Bill introduced to give Israel $17.6 billion; Israel continues violating international law in the week since ICJ ruling; death, hunger, disease without medicine, Israeli forces fire at fleeing civilians; Hamas demands Israel release Marwan Barghouti, the “Palestinian Nelson Mandela”; fears of a bloodbath in Rafah, Israel’s next target; Israel’s explanation for desecrating cemeteries; settler violence in West Bank; US vs. the Middle East;
Category: 2023 Israel Gaza War
Facts & analysis on the events of Oct. 7 and since
Over 100,000 Gazans dead, injured, or missing and presumed dead – Day 119
US has no plans to reduce arms shipments to Israel, rebuffs “immediate ceasefire,” prefers to wait for negotiated ceasefire – as Israel prepares to attack Rafah, where half of Gazans are now sheltering; meanwhile; half of Americans say Israel has “gone too far”; Rafah is “a pressure cooker of despair, and we fear for what comes next”; World Food Program still struggling against Israel’s restrictions on aid; 800 Western officials criticize Western policy toward Gaza, Israel;
October 7th myths are still out there, killing Palestinians
Atrocity stories from October 7th still persist, although they have been widely debunked – including by Israeli organizations. We need to set the record straight once and for all.
Gazan detainees report “torture like we never saw before” – Day 118
17,000 Gazan children alone, many are freezing, all are hungry and thirsty; Israel’s massive number of “controlled demolitions”; Israeli military ready to head south to Rafah, Gazans are terrified; humanitarian pause may be “weeks” away; Netanyahu’s incendiary remarks about UNRWA; the West is ignoring Houthis’ message; Biden sanctions 4 Israeli settlers; US judge can’t rule on Biden’s complicity in Israel’s genocide, but calls on him to “reconsider his position”
CNN got this one right – Israel fails to make a case for desecrating a Gaza cemetery
Israel claims a tunnel ran through this Gaza cemetery it destroyed. A visit to the site raised more questions than answers. CNN doesn’t often challenge the Israel narrative, but this time, Jeremy Diamond was spot-on.
Mainstream media covers up Israeli calls to drive two million Palestinians into permanent exile
The mainstream U.S. media is almost totally ignoring incendiary statements by powerful Israeli officials who say openly they want to push Palestinians out of Gaza forever.
Gaza is “a population that is starving to death” – Day 117
Gaza at 80% unemployment; arrests & humiliation in Khan Younis; possible truce, prisoner exchange; discovery of 30 Palestinian corpses; more on UNRWA; West Bank administrative detentions through the roof; destruction of childhood; ethnic cleansing of Bedouin; university demolition; Brian Mast – babies aren’t innocent; US court on Israeli genocide; Chicago latest major city to call for ceasefire; Iraq-based militia statement
October 7 Fact Check: Which atrocity claims are factual, which are false
Numerous reports have been disseminated and repeated about atrocities that have been proven to be untrue, yet they continue to circulate. This website Investigates the facts on each and provides thorough sourcing for its findings
30 handcuffed, blindfolded Gazans found in body bags – Day 116
Apparent mass execution of Gazan men; triple assassination of Palestinians in Jenin hospital; NYTimes caught red-handed; Israel ignores ICJ ruling; the neglected residents of northern Gaza; Israel says No to early openings of aid checkpoints; pregnant Gazan women grossly underserved; disturbing uptick in detention, torture of Gazan men; drone footage confirms massive devastation; Israeli and US reactions to Jenin assassinations; Canada pledges humanitarian funding, but not to UNRWA; speaker of Knesset coming to Congress; Harvard sued for non-protection of Palestinian students
NYT: Where Is Hamas Getting Its Weapons? Increasingly, From Israel.
“Israeli officials knew before the October attacks that Hamas could salvage some Israeli-made weapons, but the scope has startled weapons experts and diplomats alike.”