Restrictions on movement, severe shortage of jobs as Israel has shut its labour market in the face of the 400,000 Palestinians it employed, with many families now facing hunger and starvation.
Basic collective human rights – self-determination, national independence, territorial integrity, national unity, and sovereignty without outside interference – are essential and universally legitimate.
Israel has carried out thousands of massacres; Gaza pier in trouble again; Blinken pledges $400m in aid; US intelligence-sharing with Israel may be getting out of control; UN acknowledges Israel’s use of Hannibal Directive; Israel on the “list of shame”; Israel’s war on food suppliers, journalists, West Bank economy and people; more
The former president is holding a fire sale on future presidential authority. Miriam Adelson wants to be his biggest donor, but in return she wants Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank.
Israeli bombing of Gaza surpasses that of WW2; Israel’s military added to a global list of entities that commit violations against children; surge in Israeli attacks on “safe zones”;
Israel partisans call Briahna Joy Gray “N word”, she describes Hill censorship; West Bank Israeli thuggery; more…
Another Israeli attack on sheltering Gazans in Nuseirat, another US assumption that Israel was trying its best – reportedly with US-made weaponry; Israel assassinates mayor of Nuseirat; Briahna Joy Gray fired; ceasefire proposal in limbo; a peek inside Israel’s notorious prison for Gaza detainees; 4 Palestinians killed in West Bank, as Israeli forces shoot at first responders; Israel carries out home demolitions; Netanyahu to speak to Congress July 24; NAACP’s “historic” demand to Biden to end arms transfers to Israel; most young people in UK reportedly don’t think Israel should exist; free course on Palestine from SFSU professor, more
A tech firm claiming to root out online “disinformation” is actually a creator of it. Cyabra is an Israeli company founded by military intelligence officers, half of whose employees have left to rejoin the Israeli military to fight in Gaza – and one who continues to openly work with Israeli military intelligence to this day.
Biden presents ceasefire deal, Netanyahu says “non-starter”; Israel withdraws from Jabalia, leaving corpses, destruction, signs of ethnic cleansing in its wake; conditions in Rafah are “horrific and apocalyptic”; more mass graves discovered; Israel has made one third of Gaza “uninhabitable”; Blinken’s feeble commentary on Gaza’s famine; experts say Israel could have used smaller weapons, avoided mass casualties in Rafah last week; AND YET Congress invites Netanyahu to speak.
The rule of law, appropriately applied (that is, equally across the board) keeps us from chaos. But when some think they are above the law, the rest pay dearly. Gaza is a case in point.
More Israeli strikes rock Rafah as Israeli military pushes into city center; Biden administration doesn’t flinch; Hebron in the West Bank faces apartheid policies; US and Israeli pressure on ICC; Nikki Haley signs off on genocide; $320 million Gaza pier out of service; another expert says Israel is committing genocide; Rafah bombs were US-made, says CNN; more EU countries may recognize Palestine; UN Security Council considers ceasefire resolution; more