Official press release from the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Custody of the Holy Land, after Israel’s egregious action toward church leaders on Palm Sunday
Iran headlines – Houthis join war against Israel ■ More Palestinian deaths in Gaza ■ More Palestinian deaths, settler violence in West Bank ■ Palestinian dies in prison, as others starve ■ More.
Latest on Israeli-US war on Iran, including American losses ■ News from Israel’s war on Lebanon, including land theft ■ 3 Palestinians killed in West Bank ■ Assassination plot against Palestinian American foiled
The report’s conclusion—that Israel’s denying Palestinians the right of return constitutes a crime against humanity–apparently made HRW’s legal dept uncomfortable enough to halt the report, a decision that one staffer described as “unprincipled and cowardly.”
Jewish establishment groups rushed to yoke themselves to the unpopular war that President Trump and the Israelis launched against Iran. And they’re setting up American Jews to take the blame.
From Jewish Currents: “It was no less than an attempted Jewish communal coup,” and a sign of the weakness of the Jewish establishment.
The London Initiative – a network of ‘changemakers’ – warned in a letter that settler violence against West Bank Palestinians is not only condoned by the Israeli government but has become official policy – and must be stopped
In a timeline from 1918 to now, historian Zachary Foster shows Zionists and Israeli leaders have wanted to occupy, annex, and dominate Lebanon since long before the existence of Hezbollah.
Genocide does not require mass graves; it also includes efforts to destroy a people’s capacity to bring the next generation into being.
Israel’s systematic use of torture and sexual violence against Palestinians meets that definition.
Iran Strikes