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The US is complicit in genocide. Let’s stop pretending otherwise | Mehdi Hasan
ByMehdi Hasan August 2, 2025

The US government, enabled by the media, is an active participant in Israel’s atrocities in GazaCan we finally stop pretending that what we have been witnessing in Gaza over the past 22 months is a “war,” a “conflict,” or even a “humanitarian crisis”? …

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‘We are dying slowly, save us’: starvation takes hold in Gaza after a week of appalling milestones
ByMalak A Tantesh in Gaza and Julian Borger August 2, 2025

Parents watch children waste away as deliberate aid restrictions from Israel mean hunger is becoming a killer, as experts confirm famine is currently playing outThe people of Gaza did not need this week’s official confirmation from UN-backed hunger exp…

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‘We are dying slowly, save us’: starvation takes hold in Gaza after a week of appalling milestones
ByMalak A Tantesh in Gaza and Julian Borger August 2, 2025

Parents watch children waste away as deliberate aid restrictions from Israel mean hunger is becoming a killer, as experts confirm famine is currently playing outThe people of Gaza did not need this week’s official confirmation from UN-backed hunger exp…

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Ignore the bluster: as Netanyahu starves Gaza, the world is turning on him – and he knows it | Jonathan Freedland
ByJonathan Freedland August 1, 2025

As horrific images emerge and western nations move to recognise Palestine, the Israeli PM’s defiance-at-all-costs strategy is falling apart“No one likes us, we don’t care.” It may be rousing on the stadium terraces of south London, as the signature cha…

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Martin Rowson on food distribution in Gaza – cartoon
ByMartin Rowson August 1, 2025

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Israeli author David Grossman says his country is committing genocide in Gaza
ByLorenzo Tondo in Palermo August 1, 2025

Writer says for many years he has refused to use word but now must ‘with immense pain and with a broken heart’Middle East crisis – live updatesThe award-winning Israeli author David Grossman has described his country’s campaign in Gaza as a genocide an…

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From silence to statehood: how Trump’s indifference moved the UK on Palestine
ByEleni Courea Political correspondent August 1, 2025

Under pressure on domestic and international stage to act on Gaza, a shrug from the president allowed Starmer to make pledgeMiddle East crisis – live updatesIt was, in the end, an off-the-cuff remark from Donald Trump that moved the dial.“I’m not going…

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Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff visits Gaza aid ‘death trap’
ByPeter Beaumont August 1, 2025August 1, 2025

Witkoff says he is helping ‘craft a plan’ to deliver aid as UN reports that Israeli forces have killed 1,353 Palestinians who were waiting for foodDonald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff has visited Gaza and been shown one of the controversial food distribu…

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Israel-Gaza war: US envoy visits Gaza food distribution site as UN says 1,373 killed waiting for aid since late May – as it happened
ByJane Clinton August 1, 2025August 1, 2025

Steve Witkoff visits Rafah site where hundreds of Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forcesDonald Trump’s envoy visits Gaza aid ‘death trap’The UN human rights office said on Friday that 1,373 Palestinians have been killed while waiting for aid i…

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Are we witnessing the death of international law? – podcast
By August 1, 2025

A growing number of scholars and lawyers are losing faith in the current system. Others say the law is not to blame, but the states that are supposed to uphold itBy Linda Kinstler. Read by Rachel Handshaw Continue reading…

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