#Unilever’s Ben & Jerry’s calls war in Gaza a ‘genocide’

from #MiddleEastMonitor
May 30, 2025 at 2:23 pm

"“Ben & Jerry’s believes in human rights and advocates for peace, and we join with those around the world who denounce the #genocide in #Gaza,” the board said in a statement viewed by Reuters. “We stand with all who raise their voices against genocide in Gaza – from petition-signers to street marchers to those risking arrest.”"

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250530-unilevers-ben-jerrys-calls-war-in-gaza-a-genocide/

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Chaos and killings: Israeli army kills three during #Rafah aid distribution

#Palestinians express outrage over latest #US-#Israeli initiative designed to bypass #UN's infrastructure for aid delivery in #Gaza

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By Ahmed Aziz in Khan Younis, occupied Palestine and Mera Aladam
Published date: 28 May 2025 15:53 BST

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/chaos-and-killings-israeli-army-fires-palestinians-kills-three-during-aid-distribution-rafah

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‘Dehumanisation by design’: US-Israeli #Gaza aid operation descends into chaos

The #US-#Israeli aid distribution operation in Gaza was widely condemned on social media

from #MiddleEastEye
By #MEE staff
Published date: 27 May 2025 20:22 BST

"The Israeli military denied firing on the crowds, but the Associated Press reported tank and gunfire at the distribution site, possibly due to warning shots fired by American mercenaries securing the facility. "

https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/dehumanisation-design-us-israeli-gaza-aid-operation-descends-chaos

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Hamas and U.S. Reach #Gaza Ceasefire “Understanding”—Israel Rejects It, U.S. Envoy Publicly Blames Hamas

Drop Site has been shown the full text of the document. Here are the details.

from #DropSiteNews
Jeremy Scahill
May 26, 2025 [~4:00pm EDT]

"But before the deal could advance, #Israeli officials rushed to the media to kill it. Soon after, #Witkoff publicly accused #Hamas of misrepresenting the proposal—directly contradicting what sources told Drop Site had been agreed to in private discussions.

The negotiations are ongoing."

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/hamas-united-states-ceasefire-israel-rejects?r=2y9nd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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Palestinian official says Hamas agrees to Gaza proposal, #Israel dismisses it

By #Reuters
May 26, 2025 1:04 PM EDT

"CAIRO, May 26 (Reuters) - A #Palestinian official said on Monday that #Hamas has agreed to a proposal by U.S. special envoy #SteveWitkoff for a #Gaza ceasefire, only for an Israeli official to deny that the proposal was Washington's and add that no #Israeli government could accept it.

Witkoff also rejected the notion that Hamas had accepted his offer for a hostage deal and a ceasefire in Gaza, telling Reuters that what he had seen was "completely unacceptable" and the proposal being discussed was not the same as his."

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-agrees-us-proposal-gaza-ceasefire-palestinian-official-says-2025-05-26/

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Scenes of horror in #Gaza as #Palestinian child tries to escape the flames after school attack

Disturbing footage shows a young girl trying to flee a burning classroom where dozens of displaced families were killed after being targeted by #Israeli forces

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By MEE staff
Published date: 26 May 2025 12:36 BST

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-child-tries-escape-flames-after-israel-school-attack

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‘One of the most heartbreaking tragedies’: #Gaza doctor’s last goodbye before nine children killed in airstrike

Dr Alaa al-Najjar was at work when #Israeli strike destroyed her home, leaving one son and her husband as survivors

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Malak A Tantesh in Gaza and Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem
Sun 25 May 2025 14.24 EDT

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/25/gaza-doctor-last-goodbye-nine-children-killed-airstrike?CMP=share_btn_url

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#Irish pro-#Palestine activists embrace ‘#Paddystinian’ term as badge of honour

Believed to have originated as an insult by #Israel supporters, neologism is now used to campaign against war in #Gaza

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent
Sun 25 May 2025 03.00 EDT

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/25/irish-pro-palestine-activists-embrace-paddystinian-term-as-badge-of-honour?CMP=share_btn_url

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Israeli use of human shields in Gaza was systematic, soldiers and former detainees tell the AP

from #AssociatedPress #APNews
By SAM MEDNICK and SAMY MAGDY
Updated 8:23 AM EDT, May 24, 2025

"Several Palestinians and soldiers told the #AP that #Israeli troops are systematically forcing #Palestinians to act as human shields in #Gaza, sending them into buildings and tunnels to check for explosives or militants. The dangerous practice has become ubiquitous during 19 months of war, they said. "

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-army-human-shields-80f358dd2c87a1123f26ffada159701c?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

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#Gaza doctor receives charred bodies of her nine children while on duty

Paediatrician Alaa al-Najjar was treating victims of #Israeli attacks when her children were killed in a strike on their home

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By Maha Hussaini in Gaza City, occupied Palestine
Published date: 24 May 2025 11:09 BST

"Dr Alaa al-Najjar, a paediatric specialist at al-Tahrir hospital within the Nasser Medical Complex, was treating victims of ongoing Israeli attacks across the strip on Friday when she was shocked to find her own children and husband brought into the hospital.

The children - the eldest aged 12 and the youngest just six months - were severely burned in the bombing."

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-doctor-receives-bodies-her-nine-children-while-duty

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Pro-Palestinian Movement Faces an Uncertain Path After D.C. Attack

The slaying of two #Israeli Embassy workers cast a harsh spotlight on pro-#Palestinian groups in the United States. Activists, who were already being scrutinized, could face further pushback.

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
[gift article - link can be shared. Expires in 30 days.]
[Bias alert - #NYT usually favors Israel]

By Sharon Otterman
May 23, 2025Updated 12:22 p.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/us/pro-palestinian-movement-embassy-attack.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JU8.VrS0.LRBjcdn0_j1T&smid=em-share

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Violent Israeli settlers under #UK sanctions join illegal West Bank outpost

Exclusive: Neria Ben Pazi and Zohar Sabah witnessed visiting base set up to drive Palestinians from homes

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Thu 22 May 2025 14.56 EDT

"Two violent #Israeli settlers on whom sanctions were imposed by the UK government this week have joined a campaign to drive #Palestinians from their homes in the #WestBank village of Mughayyir al-Deir."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/22/violent-israeli-settlers-under-uk-sanctions-join-west-bank-outpost?CMP=share_btn_url

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Israel’s “final solution” for Palestinians.
[plus other articles, including:]
* Tweet at the media: Do your jobs. Call it a genocide.
* What we’re reading: The far-right’s plan to destroy the Palestine movement.
* What we’re listening to: ‘It has absolutely nothing to do with Jewish safety.’

from #TheWire
[online publication of #JewishVoiceForPeace #JVP in #USA

https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2025/05/21/israels-final-solution-for-palestinians/?sourceid=1001761&emci=476a511a-5336-f011-a5f1-6045bda9d96b&emdi=949d6dd9-5e36-f011-a5f1-6045bda9d96b&ceid=890015

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Israel-Gaza war live: more than 80 killed in latest strikes as aid deliveries condemned as ‘ridiculously inadequate’

#DoctorsWithoutBorders says deliveries are just ‘a smokescreen to pretend the siege is over’

#Israel still blocking aid for #Gaza despite promise to lift siege, says #UN

from #TheGuardian #Guardian

Tom Ambrose (now); Amy Sedghi, Fran Singh and Martin Belam (earlier)
Wed 21 May 2025 11.52 EDT

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#Israel Expands Ethnic Cleansing Operations in #KhanYounis
[eyewitness account]

“Even though we had endured nearly 600 days of this war of extermination, I didn’t believe we would survive this day. It was a living nightmare.”

from #DropSiteNews
Donya Abu Sitta
May 21, 2025

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-ethnic-cleansing-khan-younis-gaza?r=2y9nd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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#UK summons Israeli ambassador and suspends free trade agreement talks with #Israel

Landmark move tears up friendly relations between the two countries

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By Imran Mulla
Published date: 20 May 2025 15:07 BST

""The world is judging," Lammy said. "History will judge them [the #Israeli government]. Blocking aid, expanding the war, dismissing the concerns of your friends and partners. This is indefensible and it must stop.""

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-summons-israeli-ambassador-suspends-free-trade-agreement-israel

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I Tried to Donate Blood to Help Gaza’s Wounded. I Was Too Anemic and Malnourished

Like everyone else in #Gaza, I have been deprived of basic protein and vitamins for the past two and a half months of #Israel’s siege. I’ve lost 44 pounds and my blood is not even fit to donate.

from #DropsiteNews
Rasha Abou jalal
May 19, 2025

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/donate-blood-anemic-malnutrition-siege-hunger?r=2y9nd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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#Netanyahu vows to ‘take control’ of Gaza as UK, France and Canada threaten action against Israel

Key allies call escalation ‘egregious’ and promise ‘concrete’ response if Israel does not end renewed offensive and allow aid into strip

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Emma Graham-Harrison and Quique Kierszenbaum in Jerusalem
Mon 19 May 2025 15.08 EDT

"Earlier that day, #Israel’s military declared an entire city a combat zone, airstrikes killed more than 60 people, and the finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, said Israel’s army would “wipe out” what remains of #Palestinian #Gaza."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/19/benjamin-netanyahu-israel-take-control-gaza-uk-france-canada-threaten-action?CMP=share_btn_url

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Pro-#Palestinian activists clash with police at Seattle Microsoft event

from #TheSeattleTimes
May 19, 2025 at 12:42 pm
Updated May 19, 2025 at 4:32 pm

"Seattle police arrested one demonstrator after a crowd of dozens tried to push into the #Seattle Convention Center, where hundreds had gathered for #Microsoft Build. Several demonstrators were doused with pepper spray.

Demonstrators ultimately left the convention center at 1:30 p.m., returning to downtown Seattle’s Westlake Park where they had rallied earlier in the day."

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft/pro-palestinian-activists-clash-with-security-at-seattle-microsoft-event/

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Israel says it will let food into Gaza after announcing new ground assault

from #Reuters
By Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell
May 18, 20255:26 PM EDT

***Summary***

ꞏ #Israel says it aims for 'operational control' in parts of #Gaza
ꞏ Latest airstrikes killed at least 130 #Palestinians, medics say
ꞏ No progress reported in indirect ceasefire talks in #Qatar

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-airstrike-kills-least-24-gaza-mediators-host-ceasefire-talks-2025-05-17/

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