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Israeli PM pushes ahead with Gaza takeover plan
China Daily Global
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Palestinians wait to receive food from a charity kitchen, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday. [REUTERS/Hatem Khaled] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing to seize full control of Gaza City while allowing negotiations...
Israel's Gaza genocide divided the world
Sabah
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August 22, 2025
In the 1970s, clashes between the right and left across the world, in universities, academic circles and protest venues, were often debated through the lens of the Palestinian issue. Those who sided with Palestine and those who sided with Israel...
Dutch foreign minister resigns over Israel sanctions deadlock
Al Jazeera
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August 22, 2025
Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp has resigned after failing to secure cabinet support for additional sanctions against Israel over its military onslaught in Gaza. Veldkamp, a member of the centre-right New Social Contract party, said on...
Protesters call for arms embargo as training material en route to Israel from Quebec
Yahoo Sports - Canada
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August 23, 2025
A large number of people gathered in Repentigny, Que., Friday to call on the federal government to adopt an arms embargo on Israel, which is poised to receive a new shipment this weekend from one of Canada's biggest arms companies. The groups...
UK condemns Israel's role in Gaza famine as moral outrage
The National News
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British government ministers have reacted with anger after the UN officially declared famine in Gaza. Foreign Secretary David Lammy said there had been sickening consequences, especially for children, from Israel sealing off the Palestinian...
After Op Sindoor success, India to procure more Rampage missiles from Israel
India Today
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August 22, 2025
Backed by the success of Operation Sindoor, the Air Force (IAF) is preparing to place large orders for Rampage air-to-ground missiles from Israel, defence sources told India Today. The missile, referred to in Air Force service as the High Speed...
South Africans demand coal export ban to 'Israel' over Gaza genocide
Al Mayadeen
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August 22, 2025
Protesters in South Africa are calling for a full ban on coal exports to "Israel", condemning the shipments as complicit in genocide amid the occupation’s war on Gaza and ICJ proceedings. Protests erupted across several South African cities this...
Boulder City Council holds off on revisiting Israel investments
Daily Camera - Colorado
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August 22, 2025
If the Boulder City Council does rework its investment policies, it won’t be until 2026 at the earliest. The council voted 7-1 in a straw poll in its Thursday meeting to not revisit its investments after Councilmember Taishya Adams renewed calls...
Israel to acquire more KC-46A refuelers, invest $1.5 billion in armored vehicles
Breaking Defense
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August 22, 2025
JERUSALEM — The Israeli Ministry of Defense recently announced major defense acquisition plans, including two additional KC-46 refueling tankers, a substantial investment in armored vehicles, as well as a push to acquire thousands of...
Report Details Israel's 'Architecture of Genocidal Starvation' in Gaza
Common Dreams
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August 22, 2025
As the world's leading authority on hunger crises officially declared a catastrophic famine in Gaza, a report published Friday details how Israel has dismantled the time-tested civilian aid distribution model and replaced it with a military-based...
As famine hits Gaza, Jews abroad take a hard look at Israel’s war
Christian Science Monitor
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August 22, 2025
Stephen Wise often holds an “Ask the Rabbi Anything” session during Shabbat services at his Shaarei-Beth El synagogue in Oakville, Ontario, just outside Toronto. Since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel that left almost 1,200 people dead, the...
“Not being a part of it is only a political decision”: Israeli Consul General Kobbi Shoshani on astronomy olympiad suspension
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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August 22, 2025
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 23 (ANI): The Consul General of Israel to Midwest India, Kobbi Shoshani, expressed "surprise" after the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) decided to suspend Israel from participating...
It Cannot Be Denied: Israel Is Starving Children to Death on Purpose
Common Dreams
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August 22, 2025
In July, major news organizations published the image of 18-month-old Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, a Palestinian child so emaciated that his bones protruded through his back, while his mom cradled him in her arms. Instead of a diaper, he...
18 Arrested in Microsoft Campus Protest Over Israel Tech Ties
WebProNews
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August 22, 2025
In a tense escalation at Microsoft’s sprawling Redmond, Washington, campus, a protest against the company’s technology contracts with the Israeli military resulted in the arrest of 18 individuals, sparking sharp accusations from both sides. The...
Sanders’ Israel ties fuel her 2028 ambitions
Arkansas Times
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August 22, 2025
When Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders returned from a trip to Israel earlier this month, she came back with more than a souvenir photo of herself smiling with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. She also brought on increasing skepticism at home...
Dutch foreign minister resigns over Israel sanctions showdown
RTL Today
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August 22, 2025
Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp resigned on Friday after a cabinet meeting failed to agree to sanctions against Israel. The centre-right New Social Contract Party, of which Veldkamp is a member, withdrew from the governing coalition after...
Israeli army looks to deserters as it faces troop shortage, Analysis
Ya Libnan
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August 22, 2025
IDF soldiers attend the funeral of Sergeant Yuliy Faktor, who was killed in action in Gaza, at the Rishon LeZion military cemetery in central Israel on July 16, 2025. © Ahmad Gharabli, AFP By: Sophian Aubin Israel is looking for new ways to...
Israel/OPT: States must act now to halt Israel’s military takeover of Gaza City as famine officially declared
Amnesty International
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August 22, 2025
Responding to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification’s official declaration of famine in Gaza City today, Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Research, Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns, Erika Guevara Rosas, said: “Today’s official...
A ‘Mass Atrocity’: Israel’s own Data Shows 83% of Gaza War Dead Are Civilians
Great Reporter
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August 22, 2025
Israel’s own intelligence exposes overwhelming civilian deaths, while famine, executions of medics, and the killing of journalists reveal a war systematically waged against protected lives. The Silence After the Strike In the ruins of Khan Younis,...
Dutch foreign minister resigns over Israel sanctions
Leader Publications - Missouri
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Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp resigned on Friday after a cabinet meeting failed to agree sanctions against Israel. Last month Veldkamp declared far-right Israeli ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich unwelcome in the Netherlands....