Gaza genocide

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  • 31 journalists killed in Yemen Yesterday 18:20

    Global Sumud Flotilla sets sail from Tunisia to break Gaza blockade

    The Global Sumud Flotilla, a multinational maritime convoy tasked with breaking the Israeli blockade of Gaza, has embarked on its mission from Tunisia amid heightened tensions and recent attacks on its vessels. The flotilla departed from three Tunisian ports — Bizerte, Gammarth, and Sidi Bou Said — between September 14 and 15, 2025, carrying activists and humanitarian aid from over 40 countries. 

  • Netherlands’ comprehensive stand for Gaza justice 2025-09-13 20:10

    By staff writer

    From trade bans to cultural boycotts: The Netherlands’ comprehensive stand for Gaza justice

    TEHRAN – Standing by as catastrophe advances in Gaza—fueled by Israel’s unrelenting military aggression—gross human rights violations, and a deepening humanitarian crisis should compel the world, especially European countries, to take stronger and united action. This means pressing Israel to halt the violence and extending unequivocal support to the people in dire need in Gaza.

  • Former UN expert urges UNGA to adopt “Uniting for Peace” resolution against Israel 2025-09-08 19:54

    By Sahar Dadjoo

    Exclusive: UN risks irrelevance if Gaza genocide ignored, warns Alfred de Zayas

    Former UN expert urges UNGA to adopt “Uniting for Peace” resolution against Israel

    As the United Nations General Assembly convenes its 80th session in New York on September 9, 2025, the credibility of the world body is once again under scrutiny. With the ongoing war on Gaza dominating international headlines, questions abound over whether the UN can rise to the occasion or remain paralyzed by geopolitical divisions.

  • The Israel lobby is weakening in US congress 2025-09-05 19:31

    By staff writer

    Shifting US political landscape threatens Israel’s traditional congressional influence

    TEHRAN - In late August 2025, Donald Trump gave an interview to the Daily Caller, which stirred great debate regarding shifts in the political U.S. support for Israel and the diminution in power of the American pro-Israel lobby in the U.S. Congress.

  • Israel protest Tel Aviv 2025-08-26 18:47

    By staff writer 

    Gaza war and captive crisis push Israel deeper into ‘nightmare’

    TEHRAN — Escalating protests in Israel against the regime’s failed military strategy in Gaza have exposed deep internal divisions.

  • Sherif Mansour on defending press freedom and Gaza documentary "Journalists Under Fire" 2025-08-24 18:39

    By Sahar Dadjoo

    Exclusive: Gaza killings mirror Israel’s decades of crimes against press, rights activist says

    Sherif Mansour says the bullet that silenced Shireen Abu Akleh now echoes across Gaza

    TEHRAN – The systematic targeting of Palestinian journalists in Gaza by Israeli forces represents a calculated assault not just on individuals, but on the very essence of truth-telling in conflict zones.

  • Albanese and Lowenstein 2025-08-20 15:32

    Israeli–Australian diplomatic spat: Author calls it ‘nothing more than theatre’

    Antony Loewenstein, author of The Palestine Laboratory, a book examining Israel’s arms and surveillance industry, told Al Jazeera from Sydney that the latest diplomatic spat between Israel and Australia was “theatre.”

  • Gaza 2025-08-18 18:55

    By staff writer 

    Gaza genocide: Over 62,000 killed, 263 die of starvation under siege

    TEHRAN — An increasing number of Palestinians are dying as a result of Israel’s blockade and relentless attacks on the Gaza Strip, even as international pressure grows to end the nearly two-year conflict.

  • A woman holds a picket sign depicting President Javier Milei shaking hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin during protests in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on August 9 [Francisco Loureiro/Reuters] 2025/08/13

    By Silvina Pachelo

    Netanyahu’s upcoming visit to Argentina: The country embracing impunity, making a pact with fascism

    BUENOS AIRES — The upcoming arrival of the Israeli prime minister, accused by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of war crimes in Gaza, places Argentina at a historic crossroads: either uphold international law or cement its alliance with a fascist and genocidal government. President Javier Milei’s silence is complicity and disdain for justice.

  • Israel kills Al Jazeera journalist, Al Sharif in Gaza 2025-08-11 20:12

    By Sahar Dadjoo

    The life and death of Anas Al Sharif: Gaza’s relentless voice

    TEHRAN- Amidst Gaza's devastated streets, where buildings lay in ruins and daily life was stripped to its barest form, Anas Sharif more than a reporter — was a chronicler of a crisis. 

  • Netanyahu’s Gaza siege will breed chaos 2025-08-10 22:30

    By Sahar Dadjoo

    Netanyahu’s Gaza plan risks a quagmire with no exit

    TEHRAN - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to fully occupy Gaza City—and potentially the entire Gaza Strip—marks a stark escalation in the nearly two-year conflict with Hamas, revealing a deeply troubling disregard for military counsel, humanitarian norms, and regional stability. 

  • “Superman” 2025-08-04 20:21

    By Ali Hamedin

    From Metropolis to Gaza: Superman vs Israel

    TEHRAN-A land of stark imbalance — where a heavily armed military, backed by a global superpower, storms the borders of a poor, besieged nation. Its people, trapped behind border fences, stand their ground with nothing but stones and flags against tanks and soldiers. The world’s media wavers between terms like “legitimate defense” and “right to life,” unsure of how to frame the suffering. Leading the assault is a commander long shielded from accountability by diplomatic alliances and military support. And then suddenly, a hero descends from the sky — uninvited, unaffiliated, moved only by the will to save lives.

  • 2025 World Press Photo of the Year 2025-08-02 20:19

    By Kurosh Alyani Iranian cultural critic

    Art against erasure: witnessing Gaza’s unseen pain

    TEHRAN- A mother—whether in Norway or Nigeria—switches off the television, refusing the unbearable sight: a grieving mother in Gaza holding her child, starved to death. The image pierces too deep, shattering fragile calm. In that moment, denial shields her heart; the world’s pain presses too close. Yet the silence carries its own weight—a quiet witness to sorrow too vast to hold.

  • EU MEPs react to Gaza starvation 2025-07-30 20:49

    By staff writer

    EU lawmakers call for sanctions as Gaza starvation deepens: Will Europe follow through?

    TEHRAN- The continuing humanitarian disaster in Gaza has sparked a considerable political response from European Union (EU) legislators; however, the overall EU and Western response is still disjointed, late, and terribly weak.

  • Greta Berlin comments on new Flotilla aid ship to Gaza 2025-07-29 20:27

    By Sahar Dadjoo

    Exclusive: Activist says Sumud Flotilla unites 40 nations in renewed push against Gaza blockade

    Greta Berlin says the upcoming mass maritime effort represents the world’s growing refusal to stay silent on the Gaza blockade

    TEHRAN – As the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza deepens and the international community continues to grapple with the fallout of Israel’s months-long siege, seasoned activist Greta Berlin remains resolute: the ships will keep sailing.

  • Due process or delayed justice? The ICJ’s Gaza case and a race against time 2025-07-28 20:22

    By staff writer

    The ICJ Gaza case and a race against time

    TEHRAN- On July 27, The Guardian reported that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has postponed its final ruling on the Gaza genocide case until at least 2027. The delay follows a six-month extension granted to Israel to prepare its defense, with the court accepting Israel’s claim that “evidential issues” related to South Africa’s genocide case necessitated more time. 

  • Israel kidnapped activists on Handala 2025-07-27 22:20

    Israel intercepts Gaza-bound activist boat carrying food aid

    The anti-Gaza war Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) says Israeli troops boarded a boat that was trying to bring food aid to the Gaza Strip by sea, BBC reported.

  • Gaza starvation 2025-07-20 20:14

    By Wesam Bahrani

    650,000 children in Gaza at risk of death

    TEHRAN – The blockade imposed by the Israeli occupation regime on Gaza has placed 650,000 starving Palestinian children at risk of death.

  • 12 countries announce sanction against Israel 2025-07-19 19:24

    By Sahar Dadjoo

    Legal front opens in Global South to challenge Israeli impunity

    TEHRAN - A decisive shift is underway regarding the international community’s posture toward the Gaza crisis. A coalition of countries is moving beyond rhetoric to impose targeted sanctions on Israel. 

  • Israel does note renew UN members visa 2025-07-19 16:25

    By Sahar Dadjoo

    Israel’s visa denials: A calculated strategy to undermine humanitarian oversight in Gaza

    TEHRAN- Israel’s repeated refusal to renew visas for the heads of critical United Nations agencies operating in Gaza signals a disturbing and deliberate tactic to obstruct independent humanitarian oversight amid one of the world’s most protracted conflicts. 

  • Gaza infants lives at risk 2025-07-15 22:04

    Gaza infants' lives at risk amid fuel shortages

    Palestinian infants reliant on incubators in Gaza are fighting for their lives amid a critical fuel shortage, exacerbated by Israel’s increasingly stringent blockade on aid and essential supplies, MEE reported.

  • German court rules ban on Palestinian doctor’s speech was unlawful 2025-07-15 22:03

    German court rules ban on Palestinian doctor’s speech was unlawful

    A German court has ruled that authorities illegally prevented a British-Palestinian surgeon from participating in a pro-Palestinian event in Berlin, local media reported on Tuesday, Anadolu reports.

  • Israel intensify attacks in WB 2025-07-15 21:56

    Attacks on Palestinians intensifying in occupied West Bank: UN

    Israeli settlers and security forces have intensified their killings, attacks and harassment of Palestinians in recent weeks in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, the United Nations human rights office warns.

  • Israeli killed in Gaza 2025-07-15 18:59

    More occupation troops killed in Gaza

    TEHRAN – Palestinian resistance forces killed three more Israeli occupation soldiers in the besieged Gaza Strip on Monday afternoon. 

  • Three members of UN commission on Israel resign 2025-07-15 18:59

    By Sahar Dadjoo

    Sanctions, delegitimization, and resignations: The end of UN oversight in occupied Palestine

    TEHRAN- The recent resignation of all members of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory epitomizes the fraught intersection of human rights accountability, geopolitical confrontation, and organizational challenges within the UN system.

  • Gazan killed while collecting water 2025-07-14 22:03

    Over 700 Palestinians killed while collecting water in Gaza

    More than 700 Palestinians, mostly children, have been killed by Israeli army fire while collecting water since October 2023, local authorities said on Monday, according to Anadolu Agency.

  • More Gazan killed by drones 2025-07-14 21:59

    Gaza civilians killed with commercial drones, probe finds

    The Israeli army is weaponizing Chinese-made drones to kill Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, according to an investigation by the Israeli publications 972 Magazine and the Local Call, Al Jazeera reported.

  • Olmert reffres to Israel ethnic cleansing in Gaza 2025-07-14 21:43

    Rafah plan is ethnic cleansing disguised as aid: Olmert

    Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, in an interview with the Guardian on Monday, said that "Israel's" proposed "humanitarian city" in Rafah is tantamount to ethnic cleansing and would operate as a concentration camp if realized.

  • Suicide of Israeli soldiers rises 2025-07-14 20:36

    By Sahar Dadjoo

    Suicides among Israeli soldiers expose systemic breakdown

    TEHRAN - Since the outbreak of the Gaza war in October 2023, the Israeli military has been grappling with a surge in suicides among soldiers. 

  • Israel continues Rafah occupation 2025-07-12 21:01

    Gaza talks at risk as Israel demands Rafah occupation and GHF continuation

    Hamas negotiators are increasingly skeptical that a Gaza ceasefire agreement with Israel could be reached in the current round of talks in Doha, Middle East Eye has learned.