PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Yemeni forces, affiliated with the Ansarallah movement, launched ballistic missiles and drones at Saudi military buildups in Mokha and Marib, reporting casualties and destroyed weapons depots.

Key Takeaways

• The Yemeni Armed Forces targeted Saudi military buildups in Mokha and Marib with ballistic missiles and drones, according to Saba.
• A military source said the strikes achieved direct hits, causing deaths and injuries and destroying Saudi weapons and storage facilities.
• Days earlier, Yemeni forces said two drones struck an Aramco refinery in Jizan in response to Saudi violations of Yemeni airspace.

Ansarallah Strikes Saudi Military Buildups in Mokha, Marib with Missiles, Drones

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Iran’s army announced a $30,000 reward for capturing or killing US soldiers, while warning American forces to leave the region.

Key Takeaways

Iranian Army commander Major General Amir Hatami announced a reward equivalent to $30,000 for anyone who captures or kills a US soldier.

Hatami said women carrying out such an action would receive double the amount, according to AFP’s account of his remarks.

The army chief also said US forces would not be permitted to re-establish regional bases threatening Iran or freely enter strategic waters.

‘Americans Must Leave’: Iran Offers $30,000 Bounty for US Soldiers

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: For eight days, Palestinian families in Qusra have faced a settler siege that has evolved into an Israeli military occupation of their neighborhood.

Key Developments

• Israeli settlers have besieged three Palestinian homes in Qusra for eight days.
• Families have faced blocked roads and cuts to water and electricity as settlers seek to establish an outpost nearby.
• Israeli forces intervened but subsequently seized Palestinian homes, with 16 reportedly converted into military positions.

Siege of Qusra: Settlers Surround Palestinian Homes as Israeli Army Moves in

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Khalil al-Hayya will lead a senior Hamas delegation to Cairo for talks with Egyptian intelligence officials on consolidating the Gaza ceasefire.

Key Developments

• Khalil al-Hayya is leading a senior Hamas delegation to Cairo for talks with Egyptian officials.
• The delegation includes Khaled Meshaal, Mohammed Darwish, Zaher Jabarin and Basem Naim.
• Talks will focus primarily on efforts to consolidate the Gaza ceasefire agreement.

First since Taking Hamas Leadership: Al-Hayya Heads to Cairo for Gaza Talks

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Palestinians were shot, beaten, arrested and forced from homes amid Israeli military raids and settler attacks across the occupied West Bank.

Key Developments

• Two Palestinians were shot and eight beaten during an Israeli settler attack in Hebron.
• Israeli forces carried out raids and arrests from Ramallah and Nablus to Hebron and Jenin.
• In Qusra, settlers besieged Palestinian homes before Israeli forces seized others for military use.

Palestinians Shot, Beaten and Driven from Homes as Israeli Attacks Sweep West Bank

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Israeli occupation forces killed a Palestinian and wounded seven others as airstrikes, artillery fire, shootings and demolitions continued across the Gaza Strip.

• Key Developments
• Israeli forces killed Mohammed Bashir Abu Armana in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
• Palestinians were wounded in attacks across Khan Yunis, Gaza City and Deir al-Balah.
• Israeli attacks have killed at least 1,260 Palestinians since the October ceasefire.

Gaza: Israel Kills Palestinian as Airstrikes, Shelling and Demolitions Continue

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Palestinian Authority forces extended Alaa al-Araj’s detention as his pregnant wife awaited childbirth, reviving memories of his 103-day hunger strike.

Key Takeaways

• Palestinian Authority security services extended the detention of released prisoner and engineer Alaa al-Araj for another 15 days, according to Lawyers for Justice.
• His wife was awaiting the birth of their child in a Nablus hospital, while al-Araj remained unable to be with his family.
• Al-Araj previously spent periods in Israeli prisons and staged a 103-day hunger strike in 2021 against his administrative detention without charge or trial.
• His family says Israeli imprisonment prevented him from attending the births of two previous children, while his current PA detention is preventing him from attending another birth.

PA Extends Detention of Former Hunger Striker Alaa al-Araj as Wife Gives Birth

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: ***While American foreign policy relies on aggressive military posturing, economic strangulation, and unconditional alignment with Israel, the structural incentives for Iran to surrender its nuclear potential will remain non-existent.***

In international relations, security is not an absolute. It is a relative calculation.

For the Islamic Republic of Iran, a nuclear deterrence posture is a reasonable, if not necessary, response to decades of jingoism and the ongoing war instigated by Israel and the United States.

On Sunday, August 9, 2026, during commemoration of the 81st anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Nagasaki, the city’s current mayor called nuclear weapons an “absolute evil” that can never coexist with humanity.

That has been the position of Iran’s leadership since Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (1979-1989) refused to authorize the use of chemical weapons during the Iran-Iraq War, citing Islamic principles, and when his successor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (1989-2026), officially voiced a religious prohibition (haram) against nuclear weapons in 2003.

The relentless, unprovoked US-Israel air wars, culminating in the devastating February 28, 2026, missile strikes that assassinated the Supreme Leader and his family, as well as dozens of senior military and security officials, have shattered any remaining illusions of diplomatic restraint. Every air strike, targeted assassination, and expansion of the war has intensified a growing consensus across Iran that the ultimate guarantor of national survival is nuclear deterrence.

Read the latest commentary by Dr. M. Reza Behnam

Iran’s Nuclear Shield: Why Deterrence Has Become a Matter of Life or Death

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: ***The strategic question is whether Palestinians can enter these different electoral arenas without losing sight of the larger struggle: the struggle to dismantle the structures of colonial domination.***

It is difficult, and even unacceptable, for a Palestinian to view the elections to be held separately in Israel and the 67-occupied territories in the coming months outside the context of the monstrous Zionist regime, especially following its ongoing genocidal crime.

These elections carry deep paradoxes, contradictions, and existential questions: how can Palestinians reconcile their understanding of the genocidal regime and the constraints it imposes on the electoral process with their immediate need for protection from an unprecedented level of barbarism being perpetrated—not as a reaction, but as a strategy to eliminate Palestinians politically and physically?

The approach of boycotting the elections, and potentially deepening Israel’s international illegitimacy, may have been valid and legitimate years ago. Today, however, it could seem to many Palestinians like a luxury—and even counterproductive. Participation in elections is driven by the fact that avenues for political mobilization have drastically shrunk, as the Israeli regime increasingly applies many of the repressive tactics routinely used against Palestinians in the West Bank to Palestinians inside Israel who hold Israeli citizenship since 1948.

Read the latest commentary by Awad Abdelfattah.

The Search for a Decolonial Way Out: The Electoral Impasse Between the River and the Sea

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: ***Iran is systematically targeting US regional assets and alliances, tightening pressure as Washington confronts mounting military, logistical and political strains.***

While the US Trump administration insists that the very much closed Strait of Hormuz is in fact open and grapples with domestic pushback against his war losses, Iran has been busy pursuing a military strategy that is placing a chokehold on their opposition.

Although the ongoing regional war has been experiencing a lull in direct confrontations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the US-Israeli alliance, a series of other fronts have become the focus of Tehran’s recent efforts.

Contrary to what you would be led to believe by the corporate media, Iran’s ballistic missile and drone fire has not ceased. Instead, officials belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have made it clear that there is no ceasefire in effect and that their operations are therefore being carried out in a coordinated fashion.

Read the latest analysis by Robert Inlakesh.

Burning America’s Cards One by One: What is Iran’s Strategy? – Analysis

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Iranian attacks on a key US base in Bahrain have created supply problems for the American aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, operating against Iran.

Key Takeaways

• Iranian strikes heavily damaged the US naval base in Bahrain, forcing the Navy to shift a major logistics operation thousands of miles away to Diego Garcia.
• The USS Abraham Lincoln has been at sea for nearly nine months without a liberty port, amid reported supply shortages and concerns about crew mental health.
• Despite mounting logistical pressures, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth insist the US can sustain its naval operations indefinitely.

US Aircraft Carrier Problems Tied to Iran’s Early Strikes on Bahrain Base – NYT

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Hezbollah condemned Israel’s killing of 11 civilians in southern Lebanon, warning that continued attacks would face an appropriate response from the Resistance.

Key Takeaways

• Hezbollah condemned Israeli strikes on Ansar and Deir Zahrani that killed 11 people, including women and children, and wounded 12 others.
• The movement accused Netanyahu of escalating attacks to strengthen his domestic political position and appeal to Israel’s extreme right.
• Hezbollah urged the Lebanese government to abandon “humiliating direct negotiations” and called reliance on US mediation and guarantees a “losing bet.”

The movement warned Israel that attempts to impose a new reality in Lebanon “cannot continue” and would face an appropriate response.

Hezbollah Condemns Israeli Massacre in Lebanon, Warns Attacks ‘Cannot Continue’

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Greek activists rallied at Piraeus Port against an Israeli cruise ship, demanding an end to the Gaza genocide and Athens’ ties with Israel.

Key Takeaways

• Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered at Greece’s largest port on Friday as the Israeli cruise ship Crown Iris arrived carrying Israeli tourists.
• Protesters waved Palestinian flags, condemned Israel’s genocide in Gaza and demanded that the Greek government sever its political and military ties with Israel.
• The Piraeus demonstration was the latest in a series of protests that have followed the Crown Iris to ports across Greece since 2025.

‘Unwanted in Our Country’: Protesters Confront Israeli Cruise Ship in Greece

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Israeli occupation forces carried out widespread West Bank raids, shooting Palestinians, detaining residents and storming homes, refugee camps and a wedding hall.

Key Takeaways

• Israeli forces carried out raids across at least ten areas of the occupied West Bank, storming Palestinian towns, homes and refugee camps.
• Two Palestinians were wounded in Beit Fajjar, while a Palestinian child was shot in the foot during an Israeli raid near Qalqilya.
• Israeli forces detained Palestinians in Qalqilya and Jenin and used live ammunition, tear gas and sound grenades during several incursions.
• In occupied Jerusalem, Israeli forces raided Qalandia refugee camp and stormed a wedding hall in al-Eizariya, assaulting people inside.

Child Shot, Palestinians Detained as Israeli Raids Sweep Occupied West Bank

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Reporters Without Borders called for the release of arbitrarily detained Palestinian journalists after Israel arrested freelance reporter Mohammed Awad near Ramallah.

Key Takeaways

• Reporters Without Borders called on Israel to release all arbitrarily detained Palestinian journalists.
• The appeal followed the arrest of freelance journalist Mohammed Awad at his home near Ramallah.
• The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society says 40 Palestinian journalists are currently held by Israel.

‘Without Evidence’: RSF Demands Release of 40 Palestinian Journalists Held by Israel

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Twenty-two oxygen stations are out of service across Gaza, while health officials warn the remaining system risks complete shutdown under Israeli restrictions.

Key Developments

• Twenty-two of Gaza’s 34 oxygen stations are out of service, according to the Health Ministry.
• Only four of 30 devices used to fill oxygen cylinders remain operational.
• The ministry warned the remaining facilities could shut down without urgently needed spare parts and equipment.

‘Could Stop at Any Moment’: Gaza Warns Oxygen Supply is Near Collapse

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Seven people, including children, were killed in an Israeli strike on Ansar as warplanes launched eight raids on Ali al-Taher.

Key Takeaways

• Seven people, including children, were killed when an Israeli strike hit an inhabited residential building in Ansar, southern Lebanon.
• The attack marked the first Israeli airstrike on Ansar since the ceasefire came into effect.
• Israeli warplanes simultaneously carried out eight strikes on the strategic Ali al-Taher Hill in the Nabatieh district.
• Al Mayadeen reported that the strikes followed a failed Israeli attempt to advance into and occupy Ali al-Taher amid resistance on the ground.

Seven Killed, Including Children, as Israel Strikes Residential Building in Lebanon

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Iran rejected Trump’s claim that he would declare the Strait of Hormuz US territory, insisting Tehran alone determines access to the strategic waterway.

Key Developments

• Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said the Strait of Hormuz “was Iranian, is Iranian and will remain Iranian.”
• His remarks followed Trump’s declaration that he would soon designate the strategic waterway as US territory.
• Gharibabadi said Iran would continue imposing its blockade as long as Washington refused to acknowledge what he called its “strategic defeat.”

‘Hormuz Was Iranian and Will Remain Iranian’: Tehran Fires Back at Trump

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: ***Journalists are killed in their homes with their families, in marked press cars, while live-streaming from hospital courtyards, while sheltering in media offices that Israeli officials had been informed were civilian.***

One year ago this week, the Israeli military killed Anas Al-Sharif. He was a young Palestinian journalist working in Gaza, one of the many who continued to report under bombardment, displacement, and the constant knowledge that the camera itself had become a target. His death was not an accident of war. It was one act in the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza — a genocide that has included, as a deliberate and central component, the systematic elimination of those who document it.

Al-Sharif’s killing joins a list that has grown so long it has become a statistic rather than a series of individual lives. Since October 2023, close to three hundred Palestinian and now Lebanese journalists and media workers have been killed by Israeli forces. The Committee to Protect Journalists documents at least 209 killed by Israel in Gaza and in Israeli detention centers. Palestinian press associations and the International Federation of Journalists put the figure higher, in the mid-to-high 260s. These were not combatants. They were reporters, camera operators, producers, and fixers — many of them wearing clearly marked press vests, working for local outlets or international networks, trying to show the world what was happening to their cities, their schools, their mosques, their hospitals, and their families as the genocide unfolded.

This is not merely the deadliest conflict for journalists in the modern era. According to analyses from Brown University’s Costs of War project, more journalists have been killed in Gaza than in the US Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War (including Cambodia and Laos), the wars in the former Yugoslavia, and the post-9/11 war in Afghanistan — combined. The comparison is not rhetorical flourish. It is a measure of the scale of a genocidal campaign that has treated the press as an enemy to be erased. What took place across the major industrial wars of the twentieth century, across continents and decades, has been surpassed in a single strip of land in less than three years. That fact alone should end any pretense that these deaths are the ordinary hazards of covering combat.

Read the latest analysis by Michael Leonardi.

Anas Al-Sharif One Year Later: The Systematic Killing of Palestine’s Journalists

***If the West Bank resistance gets their hands on FPV drones, this means small teams can run covert operations that target settlements and checkpoints.***

Israeli army-backed settler militia assaults across the occupied West Bank are driving renewed speculation that the unbearable violence could lead to a significant escalation. Although there has clearly been an effort by the Israeli authorities to drum up violence, they also understand that there is a major risk involved in continuing on this trajectory.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Defense Minister, Israel Katz, has ordered his military to draw up plans to officially hand over control of Israeli illegal West Bank settlers to the police. This would make hardline Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir responsible for managing security matters in the occupied territory, a man who just last month advocated for turning West Bank cities into Gaza.

Previously, the majority of Israel’s efforts at ethnically cleansing the territory were focused on what is known as Area C, constituting roughly 60% of the occupied West Bank. Area C is under full Israeli military occupation and is home to over 500,000 illegal settlers, whose “security” is provided by the Army. Around 300,000 Palestinians also live in this zone, created by the controversial Oslo Accords signed between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in the early to mid-1990s. The total Palestinian population of the West Bank is currently around 3.5 million.

This system has been in place for decades now, during which the Palestinian Authority (PA) was supposed to have security and civil control in Area A (18% of the land) and civil control in Area B (22% of the land). What this enabled over time was for Israel to create a system, working hand in glove with their PA allies, to divide the occupied territory into dozens of isolated enclaves that were separated from one another.

Read the latest analysis by Robert Inlakesh.

Israel’s Greatest Fear is FPV Drones in the Hands of West Bank Fighters

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Israel is preparing to transfer law enforcement powers over illegal West Bank settlements from the military to police under far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.

Key Developments

• Israel is moving law enforcement powers over West Bank settlers from the military to Israeli police.
• The police fall under the ministry of far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
• Palestinian factions and officials condemned the measure as another step toward de facto annexation.

‘De Facto Annexation’: Israel Moves Settlement Enforcement from Army to Police

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Yemeni forces launched ballistic missile strikes on Saudi military deployments and warboats in Mokha, reporting dozens of casualties and extensive damage.

Key Takeaways

• Ansarallah military spokesperson Yahya Saree said ballistic missiles targeted Saudi military deployments, weapons and warboats in the Mokha area.
• Saree reported dozens of casualties and said warboats and weapons were destroyed, describing the strikes as “precise.”
• Sanaa vowed to continue targeting Saudi military deployments under its “blockade for blockade and escalation for escalation” policy.

‘Precise Strike’: Ansarallah Targets Saudi Military Deployments, Warboats in Mokha

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem rejected Lebanon’s direct negotiations with Israel, calling the framework a surrender of sovereignty to US-Israeli demands.

Key Takeaways

• Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem called on the Lebanese government to abandon direct negotiations with Israel, describing the process as “failed” and “humiliating.”
• Qassem said the so-called framework agreement amounted to Israeli dictates and challenged the government to identify a single achievement from seven rounds of talks.
• He insisted that the November 27, 2024 agreement remains valid and accused the Lebanese government of targeting the Resistance’s weapons while failing to hold Israel accountable for its violations.
• His remarks came as Israeli occupation forces carried out fresh artillery attacks, drone strikes and explosive demolitions across south Lebanon on Friday.

Qassem Rejects ‘Humiliating’ Israel Talks as Attacks Continue across Lebanon

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem rejected Lebanon’s direct negotiations with Israel, calling the framework a surrender of sovereignty to US-Israeli demands.

Key Takeaways

• Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem called on the Lebanese government to abandon direct negotiations with Israel, describing the process as “failed” and “humiliating.”
• Qassem said the so-called framework agreement amounted to Israeli dictates and challenged the government to identify a single achievement from seven rounds of talks.
• He insisted that the November 27, 2024 agreement remains valid and accused the Lebanese government of targeting the Resistance’s weapons while failing to hold Israel accountable for its violations.
• His remarks came as Israeli occupation forces carried out fresh artillery attacks, drone strikes and explosive demolitions across south Lebanon on Friday.

Qassem Rejects ‘Humiliating’ Israel Talks as Attacks Continue across Lebanon

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Iran’s parliament approved the principles of legislation barring US, Israeli and other hostile states’ equipment from transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

Key Takeaways

• Iran’s parliament approved the principles of a bill aimed at strengthening Tehran’s security measures governing the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf.
• The proposed legislation would prohibit the transit of equipment and supplies belonging to the United States, Israel and other states designated as hostile.
• The move follows Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters’ declaration that the Strait remains under Iran’s full control despite US claims of normalized shipping.
• Tehran maintains that unrestricted maritime traffic cannot resume simply on the basis of Washington’s declarations.

Iranian Parliament Advances Bill to Ban US, Israeli Equipment from Strait of Hormuz

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: American tech worker Alex Mitkov tells FloodGate how Gaza transformed his worldview and ultimately drove him to walk away from Dell.

Watch the full conversation with Alex Mitkov on The FloodGate, hosted by Robert Inlakesh.

‘I Couldn’t Be Complicit’: Alex Mitkov Opens Up to FloodGate about Leaving Dell

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: CIA analysts reportedly doubted Israeli intelligence about an Iranian assassination threat that prompted extraordinary security measures during Trump’s departure from Türkiye.

Key Takeaways

• Israeli intelligence warning of an Iranian assassination threat against Trump was relayed to the CIA ahead of his July departure from Türkiye.
• CIA analysts reportedly viewed the Israeli-derived intelligence as “low confidence” and communicated their skepticism to administration officials.
• Trump secretly left a legacy Air Force One, crossed the airport in a catering truck and boarded a C-32A for Britain.
• Some US intelligence officials told the Post they believed Israeli intelligence reporting was intended partly to influence US decision-making.

CIA Questioned Israeli Intelligence behind Trump’s Secret Flight from Türkiye – Report

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Israel is advancing 2,300 settlement units south of occupied Jerusalem as settler attacks and attempts to seize Palestinian property intensify.

Key Takeaways

• Israeli occupation authorities are preparing to advance approximately 2,300 new units in the illegal Gilo settlement on 195 dunams of Palestinian land.
• The project would connect Gilo with Givat Hamatos and Har Homa, further separating occupied Jerusalem from Bethlehem and the southern West Bank.
• At least 28 dunams targeted by the project were reportedly seized through Israel’s so-called Absentee Property Law and subsequently designated for settlement expansion.
• Meanwhile, illegal Israeli settlers continued their siege of three Palestinian families in Qusra for a sixth consecutive day amid fears that their homes could be seized.

Israel Pushes 2,300-Unit Gilo Expansion as Settlers Maintain Siege of Qusra Families

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Israeli defense officials are reportedly stunned by Iran’s rapid military recovery, particularly its ability to rebuild ballistic missile production after the war.

Key Takeaways

• Israeli military and Mossad officials have been surprised by the speed of Iran’s recovery following the 2026 war.
• Israeli assessments that Iran’s military-industrial capabilities had been set back by years are now being reconsidered.
• The most significant concern is Iran’s ballistic missile industry, where new weapons are reportedly being produced faster than Israel anticipated.

30,000 Attacks Later, Israel Is ‘Stunned’ by Iran’s Military Comeback – Report

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: British broadcaster Sangita Myska has broken her silence on leaving LBC, describing restrictions and a wider media “culture of fear.”

Key Takeaways

• Sangita Myska says she was told she would no longer appear on LBC within 48 hours of challenging Israeli government spokesman Avi Hyman.
• Myska says contractual restrictions prevented her from discussing her departure and that lawyers subsequently monitored her activity on social media.
• The veteran broadcaster described a wider “culture of fear” over Palestine, saying workers outside journalism also reported professional repercussions for speaking out.

‘Within 48 Hours, I Was Off Air’: Sangita Myska on LBC Exit after Challenging Israel

Iran reportedly derailed a US-backed plan for Syrian forces to enter Lebanon and target Hezbollah by threatening a major military response inside Syria.

Key Takeaways

Al Mayadeen, citing U News, reported that Iran thwarted preparations for a Syrian military intervention in Lebanon allegedly initiated at Washington’s request.

Tehran reportedly warned Damascus through Türkiye that an intervention could trigger attacks on more than 100 strategic targets across Syria.

The alleged operation envisioned establishing Syrian influence over Tripoli and targeting Hezbollah’s missile infrastructure in the Bekaa Valley.

U News reported that Iran threatened pressure on several fronts inside Syria, including Homs, the coast, areas near Aleppo and the Syrian-Iraqi border.

Washington’s Double Game: US is Trying to Use MoU with Iran to Cripple Lebanon

PALESTINE CHRONICLE:

Donald Trump took to social media Thursday, July 30, to announce what he called a breakthrough: a phased agreement under the Board of Peace requiring the Palestinian Resistance to disarm and Israel to withdraw. The optics were of a president closing out a genocide he and his predecessor enabled for two years.

The Palestinian Resistance agreed to the plan. Israel rejected it.

Imagine if the Resistance had rejected the fifteen points by reasonably conditioning disarmament on an end to Israeli occupation. We don’t have to imagine Trump’s reaction. He’d have condemned them by nightfall and held them responsible for killing the peace plan.

Israel gets a different standard. On Sunday, August 9, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet: “I want to clarify this: Israel rejects the 15-point document.”

Rather than call out Israel for sabotaging his own plan, Trump waved away Netanyahu’s rejection as mere election posturing, as if that was acceptable. Trump’s dismissal didn’t go unnoticed. Three days later, Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, doubled down, declaring that Israel will not withdraw, not from Gaza, not from Lebanon and not from Syri

Read the latest article by Jamal Kanj.

The Gaza Peace Trump Announced, and the Rejection Netanyahu Delivered

PALESTINE CHRONICLE:

A UN-brokered ceasefire that had been in place since 2022 was declared over last month. The deterioration of that ceasefire between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Ansarallah-led government has major implications not only for the region but for the global economy. However, there is such a lack of honest reporting on the issue that even US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth doesn’t know what’s actually going on.

For 11 years, the global media has failed the people of Yemen, enabling Western and Arab powers’ complicity to go unchecked. Millions of Yemeni civilians have faced starvation, disease and indiscriminate bombing campaigns, all as Saudi Arabia’s narrative about the war it launched has been peddled by the International Community.

In July, the war that began in 2015 – when the Saudi-led coalition intervened in the country – reopened, this time with an announcement from the Yemeni Armed Forces loyal to the Sana’a government announcing a counter-blockade on Saudi Arabia, later following this up with both retaliatory strikes on Saudi targets and what they called pre-emptive strikes against Saudi-proxy forces inside Yemen itself.

Read the latest analysis by Robert Inlakesh.

They Keep Lying to You: The War on Yemen and Why You Hear Nothing about It

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: The question doing the rounds is whether meeting the family of a South African citizen serving as an Israeli soldier, as President Ramaphosa did, has undermined South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.

Equally concerning is whether the meeting will now be interpreted by South African mercenaries operating and deployed within the settler colonial regime’s military as kosher and “permissible” despite legislation that prohibits it.

Though the official version is that the Perez family had prompted a meeting to thank Ramaphosa for facilitating the release and return of Daniel Perez’s remains, it is silent on who the slain soldier was.

From open-source information, we learn Daniel Perez was a South African-born tank commander and soldier who, in battle with Palestine’s liberation movement Hamas during its October 7, 2023, attempt to break free of Israel’s illegal siege, was killed and taken hostage.

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and raised in Glenhazel before his family moved to Israel in 2014.

Read the latest article by Iqbal Jassat.

Who is Daniel Perez? Ramaphosa Meeting IDF Soldier’s Family Raises Crucial Questions

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: The UAE accused Iran of attacking two ADNOC vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, marking the second such incident within days.

Key Takeaways

• Abu Dhabi National Oil Company said two of its vessels were attacked while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday evening.
• The UAE blamed Iran for the incident and accused the IRGC of “acts of piracy,” though Tehran had not immediately responded.
• No injuries were reported, and ADNOC said the situation involving the two vessels had been brought under control.
• The incident follows another alleged attack on an ADNOC-linked vessel on Saturday amid severe disruptions to shipping through the strategic waterway.

UAE Accuses Iran of Attacking Two ADNOC Vessels in Strait of Hormuz

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Israeli occupation forces imposed a curfew on Qusra and forced Palestinians from their homes amid an escalating settler siege across the West Bank.

Key Takeaways

• Hundreds of illegal Israeli Jewish soldiers deployed in and around Qusra, south of Nablus, imposing a curfew as settlers continued to besiege Palestinian families.
• Qusra’s mayor said Israeli occupation forces forced residents from two besieged homes despite announcing that they had dismantled nearby settler outposts.
• The UN said settler violence in the occupied West Bank has reached a “new and dangerous level,” while the US condemned the intimidation of Palestinian families.
• Israeli occupation forces also detained dozens of Palestinians across the West Bank, while settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque and attacked Palestinians and their property elsewhere.

Qusra under Curfew as Israeli Forces Evacuate Palestinians amid Settler Attacks

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters says Hormuz remains closed and under Tehran’s control, rejecting US claims of normalized maritime traffic.

Key Takeaways

• Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said the Strait of Hormuz remains under the “full management and control” of the Islamic Republic.
• The headquarters rejected Washington’s claims that vessels are passing normally, saying commercial ships and oil tankers require Iranian authorization.
• Tehran maintains that maritime traffic cannot fully resume until Washington meets Iran’s conditions, while talks between Iran and Oman continue.
• Khatam al-Anbiya warned that Iranian forces are monitoring US and Israeli movements and would respond more forcefully to any new threat.

‘Lies and Fabrications’: Khatam al-Anbiya Rejects US Claims on Hormuz

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Massive Attack raised the Palestinian flag in Melbourne, reaffirming their Gaza solidarity days after facing official repercussions for doing so in Singapore.

Key Developments

• Massive Attack displayed the Palestinian flag during their August 11 concert at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena amid strongly political Gaza imagery.
• The Melbourne gesture came shortly after Robert “3D” Del Naja and Grant “Daddy G” Marshall faced official repercussions in Singapore over a similar display.
• The British band has repeatedly used its concerts to express solidarity with Palestinians and condemn Israel’s war on Gaza.

‘Free Palestine’: Massive Attack Raises Palestinian Flag during Melbourne Concert

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: A new report documents thousands of restrictions on Palestinian content, arguing Meta’s moderation systems have systematically undermined Palestinian visibility online.

Key Developments

• A study by 7amleh and a Utrecht University researcher examined 3,520 digital rights violations reported between 2021 and 2025.
• Only 32.5 percent of documented cases involved an identifiable policy violation, while Meta’s “Dangerous Organizations” policy dominated cases where explanations existed.
• Journalists were particularly affected, with the Dangerous Organizations and Individuals policy accounting for 71.1 percent of explained restrictions involving them.

Meta Systematically Restricted Palestinian Voices on Facebook, Instagram – Report

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Israeli strikes killed Palestinians in Khan Yunis and Gaza City as Gaza’s Health Ministry reported 1,260 deaths since the ceasefire began.

Key Developments

• An Israeli drone strike targeted a motorcycle in the Al-Amal neighborhood of Khan Yunis, killing a Palestinian and injuring others.
• A separate Israeli strike hit a vehicle in Gaza City’s Sheikh Ajleen neighborhood, killing another Palestinian and wounding several others.
• The Ministry put the cumulative toll since October 7, 2023, at 73,389 killed and 174,266 injured.

Israeli Strikes Kill Palestinians in Gaza as ‘Ceasefire’ Death Toll Reaches 1,260

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Twenty-one years after evacuating Ganim, Israel has reestablished the illegal settlement near Jenin following demolitions of Palestinian buildings in the area.

Key Developments

• Israeli settlers reestablished the illegal Ganim settlement east of Jenin on Thursday, 21 years after its evacuation.
• Israeli forces closed roads while senior ministers, lawmakers and settlement leaders participated in the return.
• The move came days after Israel began demolishing Palestinian structures near Ganim and Kadim to facilitate renewed settlement activity.

Israel Returns to Ganim: Illegal Settlement Reestablished near Jenin after 21 Years

PALESTINE CHRONICLE:  Twenty-one years after evacuating Ganim, Israel has reestablished the illegal settlement near Jenin following demolitions of Palestinian buildings in the area.

Key Developments

• Israeli settlers reestablished the illegal Ganim settlement east of Jenin on Thursday, 21 years after its evacuation.
• Israeli forces closed roads while senior ministers, lawmakers and settlement leaders participated in the return.
• The move came days after Israel began demolishing Palestinian structures near Ganim and Kadim to facilitate renewed settlement activity.

Israel Returns to Ganim: Illegal Settlement Reestablished near Jenin after 21 Years

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Pro-Palestine groups are urging audiences to boycott the new Spider-Man film over producer Avi Arad’s public support for Israel.

Key Developments

• Pro-Palestine groups in Lebanon and Jordan have called for a boycott of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, with appeals spreading elsewhere in the Arab world.
• The campaign centers on producer Avi Arad, an Israeli-American former Israeli soldier who publicly defended Israel and Netanyahu during the Gaza war.
• Campaigners describe purchasing tickets as a form of “cultural normalization,” although the film has continued screening and attracting audiences in Lebanon.

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Faces Arab Boycott over Producer’s Support for Israel

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Iran says the Strait of Hormuz remains closed and under Tehran’s control, rejecting Trump’s claims that the US Navy controls it.

Key Developments

• A senior Iranian political-security source told Al Mayadeen that the Strait of Hormuz remains closed and Tehran has not modified its policy.
• The source warned vessels against violating Iranian navigation procedures, saying large ships currently cannot safely pass through the strategic waterway.
• Iranian officials rejected Trump’s claim of US control and reiterated that reopening Hormuz depends on Washington changing its position and accepting Tehran’s conditions.

Strait of Hormuz Remains Closed, Iran Rejects Trump’s Claim of US Control

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: It is now official: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has flatly rejected the core conditions of the Board of Peace framework, explicitly stating that Israel will neither adhere to a ceasefire nor withdraw its forces from Gaza.

During a cabinet meeting on Sunday, Netanyahu stated with unambiguous language: “Israel rejects the 15-point document published by the Board of Peace for Gaza”.

In a previous conversation with lead envoy Nickolay Mladenov, Netanyahu set conditions—such as demanding unilateral operational freedom for the Israeli military to strike inside Gaza at will—that render a genuine peace agreement structurally impossible.

The Israeli army leadership, under Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, reinforced this posture by outlining three uncompromising “red lines” to the political establishment: complete operational freedom to eliminate perceived threats anywhere in the Strip, strict control over all weapons entering or exiting Gaza, and zero military withdrawal unless Hamas is completely disarmed.

Read the latest editorial by Ramzy Baroud.

Standing Up to Netanyahu: Five Concrete Fronts to Counter Israel’s Genocide in Gaza

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the United States spent $21 trillion on its military between 2001 and 2024 (in constant 2024 dollars), equal to the combined military spending of the next eighteen countries. Iran barely made that list at all, spending only 2% of what the US did, and SIPRI estimated Iran’s 2025 military budget at only $7.5 billion. So how is Iran holding its own against the multi-trillion-dollar US war machine?

A critical difference between the US war on Iran and previous US and allied bombing campaigns against Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and now Gaza, is that the US and Israel have failed to destroy Iran’s air defense system and cannot fly warplanes over Iran without risking the loss of planes and pilots to enemy fire. Iran has wisely built its critical defense infrastructure underground, with arms factories, weapons stockpiles and launch sites sheltered safely beneath its impenetrable mountainous terrain.

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth claimed on March 10th that the US had “total air dominance” over Iran, but that is still not true. Instead, US forces are mainly attacking Iran with stand-off weapons from outside Iran’s borders, radically depleting US stockpiles of extraordinarily expensive weapons.

Read the latest article by Medea Benjamin & Nicolas J.S. Davies.

Paper Tiger: The Failure of America’s Trillion Dollar War Machine

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Israeli War Minister Israel Katz ruled out withdrawal from occupied areas of Lebanon, Syria and Gaza, declaring Israeli forces “here to stay.”

Key Developments

• Katz said Israeli occupation forces would remain in designated “security zones” in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza and prepare for a long-term presence.
• The Israeli war minister explicitly ruled out withdrawal from southern Lebanon despite a US-sponsored framework providing for a gradual Israeli pullout.
• Katz acknowledged that Israeli forces are destroying homes and infrastructure in southern Lebanon while keeping displaced residents outside occupied areas.

‘Here to Stay’: Israel Katz Rules Out Withdrawal from Lebanon, Syria and Gaza

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Israeli occupation forces detained Palestinian journalist Mohammed Awad near Ramallah, bringing the number of Palestinian media workers in Israeli custody to 40.

Key Developments

• Israeli forces detained Palestinian video journalist Mohammed Awad during an early-morning raid on his home near Ramallah.
• His wife said soldiers blindfolded and handcuffed the 38-year-old journalist before taking him away in a military vehicle.
• The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society said Awad’s detention brings the number of Palestinian journalists currently held by Israel to 40.

Israel Detains Palestinian AFP Journalist Mohammed Awad in West Bank Raid