Week in Review
8/23/25
Urgent Health Update: Consequences of war on Gaza, West Bank/East Jerusalem - August 16, 2025
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Free Xóchitl! Community Organizer and DACA Recipient Detained at Texas Airport
A friend who does immigrant/ICE work has a colleague (DACA recipient) who was picked up by ICE and taken to prison...
Over the past three days, only 266 aid trucks entered Gaza out of the 1,800 required, with many looted amid what officials describe as deliberate chaos created by Israel to worsen humanitarian conditions. In the last 22 days, just 1,937 trucks entered—less than 15% of the 13,200 needed—leaving Gaza’s 2.4 million people without sufficient food, medicine, and other essentials.
ADL chief attacks Zohran Mamdani, but gets his facts wrong
Jonathan Greenblatt criticized the mayoral nominee for hedging on ‘globalize the Intifada’ and falsely claimed Mamdani hasn’t visited synagogues or engaged Jewish groups.
This is not aid. This is orchestrated killing.
MSF’s frontline medical testimony on systematic mass casualties from GHF sites in Gaza.
The Mind-Boggling Intrusiveness of Donald J. Trump
Excellent summary of the dangerous destruction intrusiveness of Trump and the supine congress and placid Supreme Court.
The Trauma of Childhood in Gaza
Over the past two years, tens of thousands of children in the territory have been killed, wounded or orphaned. Childhood as they once knew it has ceased to exist.
UK surgeon says Israeli forces using Gaza children as ‘target practice’ as starvation crisis deepens
8/12, UK surgeon says Israeli forces using Gaza children as ‘target practice’ as starvation crisis deepens. A British doctor and major humanitarian groups accuse Israeli soldiers of intentionally targeting children near aid sites, as reports show more than 100 children have died from hunger during Israel’s siege of Gaza.
Gaza’s doctors are foregoing their sole daily meal, often just 200 grams of rice, to feed their families with it, according to the Health Ministry’s Director-General.
UN: 13,000 Gaza Children Treated for Malnutrition in July, Almost All Aid Trucks Looted
World Food Program reported that 99% of the 1,012 trucks it was able to bring into the Gaza Strip were looted on their way to warehouses. The WFP emphasized that the overwhelming majority of these trucks were looted by unarmed, starving residents desperate to feed themselves and their families.
'Thousands More Will Die in Gaza, Not From Bombs or Bullets, but From Bureaucratic Decisions'
In Haaretz interview, the International Rescue Committee’s Bob Kitchen described Gaza as “by far, the most intense crisis I've seen in my 25 years of humanitarian work.” Describe Israel’s forced starvation of Gazans, he stated “I have never seen a famine, or a famine-level hunger emergency, happening in a location that's surrounded by so much food. All the neighboring countries, including Israel, have plentiful food. There are abundant resources and aid infrastructures right on the borders. Tens of thousands of tons of food are ready to go. They could solve this problem tomorrow.” Kitchen also emphasized that due to Israel’s restrictions, the IRC has not been able to get “anything meaningful into Gaza for four months” and has even had its requests to bring in food solely for its local staff rejected.
Over 100 International NGOs Criticize Israel for 'Weaponizing' Gaza Aid With Stringent Registration Process
Joint letter from more than 100 international NGOs, including Oxfam and Save the Children, criticizes Israel for weaponizing aid through its restrictive process for registering humanitarian organizations that went into effect in March. The letter states that “despite claims by Israeli authorities that there is no limit on humanitarian aid entering Gaza, most major international NGOs have been unable to deliver a single truck of lifesaving supplies since 3/2.” The letter also describes the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation as part of a broader Israeli strategy to “block impartial aid, exclude Palestinian actors, and replace trusted humanitarian organizations with mechanisms that serve political and military objectives.”
With Arson and Land Grabs, Israeli Settler Attacks in West Bank Hit Record High
Extremists are carrying out one of the most violent campaigns against Palestinian villages since the UN began keeping records.
Observations from the West Bank: the Jewish Supremacy monster cannot be contained
Two Israeli human rights practitioners used to have hope that Israel could be reformed, but no longer. "Today it is one solid mass of distilled evil," writes human rights lawyer Michael Sfard.
Hundreds of Former Israeli Spies Are Working in US Big Tech, Database Shows, A $25 billion deal is the latest acquisition to strengthen the link between the US tech sector and Israeli intelligence.
Gaza City and Surrounding Areas Are Officially Under Famine, Monitors Say
Jewish Voice for Peace’s Comprehensive Explainer on Project Esther: Inside Trump’s Blueprint to Destroy the Progressive Movement In late 2024, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) quietly released a critical exposé revealing Project Esther—a calculated plan aimed at defaming, defunding, and ultimately dismantling progressive organizations like JVP within 12 to 24 months. This blueprint is designed to unravel Palestine solidarity first, targeting the heart of the progressive movement.