The main headline and picture is this:
Israel’s Ben-Gvir says he prayed at Al-Aqsa mosque compound
subtext:
Under a delicate decades-old arrangement with Muslim authorities, Jews can visit but may not pray at the compound, which is one of the most sensitive points in the Middle East.

Posted by: Otto Penn | Aug 3 2025 13:36 utc | 4

Where is Al-Julani?

Posted by: Ghost of Zanon | Aug 3 2025 13:57 utc | 6

see the 1:46 video at the first/second link. the zionist-jews of israel are barbarians
https://x.com/FiMelb99/status/1951534175841890534
Fiona @FiMelb99
“My scrub nurse that I was working with every single day was followed home by a quad copter drone, and it didn’t kill him on the way home… it waiting until he was home, in his tent, and greeted his three children and killed them all”
https://x.com/FiMelb99/status/1951534175841890534
Channel 4 News @Channel4News
Dr Nada Al Hadithy, a Consultant Plastic Surgeon who has just returned from Nasser Hospital in Gaza, told us about the starvation, ‘relentless’ injuries, and targeting of health workers she witnessed when working there
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https://x.com/Alonso_GD/status/1951579718282551394
Alonso Gurmendi @Alonso_GD
Bartov, Grossman & a growing number of Israeli public intellectuals are saying things like “I refused to believe it but now I can’t deny it further: Israel is committing genocide”. As they open the Overton Window in ways genocided Palestinians never could, one thing is important
This “I can’t deny it any longer” angle was part of the global structure that enabled a genocide. What for you was a process of personal self discovery, for Palestinians it was months of atrocity denial where tens of thousands of people died, were tortured, starved, etc.
You held the keys to the Overton Window and took 10, 15, even 20 months to say so. This is not guiltless, bloodless or costless. It’s 22 months. People see an IDF shirt and react with fury. It may have taken you 20 months, but it took its victims days to see where this headed
So as Bartov, Grossman etc open the Overton Window and more and more people cross it, I hope we can all agree on this side that it was not you who finally decreed this was a genocide and that there is some kind of merit to this. You were part of the reason the window stayed closed…..

Posted by: michaelj72 | Aug 3 2025 14:23 utc | 8

Ukraine and World Affairs: Weekly Update, 1st August 2025: May be useful to some: https://robcampbell.substack.com/p/ukraine-and-world-affairs-weekly-be0 Covers Gaza and the Middle East

Posted by: The Busker | Aug 3 2025 14:34 utc | 10

Posted by: michaelj72 | Aug 3 2025 14:23 utc | 8
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The annoying thing is that these Jews still think what goes on in their tiny minds is more important and carries more weight than what others say/think. Regardless of when they say it.
Some of theoriginal members of our group are Jews.
Fine. But they still think that the fact that they are Jews and protesting the genocide is more important than anyone else. They deserve special attention. And they are constantly making asides about being Jewish. One of them quotes Rabbi Hillel.
They don’t seem to get that this disaster is part and parcel of their whole religion, their whole outlook, their sense of superiority and of being teachers to the Gentiles, their conviction that Jews have greater insights into the human condition than others.

Posted by: Jane | Aug 3 2025 15:30 utc | 12

Posted by: Melaleuca | Aug 3 2025 14:15 utc | 7
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I saw pics, impressive.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 3 2025 15:44 utc | 14

https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1922815404381974972
Rutger Bregman @rcbregman
Incredibly powerful investigation in Dutch newspaper NRC: Seven of the world’s leading genocide scholars — including renowned Holocaust experts — describe Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocidal.
And according to them, nearly all of their peers agree…..
These scholars emphasize: genocide is a process, it’s not a binary switch. And it’s not about matching the Holocaust.
It’s about deliberate policies — like forced starvation, displacement, and mass killing — that aim to destroy a group, in whole or in part…..
https://x.com/rcbregman/status/1922815417547903161
The accusation of antisemitism has had a chilling effect on free speech about Israel’s conduct.
Harvard dismissed two directors of its Middle East center. Raz Segal’s appointment as head of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Minnesota was revoked…..
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/top-genocide-scholars-unanimous-israel-committing-genocide-gaza-investigation-finds
Top genocide scholars unanimous that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza: Dutch investigation
Researchers from Israel, the Netherlands, the US, the UK, Australia, Croatia and Canada say Israel’s conduct meets the legal threshold of genocide
A growing number of the world’s leading genocide scholars believe that Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute genocide, according to an investigation by Dutch newspaper NRC.
The paper interviewed seven renowned genocide and Holocaust researchers* from six countries – including Israel – all of whom described the Israeli campaign in Gaza as genocidal. Many said their peers in the field share this assessment.
“Can I name someone whose work I respect who does not think it is genocide? No, there is no counterargument that takes into account all the evidence,” Israeli researcher Raz Segal told NRC……
…..In December 2024, Amnesty International became the first major organisation to conclude that Israel had committed genocide during its war on Gaza, while Human Rights Watch more conservatively concluded that “genocidal acts” had been committed.
Francesca Albanese, the UN’s top expert on Palestine, authored two reports last year suggesting that genocide was taking place in Gaza…….
….Israel’s inaction following the January 2024 interim ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) was a decisive factor in leading many scholars to conclude that its conduct in Gaza amounts to genocide, NRC reported.
The legally binding ruling ordered Israel to take immediate steps to prevent genocide by allowing aid into Gaza and stopping dehumanising rhetoric that incited the extermination of Palestinians…..
….Meanwhile, Melanie O’Brien, president of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, told NRC that Israel’s deliberate denial of food, water, shelter and sanitation was the key factor in her determination that the military campaign was a genocide…..

Posted by: michaelj72 | Aug 3 2025 15:57 utc | 16

How Google is sone of Israel’s most powerful weapons against criticism of the genocide.
“Israel could not be doing what it is doing without significant support from the West. And they have found some very powerful allies in Silicon Valley. Chief among these is Google, which has allowed the Israeli government to use its platforms to target tens of millions of Europeans with propaganda.”
https://www.mintpressnews.com/alan-macleod-israel-google-genocide/290317/

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Aug 3 2025 16:54 utc | 18

How Israeli spyware is watching you and your government knows it – infact I’d go as far to say even backs it.
“Spy tech developed by former Israeli spies is being used on an industrial scale by various agencies in western democracies, from police forces to national security agencies to militaries. Some has been declared illegal, some skirts legal boundaries, and much remains hidden.
The scale of usage, and the range of capabilities provided by this Israeli spy tech, is vast. From face and voice recognition software, to interception and wiretap technology, to covert location tracking, to forced data extraction from smartphones and other devices.
The tech, built by software engineers who cut their teeth writing code to enable and enforce Israeli domination over, and apartheid against Palestinians, is being sold to security services, police forces and immigration agencies across the West.
While much of the information in this article isn’t new, it hasn’t been summarized in one place before. The implications for global civil liberties of Israel’s dominance in spy tech have also not been articulated, and past media coverage has sometimes omitted the Israeli link to these companies. This article will outline the primary players, the sellers and the buyers, and also identify recent contracts, previously undocumented, between Israeli spytech and Western buyers.”
https://thegrayzone.com/2025/07/31/israeli-spyware-surveillance-state/

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Aug 3 2025 17:02 utc | 20

The Brits love their Zio-Monsters.
“Zionist war criminals are being secretly hosted in Britain, with thousands arriving over the past several years, according to documents in the possession of Press TV.
They are hosted by Zionist families in the UK, taken on tours to popular tourist sites, and welcomed into private homes — as reported on the now-deleted website of the “charity” involved that goes by the name ‘British Friends of Israel War Disabled’ (BFIWD):
We did all the usual things, had an orientation tour of London, went to the theatre, visited Waddesdon Manor, went shopping, had a tour of the Houses of Parliament, visited the RAF museum and went bowling.
Our host families fed and made our guests a part of their families and we all danced the night away at the final thank you and farewell party. No one who met our guests was not moved by their experiences and the atmosphere at the final party was electric. Each and every one of them touched our hearts.
Fawning over genocidaires suggests that the risks to the UK extend beyond the visitors themselves to those who host them. There is something particularly disturbing about Zionists in the UK providing what is, in effect, material support for ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip.
Here is a further description from their website:
We show them tourist sites, take them on river trips, go on tours around the Houses of Parliament, arrange theatre visits, take them bowling, to football matches and even to a golf practice range. We welcome them into our homes, into our families and into our lives and do whatever we can to show them how much they are valued, appreciated and loved by us in England.
New lifelong friendships develop during these visits. The English hosts now have extended family members to visit in Israel and our Israeli guests have a special relationship with us here in England.
During their visit, our Israeli guests do not need to spend any money – everything is provided for them. We pay airfares, hotel accommodation, travel and transport in England and entrance fees and of course food. BFIWD pays for their entire trip.
Threat to British citizens?
The threat of mentally unbalanced, disabled, or mentally ill genocidal Zionists being hosted in the UK is significant. It’s not just the war criminals themselves but also “their carers and doctors.”
Given the deeply disturbing nature of Israeli settler society, it would not be surprising to learn that some — or even all — of these companions are themselves either war criminals or, at the very least, active supporters of the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
A 2022 report by the BFIWD stated that the “primary intention of the Trustees continues to be bringing groups of disabled veteran soldiers to the UK to stay with caring families each year.”
It noted that the so-called “charity” has “welcomed around 5,000 men and women for therapeutic and mental healing,” adding that since its founding in 1974, it has “distributed over £3 million… directly to benefit… disabled veterans and survivors of acts of terror.”

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Aug 3 2025 17:53 utc | 22

“This man is from the town of Abasan in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip. He is the muezzin of the Al-Sahaba Mosque. He comes from a noble family, but the war doesn’t know that. The war has starved everyone, and nothing remains of people’s bodies except skin and bones. This is what many people in Gaza look like now!”
https://t.me/youseffares19/84882

Posted by: Ornot | Aug 3 2025 18:04 utc | 24

Re: Google supporting Genocide
The day after, will see many such conpanies being taken over by Palestinian Trusts, the profits will be used to pay for damages caused….
Joint Criminal Enterprise

Posted by: Exile | Aug 3 2025 18:42 utc | 26

From the MSM, Times of Israel:
For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it’s blown up in our faces ..
@Posted by: Noirette | Aug 3 2025 15:43 utc | 13
More bs from Israeli mockingbirds.
Wish that I could find the link to the exact quote from an Israeli general.
Year(s) before September 11+11, 2023, when Netanyahu publicly wiped Palestine from the map,
an Israeli general said favorably about Netanyahu’s policy that it keeps Israel on a war footing with Gaza.
“Now it’s blown up in our faces” is the wrong phrase, a misleading phrase,
Israel MADE it happen on purpose.

Posted by: Otto Penn | Aug 3 2025 19:27 utc | 28

Nearly every former head of Israel’s security services—Shin Bet, Mossad, the IDF, and police—has signed a joint public call:
“End the futile war. Bring all the captives home—at once.”
@Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 3 2025 20:00 utc | 28
On the face of this announcement it is a good thing.
But the cynic in me is cautious.
Headlines today said, “Israel’s Ben-Gvir says he prayed at Al-Aqsa mosque compound”.
Such a move would be expected to create a backlash from Muslims.
A backlash would be greeted with the argument from Israel:
“We offered to end the conflict and what do they do?
They riot.
It is impossible to work with these animals!”

Posted by: Otto Penn | Aug 3 2025 20:24 utc | 30

More surreal:
Pal74press
“The United Nations will hold an emergency session next Tuesday to discuss the deteriorating health situation of Israeli prisoners in the Gaza Strip.”
Journalist Youssef Fares
“Republican sources tell NPR:
President Trump was in tears after the recent video released by Hamas about captive Abitar David. He was furious with Hamas and sent a message to Israel to begin implementing the hostage deal immediately and then retaliate.”
I have not found how many food trucks entered today, so will guess at under a hundred (if any) to south .
“92 martyrs by Israeli army fire since dawn today, including 56 aid seekers.” Youssef Fares
There are horrific pictures online at some sources.
Impasse at negotiations.
The impression for now is of extending the starvation. Increasingly a larger military attempt is being notioned, and so I will estimate food delivery will not increase for the coming week or two. The idea I expect is to segregate the remaining population eventually into camps for ‘handling’ , and where food would be made available.
To note, “Israel” will be in fear of census being taken of surviving population, because that would provide the true casualty figure. It might therefore try to keep management private without outside supervision.
I am not sure if the idea is really to turn Gaza over to US/Arab/UN or if it is planing to try to keep hold of Gaza also.
The US/Arab/UN plan has so many falsehoods and pitfalls it is hard to picture it as sincere in any way.

Posted by: Ornot | Aug 3 2025 20:34 utc | 32

Nearly every former head of Israel’s security services—Shin Bet, Mossad, the IDF, and police—has signed a joint public call:
“End the futile war. Bring all the captives home—at once.”
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These creeps are not credible.
The hostages could be brought home immediately in return for ceasefire and unrestricted food aid to Gaza, overseen by UN agency.
I bet Hamas would love to get rid of the hostages, if it could do so within a sensible framework.
But the Zionists don’t really want the hostages home.
They want to continue to use them as pawns.
When the hostages end up dead, they will still be used as pawns.
Zionism is a death cult.

Posted by: Jane | Aug 3 2025 21:05 utc | 34

Jane # 33. Just grandstanding as usual whining and beating their breasts while calculating who to screw next. We’ve all read the proclamations … all of West Bank belongs to us. Gaza is ours. Disgusting lying murdering rabid dogs. And, of course, there is no starvation. Witkoff said so right?
Meanwhile, the phrase that sticks in my mind from the Tucker Carlson interview and Democracy Now is: “we don’t carry bottled water. It’s too heavy. THERE’S NO PROFIT IN IT.” Sickening.

Posted by: Formerly Miss Lacy | Aug 3 2025 21:21 utc | 36

@21
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Yandex has a site translation function:
https://translate.yandex.com/translate
Cannot vouch for accuracy.

Posted by: FollowsTheWay | Aug 3 2025 21:40 utc | 38

Not sure ICRC has anymore clout than anyone else in dealing with USReal (perhaps since it’s Pope orchestrated, if that even matters)) but Hamas made offer:
3 AUG, 14:24
TASS
https://tass.com/world/1997565
“Hamas ready to cooperate with ICRC on humanitarian aid to hostages.”
Highlights:
“Al-Qassam Brigades are ready to ready to positively engage and respond to any request by the Red Cross to *bring food and medicine to the hostages,”**according to a statement by the spokesman for the Hama’s armed wing, Abu Ubaida, which was posted on the Hamas Telegram channel.
“The Al-Qassam Brigades do not deliberately starve the prisoners, but they eat what our mujahideen (fighters) and the general public eat, and they will not receive any special privilege amid the crime of starvation and siege,” he emphasized, adding that Hamas**** insists “on the opening of humanitarian corridors in a normal and permanent manner for the passage of food and medicine to all our people in all areas of the Gaza Strip, and the cessation of all forms of enemy aerial activity during the times of parcel deliveries to the prisoners.”***
“The spokesman for the Hama’s armed wing, Abu Ubaida, added that Hamas insists “on the opening of humanitarian corridors in a normal and permanent manner for the passage of food and medicine to all our people”
Doubt it will come to anything, but guessing “hostage” starvation video, and subsequent protests may do something maybe.
As horrifying as this genocide is, as least cracks in the walls and falling debris are starting to appear on the USReal side.
Obviously Hamas reached a “do or die” decision with this latest of telling USReal to take a hike.
No more negotiations, even as political plots, are on the periphery atm.

Posted by: Trubind1 | Aug 3 2025 22:23 utc | 40

Posted by: michaelj72 | Aug 3 2025 21:55 utc | 38
ad others, re Assange at Sydney demo
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It makes me so happy to see Assange up and about and able to join in this protest.
He survived what they threw at him.
It’s a biggie.

Posted by: Jane | Aug 3 2025 22:33 utc | 42

Otto Penn et al. Here is a soldier ordered to stand down the morning of Oct 7th.
Jimmy Dore
https://youtu.be/IhEN14luMHI?si=zbNMMBgbk7wxE3kh
Damning evidence. Otto now has all he needs to take his case to court. I’m convinced he would win the case.

Posted by: David G Horsman | Aug 3 2025 23:03 utc | 44

The problem with metadata stored by Israeli Companies is that Israelis are addicted to racism for racism’s sake. I caught my Pakistani next door neighbour reporting me to the police today out of his obsessive racism for the English. I have done nothing to upset him except to exist.
The British police can see through those lies as racism, because the see it every day, but Israeli collectors of metadata can manipulate the data to cause mischief. Pakistani businessmen love the Israeli spying software , perhaps because it is Haram , perhaps because it is extremely invasive.
We can see how Israel has manipulated its own population into hating Palestinians through the lie that Hamas killed 1200 Israelis on Oct 7, which were actually murdered by the IDF.
There are lies, dawned lies and statistics. The genociders constantly manipulate the statistics.

Posted by: Giyane | Aug 3 2025 23:28 utc | 46

Damned, not dawned . Autocorrect.

Posted by: Giyane | Aug 3 2025 23:29 utc | 48

Journalist Ayman Hanideq
“A message from Ghazzawi:
We are speaking to you while our hearts and the earth are cramped!
By God, by God, we cannot find anything to eat… The “lentils” have held out with us with loyalty you do not see in humans, yet the lentils are gone.. and the options have disappeared.”
Purposeful Starvation:
Hundreds of thousands without food , forced to shelter in makeshift camps, killed if they try to leave.
Without the energy to do anything.
Without anything that is worth doing.
The world watches, as they are slowly strangled over the space of days, weeks, months, years.
What world is this.

Posted by: Ornot | Aug 4 2025 0:49 utc | 50

Barry Malone
@malonebarry
Jesus.
The enemy is not hunger. The enemy is Israel.
Square profile picture
TIME
@TIME
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Aug 1
“When children are starving, the enemy is hunger.”
TIME’s new cover goes inside the crisis unfolding in Gaza—and what needs to happen next https://ti.me/3ITGdl3
See Time Magazine Cover…
https://x.com/malonebarry/status/1951709082618105912

Posted by: Menz | Aug 4 2025 1:29 utc | 52

Zeteo
@zeteo_news
The Israeli government has told so many lies since Oct. 7.
In this video — and in under three minutes — @mehdirhasan debunks the top 10 Israeli lies about the genocide in Gaza.
ViDEO (2:52)
https://x.com/zeteo_news/status/1951992740360642613

Posted by: Menz | Aug 4 2025 1:32 utc | 54