Latest casualty figures from Gaza, horrific humanitarian situation, Israel’s recent targets, politics of a “pause,” West Bank news.
November 4: Today’s news on Palestine & Israel
Kathryn Shihadah
Media bias in Western coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza
Media experts say some news agencies are ‘legitimizing Israeli war crimes’ in Gaza – through biased coverage, spreading rumors, and failure to contextualize truthfully.
4 Palestinians dead on Friday: Israeli soldiers kill 3; 1 resistance fighter succumbs
A doctor was rendering first aid to the injured when an Israeli sharpshooter shot him in the head… Israel has killed at least 150 Palestinians since the beginning of the year; about 21 Israelis have also been killed.
Updated: Terrified by Israeli soldiers, 7-year-old Palestinian child died of heart attack
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…
Mike Pence and the (alarming) company he keeps
Former VP Mike Pence recently visited Israel, where he spent time with Israeli extremists associated with a banned terrorist movement and meeting with mega-donor and Israel hawk Miriam Adelson, who is willing to pay big bucks for policymakers’ loyalty.
The crisis in Ukraine exposes the hypocrisy of Israel and its Zionist allies
The Palestinians have every right to ask why Western leaders, led by Biden, are imposing crippling sanctions on Moscow and threatening more retaliatory action if it continues with its invasion of Ukraine, but don’t take similar action against Israeli colonialism.
Shackled, Beaten, Strung Up on a Tree: Palestinian Teen Brutally Attacked by Settlers
Fifteen-year-old Tareq Zubeidi, a victim of settler violence this week. The settlers kicked him, he says, as he lay on the ground, then placed him on the hood of the car, lashing him to it with a chain. At the supposedly evacuated settlement of Homesh last week, a Palestinian teen was seized by settlers and…
Israel’s legislature now home to racist Kahanist, Itamar Ben-Gvir
Dr. Zogby, personally familiar with the racism of Israel’s Kahanists, discusses the danger of having Itamar Ben-Gvir and his ilk in the Israeli legislature, the upcoming government, and Israeli mainstream, and what it may mean going forward.
Palestinian activist victorious in landmark defamation lawsuit
Pictured left is a photo of Rumshiskaya taken for an IDF promotional campaign, and right, a photo of Nafal provided to MintPress. “What this judge brilliantly uncovered is that Israeli law is inherently inconsistent with American values.” — Attorney Haytham Faraj by Alan MacLeod, reposted from MintPress News, March 10, 2021 SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA — A…
BREAKING: “Palestinian Gandhi” Issa Amro convicted in Israel
The Israeli military court announced today its guilty verdict against Palestinian Issa Amro, in what human rights advocates have called a “campaign of persecution” against a nonviolent community organizer.