Facts & analysis on the events of Oct. 7 and since
Haartez reported earlier on an unauthorized raid in Balata refugee camp, in which the IDF shot dead an 80-year-old woman on the street and a barber in his kitchen. Now it turns out that another man was shot that day and left bleeding until Israeli troops arrived – and shot him again
Israel kills 19 Palestinians during 3-hour ceasefire delay; Israeli hostages released “in good health”; Israel kills 14-yr-old in West Bank; Israeli calls to restart war….
Israel killed over 140 Palestinians, including children, after the ceasefire agreement was announced –19 of them in the 3-hour delay after the truce was supposed to be in place. Immediately after the 8.30am deadline, Israel began striking Gaza with warplanes, drone fire & artillery
Israel kills 19 after ceasefire deadline; Israel will “allow” the world to fix (and pay for) the mess in Gaza; Hamas and Fatah poised to govern Gaza; Smotrich and Ben Gvir stir up trouble; West Bank death; Bernie and Trump weigh in on ceasefire
As ceasefire deal moves through web of approval, Israel keeps killing in Gaza; Trump admin supports return to war; hostage/prisoner release details; Blinken gets an earful at final press briefing; more.
It is time to acknowledge that President Biden chose the circumstances that led to US complicity for the genocide and war crimes in Gaza.
Two independent journalists, Sam Husseini & Max Blumenthal, confront Blinken on the US-Israeli genocide. Husseini is literally carried out, manhandled, and handcuffed after Blinken talks about the importance of a free press.
In 2024, the U.S. State Department faced sharp criticism for supplying arms to Israel amid allegations of human rights abuses in Gaza. Internal dissent raised alarms over eroding U.S. credibility, the lack of accountability for Israel’s restrictions on humanitarian aid, and the displacement of civilians—actions seen as undermining America’s human rights commitments.
Israel plays a cynical game. It makes phased agreements with the Palestinians that ensure it immediately gets what it wants. It then violates every subsequent phase and reignites its military assault – Chris Hedges
Official reports about Gaza becoming uninhabitable have been issued for years… One wonders if the world had paid even the slightest attention to Gaza and the cries of people trapped behind walls, barbed wire, and electric fences, whether the current war and genocide could have been avoided.