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Fears Grow of Wider Regional War in the Absence of Ceasefire in Gaza
The cycle of escalation across the region is rooted in the US-backed Israeli war, says professor Karim Makdisi.
![Students and pro-Palestinian supporters gather outside the Student Central building at the University of London to take part in a protest calling for U.K. universities to stop investing and cooperating with companies and institutions involved in breaches of international law carried out by the Israeli government in the Palestine, in London, United Kingdom, on July 9, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0813-bds-400x300.jpg)
International Court of Justice Finds That BDS Is Not Just Legal, But Obligatory
The ICJ's ruling found that states have a duty to bring Israeli occupation, colonization and apartheid to an end.
![Palestinians inspect the destruction following the Israeli attack on the al-Tabin school, where displaced people took shelter, in al-Daraj neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza on August 10, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_08-12-gaza-city-school-400x300.jpg)
Israel’s Morning Prayer Massacre Is Part of an Escalation of Attacks on Schools
Israel has bombed a school in Gaza once every other day on average since July, reports find.
![Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at an event on June 24, 2024 in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_08-12-blinken-presser-400x300.jpg)
CAIR: Blinken Must Resign “in Disgrace” After Ending Probe Into Israeli Unit
The State Department previously found the unit has committed gross human rights violations in the West Bank.
![Students chant slogans during the pro-Palestine student protest and encampment at George Washington University's Yard, demonstrating against Israeli military action in Gaza and calling on their university to stop doing business with companies they see as supporting the genocide on April 27, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-2150203880-400x300.jpg)
State and Local Efforts to Divest From Israel Are Gaining Steam
Cross-movement coalitions have been vital to the progress of these campaigns to end the transfer of US taxpayer dollars.
![Far right Israelis and relatives of soldiers gather in front of the military court building and stage a protest against the arrest of nine soldiers accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee at Sde Teiman Prison in the Negev desert, in Netanya, Israel on July 30, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-2163919674-7-400x300.jpg)
Israel Is Torturing Palestinian Prisoners to Death — With US Complicity
Some Israeli leaders are pushing to legalize the torture and rape of Palestinians to avoid accountability.
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The Only Paralympian From Gaza Lost 15 Relatives in Israeli Assault
“We have hopes, we have dreams, we have goals,” Fadi Deeb says of the great responsibility of representing Palestinians.
![People conduct rescue work in a destroyed building after an Israeli airstrike in Al-Daraj neighborhood in Gaza City, August 10, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0812-gaza-school-400x300.jpg)
Israel Used US-Supplied Bomb in Massacre of 93 Palestinians at Prayer in School
Israeli forces used at least one GBU-39, a 250-pound bomb made by Boeing, in the strike against a school-turned-shelter.
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States Across the South Are Introducing Laws Punishing Pro-Palestinian Speech
Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and Texas have all introduced legislation conflating support for Palestine with terrorism.
![An injured woman reacts after identifying a member of her family among the dead at the al-Maamadani hospital, following an Israeli strike that killed more than 90 people on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Gaza City, on August 10, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-2165599636-400x300.jpg)
Israel Kills 100 in Gaza School Hours After Biden Approves $3.5B in Military Aid
Scores of civilian men, women and children were massacred Saturday, the latest result of the continued flow of US arms.