Israel brings death to Gaza, Lebanon, US brings death to Yemen; Israel keeps int’l doctors out of Gaza; soldiers shoot at Gaza during Purim ritual; more checkpoints than ever in West Bank; Al Aqsa mosque; the end of Adam Boehler as envoy
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a Cornell University professor and two graduate students. The lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of two Executive Orders used by the Trump Administration to target and deport international students advocating for Palestinian freedom, rights, and liberation under the guise of protecting national security.
Sewage in Gaza; Israel refuses Hamas’ offer to release US prisoner; West Bank pogrom; Pro-Israel group says it has ‘deportation list’ and has sent ‘thousands’ of names to Trump officials; latest on Mahmoud Khalil and free speech under Trump
Pro-Israel Betar USA is notorious for spreading hatred against Palestinians, may be violating US law by raising funds without being registered as a charity, a recent leader is charged with crimes related to revenge porn, etc
Hopelessness returns to Gaza, as ethnic cleansing looms; in West Bank, healthcare under attack; in Washington DC, Trump vacillates, insults; protests in Trump tower for Mahmoud Khalil; lawsuit for Columbia.
Retired Army Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis was reportedly up for a top job with Tulsi but was the target of a smear campaign by pro-Israel hawks; he says U.S. support for Israel’s war on Gaza is a strategic and moral mistake. He joins a growing series of appointees in key positions across a number of national security agencies who are disliked by Israel Firsters
Jewish Insider says that the prospect that kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie may run for US Senate “is already generating fierce opposition from the local and national Jewish community.”
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
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
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