No clean water, no electricity in Gaza; West Bank: raids, theft; another Israeli minister supports ethnic cleansing; latest on Mahmoud Khalil; 60 universities threatened with federal funding cuts
Ruth Marcus, longtime Washington Post editor & columnist, identifies herself ideologically and politically as a liberal and as a Zionist. In her latest oped she referred to herself as a “proud Jew” and repeated virtually every Israeli talking point.
In Gaza, Israeli-imposed starvation, thirst set in; Trump admin readies more weapons, talking with Hamas and entertaining illegal settlement leader; 12-year-old arrested for writing in her notebook; the significance of Mahmoud Khalil’s detention
We cannot unsee 19-year-old Shaban Al-Dalou burning to death in his tent attached to an IV drip after Israeli forces bombed families sheltering in Deir al-Balah… The burning body of Aaron Bushnell… Prisoners driven mad by torture… Premature babies left to rot in their cribs…
Israel plunges Gaza into darkness; Israel to establish ‘migration administration’ to facilitate ethnic cleansing of Gaza; Columbia U student ‘abducted and detained’ after pro-Palestine activism
On Int’l Women’s Day, a snapshot of the challenges Palestinian women in Gaza face; women in the struggle for liberation and self-determination.
Legal experts weigh in on Israeli war crimes; US, Israel discuss a fund to finance expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza; 90K attend 1st Friday prayers of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa Mosque; Israeli forces wreak havoc in Nablus; Israel is ‘sabotaging’ Trump-Hamas direct talks; Trump cancels $400m in funds to Columbia U; shame on Marco Rubio for Ash Wednesday comments
Another Palestinian prisoner from Gaza dies in Israeli detention; Trump appointee makes excuses for Israel’s starvation of Gazans; US, Israel could take joint military action against Hamas if negotiations fail, Witkoff says; Gaza needs PPE to dismantle unexploded Israeli munitions; Israeli settlers call the shots in West Bank; less than half of Americans sympathetic toward Israel; did Trump just call Israel “sick and twisted”?; more.
The bombing of Gaza has destroyed agricultural land and poisoned the soil, while Israel’s sweeping blockade has made water scarce for farmers who once provided a third of Gaza’s food needs.
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