Report: Ten "children who were kidnapped in late June by Israeli forces at a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation site" have just been released. They "described their brutal torture & detention in Israel’s Sde Teiman concentration camp." The Israelis interrogated them about "Hamas, tunnels, hostages, cameras, handmade bombs, & identifying houses in my residential area.” https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/israel-abducted-starving-children-gaza-aid-sites-then-tortured-them #GazaGenocide #USPol #EuroPol #BDS #Racism #GHF  #US-IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity @palestine group .

Report: Another US whistleblower on the GHF: "I thought I was signing up for an aid mission. But what I've witnessed in Gaza is horrific." "What we – these American companies and contract personnel – are doing is directly leading to more pain, suffering, and death for the Palestinians in Gaza."

EXCLUSIVE: American Security Contractor Unloads On US-Israeli ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’

I thought I was signing up for an aid mission. But what I've witnessed in Gaza is horrific.

#GazaGenocide #USPol #EuroPol #BDS #Racism #GHF #US-IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity @palestine group .

Video testimony "Tony Aguilar is a retired Special Forces Green Beret who won a Purple Heart for his service to this country." " He took a contract helping to distribute aid in Gaza. There, he witnessed atrocities committed using American... dollars. "Please watch this important video." ~Bernie Sanders

Al Jazeera

Palestinians forced to starve or face death by Israeli troops at aid sites

These were the updates on Israel’s war on Gaza and attacks on the occupied West Bank for Thursday, July 31.

#GazaGenocide #GazaStarvation #USPol #EuroPol #BDS #GHF #UGSolutions #Racism #IDF @palestine group .

Analysis: "If the European Union were to adopt concrete actions like suspending the association agreement, I guarantee you that within 24 hours", Israel would allow in all the goods required. "The EU is Israel's greatest trading partner." "But the EU prefers to continue with business as usual because they don't want to hold their favorite child, Israel, to account for its crimes." ~ Mouin Rabbani #USPol #EuroPol #EU #GazaGenocide #BDS #Israel-USCrimes @palestine group .

Prominent historian Rashid Khalidi cancels his course at Columbia U over its capitulation to, & $200m settlement with, Trump. Columbia defines antisemitism such that "any criticism of Israel..becomes a criticism of Jews”, he said. "The definition makes it impossible to teach honestly about the creation of Israel or the genocide in Gaza perpetrated by Israel."

the Guardian

Prominent historian cancels course at Columbia University over Trump deal

Rashid Khalidi, in open letter published by the Guardian, accuses university of ‘capitulating’ with $200m settlement

#GazaGenocide #USPol #EuroPol #BDS #antisemitism #US-IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity @palestine group .

Report: 18 former Israeli Security Chiefs demand “End the war" "The war could have ended a long time ago.. has inflicted severe reputational damage on Israel.. & the loss of its security". “We are on the precipice of defeat. No matter how good the army is, a war with no political goal is a guarantee of defeat" ~Tamir Pardo, ex-Mossad "We are now mostly offsetting losses” ~Nadav Argaman, ex-Shin Bet

Al Jazeera

Updates: Israel kills 74 in Gaza as UN warns of high rate of child deaths

Israeli forces kill 36 aid seekers in Gaza on August 4, as rights groups warn of 'irreversible humanitarian collapse'.

#USPol #EuroPol #IsraeliChiefs #GazaGenocideNotWar #BDS @palestine group .

Poll: "60% of Americans said they disapprove of Israel's military action". 32% approve (in the main, older, white Republican men). "52% said they see Netanyahu in a negative light - a significant shift from a year & a half ago" & the lowest stretching back to the 1990s.

Middle East Eye

Most Americans do not support Israel's war on Gaza, polling shows

There are also drastic gaps between Republican and Democrat attitudes to Israel's conduct in both Gaza and Iran

#Netanyahu #GazaGenocide #USPol #EuroPol #GallupPoll @palestine group .

On Starmer's use of Palestinian statehood as a bargaining chip. Guests: Alan Duncan, UK Conservative MP Carne Ross, Fmr head, Middle East issues, UN Ahmed Najar, Palestinian analyst from Gaza

Al Jazeera

Why did the UK say it will recognise a Palestinian state?

UK urges Israel to take substantive steps to end the horror in Gaza and commit to negotiations on a two-state solution.

#PalestinianState #GazaGenocide #UKPol #USPol #EuroPol #StopArmingIsrael #starmer #BDS @palestine group .

Report: Anti-genocide protesters cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge on August 3 in a Palestine Action Group March for Humanity. Police had tried to prevent the march, but it was given the go-ahead by NSW's highest court.

SBS News

Thousands march in Sydney in pro-Palestinian protest — as it happened

Pro-Palestinian protesters marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge after the event was given the go-ahead by NSW's highest court.

#GazaGenocide #AusPol #USPol #EuroPol #BDS #US-IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity @palestine group .

Prominent historian Rashid Khalidi cancels his course at Columbia U over its capitulation to, & $200m settlement with, Trump. Columbia defines antisemitism such that "any criticism of Israel..becomes a criticism of Jews”, he said. "The definition makes it impossible to teach honestly about the creation of Israel or the genocide in Gaza perpetrated by Israel."

the Guardian

Prominent historian cancels course at Columbia University over Trump deal

Rashid Khalidi, in open letter published by the Guardian, accuses university of ‘capitulating’ with $200m settlement

#GazaGenocide #USPol #EuroPol #BDS #antisemitism #US-IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity @palestine group .