(2025-09-06). Susan Watkins: Israel after Fordow. newleftreview.org Netanyahu is building on the obliteration of Gaza to launch an external offensive across multiple fronts, aiming at cantonization in Lebanon and Syria, and regime change, if not state break-up, in Iran. What explains the West's political investment in an Israeli-centric Middle East, on conspicuous display during June's Twelve-Day War?
(2025-09-06). Israeli hostage seen in Al-Qassam video driving through Gaza during airstrikes. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – On Friday, the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, released a new video showing Israeli hostage Guy Dalal being driven through destroyed neighborhoods in Gaza City. This comes as tensions rise ahead of Israel's planned full-scale offensive.Dalal, who said the video was shot on August 28, sent a strong message blaming the Israeli government, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, for leaving the hostages behind. In the video "We Thought We Were Hamas's Hostages, But We Are Hostages of Our Own Government," D…
(2025-09-06). Israel's 'Refuseniks': a growing Number of Soldiers are refusing to Serve in Netanyahu's War on Gaza. juancole.com By Leonie Fleischmann, City St George's, University of London (The Conversation) — The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has ordered the Israel Defense Forces to step up the offensive on Gaza City, despite internal and international condemnation. Amid accusations by the International Association of Genocide Scholars that Israel is committing genocide, some 40,000 reservist soldiers …
(2025-09-06). Israel's army urges Gaza City residents to move to 'humanitarian zone'. scmp.com The Israeli military told Palestinians in Gaza City to leave for the south on Saturday before bombing a high-rise tower as its forces advanced deeper into the enclave's largest urban area. | Israeli forces have been carrying out an offensive on the suburbs of the northern city for weeks after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military to capture it.
(2025-09-06). Behind-the-scenes negotiations seek to revive Hamas-Israel truce deal. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – The Israeli Broadcasting Authority reported Thursday that initial backchannel contacts are underway to restart ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas.According to the Jerusalem Post, citing two sources, U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff is working discreetly behind the scenes to renew negotiations regarding a potential prisoner exchange deal. The report indicated that mediators are preparing to accelerate talks should the negotiations resume.The Wall Street Journal quoted Israeli officials saying that several ministers and security officials are secretly pressuring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu [md…
(2025-09-06). Israeli military urges Gaza City residents to leave. channelnewsasia.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Gaza City is a Hamas stronghold and capturing it is necessary to defeat the group.
(2025-09-06). Iraqi Cleric: Israeli War Boosted Iran's Power in Region. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Ammar al-Hakim, head of Iraq's National Wisdom Movement, said the Zionist regime's war of aggression against Iran in June had the opposite effect of what Tel Aviv had expected, as it led to an increase in Iran's regional power and recognition of its role among Muslim nations.
(2025-09-06). Global Flotilla Defies Israeli Threats, Sails toward Gaza to Break Siege. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The Global Sumud Flotilla has set sail from Menorca toward Tunisia, pressing ahead with its mission to shatter the suffocating Israeli blockade on Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid, despite Tel Aviv's mounting threats.
(2025-09-06). Mounting Protests Shake Vuelta As Spanish FM Pushes for Israel Team's Removal. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Spain's foreign minister has voiced support for removing the Israeli-owned Israel-Premier Tech team from the Vuelta a España, as mounting demonstrations against Tel Aviv's genocidal war on Gaza disrupt the race and expose the team to growing international backlash.
(2025-09-06). Friday 9/12: Israel! STOP Starving GAZA. Let the Flotilla in. Stop the Killing. indybay.org 456 Montgomery – Israeli Consulate…
(2025-09-06). Israel paid Google $45m to help cover up Gaza starvation. newarab.com 
(2025-09-06). Muslim Unity Key to Victory over Zionism: IRGC Chief. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps emphasized that solidarity and unity among Muslims remain the most decisive factor in defeating the plots of the enemies of Islam and achieving victory over arrogance and Zionism.
(2025-09-06). RIP Mercury, Hello Retrograde! How Administrators Failed to Stop the Presses at the University of Texas Dallas. unicornriot.ninja 
It would have been easy for the small team of student journalists at the University of Texas Dallas to just crash. Administrators had been throwing obstacles in front of them since October 7. But the students forged a new path. A path riddled with craters, bumps, and sometimes stars. And as for administrators… "University administrators …
(2025-09-06). Detroit People Conference of Palestine triggers Zionist hysteria. newarab.com 
(2025-09-06). Sunday 9/21: Voices from the Holy Land Online Film Salon: Confronting Zionism: Free Speech on Palestine. indybay.org Zoom | Tinyurl.com/VFHL-September2025…
(2025-09-06). Army Chief Highlights Israel's Failure in War on Iran. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Commander of the Iranian Army Major General Amir Hatami said the Zionist regime failed to achieve any of its key objectives during the 12-day war of aggression against Iran in June, stressing that the Islamic Republic emerged stronger in every military sphere.
(2025-09-06). "Gates of Hell Are Opening" —Israel launches major offensive on Gaza towers. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Israel has stepped up its military action in Gaza, with Defense Minister Yisrael Katz saying that "the gates of hell are opening." The military is now carrying out a series of heavy airstrikes on residential towers in Gaza City.After Katz's speech, Israeli fighter jets hit a number of multi-story buildings, which was the start of a phased military operation. Katz said on X (formerly Twitter) that he gave the first evacuation order for a high-rise in Gaza before attacking it. He said that Israel would step up its actions until Hamas agrees to its terms, which include the release of all hostages and the…
(2025-09-06). LIVE: Israel kills 62 today as Gaza aid seekers, 'safe zones' attacked. aljazeera.com At least 41 killed by Israel today were in Gaza City, army issues new forced evacuation threats for northern Strip.
(2025-09-06). Israel destroys second tower in Gaza as genocide continues. newarab.com 
(2025-09-06). Israel destroys high-rise buildings in Gaza City, as final genocidal offensive nears. wsws.org Video footage and reports by major news outlets showed the collapse on Friday of the Mushtaha Tower, among the tallest buildings in Gaza City, from three air strikes by Israel Defense Forces, part of the preparation for the final occupation of the largest city in the Gaza Strip.
(2025-09-06). Dozens arrested at latest UK protest for banned group Palestine Action. scmp.com British police arrested dozens more people on Saturday under anti-terrorism laws for demonstrating in support of Palestine Action, a pro-Palestinian group banned by the government as a terrorist organisation. | Britain banned Palestine Action under anti-terrorism legislation in July after some of its members broke into a Royal Air Force base and damaged military planes. The group accuses Britain's government of complicity in what it says are Israeli war crimes in Gaza.
(2025-09-06). Israel bombs more Gaza City high-rises after forced evacuation orders. aljazeera.com The Israeli army is systematically destroying remaining infrastructure as it moves to seize Gaza's largest urban centre.
(2025-09-06). Kurdish Activist Yasemin Acar: Gaza, flotillas, and freedom. newarab.com 
(2025-09-06). Sunday 9/7: JVP Health Advisory Council Webinar: Fast and Slow Genocide: Gaza and the West Bank. indybay.org Zoom | zoom.us/meeting/register/uf-w-kLATm-9Psi……
(2025-09-06). AP probe challenges Israel's account of Nasser hospital strike. newarab.com 
Gaza's Israel has promised to investigate "gaps" in its understanding of the attack, which killed 22 people in a succession of…
(2025-09-06). ICRC president: Mass evacuation of Gaza City unfeasible and incomprehensible. icrc.org
(2025-09-06). Israel's annexation plans fuel fears of Palestinians' annihilation. scmp.com Nearly two years after Hamas militants stormed southern Israel, the war in Gaza has entered a darker, deadlier phase. The territory now faces a reckoning its residents describe as annihilation. | Israel's latest military campaign in Gaza and its West Bank annexation plans have left observers warning that the age-old Palestinian presence across both could soon be erased.
(2025-09-06). Tunisia flotilla eager to join Global Sumud mission to break Gaza siege. aljazeera.com Activists want to end Israel's blockade of Gaza and expect to set sail on Sunday when flotilla from Spain arrives.
(2025-09-06). Hamas releases video of two Israeli hostages held in Gaza. newarab.com 
(2025-09-06). Sunday 9/28: Film: GAZA: Doctors Under Attack & Dialogue with Dr. Mohammad Subeh. indybay.org Morgan Hill Community and Cultural Center | 17000 Monterey Road | Morgan Hill, CA 95037…
(2025-09-06). Thousands attend 'People's Conference for Palestine'. workers.org 
Detroit Over 4,000 Palestinians and allies took part in the second annual People's Conference for Palestine, held in Detroit over Labor Day weekend. This year's theme was "Gaza is the compass." Peoples Conference for Palestine opens with the Palestinian national anthem Mawtini (My Homeland), Detroit, Aug. 29, 2025. WW Photo: . . . |
(2025-09-06). Activists and residents are banding together to force companies complicit in the Gaza genocide out of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. mondoweiss.net 
Most New Yorkers are not aware companies contributing to the Gaza genocide operate in their backyard, but at least two are housed in the city-operated Brooklyn Navy Yard. Now, activists and local residents are banding together to get them evicted.
(2025-09-06). Saturday 9/6: Community rally for Gaza. indybay.org Delucchi Park, 4501 1st Street, Pleasanton…
(2025-09-06). Israel flattens Gaza City residential tower as civilians flee. newarab.com 
The residential tower, which comprised tens of housing units, has now been levelled, while the neighbourhood has also faced severe damage. | This comes as the Israeli army issued expulsion orders for Gaza City residents to leave for a
(2025-09-06). Update from the Red Cross Field Hospital, Rafah: 15-Month Operational Summary. icrc.org Rafah, Gaza Strip – 9 May 2024 to 31 July 2025…
(2025-09-06). Gaza film at Venice targeted by hate campaign, director says. newarab.com 
At its premiere, a "The Voice of Hind Rajab" from It has already garnered the support of famous Hollywood names attached as ex…
(2025-09-06). War-ravaged Gaza faces deadly surge in rare child infections. newarab.com
(2025-09-06). Israel acts with "absolute impunity" in Gaza occupation plan. aljazeera.com Analyst Tahani Mustafa says Israel acts with no red lines as its allies offer little pushback on Gaza occupation plan.
(2025-09-06). Genocide Scholars: Israel is Committing a Genocide in Gaza, and we Should Know. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — On the last day of August, 2025, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, a scholarly body with more than 500 members, passed a resolution with 86% support of those who voted, concluding that Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza. These scholars study genocide professionally, researching it, theorizing it, and …
(2025-09-06). Medicine is being invented in Gaza. aljazeera.com As medical students in Gaza, we are taught how to save lives with nothing and how to make impossible decisions.
(2025-09-06). Wael Dahdouh on journalism, family loss, and Gaza's truth. newarab.com 
Gaza had never been an easy place to be a journalist, even before the start of the genocide. | A 17-year Israeli and Egyptian siege that leaves you chronically deprived of even your most basic needs — never mind professional — and war after war that puts your life in very real, sudden danger. | You might have to hurtle towards the site of missile strikes, or Israel might For veteran Palestinian journali…
(2025-09-06). Israel's most lethal operation in Gaza is under way. aljazeera.com Expulsion and ethnic cleansing in Gaza are only intensifying. Plus: The sci-fi dystopias inspiring Big Tech elites.
(2025-09-06). Tuesday 9/9: Gaza and the Democratic Party: What's Next for Organizing Against Genocide? indybay.org Zoom | bit.ly/46jnLeG…
(2025-09-06). Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC appalled by strike on Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza. icrc.org
(2025-09-06). Global Flotilla sets sail for Gaza: Genoa dockworkers promise support. iacenter.org September 3, 2025 The Global Sumud Flotilla, consisting of over 20 boats carrying aid to the Gaza Strip, which is blockaded by Israel, departed on Sept. 1 from Barcelona. Boats from other Mediterranean ports, notably from Tunis, Tunisia, and Genoa, Italy, are expected to join the convoy in early September. Part of Flotilla from Barcelona, setting sail to Gaza with aid Sept. 1. Organizers of the flotilla call it the largest maritime mission to Gaza yet. They expect more than 50 ships, boats, and delegations from at least 44 countries to deliver aid to the people of Gaza. The flotilla has also mobilized significant…
(2025-09-06). Egypt calls Palestinian displacement claim 'nonsense'. newarab.com 
Egyptian Foreign Minister Israel earlier called on "If there is a manmade famine (in Gaza), it is to push residents out o…
(2025-09-06). Israel is now holding over 11,000 Palestinians prisoner. thecanary.co Yesterday, Friday 5 September, marked 700 days of the Israel's genocide in Gaza and, to mark this day, the Ramallah-based Palestinian Prisoner's Society issued a briefing, highlighting the key facts and figures surrounding the issue of Palestinian political prisoners in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, where the total number of arrests recorded has exceeded …
(2025-09-06). Would Be Kings – Curtis Yarvin. indybay.org Curtis Yarvin is an avowed fascist and a danger to society and humanity.
(2025-09-06). Amid French government crisis, neo-fascist RN bids for capitalist oligarchy's support. wsws.org As Trump sets up a billionaire's dictatorship in America and the RN courts French business, workers voting for the far right must be warned: they are being played for fools.
(2025-09-06). Xi meets Serbian president. independent.co.ug 
BEIJING | Xinhua | Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Beijing on Thursday. Vucic is in China for the commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. China and Serbia made tremendous sacrifices and …
(2025-09-06). Indigenous artist fixes racist Piedmont Mural. indybay.org After 24 years the racist mural on 41st and Piedmont avenue had finally been fixed. Neighbors hugged with joy as they celebrated the artistic amendment that finally included depictions of indigenous resistance to colonial violence.
(2025-09-06). Racist incident taints U.S. Open during 75th anniversary of Althea Gibson's 'Breaking the Barrier'. iacenter.org By Monica Moorehead September 2, 2025 There is a popular saying that goes "Art imitates life." In the real world, a material world, it should say that life reflects class relations. And under capitalism that reinforces the haves and have nots; inequality impacts every sector of society, no matter the form. Nothing is spared from this inequality, not even sports. A perfect example of this happened during the U.S. Tennis Open, the final Grand Slam tournament of the calendar year, held for two weeks starting the last week of August in Queens, New York. Taylor Townsend, Aug. 28, 2025 Taylor Townsend, a Black woman fr…
(2025-09-06). Israelis hold mass protests in Jerusalem, nationwide for hostage deal, against Gaza City occupation. haaretz.com Demonstrators are leading a mass rally outside the Prime Minister's Residence, where hostages' mothers are leading the Jerusalem protests. Hostage mother Anat Angrest promised Netanyahu he wouldn't have a moment of quiet after IDF officials told her that her son is in immediate danger of death: 'It's over'…
(2025-09-06). Gaza officials say 60 Palestinians killed in past day by IDF, including 23 aid-seekers. haaretz.com
(2025-09-06). Hostage families thank Trump for effort to return Gaza hostages, say they expect the same from Israeli. haaretz.com Thanking the U.S. President for his efforts, the hostage families said they expect Israel to do the same 'bring home the hostages and end the war.' One hostage's mother was told by the IDF her son is in immediate danger, and vowed to Netanyahu: 'You won't have quiet from me anymore'…
(2025-09-06). foreign minister backs removing Israeli team from cycling race amid pro-Palestinian protests. haaretz.com The Israeli cycling team at the Vuelta a España said it was removing the team's name from cyclists' uniforms for safety reasons following multiple pro-Palestinian protests. Netanyahu on Friday expressed his support for the team for 'not giving in to hatred and threats'…
(2025-09-06). First photo of Israeli hostage Alon Ohel since Oct. 7 Hamas abduction released. haaretz.com The image, taken from a video released by Hamas on Friday, shows Ohel with hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal, who can be heard saying that they are in Gaza City. The Ohel family said they were 'shocked to see Alon's condition' in the video, which has not been approved to be shared in full…
(2025-09-06). IDF announces new in south Gaza — says will include food and hospitals. haaretz.com The military said the area contains 'essential humanitarian infrastructure' such as field hospitals and water pipelines, alongside humanitarian aid. A local resident said that the designated area is already 'suffocatingly crowded'…
(2025-09-06). IDF says it hit Gaza City high-rise used by Hamas amid expanding Israeli offensive. haaretz.com The IDF said that the high-rise served as a hub for Hamas intelligence gathering, and claimed that militants planted explosives and built underground infrastructure in the area. Locals, however, told Reuters it had been used to shelter the displaced…