40 Killed In Hamas Attacks In Israel

[jon1959]

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/16/eu-cruel-unlawful-betrayal-palestinians-failure-sanctions-israel

The EU has been accused of a “cruel and unlawful betrayal” of Palestinians and European values after failing to take action to impose sanctions on Israel over the war in Gaza.

The stinging rebuke from Amnesty International, echoed by other human rights organisations, came after EU ministers meeting in Brussels on Tuesday declined to endorse any measures to sanction Israel over the brutal war in Gaza and endemic violence in the West Bank.

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Israel’s closest EU allies – Germany, Hungary and the Czech Republic – oppose sanctions, especially now Israel has struck the humanitarian deal with the EU. Hungary also continues to veto EU sanctions on violent Israeli settlers in the West Bank.

Even countries strongly supportive of the Palestinian cause, such as Ireland, have not called for any specific measures, but await proposals from Kallas. Only Spain has come out clearly for a suspension of the association agreement.

Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s secretary general, said refusal to suspend the agreement with Israel “is a cruel and unlawful betrayal of the European project and vision, predicated on upholding international law and fighting authoritarian practices, of the European Union’s own rules and of the human rights of Palestinians”.

She added: “This will be remembered as one of the most disgraceful moments in the EU’s history.”

[jon1959]

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https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025/07/16/welsh-senedd-israel-protest/?__s=hheshtdmarsdn8syijsb

In an extraordinary act of remembrance and political opposition, more than 100 people from across Wales gathered at the Welsh Senedd on Wednesday 16 July to read – name by name – over 20,000 Palestinian children killed by Israel in Gaza since 7 October 2023.

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PSC Cymru is calling on the Welsh government and Members of the Senedd to:

- Publicly acknowledge the scale and horror of what is happening in Gaza

- Support a full and immediate arms embargo on Israel

- Urge the UK Government to impose targeted sanctions

- Take concrete steps at the devolved level to end Welsh complicity and uphold international law.

Wales has declared itself a ‘globally responsible nation’, and says “when doing anything to improve the economic, social, environmental and cultural wellbeing of Wales, it takes account of whether doing such a thing may make a positive contribution to global wellbeing”.

The groups say that now is the moment to show what that means.

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[the other bob wilson]

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A headline which sums up the man.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/18/benjamin-netanyahu-israel-ceasefire-deal

[jon1959]

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Some good news from Cardiff Council!

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025/07/18/cardiff-council-pensions/

[the other bob wilson]

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They’ve done it again.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3n04w19qlo

[jon1959]

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We, the signatories listed below, come together with a simple, urgent message: the war in Gaza must end now. The suffering of civilians in Gaza has reached new depths.

The Israeli government’s aid delivery model is dangerous, fuels instability and deprives Gazans of human dignity.

We condemn the drip feeding of aid and the inhumane killing of civilians, including children, seeking to meet their most basic needs of water and food. It is horrifying that over 800 Palestinians have been killed while seeking aid.

The Israeli government’s denial of essential humanitarian assistance to the civilian population is unacceptable. Israel must comply with its obligations under international humanitarian law. The hostages cruelly held captive by Hamas since 7 October 2023 continue to suffer terribly. We condemn their continued detention and call for their immediate and unconditional release.

A negotiated ceasefire offers the best hope of bringing them home and ending the agony of their families. We call on the Israeli government to immediately lift restrictions on the flow of aid and to urgently enable the UN and humanitarian NGOs [non-governmental organisations] to do their life-saving work safely and effectively. We call on all parties to protect civilians and uphold the obligations of international humanitarian law.

Proposals to remove the Palestinian population into a “humanitarian city” are completely unacceptable. Permanent forced displacement is a violation of international humanitarian law. We strongly oppose any steps towards territorial or demographic change in the occupied Palestinian territories.

The E1 settlement plan announced by Israel’s civil administration, if implemented, would divide a Palestinian state in two, marking a flagrant breach of international law and critically undermine the two-state solution.

Meanwhile, settlement building across the West Bank including east Jerusalem has accelerated while settler violence against Palestinians has soared. This must stop. We urge the parties and the international community to unite in a common effort to bring this terrible conflict to an end, through an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire.

Further bloodshed serves no purpose. We reaffirm our complete support to the efforts of the US, Qatar and Egypt to achieve this. We are prepared to take further action to support an immediate ceasefire and a political pathway to security and peace for Israelis, Palestinians and the entire region.

This statement has been signed by: The foreign ministers of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. Plus the EU commissioner for equality, preparedness and crisis management.

[jon1959]

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https://www.democracynow.org/2025/7/22/headlines/15_more_palestinians_die_of_malnutrition_as_gazas_starvation_crisis_deepens

The World Health Organization has accused Israeli forces of attacking its staff residence and main warehouse in the city of Deir al-Balah in Gaza. On Monday, Israeli forces entered the WHO premises and handcuffed, stripped and interrogated male staffers and family members. One WHO staff member remains in detention. So far today, Israeli forces have killed at least 43 Palestinians, including 10 aid seekers. Israel killed another 60 Palestinians on Monday. This comes as the Health Ministry in Gaza says at least 15 more people, including four children, have died due to famine and malnutrition over the past 24 hours. Michael Fakhri, the U.N. special rapporteur on the right to food, told Al Jazeera, “What we are seeing now in Gaza is the most horrific stage of Israel’s starvation campaign.” This is Moataz Harar, the head of the emergency department at Al-Shifa Hospital.

Moataz Harar: “Most patients admitted to the hospital recently are not suffering from war injuries but from severe malnutrition. Even some of our medical workers have fainted from lack of food. The situation is grave, but it’s not new. It’s just that the number of cases is rising rapidly lately.”

[jon1959]

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https://www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/the-nightmare-that-is-a-reality/?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_source_platform=mailpoet&utm_campaign=today-on-the-jvl-blog-newsletter-total-articles-for-you_1

[jon1959]

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When even the Daily Express is disgusted and outraged....


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[stevo]

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Momentum is picking up for sure. Finally. I challenge the staunchest of Zionists on here to turn a blind eye to what’s going on in Gaza.

[jon1959]

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx202zvygmlo

More than a third of MPs have signed a letter to Sir Keir Starmer calling for the UK to recognise a Palestinian state.

Some 220 MPs from nine political parties have backed the call, external - more than half of them Labour - arguing that UK recognition would send a "powerful" message and a vital step toward a two-state solution.

The letter piles pressure on the prime minister after France committed to recognising a Palestinian statehood within months.

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Most countries - about 139 in all - formally recognise a Palestinian state, although many European nations and the United States say they will only do so as part of moves towards a long-term resolution to the conflict.

Spain, Ireland and Norway formally took the step last year, hoping to exert diplomatic pressure to secure a ceasefire in Gaza.

[jon1959]

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GAZA: Senior IDF officials told The New York Times they never found proof that Hamas systematically stole humanitarian aid from the United Nations in Gaza – contradicting claims by the Netanyahu government that formed the basis for blocking aid deliveries for months.

According to two senior IDF officers and two other Israelis involved in the matter, the UN's aid distribution system, which Israel had criticized and sought to replace, was "largely effective in providing food to Gaza's desperate and hungry population."

The IDF told the Times it has "well-documented" instances of Hamas exploiting humanitarian aid to fund terrorism, but did not dispute the assessment that there was no evidence of routine theft from the UN.


Haaretz - 26 July 2025

[Jordi Culé]

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What’s happening in Gaza is GENOCIDE….

Starmer the human rights defender be fuucked?

Let’s do this again.

Hamas are CUUNTS.

The Israeli Government are CUUNTS.

It’s too simple to be true.

[jon1959]

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YouGov poll (commissioned by Caabu) on UK public attitudes to Palestine-Israel (Gaza):

https://www.caabu.org/news/news/caabu-press-release-around-half-48-57-british-public-back-range-sanctions-israel-latest

- 57% of total respondents are in favour of suspending UK arms exports to Israel, while only 18% of respondents oppose.

- Additionally on sanctions, 48% support a trade embargo on Israel, while 51% support tariffs and import restrictions, and 52% support financial sanctions on assets of individuals.

- 55% of respondents oppose Israel’s actions in Gaza, with only 18% supporting them. This is a considerable shift from February of this year where 46% of respondents opposed Israel’s actions in Gaza and 22% of respondents supported them.

- 43% of respondents said that they had a worse view of Israel since 7 October 2023, while 16% said that their view of Israel remained the same. Only 4% of respondents had a more favourable view.

- While 67% believe that there needs to be an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and 13% think there should be a ceasefire at some point when the time is right, only 3% of respondents think that there should not be a ceasefire in Gaza at all.

- 81% of respondents who opposed Israel’s actions in Gaza (55%) consider these actions to constitute a genocide.

(All figures, unless otherwise stated, are from YouGov Plc. Total sample size was 2,285 adults. Fieldwork was undertaken between 13th - 14th July 2025. The survey was carried out online. The figures have been weighted and are representative of all GB adults (aged 18+).

No surprise that the government are out of step with the public!

[jon1959]

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https://us18.campaign-archive.com/?e=27fbccdbd9&u=d3bceadb340d6af4daf1de00d&id=dc47b428da

Israeli human rights groups B'Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights – Israel each published reports concluding that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza as defined by international law, marking the first time that Israeli human rights groups have officially done so. The groups are now calling on the international community to take action against the Israeli government to stop these atrocities.

On Sunday evening, the American Jewish Committee became the first major mainstream Jewish American group to publicly address the starvation crisis in Gaza, saying in an official statement that it was "deeply concerned about worsening food insecurity in Gaza," and expressing "immense sorrow for the grave toll this war has taken on Palestinian civilians."

On Monday, the Reform movement in North America said that the Israeli government was "culpable" in the spread of hunger in the Strip. "No one should be unaffected by the pervasive hunger experienced by thousands of Gazans," the statement said, adding that "no one should spend the bulk of their time arguing technical definitions between starvation and pervasive hunger. The situation is dire, and it is deadly."