All hands on deck: the Global Campaign to Return to Palestine needs our help to help the people in Gaza educating Americans about the Great March of Return. They propose a “tent campaign,” a rich metaphor for refugees and demolished homes. Here are instructions, plus an offer from If Americans Knew for free materials to hand out.
World Health Organization reports on casualties in the second weekend of the Great March of Return, in which 8 Palestinians were killed and over 1,300 were injured by Israeli forces. WHO is in desperate need of cash donations, medical supplies, and blood.
“Headlines from Gaza by Chris Smiley” – 5 minute video news report with powerful footage from Gaza about the Great March of Return… footage Israel won’t want people to see.
Israeli airstrikes have killed or maimed at least five Palestinian journalists who used drones to document Gaza’s destruction since October 7. Survivor testimonies and Israeli military sources reveal that this is no accident.
Israel’s former top military officer, General Aviv Kohavi, held private meetings with the editors of major British news organizations one month after the Gaza bombing began to ‘cultivate support’ for Gaza genocide.
Hamas issued a 16-page document on Jan. 20, 2024 to ‘clarify the reality of what happened on Oct. 7, the motives behind it, its general context related to the Palestinian cause, as well as a refutation to the Israeli allegations.’ A second item contains reflections by a senior Hamas leader on the attack & its aftermath
Israel plays a cynical game. It makes phased agreements with the Palestinians that ensure it immediately gets what it wants. It then violates every subsequent phase and reignites its military assault – Chris Hedges
The author and academic Refaat Alareer was killed in an Israeli airstrike a year ago. A posthumous collection of his work titled “If I Must Die” tells the stories of Gaza in a plea for change.
The Israeli army uses the veneer of internal accountability to fend off external criticism. But its record reveals how few perpetrators are punished.
Basic collective human rights – self-determination, national independence, territorial integrity, national unity, and sovereignty without outside interference – are essential and universally legitimate.