2023 will be remembered for its last 3 months, when tens of thousands of Gazans were massacred with the blessing of the US government, when the world watched a “live-streamed genocide.” The first 9 months of 2023 were also far from peaceful. Here is a run-down of the coverage that If Americans Knew provided.
Gaza on ‘brink of full-blown collapse’; Israeli troops strip, kidnap dozens of Gazan civilians; State Dept. officials fear Netanyahu will drag US into wider war; network of wealthy investors, tech executives, & Israeli officials work to promote Israel in US…
Leaked videos & photos indicate that a group of Palestinian men were captured and forced to strip. But who were they, and why were they there? Don’t believe the headlines. It turns out they were 12-year-olds, senior citizens, doctors, academics, shopkeepers, construction workers…
Israel’s packaging of Hamas as barbaric butchers is losing momentum. An honest look at eyewitness reports, photos, and videos makes it clear that Israeli soldiers did some of the killing that day – and Netanyahu has been trying to keep that fact under wraps.
As Israel enjoys impunity on every front for every action, PM Benjamin Netanyahu has stepped into a whole new realm of chutzpah – and the world didn’t bat an eye when he signaled that Palestine has vanished, or at best is irrelevant.
Israel resumed the deliberate use of excessive and lethal force against Palestinian protesters in Gaza, killing one and injuring eight
Almost 400 sick children from Gaza were deprived the chance to leave the besieged enclave for health care in the West Bank in six months, according to Save the Children.
Is this water apartheid? Recent viral videos show Israeli Civil Administration overseeing as Israeli soldiers and workers fill Palestinian water wells with cement – in the middle of a sweltering summer. Was this a fluke, or part of a massive, discriminative strategy on Israel’s part? The answer will become clear as we sift through the evidence.
During a Hebron raid by Israeli forces, five female family members were forced to undress while threatened by the soldiers’ rifles and a dog from the canine unit.
Gideon Levy: Israel’s Supreme Court is just as cruel as its military court when dealing with Palestinians: it is a rubber stamp of injustice and apartheid. (Also see recent interview with Levy.)