The United States Cannot Continue Sending Weapons To Israel

NYC Mayor’s Debate Goes OFF THE RAILS Over Israel!



Progressive New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani sparked fireworks from his opposing candidates during Wednesday night’s debate when asked if he supported “a Jewish state of Israel.”

Mamdani, who is currently polling second behind former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, has been attacked in the race for his stance on the Israel-Hamas conflict and now over his failure to support Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state.

Guest host Aaron Maté and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger wonder why Mamdani’s position, that Israel should offer equal rights to everyone, is so controversial.

Jeremy Corbyn’s EXPLOSIVE Speech Demanding Inquiry Into UK’s Complicity in Gazą

Concluding part- UK parliament sees growing anger within Labour Party over Gaza

Last week saw increasingly growing rebellion within the ruling Labour Party over the government’s empty words for the Netanyahu regime as humanitarian situation assumed proportions in Gaza. Angry MPs exposed the government led by Keir Starmer for complicity as they called out the double standard.

‘Clearly an excuse’: Does Netanyahu really want Hamas gone?

Israel’s war on Gaza rumbles on, even as international condemnation grows.

Hamas has expressed that it is ready for a deal to end the war, even offering to turn over the administration of Gaza to a technocratic government. United Nations Security Council members have overwhelmingly voted in favour of a ceasefire, a resolution blocked from passing only by a United States veto.

But Israel, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is adamant in its refusal of any agreement that does not include what it calls the “defeat of Hamas”, even if that means endangering the Israeli captives still held in Gaza.

“Hamas is already the weakest it’s ever been, and there’s nothing they can do that is remotely comparable to what Israel possesses,” writer and researcher on Israel-Palestine and founder of The Fire These Times podcast Elia Ayoub told Al Jazeera.

“There’s ample evidence by now that the only reason this genocide is ongoing is because Netanyahu wants it to continue. It’s clearly just an excuse to keep the war going.”

Next to that, Israel scrapped the passage in Witkoff's 'ceasefire' proposal of Hamas stepping down. Netanyahu wants Hamas to stay there so he can keep killing Palestinians. 

Israel’s strategic failure is now apparent

Since the mid-1960s, Israel has received significant military and diplomatic support from successive administrations in the United States.

But never has it enjoyed such unconditional support as it has in the past eight years – under the first and second administrations of President Donald Trump and the administration of President Joe Biden.

As a result, Israel has started openly pursuing its greatest Zionist dream: expanding state borders to achieve Greater Israel and accelerating the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people from their homeland.

Although the Israeli state may appear more powerful than ever and overly confident that it will achieve regional dominance, its current position paradoxically reflects a strategic failure.

_{An Israeli settlers attack leaves behind burned farms in al-Mughayyir near Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank}

The reality is that after nearly eight decades of existence, Israel has failed to achieve legitimacy in the eyes of the region’s peoples and lasting security for itself. Its present resurgence will secure neither. And that is because its foreign, domestic and military policies are based on a settler-colonial logic which makes them untenable in the long run.

Settler-colonial mentality

Since its founding in 1948, Israel has sought to convince the world and its Jewish citizens that it was created “on a land without a people”. While this narrative has successfully caught on – particularly among the younger generations of Israelis – the forefathers of the Israeli state openly spoke about “colonisation” and settling a land with a hostile native population.

Theodor Herzl, considered the father of modern Zionism, planned to reach out to well-known British colonialist Cecil Rhodes, who led the British colonisation of Southern Africa, for advice on and approval of his plan to colonise Palestine.

Vladimir Jabotinsky, a revisionist Zionist who founded the far-right Zionist group Betar in Latvia, strategised in his writings on ways to address native resistance. In his 1923 essay The Iron Wall, he wrote:

“Every native population in the world resists colonists as long as it has the slightest hope of being able to rid itself of the danger of being colonised. That is what the Arabs in Palestine are doing.”

This settler-colonial mentality played a central role in shaping the domestic, foreign and military policies of the newly founded Israel. Today, almost 80 years after the creation of the Israeli state, expansionism and aggressive military posturing continue to define the Israeli regional strategy.

Despite official rhetoric about seeking peace and normalisation of relations in the region, the Israeli aspiration to achieve a Greater Israel – one that includes not only occupied Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem, but also parts of modern-day Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan – persists.

Continued here: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/6/7/israels-strategic-failure-is-now-apparent

Tunisian aid convoy to set off towards Gaza

Thousands of volunteers will set off from several cities in Tunisia towards the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, demanding entrance, the Wafa news agency reports.

The Joint Action for Palestine Coordination Committee in Tunisia says that a land convoy will pass through Libya and Egypt on its way to the Strip, expressing solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza and bringing much-needed aid.

The convoy includes at least 7,000 people, an organiser told Wafa.

It's a minimum 2,600 km trip, will be a while until they get to Gaza.

Katz says Madleen will not reach Gaza

As we’ve been reporting on our live page following the voyage of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition Vessel, activists are currently off the coast of Egypt, approaching the Gaza Strip.

Defence Minister Israel Katz says on X that he has directed the Israeli army to intercept the ship, adding that the activists should turn back. He said he would not let anyone break the naval blockade on the Strip.

You can follow along with the Madleen’s voyage on our live page here.

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🔴 Il nous reste moins de 24heures avant de nous faire arrêter illégalement par les autorités israéliennes qui veulent nous empêcher d’atteindre la bande de Gaza.

Lorsque nous n’aurons plus la possibilité de communiquer avec vous, je compte sur vous pour… pic.twitter.com/zkMxndFqOr

— Rima Hassan (@RimaHas) June 8, 2025

Israeli army makes arrests during occupied West Bank raids

Israeli soldiers have conducted several raids across the occupied Palestinian territory this morning, according to Wafa news agency.

Here is a summary of what has taken place so far:

Israeli forces attack, arrest anti-settlement activist near Hebron: Report

They stormed Khirbet Aqwais, a village in the Masafer Yatta area of the occupied West Bank, and assaulted activist Naim Khaled Abu Aram, according to Wafa.

Abu Aram was later arrested, the news agency reported.

It was one of several raids carried out by Israeli forces across the West Bank today, with earlier arrests near Ramallah and Bethlehem.

Israeli forces assault 63-year-old farmer in West Bank: Report

Israeli forces have stormed the town of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, and assaulted an elderly farmer, according to the Wafa news agency.

Wafa quoted a member of a local farmers cooperative who said the assault took place on the property of 63-year-old Muhammad Yaqoub Sabih, who was hospitalised after the incident.

The report also stated that Sabih’s wife and daughter were briefly detained during the raid.

Death toll in Israel’s war on Gaza rises

The death toll from Israel’s war on Gaza has risen to 54,880 killed and 126,227 injured since October 7, 2023, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry. Israel has killed 4,603 Palestinians and injured 14,186 since breaking a ceasefire on March 18, it added.

At least 108 Palestinians have been killed and 393 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the latest 24-hour reporting period, the ministry said.

Five killed, 70 injured by Israeli gunfire near aid sites in Gaza

A medical source at al-Awda Hospital has told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic that four Palestinians were killed and 70 injured by Israeli gunfire near a US-backed aid distribution site west of Rafah in southern Gaza.

Meanwhile, a source at Al-Awda Hospital reported that a Palestinian was killed and others were injured by Israeli gunfire near an aid distribution centre in the Netzarim Corridor in central Gaza.


_{People carry relief supplies from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a private US- and Israeli-backed aid group that has bypassed the longstanding UN-led system}

GHF says aid distribution completed at Gaza aid point

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) says on its Arabic Facebook page that aid distribution at its “Gaza Valley” site has been completed, warning Palestinians not to come near the site.

It also says a second site will open at 12pm local time (09:00 GMT) for aid distribution in Rafah.

Violence has continued at these US- and Israel-backed aid sites, with Israeli troops opening fire on crowds of hungry Palestinians as recently as this morning.

Israeli drone strike kills 5 Palestinians, including 2 girls, in southern Gaza

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic, citing a source at Nasser Medical Complex, say five Palestinians, including two girls, were killed in an Israeli drone attack on tents in the al-Mawasi "safe zone" area of ​​Khan Younis.

Death toll mounts as Israeli army hits residential buildings across Gaza

At least 11 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza this morning, a medical source tells Al Jazeera. Our colleagues on the ground report that Israeli forces have hit buildings east of the Jabalia camp.

They also said an Israeli helicopter fired at several homes east of Gaza City.

Dozens wounded in their necks, chests, heads from shootings near aid sites

Earlier this morning, the GHF posted on Facebook that it was going to open and deliver food. That’s why many Palestinians approached distribution points in both Wadi Gaza and al-Mawasi, Rafah. Thousands of people approached these distribution points to try to collect whatever food they could.

As usual, Israeli forces used live ammunition to disperse Palestinians. They also used tear gas, injuring many people. In Rafah, at least four Palestinians were killed and some 100 people injured. They suffered wounds in their necks, chests and heads. The situation is very critical. Doctors are saying it’s very challenging to treat their wounds.

Also, here in the middle area, where Palestinians approached the second GHF distribution point, at least one Palestinian was killed and 20 others injured, also very critically.

Palestinians say the only reason they go [to the GHF aid distribution points] is that they are the only food sources for their families. But distribution points are not safe. Palestinians do not have a safe place to go to.

Palestinians say aid distribution sites ‘a trap’

We have been reporting on the deaths of five people at US-backed aid sites in central and southern Gaza as a result of Israeli gunfire, the latest incident of Israeli troops opening fire on hungry Palestinians seeking aid.

Witnesses near the aid site in Rafah city said the shooting took place at about 6am (03:00 GMT) today, when they were told the site would open.

Adham Dahman, 30, who was at Nasser Hospital with a bandage on his chin, said a tank had fired towards them.

“We didn’t know how to escape,” he told AP. “This is a trap for us, not aid.”

Zahed Ben Hassan, another witness, said someone next to him was shot in the head. He said he and others pulled the body from the scene and managed to flee to the hospital.

“They said it was a safe area from 6am [03:00 GMT] until 6pm [15:00 GMT] … So why did they start shooting at us?” he told AP. “There was light out, and they have their cameras and can clearly see us.”

Rafah aid shooting deaths rise to 11

Earlier, we brought you reports that four people were killed in a shooting near an aid distribution site west of Rafah. The number of those killed has now risen to 11, according to a local medical source cited by our colleagues on the ground.

Since late May, when the Israel-backed GHF began operating aid distribution sites in Gaza, Israeli fire has reportedly killed more than 120 Palestinians near the sites.

Israeli claims of tunnel under European Hospital ‘fabricated’: Media office

The Government Media Office in Gaza has rejected Israeli claims of a “resistance tunnel” beneath the European Gaza Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip, calling the allegations “fabricated, flawed and full of loopholes”.

In a news release, the office slammed a video released by the Israeli army showing a purported tunnel, describing it as “flimsy and made in a naive manner”.

“It shows a narrow iron pipe whose diameter is not even wide enough for a person to pass through, and it does not contain stairs or equipment, and is in no way suitable to be a tunnel, and this area, by the way, is a rainwater drainage area,” it said.

“The examination indicates that the occupation forces were the ones who dug the site and placed the pipe, and then filmed a dramatic scene near the hospital’s emergency department,” it charged.

They added that this was not the first time Israel has “fabricated false narratives about hospitals”. “They had previously attempted to fabricate lies about al-Shifa, Nasser and Hamad hospitals,” the statement noted.



Lol just show a pipe then quickly cut to old footage. 

UNRWA urges urgent action to restore supplies for babies in Gaza

While an estimated 300 million nappies are sold daily worldwide, families in Gaza are facing an acute shortage, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has highlighted.

“A consistent flow of essential supplies – including diapers, soap and wipes – is critical for children’s survival and health,” UNRWA posted on X. “A standard flow of humanitarian supplies also for babies in Gaza must be restored.”

Around 300 million diapers are sold every day around the world.

Not in #Gaza. diapers are mostly unavailable.

A consistent flow of essential supplies—including diapers, soap and wipes—is critical for children’s survival and health.

A standard flow of humanitarian supplies also… pic.twitter.com/p8wiqN1B2B

— UNRWA (@UNRWA) June 8, 2025

Death toll in today’s firing on aid seekers rises

At least 13 Palestinians have been killed near an aid point run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, shot by Israeli troops. About 100 others were wounded in the Israeli firing, our team on the ground reported.


_{Palestinians mourn Ahmed Abu Hilal, who was killed while on his way to a Gaza Humanitarian}

Gaza aid distribution site or ‘active combat zone’?

Witnesses say the latest deadly shooting of hungry Palestinians in southern Gaza occurred about 6am (03:00 GMT) when they were told the site would open. Many headed towards it early to try to get desperately needed food before large crowds gathered.

Asked to comment on the latest killings, the Israeli military said it fired on people who “continued advancing in a way that endangered the soldiers” despite warnings. The area around the distribution point has been declared an “active combat zone” at night, it said.

But survivors said it was sunrise when the mass shooting began.

“Around 4:30am, people started gathering in the al-Alam area of Rafah. After about an hour and a half, hundreds moved toward the site, and the army opened fire,” witness Abdallah Nour al-Din said.

Outside Nasser Hospital, where emergency workers brought the casualties, footage showed mourners crying over blood-stained funeral shrouds.

_{A funeral is held at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis for those killed at the US- and Israel-backed aid site on June 8}

UN special rapporteur decries GHF as ‘humanitarian camouflage’

Francesca Albanese has criticised the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which has replaced the United Nations-backed aid delivery system in the Palestinian enclave on Israel’s orders.

Following yet another deadly shooting near an aid hub operated by GHF today, Albanese decried the scheme as “humanitarian camouflage”, which she called an “essential tactic of this genocide”.

“History will prove right those who had sounded the alarm, and it will be of no consolation: the damage is done. Thanks to the moral & political corruption of the world we live in,” she wrote in a post on X.

Search for water, food in northern Gaza grows more desperate

Today’s deadly attacks in the south again show that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is insufficient in the way it’s running aid delivery across the southern part of Gaza.

But in the north, living conditions are becoming even more difficult. People are not just spending hours searching for water and food, now they are spending half the day or the whole day.

By the end of the day, we’ll see a lot of people are very tired, very exhausted, very dehydrated, simply because they could not find food, could not find water.

All of this is happening while the attacks are still taking place. Many of the injuries are transferred to the two remaining operational hospitals, al-Shifa and al-Ahli Arab.

Those hospitals are running out of medical supplies. And of course, this is happening with zero aid coming to the northern part of Gaza: no water, no food, no medical supplies.

Children shot and wounded at aid distribution centre in Gaza

Israeli forces killed at least six Palestinians near a US-backed aid distribution centre Saturday and injured several, including children. Gazans have massed at Al-Alam almost daily since late May to collect humanitarian aid at a centre about one kilometre (0.6 miles) away, operated by the US backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).

Israel’s push to transform the media landscape - The Global Jigsaw podcast, BBC World Service

The Israeli government’s push to transform the media landscape has been described by critics as a “hostile takeover” that poses a threat to press freedom.

Ironic coming from the BBC, but let the pot call the kettle black.

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