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SvennoJ on 28 August 2025
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Six arrested at a demonstration against the war on Gaza in northern Israel: Report

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz is reporting that six protesters demonstrating against the war on Gaza have been arrested in Haifa in northern Israel.

The newspaper said that dozens of demonstrators held signs of Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza, while others stated “Stop the genocide” and “Stop starving Gaza.”

One protester was arrested for playing the sound of drones on a speaker mimicking the constant hum of the Israeli drones that can be heard over many parts of the Gaza Strip.

 

Israeli PM labels protesters who poured red paint outside army chief’s house ‘extremist activists’: Report

Israeli newspaper Haaretz is reporting that Netanyahu has condemned the incident in which protesters poured red paint on the street in front of the home of Israeli army chief Eyal Zamir.

Netanyahu called the protesters “extremist activists,” and said that attempts to hurt the Israeli military and its commanders must be heavily denounced, the newspaper said.

The protesters, from the organisations Standing Together and Soldiers for Hostages, called on Zamir to refuse the Netanyahu government’s plan to take over the Gaza Strip, Haaretz stated.


US senator says Netanyahu’s ‘weaponization of hunger must stop’

Senator Chris Van Hollen has called on Israel to stop weaponising hunger after he visited a UN aid warehouse in Israel where thousands of food containers are stuck, pending Israeli permission to move into the enclave.

“We visited a WFP [World Food Programme] site in Israel with enough food to feed everyone in Gaza for 3 weeks,” Van Hollen, a Democrat from Maryland, wrote in a post on X. “The Netanyahu govt’s weaponization of hunger must stop.”