Facts & analysis on the events of Oct. 7 and since
Cochav Elkayam-Levy, the Israeli lawyer at the center of the campaign accusing Hamas of systematic sexual violence on October 7, now stands accused by Israeli media of scamming donors and spreading misinformation. The allegations appeared just days after Elkayam-Levy received the prestigious Israel Prize.
Euro-Med reports 13 children executed in last week; footage of Israeli forces executing, burying unarmed men; the horror of childhood in Gaza; aid sites, hospitals are death traps; Biden admin’s self-contradiction on the world stage; poll says Americans disapprove of Israel’s actions in Gaza; Israel prepares to censor Al Jazeera; Palestinians suspicious of US temporary pier; State Dept officer’s public resignation; German citizenship test; Netanyahu reaches out, more
“Hellish’ conditions throughout Gaza; 3 Palestinians killed in West Bank; Hezbollah’s promise to leave Israel alone; US may take till May to decide whether Israel is in compliance with int’l law; Israel: “UN resolution means nothing”; post-UN resolution, post-ICJ decision, Israel has made no changes; US refuses to stop aid airdrops after 18 deaths; “there could have been milk”; UN confirms genocide charge; who is arming Israel?
Yossi Landau, who spread misinformation that has fueled and justified Israel’s brutal attack on Gaza, is not who he portrayed himself to be. Neither is his organization.
Captain Bar Zonshein recounts firing tank shells on vehicles carrying Israeli civilians on October 7. “I decide that this is the right decision, that it’s better to stop the abduction and that they not be taken,” he told Israeli media outlets.
Egos, assumptions, denialism accompany passage of UN Security Council resolution; meanwhile, another confirmation of genocide by Israel; German support for UNRWA; air drop deaths; hospitals under siege; Israel’s “compliance” with int’l law, more
Israel and its friends have struggled to bring credibility to allegations of systematic rape by Hamas members on October 7th – once again, a testimony falls apart.
At long last, the UN Security Council agrees on a ceasefire demand. (Two aspects have potential impacts not widely discussed.) All that remains is for Israel to comply.
Now 3 hospitals in Gaza under siege, horrific stories coming out; Israel bans all UNRWA aid deliveries in northern Gaza, as famine draws closer; sexual violence against Gazan women is underreported, say UN rapporteurs; yet another flour massacre kills at least 20; NGOs pressure Biden admin to honestly engage with Israel on compliance with int’l law; Palestinian children in prison; Kamal implies consequences are a possibility if Israel attacks Rafah
UN chief offers words of solidarity with Gaza; meanwhile, Israeli forces commit another “flour massacre,” atrocities in multiple hospitals; kill 3 journalists, torch houses with residents still inside; reports of rapes; upcoming UNSC vote on ceasefire, loss of livestock and livelihoods in Gaza, Israeli hostage dies…