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SvennoJ on 12 August 2025
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Main events on August 12th

  • At least 73 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn.
  • Gaza’s Government Media Office says Israel is still blocking the entry of more than 430 food items, including frozen meat, fish, dairy and vegetables.
  • Two more people have died of malnutrition: a six-year-old boy and a 30-year-old man. Gaza’s Health Ministry says 227 people have died of malnutrition since the war began.
  • A Hamas delegation has arrived in Egypt for more talks on securing a ceasefire deal, which comes as Israel pushes ahead with a phased occupation strategy.
  • Australia, Canada, Japan, the UK and 23 European allies say the humanitarian crisis in Gaza has reached “unimaginable levels” and call on Israel to allow more aid into the territory. Germany and Hungary did not sign the statement.
  • Netanyahu will be required to testify three times a week in his corruption trial, starting in November, judges overseeing the case have ruled, according to Israeli media.

State Department spokeswoman objects to references to Israel, US Gaza complicity


The outgoing spokesperson of the US State Department, Tammy Bruce, on Tuesday repeatedly objected to reporters when they sought to highlight the brazenness with which both the Netanyahu government and the Trump administration had conducted themselves on the goings on in Gaza. She took a dim view of one reporter highlighting that Israel had never concluded a single investigation on its own questionable conduct in Gaza. She then had a problem with a reporter implying that Israel had possibly used the US weapons to target journalists in Gaza on Sunday.

This came a day after Trump announced Bruce’s name as the future Deputy Ambassador at the UN.

 

"They Need Ozempic!" Piers Morgan STUNNED By Huckabee Starvation Denial


Krystal and Ryan discuss Mike Huckabee denying the starvation in Gaza on Piers Morgan Uncensored.


Chlöe Swarbrick barred from Parliament after Gaza speech


Greens co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick has been ejected from Parliament's debating chamber and told to leave for the rest of the week after a fiery speech about the war in Gaza.

She was taking part in an urgent debate called after the coalition's announcement it would come to a formal decision in September over whether to recognise the state of Palestine. Swarbrick challenged the coalition MPs to back her member's bill, allowing New Zealand to apply sanctions on Israel "for its war crimes".

"If we find six of 68 government MPs with a spine, we can stand on the right side of history," she said.

Almost immediately, Speaker Gerry Brownlee condemned the remark as "completely unacceptable" and demanded she "withdraw it and apologise". Swarbrick shot back a curt - "no" - prompting Brownlee to order her out of the chamber for the remainder of the week. "Happily," Swarbrick said, as she rose to leave.

The comments are turned off on the video from RNZ, so I checked the comments on the report from The Independent. Ok that's why they're turned off. There goes New Zealand off my bucket list.