Israel’s claims about the school massacre refuted; 75th anniversary of Geneva Conventions – the Rules of War that no one follows; West Bank deaths; Iran attack could be imminent; West calls on Iran, but not Israel, to refrain from retaliation; 300 Israelis hold rally by Gaza border, demand Israelis re-colonize Strip; Israeli hostage executed in response to massacre; more.
Evacuation orders keep exhausted Palestinians on the move; the “Fajr massacre” left no intact bodies behind; Israeli “terrorist” hit list is fake; dwindling numbers of aid trucks means famine; US warships assembling in Middle East; Hamas calls for enforcing Biden’s truce instead of more talks; Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa mosque under heavy police protection; Hamas claims responsibility for shooting Israeli in the Jordan Valley; Israel poised to ban another media company
Two stories of Israeli sexual violence against Palestinian prisoners (trigger warning), and the sadistic reason why they do it
Al Jazeera correspondent Ismail al-Ghoul was assassinated by Israel in the line of duty as he covered the commemoration of Ismail Haniyeh. He and another journalist who was a part of his team were in a clearly identifiable press vehicle when a missile directly hit them. It killed both reporters and a young boy walking by.
An elected official reported an antisemitic break-in. Police say it didn’t happen, but the New York Times won’t issue a correction.
The staggering death toll Israel has imposed on Gaza; update on horrific school bombing that killed 100: American-made weapon, Israel issues fake “terrorist” list, accuses Hamas of inflating fatality numbers; Israeli leaders speak openly about permanent occupation of Palestinian territories, tell US to mind its own business, support rapists over law; Uncommitted Movement says “arms embargo now”; more.
The Israeli army uses the veneer of internal accountability to fend off external criticism. But its record reveals how few perpetrators are punished.
Israel drops 6,000 lbs of bombs on Gaza school; US poised to send Israel $3.5 billion, including to extremist battalion; 2 more journalists killed; waiting for “inevitable” polio outbreak as Israel blocks vaccines; new possible war crime; water & sanitation systems in shambles; more on Israeli torture of Palestinian prisoners – as Biden admin shrugs; Israeli alleged rapist calls for support; yet another anti-boycott bill introduced in Senate; more.
In Gaza, airstrikes continue, food rations drop, polio threat grows; in Israel, calls to punish not rapists, but the one who filmed them, to make rape of prisoners official policy, to make Nablus in West Bank “look like Rafah,” to legalize Israeli settlement in Gaza, to end US sanctions on violent settlers; Biden admin ok’s more war after prisoner swap (risking ceasefire deal), condemns not AIPAC’s purchase of congressional candidates, but Cori Bush’s warnings against AIPAC; Kamala Harris indicates no tolerance for pro-Palestinian protesters’ message; Walz’s track record on Palestine is not nearly as moral as Dems painted it…
The West Bank’s economic crisis is closely tied to Israel’s whims and oppressive policies, and the Palestinian Authority’s reliance on Israel