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West Bank faces massive Israeli attack, as Gaza bleeds – Day 326

[email protected] August 29, 2024 al-aqsa mosque, namibia, polio, Rafah, sanctions, Sde Teiman, settler violence, West Bank, world food program

Massive Israeli raid enters second day, US has no comment; Israeli drone strike kills 13-year-old and 17-year-old Palestinian brothers in WB; Israel admits to response failure in recent settler attack; strikes on Gaza continue, as Israel withholds necessities; Israeli forces target World Food Program vehicle; satellite imagery shows vast destruction of Rafah; US sanctions a few more settlers; Israeli gang rape alleged perp is TV star; possible religious war looms over Al Aqsa, as Israel plans to fund settler visits; Namibia adheres to Genocide Convention; more.

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As Gazans die, NYU makes “Zionist” a protected class – Day 325

[email protected] August 28, 2024 bedouin hostage, cemetery of numbers, Haim Korsia, icc arrest warrant, Iran, polio vaccine, protected class, smear campaign, torture, unrwa, zionism

Israeli obstruction of aid keeps Gaza under polio threat; children’s testimonies of torture; Bedouin hostage rescued (or found by chance); Israel withholding bodies of over 500 Palestinians; West Bank deaths; Jerusalem’s Armenian Quarter under threat; Israel’s smear campaign against UNRWA; latest on ICC arrest warrants; White House would defend Israel against Iran attack; “Zionist” is now a protected class at NYU; Chief rabbi of France calls for Israel to ‘finish the job’ in Gaza

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Gazans flee (again) as Israel, Hezbollah conflict heats up – Day 323

[email protected] August 26, 2024 ben gvir, child malnutrition, evacuation gaza, Hezbollah, polio vaccine, torture, west bank deaths

Chaos as Gazans carry out yet another evacuation; massive exchange of fire between Israel (with US help) and Hezbollah; child malnutrition on the rise, as polio vaccines arrive; Gaza’s healthcare workers tortured by Israel; four young men in West Bank die at Israel’s hands; Israel’s extremist Itamar Ben Gvir spreads his extremism; US plans ongoing warship presence in Middle East

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When a phone flashlight is as important to a doctor as her stethoscope – Day 322

[email protected] August 25, 2024 AIPAC, burning quran, deir al balah, dnc banned speech, evacuation, gaza hospital, human shield, humanitarian aid, polio vaccine, the squad

Fuel shortage plunges hospital into darkness; Deir al Balah, last “intact” city, faces mass evacuation; Israeli soldiers film themselves destroying mosque, burning Qurans; displacement leads to missing food aid distribution; little chance of polio vaccinations without ceasefire; Israeli forces use Palestinian as human shield; DNC banned speech – in full; Squad warns of AIPAC’s power; more

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As Gazans look for safety, Biden appoints Israel hawk to top position in State Dept – Day 321

[email protected] August 24, 2024 ben gvir, evacuation, humanitarian aid, icc arrest warrants, lebanon casualties, media accountability, Mira Resnick, occupation, polio vaccine, war crimes, western media

Gaza waiting on Israel for polio vaccine; only 9.5% of Gaza remains “safe”; Israeli soldiers still sharing their war crimes on social media; occupation of Gaza after war is illegal; calls for ICC judges to issue arrest warrant for Netanyahu; Western media can be held legally accountable for reporting on Gaza; if war continues, Israel may face collapse in under a year; Lebanon reports over 2,000 casualties from Israeli attacks; more

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Israeli army invades ‘most crowded displacement camp in history’ – Day 320

[email protected] August 23, 2024 creeping annexation, deir al balah, gaza evacuation, gaza polio, kamala harris, Noa Argamani, tulkarem

DNC’s response to Gaza; Israel’s latest “inhumane” evacuation orders; baby with polio is paralyzed as Gaza awaits vaccines; Israeli army invades ‘most crowded displacement camp in history’; ‘Jewish terror’ is jeopardizing Israel’s existence; Noa Argamani criticizes Israeli media’s misrepresentation of her hostage experience; war without end; more.

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Nowhere left to live, nowhere left to bury the dead – Day 319

[email protected] August 22, 2024 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, barack obama, Bisan Owda, child torture, deir al balah, DNC platform, evacuation, gilad erdan, Ilhan Omar, Khalil Maqdah, police brutality, torture

“They were trying to exterminate us”: Palestinian children in Gaza tortured by Israeli military; Israeli envoy calls for UN building in Jerusalem to be ‘erased from earth’; No space in Gaza “safe zones” for the living; No space left for the dead: Gaza’s cemeteries overflow; Fleeing Palestinians say death would be more merciful; ‘Torture by Electrocution’ – Israel Releases 25 Detainees from Gaza; Barack Obama makes no mention of Gaza war in DNC speech; more

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“Death is the only certainty” in Gaza – Day 318

[email protected] August 21, 2024 arms embargo israel, ceasefire, dnc convention, israeli captives, israeli settler violence, Israeli torture, polio vaccine, Tammy Abughanim

Life hangs by a thread in Gaza, as Israel drops bombs, withholds polio vaccines, tortures Palestinian prisoners; illegal Israeli settlers, Israeli gov’t threaten Palestinians in West Bank, East Jerusalem; in the US: silencing pro-Palestine voices on social media, at DNC convention; Blinken is “selling a bridge to nowhere”; more.

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Are US officials’ investments of public funds in Israeli bonds ethical? How much is too much?

[email protected] August 20, 2024 ethics violations, genocide, Israel Bonds, Joseph Abruzzo, treasury

State and local officials have invested $1.7 billion of the public’s money in Israel Bonds since October 7. An investigation reveals contacts between buyer and seller that experts say may cross a line.

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Official Gaza death toll passes 40,000; over 92,000 injured – Day 312

[email protected] August 15, 2024 genocide, hatch act, humanitarian aid, israel attacks on schools, israeli settlement, mask ban, minouche shafik, US made weapons, West Bank

Food aid in southern Gaza next to zero; Israel has killed over 2,000 Palestinian babies; Israel’s intensifying attacks on Gaza’s schools; West Bank violence; Israel approves new, punitive settlement – on a World Heritage site; Gaza is covered with scars from US-made bombs; US Justice Dept used Hatch Act to bully an employee; Columbia University president Minouche Shafik resigns; mask ban in NY targets Palestine protesters; more.

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