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
As Gazans starve, Israeli rhetoric grows more and more radically anti-Palestinian – Day 306
In Gaza, airstrikes continue, food rations drop, polio threat grows; in Israel, calls to punish not rapists, but the one who filmed them, to make rape of prisoners official policy, to make Nablus in West Bank “look like Rafah,” to legalize Israeli settlement in Gaza, to end US sanctions on violent settlers; Biden admin ok’s more war after prisoner swap (risking ceasefire deal), condemns not AIPAC’s purchase of congressional candidates, but Cori Bush’s warnings against AIPAC; Kamala Harris indicates no tolerance for pro-Palestinian protesters’ message; Walz’s track record on Palestine is not nearly as moral as Dems painted it…
Why the West Bank is on the verge of economic collapse
The West Bank’s economic crisis is closely tied to Israel’s whims and oppressive policies, and the Palestinian Authority’s reliance on Israel
Netanyahu’s plan to involve US in regional war on its behalf
The Israeli prime minister has chosen this moment to mount a go-for-broke attempt to bring the U.S. into some kind of once-and-for-all conflict that would leave Israel supreme in the region.
Israel prevents entry of 1M life-saving polio vaccines into Gaza – Day 305
Polio threat looms large over Gaza – but not over Israel; condemnation of Israeli soldiers’ sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners and Smotrich’s call to starve Gazans reverberate worldwide; another World Central Kitchen staffer killed in airstrike; Israeli detentions of West Bank Palestinians surpasses 10,000; AIPAC money talks as another Squad member is defeated in primaries; American politicians’ full-throated support for Israel’s genocide; BDS victory in UK; more.
As Israel continues killing in Gaza, more torture and rape allegations surface – Day 304
166th Palestinian journalist killed; child malnutrition in Gaza; another evacuation order; “Gaza’s official death toll is a lie”; news of Israeli torture and rape of Palestinian prisoners keeps coming, keeps getting worse; Israel killed 12 West Bank Palestinians in 24 hours; majority of Americans don’t support sending troops to assist Israel; NY anti-masking law targets pro-Palestine protesters; VP candidate Tim Walz on Palestine; ceasefire agreement allegedly getting close; Turkiye joins ICJ case against Israel; more.
Western media continue to withhold the truth about Israel and Gaza – 4 stories
The deaths of Palestinian journalists, disabled persons, and political leaders are shrugged off; truths about Palestinian innocence are withheld. No wonder Palestinians are still dying.
Corpse dump in Gaza, war crimes, Israel mulls possible preemptive strike on Iran – Day 303
Israel hands over bags of decomposed bodies; Amnesty: Israel committing war crimes against Palestinian prisoners; US reportedly signs off on indefinite war; Hamas is in better shape than Netanyahu claims; Israel may hit Iran again; Netanyahu makes Israeli ethnic cleansing proponent official spokesperson; Smotrich makes blatant pro-ethnic cleansing statements; update on UNRWA October 7th probe; US is in the middle of Middle East activities; more.
“Well What SHOULD Israel Have Done After October 7?”
The short answer: Israel should have done what it always should have done: right the wrongs of the past and make peace.
Welcome to Hell
Israeli prisons, in which every Palestinian inmate is intentionally condemned to severe, relentless pain and suffering, operate as de-facto torture camps. Report by B’Tselem, the Israeli information center for human rights in the Occupied Territories.
Israeli massacres, evacuation orders, torture continue unabated – Day 302
Bombs without warning, Gazans on the move again; more reports of prisoner torture; Gaza’s kids have lost one full school year; Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa mosque; Israel adds new conditions to ceasefire proposal; Amazon provides storage for Israeli military mass surveillance; US military build-up in Middle East; VP contenders Shapiro & Pritzker are Israel partisans…