Israeli drones open fire on rescuers; Popemobile in Gaza; another Palestinian dies in Israeli detention; Yemeni missile strikes Ben Gurion airport; Houthis declare aerial blockade; Ms. Rachel connects with Hind Rajab’s mom; Israel expanding war on Gaza
Four-year-old Massa Abed was killed by an Israeli strike while playing with her doll and ball in central Gaza – an all-too-common event.
Final day of ICJ hearings v Israel; Israel ‘backs down’ from Gaza truce talks; World Press Freedom Day; attack on Gaza Flotilla; Trump Admin hiding American casualties from Yemen; Wadee Alfayoumi’s killer gets 53-year sentence
Netanyahu expected to approve expanded Gaza war plans; Day 3 of Int’l Court of Justice hearings against Israel; Israel closes schools for 800 Palestinian children in East Jerusalem; 100 days of Israeli assaults in West Bank; Israel’s plans for Syria; Israel boycotts in Texas; one win for student protesters
Int’l Court of Justice hearings against Israel continue; Israel deliberately spreads disease in prisons; Israel claims no evidence of humanitarian crisis in Gaza, bombs mosque, prepares to expand ground operation in Gaza; more.
Public hearings begin at ICJ; Israeli minister: Gaza emigration ‘most moral and humane thing’; Israel army faces crisis in morale among its troops; US strikes in Yemen kill 68; $67million US fighter jet falls in the ocean; fired for wearing a watermelon pin; more.
David Hearst: The scale of the suffering that Israel has inflicted on all Palestinians within its reach has meant that Hamas’ fate is Palestine’s too
Almost no local media are reporting on the JCRC’s ongoing lobbying on behalf of Israel, which JCRC leadership is doing at every level: town, municipal, county, state, and now national.
Another bad news day in Gaza, the West Bank, Israeli prisons for Palestinians, the Israeli gov’t, the Int’l Court of Justice, and more.
Pope Francis was “dear friend” and “harshest critic”; Hamas willing to cede control of Gaza; home demolitions; big news from No Other Land; Mike Huckabee’s support for famine; much more.