Daily Updates Archives

Category: Daily Updates

Daily news updates after October 7, 2023

Israeli soldier threatens mutiny – “We want to annihilate them” – Day 232

[email protected] May 26, 2024 campus protest germany, captured israeli soldiers, evacuation, famine, gaza hospital, gaza pier, genocide, international ourt of justice, Jabaliya, mutiny, podcast, rafah crossing, tel aviv, torture, West Bank

Israeli strikes kill Palestinians just trying to survive; more evacuations; Israeli torture methods; Gaza hospitals in crisis; Israel searches for loopholes in ICJ ruling; 2nd grade Jewish girls meet with White House officials; Hamas rockets hit Tel Aviv; Gaza pier can’t take the rough seas; Hamas claims it captured Israeli soldiers, Israel denies; EU visits West Bank, condemn settler violence; campus protests in Germany, more…

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Israel’s response to ICJ ruling: bomb more – Day 231

[email protected] May 25, 2024 al jazeera israel, gaza pier, harvard graduation protest, humanitarian aid, international court of justice, international law, media freedom coalition, podcast, Rafah, ucla arrest, ucla protest

Friday’s ruling by International Court of Justice welcomed by legal experts; not by Israel; some people in Gaza surviving on three per cent of the minimum standard for daily water needs; Media Freedom Coalition on the closure of Al Jazeera in Israel; Gaza pier is broken; first arrest made over UCLA counterprotester violence; Harvard graduation protest; more

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ICJ orders Israel halt Rafah invasion, open crossings to aid – Day 230

[email protected] May 24, 2024 al awda hospital, colombian embassy, genocide, humanitarian aid, international court of justice, international criminal court, israeli settler violence, land appropriation, palestinian detainees, palestinian prisoners, palestinian state, podcast, prison abuse, Rafah

Israeli settlers attack aid trucks again; Pope calls Gaza every night; Al Awda Hospital hangs by a thread; demand for ICC to investigate Palestinian prisoner abuse; punishing Spain for recognizing Palestine; Israeli policy to drive out pastoral communities; Colombian embassy coming to Ramallah; Netanyahu invited to speak to Congress; Nikki Haley; more.

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Congress poised to invite accused war criminal Netanyahu to Washington – Day 229

[email protected] May 23, 2024 freedom of press, gaza pier, humanitarian aid, international court of justice, international criminal court, Jenin, mike johnson, palestinian statehood, podcast, police brutality, settler violence, ucla, West Bank

House leader Johnson (funded by AIPAC) set to defy ICC; Israeli forces kill 12 Palestinians in Jenin; 896 settler attacks; 10 NGOs call for “media access to Gaza”; some biscuits make their way to Gazans’ mouths; 1,400 Israeli academics call for ceasefire; Gazans getting 1/4 of the water they need; much more…

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$320 million Gaza pier has not delivered any aid to people of Gaza – Day 228

[email protected] May 22, 2024 Antony Blinken, arab americans, Associated Press, Bezalel Smotrich, bilal hammoud, freedom of the press, Gaza, gaza pier, humanitarian aid, international criminal court, itamar ben gvir, Jenin, palestinian statehood, podcast, West Bank, world food program, world hunger

Norway, Ireland, Spain to recognize Palestinian statehood; after $320 million and over 2 months, US has not gotten any aid to Gazan families; Israel confiscates, then returns camera equipment to AP; 8 Palestinians killed in West Bank; Israeli forces telling settlers where to attack humanitarian aid trucks; Biden admin showing some hostility on Netanyahu war strategy; Arab Americans told a Palestinian state would result in world hunger

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Netanyahu calls ICC arrest applications “the new antisemitism” – Day 227

[email protected] May 21, 2024 amal clooney, antisemitism, Gaza, international criminal court, Jenin, karim khan, Netanyahu, nypd, podcast, West Bank

Netanyahu raves against Int’l Criminal Court decision, as Gazans are displaced, babies are dying, and the West Bank faces violent invasion; meanwhile, much of the world – but not Biden/Blinken/Schumer – applauds the decision; ICC prosecutor makes his case for continued investigation, refuses bullying attacks; Biden’s strange claim at Clemson; NYPD “aggressive response” to pro-Palestine march

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ICC orders arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu – Day 226

[email protected] May 20, 2024 assassination, Ebrahim Raisi, FAROUK AL-KHATIB, ghassan abu sitta, humanitarian aid, international criminal court, israeli prison, Jabaliya, medical evacuation, Netanyahu, netanyahu arrest warranat, nypd, police brutality, Rafah, two-state solution

3,000 aid trucks wait at the border to enter Gaza, 100s of medical patients wait to exit; Israel assassinates Gaza police; as Israel destroys northern Gaza, more troops also head to southern Gaza; Israeli settlers attack aid trucks bound for Gaza; Israel wants US to withdraw support for two-state solution; president of Iran killed in helicopter crash; Netanyahu controls cabinet’s access to US leaders, doesn’t want to end war; Glasgow Univ rector investigation incited by Gnasherjew website; NYPD overreacts to peaceful Nakba protest in Brooklyn

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As aid dribbles into Gaza, displacement and death prevail – Day 225

[email protected] May 19, 2024 Gaza, humanitarian aid, Israel, israeli prison, medical evacuation, medical negligence, meta, Rafah, West Bank, whatsapp

Gazans killed while fetching water, waiting for medical evacuation; humanitarian aid trickles in; just months after arriving in Rafah, massive numbers of people are leaving; Israeli violence in West Bank, East Jerusalem; medical negligence in Israeli prisons; accusations against Meta, WhatsApp for leaking Palestinian info for targeted killings; Israel claims young children are informers; former Mossad leader says Israel is losing the war, more

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Israeli lawyers at Int’l Court of Justice out of touch with reality – Day 224

[email protected] May 18, 2024 gaza pier, humanitarian aid, israel at icj, Nakba, university of california, West Bank

Israel defends its attack on Rafah with lies; UN commemoration of the Nakba emphasizes Israel’s options for Palestinians: “displacement, subjugation, or death”; as Gaza pier (paid for by US) becomes operational, US denounces Israel’s refusal to open land routes for aid; West Bank deaths; University of California academics authorize strike for Gaza; more

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As it defends its planned genocidal Rafah invasion before ICJ, Israel vows to “intensify” raids – Day 223

[email protected] May 17, 2024 free speech, gaza pier, greg abbott, Human Rights Watch, humanitarian aid, international court of justice, international law, israeli settler violence, Jabaliya, japan, Lindsay Graham, Rafah, West Bank

Israel prepares a large-scale attack on Rafah, after massive destruction in the north and massive loss of life; aid orgs running out of medical supplies, food; West Bank also under attack; HRW reports on Israel’s failure to follow ICJ’s orders – as Israel is hauled up before the court yet again; multiple countries (not including US) pressure Israel to comply with int’l law; Japan calls out Lindsay Graham’s bad taste; US-built pier is operational; Texas governor Greg Abbott sued; more

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