Israel brings death to Gaza, Lebanon, US brings death to Yemen; Israel keeps int’l doctors out of Gaza; soldiers shoot at Gaza during Purim ritual; more checkpoints than ever in West Bank; Al Aqsa mosque; the end of Adam Boehler as envoy
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a Cornell University professor and two graduate students. The lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of two Executive Orders used by the Trump Administration to target and deport international students advocating for Palestinian freedom, rights, and liberation under the guise of protecting national security.
Helyeh Doutaghi was placed on leave by Yale Law School after being falsely accused of “terrorism” over her support for Palestine. She says her case reflects the new era of Zionist McCarthyism and that this repression reveals an empire in decline.
Sewage in Gaza; Israel refuses Hamas’ offer to release US prisoner; West Bank pogrom; Pro-Israel group says it has ‘deportation list’ and has sent ‘thousands’ of names to Trump officials; latest on Mahmoud Khalil and free speech under Trump
Pro-Israel Betar USA is notorious for spreading hatred against Palestinians, may be violating US law by raising funds without being registered as a charity, a recent leader is charged with crimes related to revenge porn, etc
Hopelessness returns to Gaza, as ethnic cleansing looms; in West Bank, healthcare under attack; in Washington DC, Trump vacillates, insults; protests in Trump tower for Mahmoud Khalil; lawsuit for Columbia.
Israel once again cut electricity to Gaza on Sunday, taking offline a desalination plant that provided water to 600,000.
Retired Army Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis was reportedly up for a top job with Tulsi but was the target of a smear campaign by pro-Israel hawks; he says U.S. support for Israel’s war on Gaza is a strategic and moral mistake. He joins a growing series of appointees in key positions across a number of national security agencies who are disliked by Israel Firsters
In-depth: Working tirelessly amid unimaginable suffering, doctors in Gaza have been arrested, tortured, and deliberately targeted by Israeli forces.
The city of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank is now a ghost town. Life has come to a standstill in the usually bustling city after Israeli ground troops, fighter jets, helicopters, tanks, bulldozers and drones have ravaged residential neighborhoods, the destruction resembling that in Gaza.