Some of Gaza’s 2,500 lower-limb amputees have created a football (soccer) team, and they have their sights set on the World Championship.
Israeli Army Self-Investigates: No Violations During Gaza Border Protests (excerpts and commentary)
Self-scrutiny by Israel’s “world’s most moral army” reveals: Gazan demonstrators were shot as a result of ‘operational mishaps’ and not intentionally targeted.
Watch: Arkan Thaer Mezher, 15, RIP
On July 22 Israeli forces killed Arkan Thaer Mezher, 15 – another Palestinian death largely invisible to Americans. This 2-minute video by If Americans Knew tells who he was and how he was killed…
“That was awkward” – Israel’s 2nd defeat in the UN this week
UN Economic and Social Council In the same week that a UN bloc of 135 countries, 80% of the world’s population, chose Palestine as its next leader, Israel was in for yet another blow. Israel suffered an embarrassing setback in the UN when ECOSOC passed a resolution condemning the Jewish State for economic consequences of…
At Least Three Wounded in Stabbing Attack in West Bank Settlement
Stabbing attack in illegal WB settlement of Geva Binyamin. 1 Israeli in critical condition, 1 serious, and 1 lightly wounded; 17-yr-old Palestinian assailant killed at the scene.
Birthrighter Asks: Why Do People Care More About Adelson’s Money Than The Lives Of Palestinians?
Every year, Birthright lies about the occupation to 50,000 young Jews visiting Israel. Telling the truth would simply add to the growing dissent against Israel’s policies.
Watch: Congressman Gus Savage exposes the Israel Lobby’s illicit tactics
In 1990 Illinois Congressman Gus Savage gave an hour-long speech in Congress in which he detailed how AIPAC subverts the democratic process on behalf of Israel. “The purpose of AIPAC is to promote a foreign nation, not in America’s interest, an organization operating within America composed of Americans, in the interest of a foreign nation interfering in the internal affairs and the elections of this Nation…”
In first, ‘Palestine’ to head bloc of 134 nations at UN
A UN bloc of 135 countries, 80% of the world’s population, has chosen Palestine as its next leader. The US and Israel object. To Palestine, it is part of the road to statehood.
Israeli forces kill 3 Palestinian resistance fighters, 1 Israeli soldier wounded
Israeli soldiers “came under fire” at Gaza border, 1 moderate injury; in response, Israeli tanks targeted 7 Hamas military posts, killing 3 Palestinians, gravely injuring a 4th.
Israel deepens trade ties with China, causing potential danger to the U.S.
BBC: The Pentagon is worried that Israel could become a backdoor through which China could acquire capabilities that it could not get in the US… Israeli-Chinese deals could cause artificial intelligence capabilities to find their way into a new generation of Chinese weapons that would threaten American troops. “If an American pilot were ever shot down by a Chinese missile powered by Israeli technology, it would be a real problem for the Israeli government.”