Main events on August 23rd
- The Israeli army killed dozens more Palestinians in Gaza, including children and aid seekers, as its ground forces advanced with a plan to seize Gaza City and expel its medical workers.
- Thousands more Israelis rallied in Tel Aviv to call for an end to the war, with several European cities also seeing protests after Israeli-imposed famine was officially confirmed in the enclave.
- Israeli forces arrested a local village council chief in Ramallah amid a string of new incursions in the occupied West Bank and attacks by violent settlers.
- Hamas said the Israeli defence minister’s call for the destruction of Gaza City is “a confession of committing a crime that amounts to ethnic cleansing”, and commended Dutch Foreign Minister Casper Veldkamp for resigning after failing to add more sanctions against Israel.
- Turkish first lady Emine Erdogan urged her US counterpart, Melania Trump, to speak out for the children in Gaza who are suffering as a result of Israel’s attacks and policies.
- Iran released footage of its security forces engaging in gunfights with six killed “terrorists” belonging to a group allegedly linked with Israel in southeastern Sistan-Baluchistan.
CNN Anchor Accidentally EXPOSES Israel’s Secret on Live TV
Journalist Abby Martin joins Katie to call out Israel’s smear campaign against murdered journalists and the Western press that repeats it. Foreign Press chief Ian Williams shocks CNN by slamming Israeli government claims.
Cops, Microsoft lie about Palestine encampment being “aggressive” & “threatening” before arrests
REDMOND, WA: On Wednesday, Aug. 20, Redmond PD officers violently dismantled the Palestine encampment at Microsoft’s corporate headquarters set up by current and former tech workers and community members with the No Azure for Apartheid Coalition. 20 coalition members were arrested.
Police have claimed that protestors became “aggressive” before arrests commenced, and a spokesperson for Microsoft told Fox13 that protestors “harassed” others in the plaza and said that the company would “[take] clear steps to address unlawful actions that damage property, disrupt business or that threaten and harm others." TRNN editor-in-chief Maximillian Alvarez was one of the only journalists on the ground: “I was standing and filming 10 feet away the entire time, and I saw nothing of the sort,” Alvarez says. "The protestors weren't threatening or harming anyone." This video shows Alvarez’s uninterrupted, 37-minute shot documenting the moments before, during, and after police dismantled the encampment. Officers begin dismantling the encampment and making arrests around 14:30 in the video.
