(2025-08-29). US rail companies refuse to adopt improved safety policies, prompting FRA to dissolve safety working group formed after East Palestine disaster. wsws.org The Federal Railroad Administration formed the working group to discuss new safety policies in response to the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Two years later it dissolved the group due to lack of progress.
(2025-08-29). Palestine, When Homosexuals Were Homophobic. orinocotribune.com By Susana Kahlil — Aug 27, 2025 | Not long ago, just around the corner in time, there was the father who killed himself upon learning his son was homosexual; the father who murdered his son for being homosexual. There were homosexuals who committed suicide due to social and familial rejection — but also due to self-rejection. It wasn't just about not being loved, but not loving oneself: "I don't love myself…" | This happened almost everywhere, from east to west, north to south, on planet Earth. Earthlings were united in anti-homosexuality. That didn't happen just in the last millennium — it hap…
(2025-08-29). Against the attempt to silence Palestine Week in Salvador, Brazil! samidoun.net 
The civil and political organizations that organize the Week Against Israeli Colonization in Salvador strongly condemn the attempt by the Bahia Law School and the OAB/BA (Brazilian Bar Association of the State of Bahia) to suppress the "Palestinian Women's Cultural and Political Gathering" scheduled for TODAY at 6: 00 p.m. In clear betrayal of their supposed …
(2025-08-29). 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.
(2025-08-29). Are refugees in Belgium losing rights for backing Palestine. newarab.com 
(2025-08-29). Saturday 8/30: All Out for Palestine. indybay.org Ocean at Water St., Santa Cruz…
(2025-08-29). The Global Sumud Flotilla. popularresistance.org In July 2025, a new international maritime initiative was launched: the Global Sumud Flotilla. It was formed by four major coalitions: the Global Campaign to Return to Palestine, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, the Maghreb Sumud Convoy, and the Southeast Asian Nusantara Sumud Initiative. The Global Sumud Flotilla is set to depart on August 31, 2025. Its goal is clear: to break Israel's illegal blockade on Gaza, to deliver urgent humanitarian aid, and to expose the genocidal war waged on Palestinians. | The flotilla is composed of dozens of small civilian vessels carrying activists, parliamentarians, doctors, and…
(2025-08-29). UN food agency chief: women and children are starving in Gaza. newarab.com 
The head of the The world's leading authority on food crises said last week the Gaza Strip's largest city is gripped by
(2025-08-29). Washington Stands Alone At United Nations Security Council. popularresistance.org All but one of the 15 members of the UN Security Council — the US — declared that the famine in Gaza is a "manmade crisis" and warned that using starvation as a weapon of war is prohibited under international law and constitutes a war crime, during a meeting on 27 August. | The 14 council members announced in a statement that they support an immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire, the release of all hostages, a significant surge of aid throughout Gaza, and for Israel to immediately and unconditionally lift all restrictions on relief deliveries. | "Famine in Gaza must be stopped immediately,…
(2025-08-29). Workers' intifada against Microsoft. workers.org 
As the United Nations' world food crisis authority finally declared a famine in Gaza, direct action demonstrators protested war profiteer Microsoft, whose technology is used to aid the U.S./Israeli war, which is committing genocide in Gaza. No Azure for Apartheid demonstration on Microsoft's campus in Redwood, Washington, Aug. 20, 2025. . . . |
(2025-08-29). The Future of Israel: Three Scenarios and a Historical Analysis. uwidata.com 
By Dr. Halim Genàßoƒülu Türkiye describes Israel's military operations against Gaza as "genocide" and, in this context, is expanding commercial and logistical land borders as well as maritime routes in order to increase pressure. As part of these steps, Türkiye has also joined the international body known as The Hague Group in adopting the maritime …
(2025-08-29). 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.
(2025-08-29). UN staff pressure rights chief to call Gaza a genocide in letter. newarab.com 
(2025-08-29). The BBC's Gaza bias betrays its journalistic duty. newarab.com 
Rising It has been over 20 months of Israel's genocide in Gaza, and the question of media bias has been at the forefront of public conscience, particularly among those sympathetic with the plight of Palestin…
(2025-08-29). CCR Sues Trump Administration for Info on Funding of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. indybay.org Hundreds of Palestinians killed seeking aid at GHF sites; Trump admin has approved $30 million for the "charity"
(2025-08-29). Moderate North Carolina Democrat Won't Take AIPAC Cash for 2026. theintercept.com 
(2025-08-29). Microsoft fires four workers over protests against firm's ties to Israel. aljazeera.com Microsoft says the terminations followed serious breaches amid claims that its software is used by Israeli army in Gaza.
(2025-08-29). Norman Solomon: From Guernica to Gaza. scheerpost.com
(2025-08-29). Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC appalled by strike on Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza. icrc.org
(2025-08-29). Smotrich urges Gaza annexation if Hamas refuses to 'surrender'. newarab.com 
The far-right minister, who has vocally opposed striking a deal with Hamas to end the nearly two-year war, presented his plan to "win in Gaza by the end of the year" at a press conference in Jerusalem. | Under Smotrich's proposal, Hamas would be given an ult…
(2025-08-29). Here Is Why the Israeli Occupation of Gaza Won't Work. orinocotribune.com By Robert Inlakesh — Aug 26, 2025 | Robert Inlakesh argues that "Israel's" shifting military plans in Gaza, each sold as "decisive", have failed, exposing that the occupation strategy is neither practical nor winnable. | At every key juncture of the Zionist regime's "seven front war", it has announced new plans that it will claim are going to defeat Hamas or that they will reach a ceasefire agreement. The truth is that they have no intention of reaching a negotiated settlement, nor do they have a plan to achieve "victory" in Gaza. | At the beginning of the Zionist entity's ground invasion of the Gaza Strip,…
(2025-08-29). LIVE: Israel kills 41 Palestinians in Gaza, al-Mawasi 'safe zone' included. aljazeera.com Bombed areas include southern Gaza's al-Mawasi where Israel has told displaced people to go to.
(2025-08-29). Israeli public has "very strong doubts" about taking Gaza City. aljazeera.com Alon Pinkas on how much of the Israeli public is unsupportive of the government's plan to seize Gaza City.
(2025-08-29). UK bans Israeli officials from major arms exhibition. aljazeera.com UK government says Israel's decision to escalate war on Gaza 'wrong' as Israel decries 'discrimination'.
(2025-08-29). On The Ethics Of Embedding With Génocidaires. popularresistance.org On Sunday, August 10, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a dramatic announcement: After 674 days of barring foreign media from Gaza, Israel was planning to begin staging guided tours, under Israeli military control, for embedded members of the foreign press. | "We have decided, and have ordered, directed the military, to bring in foreign journalists—more foreign journalists, a lot," said Israel's premier, in a rambling, paranoid half-hour press conference—staged, he said, to dispel "the global campaign of lies" against Israel. "There's a problem with assuring security, but I think it can b…
(2025-08-29). Update from the Red Cross Field Hospital, Rafah: 15-Month Operational Summary. icrc.org Rafah, Gaza Strip – 9 May 2024 to 31 July 2025…
(2025-08-29). Israel and the occupied territories: Intensification of hostilities threatens to worsen catastrophic humanitarian conditions in Gaza. icrc.org
(2025-08-29). Microsoft terminations spark outrage over role in Gaza bombing program. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Microsoft has fired four workers who took part in protests against the company's alleged support of the Israeli military during its ongoing operations in Gaza. There has been a lot of criticism of Microsoft's Azure cloud services lately, and reports say they are being used in military targeting and mass surveillance programs. | Microsoft confirmed on Wednesday that they had fired two employees for "serious violations of company policy," according to CNBC. The company said that going into the office of Brad Smith, Microsoft's Vice Chair and President, during a protest at the company's headquarters was "
(2025-08-29). Israeli forces face "Unexpected Resistance" in Gaza's Al-Zaytoun battles. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth said on Friday that Al-Qassam Brigades fighters, the military wing of Hamas, have surprised Israeli forces with their combat skills and tactics during ongoing clashes in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, which is southeast of Gaza City. The report talks about a number of resistance operations that are still making it hard for Israel to invade the ground, even after weeks of heavy bombings.The report says that Al-Qassam fighters hit the deputy commander of a battalion in Israel's Armored Brigade in Al-Zaytoun a few days ago, hurting him. The fighters also attacked an Is…
(2025-08-29). Sunday 8/31: Community Rally for Gaza. indybay.org Delucchi Park | 4501 1st Street | Pleasanton, CA…
(2025-08-29). From Guernica to Gaza: The Detached Cruelty of Air Power. juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com ) — Killing from the sky has long offered the sort of detachment that warfare on the ground can't match. Far from its victims, air power remains the height of modernity. And yet, as the monk Thomas Merton concluded in a poem, using the voice of a Nazi commandant, "Do not think yourself …
(2025-08-29). Friday 9/19: Gaza Journalists UNDERFIRE Film Showing. indybay.org Unitarian Universalist Church of the Monterey Peninsula | 490 Aguajito Road Carmel, CA 93923…
(2025-08-29). Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix back new film about Gaza's Hind Rajab. newarab.com 
(2025-08-29). Gaza Diary: Can You Imagine? counterpunch.org 
Can you imagine being a reporter in Gaza, knowing that you're on a target list by Israel simply because you are a reporter and feeling compelled to write a will to your young son? That's what Maryam Abu Dagga, the tireless and brave freelance reporter for the AP, did before she was murdered this week, along with four other journalists, rescue workers and Palestinian civilians, in a targeted double-tap strike by the Israelis outside a hospital.
(2025-08-29). Mike Huckabee's Faith-Based Diplomacy. counterpunch.org Ireland is considering legislation, the Occupied Territories Bill ("OTB"), which would ban the import of goods from Israel's illegal settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. CNN notes that "If passed, the Irish bill would make Ireland the first EU member state to prohibit the import of goods produced in Israeli settlements in occupied
(2025-08-29). Israel launches strikes on Sana'a, targets senior Houthi leaders. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- Israeli media reported Thursday that the Israeli army carried out at least 10 airstrikes on multiple locations in Yemen, including the capital Sana'a, where a series of powerful explosions rocked Jabal Attan, west of the city.According to Channel 12, the strikes specifically targeted senior political and military leaders of the Houthi movement, though there is no confirmation yet on whether the assassination attempts succeeded. Israeli sources told the channel that the operations had been planned earlier in the week as part of a broader campaign. Channel 14 added that several Houthi leaders were present…
(2025-08-29). Useful Expedient: Expelling Iran's Ambassador to Australia. counterpunch.org 
The rank odour of opportunity seems to have presented itself to Australia's Albanese government. To balance its apparently principled promise to recognise Palestinian statehood come the 80th United Nations General Assembly next month, it seemed only fair that some firm measure be taken against another Islamic outfit to balance the ledger. The Israelis were watching closely, and a
(2025-08-29). Trump's Justice Department Abets Israeli Pedophile Spy. Is Trump Being Bribed by Israel? globalresearch.ca Only super-duped MAGA supporters and Israel idol-worshipping evangelicals refuse to entertain the notion that Donald Trump is being bribed by Israel over damning evidence that is buried deep within the Epstein files. But then, even if this evidence is revealed, …
(2025-08-29). More Americans Now Sympathize With Palestinians Than With Israelis. popularresistance.org A new opinion poll by the Sadat Center at the University of Maryland finds a sea change in the American public on the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians. For the first time, the percentage of Americans who say they sympathize with Palestinians (28%) exceeds the percentage who sympathize with Israelis (22%)[!!!] Some one fourth (26%) of Americans say they are equally sympathetic to both. So 54% of Americans now sympathize with Palestinians, either primarily or equally with Israelis. Some 12% don't like either one, and 13% don't know. So of the Americans who have an opinion and feel knowledgeable, a…
(2025-08-29). Sweden, Netherlands urge EU sanctions on Israel and Hamas. newarab.com 
In a letter to European Union foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas, the Swedish and Dutch foreign ministers called for targeted sanctions on Israeli government ministers and
(2025-08-28). The Attack on Palestine Chronicle. consortiumnews.com The allegation against Ramzy Baroud rests not on proof, but on the word of a belligerent army, writes Mohamed El Mokhtar. By Mohamed El Mokhtar Common Dreams The Palestine Chronicle is not a militant organization. It is a modest, independent…
(2025-08-28). Second annual "People's Conference for Palestine" to draw thousands. peoplesdispatch.org This coming weekend, thousands of pro-Palestine activists are set to gather for the second annual The conference is being organized by a coalition of 12 groups — the Palestinian Youth Movement, the US Palestinian Commu…
(2025-08-28). Palestine Unbound: Why the Authority Must Fall To Liberate the Cause. orinocotribune.com By Khaled Barakat — Aug 27, 2025 | The Arab region is entering one of its most dangerous and tragic phases. The genocide committed by the Israeli occupation persists throughout Arab and international silence. The Palestinian Authority, an agent of the occupation, stands as a central pillar which sustains this grim reality. Created by the occupier and its backers, the Authority embodies subjugation and economic and security dependency, serving as the clearest example of mercenary governance and normalization structures across the region. | Over time, the Authority has moved from failing to protect Palestinian…
(2025-08-28). Entire UN Security Council Except US Says Gaza Famine 'Man-Made' as 10 More People Starve to Death. scheerpost.com US Ambassador to the United Nations Dorothy Shea speaks on August 27, 2025. | (Photo: US Mission to the United Nations/X) | 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 our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible By Brett Wilkins / Every member nation of the United Nations Security Coun…
(2025-08-28). Israeli Attacks and Starvation Kill 75 More Palestinians in Gaza Over 24 Hours. news.antiwar.com Gaza's Health Ministry said on Thursday that Israeli attacks have killed 71 Palestinians and wounded 339 over the previous 24-hour period as US-backed Israeli attacks continue across the Strip. On top of the violent deaths, the Health Ministry said that it recorded another four starvation-related deaths amid the famine caused by the Israeli siege. "This …
(2025-08-28). Colombia's former president under fire over trip to Israel. colombiareports.com Former president Ivan Duque came under fire after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu despite the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Duque went to Israel to promote his wife's foundation and the business interests of the Gilinski oligarchy. On national television, the former president praised the ongoing collaboration between Israel and his foundation. Duque's mission …
(2025-08-28). BBC "guidelines" endanger and offend Gaza interviewees. electronicintifada.net The British broadcaster is widely seen as having run interference for Israel's genocide.
(2025-08-28). Gaza Genocide deniers are no different from Holocaust deniers, except that their denial abets the genocide itself. mondoweiss.net 
The denial of the Gaza genocide has been echoed from the mainstream media to the White House. While reminiscent of Holocaust denial, today's denials have deadly consequences as they are used to justify the very genocide deniers claim isn't happening.
(2025-08-28). Israel's Smotrich calls for phased Gaza annexation if Hamas does not disarm. aljazeera.com Hamas condemns far-right Israeli Minister Bezalel Smotrich's remarks as 'an official call to exterminate' Palestinians.
(2025-08-28). Borrell calls for European action in Gaza even though he did nothing as top diplomat. infobrics.org Spain continues to take no meaningful action for Gaza despite all the rhetoric.
(2025-08-28). Airstrikes, explosive vehicles, and bulldozers cause 'insane' destruction in Gaza City, eyewitnesses and civil defense say. mondoweiss.net 
The Israeli army is using airstrikes, rigged explosive APCs, and bulldozing operations to level neighborhoods and displacement centers in Gaza City. Eyewitnesses and local officials say it is to cause mass flight and prevent residents from returning.
(2025-08-28). 'If He Doesn't Leave Gaza, We Will Lose Him': A Six-Year-Old Boy's Race Against Time. progressive.org Before Israel's siege of Gaza, Mohammed's rare condition was successfully managed with medication, physical therapy, and a specialized diet. Now, he is fighting for his life.
(2025-08-28). From Guernica to Gaza, Mass Killers Have Been Above It All. progressivehub.net NORMAN SOLOMON | TOM DISPATCH…
(2025-08-28). Israeli Military Bombs Yemen's Capital Sanaa For Second Time This Week. news.antiwar.com The Israeli military bombed the Yemeni capital of Sanaa for the second time within a week on Thursday as the Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, have continued their attacks on Israel in response to the genocidal war in the Gaza Strip. Israeli officials claimed to Israeli media outlets that the strike targeted a group …
(2025-08-28). IOF storms Ramallah city center, wounding 58 civilians, including a child. peoplesdispatch.org Daily raids carried out by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have for decades been routine for Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank. However, Ramallah city center has been relatively safe compared to other areas, largely since the second intifada ended in 2005. | This isn't to say that such relative calm extends to the entire governorate of Ramallah and Al-Bireh; it applies exclusively to the few square kilometers surrounding the Palestinian Authority (PA) headquarters near the center of the city. | Although this particular part of the city was previously subjected to IOF raids, such offensives happene…
(2025-08-28). European Powers Trigger 'Snapback' Sanctions on Iran. news.antiwar.com The UK, France, and Germany have begun the process of reimposing UN Security Council sanctions on Iran under the "snapback" mechanism of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, a step that makes another US-Israeli war on Iran more likely. The European countries, known as the E3, sent a letter to the UN …
(2025-08-28). Israeli Ground Troops Raid Damascus Airbase. news.antiwar.com Following up on the deadly Israeli drone strikes against Kiswah, in the southern part of metro Damascus, Israel conducted an overnight raid of an old airbase there, with dozens of IDF troops arriving via helicopters and spending over two hours in the base. The troops landed at a hilltop near Jabal Manea, which was an …
(2025-08-28). "The Arabs Hate Us Because Of Our Religion" Is The New "They Hate Us For Our Freedom" caitlinjohnstone.com.au Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix: ⚪ ‚ùñ | Israelis who say "the Arabs hate us because of our religion" are as self-evidently moronic as the Americans who said "they hate us for our freedom". In both cases the answer is no, dipshit, they hate you because of the horrific things to do to them. | ‚ùñ | Western leaders who say they'll recognize a Palestinian state while feebly calling on Both Sides to reach a…
(2025-08-29). After seeing starving children, my work as an Israeli pediatrician will never be the same. haaretz.com The horrific images from a virtual tour of Gaza's Nasser Hospital — before Israel shelled it this week — make it clearer than ever: The power is in our hands. We must stop the atrocities committed in our name…
(2025-08-29). Israeli army announces end of daily humanitarian pause in Gaza City. haaretz.com
(2025-08-29). Netanyahu hides behind his latest shield for his war in Gaza: Antisemitism in France. haaretz.com Contrary to what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alleged in his letter to French President Emanuel Macron, antisemitism has not 'plagued French cities.' Netanyahu's attempt to speak for Jews outside Israel is toxic…
(2025-08-29). The Israeli army cut down their trees. They fear the next step will be forced transfer. haaretz.com In an attempt to locate a Palestinian assailant, the IDF launched an operation in al-Mughayyir: 70 hours of curfew, house raids, stun grenades and arrests. When residents emerged, they discovered the soldiers had also cut down thousands of olive and almond trees…
(2025-08-29). thought juggling would save me from a. haaretz.com This week at Ben-Gurion Airport: An Israeli arts manager for whom juggling is Zen, and a researcher exploring the magical world of bees…
(2025-08-28). sovereign wealth fund cuts ties with Israeli managers, halts active investing. haaretz.com Norges Bank Investment Management notified Meitav and hedge fund ION that it will no longer entrust them with managing its Israeli investments, citing ethical concerns over the Gaza war. The fund has sold billions in holdings, including stakes in five banks and 23 other companies…
(2025-08-28). Protesters spilled red paint in front of IDF home, call for him to refuse order to take over Gaza. haaretz.com The protest comes following escalating demonstrations by one of the organizers, Standing Together, a coexistence and social justice movement, calling to end the war in Gaza. Five protesters were arrested…
(2025-08-28). Blinded by Netanyahu praise the tough new measures on Iran. haaretz.com Why isn't Israel celebrating fresh steps against Iran? Because praising Australia, France, and the U.K. would mean admitting they aren't the Israel-hating, terror-supporting antisemites Netanyahu claims…