Bus explosion in Tel Aviv, no injuries; in Jerusalem, Jewish man attacks Israeli woman with axe, mistaking her for a Christian; Bibas family; 8-year-old Palestinian girl blinded by Israeli bullet; more.
Israeli drones terrorize the people of Gaza; 90 percent of Rafah’s buildings uninhabitable; Israel still says no heavy equipment, temporary homes; Israeli soldiers charged for raping Palestinian detainee at Sde Teiman; Israeli bill targets foreign-funded NGOs; NYC real estate expo promotes sale of ‘stolen land’ in Palestine; John Fetterman is “working on Israel all the time”; Ali Abunimah
Netanyahu allows 2 bulldozers to enter Gaza; clean water crisis, infectious diseases in Gaza; next hostage release; Jenin news; Palestinian tax revenues; Congress in Israel; more.
Medical, humanitarian crisis unending in Gaza; Israel forms new agency for ethnic cleansing; West Bank displacement is “largest since 1967”; Israel steals Palestinian land and money
“Really, it’s an across-the-board attempt to silence and take away the First Amendment right of people simply because they don’t agree with them. It’s a very dangerous precedent.” Abed Ayoub, executive director of American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
Palestinian prisoners beaten for refusing to recite Torah; mass graves and skeletons found in Netzarim; Trump digs in on “owning” Gaza, makes veiled threat about skinny Israeli captives; Israel expands shooting orders in West Bank; Israeli forces raid famous East Jerusalem Educational Bookshop; Palestine solidarity at Superbowl
They will appear in a Superbowl ad denouncing “hatred.” The ad is paid for by the “Foundation to Combat Antisemitism,” staffed by Israel lobbyists that attempts to equate opposition to Israel’s destruction of Gaza with anti-Jewish racism. It was founded by billionaire Patriots owner and Israel advocate Robert Kraft.
Stephen Walt: Probably the most controversial claim in my work on the Israel lobby is our argument that it played a key role in the decision to invade Iraq in 2003…
In light of the recent incarceration of Ali Abunimah in Zurich, it’s useful to examine the Israel lobby in Switzerland. As former HRW official Sarah Leah Whitson noted: “Switzerland has shamelessly kowtowed to the pro-Israel lobby by deporting an American citizen because he advocates for Palestinian rights.”
Israel lobby groups have given Trump over $230 million, part of the lobby’s pervasive influence in shaping American policy in favor of Israel