview early in the Israeli campaign against Gaza in which he said, "It's not easy for me to say such a thing, but if there were almost 10,000 Hamas fighters among the 30,000 Palestinians killed, it's not a bad ratio for …
(2025-08-23). Classified IDF Intel Reveals 83% of Palestinians Killed in Gaza Are Civilians. scheerpost.com
(2025-08-23). Exclusive: Hamas Offered Major Concessions in New Gaza Ceasefire Proposal. dropsitenews.com
(2025-08-23). Netanyahu Remains Unmoved By Israel's Lurch Toward Pariah Status. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | Israel's conduct in Gaza increasingly risks turning the state into a pariah . | Whereas world leaders initially rallied around Israel after the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre by …
(2025-08-23). "Irrefutable evidence of crimes" – Hamas reacts to UN famine declaration. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – After UN agencies and foreign experts officially declared famine in Gaza, the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) asked the UN and the UN Security Council to step in right away. People in the movement wanted the war to stop right away and the blockade on the area to be lifted.In a statement released on Friday, Hamas called for the full opening of Gaza's border crossings so that food, medicine, water, and fuel could keep coming in and out.The group said that the famine statement was an embarrassment to Israel and its supporters. They also said that it was proof to the whole world that crimes had been co…
(2025-08-23). Israel and the occupied territories: Intensification of hostilities threatens to worsen catastrophic humanitarian conditions in Gaza. icrc.org
(2025-08-23). LIVE: Israel kills over 70 in Gaza as UN warns of famine survival crisis. aljazeera.com Gaza's Health Ministry says at least 71 people were killed in the past 24 hours across the Palestinian territory.
(2025-08-23). Doctors say Israel testing new, banned micro-cube shrapnel and heavy metal weapons on Gaza civilians. skwawkbox.org 
Bombs then marketed as 'battle-proven' as genocidal regime profits from its maimed and murdered victims The Israeli military is using at least two new types of weapon on civilians in Gaza, one designed to maximise deaths and injuries over the maximum area and the other to leave behind only minute chemical traces in its shrapnel …
(2025-08-23). Dutch FM quits over Israel sanctions deadlock. jagonews24.com Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp has resigned after failing to secure cabinet support for additional sanctions against Israel over its military onslaught in Gaza…
(2025-08-23). Famine officially declared in Gaza. wsws.org The UN-affiliated body that monitors mass hunger has for the first time officially declared a famine in Gaza City and warned that other areas of Gaza will soon face famine.
(2025-08-23). This is what happens when money dies. aljazeera.com Israel has blocked the transfer of currency into Gaza; the result is catastrophic.
(2025-08-23). Israel continues aid obstruction, kills dozens in Gaza camps. newarab.com 
This comes as the United Nations officially
(2025-08-23). Famine Officially Declared in Gaza After 2 Years of Near-Total Israeli Blockade. scheerpost.com Displaced Palestinians receive food from charitable Tekiya during Ramadan in Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip. Ashraf Amra, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/i…, via Wikimedia Commons 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 …
(2025-08-23). Famine in Gaza "manufactured down to the calorie" aljazeera.com Dr James Smith calls the Gaza famine a predictable crisis, manufactured by the Israeli occupation.
(2025-08-23). Gaza famine "is Netanyahu's legacy" aljazeera.com Former UNRWA spokesperson Chris Gunness calls the Gaza famine a "sadistic obscenity" linked to Netanyahu's name.
(2025-08-23). Amnesty demands Israel stop Gaza assault after famine declared. newarab.com 
Amnesty International has called on the
(2025-08-23). Israeli military uproots thousands of Palestinian olive trees in West Bank. aljazeera.com Israeli destruction in al-Mughayyir near Ramallah is part of push to forcibly displace Palestinians, researcher says.
(2025-08-23). Israel's Plan for massive new West Bank Settlement would make a Palestinian State Impossible. juancole.com By Leonie Fleischmann, City St George's, University of London (The Conversation) — The Israeli government has approved a plan for construction of a massive new settlement bloc in the controversial E1 area in the occupied West Bank. In reviving a project first proposed in 1994, which will comprise about 3,500 new dwellings in a line …
(2025-08-23). Netanyahu sends top aide to UAE in an effort to mend ties. newarab.com 
Israeli Prime Minister According to reports, Israel's strategic affairs minister, Rob Dermer, was quietly sent to the UAE last week and engaged in talks w…
(2025-08-23). Major Disruptions Hit Israeli Regime's Rail Network. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The Israeli regime's railroad officials announced that train services on several major routes will be suspended for the coming weeks.
(2025-08-23). Serial Explosions Hit Power Grid in Occupied Territories. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Hebrew media outlets have reported a wave of explosions targeting high-voltage distribution transformers and power cabins in several Israeli cities, causing widespread blackouts.
(2025-08-23). Israeli charged for plot to kill Attorney General. newarab.com 
(2025-08-23). Lebanon releases Israeli citizen held in detention for a year. newarab.com 
A There was little information given about the man, identified as Salah Abu-Hussein. His imprisonment had not garnered public attention in Israel or Lebanon. | Israeli media reported that the man's family had reported him missing around a year ago and was unaware he was in L…
(2025-08-23). IRGC Vows Tough Response to Any New Israeli Aggression. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps warned the Zionist regime that any new act of aggression would trigger Iran's crushing response, even harsher than the blows dealt during the 12-day war in June.
(2025-08-23). Le aspirazioni israeliane su Cipro. strategic-culture.su Negli ultimi tempi, diversi politici e analisti ciprioti (tanto di parte greca, quanto di parte turca) hanno lanciato l'allarme sulla crescente penetrazione israeliana nello strategico scalo del Mediterraneo orientale. Cerchiamo di capire quelli che sono i reali obiettivi di Tel Aviv con la sua volontà di espansione sull'isola. | Segue nostro Non è difficile trovare sui mezzi di informazione israeliani, o nelle pubblicazioni più spec…
(2025-08-23). Israel's definition of "a combatant is elastic" aljazeera.com "The Israeli government claims that they killed Hamas and other combatants…"
(2025-08-23). Vigil for murdered Palestinian journalist held in Dallas, Texas. iacenter.org By Alex Colwell August 19, 2025 On August 12, roughly 100 people attended a vigil in Dallas for Anas al-Sharif, a martyred Palestinian journalist murdered by the Zionist regime. Several members of the local Muslim community spoke, giving his last will and testament as well as speaking about their personal encounters with him and joining in prayer for a treasured member of the community. Anas Al-Sharif Five other journalists and camera operators— all employees of Al Jazeera — were also assassinated on Aug. 9 along with al-Sharif by an Israeli airstrike on their tent. Over 270 Palestinian journalists ha…
(2025-08-22). DNC vote on Israel arms embargo will be the next Democratic Party showdown over Palestine. mondoweiss.net 
At its summer meeting, the Democratic National Committee will vote on two rival resolutions concerning Gaza. The competing proposals highlight the growing divide over Israel within the Democratic Party.
(2025-08-22). Cops violently dismantle Palestine encampment at Microsoft HQ, arrest protestors. therealnews.com 
REDMOND, WA: On Wednesday, Aug. 20, Redmond PD officers violently dismantled the Palestine encampment at Microsoft's corporate headquarters set up by current and former tech workers and community members with the No Azure for Apartheid Coalition. 20 coalition members were arrested. Police have claimed that protestors became "aggressive" before arrests commenced, and a spokesperson for …
(2025-08-22). Famine has officially taken hold in Gaza, and it is 'entirely man-made', experts say. mondoweiss.net 
The world's largest authority on food crises declared that Gaza City, the largest governorate in the Gaza Strip, is officially experiencing famine. If the international community doesn't intervene, the famine will spread – fast.
(2025-08-22). Video: Blinken spokesman Matthew Miller admits it was ALWAYS Israel sabotaging Gaza peace deals. skwawkbox.org 
After more than a year of blaming 'Hamas' for every collapsed ceasefire, Miller finally comes clean with what we all knew Former US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller spent the first fourteen months of Israel's genocide infuriating the globe's human beings — those who want an end to Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people of …
(2025-08-22). Mercy Corps CEO: Gaza famine recognition 'horrifying, not surprising'. tehrantimes.com The chief executive officer of the US-based aid group, Tjada D'Oyen McKenna, has called the UN announcement of a famine in Gaza City "absolutely horrifying, yet not surprising," Al Jazeera reported on Friday.
(2025-08-22). Israel Opens New Front In Gaza War. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | This article was first published in The Conversation UK's World Affairs Briefing email newsletter. Sign up to receive weekly analysis of the latest developments in …
(2025-08-22). Israeli military's own data says at least 83% of its Gaza victims were civilians. skwawkbox.org 
Based on latest data that's more than 360,000 innocent people murdered Israeli mouthpieces and apologists continue to claim that the vast majority of Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza are 'Khamas' or other terrorists — but now leaked official Israeli data has exposed those claims for the lies they already clearly were. Data from a …
(2025-08-22). American contractors indiscriminately fired at Gaza aid distribution points: report. tehrantimes.com A truck driver working for a U.S. logistics subcontractor in Gaza has confirmed allegations that American security personnel and Israeli forces routinely opened fire on Palestinians seeking humanitarian aid.
(2025-08-22). UN declares famine in Gaza. tehrantimes.com The UN has officially declared a famine in Gaza after months of Israeli restrictions that cut off food and water supplies to more than two million people.
(2025-08-22). Video: Israel slaughters dozens, mostly kids, in another Gaza school bombing. skwawkbox.org 
We must not become inured to the daily horror of Israel's crimes Israel has again murdered dozens and wounded many more in a missile attack on a Gaza school, this time the Amr Ibn Al-As School in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of northern Gaza City. The first moments of the attack saw dead and wounded, …
(2025-08-22). Daily death toll in Gaza tops 70. tehrantimes.com At least 71 Palestinians, including 24 aid seekers, have been killed and 251 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in 24 hours, according to the enclave's Health Ministry on Friday.
(2025-08-22). Hamas says UN's confirmation of famine in Gaza 'important' even if 'very late'. tehrantimes.com Hamas says confirmation of the famine taking place in Gaza by the UN's Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) is "important", despite it coming "very late after long months of warnings," according to Al Jazeera.
(2025-08-22). Over 20 nations join EU, UN in opposing Israel's illegal E1 settlement plan. tehrantimes.com The United Kingdom, Australia and Japan are among 21 countries that have condemned Israel's plans to build a controversial illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank, which they say renders a future two-state solution for Palestinians impossible, Al Jazeera reported.
(2025-08-22). The political lessons of Netanyahu's fascistic tirades against Australian Prime Minister Albanese. wsws.org The Israeli leader is on a rampage because of the scale of the crimes his regime is implementing and the mass global opposition they are provoking.
(2025-08-22). London Closing in on $2.7bn Contract With Israeli Firm To Train 60,000 British Troops per Year. orinocotribune.com
(2025-08-23). the Hundreds of Jews and Arabs rally in Tel Aviv against Gaza war, hunger. haaretz.com The protest, organized by an umbrella group for Arab citizens of Israel, was scaled back after police capped participation under threat of revoking approval. Demonstrators held images of starving children in Gaza, as a police officer warned: 'What happens in the village will not happen here in Tel Aviv'…
(2025-08-23). IDF: Missile fired from Yemen likely broke up midair; debris fell in central Israel, no injuries. haaretz.com The police stated that they received reports of shrapnel in several further locations. Earlier on Friday, a drone launched from Yemen triggered sirens in several Gaza border communities. The IDF stated then that it successfully intercepted the drone after several attempts…
(2025-08-23). Former IDF intelligence chief says Netanyahu was warned of war prior to Oct. 7. haaretz.com In recordings aired by Channel 12 News, the then-chief of Military Intelligence said only 'two irrelevant people' attended a meeting during which he presented a strategic warning to the prime minister during the government's advancement of the judicial coup…
(2025-08-23). U.K. firm used to fund pro-Qatar campaign by Netanyahu aides made millions. haaretz.com The firm serving as a conduit between Israel and Gulf projects said money came from several countries and not just from pro-Qatari campaign with Netanyahu's aides…
(2025-08-23). Secular Israelis must realize: The fate is no longer in our hands. haaretz.com Twenty-first century Israel is undergoing a process reminiscent of the era of medieval Muslim sultanates…