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“This is an extremely dark place in history” – Day 348

[email protected] September 20, 2024 dehumanization, exploding pagers, genocide, Hezbollah, Israel's treatment of children, Rashida Tlaib, Sde Teiman, university of virginia, war crime, West Bank

UN Child Rights Committee condemns Israel’s treatment of Palestinian children; Rashida Tlaib: “Palestinians are human beings”; electricity blackout as a tool of genocide; West Bank deaths; Israeli Supreme Court orders Sde Teiman prison to stay open after rape scandal; Hezbollah leader vows “just retribution” for Israel’s pager explosions; exploding electronics might be war crimes; no ceasefire expected while Biden in office; UVA refuses to divest after student referendum

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Israeli society’s dehumanization of Palestinians is now absolute

[email protected] September 18, 2024 dehumanization, genocide, Israeli Army, moral army

In the past, Israel’s moral debate about its military actions may have been narrow and hypocritical, but at least it existed. Not this time.

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Gazans have an average of one meal every other day – Day 346

[email protected] September 18, 2024 al bureij massacre, Hezbollah, humanitarian aid, Israeli blockade, Lebanon, occupation, pager explosion, Palestinian Deaths, Wikipedia, zionism

Lebanon in crisis after thousands of pagers explode in Israeli op; Israel blocks 83% of aid into Gaza; Israeli massacre in Al Bureij refugee camp using US-made bombs kills at least 23, dozens still buried; Israel is denying visas to Gaza-bound aid groups; Israel has killed an average of 2 babies, 3 health workers every day; in West Bank, 5 children are killed or injured every day; State of Palestine asks UN to consider calling for end to Israeli occupation; Wikipedia defines Zionism as colonialism; more.

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Gaza’s book of genocide: 649 pages of victims’ names – Day 345

[email protected] September 17, 2024 gaza deaths, gaza healthcare, israel artificial intelligence, linda thomas-greenfield, sabra and shatila, water apartheid, west bank deaths

The first 14 pages of Gaza’s book of the dead contain the names of babies killed before their first birthday; Gaza’s much-needed medical rehab sector is decimated; water apartheid; West Bank deaths; remembering the Sabra and Shatila massacre; US ambassador to UN gives surprising criticism of Israel; mainstreaming Israel’s deadly AI;

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An arms embargo on Israel is not a radical idea — it’s the law

[email protected] September 16, 2024 arms embargo, Foreign Assistance Act, human rights standards, leahy law, U.S. military funding

Halting military aid to Israel is the bare minimum the U.S. can do to stop the Gaza genocide. An arms embargo is not only supported by 60% of Americans, it is demanded by international and U.S. law. Kamala Harris must get on board.

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UN: damage inflicted by famine will be “carried by Palestinians for several generations in the future” – Day 343

[email protected] September 15, 2024 Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, evacuation gaza, famine, israeli settler violence, Jewish Chronicle, Lebanon, mass starvation, matt nelson, palestinian state, polio vaccine

At least 26 Gazans killed Saturday; starvation as a weapon of state; Israel issues another evacuation order; UN calls for another round of polio vaccine pauses; Gazan medic killed in Israeli prison; Gaza calls for help as cold weather approaches; Israeli settlers + soldiers storm Hebron’s Old City; Netanyahu signals readiness to expand military efforts in Lebanon; UK’s Jewish Chronicle admits it was duped; UAE calls for Palestinian State on “day after”; South African minister calls for global solidarity with Palestine; on Aysenur Ezgi Eygi and Matt Nelson

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Israel is redrawing the West Bank, cutting into a prospective Palestinian state

[email protected] September 14, 2024 annexation, Bezalel Smotrich, house demolitions, international law, Israeli occupation, Israeli settlements, Palestinian villages, settler violence

Israeli land grabs, settlement expansion and demolitions in Palestinian communities mark the most significant territorial changes in the West Bank in decades.

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‘Words like Slaughter:’ A comparative study of The New York Times reporting in Ukraine and Gaza

[email protected] September 12, 2024 Gaza, media bias, new york times, Ukraine

An in-depth comparison of The New York Times coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine vs. Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza shows how the Times dutifully launders the news to fit the U.S. government’s agenda.

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In West Bank, Israel has killed over 700 Palestinians; massacres in Gaza ongoing – Day 340

[email protected] September 12, 2024 Ayşenur Eygi, gaza massacre, medical evacuation, palestinian journalist, state of palestine, West Bank, white phosphorus

Ongoing massacres in Gaza schools, homes; the struggle of being a Gazan journalist (as foreign journalists remain banned); 100 medical evacuations from Gaza are a drop in the bucket; Gaza’s massive reconstruction challenge; West Bank: Israel kills 8 Palestinians in Tubas, Tulkarem; “historic” seating of State of Palestine in UN General Assembly; Israel uses white phosphorus in Lebanon again; Biden and Harris change their tune on assassination of Aysenur Eygi; more.

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Does Any Other Country besides Israel have the Right to Defend Itself?

[email protected] September 11, 2024 apartheid, colonialism, concentration camp, Geneva Conventions, international law, Israeli terrorism, war crimes

The narrative has finally begun to shift on Palestine. Voices have grown increasingly louder demanding that Palestinians have a right to defend themselves.

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