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Italia går svært hardt ut mot Netanyahu og den israelske regjeringen. Forsvarsministeren sier de israelske styresmaktene har mistet fornuft og medmenneskelighet, og at det som nå skjer er uakseptabelt. Han sier landet vurderer å sanksjonere Israel, og at Netanyahu og Putins metoder er blitt "farlig like". Italy’s defense minister says Israel has ‘lost humanity’ on Gaza, weighs sanctions https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/italys-defense-minister-says-israel-has-lost-humanity-on-gaza-weighs-sanctions/ Italy’s defense minister says in an interview published today that Israel’s government has “lost reason and humanity” over Gaza and signaled an openness to potential sanctions. “What is happening is unacceptable. We are not facing a military operation with collateral damage, but the pure denial of the law and the founding values of our civilization,” Defense Minister Guido Crosetto tells La Stampa daily. “We are committed to humanitarian aid, but we must now find a way to force Netanyahu to think clearly, beyond condemnation.” Asked about possible international sanctions against Israel, Crosetto says that “the occupation of Gaza and some serious acts in the West Bank mark a qualitative leap, in the face of which decisions must be made that force Netanyahu to think.” “And it wouldn’t be a move against Israel, but a way to save that people from a government which has lost reason and humanity,” he continues. “We must always distinguish governments from states and peoples, as well as from the religions they profess. This applies for Netanyahu, and it applies to [Russian President Vladimir] Putin, whose methods, by now, have become dangerously similar.”

Skjønner ikke helt hvor i all verden du har det at MDG er bremsekloss for støtten til Ukraina fra..? MDG er det partiet som er klart mest vokale i støtte til Ukraina og har hele veien ment at vi bør gi langt, langt, langt mer i støtte. Partilederen i MDG skrev for noen måneder siden en kronikk i VG at vi bør øke Ukraina-støtten ved å sette av 1000 milliarder fra oljefondet. Jepp, 1000 milliarder. De har også vært veldig aktive i å presse Stortinget og regjeringen til å øke støtten hele veien. F.eks. her. På nettsidene til MDG har de en underskriftskampanje for å øke støtten. Tror ingen andre partier har det. Anbefaler forøvrig å signere der. MDG: Bruk 1000 milliarder på å styrke Ukraina og Europa https://www.vg.no/nyheter/i/GyJn7J/bruk-1000-milliarder-paa-aa-styrke-ukraina-og-europa MDG om Støres tale: Norge bør gi 1000 milliarder https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/mdg-om-stores-tale_-norge-bor-gi-1000-milliarder-1.17328247 MDG foreslår massiv økning i Ukraina-støtten https://www.panoramanyheter.no/mdg-statsbudsjett-statsbudsjett2025/mdg-foreslar-massiv-okning-i-ukraina-stotten/378511 MDG vil bryte handlingsregelen for Ukraina https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/mdg-vil-bryte-handlingsregelen-for-ukraina-1.16870065 MDG vil gi 1.500 milliarder kroner til Ukraina https://www.forsvaretsforum.no/politikk-ukraina/mdg-vil-gi-1500-milliarder-kroner-til-ukraina/253052 MDG sier de forventer at Støre legger enda større summer på bordet enn det regjeringen har gjort fram til nå. Partiet har selv foreslått å gi 1000 milliarder til Ukraina. – Vi må være villige til å grave mye dypere i lommene våre, fordi ingen andre land har like store muligheter som Norge til å gi betydelig mer. – Når det kommer til SV var de en av pådriverne for å øke støtten til Ukraina i fjor. Selv om de ikke er like markante som MDG og Venstre i sin støtte, har de ikke vært noen bremsekloss siden helt i starten av den fulle invasjonen, da de helt til å begynne med var mot å gi våpenstøtte.

Ja, dette er på komiske Ali-nivå for de som husker han. Men mange kjøper faktisk fremdeles disse absurde påstandene og løgnene, rett og slett fordi de allerede har valgt hva de ønsker å tro på. Likheten med pro-russere, retorikken fra Kreml og deres sympatisører er slående. De finner alltid meningsfeller og kontoer i sosiale medier som støtter oppunder deres verdensbilde. Noe av det mest absurde er at selv om Israels nærmeste allierte i vesten, Trump, vestlige hjelpeorganisasjoner som opererer i området, israelske leger og eksperter, tusenvis av jødiske ledere og organisasjoner over hele verden og den israelske opposisjonen med flere for lengst har slått fast at det er utbredt sult på Gazastripen og hva som er årsaken til dette - likevel blir virkeligheten avfeid som "falsk" og "antisemittisme". Det er fullstendig kokos.

Den norske ytre høyresiden fortsetter å spre pro-russiske talepunkter, og er blitt stadig mer anti-ukrainske den siste tiden. Her ved iNyheter-redaktør Helge Lurås, som beskylder Zelensky og Ukraina for å hindre stans i kamphandlingene:

Australia skal anerkjenne Palestina i september. New Zealand sier de vil følge etter. Australias statsminister sier han har fått forsikringer fra den palestinske regjeringen om at Hamas ikke vil spille noen rolle i deres stat, og legger til at Israel bryter folkeretten. Australia to recognize Palestinian state in September; New Zealand weighs following suit https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-august-11-2025/

Tusenvis (!) av jødiske ledere fra hele verden har sendt et åpent brev til Netanyahu. De mener den israelske regjeringens handlinger og rasistiske retorikk fører til seriøse negative konsekvenser både for Israel og for jøder verden over. Global Jewish leaders to Netanyahu: Israel policies fueling antisemitism worldwide https://www.ynetnews.com/jewish-world/article/ryuckvguex Thousands of leaders from Jewish communities around the world—including prominent figures from North America, the United Kingdom and other countries—have signed a letter addressed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, warning that his government’s policies and rhetoric are causing “lasting damage” to both Israel and global Jewry. (...) The letter, sent Thursday, states that the decisions of the Israeli government have harmed Jews around the world. “We recognize the painful dilemmas any Israeli government must confront when facing such threats,” the signatories wrote. “However, we cannot ignore the ongoing damage being caused by the policies and rhetoric of your government—to Israel, to its international standing and to the prospects of achieving a secure peace for both Israelis and Palestinians. This has serious consequences not only for the State of Israel, but also for the well-being, security and unity of Jewish communities in the diaspora.” The letter adds that current policies are also fueling antisemitism worldwide. “As past, present and future leaders of Jewish communities, we do not remain silent in the face of external threats to Israel,” the letter continues, “nor will we remain silent when we believe that the policies of Israel’s government are endangering the strength, security and sustainability of both Israel and global Jewry. We will continue to raise our voices and encourage others in our communities to do the same. We call on the heads of leading institutions and organizations in our communities to make clear that politicians who use racist language are not welcome among us. We reject actions and speech that contradict our values, our history and tradition, Israel’s Declaration of Independence and the rule of law.” The signatories urge the prime minister to ensure the provision of food and humanitarian aid to Gaza residents, to reach a deal to return all hostages and end the war, and to clearly commit that Israel will neither attempt to resettle Gaza nor pursue or support policies of expelling Palestinian civilians. The letter also calls on Netanyahu to crack down on Jewish extremist violence in the West Bank. “If the Israel Defense Forces, when ordered by you, can launch a missile through a window in Tehran and eliminate an Iranian general with pinpoint accuracy, then it certainly has the ability to maintain order in the West Bank, prevent extremist violence, protect Palestinian civilians and enforce the law,” the letter states. The authors also criticize racist and inflammatory remarks by members of Netanyahu’s government. One example cited is Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu, who recently said, “The government is racing toward erasing Gaza... Thank God we are erasing this evil... All of Gaza will be Jewish.” The letter calls such statements “a moral abomination and a desecration of God’s name,” asserting that they violate Jewish values and the foundational principles of the State of Israel. – Hele brevet kan leses her: https://thelondoninitiative.org/a-letter-from-world-jewry/

Oppdatert: Israelske techselskaper varsler at de vil støtte og ta del i den nasjonale streiken, i protest mot Netanyahus utvidelse av krigen. Techbransjen var sentral i de massive demonstrasjonene mot Netanyahu i 2023. 'We will shut the country down': Tech firms will join hostage families on nationwide strike day https://www.ynetnews.com/business/article/syossh800ge Israeli tech companies and venture capital funds, including Meta, Wix and Fiverr, are backing a nationwide strike organized by families of hostages and fallen soldiers; The action aims to halt economic activity and demand the immediate rescue of hostages and soldiers from further confrontation in Gaza. The High-Tech Headquarters, which includes dozens of leading Israeli high-tech companies and venture capital funds, has announced that it will allow employees to participate in the strike organized by the families of hostages and fallen soldiers next Sunday, August 17. Companies that have declared their support include Meta, Wix, Fiverr, HoneyBook, Mint Media, Fireblocks, BigID, Papaya Global, Rempy, Natural Intelligence and others, alongside venture capital funds such as Qumra Capital, Pitango, Disruptive, NFX and more. "We are at a critical juncture in the story of the Israeli nation, and we cannot stand idly by. IDF Chief of Staff’s words are clear: soldiers are being sent into a deathtrap, and the lives of the hostages are being put at certain risk. This is a moment when every Jew and Israeli, who holds the values of the sanctity of life and mutual responsibility dear, must show their support for the families, stand by them and demand an end to the war and the immediate return of all the hostages in one step," the high tech headquarters said in a statement.

Det kan gå mot nasjonal streik i Israel, i protest mot Netanyahus utvidelse av krigen og det som IDF har sagt i praksis vil bli en ofring av gislene. I går kveld og i natt har det vært enorme demonstrasjoner i flere store byer, inkludert Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem og Haifa. Hostage families call for Aug. 17 nationwide shutdown over Gaza City occupation plan https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-863769 Yaniv Levi, a representative from the Histadrut, Israel's national trade union, told KAN that the union plans to meet the hostages' families on Monday to consider future actions. The families of the hostages and bereaved families announced on Sunday that they would initiate a nationwide shutdown the following Sunday to protest the Security Cabinet's decision to occupy Gaza City. At a press conference in front of the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, families represented by the October Council said that Sunday, August 17, would mark a nationwide shutdown in protest of the Security Cabinet's decision to occupy Gaza City, which they say endangers the lives of the hostages and soldiers. The families said the shutdown is expected to include private companies, organizations, and labor unions.

Kommentar fra Times of Israels juridiske ekspert-skribent. Han slakter statens juridiske rådgivere for å lukke øynene for krigsforbrytelsene mot befolkningen på Gazastripen, til tross for at et samlet fagmiljø i Israel har konkludert med dette. Israel is committing war crimes – and its legal heads remain silent https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-is-committing-war-crimes-and-its-legal-heads-remain-silent/ The silence of Israel’s three senior legal officials charged with ensuring that Israel’s military operations comply with the rules of international law is indefensible. (...) Close to twenty experts in international law and legal theory from law faculties in Israel’s universities sent a letter on Wednesday to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in light of Israel’s plans to expand the fighting in the Gaza Strip, conquer it entirely or in part, and carry out what is described as “encouraging voluntary migration.” The experts’ conclusion is unequivocal: the continuation of the war in the Gaza Strip – and certainly its expansion – has become illegal and may even be considered an “act of aggression” that entails criminal liability for senior Israeli officials. “After nearly two years of fighting, when most of Gaza’s infrastructure has been destroyed, hundreds of thousands of people have been repeatedly displaced from their homes, medical services have collapsed, and tens of thousands are suffering from malnutrition and hunger, the marginal addition to state security that could be gained, if at all, from continuing the fighting – let alone expanding it – is not proportionate,” the legal scholars wrote. “The use of force that exceeds the bounds of proportionality and cannot achieve the aim of self-defense is unlawful, and in certain circumstances even a crime, under the most severe categories of the laws governing the use of force and international criminal law,” they added. This is a harsh legal opinion, certainly not one that will be embraced by the prime minister, the heads of the military, and members of the security cabinet. But the letter’s signatories see it as their duty to state the matter plainly and reflect Israel’s true position under the rules of international law. But the sad fact is that it should not have been law professors who placed this legal opinion on the decision-makers’ desks. That they are compelled to do so is the result of a grave and ongoing failure, in which the three most senior legal officials in public service responsible for this field are conspicuously absent: The Israel Defense Forces’ chief military advocate general, Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, the deputy attorney general for international law, Dr. Gilad Noam, and above them all – the attorney general, Gali Baharav-Miara.

Svære demonstrasjoner mot Netanyahu, utvidelsen av krigen og den humanitære situasjonen på Gazastripen i Israel i kveld. As masses rally for hostages, speakers urge soldiers to refuse to carry out Gaza City takeover https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-august-9-2025/ With tens of thousands protesting, captive’s mom says PM’s ‘hands will be stained by blood’ if hostages killed in operation. Speakers at the anti-government, pro-hostage deal protest in front of the Begin Street entrance to the IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv urge soldiers to refuse to serve in the expanded fighting in Gaza following the cabinet’s decision to take over Gaza City. Along with a separate protest at Hostages Square, tens of thousands of Israelis are reportedly in the streets of Tel Aviv this evening. “The mission you’ll be given is participation in the killing of hostages,” says Shai Mozes, nephew of former hostage Gadi Mozes, in a speech before thousands of people at the demonstration. “In this situation, there is no other choice but to refuse.” The mother of a combat officer in the IDF reserves, introduced only as Bat-El, says soldiers are wasting away physically and mentally and are deprived of proper defensive equipment. She says the Gaza City takeover plan “puts Israel on the sure path to a forever war that will cause the death of the hostages, cause the deaths of hundreds of soldiers, cause the destruction of Israel’s image.” “Don’t agree to enter Gaza,” she says. “Refuse to participate in an overtly illegal war.” The speakers do not mention the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as a reason to refuse to fight there, though some protesters hold up signs calling on soldiers to refuse to serve for that reason as well. Following the speeches, some protesters hoist flaming torches as they prepare to march around the IDF headquarters to protest the cabinet plan, alongside thousands more people coming from the Hostages Square rally a block away.

Har ikke fått tid til teste selv enda, men synes det ser og høres veldig bra ut. Får gode skussmål av «veteraner» også ut fra hva jeg har sett. Gleder meg til å se de store kartene. Mener faktisk singleplayer i de litt eldre BF-spillene var litt undervurdert, så jeg ser frem til det også.

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USA: 'Tactically questionable': US politicians from both major parties voice concern over Gaza City op. https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-863693 US officials from both the Democratic and Republican parties have voiced either opposition or concern on Friday for Israel's planned operation to take over Gaza City. "I'd like to know who is actually going to run it," Axios quoted GOP Congressman Tim Burchett, who represents Tennessee's 2nd district, as saying. The US news source quoted another Republican congressman, Ryan Zinke, representing Montana's 1st congressional district, who said that Netanyahu's plan to occupy the city "comes with the responsibility of providing humanitarian assistance and creating an economic future." Richie Torres, one of Congress's most vocal pro-Israel Democrats, was also quoted by the US news source saying that Israel is the "ultimate arbiter of its own security," while adding that the Israel-Hamas war "is in danger of becoming a quagmire." Democrat Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10) issued an official statement in reaction to the planned operation, saying, "We all want this awful war to end. However, Prime Minister Netanyahu’s decision to take over all of Gaza City is tactically questionable and strategically self-defeating."

Selv Netanyahus nasjonale sikkerhetsrådgiver var imot den upopulære planen om å okkupere av Gaza by, skriver israelske medier. Den ble likevel vedtatt av de Netanyahu-lojale politikerne sikkerhetskabinettet. Også Mossad og IDF var imot, i tillegg til opposisjonen. PM’s national security adviser opposed Gaza City takeover plan — report https://www.timesofisrael.com/pms-national-security-adviser-opposed-gaza-city-takeover-plan-report/ Tzachi Hanegbi said to have IDF chief’s misgivings, told ministers he’s ‘not prepared to give up on saving the hostages,’ at meeting in which they approved military operation. National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi voiced opposition to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal to take over Gaza City on Thursday night, telling the security cabinet that he was “not prepared to give up on saving the hostages,” according to quotes reported by Channel 12 news. “I don’t understand how someone who saw the videos of [hostages] Evyatar [David] and Rom [Braslavski] as well as all the others that were published before them can say: ‘Everything or nothing,'” he reportedly said. There are 50 hostages left in Gaza, but only 20 of them are believed to still be alive. Multiple top security officials have reportedly warned the government the plan will risk their lives.

Det stemmer ikke at tallene er halvert, og det stemmer heller ikke at det ikke er forklart. Det stemmer heller ikke at FN «jukser med tallene». FN justerer fra tid til annen ut fra antall fullt identifisere dødsofre. Forklaringen finner du her, fra en av gangene det ble gjort i 2024: Fact Check: Did UN Halve Gaza Death Toll? https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-un-halve-gaza-death-toll-1900325 (…) In the May 8 release, the number of identified women and children casualties was 4,959 and 7,797, respectively. This was interpreted to mean that the U.N. had halved its estimates. However, at a press conference on Monday, U.N. spokesperson Faran Haq said there had been no change in the overall number of fatalities but that new information had been shared about the number of deaths that had been formally and fully identified. "The overall number of fatalities that's been tallied by the Ministry of Health in Gaza, which is our counterpart on dealing with the death tolls, that number remains unchanged and it's at more than 35,000 people since October 7," Haq said. "What's changed is the Ministry of Health in Gaza has updated the breakdown of fatalities for whom full details have been documented "So what they recently published was that they gave figures for 24,686 out of 34,622 overall fatalities recorded in Gaza, and those 24,686 people are the ones for whom full details have been documented. In other words, people who have been fully identified. Det samme gjelder for eksempel tallene for drepte i Ukraina, der FNs tall er langt lavere enn det reelle antallet drepte, fordi de inkluderer kun fullt identifiserte ofre. Både Russland, Israel og deres støttespillere bruker dessverre slike ting som dette til å så tvil, og spre desinformasjon om antallet drepte sivile. Washington Post har en liste med navn og ID på alle de drepte barna opp til 17 år: 60.000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2025/israel-gaza-war-children-death-toll/

Australia: Australia urges Israel not to take military control of Gaza https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-08-08/ty-article-live/israeli-cabinet-approves-netanyahu-plan-to-occupy-gaza-city-despite-idf-reservations/00000198-8765-d926-a3fd-ff6d01090000 "Australia calls on Israel to not go down this path, which will only worsen the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza," Foreign Minister Penny Wong said in a statement on Friday. Wong said permanent forced displacement was a violation of international law and repeated calls for a ceasefire, aid to flow unimpeded and for militant group Hamas to return the hostages taken in October 2023. "A two-state solution is the only pathway to secure an enduring peace – a Palestinian state and the State of Israel, living side-by-side in peace and security within internationally-recognised borders," she added.

Finland: Valtonen: Finland following Israel's actions in Gaza with 'great worry' https://yle.fi/a/74-20176499 Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen (NCP) has said the government is following Israel's actions in Gaza with "great worry" and that "the situation must change." Speaking to Reuters on Friday, she stressed that Finland strongly opposes any attempt to alter or seize territories allocated to Palestinians under the 1967 agreements — referring specifically to Gaza and the West Bank. Valtonen said it is vital to preserve the conditions for a two-state solution, even if the prospects currently appear bleak. "Finland's priorities are clear. First, the humanitarian situation in the area must be eased, and aid must be allowed to reach all parts of Gaza," she said. She added that Finland does not accept new Israeli settlements in these territories, nor the violence carried out by some settlers in the West Bank.

Storbritannia: Starmer calls Gaza City takeover plan wrong and urges Israel to reconsider https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/08/israel-wrong-to-escalate-offensive-gaza-city-takeover-plan-keir-starmer Keir Starmer has urged Benjamin Netanyahu to reconsider his plans to take over Gaza City and said the move would only bring more bloodshed. The British prime minister said Israel’s decision to escalate a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians over the past 22 months while pushing the territory into famine was wrong and would do nothing to secure the release of Israeli hostages. Israel’s security cabinet approved a plan to take over Gaza City at a meeting that began on Thursday and ran through the night. The plan falls short of taking over the whole of Gaza as Netanyahu said he had intended before the meeting. Starmer said Israel and Hamas should de-escalate the conflict and agree to a ceasefire, and that the prospect of a negotiated two-state solution was “vanishing before our eyes” without the two sides engaging “engaging in good faith in negotiations”. “Every day the humanitarian crisis in Gaza worsens and hostages taken by Hamas are being held in appalling and inhuman conditions. What we need is a ceasefire, a surge in humanitarian aid, the release of all hostages by Hamas and a negotiated solution,” Starmer said. “Our message is clear: a diplomatic solution is possible, but both parties must step away from the path of destruction.”

Netanyahus folkerettsstridige plan om en full militær okkupasjon av Gazastripen, til tross for at IDF er imot, møter massiv kritikk hjemme i Israel, både hos opposisjonen og blant gisselfamiliene. Også meningsmålinger har vist at planene har liten støtte i befolkningen. Yair Lapid kaller det en katastrofe for generasjoner, mens Benny Gantz mener det må inngås våpenhvile. Gisselfamiliene sier dette er en dødsdom for de gjenværende gislene. ‘A disaster’: Opposition, countries, families of hostages blast Gaza City takeover plan https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-disaster-opposition-countries-families-of-hostages-blast-gaza-city-takeover-plan/ Lapid says newly approved plan is ‘exactly what Hamas wanted’; hostages forum says cabinet ‘sentenced the living hostages to death’; UN, UK, Turkey and other nations condemn plan. (...) Opposition Leader Yair Lapid called the move “a disaster that will lead to many more disasters,” in a post on X, adding that it was made in “complete contradiction to the opinion of the military and security ranks.” “This is exactly what Hamas wanted: for Israel to be trapped in the field without a goal, without defining the picture of the day after, in a useless occupation that no one understands where it is leading,” he said. Yisrael Beytenu party chairman and former defense minister Avigdor Liberman said that the decision “proves that life-and-death decisions are being made in opposition to security considerations and the war’s objectives.” “The prime minister of October 7 is once again sacrificing the security of Israeli citizens for the sake of his seat,” he added. Blue and White-National Unity party chairman Benny Gantz also criticized the plan, calling it a “political failure that wastes the tremendous achievements of the IDF.” In a post on X, Gantz suggested an alternative plan to achieve the war’s stated goals of destroying Hamas and returning the hostages: “It can be done differently: First, announce that in exchange for the return of the hostages, we will be willing to agree to a permanent ceasefire.” “The problem with this government is that it is slow, not determined, does not seize opportunities when they arise, and is not creative,” Gantz said. “We already entered Gaza with divisions despite Netanyahu’s fears, we already entered Khan Younis and Rafah despite Netanyahu delaying it. We will know how to do it in the future as well. But the question is, what have we done since then? Only waste time and military achievements.” “We talked all the time about the day after — and Netanyahu did not act. Israel deserves leadership that seizes opportunities, not leadership that does not strive with all its might to return the hostages and defeat Hamas,” he added. Yair Golan, head of The Democrats party, said the decision means that “more hostages will be abandoned to their deaths,” and that the move was typical of Netanyahu: “He is weak, easily pressured, lacking decision-making ability, and without the capacity to bridge between what the professional level presents and the group of messianists controlling the government.” The decision is “a disaster for generations,” Golan said. “Our sons and grandsons will still patrol the alleys of Gaza, we will pay hundreds of billions over the years, and all this for reasons of political survival and messianic visions,” he added, asking how the government planned to demilitarize the Strip: “Are we going to crawl through tunnels and retrieve the last Kalashnikovs?” The Hostages and Missing Families Forum issued a scathing reaction to the decision to conquer Gaza City, where some of the captives are believed to be held. “Tonight, the Israeli government sentenced the living hostages to death and the fallen hostages to disappearance,” it alleged in a statement. “The cabinet decision to launch the process of occupying the Strip is an official declaration of the abandonment of the hostages, while completely ignoring the repeated warnings by the military echelon and the clear desire of most of the public in Israel,” it continued. The statement accused the government of acting against the national interest with a “foolish” move of “deception and unforgivable moral and security neglect” that brings Israel closer to a “colossal disaster for the hostages and [IDF] fighters.” The Forum added, however, that it was not too late and that the step could be stopped by reaching a comprehensive deal to end the war and return all the captives.

Nå: Et av Israels nærmeste allierte land, Tyskland, stanser våpeneksport til Israel på grunn av Netanyahus utvidelse av krigen på Gazastripen. Germany halts military exports that could be used in Gaza, Merz says https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-halts-military-exports-that-could-be-used-gaza-merz-says-2025-08-08/ The German government will not approve any exports of military equipment that could be used in the Gaza Strip until further notice, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Friday in response to Israel's plan to expand its military operations there.

Trump skal ha ropt i telefonen til Netanyahu etter sistnevntes absurde fornektelse av sulten på Gazastripen ifølge amerikanske og israelske medier. Trump shouted at Netanyahu in phone call over PM’s denial of Gaza hunger — report https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/trump-shouted-at-netanyahu-in-phone-call-over-pms-denial-of-gaza-hunger-report/ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump recently had a phone call turn into shouting over the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, NBC News reports, citing unnamed senior US officials. According to the report, the fiery phone conversation took place on July 28, after Netanyahu said at an event that, despite widespread reports of hunger and starvation in the Strip, “there is no starvation in Gaza” — to which Trump publicly responded the next day that he was “not particularly convinced” by Netanyahu’s assurance, saying there was “real starvation” in the Strip and adding: “You can’t fake that.”

Store protester i Israel i kveld mot Netanyahus utvidelse av krigen, som ifølge IDF vil gjøre det mindre sannsynlig å redde gislene. Både familier av gisler, og tidligere gisler er med i demonstrasjonene. Thousands, including freed hostages, protest across Israel as Netanyahu convenes cabinet on Gaza takeover https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-08-07/ty-article-live/rubio-gaza-humanitarian-crisis-is-real-but-not-enough-attention-paid-to-israeli-hostages/00000198-823f-d3d0-a79a-8eff4e860000?liveBlogItemId=1181171441#1181171441 Protesters include Ilana Gritzewsky, Arbel Yehoud and Sharon Cunio-Alony, who were held hostage in Gaza and released in deals with Hamas. Their respective partners, Matan Zangauker, Ariel Cunio and David Cunio are still held in captivity. The Hostage and Missing Families Forum issued a statement saying: "We appeal to the cabinet – the expansion of the fighting creates the danger of death and disappearance for our loved ones – look us in the eye when you choose to sacrifice them. Now is the time, put a comprehensive agreement on the table that will return everyone together – all 50 hostages."

Enig. Kirka ringte også i klokkene etter Russland gikk til full invasjon av Ukraina. At kirka har valgt å markere disse to gigantiske hendelsene der religion har vært sentralt - den russiske invasjonen av Europa og det som de fleste eksperter nå er enige om at er et pågående folkemord, bør være helt uproblematisk for alle og enhver.

Kraftig kritikk fra Storbritannia mot Netanyahu-regimet: British ambassador: ‘Would be a huge mistake’ for Israel to occupy entire Gaza Strip https://www.timesofisrael.com/british-ambassador-would-be-a-huge-mistake-for-israel-to-occupy-entire-gaza-strip/ British Ambassador to Israel Simon Walters said Thursday that it “would be a huge mistake” for Israel to occupy all of Gaza, and pushed back on American and Israeli accusations that the planned UK recognition of Palestinian statehood would reward Hamas. Hosting a briefing for Israeli reporters, Walters also condemned settler violence in the West Bank, “for which [Israel] seems to [impose] no consequences,” and highlighted Gaza’s “horrifying” humanitarian situation, calling on Israel to allow “full unrestricted access to aid.” (…) “The IDF has done all that it can do in Gaza — it’s not going to achieve any more by fighting any longer,” said Walters. “Extending the war any further will simply lead to more deaths — deaths of soldiers, deaths of Palestinians, and, likely, deaths of hostages.” He added that if Israel wants to defeat Hamas, “it can’t do that only militarily — it requires politics and diplomacy, and giving Gazans an alternative to Hamas” as Gaza’s post-war government.

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