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Category: Articles about 2023-4 Israel war on Gaza
Gaza genocide denial
As one credible source after another confirms that Israel is carrying out a genocide against the Palestinians, we find ourselves living through a mass, public genocide denial.
Why the news media’s job is to groom us
Large numbers of Palestinians and Ukrainians were killed in missile strikes days apart. The media’s differing treatment of these comparable events is the clue to what the media’s really there to do
‘Disappeared, buried, detained’: The horrors of Gaza’s missing children
Over 20,000 children in Gaza are lost, detained, disappeared, or buried in mass graves or under rubble amid Israel’s relentless war.
Russia attacks hospitals in Ukraine; Israel does the same in Gaza. The US response couldn’t be more different.
The U.S. undermines its criticism of Russia’s abuses in Ukraine by making excuses for Israel’s assault on Gaza.
‘I have the prison inside me’: The emaciated Palestinian bodybuilder broken by Israel
Muazzaz Abayat speaks to Middle East Eye from a hospital bed in his native Bethlehem after spending nearly nine months in Israeli administrative detention.
‘Suffering horrifically’: 10 months of Israel’s ‘war on children’ in Gaza
One of the main victims of the ongoing assault on Gaza has been a group that is, by far, the most defenseless and further removed from all that is driving Israel’s campaign of death and destruction: children…
‘I’m bored, so I shoot’: The Israeli army’s approval of free-for-all violence in Gaza
Israeli soldiers describe the near-total absence of firing regulations in the Gaza war, with troops shooting as they please, setting homes ablaze, and leaving corpses on the streets — all with their commanders’ permission.
Lancet: Counting the dead in Gaza – difficult but essential
A conservative estimate finds that up to 186 000 or even more Palestinian men, women & children may have died from Israel’s war on Gaza…
Fact or Fiction: Is Israel Unfairly Singled Out for Global Condemnation?
Is Israel singled out for rebuke on the world stage? Quite the opposite: it has enjoyed a free ride until the current war with Gaza.