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Posted by: John Phoenix Gaza Nazi Holocaust Day: 670 Palestinian women try to pick rice, lentils, and beans out of sand, from aid packages that were dropped from the air and scattered upon impact in Gaza City (Moiz Salhi/Anadolu) Compilation of news reports – IAK staff Israeli forces killed at least 46 Palestinians in Gaza on Wednesday, including at least 23 aid seekers. In total, Israel has killed at least 1,706 aid seekers since May 27, 2025 (learn about aid seekers here). Four more Palestinians died of starvation in Gaza on Wednesday. The total number of Palestinians who have died from malnutrition is now 197, including 96 children. For detail on Israeli attacks in Gaza on Wednesday, go here. An Israeli strike on the...

Posted by: John Phoenix Liberal Israelis are slowly beginning to join the rest of the world in admitting that what’s happening in Gaza is a genocide — a fact that has been clear to anyone with eyes and a basic sense of morality from the very beginning of this nightmare. It was obvious in October 2023 that Israel intended to eliminate all Palestinians in Gaza, in part because you would never treat a population that way if you intended to leave survivors on your border. Because you’d know they’d seek revenge later on. Call it the Inigo Montoya problem — if you kill someone’s father right in front of him, it’s a safe bet that he’s going to spend the rest of his life trying to kill you. If you intend to act in ...

Posted by: John Phoenix Other Israeli media reports downplay the idea that Israel will start annexing Gaza, saying it's just a negotiating tactic Antiwar.com Israeli officials have sent a message to Hamas that if the group doesn’t accept the latest ceasefire proposal, Israel will begin annexing parts of Gaza, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday, citing other reports in Israeli media. According to Israel’s Channel 12, Israel gave mediators its response to Hamas’s latest proposal on Tuesday night and isn’t expecting Hamas to accept the offer. Israel is threatening that if Hamas doesn’t agree to its terms, it will start annexing the so-called “buffer zone” Israel established along the Israel-Gaza border that cuts into Gaza’s territory. Haaretz reported ear...

Posted by: John Phoenix Global Research, Region: Middle East & North Africa, USA Theme: History, Media Disinformation, Militarization and WMD, Terrorism, US NATO War Agenda In-depth Report: Nuclear War, SYRIA, UKRAINE REPORT At the outset, of the Obama administration (2009-2017), President Barack Obama was rewarded for his commitment to a nuclear free World.   In 2009, president, Obama, and Russia’s president Dimitri Medvedev signed at the Kremlin a historic agreement to cut nuclear arms (See below). . In April 2009 President Obama addressed a crowd in Prague: “The existence of thousands of nuclear weapons is the most dangerous legacy of the Cold War,” “And as t...

Posted by: John Phoenix White House and Congress continues to finance, arm and cover-up the systematic destruction of the Palestinian people By Abayomi Azikiwe Since the beginning of the Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7, 2023, the Gaza Health Ministry says that more than 60,000 people have been killed in the Strip. In addition, 145,000 others have been injured as none of the 2.3 million people living in Gaza are safe from the daily bombings and shooting by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). If these daily atrocities involving rapid gunfire massacres, artillery launches and aerial strikes were not enough to continue the terrorism against the Palestinians, the blocking of medicines, food, tents and water can only be interpreted by those inside and outside o...

Posted by: John Phoenix Israeli troops board the Gaza-bound Handala ship in international waters on 26 July 2025 (Social Media/Screen grab). Harsh and Degrading Conditions in Israeli Prisons By Col. Ann Wright (ret.), Reposted from Antiwar.blog, July 20, 2025 As a former US diplomat charged with the protection of US citizens outside the U.S., I am appalled that no officials from the US Embassy in Israel have made visits to Givon prison in Israel to check on the welfare of the seven US citizens from the Gaza flotilla ship Handala who have been imprisoned for over four days. Officials from other countries whose citizens were on the Handala have made visits to the prison to talk in person about their welfare, conditions and treatment in the prison and treatment by Isr...

Posted by: John Phoenix American activist Chris Smalls. ( [Photo/freedomflotilla.org]). Smalls, the only Black person on a crew hoping to break Israel’s blockade on Gaza, was beaten by Israeli officers. By Sharon Zhang, Reposted from Truthout, July 31, 2025 American labor activist Chris Smalls was released from Israeli imprisonment on July 31 after being assaulted by soldiers who abducted him and the rest of the crew of a ship headed to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid on July 26. The Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition said that Smalls, the founder of Amazon Labor Union, and a Tunisian activist, Hatem Aouini, were released Thursday (July 31) morning. All 21 of the ship’s crew members have now been released from prison, the group said. “All 21 Handala...

Posted by: John Phoenix   Posted by: John Phoenix Israeli police stand in front of orthodox Christians at the Via Dolorosa near the Church of the Holy Sepulchre during Good Friday processions, April 2015. (photo) By Sanad Sahelia, Reposted from Catholic News Agency, June 26, 2025 In a disturbing and increasingly frequent pattern, the Palestinian town of Taybeh, located east of Ramallah and known as the last remaining town in the West Bank inhabited entirely by Christians, faces ongoing attacks by Israeli settlers targeting residents, their property, and farmlands. According to ACI MENA, CNA’s Arabic-language news partner, in recent weeks, settlers have established a new outpost on the eastern edge of Taybeh atop the ruins of a farmhouse whose own...

Posted by: John Phoenix US corporations and military planners welcome the ‘legal maneuver space’ Israel has opened up for them to profit from warfare that slaughters and starves civilians [An audio version of this article is available here] The Financial Times revealed this month that a cabal of Israeli investors, one of the world’s top business consulting groups and a think-tank headed by former British prime minister Tony Blair had been secretly working on plans to exploit the ruins of Gaza as prime real estate. The secret consortium appears to have been seeking practical ways to realise US President Donlad Trump’s “vision” of Gaza as the “Riviera of the Middle East”: transforming the small coastal enclave into a playground for the rich and an enticing inv...