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
Debris undoubtedly hides booby traps, unexploded ordnance, asbestos – Day 208
Danger in the debris; humanitarian aid entering Gaza still very low; Blinken pressures Hamas to accept truce proposal; hundreds of Gazans missing in Israel; will Knesset shutter Al Jazeera?; Netanyahu doesn’t want war to end; Israelis attack aid convoy; 2 Palestinian prisoners including a doctor die behind bars; up to 80 years to repair Gaza homes; threat of ICC arrest warrants has Israel, US worried; another pro-Israel bill in Congress; campus repression of pro-Palestine protests intensifies
OCTOBER 7—The Lies in Brief
An investigation directed by award-winning British journalist Richard Sanders found that numerous widely repeated claims about the October 7th attack on Israel are false. (Excerpted from the documentary “October 7”.)
Palestinian Released From Israeli Prison Describes Beatings, Sexual Abuse and Torture
The prisoners’ hands were cuffed behind their back. They were led to the kitchen, where they were stripped and forced to lie one on top of the other, a pile of 10 naked prisoners… Then the dogs attacked
Netanyahu’s pledge to attack Rafah; NY Times report questioned again – Day 207
Netanyahu will invade Rafah regardless of prisoner deal; profs tell NY Times to review Oct. 7 report; 10,000 decomposing bodies in Gaza; reports of Israeli plan to prevent men from fleeing Rafah; humanitarian aid still dismally low; disturbing campus protest news
Report of the Independent Task Force on National Security Memorandum-20 Regarding Israel
The data demonstrate systematic disregard for fundamental principles of U.S. & international law, due to reliance on the steady flow of U.S. armaments. According to a high ranking former IDF officer, Israel’s combat could have achieved similar military outcomes “with 10 percent of the destruction [Israel has] caused.”
What we are seeing in Gaza is a ‘repeat of Auschwitz,’ says genocide expert
What Israel is doing in Gaza is ‘simply mass extermination without the gas chambers,’ says human rights activist and genocide scholar Maung Zarni
Banning Arab and Anti-occupation Films, This Censorship Agency Shaped Israel for Decades
A look at the history of Israel’s Film and Theater Review Board reveals its major role in shaping the cultural image of the young state – and our worldview too
Netanyahu says Rafah invasion is inevitable – Day 206
10,000 Gazans missing under rubble; hostage deal or not, Rafah invasion will go on; ICC and ICJ news on several fronts; price tag for Gaza pier reaches $320 million; boycott news; growing campus protests; false report of ‘antisemitism’
Are Israel, Hamas getting closer to a truce? – Day 205
Israeli leaders nervously await arrest warrants; Leaked Columbia Univ document reveals discriminatory policies for Tel Aviv program; Orthodox Palm Sunday; Israel puts young Christian woman in prison for 4 months (renewable), no charges; World Central Kitchen has returned; Biden ignores Gaza in Correspondents’ Dinner speech…
Commentary: AntiSemitism? God’s ‘Chosen’ People Have Bombed to Death 25,000 Women and Children
The world, especially the Global South, watches as U.S. continues to enable Israeli annihilation of a captive militarily occupied population of Palestinians officially referred to by Israel’s highest officials as ‘human animals.’