Giraldi: Netenyahu is the first foreign leader to meet with the new president at the White House… Despite Trump’s numerous pro-Israel actions, might Trump, he of the enormous ego, take the opportunity to make it clear in the face-to-face that he is the one in charge?
The Israeli government is also preventing another group of health workers from entering the enclave, as thousands of Palestinians seek treatment.
Harsh conditions in Gaza, as Trump admin halts almost all foreign aid (Israel is exempt); private US security contractors to run checkpoints in Gaza; countdown to UNRWA departure; West Bank under fire; Pope Francis stays in touch with Gaza; Lebanon news; Harvard; more.
Fox News has wrapped itself in the Israeli flag. Its coverage tends to emphasize the radical & “antisemitic” elements of the pro-Palestinian opposition, while playing down the civilian casualties from Israeli strikes.
Miriam Adelson gave Trump’s campaign at least $100 million in October, making her the third biggest donor to his campaign to ensure this administration is pro-Israel
Aid trucks enter Gaza unmolested; destruction stats; wasted negotiation time; Israel kills 10 Palestinians in bloody military assault on Jenin camp; Jenin is being ‘Gazafied’; Lebanon; Elise Stefanik’s Zionism
The hope is that Abu Safiya will not suffer the fate of his colleague, the former head of orthopaedics at Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital. After four months of abuse at Ofer prison, Bursh was dumped by guards in its yard, naked from the waist down, bleeding and unable to stand. He died a short time later.
“The refusal of the New York Times to run paid ads that call for an end to Israel’s genocide in Gaza is an outrageous attempt to sidestep the truth” – AFSC
Aid groups are running out of options; Israel blocks probe into Hamas rape allegations to avoid investigation of Israeli sexual crimes; ceasefire, or no ceasefire?; “Generals Plan” mastermind says military efforts won’t work; Israel kills 3 Palestinians in West Bank; Israel destroys Araqeeb village for 234th time; Amnesty Int’l suspends Israel branch; Ireland joins ICJ genocide case against Israel; Michael Moore on Gaza and pro-Israel propaganda
David Rovics recounts being censored on the world’s largest music streaming service… “My most popular new album, the one that sought to document the first three months of Israel’s ongoing Palestinian holocaust, is gone – erased, disappeared, unmentioned in end-of-the-year statistical wrap-ups as if it never existed.”