2023 Israel Gaza War Archives

Category: 2023 Israel Gaza War

Facts & analysis on the events of Oct. 7 and since

Israel employs terror as Palestine engages in UN diplomacy – Day 347

[email protected] September 19, 2024 israel attack on lebanon, israel war with lebanon, occupation, palestinian prisoner, saudi normalization with israel, state of palestine, west bank death

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.

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Israeli society’s dehumanization of Palestinians is now absolute

[email protected] September 18, 2024 dehumanization, genocide, Israeli Army, moral army

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.

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The unpublished genocide diaries of Refaat Alareer

[email protected] September 18, 2024 genocide, Refaat Alareer, We Are Not Numbers

The following pieces by Dr. Refaat Alareer, the Palestinian poet, professor and beloved mentor who was murdered in an Israeli airstrike on 6 December 2023, have not been published previously.

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Gazans have an average of one meal every other day – Day 346

[email protected] September 18, 2024 al bureij massacre, Hezbollah, humanitarian aid, Israeli blockade, Lebanon, occupation, pager explosion, Palestinian Deaths, Wikipedia, zionism

Lebanon in crisis after thousands of pagers explode in Israeli op; Israel blocks 83% of aid into Gaza; Israeli massacre in Al Bureij refugee camp using US-made bombs kills at least 23, dozens still buried; Israel is denying visas to Gaza-bound aid groups; Israel has killed an average of 2 babies, 3 health workers every day; in West Bank, 5 children are killed or injured every day; State of Palestine asks UN to consider calling for end to Israeli occupation; Wikipedia defines Zionism as colonialism; more.

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Gaza’s book of genocide: 649 pages of victims’ names – Day 345

[email protected] September 17, 2024 gaza deaths, gaza healthcare, israel artificial intelligence, linda thomas-greenfield, sabra and shatila, water apartheid, west bank deaths

The first 14 pages of Gaza’s book of the dead contain the names of babies killed before their first birthday; Gaza’s much-needed medical rehab sector is decimated; water apartheid; West Bank deaths; remembering the Sabra and Shatila massacre; US ambassador to UN gives surprising criticism of Israel; mainstreaming Israel’s deadly AI;

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An arms embargo on Israel is not a radical idea — it’s the law

[email protected] September 16, 2024 arms embargo, Foreign Assistance Act, human rights standards, leahy law, U.S. military funding

Halting military aid to Israel is the bare minimum the U.S. can do to stop the Gaza genocide. An arms embargo is not only supported by 60% of Americans, it is demanded by international and U.S. law. Kamala Harris must get on board.

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Israel abuses prisoners, asylum seekers, as it continues to pound Gaza – Day 344

[email protected] September 16, 2024 asylum seekers, Ayşenur Eygi, codepink, famine, houthi missile, israeli hostages, israeli settler violence, palestinian prisoners

Another Palestinian among 26 Gazans killed; Israeli keeps missing its target – a civil defense officer – but kills his entire family; famine, heavy rains, high tides threaten the besieged population of Gaza; the elderly are disproportionately dying in Gazan genocide; more detainees released in bad condition; Israel admits it likely killed 3 hostages whose deaths it blamed on Hamas; Palestinian Authority will take Israel to ICC over killing of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi; Israeli settler attack caught on video; Israel exploits African asylum seekers; Yemen missile reaches outskirts of Tel Aviv, survives interception; Israel’s latest “oopsie-daisy”; CodePink has plans for Netanyahu; more.

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UN: damage inflicted by famine will be “carried by Palestinians for several generations in the future” – Day 343

[email protected] September 15, 2024 Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, evacuation gaza, famine, israeli settler violence, Jewish Chronicle, Lebanon, mass starvation, matt nelson, palestinian state, polio vaccine

At least 26 Gazans killed Saturday; starvation as a weapon of state; Israel issues another evacuation order; UN calls for another round of polio vaccine pauses; Gazan medic killed in Israeli prison; Gaza calls for help as cold weather approaches; Israeli settlers + soldiers storm Hebron’s Old City; Netanyahu signals readiness to expand military efforts in Lebanon; UK’s Jewish Chronicle admits it was duped; UAE calls for Palestinian State on “day after”; South African minister calls for global solidarity with Palestine; on Aysenur Ezgi Eygi and Matt Nelson

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Biden administration coddles human rights abusers as Gazans die, Americans protest – Day 342

[email protected] September 14, 2024 american weapons in gaza, Ayşenur Eygi, campus protest, hostage video, israeli whitewashing, Josep Borrell, leahy law, matt nelson, military aid to israel, pope francis, self immolation, US aid to egypt

An American self-immolates outside Israeli consulate in Boston; US students protest for Gaza in spite of restrictions; US shelling out big bucks for goodies for Israel and aid for Egypt; State Dept spox prefers Israeli whitewashing over Washington Post investigation; EU leader called antisemitic for talking about two-state solution; Pope declares Israel’s actions in Gaza “ugly”; more.

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Gaza breakdown: 20 times Israel used US arms in likely war crimes

[email protected] September 13, 2024 genocide, US arms transfers to Israel, US weapons, war crimes

The following cases represent a small fraction of potential human rights violations committed with American planes, shells, and bombs. The US is complicit in genocide.

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