Reuters, the Associated Press, the New York Times can’t seem to say “Palestinians protest nonviolently; Israeli soldiers kill them.” Headlines from the region consistently misrepresent the situation as two equal sides – or worse, as Palestinian aggressors inciting Israel to return fire. Words matter.
Mohammed Ayyash is just like any other boy – only cooler. And braver.
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.
From IMEMC (updated) 30 MAR 4:14 PM The Number of Palestinians killed by Israeli army fire, Friday, has arrived to ten young men, while at least 1100 were injured. Many of the wounded Palestinians suffered serious wounds. Dr. Ashraf Al-Qedra, the spokesperson of the Health Ministry in Gaza, identified the slain Palestinians as: Jihad Ahmad…
Israeli forces are mobilizing against a mass peaceful protest by Palestinian families in Gaza demonstrating for their right of return to land that Israel has confiscated for Jewish only habitation… Their demands: “to be let out from the cage you have bound them in, to fish without being shot, to return to the village that you have torn down, to travel outside the barbed wire you surround them with… The Israeli cabinet has issued a “shoot to kill” policy.
Thousands of newly discovered documents now make it possible to tell the true story of Israel’s expulsion of Palestinians in 1948 – and to begin to grasp its bitter implications, post-October 7
Smotrich says new war on Gaza in the offing; occupation tourism?; the handy label of “terrorist”; Iran diplomacy without diplomats; more Iran headlines; why Kamala lost; more pro-Israel media on the way?; more.
Israel’s best-kept secret; getting rich off Gaza; Israeli military kills teen in WBank; Israel won’t fund Gaza reconstruction; Huckabee interview reveals Christian right quarrel over Israel; more.
Hunger, torture, threats in Gaza; “failure is not an option” for Board of Peace; Palestinian American killed in WBank; spyware for Palestinians living in Israel?; what’s going on with Tucker Carlson?; do IDF soldiers rape Palestinians?; more.
At the end of February, 37 aid organizations in the Gaza Strip – including nearly all established non-UN aid groups there – face a ban for refusing to comply with Israel’s dubious new registration law.