(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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). Israel and the occupied territories: Intensification of hostilities threatens to worsen catastrophic humanitarian conditions in Gaza. icrc.org
(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). 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). 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). 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). Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix back new film about Gaza's Hind Rajab. newarab.com 
(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). 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). 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). Norman Solomon: From Guernica to Gaza. scheerpost.com
(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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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
(2025-08-29). 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). 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…
(2025-08-28). 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). Biden Officials Now Claim to Oppose Israel's Famine in Gaza That They Enabled. truthout.org Top Biden administration officials have begun rewriting their ironclad support of Israel throughout the end of President Joe Biden's term, now claiming to oppose Israel's starvation policy in Gaza as it's officially tipped into famine — a famine that they fully laid the groundwork for over the first 16 months of the genocide. In an interview with "The Bulwark" published Wednesday… |
(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). Torres Urged to Donate Arms Maker Profits He Made While Backing Aid to Israel. truthout.org An advocacy group is calling on Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-New York) to donate to humanitarian efforts in Gaza after newly released disclosures revealed the staunchly pro-Israel politician's investments in weapons contractors as he's campaigned for the U.S.'s backing of Israel's genocide. Sludge reported on Monday that Torres recently filed a financial disclosure revealing investments in Lockheed… |
(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). Half of US voters believe Israel committing genocide in Gaza. jagonews24.com Half of voters in the United States believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, a poll has found…
(2025-08-28). America's Bipartisan Shame. dissidentvoice.org If hallmarks of economic decline are everywhere apparent, it is Washington's shameless participation in human genocide that has awakened many an American from their dogmatic slumbers. The United States has been a partner in human slaughter in Gaza, arming and funding, providing intelligence to and political cover for Zionist forces in Israel in their fanatical …
(2025-08-28). Israel Demolishes All Buildings in Gaza City's Southern Zeitoun Area. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — No buildings remain standing in the southern part of the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City as the Israeli ground operation launched earlier this month demolished more than 1,500 homes.
(2025-08-28). Leading UK forensics expert demands immediate access to Gaza for world's investigators. skwawkbox.org 
Derek Pounder warns that failure of governments to force access is destroying justice and giving Israel impunity Academic and forensic pathologist Derrick Pounder, one of the UK's leading forensic experts, has said that Israel's ban on experts entering the Gaza strip is designed to hide the massive scale and horrific nature of Israel's war crimes …
(2025-08-28). From Guernica to Gaza, Death to Civilians Often Comes From the Sky. truthout.org 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 better because you burn up friends and enemies with long-range missiles without ever seeing what you have done."… |
(2025-08-28). Israel's killing of Journalists follows a Pattern of silencing Palestinian Media that stretches back to 1967. juancole.com By Maha Nassar, University of Arizona (The Conversation) — Five journalists were among the 22 people killed on Aug. 25, 2025, in Israeli strikes on the Nasser Hospital in the Gaza Strip. Following global condemnation, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement saying Israel "values the work of journalists." But the …
(2025-08-28). Yemen Fires Hypersonic Missile at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The Yemeni Armed Forces launched a hypersonic ballistic missile against Israel's Ben Gurion Airport on Wednesday in retaliation for the Zionist regime's brutal campaign in Gaza.
(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). Security Council minus US says Gaza famine is 'man-made' as deaths from hunger rise. nationofchange.org Fourteen member nations back IPC famine finding, call for ceasefire and aid access while US rejects the analysis.
(2025-08-28). Video: Israel murdered journalists with 3 missiles, not 2. skwawkbox.org 
Five journalists and at least seventeen others murdered in targeted attack on hospital stairway using three missiles; Israeli military unit protests at Netanyahu's claim of 'mishap' New video evidence shows that Israel's 'double-tap' murder of journalists and rescue workers on a hospital staircase in Gaza earlier this week was in fact a 'triple tap' involving …
(2025-08-28). Gaza: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes (HRW). juancole.com Direct participation by US forces in military operations in Gaza since October 2023, including by providing intelligence for Israeli strikes and conducting extensive coordination and plannin…
(2025-08-28). The Global Sumud Flotilla: Over 50 Ships Will Set Sail for Gaza. scheerpost.com The Madleen before departure. Source: Tan Safi/Freedom Flotilla Coalition | 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 Wahid Ben Ali / In July 2025, a new international maritime initiative was launc…
(2025-08-28). Iran's Intelligence Operations in Occupied Territories A Main Factor in Victory against Israel: IRGC. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Iran's intelligence operations in Israeli occupied territories were a key factor contributing to the success of the Islamic Republic's missile and drone strikes and its victory against the Israeli regime in the 12-day war, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said.
(2025-08-28). Israeli accused paedo official skips court despite Israel's promise that he'd attend. skwawkbox.org 
To the surprise of precisely no one, Tom Alexandrovich doesn't turn up for hearing Accused paedophile Tom Alexandrovich — a senior Israeli cyberspy caught in a paedo sting trying to arrange to have sex with a child and who was allowed by a racist Israeli-born government lawyer to flee back to Israel after meetings with …
(2025-08-28). More Americans now Sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — 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 …
(2025-08-28). "The Arabs Hate Us Because Of Our Religion" Is The New "They Hate Us For Our Freedom" : Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com 
Israelis who say "the Arabs hate us because of our religion" are as self-evidently moronic as the …
(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). Gaza journalists are disposable: Trust in Western media collapses in the Strip. haaretz.com With about 200 journalists killed and little accountability, some in Gaza now see international newsrooms as complicit in both the violence and the erasure of their stories…
(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). IDF strikes Yemen after Houthis launch two drones at Israel; Report: Top leaders targeted. haaretz.com The Israeli navy and air force reportedly launched over 10 airstrikes on the Houthi capital of Sanaa, after drones from Yemen triggered sirens in Israel. Houthi officials have maintained that a Gaza cease-fire would pacify them…
(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). 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…