Northern Gaza hospital ICU destroyed; Human Rights Watch on water; winter in Gaza without shelter, aid; Hamas replenishes its ranks; ‘We kill civilians and count them as terrorists’; West Bank death; Israel “abuses” Lebanon ceasefire; Australian foreign minister scolded by Israel; another US State Dept resignation
16 years in prison, Holy Land Five member Mufid Abdulqader has been released
After 16 years behind bars, Mufid Abdulqader, a member of the Holy Land Foundation Five, has been released from prison into a halfway house. The case of the Holy Land 5 has become a symbol of U.S. unconstitutional overreach since 9/11.
Neocons Try Again in Syria
Virtually all of Obama’s advisers had wanted him to order cruise missiles into Syria… Paul Wolfowitz, Sen. Joe Lieberman, Ari Fleischer, David Gergen, Sen. Bob Menendez, wanted the US to attack Syria…
Northern Gaza expected to be “a dismembered and depopulated area” – Day 437
Israel allows desecration of Palestinian corpses by wild dogs; girl crushed in bread stampede; “Generals’ Plan” in full swing, “no Palestinians will return to their homes” in northern Gaza; hopes rise for hostage exchange, ceasefire; West Bank deaths; lawsuit filed against US State Dept for failure to implement Leahy Law; Congress members demand arms embargo on Israel; U.S. defied Spanish embargo; 7K authors boycott Israel-affiliated publishers
Nearly 1 million Palestinians in Gaza face winter without shelter – Day 436
Israel kills beloved Gazan grandpa; winter approaches amid severe shortage of shelter, baby formula in Gaza; first month of Gaza war ‘most destructive’ for civilians this century; death, demolition in West Bank; Israeli attacks in Lebanon, Syria; family of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi comments on meeting with Blinken
Official death toll in Gaza passes 45,000 – Day 435
Israel massacres over 100 in Gaza, displaces many more at gunpoint; Israel to deploy remotely operated machine guns against Palestinians in West Bank; Israel strikes Syria as Netanyahu approves plan to expand (illegal) Golan Heights settlement; Israeli embassy in Ireland closing; CNN’s pro-Israel bias
‘How many dead Palestinians are enough?’ The unbearable prescience of the late poet Refaat Alareer
The author and academic Refaat Alareer was killed in an Israeli airstrike a year ago. A posthumous collection of his work titled “If I Must Die” tells the stories of Gaza in a plea for change.
Israeli airstrikes kill 55 on Saturday, including newborn baby, mother – Day 434
Israel’s killing continues, including a journalist, mayor, and its own hostages; Palestinian Authority kills a Palestinian for Israel; campus protestors face possible 7-year sentences; more.
Israeli Military Bombing of Gaza ‘By Far the Most Intense, Destructive, and Fatal’ – Day 433
Palestinian bodies are being shredded, evaporated, starved; hospital systematically destroyed; Israel is enabling famine, and on and on.
Death feels imminent for 96 percent of Gaza’s vulnerable children – Day 432
Israel ignores yet another UN ceasefire demand, killing dozens; damaged homes are falling over Gazan families’ heads; record number arrested in West Bank; Congress doesn’t want us to know Gaza’s death toll; one from ‘Holy Land Foundation 5’ released from prison; Candace Owen has a huge surprise