Pacific Media Watch Today, 1 September 2025, is being marked as a Black Monday following the latest deadly strikes by the Israeli army against journalists in the Gaza Strip as part of a worldwide action by the Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders and the community politics organisation Avaaz. On August 25, one […] The post Massacre of Gaza journalists triggers RSF’s Black Monday protest today appeared first on Café Pacific | David Robie.| Café Pacific | David Robie
Some Palestinians fled to Egypt to escape the genocide, while others were visitors stuck there after Oct. 7. All are now in endless exile ‘Here, no bombs fall. But hope does’: Palestinians displaced in Egypt long for home in Gaza is a story from Prism, a BIPOC-led nonprofit news outlet that centers the people, places, and issues currently underreported by national media. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our work today.| Prism
A monthslong Prism investigation reveals pro-Israel bias at the leadership levels of mainstream U.S. newsrooms, which intensified after Oct. 7, 2023 ‘I’m so dehumanized’: Journalists say U.S. newsrooms treat Palestine with fear and contempt is a story from Prism, a BIPOC-led nonprofit news outlet that centers the people, places, and issues currently underreported by national media. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our work today.| Prism
Rabat – Mustapha Ramid, Morocco’s former justice minister, has called on FIFA to ban Israel from the upcoming World Cup 2026 amid Israeli Occupation Forces’ (IOF) genocidal war on civilians in Gaza. Ramid has cited FIFA’s swift expulsion of Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, criticizing the football organization for treating the Israeli national team […] The post Morocco’s Ex-Justice Minister Calls on FIFA to Ban Israel from 2026 World Cup appeared first on Morocco World News.| Morocco World News
In an exclusive ECPS interview, genocide expert Professor William Schabas warns Gaza is a “litmus test” for international justice, with South Africa’s ICJ case against Israel the “strongest ever,” citing military actions and official statements as evidence of genocidal intent. As third-party states like the US and Germany risk complicity through aid, Schabas highlights Netanyahu’s […] The post Professor Schabas: US, Germany Could Be Liable as Accomplices to Genocide in Gaza appe...| National File
When is a genocide a genocide? You’d think this question would be easy to answer. After all, the official definition of the word is clear. The UN’s 1948 Genocide Convention explains it as “any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group,… Continue reading The G Word: When is Gaza Actually a Genocide? The post The G Word: When is Gaza Actually a Genocide? appeared first on Fair Observer.| Fair Observer
Italian dockworkers have threatened to “shut down all of Europe” and block all shipments to Israel if communication with the latest aid flotilla bound for Gaza is lost. The threat marks a significant escalation in dockworkers’ long history of industrial action in solidarity with Palestine. Speaking at a procession in the port of Genoa – […]| Novara Media
Midwives in Gaza are on the front lines fighting against extermination, trying to save this generation and the next, as the Israeli-imposed famine causes a birthing crisis in the Strip.| Mondoweiss
Israel is “managing” the famine in Gaza by targeting aid shipments while allowing some goods to reach local markets only if merchants pay the military an exorbitant fee. The system accomplishes two goals: engineering starvation and creating chaos.| Mondoweiss
Hamas's effort to gain Western sympathy by comparing the Gaza genocide to the Holocaust is understandable but ultimately shortsighted. Instead, putting the genocide in the larger context of colonial violence could build genuine solidarity.| Mondoweiss
The EU has given Israeli technology start-ups run by ex-IDF soldiers nearly half a billion euros in research grants since the start of the Gaza genocide. Some of the founders of these tech start-ups have served as reservists in Gaza, and in at least one instance the technology has been deployed to aid the genocide.| The Grayzone - News and investigative journalism on empire
Chris Hedges: Israel is razing Gaza City with bombs, bulldozers, and famine. Palestinians face genocide, while centuries of Gaza’s history are wiped out| MintPress News
We are republishing the article by comrades of the International Communist Current in response to the genocide in Gaza, the brutality of capitalism, and the stance of internationalists. For over a year and... The post From 1914 to the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza: an unbroken chain of massacres appeared first on Internationalist Voice.| Internationalist Voice
Gaza is caught in the grip of a silent savagery — an indescribable brutality, a naked barbarism that neither the pen can fully depict nor words convey the depth of its catastrophe. This barbarism... The post Gaza Genocide: A Product of Global Capitalism’s Organized Barbarism appeared first on Internationalist Voice.| Internationalist Voice
Pacific Media Watch Three media commentators addressed the 98th week of New Zealand solidarity rallies for Palestine in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland today, criticising the quality of news reporting about the world’s biggest genocide crisis this century. Speakers at other locations around the country also condemned what they said was biased media coverage. The critics said […] The post Rallies across NZ honour Gaza Strip journalists, condemn own news media appeared first on Café Pacific | Da...| Café Pacific | David Robie
Asia Pacific Report “Grow a spine for Palestine!” was a frequent theme among about 5000 people protesting in the heart of New Zealand’s largest city today as the protesters demanded that the coalition government should recognise the state of Palestine and stop supporting impunity for Israel. More than 62,000 people, mostly women and children, have […] The post Luxon ‘grow a spine’ chants as big rallies call for NZ to recognise Palestine state appeared first on Café Pacific | Davi...| Café Pacific | David Robie
More than 260 people—nearly half of them children—have recently died of severe hunger in Gaza as more die each day amid famine| Prism
Despite the Israeli army’s announcements that it plans to occupy Gaza City in October, the first stage of the invasion has already begun. It is starting with the flattening of the Zaytoun neighborhood, including the Old City of Gaza.| Mondoweiss
By Alan Macleod – Aug 15, 2025 Amid an ongoing assault on its neighbors, the| Orinoco Tribune – News and opinion pieces about Venezuela and beyond
As the Israeli army announced it was preparing plans for the occupation of Gaza City, initial reports indicate the ceasefire negotiations may resume, leaving open the question of whether Netanyahu’s occupation plan is a negotiating tactic.| Mondoweiss
The Grayzone visits the family of Mohammed Zakaria al-Mutawaq, a severely malnourished toddler living in a Gaza City tent, who has become a symbol of the Israeli-imposed famine sweeping the besieged territory. After Mohammed appeared on the front page of the New York Times and several other major papers, Israeli propagandists accused the media of misinformation, claiming his pre-existing muscular condition explained away the hunger crisis. We spoke to his mother, Hedaya, to get the full story...| The Grayzone
For those of us outside of Gaza, we are witnessing the U.S.-backed, Israeli-imposed mass starvation and famine of Palestinians in Gaza. Prism has| Prism
Israel’s latest plan to occupy Gaza City reveals that the assault on Gaza is more than just a war over territory. It is a war to extend, suspend, and dictate the tempo of killing and destruction - to exhaust Gaza into submission.| Mondoweiss
A new poll by the Israel Democracy Institute shows that 4 out of 5 Jewish Israelis – 79% - are not troubled by reports of Palestinian famine and suffering in Gaza.| Mondoweiss
Netanyahu chose to blow up the ceasefire and starve Gaza’s population in order to force a surrender from Hamas, while top military and security officials favored moving to the second phase of a ceasefire, leaked cabinet meeting minutes reveal.| Mondoweiss
Israeli media is reporting that Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the Israeli army to expand its offensive in Gaza and reoccupy the entire Strip.| Mondoweiss
We drink salt and water to stay standing, to keep ourselves from going dizzy and collapsing. This is what we’ve come to in Gaza, where most people will go without food for three days at a time.| Mondoweiss
U.S. labor activist Chris Smalls has been released from jail after being abducted by Israeli forces as part of a Gaza aid ship. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition says Smalls had been assaulted by seven uniformed Israeli soldiers.| Mondoweiss
Prism chats with Sim Kern and Hannah Moushabeck, co-owner of Interlink Publishing, the only Palestinian-owned press in the U.S.| Prism
Starmer says Britain is prepared to recognize Palestinian statehood within weeks if Israel fails to halt its military campaign in Gaza.| Palestine Chronicle
The genocide in Gaza is not the consequence of war. It’s pretextual. This is not an opinion, but documented facts, with intent.| Palestine Chronicle
More than 40,000 infants face the risk of death due to Israel’s continued ban on the entry of baby formula into Gaza, local authorities say.| Palestine Chronicle
Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya reveals Israel's withdrawal from recent Gaza ceasefire talks, accusing it of exploiting negotiations for 'extortion and procrastination' while condemning the ongoing 'genocide' and international inaction.| Palestine Chronicle
Hamas says Israel’s airdrops and corridors are aimed at whitewashing war crimes, not ending the hunger crisis in Gaza.| Palestine Chronicle
Upon his release to Lebanon, Georges Abdallah used his spotlight to praise the regional resistance to Israel.| Palestine Chronicle
For her uncle, Palestinian author and political analyst Ramzy Baroud, Lama “embodied the strength, resilience, bravery, and studiousness of a Palestinian child, coupled with incredible innocence.”| Palestine Chronicle
Freed pro-Palestinian Lebanese activist Georges Abdallah says the Resistance 'is strong' with Israel in the 'final phases of its existence.'| Palestine Chronicle
Gaza's Health Ministry warns of a deepening famine, and humanitarian agencies accuse Israel of using starvation as a weapon of war.| Palestine Chronicle
At least 41 people were killed on June 30 in Israel’s attack on Al-Baqa Cafe, a beloved seaside cafe in Gaza| Prism
Gaza's famine has pushed a Palestinian journalist to go on a deliberate hunger strike in an attempt to draw attention to the suffering.| Palestine Chronicle
Israel is reviewing Hamas’s response to a proposed ceasefire as diplomatic pressure mounts and military fatigue sets in.| Palestine Chronicle
As an oppressive heat settled over Gaza, Israel told people to stay away from the Mediterranean Sea, stealing the last place for refuge| Prism
We should not expect a country that’s proud about its campaigns of terror against children to be repentant now| Prism
We should not expect a country that’s proud about its campaigns of terror against children to be repentant now| Prism
Nasser Hospital, the last medical center still operating in southern Gaza, is threatened with shutting down as the Israeli army tightens its siege on the area. The hospital warns that fuel shortages will turn the facility into a “silent graveyard.”| Mondoweiss
As Israel’s airstrikes and blockades strip Palestinians in Gaza of every means of life, they still cling to hope for a better tomorrow| Prism
As Israel began its unprovoked attacks on Iran on June 13, the last three of the twelve volunteers of the Gaza Flotilla ship Madleen were still in Israeli prisons. Marc van Rennes, a Dutch citizen, was in the detention cell at Ben Gurion Airport when Israeli authorities closed the airport expecting Iranian retaliation to target the airport. He| CovertAction Magazine
Toronto, Vaughan, Brampton, and Calgary have all passed bylaws that infringe on protest rights, and Ottawa may be next.| Truthout
Ezzedine never expected to return home after he was assaulted by Israeli soldiers because of photos of Gaza children on his phone.| Palestine Chronicle
Asia Pacific Report: Labour MP for Te Atatu Phil Twyford criticised the New Zealand government today for failing to take stronger action against Israel over its genocide and starvation strategy in Gaza, saying that at the very least the ambassador should be expelled.| Café Pacific | David Robie
We called it the Gaza Sea even though it is part of the Mediterranean, because Israel isolated us from the world and made us believe that it was unreachable. The Freedom Flotilla broke that spell.| Mondoweiss
Israel has long used undercover forces posing as Palestinians to sow strife. Today, it is using this strategy again in Gaza in the form of the gangs taking control over humanitarian aid. The goal is to fragment and dismember Palestinian society.| Mondoweiss
After hours of waiting under the scorching sun, starving Palestinians stormed the militarized aid distribution point run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Live fire was reportedly opened on the crowd, as people struggled to get their hands on aid.| Mondoweiss
Whether it’s total conquest or managed containment, Israel doesn’t have a single grand strategy for Gaza, but it uses the possibility of both to prolong the war.| Mondoweiss
Israel’s plan to handle the distribution of aid in Gaza via a U.S. private contractor is a key part of its plan to ethnically cleanse its population. Here’s how.| Mondoweiss
Trump’s escalation of censorship and retaliation is terrifying. The groundwork for it was prepared years in advance.| Truthout
Israel carried out its plan to erase Gaza over the course of 18 months. Now that the plan has clearly fallen into place, the Netanyahu government is openly discussing ethnic cleansing. And still, Israel enjoys complete international impunity.| Mondoweiss
A message from our Organizing & Advocacy Director, Iman Abid. Last year, Palestinian grandfather Khaled Nabhan held the lifeless body of his precious 3-year-old granddaughter Reem, crying out “the soul of my soul” in mourning. His words never left us since. Yesterday, the Israeli military murdered Khaled Nabhan too. My heart split open reading this… The post Honoring Khaled Nabhan: The Soul of Our Soul appeared first on US Campaign for Palestinian Rights.| US Campaign for Palestinian Rights
A message from our Executive Director Friday, November 29, 2024 is the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, a United Nations’ annual observance recognizing the partition of Palestine in 1947, which paved the way for the Nakba and Israel’s violent colonization. The irony of the day, and phrase—as the United States continues funding Israel’s… The post Why We Celebrate International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People appeared first on US Campaign for...| US Campaign for Palestinian Rights
Israeli forces suffered casualties during intense clashes with Palestinian Resistance in northern Gaza, amid reports of a deadly ambush.| Palestine Chronicle
After two weeks of systematic Israeli violations of the tenuous ceasefire agreement, Israel has officially resumed its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip. Despite Israel’s killing of over 400 people, Hamas remains committed to completing the ceasefire.| Mondoweiss
"The West was given a choice today between the international criminal law project it kicked off at Nuremberg and impunity for Israel. It is choosing the latter and thus will destroy the former"| Phoenix Media Co-operative
Student-led protests against genocide in Gaza have spread across US universities and around the world. Sick of their institutions’ support for the Israeli apartheid state amid its war crimes in Gaza, protesters have pushed academics to take a stand – to support their right to protest or to side with the pro-genocide establishment and its […]| Phoenix Media Co-operative
Students and allies on university campuses across the USA (and increasingly on other campuses around the world) have been peacefully calling for action against the state of Israel over its genocidal actions in Gaza. In doing so, they have faced smears from establishment voices, egged on by war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu. They have also faced […]| Phoenix Media Co-operative
Israel has brutally massacred the Palestinian people for 75+ years. Find a pro-Palestine protest and take action to stop the Gaza genocide.| US Campaign for Palestinian Rights
Donald Trump has brought back a plan to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from Gaza that was pushed by the Biden administration and the Israeli far right. Although these plans have been rebuffed so far, there are signs Trump might be more successful.| Mondoweiss
Over 38,000 bodies recovered and thousands still missing as Gaza's Civil Defense faces immense challenges in the wake of Israel's genocidal assault.| Palestine Chronicle
The freed Palestinian female prisoners from Jerusalem have started arriving at their homes in East Jerusalem.| Palestine Chronicle
A ceasefire deal to finally stop the genocide in Gaza and bring about an exchange of captives appears to be at hand, but many questions remain. Among them is the role the incoming Trump administration played and what this says for his policy in the region.| Mondoweiss
The Israeli occupation army announced the killing of the commander of the 401st Brigade, Colonel Ihsan Daksa.| Palestine Chronicle
Air defenses intercepted drones launched from Lebanon, while air raid sirens are sounding in several areas throughout Israel.| Palestine Chronicle
Around 150,000 Palestinians have fled parts of Khan Yunis in just one day, according to the United Nations.| Palestine Chronicle
The ICC has accepted more than 60 requests to intervene in the application for arrest warrants for senior Israeli and Hamas officials.| Palestine Chronicle
For the Paris 2024 Olympics, the Palestinian team has already made history for their nation, entering the games with a record eight members.| Palestine Chronicle
27 Palestinians were killed as a result of the continued Israeli bombardment of various areas of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.| Palestine Chronicle
Pakistan has announced the formation of a committee to identify companies to boycott for aiding and abetting Israel in its war on Gaza.| Palestine Chronicle
The build-up of waste in Gaza poses “deadly consequences” for its population, rendering it “wholly uninhabitable,” says Dutch group PAX.| Palestine Chronicle
11 Palestinians were killed and others were injured as a result of Israeli forces bombing two houses in the Al-Bureij and Al-Nuseirat camps.| Palestine Chronicle
The ICJ has ruled that Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is unlawful and should end “as rapidly as possible.”| Palestine Chronicle
My mother was lucky. She had the privilege of being buried in a way that preserved her dignity as a human. We were so proud of this achievement, and we remained faithful to her and her memory.| Mondoweiss
Israel has been forced into a war of attrition as the Palestinian resistance has reconstituted itself across Gaza. The scale of the horrors perpetrated by the Israeli army in these battles only emerges through testimonies after the fighting ends.| Mondoweiss
The Israelis have killed over 37,000 Palestinians, including over 15,000 children, in Gaza at the time of writing this article. The Israelis, through indiscriminate bombing of homes, schools, hospi…| Islam Explained