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
Leaked New York Times Memo Tells Journalists To Avoid Words “Genocide,” “Ethnic Cleansing,” and “Occupied Territory”
Amid the internal battle over the New York Times’s coverage of Israel’s war, top editors handed down a set of directives.
U.S., Not Israel, Shot Down Most Iran Drones And Missiles
American forces did most of the heavy lifting responding to Iran’s retaliation for the attack on its embassy in Damascus.
Israel has killed over 10,000 Gazan women since October 7th – Day 193
In Gaza, deaths of women and children, torture, health risks; drones that broadcast sounds of babies crying used to ambush civilians; Netanyahu denies famine while destroying Gazan farmland; unexploded Israeli bombs found in schools; Palestinian journalists; Israeli settler/military violence out of control; land theft in West Bank; US wants probe into Hind Rajab’s death; Congress says “river to the sea” is antisemitic; USC valedictorian Asna Tabassum canceled, more
Sorry, but Iran is not the aggressor here
Amid the Israeli genocide in Gaza, Western condemnation of the intercepted Iranian attack on Israel is sickeningly cynical.
Mainstream U.S. media is hiding key truths in its coverage of Iran’s retaliatory attack
The assertion that Israel is trying to provoke a wider regional conflict appeared nowhere in the mainstream media coverage of Iran’s retaliatory strike.
Mass graves in Gaza reveal mass executions – Day 192
Mass graves containing Palestinian bodies found in multiple Gaza locations; released Gazan prisoners report abuse by Israeli forces; humanitarians face “hostile” environment, Israel breaking promise to increase aid; “unprecedented” levels of contamination in northern Gaza; Israel announces tents to be built ahead of attack on Rafah; Israel obstructing UN probe, Israelis obstructing aid; Israel and Iran violated int’l law; West Bank deaths as Israeli settlers and military team up, more
Israel and US deliberately gutting international law in Gaza
Over the past six months in Gaza, Israel has killed civilians on an industrial scale, turned hospitals into strategic military targets and food into a weapon of war.
Israel undecided about Iran response, but carries on against Gaza, West Bank – Day 191
North Gaza starts to eat again; others unearth dead bodies; Rafah attack postponed; Gaza land stolen as “buffer zone”; Iran accuses US of hypocrisy; questions of whether/how Israel will respond to Iran’s retaliation; West Bank attacks, deaths continue; Biden pushes for billions more to Israel
Iranian attack was a measured response to Israel’s assault – Chas Freeman
The Iranian attack was a response to Israel’s assault on its embassy, a breach of the ancient norms of international relations, the UN Charter, & the Vienna Convention. Iran’s counterattack targeted facilities in the sparsely populated Negev Desert, which were directly involved in the Israeli breach of international law. Iran cited the UN Charter’s right of self-defense in mounting its attack
Iran retaliates against Israeli aggression, as Gaza and West Bank struggle – Day 190
Iran’s unprecedented retaliatory attack on Israel; US experts say Israel trying to involve US in war against Iran; Israel’s ongoing massacres, threats against Gaza; Israel’s allies’ attempt to bully pro-Palestinian, pro-justice voices; West Bank struggles against massive settler attacks