Death tolls continue to climb in Gaza, Lebanon; how Gaza keeps track of its dead; how Israel drops off unidentified bodies; Israel’s war on Gaza causes profound education setbacks; “It’s Bisan From Gaza and I’m Still Alive” wins news Emmy; Israel’s violence in West Bank continues unabated; Hezbollah rocket intercepted over Tel Aviv; news on Lebanon’s economy, journalist death, Israeli settlers’ takeover plans; calls for Blinken’s resignation; attempts to revoke pro-Palestine groups’ tax exemption; US media once again parroting Israeli talking points; calls for Biden admin investigation into the death of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi; more.
Category: 2023 Israel Gaza War
Facts & analysis on the events of Oct. 7 and since
Israel kills and kills while maintaining innocence; Biden supports Israel in front of the world – Day 353
Israel offers a hi-tech cartoon in defense of targeting civilians in Lebanon; Israel ironically demands that Hezbollah stop launching rockets; US drags its feet on filling Israel’s latest weapons demand; new testimonies of torture in Israeli prison camps; Biden’s final UN speech absolves Israel; more.
Israel kills civilians in Gaza, Lebanon, as US prepares to send more troops, weapons to the region – Day 352
Palestinians in Gaza suffer as Israel mulls ethnically cleansing the entire north; massive casualties in Lebanon as Israel bombs relentlessly; US sending personnel and bombs to help Israel; Palestinian girl in Israel persecuted for sympathizing with Gazan children; more.
Israel’s brutal attacks on Gaza, Lebanon, and the truth – Day 351
As the world focuses on Lebanon, Israel’s deadly war on Gaza continues; the truth is a casualty of Israeli aggression, as military forcibly shuts down Al Jazeera office in West Bank; Israel continues to pound Lebanon, amid Biden admin’s hand-wringing; Israel prepares healthcare sector for war casualties, as Gaza never could; South Africa’s president declares “UN Security Council is no longer fit” to do its job; UK Labour Party self-censors on Palestine; Greta Thunberg speaks out; more.
Israel bombs shelter in Gaza, killing orphans and widows – Day 350
Israel kills orphans, widows, health workers in Gaza, steals land in West Bank, takes terrorism to a new level – could this be the week Netanyahu goes from pariah to international fugitive?
Choose-Your-Own Update – Day 349
Biden’s weapon transfers to Israel under scrutiny; Netanyahu wants to “change the Middle East”; Lebanese diplomat warns of “great explosion” in the region if Israel isn’t stopped; more.
“This is an extremely dark place in history” – Day 348
UN Child Rights Committee condemns Israel’s treatment of Palestinian children; Rashida Tlaib: “Palestinians are human beings”; electricity blackout as a tool of genocide; West Bank deaths; Israeli Supreme Court orders Sde Teiman prison to stay open after rape scandal; Hezbollah leader vows “just retribution” for Israel’s pager explosions; exploding electronics might be war crimes; no ceasefire expected while Biden in office; UVA refuses to divest after student referendum
How Israel’s quadcopters traumatize, maim and kill Palestinians in Gaza
Quadcopters are small but lethal tools that the Israeli military has used to kill 1,000 Palestinians, to maim in horrific ways, and to terrorize the population of Gaza.
Israel employs terror as Palestine engages in UN diplomacy – Day 347
As Gazans die, Israel launches a second deadly strike across Lebanon; overwhelming majority in UN General Assembly support Palestine’s call for an end to Israel’s illegal occupation; another Palestinian death in Israeli prison, 2 in West Bank; Israel’s pager attack was culmination of years-long scheme; Israeli leader announces “new phase of war” focusing on north, Lebanon; Saudi Arabia vows no normalization with Israel without Palestinian state; more.
Israeli society’s dehumanization of Palestinians is now absolute
In the past, Israel’s moral debate about its military actions may have been narrow and hypocritical, but at least it existed. Not this time.