Main events on July 1st
- US President Trump said that Israel has agreed “to the necessary conditions” to finalise a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza.
- Trump threatened Hamas to accept the deal, otherwise “it will only get worse”.
- The death toll in Gaza from Israeli attacks today has risen to 98, hospital sources in the besieged enclave told Al Jazeera.
- More than 165 international aid organisations called for the immediate end of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, created by Israel and the US to push aside international aid to the besieged enclave and take control of it themselves.
- Israeli police arrested a couple suspected of spying for Iran.
- A group of UN human rights experts has urged the UK not to designate the direct action protest group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation.
Outrage over Bob Vylan for Glastonbury chant exposes West’s hypocrisy on Gaza
The UK parliament devoted hours to discuss a chant made by a little-known rapper, Bob Vylan, at the Glastonbury festival. Even the US reacted by cancelling his visa. But, as Rifat Jawaid explains, the same UK parliament didn’t have time expression its shock on the apocalyptic scenes in Gaza and Trump is busy welcoming Benjamin Netanyahu, who is facing an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court.
How the Israel lobby got Keir Starmer to ban Palestine Action
As Palestine Action ask the courts to stop them being banned as a terror organisation, we look at the pro-Israel groups that have been lobbying the government to proscribe them.
Britain’s home secretary Yvette Cooper will ask MPs this week to decide whether to ban Palestine Action alongside two far-right organisations, one of which is called the Maniac Murder Cult.
The draconian move comes after Palestine Action broke into RAF Brize Norton airbase and damaged a military plane with red paint. Those two activists, armed with little more than red paint and e-scooters, were able to breach the security of Britain's biggest airbase - causing the government serious embarrassment on the world stage.
We're Paying For The Weapons": Colbert's Mainstream US Audience Hears Ugly Israel-Gaza Facts
