Israel lies again; Israel detained 1,200 children in West Bank since Oct. 7, 2023; UN extends Francesca Albanese’s mandate despite pro-Israel pushback; pro-Palestine employees make noise over Microsoft AI use by Israeli military
Gaza population losing hope; over 5,000 settler violations in West Bank in 10 years; Trump admin distort truth about Hamas, hint at ethnic cleansing; Columbia University’s capitulation
The Forward: The film advances a mindset that suggests Jews can only be victims, and never aggressors, and offers a distorted framing of alleged antisemitism
Food crisis in Gaza as Israel seals border; Israeli troops steal and sell Palestinian possessions; Palestine Legal accuses US Senate of McCarthyism; US holds secret talks with Hamas; Netanyahu policies reportedly helped pave way for 7 October; Israeli settlers escalate incursions into Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan
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
Almost from the first hours of October 7, Israel and its supporters spread claims about mass rapes of Israelis by Palestinian fighters. An Israeli prosecutor admits that there are still zero complainants in alleged cases of rapes committed by Palestinians on Oct. 7, 2023.
Like every other necessity of life, bread is very hard to come by in Gaza. Here is what one family had to say about the challenge of trying to secure bread to stave off their hunger.
Starvation, destruction in northern Gaza; UNRWA officially fired with no replacement in sight; Israeli military denies attack on Gaza vaccination clinic; West Bank killing; Israeli forces struggle in Lebanon; more.
One year after catastrophic hospital blast, Israel kills Yahya Sinwar; blocks medical specialists from entering Gaza, kills a woman picking olives
Polio epidemic in the offing for Gaza; ActionAid decries horrific conditions; OCHA describes intolerable humanitarian situation; Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza City damaged by an Israeli airstrike; Netanyahu claims he is not stalling ceasefire talks – Hamas is; Majdal Shams claims and counterclaims, Druze plead for no retaliation from Israel; world leaders keep forgetting that Golan Heights is occupied; Israeli soldiers suspected of raping Palestinian prisoner arrested, sparking far-right riot; Palestinian detainees compare prison conditions to Guantanamo; Ben Gvir makes the region more dangerous for Palestinians.