Daily Updates Archives

Category: Daily Updates

Daily news updates after October 7, 2023

Israel kills American activist, terrorizes prisoners, as Biden admin shrugs – Day 335

[email protected] September 7, 2024 Ayşenur Eygi, btselem, ceasefire, international solidarity movement, israeli settler violence, palestinian prisoners, Tally Gotliv, unexploded ordnance, west bank death, white phosphorus, Yuli Novak

American activist shot in the head, killed while observing peaceful protest, US “needs more info”; leaked video shows Israeli torture and intimidation of Palestinian prisoners; Israel blocks polio vaccination teams, unexploded ordnance disposal equipment in Gaza; Israeli MK calls for death sentence for B’Tselem executive director; Biden says ceasefire imminent, Netanyahu says nope; Israeli forces kill 13-year-old while protecting violent settlers; Israel withdraws from Jenin, but may return; France arrests nurse who volunteered in Gaza; Israel uses white phosphorus in Lebanon; more.

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Israel’s violence and aggression against Palestinians appear to be escalating – Day 334

[email protected] September 6, 2024 ceasefire, Chris Hedges, genocide, ibm, israeli war crime, jewish supremacy, jill stein, Khairi Hannoun, Philadelphi Corridor, polio vaccine, west bank deaths

Israel has refused entry to some polio vaccine workers; continues to bomb civilians in tents; many Palestinians would prefer death to their current struggle; Amnesty calls Israel’s wanton destruction a “war crime”; Netanyahu’s superfluous demand for control of Philadelphi Corridor; Israeli violence in West Bank spreads; sane words from Jill Stein (with Chris Hedges) in a time of genocide; the unstoppable Khairi Hannoun; IBM’s troubling paradigm; Israel withholds key info from US investigators; when 6 > 40,000; Israel’s pursuit of Jewish supremacy; more.

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As Netanyahu digs in and Palestine is dismantled, Biden/Harris stand firmly by Israel’s side – Day 333

[email protected] September 5, 2024 arms transfers to israel, civilian casualties in gaza, from the river to the sea, greta thunberg, humanitarian aid, ihra definition of antisemitism, international criminal court, Jenin, meta, Netanyahu, NSM-20, polio vaccination, teaching about palestine, Tulkarm, two nice jewish boys podcast

Netanyahu is ok with civilian casualties in Gaza; Rafah closure: expired humanitarian aid is being dumped in Egypt; brutality in Jenin and Tulkarm, West Bank; Int’l Criminal Court calls out US for pressure, threats; Biden’s own laws require him to suspend arms transfers to Israel; the “war on Palestine” is waged even in K-12; Greta Thunberg arrested during Gaza protest; mainstream Israeli podcast calls for elimination of Palestinians; “Israel Rules Washington”; from the river to the sea; more.

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Israeli-inflicted Palestinian injuries in Gaza, West Bank surpass 100,000 – Day 332

[email protected] September 4, 2024 arms sales to israel, columbia university, david cameron, David Friedman, Gaza, hamas, Merrick Garland, palestine erased, Palestinian journalists, West Bank

Hamas is alive and well; West Bank is officially a “combat zone”; Palestinian journalists imprisoned like never before; Int’l Criminal Court decision on Netanyahu war crimes expected soon; US files criminal charges against Hamas members; Netanyahu blatantly erases Palestine from the map; Trump adviser David Friedman has a plan for a Greater Israel; US in “despair” about ceasefire; UK’s David Cameron could have stopped arms sales to Israel months ago; Columbia U students keep protesting for Palestine; more

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Israel is unrelenting in Gaza, West Bank, as UK takes a small step back – Day 331

[email protected] September 3, 2024 arms embargo, cair, David Lammy, francesca albanese, Jenin, Orit Strock, Philadelphi Corridor, polio vaccine, Tulkarm, US aid to Israel

Polio vaccination campaign successful so far; bread-line massacre; updates from the West Bank – at least 30 dead since start of invasion; call to declare war on West Bank; strong statement from Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur for Palestine; Netanyahu apologizes (sort of), but remains defiant; UK initiates partial arms embargo on Israel; Israeli official reveals Israel’s vulnerability without US aid; CAIR calls on Biden to treat all lives equally; US preparing a “take-it-or-leave-it” ceasefire plan; more.

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Gaza children vaccinated against polio, West Bank and Israel in chaos – Day 330

[email protected] September 2, 2024 ben gvir, Dr. Khaled Alser, Hebron, israeli hostages, Jenin, polio vaccine, the lancet, torture

72K polio vaccines administered in central Gaza; Day 5 of Israel’s attack on Jenin “like an earthquake has struck the city”; Israel has killed 7 youths in a week in West Bank; renowned Gaza doctor still disappeared; Israeli forces killed near Hebron; Israel in turmoil after 6 hostages’ bodies recovered; Ben Gvir calls for death penalty for Palestinian prisoners; more.

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Jenin under deadly siege, as Gaza war appears to engulf West Bank – Day 329

[email protected] September 1, 2024 Hebron, human shield, Jenin, palestinian prisoner death, state of palestine, west bank siege

Dozens of Palestinians dead across West Bank, especially Jenin; extensive damage to infrastructure, healthcare facilities; Israel uses young girl as human shield; father of seven dies in Israeli custody; Hebron heating up; hostage corpses recovered; State of Palestine gets a seat at UN General Assembly

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West Bank, Gaza face similar annihilation tactics at Israel’s hands – Day 328

[email protected] August 31, 2024 biden genocide complicity, evacuation, humanitarian aid, Jenin, unaccompanied children, West Bank

West Bank invasion continues, with at least 20 dead, Jenin hit hardest; strong parallels between Gaza and West Bank invasions; tragic numbers of unaccompanied children, as Israel withholds aid like never before; US encourages changes in Israel’s evacuation policy – because US says it cares about the “most vulnerable”; Palestinians seek US Appeals Court review of Biden genocide complicity case; more.

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Israel Israel Has Bombed Gaza Into 42 Million Tons of Rubble – Day 327

[email protected] August 30, 2024 anera, columbia university, gaza pier, humanitarian aid, humanitarian pause, Khirbet Karkur, occupation of gaza, paralympics, polio vaccine, Qaid Farhad Alkadi, Ritchie Torres, Robert O’Brien, Sarah Wilkinson, west bank invasion, world food programme

9 members of Gaza family wiped out at once; 3-day polio vaccine pauses to begin; Israel attacks humanitarian aid convoy, killing 5; freed Israeli Bedouin hostage’s village mostly under demolition orders; West Bank invasion: at least 18 Palestinians killed; US-UK “special relationship” may be at risk if UK blocks arms sales to Israel; human rights activist-reportrt arrested by UK police; Columbia U dumps due process to punish Palestine protesters; Rep. Ritchie Torres says BDS has “taken over the American aviation industry”; Gazan competes in Paralympics; more.

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West Bank faces massive Israeli attack, as Gaza bleeds – Day 326

[email protected] August 29, 2024 al-aqsa mosque, namibia, polio, Rafah, sanctions, Sde Teiman, settler violence, West Bank, world food program

Massive Israeli raid enters second day, US has no comment; Israeli drone strike kills 13-year-old and 17-year-old Palestinian brothers in WB; Israel admits to response failure in recent settler attack; strikes on Gaza continue, as Israel withholds necessities; Israeli forces target World Food Program vehicle; satellite imagery shows vast destruction of Rafah; US sanctions a few more settlers; Israeli gang rape alleged perp is TV star; possible religious war looms over Al Aqsa, as Israel plans to fund settler visits; Namibia adheres to Genocide Convention; more.

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