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Aug 12, 2026
July 2025 Roundup: A Litany of Palestinian Death
Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus, Stanford University, Aug 4, 2025
aid, American, antisemitism, Arab, assassination, Awdah Hathleen, B’Tselem, BDS, Benjamin Netanyahu, blockade, Christian, civil rights, Columbia, democracy, documentary, Donald Trump, donors, education, Edward Said, Gaza, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), genocide, Hamas, healthcare, Hebron, Holocaust, hostages, human rights, hunger strikes, International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jerusalem Declaration, Jewish, Joel Beinin, journalists, labor, land, Madison, media, Middle East, Mike Huckabee, military, Mohammad Shalabi, No Other Land, October 7, Oscar, Palestinian, protest, rabbis, Rachel Corrie, Rafah, Rashid Khalidi, Saif Musallet, sanction, schools, shelters, Shireen Abu Akleh, Sinjil, solidarity, starvation, students, terrorism, travel, video, war, water, West Bank, women, world, Yinon Levi
Listen to Awdah Hathaleen’s last message of solidarity
Green Olive Collective, Aug 1, 2025
OUR GENOCIDE IS HAPPENING NOW
B’Tselem, July 2025
In a First, Leading Israeli Rights Groups Accuse Israel of Gaza Genocide
Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, July 28, 2025
aid, Amnesty International, B’Tselem, Benjamin Netanyahu, civilians, Europe, Gaza, Gaza City, genocide, Germany, Hamas, healthcare, human rights, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, justice, La Crosse, law, Madison, media, military, New York Times, Palestinian, Physicians for Human Rights – Israel, Rafah, South Africa, starvation, war, water, world
Hudia’s Diary
Dec 2023 – Jul 2025
aid, Al-Mawasi, American, blockade, communications, fuel, Gaza, Gaza City, genocide, healthcare, Hudia, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jennifer Loewenstein, Khan Younis, Madison, media, military, occupation, Palestinian, Rafah, refugees, schools, shelters, starvation, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), victims, war, water, women, world
James Gunn’s Superman cements Israel’s villain status in the American imagination
MITCHELL PLITNICK, MONDOWEISS, JULY 18, 2025
American, antisemitism, apartheid, Arab, Benjamin Netanyahu, Betar, books, civilians, Europe, film, Gaza, immigrants, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, justice, Madison, media, Meta, Middle East, military, Muslim, October 7, online, Palestine, Palestinian, prison, Progressives, protest, Rafah, Russia, United States, war, war crimes, world
Israel bombs WHO facilities in Gaza as global outcry grows
Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, Jul 2025
aid, Amnesty International, Australia, BBC, Canada, civilians, doctors, France, Gaza, Gaza City, genocide, Hamas, healthcare, hostages, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jerusalem, journalists, land, Madison, media, military, nurses, Palestinian, Rafah, sanction, shelters, starvation, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), United Kingdom (UK), war, women, world, World Health Organization (WHO)
“Precisely Designed Mass Starvation”: Aid as Weapon in Israel’s War on Gaza
DEMOCRACY NOW! JULY 21, 2025
aid, American, Arab, blockade, civilians, democracy, Gaza, genocide, Germany, healthcare, images, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Israeli, justice, Madison, media, military, Palestinian, peace, Rafah, refugees, sanction, satellite, shelters, snipers, starvation, terrorism, Tufts, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), United Kingdom (UK), United Nations (UN), United States, video, vote, war, water, women, worldIron Dome Is Not a Defensive System
Dylan Saba, Jewish Currents, May 25, 2023
aid, American, arms, BBC, BDS, benefit, Benjamin Netanyahu, blockade, civil rights, civilians, Congress, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), Egypt, ethnicity, Gaza, Haaretz, Hamas, hospitals, human rights, Islamic Jihad, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Jewish, Joe Biden, journalists, labor, land, Madison, media, Middle East, military, Nathan Thrall, negotiations, New York City, occupation, Operation Cast Lead, Operation Pillar of Defense, Palestine, Palestinian, Progressives, protest, Rafah, Rashida Tlaib, religion, resistance, resources, sanction, solidarity, tech, Tel Aviv, terrorism, two-state, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), United Nations (UN), United States, vote, Wall, war, world
AOC Is A Genocidal Con Artist
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, JUL 19, 2025
aid, arms, artist, Caitlin Johnstone, Congress, Gaza, Israel, Israel Lobby, law, military, Rashida Tlaib, warUN rapporteur calls for global action to stop ‘genocide’ in Gaza
MANUEL RUEDA, AP, July 15, 2025
apartheid, arms, ban, Benjamin Netanyahu, civilians, Congress, economy, embargo, Europe, Francesca Albanese, Gaza, genocide, Hamas, healthcare, Holocaust, International Court of Justice (ICJ), International Criminal Court (ICC), Ireland, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, justice, land, law, Madison, media, military, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Qatar, Rafah, sanction, South Africa, Spain, stories, terrorism, Turkiye, United Nations (UN), United States, war, West Bank, world
Beaten to Death: Eyewitnesses Describe Brutal Killing of U.S. Citizen by Israeli Settlers in West Bank
DEMOCRACY NOW! JULY 15, 2025
Al Jazeera, ambulances, American, apartheid, Beita, Black, checkpoints, citizen, Congress, democracy, ethnic cleansing, Haaretz, hospitals, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Israel, Israeli, Jenin, Jonathan Pollak, journalists, justice, killing, land, law, Madison, military, occupation, October 7, Oslo Accords, Palestine, Palestinian, Palestinian Authority (PA), paramedics, peace, police, protest, public opinion, Rafah, Ramallah, Saif Musallet, Sayfollah Musallet, settlers, Shireen Abu Akleh, Sinjil, State Department, terrorism, travel, victims, video, Wall, war, West Bank
New UN report reveals the companies getting rich off Israeli occupation and genocide
JONATHAN OFIR, MONDOWEISS, JULY 6, 2025
Airbnb, Amazon, annexation, apartheid, arms, Artificial Intelligence (AI), benefit, Blackrock, blockade, British Petroleum (BP), Canada, Caterpillar, Chevron, corporations, divest, drones, economy, Egypt, Elbit Systems, Eli Valley, embargo, environment, Europe, FANUC Inc, Francesca Albanese, Gaza, genocide, Google, Hewlett-Packard, hospitals, human rights, Hyundai, IBM, images, indigenous, International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Israeli, Japan, Jerusalem, Jordan, justice, labor, land, law, Lockheed Martin, Madison, Maersk, Masafer Yatta, media, Microsoft, military, MIT, music, occupation, online, Palantir, Palestine, Palestinian, rabbis, Rafah, resources, sanction, South Africa, students, taxes, tech, terrorism, travel, unions, United States, Vanguard, violations, Volvo, war, war crimes, water, West Bank, world
In Gaza, U.S. Mercenaries Advance Israeli War Aims
Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, The American Conservative, Jul 11, 2025
aid, American, arms, Benjamin Netanyahu, checkpoints, civilians, Donald Trump, Gaza, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), Haaretz, Hamas, homeless, images, Iraq, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, land, Madison, media, Meta, Middle East, military, Netzarim, Palestinian, protest, Rafah, rape, Russia, South Africa, State Department, Syria, training, US Agency for International Development (USAID), veterans, video, war, water, women, worldIsraeli settlers beat U.S. citizen to death in West Bank
Alana Wise, NPR, JULY 12, 2025
Statement of Youth of Sumud
The villages of Masafer Yatta are now facing daily violent attacks from settlers . .…
Al-Halawa, Ariel Sharon, B’Tselem, Cassandra Dixon, ethnic cleansing, Europe, indigenous, International Court of Justice (ICJ), International Criminal Court (ICC), Iran, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Jewish, Jinba, justice, land, law, Madison, Masafer Yatta, media, military, Palestinian, police, Rafah, sanction, schools, settlers, sumud, terrorism, training, Tuba, video, violations, war, West Bank, world, Youth of Sumud
Palestinians fear razing of villages in West Bank, as settlers circle their homes
William Christou and Quique Kierszenbaum in Masafer Yatta, The Guardian, 7 Jul 2025
Al-Fakheit, Ali Awad, Arab, Ariel Sharon, BBC, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bezalel Smotrich, civilians, Donald Trump, ethnic cleansing, Hamas, healthcare, Hebron, hostages, human rights, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Jerusalem, land, law, literature, Madison, Masafer Yatta, media, Middle East, military, negotiations, Palestinian, peace, petition, police, Qatar, Rafah, resistance, sanction, schools, settlers, Susiya, terrorism, training, Tuba, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), war, West Bank, worldTrump as Netanyahu’s Spokesman: U.S. Policy in Gaza Mirrors Israeli Ambitions
Elijah J Magnier, Jul 3, 2025
aid, allies, American, Arab, Benjamin Netanyahu, ceasefire, civilians, Donald Trump, Europe, Gaza, Golan Heights, Hamas, human rights, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, land, Lebanon, Madison, media, Middle East, military, negotiations, occupation, Palestinian, peace, prison, prisoners, Rafah, Steve Witkoff, Sudan, Syria, terrorism, United States, vote, war, West Bank, withdrawal, world
