The current situation in Gaza and Israel did not come out of the blue. Read critical background left out of breaking news alerts…
Essential facts and stats about the Hamas-Gaza-Israel war
Israel’s latest targets include children, hospital patients, journalists – Day 384
Israeli forces storm northern Gaza hospital, assassinate Lebanese journalists; Israeli legislature poised to ban primary humanitarian aid org in Gaza; some US voices try to erase Palestine from discourse; more.
In northern Gaza, “We are just waiting for death to come. Or a miracle.” – Day 383
Israeli military cruelty knows no bounds, as another school-turned-shelter is bombed, children are abused, hospitals are depleted, and famine is descending.
The Religious Extremism That Motivates Israeli Settler Expansion in the West Bank
Few people are aware of the religious intolerance that motivates the ultra-Orthodox Jewish settlers on the West Bank. Consider the statement of one of their heroes, the former Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel: “The only reason for the existence of non-Jews is to serve Jews.”
Israel tags Palestinian journalists for assassination – Day 382
Israel’s hit list includes truth-tellers in Gaza; northern Gaza collapsing under Israeli violence as Lebanon is hit hard; Netanyahu won’t publicly deny ethnic cleansing plan; UPenn Palestine activists raided by militarized cops; more.
Police escalate the British state’s war on independent journalism
The raid on investigative journalist Asa Winstanley isn’t about terrorism – except the UK government’s. It is about scaring us into staying silent on Israel’s genocide.
The West’s collusion with Israel creates constant discrepancies between press freedom and censorship.
U.S. Media’s Doublespeak: Israelis Live in “Densely Populated Areas,” Palestinians Are “Human Shields”
The Western media’s double standards when it comes to Israel and Palestine are hardly new. The discourse around “human shields” — or the failure to use the term — is an example of hypocrisy pushed to the extreme, by letting Israel deflect the blame for mass civilian deaths.
In one year, Israel blocked over 250,000 aid trucks from entering Gaza – Day 381
Death toll keeps climbing in northern Gaza as hospitals run out of supplies; Palestine’s future looks bleak; Israel has blocked 250K aid trucks; Israel targets peacekeepers in Lebanon, where children are at high risk for disease; Israel kills a child in West Bank; more.
Where was Amnesty International during the Genocide in Gaza?
Amnesty International postures about all sorts of trendy human rights everywhere in the world, but then doesn’t cover genocide and spring into effective action… One thing is certain: Amnesty is not part of the solution, it is part of the problem. – Paul De Rooij
In northern Gaza, “they live from one hour to the next, fearing death at every second” – 380
Horrific situation only grows worse by the day, as Israeli attacks continue relentlessly in Gaza and Lebanon; US lends Israel a hand while Americans call for accountability; Israeli-American poised to get very rich policing Gaza; more.
Israel’s rampage through Gaza continues unabated – Day 379
Catastrophic conditions in Gaza, especially the north; Lebanon, UNIFIL peacekeepers under immense pressure; illegal Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa compound; US defense system in place for Israel; more.