Facts & analysis on the events of Oct. 7 and since
Catastrophic famine; MSF says latest massacres illustrate disregard for Palestinian lives; ceasefire proposal confusion; bodies as bargaining chips; shooting in Jerusalem’s Old City; Israel says “no innocent civilians” in Gaza; the Day After; Hezbollah; Gideon Levy on Israel’s lost conscience…
The almost 1,000 Palestinians killed or wounded in Nuseirat by Israeli forces were erased from news coverage, or acknowledged as an afterthought. (No one had to be murdered anyway, as Hamas had reportedly offered to release civilian captives last October.)
Experts are urging the ICC to investigate the European Commission president over her alleged support for Israel’s genocidal assault on the Palestinian people.
New York Times reports: Since Israel invaded Gaza, the Sde Teiman military base has filled with blindfolded, handcuffed detainees, held without charge or legal representation.
US presence in Israel during Nuseirat attack; 3,000 at-risk children could die “before their families’ eyes” without aid; 6 killed in West Bank again; House proposes millions more to Israel; US experts say “policies should be America first, not Israel first; US Congress members have an “AIPAC guy”…
Gaza pier: futile – or worse?; Questions about Gazan journalist; Americans reject arming Israel; the dangers of unexploded ordnance & depleted uranium in Gaza; US’s support for a ceasefire; Israeli prisoners, like Gazans, are malnourished; Israeli forces kill 6 Palestinians in West Bank; more on Briahna Joy Gray firing…
Saturday’s attack on Nuseirat in central Gaza: horrific stories of terror and destruction; war crime; Biden administration culpability; US assistance in attack makes US a party, places U.S. forces at risk; 85% of Jewish Americans say it’s important for the US to continue to support Israel; holocaust miniseries; more
As Nuseirat tries to recover from Saturday’s massacre, some pieces fit together: possible US complicity in the attack, possible use of the Gaza pier, war crimes; horrific descriptions from the ground; reactions from key stakeholders; a look at the math of hostage rescue; US diplomat calls Gaza a holocaust; more.
While Israelis celebrated the release of 4 captives by the military, Palestinians mourned hundreds of people killed during the operation. Mangled bodies of men, women and children were strewn about… the floating pier built by the US appears to have been used in the raid… Feigning civilian status, as Israeli forces seem to have done, may violate int’l law… some captives said to have been killed during the assault
Israeli bombing of Gaza surpasses that of WW2; Israel’s military added to a global list of entities that commit violations against children; surge in Israeli attacks on “safe zones”;
Israel partisans call Briahna Joy Gray “N word”, she describes Hill censorship; West Bank Israeli thuggery; more…