Each month, numerous NGOs produce reports on the humanitarian situation in Israel-Palestine, but US media rarely report on them. See this compilation of reports by Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, National Lawyers Guild, Red Cross, Christian Aid, B’Tselem, Defense for Children International, and others…
N. Gaza hospital under Israeli attack, aid trucks blocked; 5 Palestinians killed in West Bank; calls for Biden to do the right thing for Gaza; what it’s like to take a propaganda tour in Israel
Famine and death in Gaza, as multiple scandals come to light in Israel; Trump anoints new Israel-first ambassador to UN.
Urgent call for doctors in northern Gaza; Israel votes strongly in favor of UNRWA ban, US is disappointed; Marwan Barghouti beaten severely in prison; South Africa adds thousands more pages of evidence to Int’l Court of Justice genocide case against Israel; UN official calls for total weapons embargo on Israel; massive cultural boycott against Israel; more.
An American self-immolates outside Israeli consulate in Boston; US students protest for Gaza in spite of restrictions; US shelling out big bucks for goodies for Israel and aid for Egypt; State Dept spox prefers Israeli whitewashing over Washington Post investigation; EU leader called antisemitic for talking about two-state solution; Pope declares Israel’s actions in Gaza “ugly”; more.
Shocking even by Israeli standards, the horrifying truth of the occupation’s systematic torture, rape, and degradation of Palestinian detainees reveals a brutality buried in silence.
Polio epidemic in the offing for Gaza; ActionAid decries horrific conditions; OCHA describes intolerable humanitarian situation; Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza City damaged by an Israeli airstrike; Netanyahu claims he is not stalling ceasefire talks – Hamas is; Majdal Shams claims and counterclaims, Druze plead for no retaliation from Israel; world leaders keep forgetting that Golan Heights is occupied; Israeli soldiers suspected of raping Palestinian prisoner arrested, sparking far-right riot; Palestinian detainees compare prison conditions to Guantanamo; Ben Gvir makes the region more dangerous for Palestinians.
The killing of a Palestinian-American boy on Friday was neither a random occurrence nor a simple act of Islamophobia. It happened because many media reports misinformed Americans, and politicians, including the President, repeated Israeli spin and disinformation
Israeli violence made January 2023 the bloodiest month for West Bank Palestinians in 8 years – including murders, injuries, land theft, building demolitions, and more. 7 Israelis have also been killed.
Rayyan collapsed and died when Israeli soldiers chased him, raided his home and accused him of stone-throwing. Israeli soldiers have killed 35 Palestinian children since the beginning of this year; no Israeli children have been killed. The U.S. and EU are calling for an investigation of the latest death…