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While on trial for occupation, Israel is entrenching its military in Gaza – Day 137

[email protected] February 21, 2024 Gaza, genocide, humanitarian aid, icj, Israel, israeli road gaza, occupation, Palestinian journalists, sexual assault, unrwa evidence, unsc, West Bank

Israel building a road to cut Gaza in two; food deliveries stop in north, severely limited everywhere else; still no evidence for UNRWA after Israel’s bombshell accusation; female and male Palestinian ex-prisoners report sexual assault, US unfazed; Israel reportedly opens fire on members of Palestinian press; US vetos ceasefire resolution at UN Security Council; Day Two of Int’l Court of Justice proceedings against Israeli occupation; and more

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13,000+ Gazans killed since US vetoed last ceasefire; another veto expected this week – Day 135

[email protected] February 19, 2024 al-aqsa mosque, genocide, hamas, humanitarian aid, icj, Israeli snipers, occupation, palestinian state, pope, ramadan, starvation, UN Security Council, West Bank

UN Security Council to vote on ceasefire; Israeli snipers fire on Gazans congregating for food aid; hospital sinking deeper; Pope declines to pray for Israel; Israel plans 4-hour pauses in fighting so Gazans can stock up on food – but there isn’t any; Israel’s cabinet refuses a Palestinian state; ICJ case starts on Israeli occupation; estimate of how many Hamas fighters have been killed; plans to limit Muslim attendance at Al Aqsa Mosque; record hunger levels in Gaza…

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Nightmare in healthcare facilities, as Netanyahu repeats opposition to Palestinian state – Day 134

[email protected] February 18, 2024 Biden, Iran, Netanyahu, october 7, palestinian prisoners, two-state solution, UN Security Council, weapons to israel, West Bank

Healthcare in Gaza without health or care; Biden admin in denial about Netanyahu’s intentions, plans more weapons transfers; American Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church comes out against US military aid to Israel; Israel reportedly attacked Iran gas pipelines, and more

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Gaza will “take lifetimes to rebuild” – Day 115

[email protected] January 30, 2024 evacuation, forced transfer, genocide, humanitarian aid, icj, isaac herzog, organ harvesting, unrwa

Gaza City evacuation; Israel blocks aid; stolen Palestinian bodies returned, possible organ theft; war could be very long; UNRWA recap & details of accusations; US wants speedy investigation into UNRWA allegations (but won’t touch genocide and war crime allegations against Israel); extremist Israeli leaders & followers celebrate “voluntary immigration” of Palestinians and Jewish resettlement of Gaza as as “the most moral and logical solution”

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ICJ lands a stunning blow on Israel, US shrugs – Day 112

Kathryn Shihadah January 27, 2024 Biden, complicity in genocide, Gaza, genocide, icj, Israel, unrwq, white flag death

Biden admin (and Israel) still in denial about genocide in Gaza; Israeli bombardment in Gaza not slowing down; more white-flag deaths, open fire on people waiting for food; responses to ICJ ruling; civil trial begins, charging Biden, Blinken, Austin with failing to prevent and complicity in genocide; Israeli leader in US to purchase more war equipment; US defunds UNRWA due to controversy

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Synopsis of ICJ’s decision on Israeli genocide, reactions, and take-aways

[email protected] January 27, 2024 genocide, icj, international court of justice

Get a handle on the ICJ ruling, the dissenting judges, the binding nature of the decision, take-aways from several important voices, and reactions from stakeholding parties.

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Israel has killed over 10,000 Gazan children – Day 96

[email protected] January 12, 2024 Gaza, genocide, houthi, international court of justice, Israel, journalist

Oxfam says Israel is killing 250 Gazans a day; importance of the Int’l Court of Justice hearing on genocide; US and UK strike Houthi targets in Yemen; Israeli media reports: Israeli army ordered mass Hannibal Directive on 7 Oct; calls for investigation of Israel’s killing of journalists

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Mandela: “our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians” – Day 95

Kathryn Shihadah January 10, 2024 administrative detention, Anti-Defamation League, blinken, climate change, genocide, humanitarian aid, international court of jusstice

A special bond between Palestine and South Africa; OCHA reports on Israel’s antagonism over humanitarian aid; deadly airstrike in Deir Al Balah; white-flag-waving grandmother killed; Israel’s bombing and climate change; Blinken claims don’t pass the smell test; ADL number-crunching; Palestinian prisoner annual report

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“4 percent of Gazans are dead, wounded, or missing” – Day 92

[email protected] January 8, 2024 blinken, Gaza, gaza settlement, hamza al dahdouh, hani al masdar, Israel, wael al dahdouh, West Bank

EuroMed Monitor reports on Israel’s profound damage to Gaza, torture of Gazan prisoners; Israeli public invited to conference on moving to Gaza; 8 Palestinians (including a toddler), 1 Israeli soldier killed in West Bank/E. Jerusalem; 2 more journalists killed, including son of Al Jazeera’s Wael Dahdouh, Blinken offers hollow condolences

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John Mearsheimer: Genocide in Gaza

[email protected] January 4, 2024 genocide, international court of justice, john mearsheimer, south africa

in the future Israel will be widely regarded as principally responsible for one of the canonical cases of genocide… The Biden administration is complicit in Israel’s genocide, which is also a punishable act according to the Genocide Convention…

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