(2025-07-02). Actions In 70 US Cities: 'Hands Off Iran And West Asia! Free Palestine!'. popularresistance.org Although there is a temporary "ceasefire" in the U.S./Israeli effort to destroy Iran, many groups internationally are determined to stay mobilized. The horrific genocide in Palestine, both in Gaza and the West Bank, continues, as do plots against Iran. | There were more than 65 actions around the world listed on the website of the United National Antiwar Coalition, based on a call from Global Resistance for a week of actions June 21 to 28. Internationally actions were held in the Philippines, Bangladesh, Japan, Norway, Denmark, Germany, India, Venezuela, Puerto Rico and Sweden. Across Canada there were multiple a…
(2025-07-02). UN Experts Urge United Kingdom Not To Misuse Terrorism Laws. popularresistance.org UN experts* today urged the United Kingdom not to ban the "direct action" group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000. | "We are concerned at the unjustified labelling of a political protest movement as 'terrorist'," the experts said. "According to international standards, acts of protest that damage property, but are not intended to kill or injure people, should not be treated as terrorism." The Government asserts that the group is "terrorist" because some members have allegedly caused criminal damage to property, including at military bases and arms companies, with the aim of…
(2025-07-02). Over 170 NGOs Urge End To US—Israeli 'Aid Traps' In Gaza. popularresistance.org More than 170 international NGOs, including Oxfam, Save the Children, Amnesty International, Doctors Without Borders, and the Norwegian Refugee Council, issued a joint declaration on 1 July in Geneva calling for an immediate end to the US-Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). | According to medical authorities in Gaza, over 550 Palestinians have been killed and thousands injured near GHF aid distribution sites and transport routes since the foundation began operating in late May. | The statement warned that "Palestinians in Gaza face an impossible choice: starve or risk being shot while trying desper…
(2025-07-02). ICRC Humanitarian Visa d'or Award: Saher Alghorra honoured for his photojournalism on civilians in Gaza. icrc.org
(2025-07-02). Australian health workers voice outrage over Gaza catastrophe. wsws.org The open letter and the response it has generated speak to the depth of the anguish, shock and anger felt by healthcare workers as they bear witness to the atrocities occurring in Gaza.
(2025-07-02). United States Approves $510 Million Arms Deal For Israel. popularresistance.org The Trump administration has approved a new arms deal for Israel that will provide the country with $510 million worth of Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMS), kits that turn bombs into precision-guided weapons, as the US continues to provide military aid to support the genocidal war in Gaza. | According to the Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), the State Department notified Congress of the sale of 3,845 JDAMS for 2,000-pound BLU-109 bombs and 3,280 JDAMS for 500-pound MK 82 bombs. The deal also includes US "government and contractor engineering, logistics, and technical support services; and…
(2025-07-02). 'Have Some Blood! You Like Shedding It All Over The World So Much'. popularresistance.org Mike Ferner, of Veterans For Peace, threw blood at the US mission to the UN today: "Here, United States, have some blood! You like shedding it all over the world so much? There you go! How about some blood? A small amount of the blood — the blood money — that corporations make taking us to war all the time. No. More. Killing. Please. Stop it." | He and 28 others were reportedly arrested today. He had been participated in #FastForGaza | Most arrests took place at the Israeli mission to the UN where a mass action was. Joy Metzler, co-founder of Servicemembers For Ceasefire, was among those arrested ther…
(2025-07-02). Trump Claims Israel Backs Ceasefire As US-Backed Assault Slaughters 109 in Gaza. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Israel's military rampaged across the besieged Gaza Strip on Tuesday, massacring at least 109 Palestinians, even as US President Donald Trump boasted that Israel had agreed to conditions for a 60-day ceasefire.
(2025-07-02). ICRC mourns colleague killed in Gaza. icrc.org
(2025-07-02). Iran Warns EU Not to Obstruct Diplomacy. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Denouncing the European attempts to justify the Israeli aggression against Iran as complicity in crimes, the Iranian foreign minister cautioned the EU that its refusal to condemn attacks on Iran's nuclear sites will complicate the situation and obstruct the course of diplomacy.
(2025-07-02). Anadolu Documents Israeli Atrocity on Tehran's Evin Prison. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Turkey's news agency Anadolu has exposed the extensive devastation caused by Israel's airstrike on Iran's Evin Prison, highlighting a deliberate massacre of detainees, civilians, and staff.